12 Dreaming of being the Avatar(1)*
In the subsequent few days, I tried various permutations and combinations to merge the data from mystical beasts into one system. I tried to experiment on mortals who had opened their meridians and dantian. By the way, the experiments were conducted on death-row inmates and I tried to cause the least amount of damage to them. After the series of experiment was concluded, I found out the reason why inner qi was not used directly. Firstly, using the present knowledge, it was impossible to evolve and increase one's longevity using only qi. Well, this wasn't a concern of mine. What I was concerned with was that the circulation of inner qi was pathetically slow in humans. Wild animals seemed to have no problems like this. So I wracked my brains to find the reason for this problem. Suddenly one of Aleksei's memories popped into my mind. It was a scene from a from a popular T.V. series(2). The protagonist of the show could make the elements 'bend' to his will. This inspired me very much as I set him as my goal.
As I wracked through Aleksei's memories, I came across real-life practices that seemed to have similar effects. It was called Kundalini Yoga. Aleksei first came across this system when he met a sage during his trip to India. At that time the sage explained the process to him and also informed him about some hidden dangers. The seven chakras in the human body are all situated atop one another. According to the sage, there is a snake-like energy present at the Muladhara chakra, which is present and the base of our spine or tailbone. The energy can be released using external stimulation. After that, the energy travels along one's spine to attack and clear the other blocked chakras.
The major issue with this practice was that once started, it can neither be paused nor stopped, especially after the 4th chakra. Otherwise, the practitioner's body will receive a backlash that could even result in death. The other problem was one can tackle only one chakra per day and the optimum time limit for practice per day was 3 hours. Other than that, the practitioner could not do any other strenuous activities during the day.
The scariest part was the nightmares. According to the sage, almost all people who began this process reported that every night after opening the chakra, they would experience horrendous nightmares that seemingly try to pull their souls out from their body. Only the strongest-willed people could pull through after the 2nd chakra.
After this, I fell into deep thoughts, balancing the pros and cons of this method. As it took only 7 days to open all chakras so I could safely hide it from other's view. My only point of apprehension is my mother. If something wrong happens during the process and I get injured, then she would be inconsolable and my plans for living outside would be crushed.
On the flip-side, the gains would be boundless. After opening the chakras, it is said that the person can directly communicate with various energies of the world. While Aleksei didn't believe in such controversial matters, Vidyut Vajra knew the vales of such achievements and had already made the decision to follow through with this plan.
