As Li An was an elder of the Supreme Yin-Yang Sect, along with Tian Huang proclaimed as a genius when he started cultivating, currently Tian Huang had access to one yellow grade Cultivation Manual and a Yellow Grade Battle Skill in his memories. Yellow grade cultivation manual and battle skill were pretty common in the lands of Dragnir Empire, the behemoth which ruled the lands of Southern Wilderness. Misty City was one of the many tier-3 cities under the rule of the empire. This world was countless times larger than Earth and the distance between any consecutive cities was huge. Unless someone’s cultivation was around 5th level of Foundation Stage, it will take years for him/her to travel from one city to another. That was one of the reason why very little information was available about other cities. Also, majority of land in the empire was covered in forests where dangerous dire beasts and other creatures lurked. Sufficient strength was needed to travel through these forests otherwise you will only end up as food for the beasts.
Tian Huang touched his chin as he made plans for his future. He was obviously not satisfied with a measly yellow grade cultivation manual. Which one of the MC did not practice a heaven-defying cultivation manual during their lifetime? Wouldn’t cultivating a yellow grade cultivation manual stain their glorious reputation?
Alright, Tian Huang was indeed thinking too much but that still did not change his train of though : I must obtain an OP cultivation manual from somewhere.
‘Well, assuming I have the halo of a MC as well, it is highly likely that fate will arrange such a manual or some rare treasure on it own accord for me. Hmm, let’s wait it out then. It’s not like I can do something in this situation anyway.’
Suddenly Tian Huang slapped his thigh and exclaimed.
‘Fuck! How stupid of me! How could I forget the most important characteristic of a RPG System? Status and Inventory.’
Tian Huang did not waste any more time and mentally commanded.
‘Status’
‘*Ding*
Name: Tian Huang
Age: 15
Race: Human
Level: 4 (4th level of Foundation Stage)
Skills: [Star Shattering Fist] - I’
Looking at the information displayed before his eyes, Tian Huang nodded his head in satisfaction. [Star Shattering Fist] was the only yellow grade Battle Skill he had. It was a skill passed down from the very first ancestor of Supreme Yin-Yang Sect, who had supposedly found it in some ruins. It had only 2 levels so far and was obviously incomplete. The first level itself had very high offensive ability and Tian Huang had surprised the whole sect by successfully cultivating it to the first level in just 6 months when he had yet to loose his talent. Unfortunately, after his downfall he never made any progress in it. It was also rumored that the 2nd level of the skill actually surpassed the border of yellow grade but nobody in the history of the sect had ever successfully cultivated it to the 2nd level. Due to the difficulty of [Star Shattering Fist] only a handful of people in the sect had managed to cultivate it to the 1st level.
Deciding to try out this skill later, Tian Huang willed the information to fade away and gave another mental command.
‘Inventory’
‘*Ding*’
This time a a blue box materialized in front of Tian Huang and was divided into various grids. It totally looked like the inventory of a RPG game. To his surprise, Tian Huang found that the inventory was not empty and the very first slot was being occupied by an ancient looking book. Curious, Tian Huang clicked on it and with a *pop* a thin ancient looking book materialized and fell above his palm. As Tian Huang read the words written on front of the book, he was dumbfounded.
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‘World Defying Heavenly Manual’
‘This……..isn’t this the very same thing I was yearning for?’ Tian Huang exclaimed in his heart and a new-found respect for the halo of a MC emerged in his heart.
Flipping the book open to its first page, Tian Huang read the short description of the manual with a thumping heart.
‘Unhindered, Unbound, Unlimited.
Grasp the essence of the Grand Dao ascend to become the one and only True God.’
‘Domineering, really domineering. Ah, who would have though I would get my hands on such a manual so fast. Hah, I guess it’s my destiny to be an OP mc.’ Tian Huang joked as he flipped to the next page.
‘*Ding*, discovered Ancient cultivation manual [World Defying Heavenly Manual]. Learn?’
‘Well, that’s convenient. No need to spend days and weeks trying to decipher such a complicated book.’
