He first took a deep breath, bringing in as much of as qi he could, still not letting the qi in him stop moving, for he knows, he knows that as soon as he lets the qi rest, then 90% of Qi would instantly be sucked by the runic circuit of Dantian for final transformation of his body and the dantian itself to fortify it.
All the changes he could feel currently would at least double, some increase by much more.
But energy would be locked out, so he wanted to press on.
He had a small goal, complete the Qi rotation as much as time it took, but complete it now, before he was handicapped with just 10% of current resources.
He focused the energy to the new path that had appeared when he completed the 8 previous ones.
He had heard about it, after 8th there was no choice, or understanding how many more, because they only appeared when the previous ones were done.
He focused on this new one, knowledge from the
It was more like basic cultivation guide to him now, and made in such a way to provide the with any knowledge till core, though most of them was locked behind the requirements.
And it was reminding Anuj of Skill Tree he often saw in games in his world for some reason.
The knowledge that Anuj received, or more like that second that were made legible from illegible, was about this 9th Qi Vein, also called the Perception Vein, as it affected the perception by augmenting all senses.
Anuj focused, and then dived with the energy into the vein.
The knowledge packet, had some general diagrams for this vein.
This vein was complex, more so than any veins till now, it looped, branched, and both at the same time.
This vein took him 7 minutes, damn more than double of the previous, and more than the 6th , 7th, 8th combined.
The next one appeared just as he completed the 9th, the knowledge in it the next second, but within it was mixed a surprising message.
The surprising message was a congratulatory message.
It read, without flowery, and downright drowning words, “Ascender, you have passed the threshold of the normal, and completely opened the 9th vein, you have become a Minor Noble, and are eligible to become head of small community, or village of less than 50. Please contact your closest Royal Office, and get your status confirmed”
Apparently, this Royal Office had capabilities to check weather someone had reached the 9th stage, humm, interesting, also the noble bit. Interesting but not important currently.
The new Vein is called the Marrow Vein, it increases the total compatibility between the body and the Qi, increasing the body’s capacity to accept changes from Qi, basically a multiplier increase from 1X to 2X that is if you were 10% faster with Qi , then now you are 20% faster.
This vein was harder than 9th by a simple fact. It was long, absurdly long, with small bisections here and there, passing through the whole body, while the 9th was mostly near the head and shoulders.
This vein took him 16 minutes, damn that was long!
The second he completed it, he got new knowledge packet, this time defining the 11th Vein, and carrying two more packets, one being similar to the previous one, basically saying “Ascender, you have passed the threshold of the elite, and completely opened the 10th vein, you have become a Noble, and are eligible to become head of small community, or village of less than 100. Please contact your closest Royal Office, and get your status confirmed”
This time with even more flowery language.
The second one, it was more concerning to him, it said “Due to the intrinsic quality of The Body increasing, after the completion of 11TH Vein, the Dantian will start producing a small quantity of its own mana early, instead of requiring to reach inner foundation, and this process will only cause the production speed to increase in future, as the ascender continues to push boundaries of the Qi Rotation ream or reaches the inner foundation.”
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It basically made his thoughts about continuing the process of unerthing the potential of Qi realm stronger.
This time the Vein is called the Lymphatic Vein, this vein passes through the head, to the whole body encompassing the liver, spleen, the kidney.
All of the organs related to purification or fighting internal threats, were strengthened by this vein.
It increased their efficiency, and improved internal defense against any Qi based diseases, poisons, venom, etc.
As its target, it was long and vast, with loopy loops, loopy loops in loopy loops, branching, and expanding across the body.
It took him 43 minutes to complete.
Damn long time compared to what he was doing before.
Another thing was he notice ha was not receiving any benefit from the 9th or 10th vein thought, even the basic veins gave some increment in control, however minor.
Nor could he feel the energy creation he was supposed to start by opening the 11th vein.
For now, he disregarded this train of thoughts as another memory packet opened up to him.
This time it was larger than the last 3 combined.
And understanding it all, he could understand why.
It was the Body Vein time, the final vein was as its name suggested, a vein encompassing the whole body.
