Li Chen looked up. Beads of sweat rolled down his forehead. He felt the immense killing intent piercing his bones. Even though there was immense pressure, Li Chen didn't have a hint of fear. Above him in the air was an old man wearing a white robe. It didn't feel like a real body. Li Chen instantly realized the old man was some sort of a spirit. Some called them ghosts. The old man had savage smile on his face as he glared at Li Chen.
"Oh! Look what we have hear. A little kid lost his way huh? What should I do now? K-Kill?" the old man said.
"Kill?? Me!!???" Li Chen screamed. After hearing the old man, something in him raged out. He had totally lost it. He knew he had no power but he wouldn't lose face in front of what he thought was a weak spirit. Li Chen's face was distorted with rage, temper, fury or whatever it was. It was a pure form of anger. As rage consumed him, Li Chen flashed his killing intent towards the man. He had deathly glare.
"Ho! Ho! Ho!........a puny kid with such a killing intent!" the old man was stupefied.
"You old piece of shit!! If it weren't for this weak body! That tone of your's, you wouldn't even DARE!!! " Li Chen's voice echoed as he roared.
"Oh! My...my....let me see you a bit" the old man muttered as he swiftly rushed towards Li Chen and kept his hand on Li Chen's head. Li Chen couldn't move a muscle after the old man kept his hand on his head. He helplessly stood still. Then in an instant the old man's expression changed. He used his soul power to look into Li Chen's memories. He had never thought this boy would be demon like himself. He went through his memories in a flash. Finally he understood. This little devil's history was too sinister. His killing methods were far too cruel than he had ever seen in his life. He understood why this kid was special. The reason was simple. Li Chen's soul was too strong. The old man let Li Chen go and moved back a few meters. Li Chen didn't know what to do. What awaited him was most certainly death. It didn't scare him. Death wasn't anything new to him. If today he met his end, the least he could do was face it head on.
"Those eyes, even dangerous than mine. Formidable! Formidable!" the old man's voice reverberated around the room.
Li Chen had no idea what the old man was talking about. All he could do was just stare.
"Kid you are quite the devil. I have taken to a liking to you. After all these years I never thought I could find a successor"
"Successor? Don't tell me you me you want me to be king of some shady palace? It's more like a graveyard"
"King? Palace? Hahahahahahahaha"
"What the hell is so funny here that would make you laugh your ass off?? huh??"
"Kid, this is neither a palace nor a graveyard. This is my tomb"
"Tomb? Wait, who are you again?"
"Ho!Ho!Ho! Where are my manners! I have become senile I guess"
At that moment Li Chen started to wonder why all the people he met in this world were mostly stupid. The man in front of him was stupid but a monster. He didn't want to take chances, so he decided to face the situation with patience. If he were in his prime, the old man in front of him would be dead a long time ago. He didn't like people who tested his patience. The old man began to speak again.
"My name is Krezul and this is my tomb. I have chosen you as my successor. Be blessed to be the one"
"Blessed? Why should I be blessed?"
"Ha....I guess you don't know me. I am the mighty Krezul. In my time I was one of the supreme of the supreme experts. Even the mighty experts from the other planes would piss in fear if they heard my name"
"So, what do you want from me? What is this 'successor' thing?"
"Where there is a tomb, there are treasures. After the experts knew there was a tomb here, they decided to enter the tomb and obtain my treasures. All they knew was between them and the treasures, there would be obstacles. But they could never guess that the obstacle would be me! Hence, all those tens of thousands of so called martial experts perished. With greed there is more chances of death but who wouldn't want my Divine Treasures"
"Divine treasures? What are those?"
