Chapter-7 half and half power world

I was running to my grandpa's “tent” which happened to be made out of jade as well...

As it turns out the old man's power is controlling jade....haaa no wonder my family's so damn rich.

I knocked on the door of the majestic “tent” and heard grandpa's lazy voice

“you done trainin’ kessy?”

“let me in first grandpa.”

The door opened and grandpa's sleepy face was what i saw next

“ugh... i am out here fighting for my survival and you are here enjoying your beauty sleep what kind of responsible adult are you?” I gave him a weird look only to be glared at

“tch waddya want? I am busy right now so Talk quickly before i close the door.”

I was so speechless at his rascaly behaviour that I only responded when he was about to actually close it.

“w...wait ol....grandpa i need the breathing rhythm for the second stage.”

“why would you need that when you're still practicing the firs......”

He impatiently said before he quickly froze up.

I grinned and cheekily responded

“Yup you geussed it right I reached the first stage bottleneck.”

Still shocked, grandpa said

“y...you didn't you just start training 1 month ago? You fellow what kind of monster are you?..... whatever come in and rest for the night and we'll continue training tomorrow.”

“you're letting me in?”

I was very surprised since every time i wanted to sleep in his “tent” he refused sternly and told me to live like my ancestors did before........what is a selfish childish oldman being so nice now?

“tch before i wanted for you to suffer and be on the brink of death so you'll be able to awaken earlier but since you already are awakened you have no need to suffer further”

This old.....punk!! If that was so why did he have to make me go through all of that this past month..... grit I better shut it and accept defeat silently......for now.

‘humph that's what you get for correcting me this morning you're still too young boy’

Meanly thought the old man.

Thankfully i couldn't hear what he thought or i would have risked my life to destroy him.....or at least do so in my mind.

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In the morning....

“Alright this here is the rhythm for the second stage boy but before you practice it i need to warn about a few things”

I was quite pumped for practice so I tried to calm my tense nerves.

“First of all, you have no need to suffer from now on....unless you want to of course”

The corners of my mouth twitched a bit on hearing the last part.

“Second of all you need to know that awakening the second stage grants you a power that is based on a variation of a part of nature.”

“usually the less it is variated and more pure the more powerful and the harder it is to gain control but if course there are exceptions which we will ignore for now.”

“As you see i awakened to the jade power which is an earth variated ability ....it also happens to be quite pure and powerful”

His tone was filled with pride at the mention of his power...akin to a child telling his parents how he got good grades.

“I get the feeling that you thought something incredibly rude just now but I'll ignore it”

HE'S STILL SO SHARP!!

“i have no idea what yours might be but i am anticipating it be quite pure since you are the descendant of the great Meddlar family”

We sell drugs and jade to rich people why are you so proud?

“But keep in mind that this is the second most difficult step in the path if an elementalist as it involves integrating your body with one of natures forces and as such it is incredibly dangerous and painful so make sure not to panic when you get to that point”

Yup I'm definitely going to panic after hearing this.

“Anyway without further or do lets begin. As usual empty your mind and begin breathing”

I began breathing according to rhythm and almost instantly I was able to absorb energy again and so kept at it for a couple of hours until i heard something click within me and i knew that it began so there's no going back now.

Suddenly i heard grandpa speaking “you will now feel as if you teleported into another world this world will be your power world the world from within you draw your power from. When you do you need to grasp a hold of a sliver of power from that world and try to receive it in your body”

As he talked i felt dizzy and like before i felt like i was in a diffrent dimension....only one i have never seen before.

It was a weird roomy world.....as though someone split it into two.

Half of it was full of colors while the other half was pure black.

Normally you would feel as though black is scary though right?

But no when i saw the colored half I "felt" it distorting itself as though it wanted nothing more than to destroy the space fabric itself but at the same time i felt a sense of harmony and peace from it as though it was healing the distorted space fabric.

Yin and yang

Was what popped in my mind when i saw this scene. The harmony it had was comforting.

Then i turned my head to look at the pitch black half.

It was so black like the darkness origin of the whole world. It was as if you could put your hand in it but not get it back. All i felt from it was extreme emptiness as though the whole world could be swallowed in it and it wouldn't be filled at all.

When i looked at the meeting point between the two halves i saw an even more shocking sight.

The two halves where combining in a strange way that's could only be witnessed but not described.

I was dazed for a few minutes before i regained my focus.

“This....what kind of place is this. Grandpa said that's it my power world but what kind of power is this?”

“Haaaa I can't think anymore let's first try to initiate contact with it.”

With that i moved forward but was stopped by a weird interface.

System found highly potent suitable energy source requesting host for permission to absorb.

“this....so all of this is energy to you? Just what kind of system are you? Most importantly absorb? Maybe this could activate it.”