Without any hesitation, Tian Huang said ‘yes’. As soon as he said that, the book in his hand transformed into yellow light and rushed into the space between his brows. Before Tian Huang could react, his mind was assaulted with vast amount of information. For a second, Tian Huang almost felt like his head would explode and a severe headache assaulted his mind. After a few minutes, the pain in his head subsided and Tian Huang’s whole body was covered in sweat.
‘Phew, I wasn’t expecting the assimilation to be so intense.’
As Tian Huang calmed down, he inspected the new information he had in his mind. The [World Defying Heavenly Manual] was divided into 10 layers and the very first layer was called [Yin-Yang Codex]. According to the manual, the [Yin-Yang Codex] will transform his body into the supreme body of Yin-Yang. Though Tian Huang had no idea what a supreme body of Yin-Yang meant, since it sounded so awesome, it had to be something good.
Itching to try out his new technique, Tian Huang cleared his mind and entered a meditative state. Thanks to the memories of the previous Tian Huang, he had a pretty good idea of how to guide the spiritual energy from the surrounding and he did it according to [Yin-Yang Codex]. Soon, a bright yellow and icy blue colored energy revolved around Tian Huang’s body and entered his body through his pores. It revolved around his meridians and eventually got deposited into his dantian. Tian Huang soon observed that the white colored fog previously present in his dantian suddenly started experiencing a strange attraction and got sucked in by the yellow and blue colored streams of energy. Tian Huang was surprised for a second but soon discovered that the blue and yellow streams of energy were spiritual energy as well, but they were 5 -6 times more potent and dense than the energy he used to absorb earlier. This clearly showed the difference between a lowly yellow grade cultivation manual and an OP one. This meant, the current him was almost five times more powerful than any of his peers in 4th level of Foundation Stage.
Tian Huang immersed himself in cultivation and unknowingly cultivated the whole night without rest. As the first rays of sunshine descended, Tian Huang slowly opened his eyes. Astonishment was clearly visible on his face. Surprisingly he had directly broken through two stages and entered the 6th level of Foundation Stage with just one night of cultivation. Upon further thought, Tian Huang realized it was nothing abnormal. After all the manual he cultivated did have the words ‘World-Defying’ on it and as a MC, he was bound to fast-cultivate otherwise how will he stream-roll those arrogant young geniuses of large sects/clans?
As Tian Huang inspected his dantian, he found its inner world divided into yellow and blue colored fog. The yellow region was emitting suffocating heat while the blue region was emitting bone-chilling coldness. If he was not wrong, the yellow one was the yang energy whereas the blue one was the yin energy which he had cultivated with [Yin-Yang Codex]. Tian Huang could also feel his body had gone earth-shaking changes and was many times stronger and tougher than yesterday.
‘*Ding* You broke through! Reached 5th level of Foundation Stage. SP+1’
‘*Ding* You broke through! Reached 6th level of Foundation Stage. SP+1’
Sure enough, the system informed him as soon as he finished his cultivation. What surprised Tian Huang was the mention of SP(Skill Points).
‘Skill points exists as well? In that case, won’t I be able to directly upgrade my battle skills to higher level using these Skill points? Hmm, but how do I do it? There was no mention of SP in the status window. Wait, there should be a skill log in this system as well right?’ Deciding to test his hypothesis, Tian Huang mentally commanded.
‘Skill Log’
‘*Ding*
[Star Shattering Fist] - Level 1 (12/1000)’
Sure enough, a Skill log did exist. It was very useful in keeping record of his progress in a skill and the amount of time required to level it up. Tian Huang noticed that at the bottom of the screen, a red icon with the word ‘Upgrade’ on it was present. As Tian Huang pressed the button, the screen flashed and but nothing changed. Suddenly a pop-up box appeared reading ‘Please select the skill you wish to upgrade’. As Tian Huang selected the only skill he had, the screen flashed again and another pop-up appeared reading ‘Insufficient SP’. Tian Huang now understood how the upgrading system worked and closed the window. He had to break through 7th level of Foundation Stage to initiate the upgrade. Tian Huang was not in a hurry and according to his calculations it will take him around 2-3 days to break through 7th level. Greatly pleased with his progress, Tian Huang was just planning to head outside to meet his family when footsteps sounded outside his courtyard and a graceful woman walked into his room.