Waking Up
After the bright flash of light Alex began to start his new life although he didn't know what was happening, all he couldn't see anything as everything was filled with darkness. He couldn't move, or use any of his senses. For a while Alex thought about where he could be, it took while before he realized that he was still in the womb. Alex was shocked he didn't expect that God would reincarnate him at the literal beginning of his now new life, thinking that he could't do anything but wait to be born Alex tried to make use of his new abilities that he got from his wishes. Knowing that he would be born into a world of cultivation where Gods and Devils roam freely he decided to try meditation, learning from the novels that he read from various websites he tried clearing his mind of any distracting thoughts and concentrated on trying to sense his energy whether it be inside his body or outside of it.
A mysterious energy washed over Alex strengthening his soul, thinking that it was just his mother taking some medicine Alex went back to meditating. Unknowingly he fell into a deep meditation, something that is considered sacred by many people as such occurrences are considered near impossible to happen to someone as it's not something you can seek it can only happen naturally.
"Hmm? This is definitely strange, I didn't expect to be able to sense the elements on my first try. HAHAHA!!! and authors made it out to be something difficult to do I guess it got something to do with me having the strongest affinity to the elements, my strong comprehension and that cooling sensation." Not knowing that he has done something many would envy. If other people from this world were to hear these thoughts they would be both shocked at his talent as well as angered by his words.
"Lets try to see if I can tell which element is which. Let's see, there're multiple lights surround me yet their are two elements that stand out the most one bright, hot red/yellow one that's vibrating quickly which I guess is fire and another which I presume is Wood or Nature for it's green colour and soothing feeling, considering these are the brightest colours they must be the elements that my mother has the strongest affinity to. *inward sigh* I guess I can't sense far enough outside her body to see all of the different elements and energies that I have an affinity to. Well considering that I have nothing to do but to wait some more lets figure out what the other elements are."
It took a while for Alex to separate and decipher which element was which, red/yellow Alex guessed was fire, blue for water, green for wood, a transparent free flowing energy for wind, violet for lightning, brown for earth, a silver glistening element for metal, a gold energetic element for yang, a mystifying white/silver coloured element for Yin as it also seems to affect Alex's soul slightly, a purple flowing/shifting element that shrouded the other elements which would be space, the mysterious time element that interlocks with space and seems to slightly affect everything around it, the dark element, and an extremely bright multicoloured element which sould be light. There was also a vibrant and energetic element which bought Alex warmth and comfort and another element Alex considered very dull yet dangerous it seems to decay every element that touches it making them listless, Alex could only assume these were te Life and Death elements.
Finally the last two elements that made Alex slightly confused. One appeared faint and dark yet it seemed to devour every element that touches it, Alex just ended up calling this new and dangerous discovery the Void element as it seems similar to what he read about in his old world's novel and myth's. The final element, the one he found the most incomprehensible, was an element that appeared destructive in nature yet appeared to be in harmony with every element. Even the Void element seemed more docile next to this mysterious element. Alex considered this the sacred and probably the most dangerous and destructive element, Primordial Chaos. Finally finishing with naming all the elements Alex looked at the ones that were so small he wouldn't know they existed, they acted differently that the natural elements but he didn't bother figuring them out as they didn't seem that important.
"Wow! to think think a person could have an affinity for every element then again I guess its not that special considering they're not as vibrant or strong as either wood or fire so mum probably doesn't have a strong affinity to them. Although as she doesn't have any use for them then i guess she wouldn't mind if I use these weaker element for my own use, she may not even notice. If I remember correctly Yin has something to do with the spiritual aspect of the universe and Yang has something to do with the physical aspect of the universe, considering I've still not fully developed physically I'll ignore Yang and just do Yin for now to strengthen my soul to see if I can strengthen the distance I can 'see'."
Alex spent the next few hours trying to see if he can influence the Yin element to draw it closer to him but as it's his mothers Qi, even if she has a weak affinity to it, it's still not easy to influence. The most he could do was slowly draw some Yin Qi towards him, although Alex slips up from time to time and lose all of his progress then he would have to restart when he lost concentration. Alex rested for a while to regain his mental strength before taking another go at manipulating the Yin Qi, as this process of failing, resting and starting again continues on Alex's control of Yin Qi improves at an increasingly fast pace and considering it's someone else's energy his improvement can be considered monstrous.
Gradually the distance between the Yin energy and Alex shortens until he finally manages to assimilate the Yin Qi into himself and accidentally end up dragging along tiny amounts of Yang Qi along with it, because of he take in the Yin Qi he ends erasing his mothers 'mark' and making the Yin & Yang Qi his own, and directs it towards his soul gradually making is soul stronger. Gradually absorbing the mysterious Qi's until he improves his soul enough until he can 'see' further. Having spent a while of his time, with little rest, trying to reign in the Yin Qi Alex got tired and falls asleep.