"Listen kid, a treasure to a martial artist can be weapons, skills or artifacts. A treasure of this sort is divided into the categories to differentiate between their level of power. The grades are
Low grade
Medium grade
High grade
Rare
Mystic
God
Divine
Now that you know how they are categorized, let me tell you why Divine Treasures are peak level treasures. From Mystic treasures and above, there is a requirement for the person to use it. It's power. If the person is weak, he won't be able to use a Mystic Rank skill or a God Rank skill or even if he is able to use it, the power of the skill will be weak. As they say, even a Low Rank skill in the hands of a powerful expert becomes dangerous and a God Rank skill in the hands of the weak becomes useless. The reason for Divine Treasures to be the highest level is of course because of the power they have but there is still another reason. The reason being unable to understand these treasures. The history and the power of most of the Divine Treasures is unknown. There also lies another mystery which has even eaten the heads of supreme experts. The never ending debate on how to compare two divine treasures. Are the treasures really equal in power? Is there a sub-level within the Divine Treasure category? Is there something higher than this? No one has ever been able to answer these questions. Not even the supreme experts. There have been many experts who have challenged this tomb and have all perished but the only reason why supreme experts never came here was because they never knew that this was the Tomb of Krezul. If they had known, I would have had a hard time here. Well, no one can even have a hint of suspicion that the mighty Krezul would have his tomb in the lower planes. Such imbeciles"
"Then why give me these treasures? You even said there were requirements. As you can see I am weaker than the weakest"
"Kid, experts like me live their whole lives alone. We are full of pride. We never back down a challenge. We never have a legacy. Somewhere we give in to fate, we come to know its time for new age to take over. Some have disciples and some have successors to continue their legacy"
"What makes you think that I'm qualified?"
"I saw the memories of your previous life kid"
"W-What? H-H-How did you..."
"Kid, in my age I was a legend. Only a handful of cultivators could match me in power. This is just too simple for me to do. The way you lived in your previous life, even I the mighty Krezul salutes you! Such power and technique, even the supreme experts couldn't reach your level in understanding of techniques and skills. Truely formidable. My life is something similar to yours. We both met our end fighting our foe. You killed him without even caring about what would happen next. You took death straight ahead. As for me, I did kill my enemy but didn't die. I lost most of powers and became weak. I didn't have much time so I decided this place would be where I rest in peace. I built this tomb, waited for ten thousand years and have finally found myself a successor. As for passing down treasures, some of them can be used by you because your soul is too strong. HaHa! Never thought I would meet a devil like you kid. I'm truly satisfied "
"You can praise me more if you want to"
"Ho! Ho! Listen kid I know you don't have much patience but there are things you must know first. Some of the things you know about this world are somewhat wrong"
"Hmm? Like what?"
"Like how you think every martial artist is a cultivator. Let me tell you kid, some of the things you understood from the book you read before are wrong. Basically when read it, you couldn't understand some words right?"
"W-Well, I understood most i-it"
"Let me enlighten you kid, every martial artist isn't a cultivator. Cultivators are only those martial artists who train and go one to become immortals"
"I-Immortals?"
"Yes, only those who go on to become immortals. Let's start with the basics. Every martial artist first is tested for elemental affinity. The levels of affinity are low, medium , high and exceptional. The seven elements are fire, water, earth, wind, lightning, light and darkness. With fusing two or more elements or with a higher understanding of elements you can create a modified form of elements or a unique new element of your own. Every martial artist has a choice to make. To become a warrior or a mage. To become a mage you need at least one medium level affinity or two low grade affinities. The difference between a warrior and a mage isn't much but training in the path of a warrior is ten times more difficult. When battling one on one, a warrior of the same rank as a mage is inferior but that depends on the situation. Nothing is certain. But almost all cultivators know magic because they are both warrior and mage. The supreme experts train both in warrior and mage ways. This is what that makes them supreme experts. There are cultivators who became legends only by training in the way of the warrior due to low affinities or no affinities. Nothing is certain. There are many in this world with exceptional affinities to elements but still they will never reach the supreme level. Listen to me kid, the level of affinities doesn't matter in the long run. In the road to immortality this is no concern. The main requirement to reach immortality is enlightenment. Some gain this, some don't in their entire lifetime. The warrior way don't require affinities. They only need determination and a will that will never bend. Hence, everyone in this world know that training in both the ways will make them stronger and is the easiest path to become immortal. But this really isn't as simple as they think. Training in the both the ways is extremely exhausting. Some people just give up mid way. So, many experts have created a fused version of both warrior and mage for warriors. This goes way back in history around hundred thousand years ago! This type of martial arts are mostly used by warriors who have affinities with elements but don't want to train in the ways of the mage. These methods are extremely confusing. The idea of this method is to use the elements and fuse it with their weapons. This method has produced many supreme experts. But again training in both the ways is always the best. This is because after training in both the ways, the fusion type method can be done easily. This is due to the understanding of both the ways. For a warrior of no understanding of the ways of the mage, it will be difficult to use the fusion method. As for your understanding on the profound levels, only the first profound realm has ten levels. After the first level, all the levels have only three sub-levels. They are low, mid and peak. As for the levels, they are
Rudimentary Profound Realm (Beginner)
True Profound Realm (Student)
Nebula Profound Realm (Teacher)
Elite Profound Realm (Captain)
Earth Profound Realm (Commander)
Sky Profound Realm (King)
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Origin Profound Realm (Emperor)
Wind Profound Realm (Half-Saint)
Fire Profound Realm (Saint)
Heaven Profound Realm (God)
as for magical beasts, their levels are counted from True Profound Realm. Their ranks vary from 1-9. Rank 1 is considered as True Profound Realm and so on. A magical beast is way more powerful than a martial artist of the same level. Even magical beasts train in their ways and become immortals!"
