6 The Great Path of Astral Elements

[There are multiple elements residing in your body, that are yet to be activated. Once you cultivated the first chapter of the Great Path of Astral Elements, your Life Energy will stir and activates your colored cores. By then, you can cultivate your Life Energy to the Ultimate and be the strongest of all.]

A book suddenly appeared in her hands as if it teleported. Chang Xiuying opened the book, the pages shined and entered through her head. A vast information keeps on appearing in her mind, as a repercussion, her white eyes glowed stronger. The book in her hands disintegrated and turned into ash.

The same book appeared deep in her oceanic Life Energy, floating beside the three glows with figures in them. Chang Xiuying's oceanic Life Energy's purity increased to 5% from zero.

"Xue, may I know why haven't they discovered my white eyes?"

[Before all of these happened, the system has put an automatic concealment for your white eyes. With the exception of being alone and your figure isn't clearly seen by people, it will turn back to its original color. Now that I am here, I can conceal your white eyes perfectly and all the time. In case you were alone, your eyes won't turn back to white.]

"Then, do you know why did that otherworlder killed me? I remembered him calling me as the lost daughter, what does it imply?" Chang Xiuying took the time to ask the question. Since it's the know-it-all Xue, maybe it can answer her.

[Urk. That's confidential information for now. All I can tell you is that you're not an Earthling. Your existence is much more special than you expected. Knowing that you can discover it yourself. Who knows when will you obtain such information about your previous life. Maybe a thousand year or more? If you're alive by then.]

"Why do I feel that you're mocking me?" Chang Xiuying said and puts her hand on her thin waist.

[You must be imagining things, host. Please do not put me in a predicament.]

"When did you learn all of those attitudes? Did the Almighty system installed you a variety of functions and upgrades? I can tolerate it though. To be frank, I like your Xue version." Chang Xiuying teased Xue.

[I am still AI01.]

"Right." Chang Xiuying smiled and sat cross-legged. She has spent enough time for Xue. Now, it's time to cultivate the first chapter of the Great Path of Astral Elements.

...

In the oceanic Life Energy, 10 cores are slowly getting painted by the revolving movement of the white strings in each of the cores. By then, the 10 cores shined brightly with their respective colors; black, white, red, blue, green, yellow, brown, purple, gray, and gold.

Once the colors got concentrated, the white strings entered the cores and integrated with the cores, giving them an upgrade. The cultivation of the Great Path of Astral Elements given by the system is not a joke! It can't even be compared to the average cultivation that can take up to several days, months or years.

The 10 cores spun with the silver core and produced a transparent string while sucking on the oceanic Life Energy as the source. The end of the string wriggled and attacked one of the rusted meridians. It cleansed the rusted meridian until it is iron-colored and proceeds to another meridian after filling it with Life Energy.

2nd meridian, 3rd meridian... 6th meridian... 10th meridian... 25th meridian... 32nd meridian... 36th meridian... 42nd meridian.

Once the transparent string stopped at the 42nd meridian, it didn't come back. Instead, it formed a vine that connects the oceanic Life Energy to the mind. It sharpened the 240 chains that are 1 meter long each and stacked up that formed a 4-inch thick wall. The transparent string filled and wrapped itself into the chains, severing its connection from the oceanic Life Energy.

3 days have passed ever since Chang Xiuying entered her cultivation. It all happened quickly that it looks like it has been an hour. Chang Xiuying exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, even her clothes have been covered by a thick layer of impurities. She inhaled and released a vast amount of Life Energy that completely evaporates all of the impurities covering her body.

Chang Xiuying opened her eyes, a red and silver glint appears in her now black eyes. Only a few seconds until the glint disappears. She stood up to check her strength out if Xue said was true.

[Host. Try entering the system and try your strength here. That way, you won't have to hold back and you won't implicate other people by the damage the forest has received from you.]

"Oh..." Chang Xiuying tried to think of ways on how to enter the system. Honestly speaking, she didn't know how but she didn't ask for the method. Her face suddenly showed a realization and entered the system with her consciousness.

