Ten years had passed since I had transmigrated into this world, and I had done quite a bit during this time.

In fact, while Qi hadn't technically revitalized, the process had already begun five years ago - but only those with extremely amazing talents can feel it.

Apparently, talents grow with time - that is, the longer the human race adapts to the Qi, the more talents will emerge. And Qi has this strange property where as long as any creature absorbs Qi, it releases the same amount back into nature... it's because the bodies of living creatures emit Qi while aging, and the stronger the person, the longer they age, and the more Qi they have in their body, so in the end, the Qi gets denser... but of course, if there are too many of a single species in a place, it gets stagnant.

Long story short... more strong people in world, more qi, cities, less qi.

Happy?

So, anyway, during this time, I had hollowed out more of the cave to make rooms, beds, and whatnot. I even made quilts and pillows from fallen petals. Not to mention, I've gone out hunting, and had even gone to the nearby village many times... although it takes three whole days on foot to reach there.

And of course, Kriya was with me the entire time, this resilient little cutie.

When I was practicing martial arts, he to began exercising to imitate me... and in the process, while I figured out a martial art to push Qi into my body, so did it. Clever creature, really.

While I was lost in my thoughts, I suddenly noticed something and smiled.

"It's begun."

The Qi Rejuvenation had begun. It wasn't noticeable to someone without Qi, but to me, who uses a Qi martial art, it's obvious as day. The rate of increase of Qi had increased by ten thousand times, and there wasn't a sudden influx, but it was a gradual increase.

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5 years had passed since then, and I had finished practicing martial arts to the peak.

Yes, to the peak, you heard that right.

As of now, there were five realms in Martial Arts. Any more and the Qi density in the world is not enough. Even for me, it's take at least five years to advance to the next level.

The realms were Body Building Realm, Meridian Unclogging Realm, Qi Absorption Realm, Body Strengthening Realm, and finally, Qi Control Realm.

The Body Building Realm was basically nothing but strengthening the body, as the name implied. It consisted of exercising until your body was strong enough to bear the baptism of Qi. It was divided into early-stage, mid-stage, late-stage and perfection.

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The Meridian Unclogging Realm, as its name suggested, was the realm in which you unclogged your meridians using what little Qi your body has naturally absorbed. The impurities dislodged would then be expelled from the body. It was divided into Major Meridian Stage, Minor Meridian Stage, and Little Meridian Stage.

The Qi Absorption realm was the realm in which Qi was absorbed to the limits of the dantian. This helped in connecting all the meridians within the body together as they all converged at the dantian, and therefore, allowed one to have complete control of Qi within their body, and helped one view the entire body from the inside. It was divided into Quarter Stage, Half Stage, Three-Fourth Stage, and Completion.

The Body Strengthening realm used the Qi in the body to temper the different systems in our body. It was the turning point of a martial artist, and most people would definitely be stuck here their entire life as without progressing carefully and knowing when to stop, you could permanently cripple yourself.

It was divided into Skeletal Stage, Exocrine Stage, Muscular Stage, Circulatory Stage, Respiratory Stage, Endocrine Stage, Lymphatic Stage, Renal Stage, Digestive Stage, Neural Stage and Reproductive Stage. Each one is divided into Major, Minor, Little and Completion Phases.

Then came the present zenith, the Qi Control Realm. In this realm, all one had to do was improve their control of Qi until a level.

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In the next few years, I proceeded to play with Qi as much as possible, discovering every single use of it I could possible find. For example, At first, I didn't have enough control over it to push it outside my body, so I simply concentrated it in different parts of my body. The Qi increased the performance of those parts of the body. I used it in every part of the body possible.

In my legs, it increased my kicking speed. Due to that, my speed was high, but unfortunately, my agility wasn't high enough. I managed to even skim over water after a while of doing it, but in the end, there were a few human-shaped dents in many places within the cave.

When I used it in my hand, it increased my power, as expected. When I sued it on my bones and muscles, it kind of increased my flexibility, protecting my bones form breaking and my muscles from tearing.

However, using it in on my stomach increased my digestion speed and degree of digestion, while in my intestines, it increased my absorption... in my glands, it increased the precision of hormones, and I could even control my emotions to a point. Using it in my sensory organs increased all their attributes to an extent, and using it on my nerves increased the speed of information exchange. Using it on my brain meant I could increase my processing speed.

I decided that my first goal was to be able to maintain Qi in my body all the time.

However, 15 years later, I decided to remove the Qi Control Realm from the Martial Artist level, and move it to another level, the Grandmaster level. I had finally gained perfect control over my Qi, allowing me to notice that the Grandmaster realm was divided into the Infusion Realm, Expulsion Realm, Shaping Realm and Attribute Realm.

The Infusion Realm was where the body was infused with Qi. It was divided into Single Organ Stage, Multi-Organ Stage, Region Stage, System Stage and Full Body Stage.

Then, The Expulsion realm was where Qi would be expelled from the body. It was divided into Small Region, Large Region and Full Body Stages.

The Shaping Realm was divided into the Decimeter, the Centimeter, the Millimeter, and the Perfect Curve Stages.

And finally, the Attribute Realm was divided into the Low, Mid, High and Perfect proficiency stages.

And as far as I figured, that was the end of the Martial Path. Right now, in this world where Wuxia is the only thing happening. But still, since God said my lifespan would begin from the age 0, although my body would stay the same. Meaning, as I spent only 20 years, I have 480 years left to enjoy.

But, unfortunately, I was lonely - after all, Kriya was long dead. Eaten by a Savage Beast that had absorbed a little Qi.