Leaving the storage world, Sanya and Rudra began their daily routine training.
Rudra had been practicing the Mortal Foundation Scripture for more than a year. Eating and drinking essence-rich food daily, along with pills for strengthening, his body alone had become capable of fighting lions and elephants barehanded.
Sanya had also been practicing for almost two years, but she hadn't yet broken through in the Mortal Foundation Scripture. She was still stuck with the title "Above-Genius."
But she had grown strong through cultivation. She was now a Cultivator at Stage 1, Substage 4. In the phase of deep body cleansing with condensed essence flow.
She had also learned martial techniques. Some mortal martial techniques used by mortals, some real Martial techniques used by Cultivators.
She had mastered weapon arts and hand-to-hand combat systems, becoming capable of fighting beyond her level.
Her big brother kept upgrading the weapon arts from time to time. So her weapon arts had become more powerful than before.
But her big brother had said with a sigh, "You don't need to be happy… this weapon art is still not good enough. It hasn't touched the real power yet."
Even now, she couldn't believe her brother was calling this superb weapon art "not good enough."
***
After completing their training, both siblings opened Eternal Ascendancy.
Ellie had informed Sanya through her phone that the sect lobby construction was finished. So Sanya took Rudra with her to explore their sect.
She also ordered Ellie to connect with the scanning device and copy all the resources, then place them inside the respective buildings in the sect.
After Sanya and Rudra entered the game, they went straight to the Ecliptic Bound Sect lobby.
They summoned a special flying nimbus they had bought from the store and soared above the vast sect.
The sect stretched across hundreds of kilometers—a breathtaking xianxia landscape of floating jade peaks, misty violet valleys, spirit rivers glowing under eternal twilight, and ancient spirit trees whose leaves shimmered like amethyst stars.
At the heart rose the main mountain, crowned by Sanya's jade palace, wrapped in swirling purple clouds and guarded by illusory butterflies.
Around it floated dozens of smaller peaks—future elder residences—connected by rainbow spirit bridges.
Below, the valleys held alchemy grottoes carved into cliffs, forging chambers with molten rivers of spirit flame, open-air teaching pavilions under ancient trees, and a towering nine-floor library pavilion where books, containing mortal martial techniques and various arts, and special cubes containing cultivation system, floated in mid-air on a island.
Scattered markets and task halls dotted the land—places where sect members would later receive quests, claim resources, and trade.
Sanya and Rudra flew first toward the central mountain.
They landed on a wide jade plaza in front of the palace.
Sanya looked around, eyes shining.
Rudra comment.
"It's huge. Like a whole world."
They walked inside the palace—grand halls of black obsidian and white jade, lotus ponds reflecting starlight, sanya personal chamber for living, forging and alchemy practice.
Sanya touched a pillar. "Ellie did well."
Rudra nodded.
After visiting the central mountain, Sanya and Rudra continued their exploration.
They flew to the elders' peaks—floating jade mountains with grand residences, spirit bridges linking them, and jade floors glowing faintly.
They landed at the foot of the main mountain, walking through clusters of shared mansions—multi-chamber palaces with private forging rooms, alchemy labs, meditation halls, and empty chambers ready for future members.
They passed the bustling market plazas—shops waiting to be filled.
They entered the task halls—open pavilions with floating boards ready for quests, resource exchanges, and sect missions.
They visited the grand library pavilion—nine towering floors visible even from the corner of sect.
They soared along the riverbanks—spirit rivers of violet light winding through valleys, lotus ponds reflecting the eternal twilight sky.
Finally, they reached the special cultivation mountain for ordinary sect members.
This peak had denser essence flow than normal areas, but still less than the elders' or sect leader's mountain.
All of this was shaped by Ellie's vyuhas—carefully placed vyuhas that directed and concentrated essence flow across the sect.
No one in Eternal Ascendancy had known the game contained essence flow like the real world—until recently.
When India Concord began training players inside the game, players wonder: Even though they were using a real breathing technique, but without magic energy, how can they get strong?
But those players trained by India Concord have clearly become strong. It means they have used something like Magic Energy to get strong.
Players started guessing: the game must have magic energy or something like that too, otherwise how can game characters become strong? It should have a energy or something similar that players can use and become strong.
Some asked directly on the official page.
The reply came quickly:
"Yes. The game has magic energy, and game characters can grow stronger using it just like in the real world. It is called essence flow, not magic energy."
Hearing this, the world finally understood.
The game world was truly like reality—it had Magic Energy.
But how was it possible?
They didn't know.
They just thought, "There are so many mysteries about this game. What if there are even more?"
Some people even began using the term "essence flow" instead of "magic energy."
Because even big nations like India had started using it now.