The moment I saw the house I had built in the Nether back when it was still a game, I immediately ran in to see if the portal I had made at that time was intact and was relieved to see that it was indeed working.

But the moment I got close to the portal, I heard the Idiot scream in pain like he did when he first came into contact with Obsidian in the Xianxia world.

'Back off, that obsidian is also a Primordial element somehow, and it is affecting me worse than the normal one'

I immediately took a step back and let him relax before looking at my surroundings.

The Chest full of Nether wart was there, so was the chest full of Glowstone dust and Glowstone blocks and Bone blocks that I gave myself using creative mode because I am too much of a noob to play in the Nether.

Now here is the question that is nagging at my abnormal brain, does that mean that everything in the Overworld is also the same as I left it before all this happened? And are the Mods that I installed also included in this world? Because if so, then I might be in for a real treat and I might find an instant answer to my Cultivation problem.

'Okay, I have made sufficient preparations, the Qi around me should protect me from the Obsidian's effects long enough for you to go through'

I didn't question him because of the countless number of theories and guesses that were filling up my brain at blinding speeds, making my body move on autopilot and jump into the portal.

Then, I felt it. The pain that the Idiot must have felt every time I was anywhere near obsidian.

I felt my very essence being pulled from all directions, my soul being torn apart and put back together in a complete mess, my conscious, drifting in and out of existence, my mind shutting down from the pain as I felt the gaze of things that I could not even comprehend, looking at me like a little toy and laughing at me for my futile attempts at resisting whatever was going on.

And then, in an instant, it was all over and I was in the Overworld.

'……Let's not do that again'

'…..'

'….Idiot?'

'…….'

'Hey? You There?'

'Shut up! Be silent for a few minutes, I am still coming to terms with what I am seeing'

'Seeing what'

'……Look for yourself'

Suddenly, I felt as if something was dragging into the floor as I blacked out, but immediately, my senses returned as I found myself in a black void filled with countless objects, both mundane and amazing, ideas streaking by, theories being recorded and then being dismissed in a single instant, plans and designs appearing and disappearing at random. Somehow, I knew exactly where I was. This was my own soul.

Then, he appeared. Dressed in elegant Dragon robes like the ones I saw in illustrations of cheesy Xianxia light novels. His face was fairly handsome, although I don't think I can judge the face of a Chinese person since I don't know their tastes. But his naturally arrogant face still made me want to punch him. Just like I knew instantly that this was my soul, I also knew exactly who this was.

"Long Chusheng, we finally meet face to face"

"Likewise, Alexander Smith. A strange name for a Stranger from another world"

"Shut up and get to the point. Since when were you able to do something like this?"

"Just now, actually. Whatever happened in the time it took for us to be transported from that hellish realm to this 'Overworld' of yours, it has changed your soul on a fundamental level, I still can't tell whether it is a good thing or a bad thing given my limited knowledge on the concept of the soul."

"What kind of changes are we talking about?"

"Well, before this happened, I was a separate entity although I was still a part of your soul, something like a parasite, although it is humiliating to compare myself to a parasite when it was you who stole my body and turned it into this abomination"

"Get to the point already, I am feeling very anxious right now"

"Fine, as I was saying, you and I were separate entities. But whatever happened, it has now fused both our souls together, allowing me some degree of freedom in my actions, consequently, I am now thoroughly integrated into your soul, meaning that even if I wanted to I cannot separate from you anymore, we are now truly, one and the same. There is no longer any distinction between Long Chusheng and Alexander Smith, there is only one entity inhabiting this body with two facets of personality. One of them is in control of the physical body, You, while the other has control over the soul, Me"

"…Okay? Run that by me again, please? Most of that went over my head?"

"Ugh! How are you so dumb when it comes to specific things? To put it simply, you and I are now joined permanently and in a natural manner, meaning that I am no longer considered a parasite or a ghost but part of you. Is that clear enough?"

"Yeah, so what you are saying is that Obsidian will no longer affect you?"

"No it will not since I no longer have Yin Qi, In fact, I now have my lighting Qi back"

"From what I am hearing, I only got good news so far so what is giving you mixed feeling about this new development?"

"…Well, as I said, see for yourself"

He raised his arm in a weird gesture before I saw a jumble of lines connecting multiple dots appear before me.

"….So? what am I looking at?"

"That is your Meridian system, and for reference, this is how a Meridian system is supposed to look for a Human and a Demonic beast"

As he spoke two new diagrams appeared, this time, I was able to identify one of them as the Meridians of a human because of how similar it looked to one of the photos I had seen on the internet about acupuncture. The other one looked quite strange, but I could still make out Qi points and see a pattern, unlike my meridian system.