"Magical beasts can train??!!"
"Yes, but their training methods are different and it doesn't matter to us. Now don't ask me why the levels are named in such a level. That would be a meaningless conversation. All you need to know is that you need to train fast to the Heaven Profound Realm. This is the first step to immortality. After you become an immortal then you need to ascend to the higher planes"
"Higher planes?"
"Yes, because the land of the immortals lies in the higher planes. Immortals don't live in the mortal planes . Well, there is no rule to prohibit them but they just don't. You will get a better understanding when you venture out to the world. Now I will give these abilities that will benefit you the most right now."
Krezul pointed a finger at Li Chen. A white light projected out and hit Li Chen. Li Chen's body was enveloped with with light for a few seconds and then vanished. Li Chen didn't feel any difference.
"I have passed down three of my abilities. The first one is called the 'Third Eye'. It can be used to look through to one's soul. What this means is that you can see through peoples real emotions. If someone has malicious intent towards you, then they can't hide from you no matter what acting they display. This can be used to differentiate between friend and foe. For some reason I know this will be too useful for you"
Li Chen smirked.
"Second ability is called 'Camouflage'. You can hide your power level, elemental affinities etc. It also has other uses like becoming invisible and so on. The real advantage of this ability is that no one can find out if you're hiding something. Not even experts of the Heaven Profound Realm"
"Not even Heaven Profound Realm experts??"
"Yes, once you go on to become more stronger, your soul will also become stronger. As of now you can deceive Heaven Profound Realm experts. But when you yourself reach Heaven Profound Realm, I'm sure only a handful of immortals who are supreme experts can notice this. Then when you one day become a supreme expert, I guess you can imagine the situation"
"This ability is so strong??!"
"Of course. You think a supreme expert like me would have a worthless ability? But the reason for all of this is also your soul. It is just too strong"
"Awesome! What is the third ability??!"
"Ho! Ho! The third ability is called 'Dark Shadow' This will make you just a shadow. You will have the ability to travel at high speeds in the night. You will also be able to hide your presence. Again not even a Heaven Profound Realm expert can sense your presence.There are other things you can do with this but I'll let you find out on your own"
"So will you also give me something that will level me up to Heaven Profound Realm??!! Hahahahahahaha"
"Hmph" Krezul snorted.
"I knew you were shameless but experiencing it is truly a different level. No kid I won't give you power. That is the one thing I won't do"
"I didn't want it anyway. I was just joking"
"Hmm. Now that I have told you about the abilities, let me tell you what else I have passed down to you"
"Something else?"
"Yes. I have passed down all my techniques and knowledge to you. You just need to practice them. They are all techniques related to the darkness attribute. Some of them are related to fire attribute"
"Darkness attribute?"
"Yes. I had an exceptional affinity towards darkness and high level affinity to fire. I was arguably the best expert of darkness attribute in the past hundred thousand years"
"B-Best in hundred thousand years??!!"
"Hahahaha...Yes, I was indeed the best"
"Unbelievable"
"There is one more thing I have to tell you. You will have exceptional affinity to darkness, hide it using Camouflage. Darkness affinity of low level can be found for one in a hundred but exceptional ability is nearly one in a million. It's better to hide it because it will attract a lot of villains. The reason for this, you'll know later when you understand the situation yourself"
"How do you know I have darkness attribute? Can you also pass down attributes?"
"Well, I didn't because no one can pass down affinities. But that doesn't mean this can't"
Krezul raised his hand and a black pearl came out of thin air. The pearl shot towards Li Chen's hand. He grabbed it.
"What should I do with this?"
"Swallow it"
"W-What? What is this thing?"
"Its a Divine Black Pearl"
"Divine Black Pearl? What does this do?"