It connected to the previous all 11 veins, together, and also the other body parts that were still mainly unconnected.
Like the heart, or stomach or something simple as eyelash.
This meant a vast project.
Getting ready for the undertaking, he read the other 2 memory packet.
“Ascender, you have passed the threshold of the genius, and completely opened the 11th vein, you have become a Royal Noble, and are eligible to become head of small community, or town of less than 400. Please contact your closest Royal Office, and get your status confirmed”
Ok, not totally unexpected.
The final said “The last Boundary of Qi Rotation awaits you, walk forth and surpass it Ascender, Good Luck”
Hmm, that’s new, both wishing luck and also the fact that this was last.
He was almost expecting a more ornate vein to appear.
No matter, it was now the finale, and it will be epic!
And then he dove right into the Final Vein.
This vein was vast, and continual, it is interconnected, branching out one place meeting, another, in the middle it is impossible to find what is branching and what is merging, all are the same, and each point different.
Even with his mind and practice, that too with his talent of Qi control, it was a vast task.
To any other it might look like whining of a child who is doing something most other never can do, but still crying unfairness, but it was no.
Most of the others, they usually open the veins slowly, part by part, and not one vein at a time, and especially not altogether.
This experience was basically focusing his understanding, making him understand the profundity of such system.
First 8 are just random valves and pipe, but the next 8 are the pipelining of house, the close by houses, the block, the city.
It increases monumentally.
And this one Vein took him 12 hours.
12 f-ing hours, b*ch, that is what? 15, 16 times the time it took to open the 11th, no even more, and what about from the first? The first one took him just 3 seconds
That means it took him fourteen f-ing thousand times more time to make than the first, and that is a rough estimate, he had stopped counting them after reaching 3 hours mark.
That’s what it took him.
So imagine anyone else reaching this level.
With basic Internal Sphere that gave minimum increase in abilities, mediocre Qi manipulation skills, how long will it take anyone else.
Anuj as soon as he completed the 12th one he was ready to pass out, but before he could, an Information packet made it’s way into his mind.
“Under the universe, there are countless creatures and these creatures themselves are a complete system of revolution. They are whole, yet with time they degraded, you my dear, are one of the few who has reached the true potential of yourself and specie.
You are an Ascender, a mortal as termed by all the long lived, yet you have done something even most immortals do not dare boast about, you have truly become one Qi Revolution Master. A title that is revered even in the highest realms, for this signifies the potential that is unleashed.
You may be mortal, a being incapable of reaching the Exalted Nascent stage, but you are one being that is greater than all others that never reach a depth as vast as your own.
You are as of today bestowed upon the Title Qi Revolution Master, and are as of this moment a Royalty, a part of inner sanctum of the great Sancros Empire, as soon as you report to the Royal Office, you shall be given a Royal Title, and accommodated to the Royal Palace.
We of the Palace look forward to attending to you”
An ass long message and some basic facilities he would be given, which he just took a look at and said damn.
Then he dismissed the message in his mind, because he knew he wasn’t going.
And for a simple reason, he was reborn and he was pretty sure he did not want to be some Palace official’s experiment, no matter how high the message said his standing would be.
Finally, he relaxed and let all the accumulate Qi in his body settle down.
The energy dispersed slowly in all of the Qi veins, they followed no pattern, and just passed from one to another, some of it being absorbed by the veins, the most of it passing by.
Some of the Qi settled into the Dantian, and as it did the dantian released a silver of an energy, the Qi Essence, a necessity to reach the Foundation, and this energy formed the outline of a smaller sphere.
He opened his eyes and looked at the two of his closest companions, and saw them in meditating posture.
He knew that those two must not be much behind him, after him.
And as if sensing him, Soph opened her eyes too, her green eyes were burning to look at, and for a second Anuj thought would his bee too, and nodded at her, who nodded back.
It was Damo who opened his eyes just seconds later, his white eyes were shining too, even more goosebump educing if possible.
He too nodded at them both and they to him.
Then as if by choreography, all three of them cracked a smile and started laughing.
They all saw a depth to each of them, and knew they were not alone.
And then… Spasm-Sama came to visit.