After thinking for a while, Fu Xian decided to look for a cultivation art for Yiyuan before doing anything more.
The time passed and Yiyuan was taught a few matters by the clan elders, being introduced to cultivation and learning the art of introducing qi into the body.
The longer Fu Xian looked, the more he felt helpless. The time in the talisman was flowing normally, just like his own.
"It seems this is likely the same world and the same time. After all, I've awakened a cheat or something. This is my own Awakened Innate Aspect formed from my inspiration and experience. Although it's outrageous, technically, it's still in the realm of possible.
I wonder whether other have awakened anything of this rank?
No… it's unlikely any cultivator is able to do so. No matter how large a sect is, it's not something you can simulate no matter what. They might have high ranking ones, but without any outrageous event or extremely deep foundation, awakening such an ability is unlikely."
As he thought so, he was a bit relieved. It's fine if others are able to awaken aspects of his level, he didn't mind. It's just that beyond this world is the immortal world. If people in this world can awaken that level, doesn't that mean such a thing is easy to achieve in the immortal world?
He'd rather be the only one in this world and have no one awaken, just so the chance of encountering super-geniuses will be lower.
He calmed his mind and started browsing his own little library. Although he lived save, he wasn't a secluded cultivator, so he saw and read about many arts.
Soon, he recalled that he had read about a cultivation art suitable for Yiyuan. After all, his viewpoint was higher and he was in the immortal city.
He didn't hesitate and walked out of his yard. Cultivation was a matter of utmost importance, but each stage had different focuses.
In fact, based on the anecdotes Fu Xian read, the cultivation stages were only four in the immortal realm, once passed down to the lower realm, they became eight to accommodate the lower spiritual power and difficult path of cultivation.
The first stage is to refine Essence into Qi, this stage is about learning to control spiritual power and strengthening the body to accommodate spiritual power. In the lower worlds, this stage is split into qi refining, which focuses on learning how to control spiritual power, and foundation building, which focuses on the latter part of the stage.
The following higher stage is "Awakening Spirit with Qi", in this stage, you awaken your spiritual consciousness and realise the mysteries of the dao. The stage is split into two because you awaken two different things:
In the Origin Light stage, you awaken your innate aspect. The aspects are ranked just like everything int the world: Low, Middle, High and Top. But beyond that grade, there is a grade called "True Aspect", this aspect is usually one that opens the path to immortality, and only people who awaken true aspects have a real potential for immortality. Everyone else depends on opportunities to improve their aspect and their cultivation.
The second stage, the Spiritual Core, intends to gather all spiritual power in the body into a single core. With the formation of the spiritual core, you transcend mortal beings. Your lifespan is a thousand years, your body is always in the prime, and in the centre of your core, you can store a Dao Creation, a protector that will serve as the guide for your path.
It's called like this because all innate items you can store are created through the creation arts: Weapons, Talisman, Alchemy, Formation and Weaving. These are the five foundational arts that have together created the path of Dao Creation, which will protect your whole being for life.
Some also call this "Awakening the Spirit through Qi" the "Entering Dao Stage", because in this stage, you awaken your "talent" and gain the most important protection method, both of which will follow you for life.
The next stages aren't less important, but they have a different focus.
Fu Xian didn't even have the third stage of his own cultivation art, so any cultivation wouldn't truly help him. Filling the middle dantian was just a basic requirement, it wasn't even achievable at this stage just yet.
Just like he had "finished" constructing the lower dantian even though its full construction is far away.
Thinking of this, he suddenly realised that he neglected his own cultivation a bit because he was so excited to use his innate aspect!
He smiled to himself, but didn't think it was any issue. It had only been a bit over a day since he came out of seclusion, wasn't it normal that he hadn't completed every required step?
A thought stuck him and he took a step forward, stepping on the air.
Suddenly, he was able to fly!
Flying in this world was very restricted because of the density of spiritual power and elements. Qi refining cultivators couldn't fly at all, foundation building cultivators could use flying tools to fly, but origin light cultivators could fly fully on their own!
He stepped on air and hovered, speeding up and slowing down, though not daring to fly too high. He hadn't fully registered with the general affairs hall, so if he flew just like that, he would be detected by the formations. Fortunately, hovering was permissible under his previous foundation building cultivation.
At the same time, he also had a thought and wanted to try using his spiritual sense!
The situation was a bit similar to his own thoughts before: qi refining could use it to perceive their internal body, foundation building could use it to control weapons, and now, as an origin light, he could properly spread it out!
He didn't dare spread it fully but just five metres around him.
In an instant, he felt overwhelmed!
Suddenly, he perceived everything extremely strong!
Previously his heightened senses already made him able to directly zoom in ten times with his eyes, but now, he could go deeper, zooming in a hundred times!
Could fully see details of various things, but he shook his head.
Although it was a great tool, in fact, the spiritual sense he had was still in the "growth" phase.
In the third higher stage, beyond "Awakening Spirit through Qi", the spiritual sense will transform into a divine sense. For now, all he experienced was heightened vision and awareness.
Though he didn't know what he could do with a higher stage, so he could only wait.
As he wandered around outside his own cave, he saw others. His cave was in a rather secluded spot, so he had to walk out a bit until he saw other people.
The space around here was very large, which he could later develop, and the people around him had similar ambitions. Most were already in the origin light or spiritual core stage, when he just entered, no one really talked to him and he had a bit of a lonely neighbourhood.
But now, with his higher strength, he was greeted by some neighbours with smiles.
One even stepped up "Oh, are you little Fu?"
Fu Xian looked over, feeling the pressure of this senior, he instantly bowed "Greetings, Senior Ruan!"