"It will give you an exceptional ability for darkness. It will also restructure your body to transform it into a Divine body"
"Divine body?"
"Yes. Your body is just average and to become a supreme expert would be too difficult. So, the pearl will change your body into a divine one. More knowledge regarding this is also passed down to you. The things I have passed down to you can be used after a few hours. It needs some time to take affect. Kid, the most important thing for you to do first is to hide the fact that you have a divine body. So once again use Camouflage. You will be instantly killed or even kidnapped if anyone comes to that you have a divine body. So, at least until you gain some power, it is best to hide it "
"Okay"
"Oh! By the way change your name. I don't like it"
"..............."
Li Chen swallowed the pill. He felt energy reverberating in his body.
"Now it is time to bid farewell. It was nice meeting you kid. I know you won't let me down. I know you will surpass me"
"O-Old man....how...will.....I....ever....repay...." Li Chen felt really dizzy.
"Hahahahaha"
Li Chen lost consciousness. He fell on the ground.
"Well, now I can rest. Finally" Krezul spoke to himself and smiled.
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Zoroark Empire
Morning. The sun shone brightly. Somewhere in a forest.
A carriage sped through the road that ran across the forest. It was pulled by a Rank 2 White Wolf. From one of the windows of the carriage, a women gazed upon the forest. She had blue eyes and golden hair. She looked lost in the beauty of the forest. But suddenly she shouted.
"Guards!! Stop the carriage! Right now!"
"Yes Madam!!"
The large carriage stopped. The two guards didn't know what happened. They saw their madam exit the carriage and ran towards the forest. The two guards followed. Their madam's safety was more important than their lives. They just didn't want the situation to be something serious.
The woman ran into the forest and found what she had seen before. It was a little boy. When she saw him she knew he was around two or three years old. The boy was lying on the ground next to a huge tree. She went to him and saw him unconscious. She checked his condition and came to know he was only unconscious and there was nothing serious. But he looked really weak for his age. She could see his bones through his skin. The only reason she could come up with was 'malnutrition'. She held her palm open and a few droplets of water appeared. She sprayed it on his face. The boy woke.
"Ugh.....m-mommy?"
"No child, I'm not your mother. Where are your parents?"
"I-I h-have no daddy. Mommy and me were in the f-forest. W-We were a-attacked by a m-monster. M-M-Mommy d-died"
The tears rolled down his eyes. The boy started to cry. The woman tried consoling him. She knew that even though there were low level magical beasts here, they would still be able to easily kill normal people. This was the Bare Forest. The women saw the boy and felt a chill in her heart.
"No child don't cry! Please don't"
For reasons unknown, tears rolled down the woman's face. She had a saddened expression on her face. The guards didn't know what was happening. They just couldn't understand the situation. Suddenly, the woman held the boy firmly.
"Listen child! From today you will have a new mommy! From today I, Lavisa will be your mother!"
"N-New m-m-mommy?" the boy's little face lit up.
"Oh! What is your name?" Lavisa asked.
"M-My n-name....c-can mommy give a name?? N-N-New mommy, n-new name...."
"Ha! Ha! The idea's really smart. You really are smart. Well, after all you are my son! Hahahahahahahahahaha" the woman began to laugh out loud.
"M-Mommy!" the boy hugged her.
Once Lavisa saw the smile on the boys face, she knew that she had taken the most wonderful decision in her life.
"Come on. Off we go! Now let me think of a good name. I promise you I'll give you a nice name before we reach home!"
"O-Okay mommy!"
Lavisa took her son and returned to the carriage. The guards never really grasped what had happened. They weren't in a position to tell anything either. Once again, the carriage sped across the forest. In the carriage, the boy sat on Lavisa's lap and gazed out the window. Lavisa was busy thinking of names. The boy had a normal expression on his face. But he was somewhat lost in his thoughts.
"Huhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhu.........people in this world are really dumb! Man my drama actually made her cry! I'm just too original! Infiltration Complete" Li Chen thought to himself as he had a smirk on his face.
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Rudimentary Profound Realm(Beginner)
True Profound Realm(Student)
Nebula Profound Realm(Teacher)
Elite Profound Realm (Captain)
Earth Profound Realm(Commander)
Sky Profound Realm(King)
Origin Profound Realm(Emperor)
Wind Profound Realm (Half-Saint)
Fire Profound Realm(Saint)
Heaven Profound Realm(God)