Darkness was what greeted him when he regained consciousness. Or rather, the inability to open his eyes.
So he really meant it when he said 'reborn'. I'm still in the fucking womb damn it. Oh well, might as well think of what to do in the years leading up to the release of Nine Realms. So in this manner, in the months leading up to his birth, he tried to relieve his boredom through planning. It didn't really work out that well, so he ended up kicking and punching for fun.
His new mom didn't really find it fun to feel the kicks and punches every 3 hours though. At some point in the pregnancy, he got bored of that as well and ended up developing a cultivation technique for fun. It turned out that it was actually quite useful in nurturing his still developing body and his comparatively old soul and mind. Granted, the effects of it on the body was minimal, other than the fact that it improved his already high elemental affinities, making it easier for his future cultivation. If he pursues it that is.
In comparison, his soul and mind grew substantially, his thinking processes becoming smoother, clearer, faster and less cluttered with random thoughts floating about. His soul improved his ability to sense and control the elemental energies in his surroundings, which currently isn't much considering he's still in the womb. Other than the pure elemental energies his mother has affinity for, that is.
Sometimes, he felt a warm sensation around him, which followed a period of movement and vibrations. What the fuck? For fucks sake dad, you couldn't have waited for me to be born first before you fucked mom? No wait, that might be his fetish, or kink.
Eventually, after what seemed to be an excrutiatingly long period of time, he felt himself being turned around through pressure on his body. Oh thank the gods, the most painful time imaginable has finally come to an end. Mother, please, make it happen faster and free me from the confines of your body. After a period of excrutiating pressure squeezing his lower body towards the exit, his head finally popped out, followed by the rest of his body as a strange looking doctor caught him and wiped him down with a little too much care.
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"GAHAHA WHY DOES IT TICKLE SO MUCH STOP IT" Of course, what came out was "AGUGUUGUUUUHUHUGU".
Jumping forward in time a little, dear Valanis, who somehow kept his name from his previous world, is now 1 year old. Celebrating his birthday of course, with too colourful decorations and plenty of cake. No, sorry, the cake was a lie. All he got instead was a tiny cupcake, while his parents got the cake. He was so mad, he managed to speak a complete sentence to curse them for stealing his cake.
"Why you eat cake, when I get a shitty tiny cupcake?!" he adorably yelled in a cute toddler voice. His parents weren't pleased with shitty being in the sentence, but took the first word as his penchant for curiosity. Oh yeah, his family is a rich family as well, actually owning the company that developed Nine Realms and the VR tech that supports it, Flamingoose.
Yes. Its called Flamingoose. Not some glorious nordic-origins based name, not some cool sci-fi or futuristic name. It was named after a flamingo and a goose fusion, probably a result of his parents' favourite birds. Not that it matters, because the company is worth billions either way.
Back to Valanis, now that his body is developed to the age of 1, he's decided to do some light workouts alongside the cultivation technique he developed, now named "Four Elements Dance".
Why "Dance"? Because it involves dance-like movements to stimulate absorption and cleansing of the body, obviously.An added bonus is the fact it can be used as a combat movement technique, without stimulating the elemental absorption of course. because if it did he would just end up exhausting unnecessary amounts of energy needed in a fight. Although, if he needs an extra boost to combat power, he could always stimulate and use his elements in the technique. Like a berserk, without the rage but more tiring.
"Time to follow the schedule I planned, "Wake up, eat, run around the perimeter huge ass living room twice, cultivate for as long as I can manage(hopefully not too long), shower, lunch, and then whatever after that.". Hopefully all goes well until the release. Oh right, there's schooling needed as well to keep up appearance as a toddler. Whoops, guess I'll just ask to be homeschooled after lunch."