"Somehow, our merging of souls has made your meridian system into even more of a jumbled mess than it was before. As if that was not enough, some of my own meridians have mixed into yours and are slowly merging together which could possibly spell disaster to you"

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I immediately understood what he meant. There had been very few instances of someone being born with dual elemental affinities and they are considered to be geniuses wherever they go, but they all face the same problem as I am facing since the beginning. The lack of a Cultivation Technique-

"Hold on! How the hell do I know this information?"

"What information?"

"About Dual Elemental Affinities, and then, I also know that if you circulate your lighting Qi in a certain way you can make yourself move faster, I know that you once had a crush on the maid that took care of you as a child, I know that you have a birthmark on side of your torso, I know that you like to take tea while overlooking the city, just what the hell is going on? Why do I know so many intimate things about yourself?"

"I see that you are facing the same kind of problem as I am"

"What?"

"I know that you were born in America and are Half-Indian Half-American with your physical appearance being dominated by your Indian traits, inherited from your mom. I know that you have above-average intellect and used to be at the top of the class until you got bullied and started to fail tests on purpose to hang out with the 'cool kids'. I know that your first crush was your classmate and childhood friend who rejected you because she did not feel about you the same way, ironically, she ended up marrying your best friend. I know that you feel conscious about your looks and you dislike it when someone is belittled because of something that they have no control over. I know that you hate your dad for leaving your mom and marrying the woman he was caught having affair with, I know that-"

"Stop, enough! How do you even know this? I never shared any of this with you, hell even my mom doesn't know of a lot of this"

"My best guess? When our souls merged into one, our memories must have also merged together, make no mistake, Long Chusheng is still a separate identity and so is Alexander Smith but both of our memories are now open to each other. Think of it like this. Both of our memories were like red and blue colored water held in separate containers, only allowed to mix together through a tiny pipe that could be controlled by either one of us. But now that the containers have merged into a single massive container, both of the colored waters have also merged together yet still identifiable as separate colors, you can still identify the swirling Red and Blue colors, but there is no chance of separating them or controlling them"

"Tch, things are getting even more complicated by the day"

"Let's not forget that most of those complications can be traced back to your carelessness"

"….Point"

"Don't worry, now that we are both one and the same, I will try my hardest to keep you from killing yourself with your stupidity"

"Hey, now that we are both one and the same, should we really be distinguishing between each other?"

He had an amused smile as he replied.

"As if I would ever want to become a suicidal bastard like you"

I smirked as I replied.

"And there is no way I would ever become an idiot protagonist like you"

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After returning to the real world, I immediately took off in the direction I remembered my main base was. It was while traveling there that I realized that my early conjecture was right. The mods did get carried over into this world as well, problem was, which world was I on?

'If your memory is correct and the mods did get loaded, then this might be our best chance at finding a way for you to cultivate'

'I know, but my memory is foggy since the last time I played Minecraft was five years before I got into this world, and then there is the problem that I had created three worlds, each loaded with the same minor mods except for three major mods that change everything. While I do recognize where I am and where I need to go, I don't remember which world I am in right now'

'Well, from what I am seeing in your memory, out of the three worlds, if we are in the first world, then we might have hit the jackpot. It would allow you to directly become the strongest being in our world with just a little bit of training in this realm'

'Yeah, there are not many things that have more potential for growth than a Saiyan'

'Alternatively, if our luck is bad enough to get into the third world, borrowing your words, we would be fucked'

'Yup, we are already at the bottom of the totem pole in your world combine that with the fact that I have Hardcore on that world alongside the RL craft mod along with various other mods that would make life hell installed, we might as well give up'

'The second world, on the other hand, is a middle road in this situation, it may not have the sheer potential for short term power gain like the first world, it does have its advantages and is particularly useful for our current predicament'

'True, and we are about to find out just how bad our luck is today' I said as I directly ran into the small building made of dirt which was a decoy I made to hide my real base.

Hitting a hidden switch revealed that the floor was a Redstone contraption that removed the stone cube that was blocking the ladder that led to my underground base.

Following the ladder down into my lair, I was greeted with a vast room filled with Chests, a bed, a Brewing stand, rows upon rows of furnaces, and a crafting table. Sea lanterns in the ceiling and the floor illuminated the room. On the far side of the room were the bookshelves surrounding the Enchantment Table.

I directly ran towards the chest that I had labeled as important and opened it.

'…Well, our luck was not too bad, although we are not in the first world, we avoided the worst fate of the third world'

I did not reply to him as I grinned at the stacks of scrolls that were in the chest.

Cultivation, here I come.