With that i pressed on the big yes botton.

Confirmation. System absorbing highly potent energy.

1.2%

1.3%

1.4%....

While the system was doing it's thing i also began doing my thing and "walked" to the meeting point between the two halfs and grapped onto the weird looking mixture.

“Wow, it feels just like cotton candy..... Wonder if it tastes like it.”

I swallowed a mouthful and quickly regretted that decision.

Instantly, my whole body was stabbed by countless needles, a sensation that overwhelmed my senses.

“What... Did...I??!!!!”

Regaining my mind's foothold, my body was being assailed by an enormous amount of pain, that relentlessly assaulted me from every direction. As if trapped and tortured in the molten heat of scorching lava and being mercilessly tormented by the freezing tundra.

The unbearable pain, I could feel my mind slowly but surely creaking under the colossal pressure.

Thoughts of losing and submitting to the pain swelled in my mind. But, for some reason mom's kind image popped up in my head.

She must have gone through this everyday, knowing she will die. Seeing me and nagging every morning, feeding her life to me, knowing it only accelerated the inevitable

Her hair which kept growing whiter by the day ,a constant reminder of how much time she had and how it was being helplessly ripped away from her.

Yet, she surrendered it freely with just a meager solemn plea to see me healthy.

"She didn't lose to despair! SO.....I.. WILL.. NOT.. LOSE.. TO.. THIS..EITHER!! ARRGH DON'T SCREW WITH ME ..!!"

Gathering whatever left of focus i had to try to forget the unbearable pain or i knew i would become a vegetable.

I forced myself through the punishment as my mind clashed through the pain, winning myself a short reprieve to regain my focus.

Moments later the fire would quickly return to continue its unforgiving onslaught.

It would continue this vicious cycle for what would be like an eternity, until there was a 'ding' sound.

system fully charged: initiating install:install finished

Ding ding system detected atomic error in host's body resulting in rejection from highly potent energy.

Would the host like to fix the atomic error? Yes No

I wanted to say yes but what came out was just a hoarse voice that wouldn't be acknowledged even as a voice but the system seemingly understood.

Initiating atomic fixing on host.........

After that i didn't remember anything as i had already blanked out from fighting the pain for so long until finally the pain started lessening and lessening before becoming numb and finally began to feel comfort....yes comfort, a feeling i was longing for.

Atomic error fixed host body reached perfect match for great karmic shift

Recommending completing cosmic soul cultivation for best results would host like to learn the great cosmic soul maual?

Yes No

I still had questions in mind but i was attracted by the big YES so i just pressed it and felt a little sting in my head, which compared to before was like comparing a truck hit to a wasp sting.

I felt memories flood my mind....unfamiliar memories.....

"So this is how cole and delson felt when they read people's minds huh." I thought out loud after regaining the ability to talk "normally".

After sorting out all the i information pouring into my head i became quite excited.

It seems that this cosmic soul manual was actually a breathing manual and not only did it include the first ten stages for elemental cultivation it also had another part which was sealed in a foggy corner in my memory before i could reach the tenth stage but just the first ten breathing rhymes where priceless enough.

Once I calmed down I immediately felt the changes in my body and I had noticed i had much more energy than before so i think it's safe to say that I entered the second stage. However, I suddenly controlled all the elemental bits i gathered before and willed it to get out of my body and suddenly i was like an ordinary person all over again.

Why would i do that? Because in the manual it is mentioned that to practice the cosmic soul manual you need to do so from the beginning with at least elemental perfects.....what the hell are even elemental perfects!!?

Thankfully when i tried the cosmic manual i suddenly felt the black and colourful energy enter my body, this time though i only felt comfort and even a bit of pleasure.

i first began to breath according to the the first rhythm and......it felt amazing.

"So it seems like the energy in the power world can substitute for these elemental perfects."

The energy i could breath in each time was incomparable to before.

In fact, If the energy i could absorb before was comparable to a bicycle in speed then it is now comparable to a quantum train.....well not that far but the energy intake is simply incomparable to before.

And that's just the absorption speed the quality alone can even make the elemental wholes mentioned in legends seem like bird dung.

I was able to refinish the first stage in half an hour......what before took me four weeks to accomplish only took half an hour with the cosmic soul manual.

"This is simply unbelievable........i have to keep this a secret.......from everyone...including mom."

Don't get me wrong its not that i don't trust them its just that this manual is too dangerous that if it spreads out accidently......i can't even imagine what kind of disaster would happen.

Shaking my head silently i thought to myself ‘i don't know when i might be able to comeback here so i should use it as much as i can and reach the tenth stage as soon as i can.......then i can finally be invincble on this planet and not suffer needless injustice like my father and his father did.’

Then i finally turned my focus on the system interface.

“Whoa this is.........”