Luke opened his eyes to an unknown place. He didn't know where he was. Wherever the eyes went, there were only grasslands. Just now he was fighting with the Imoogi. He was hit by its tail and hit the wall, but the next thing he remembers, he's in this unknown place.
Curious, he tried to move forward to explore the place, but to his surprise, he couldn't move at all. His eyes then went down and he got the greatest jump scare of his life.
He was floating in the air. His body was translucent and bluish. He pulled his arms up and he could see through them. The same was the case with his whole body.
'Fuck! Did I die? Just like that? Is this heaven or hell? The scene looks like heaven! Shit! I couldn't even reach the D rank!'
"You're not dead. This is just another realm!" an ancient and mysterious voice came from behind.
Luke's body turned back by itself without his control and he saw a hooded man in a black robe, floating in the air with his hands on his back.
"You can read my mind? Are you perhaps…G-God?" Luke asked in a doubtful tone.
"What!?...Hahahahahaha!!!" the man laughed out loud, as if he heard the funniest thing ever.
"You're quite the funny one. I have been called many names, but you're the first to call me God! Hahaha!!" He laughed his heart out and finally managed to calm down after a few seconds.
"No! I'm not! My name is…you can call me senior!" He said with a smile.
"You may be curious as to why you're here! Let me tell you that I was the one who called you here. I tried to talk with you telepathically, but somehow you may have lost consciousness just right at that moment and your soul came here instead!"
"What!! But…why did you wanted to talk with me senior?" Luke asked.
"It's because of your cultivation technique. I'm also one of the people who cultivated the chakra system!"
Luke was shocked at the revelation, his mouth opened wide, he couldn't believe he was meeting a person who cultivates the same method that he does.
"You really are my senior then! I've been disrespectful! I greet senior!" Luke tried to bow to show his respects but his soul wasn't in his control and he couldn't move an inch.
"I don't like these useless formalities! Think of me as an elder brother, nothing else!"
"Huh!? Well…alright senior!" Luke accepted, though he felt uncomfortable. "Why can't I move my body senior? Since it's my soul, I should have been able to move it however I like?"
"That's because this is just a projection of your soul with your consciousness! You can say only half of your soul is here, and the other half is still in your body. And since I called you here, you'll be sticking around me, moving wherever I move."
"Thank God! It means I'm not dead then!" Luke sighed in relief.
The senior chuckled and starting moving ahead as Luke followed.
"So, you've reached the Condensed realm! You're quite the talented one to reach the second realm so soon!" the senior said in praise.
"So that's what the second realm is called! Thank you for the praise senior! I reached it recently while training!"
"What are the other realms, senior? I have no information on that!" Luke asked.
"What do you know about the chakras?"
"There are seven chakras in the body and also realms associated with them. The first chakra I unlocked is the 'Svadhistana' chakra, and as you said, I'm in the second realm, the condensed realm. The rest, I have no idea!" Luke said.
"Hmm! There are indeed seven chakras. Each chakra is at different parts of the body, but as you unlock them, they come together to form a circle on your back." The senior kept explaining.
"The first chakra, the amber chakra is the 'Svadhistana' at the sacrum. [SACRAL CHAKRA]"
"The second, red chakra, 'Muladhara' at coccyx region. [ROOT CHAKRA]"
"The third, golden chakra, 'Manipura' behind the naval. [SOLAR PLEXUS CHAKRA]"
"The fourth, green chakra, 'Anahata', at the heart. [HEART CHAKRA]"
"The fifth, blue chakra, 'Vishuddha' at the throat. [THROAT CHAKRA]"
"The sixth, indigo chakra, 'Ajna', between the brows, also called the third eye. [THIRD EYE CHAKRA]"
"And the last is the violet chakra, 'Sahasrara', at the crown. [CROWN CHAKRA]"
"What are the realms then senior?" Luke asked.
"Realms are the gates that allow the power of the chakras to flow into you only when you reach them through enlightenment."
"The sacral chakra has two realms, emitter and condensed realm."
"The root chakra has the projector realm, where you can project your prana out of the body. "
"The golden or solar-plexus chakra has the limiter realm, it's the pattern or the tattoo on your back that holds unimaginable amount of prana and when released makes you omnipotent. I thought you were in the limiter realm when I sensed your prana first!"
"You mean my limit break?" Luke asked, surprised.
"You have the limiter on your back?" the senior asked in surprise.
"If you mean the tattoo engraved on my back, then yes! I formed it when I unlocked the sacral chakra."
"But…how!? You can only form it in the limiter realm!" the senior went into thought. He was quite surprised and shocked at the discovery. A sigh escaped him and he looked towards Luke.
"The chakra indeed is very mysterious! I'm still naive to think I have knowledge of its complexities!" he chuckled at himself on his arrogance.
"What are the other realms, senior?" Luke asked curiously.
"Oh, yes! After that, the heart chakra has ascension realm."
"The throat chakra has the expanding realm, further divided into three stages. This is the stage where your power grows exponentially and your limiter expands in size!"
"You mean my limit break will evolve further?"
"That should be the case, but since you've formed your limiter in just the first realm, I don't know what to expect!"
"What's the next realm senior?"
"Even I don't have knowledge on the realms further, since I never reached them myself!"
"What? Then how strong were you in the expanding realm?"
"Strong enough that no one in the continent was my match!" the senior said with utmost confidence and pride.
"What? Then the expanding realm is equal almost to a ninth or even tenth circle wizard?"
"Equal is an understatement. Far more powerful!" he said with a smile, leaving Luke stupefied and mouth wide open in shock.