The space inside the system is like a void in space. However, an enormous boulder stood 5 meters high up almost like a mountain. Chang Xiuying approached it as she carefully touched the boulder.

[Punch the boulder with all your might and your strength will display above the boulder. You don't have to worry about destroying the boulder, it's made up of the rarest material from the Almighty System designed to test the strength of even the most powerful person in the universe. I have to say that you can't even reach his feet, for now... well then, do not idle further and test your strength.]

Chang Xiuying nodded. Standing before the enormous boulder, she started to gather all of her strength in her right hand. Once it reached the peak, she attacked it without any momentum.

BAM!

Chang Xiuying steps backward and looked above the boulder. The number keeps on rising until it slowed down on 546 then it completely stopped at 548.

[You just used your physical strength. Try it once more with your Life Energy.]

Chang Xiuying stared blankly at the boulder and tried to ponder. She tried to remember her cultivation days to get a clue. To no avail, she can't figure out on how do you put Life Energy to the attack.

'It's not like you have to inject it... wait. Is that it?' Chang Xiuying thought and injected Life Energy into her hand like sucking a liquid into a syringe before attacking the boulder as a release.

BANG!

She once again stepped back to look calmly at the number above the boulder. It keeps on rising, surpassing the 548 strength of her, the number slowed down when it reached on the thousandth.

[Hmm. You're clearly just an Iron-level but your strength is already at the transcendent level... monstrous.]

Even Xue can't believe what it is seeing. Chang Xiuying didn't even use momentum to have a better impact on the boulder to produce more excellent results. Yet she already procures excellent results that are completely out of its comprehension.

"1,435 is monstrous? That means if I reached the next level, I would be defying the laws of cultivation. Calculating the strength that will be produced by the Great Path of Astral Elements and the addition of the already incomprehensible oceanic Life Energy, the power that I possess will reach a whole lot of another realm."

[Tsk. I don't like being surprised. I was supposed to be your guide and all. But you just had to ruin it... oh well, whatever. Indeed, possessing the strength of 1,435 Elephants at Iron-level is law-defying. The common strength of Iron-level is 20 Elephants, Bronze-level is 50 Elephants, Silver-level is 100 Elephants, Gold-level is 350 Elephants, Half-transcendent is 600 Elephants, Transcendent realm Gypsum-level is 850 Elephants, Calcite-level is 1,200 Elephants, Feldspar-level is 1,500 Elephants. The rest would not be included as it still didn't reach the level of your strength.]

"I ruined something? Did you just click your tongue?" Chang Xiuying asked with shock. She thought, 'Do systems under the Almighty System were able to click their tongues?'

[You heard it wrongly. As to the cultivation realms, those are not the only one. If you encountered some other cultivations such as Origin realm, Essense Qi realm, Qi Gathering realm, Body Strengthening realm, and etc. I shall convert it for you to have a better understanding. You can also try to convert everything to levels as the general and the subnames would be stated after.]

"Alright, sorry for troubling you." Chang Xiuying said. Her current strength is on par with the people in the middle phase of Feldspar. She squinted her eyes and thought, "Ain't this an overpowered start?"

[Host, I suggest that you reach the Gold-level in here. The earlier it is the better since the time here has been slowed down by half. Take your time now, this is only a oncee at a time opportunity. The next one will be when you reached Transcendent Mortal. For an additional motivation, I have to reward you three things.]

When Xue's voice died down, Chang Xiuying shuddered as if she already knew what Xue will do base on its attitude and its sudden announcement.

'Xue wouldn't do that, right? Sigh. It can't be helped, I am considered as a threat if I do come out in the open. My AI01 is such a sweet child of mine, this mother of yours do admire you.'

[What nonsense am I sensing? Host... system will upgrade. I will leave for a while, be good here.]

"Wait, what?" Chang Xiuying snapped out. She can't help but exclaim, "Xue? Did you just read my intentions?! Xiao Xue!"