“You are going to be late for the sect’s entrance exam, Daniel!” Mr. Han yelled. Wow, I’m in this entirely new world, possibly new universe, and I'm already late. Yes, you heard me right, another world, as in a different world with mystical energies, mainly qi. Qi, in this world, is a mix of spiritual, magical, and mental energy. People who use Qi are known as cultivators; cultivators use Qi to do a variety of things, such as destroying mountains with their bare hands or commanding the rivers to divert and defy gravity by making reverse waterfalls. Cultivators are divided by power into eleven ranks: (1)Qi Gatherer, (2)Qi Novice, (3)Qi Apprentice, (4)Qi Warrior, (5)Qi Expert,(6)Qi Master, (7)Qi King, (8)Qi Emperor,(9) Qi Saint,(10) Qi Titan, (11) Transmortal. They are further divided into low, medium, and high, these ranks are known as the Mortal realm ranks. When you go above the the Transmortal stage you reach the Immortal realm ranks; I personally don’t know anything about those ranks because I haven’t even begun to cultivate. In order to cultivate you need a manual or a teacher to teach you how to bring Qi into your body and how to move it within you to produce effects on reality. I happen to have neither.

Though I am going to try to get into a place that does

  Now, I'm going to get into a cultivation sect known as the Dawnbreaker Sect. Sects are organizations that have a monopoly on all the good manuals, only other sects can oppose them because they have really strong and high ranked cultivators.

Oh hi my name is Daniel, and I am a human from Earth. Shoot, I should have started with that.  Anyway I used to be normal teenager in Anchorage, Alaska. I just happened to be at wrong place at the right time. As I was walking down my neighborhood I saw a strange violet light coming from a alleyway. I, as any curious person would do, checked out what was happening I saw some very freaky things. A dog headed man  with a scroll in his hand was the thing producing the violet light. “Did I just stumble upon a ritual or a broken gas pipe?” said Daniel. Then as the dog man turned his jackal head towards me he stopped chanting with a look of surprise on his muzzle. That when everything went south. The scroll emitted a massive amount of violet light, blinding me. Then for good measure, it exploded.

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I woke up, from being knocked out not, totally did not faint, next to a massive stone wall with almost as large iron gate in it. As I look back I think the explosion knocked me across dimensions and gave me brain damage because because one, there was a guy riding a triceratops through the gate towards me, and two, I have been awfully calm since I came here. This when my life changed forever. This when  knew wasn’t in Alaska anymore. I could tell because there wasn't any snow on the ground.

I now live with my adopted family in the city of Serpent’s Home; this city lies within the kingdom of Salvador. King of our city is at a rank of 98 years old. Yes, you heard me, 98 years old. Everytime a cultivator breaks through to a higher rank they add 5 years of time, multiplied by their rank, to their current life span.  

I am the adopted son of the Hu-family-tiger, we are a family of lowly inn keepers. I was transported to this world from Earth 1 year ago when I was 15. Now at 16, I am old enough to try to get into the Dawnbreaker Sect as a janitorial or even a outer court disciple through the entrance test.

My adoptive parents Mrs. Hu and Mr. Hu are regular mortals. Though, if you were to compare them to the average human of Earth you would be very surprised. While they are not cultivators of Qi through the generations, it has been sitting in their bodies making them them very healthy, 5-10% stronger, faster, and even smarter than the average mortal of Earth.

The Hu family has two other sons, ages 12 and 21, and one daughter, 13. They own a inn known as “The Tiger’s Pride,” it is located in the west district of city; our city is divided into four districts, North, South, West and East; each districts having a specific purpose. The North district is where the nobles live and shop, the Southern district is where all the artisans, blacksmiths, alchemists and tailors have shops, the East district is where all the fishing and trading happens because Serpent’s way river passes through it. The western district is where all the adventures and merchants lodge and sell their goods, this also where crime is the most rampant. I have been mugged three different times since I was transported here, our inn is located near the west gate.

The Hu families eldest son,Tian Hu, happen’s to be a guard for that gate as well. He is actually a medium Qi gatherer rank because the city guards all get a cultivation manual known as Iron’s Will from the city. This cultivation manual is actually ranked to be land grade manual. Cultivation manuals and skills are also ranked in this world. They go by the following: Land, Sky, Spirit, Stellar, and Heaven, they are further divided into low, medium, and high.

Now that I think about it, Tian was the one who found me outside the west gate and took me to the inn. Actually without him I would have probably…. “DANIEL! Wake up or you gonna be late to the sect’s entrance exam” Mr. Hu exclaimed way to close to my ear. Huh what I thinking about again?