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An unknown amount of time passes before Alex wakes up again and starts to cultivate his soul by absorbing more Yin Qi, this goes on for a while until he can even 'see' his entire house. Having trained his soul a lot Alex gained a strong sense to feel the 'free' Qi outside his mother, before Alex goes on and starts to absorb the 'free' Qi he decides to try and find the so called impurities inside of his body that may stall his cultivation. So Alex, now utilizing his strong soul onto himself, he tries searching for the impurities inside his still developing body by going off of the description given in some of the novels he's read. A substance black in colour, grimy and just overall nasty. It didn't take long for Alex to find the impurities inside of his body and surprisingly some in his own soul as well. Knowing that the grade of Yin Qi he took depended on his mother he doesn't panic, now knowing the location of the impurities in his body and soul he covers his body in his soul Qi and redirects it outside both his and his mother's body, but only when she is having a bath or shower so it goes unnoticed.
Now using the free Yin Qi in the atmosphere that suits the grade he is suited to he cleanses his soul and strengthens it. Now completely 'pure' Alex goes on to see if he can do the same thing for his mother, making sure to only do it when she is in the bath so she won't notice that much, days gradually pass by before he's finished removing all of the impurities from his mothers body. Feeling pleased about his work he goes on and starts to do something else so he doesn't become bored, Alex starts to attemp to use his soul Qi in different kinds of ways, the first being a full scan of his body to try and find his meridians.
After scanning his body Alex starts to slightly panic as he can't find his meridians. Knowing that meridians are meant to be a huge part of cultivation he panics, wanting to know what is wrong with him he decides to solely dedicate all of his attention on his body to try and find some semblance of meridians in his body. It wasn't until he looked closely that he noticed that he does have meridians but they're still developing and need to grow. Knowing that they will be important in the future Alex starts to count and memorize the location of each of his meridians. Counting 396 visible meridians and 126 less noticeable meridians Alex memorizes each of their locations. While counting his meridians Alex notices that along with the meridians Alex noticed another set of 'mystery spots', the same amount as the normal meridians, not knowing what they are or what they could do he decides to not mess with them and just lets them develop naturally not forgetting to remember each of their locations as they may be important in the future.
Now knowing that there is nothing to panic over Alex decides to calm down and see if he can figure out how the elements work by focusing on their movements and try to understand them to see if he really does have a comprehension similar to the mystery space. He begins with the ones that seem like they won't take much time to understand, the Dao as it best known, Thunder, Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Wood and then get to both the light and dark elements. Alex begins with the water element watching its movements, interactions and how it feels. Slowly Alex starts to get a grasp of it's movements interactions and how it feels, Slowly Alex's understanding towards the Water element gets more developed. Knowing that water and ice share a very strong connection Alex gains some understanding towards ice as well.
Days pass by. Alex has lost count of the amount of time that has passed as he is too focused towards understanding the Dao, days turn into weeks and week to months before Alex snaps out of his meditation now feeling slightly different. Alex now slightly confused as to why he feels different he tries to find out what is causing this feeling. After using his Soul power Alex pauses for a while as he is slightly shocked by how much his body has developed, this goes on for a few more seconds before he starts to focus on find out why he feels different, he starts by inspecting his soul but doesn't notice anything that different besides a slight increase in strength he then goes to inspect his skin again nothing really changed besides its natural development, he then goes on to do the same thing for his veins and meridians besides the fact that they appear stronger than before he didn't spend too much time on them.
It wasn't until he got to his bones that he noticed why he feels so different, there were some blue symbols that seemed to be engraved onto his bones, shining brightly with a blue hue. It took only a few more glances before he realized that these had a similar feeling to the water element, thinking that these must have appeared because of his understanding towards the water element, he is amazed at this new world and wonders how many more secrets of the new world he can unravel.
"To think by understanding the Dao you can get these cool looking symbols engraved onto your bones I wonder if any other person has been born with these before, if this is what happens when you gain and understanding towards I wonder if I could get more cool looking symbols. lets see the next one I guess I could do would be fire I wonder what my bones would look like after that." Many people would shocked to death if they knew that something that people have spent years on trying to do had been done by a child who has yet to be born, especially considering that the only beings said to be born with the Dao on their bones are Divine beasts. Many would kill Alex if they knew that the only reason he's doing this is to get these 'cool looking symbols'.
For next few weeks Alex spent his time understanding the other elements, from water to fire to earth and air with the last being wood and thunder, finally Alex finished understanding what he thought was the basic Dao's. Now having spent the first 5 months understanding the basic Dao's he goes on to try to understand the more difficult ones such as Yin, Yang, Space and Time. His first focus was Yin as it was currently the most useful one so he the next 3 months gaining and understanding with it while also gaining and understanding towards Yang as well with how they interact, what causes this interaction and what are the results of this happening. The answers to the questions and many more that he thought up with his curiousness were what he was searching for. Time passed very quickly for Alex and by the time some symbols start to appear on his bones it was already time for him to be born.