Disturbance in the sect
One day ago, while Erik was enhancing his bloodline
The day seemed nothing different from yesterday or before that. The streets are bustling with people.
Suddenly, a powerful roar pierced through the peaceful sky, causing everyone to shiver with fear. The earth trembled as it feared the roar. The sky became dark, filled with black clouds.
Everyone could hear and see the black thunders that filled the sky.
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At that moment, inside the sect masters room
The sect master was cultivating trying to break into the Soul Realm. He stagnated at the peak stage of the Spiritual King Realm for most of the past four hundred years. He has a few decades before his natural life span expires.
In cultivation, different realms differentiate a cultivator's power. There is Novice Realm, then the Mortal realm. Above them are Spiritual Warrior, Spiritual Master, and Spiritual King.
Novice and Mortal realms each have nine levels, while each Spiritual realm has five levels.
Once one enters the spiritual realm, automatically, their life span increases. When one reaches the peak of Spiritual King, the natural life span limit touches five hundred years unless someone kills them.
Until a cultivator reaches the Soul realm, none are at ease. If one dies after they reach the soul realm, they can occupy a recently dead person or if their soul is strong enough to seize a live one.
The soul realm has three levels, and unlike the realms before, one increases their soul. When one reaches the third level, only then do they have a chance to gain the upper hand in seizing a live person. Even that depends on the person.
The only disadvantage for the cultivator's souls is that they can't enter a soul realm cultivator, alive or dead. They have to choose one from the below realms.
Most cultivators from the soul realm, when they die, search for a recently dead person, as taking over a live one is frowned upon and get in a lot of trouble. If the person is from some famous clan, he will be hunted for life.
There is the possibility of his soul getting hurt while trying to seize a live person. Since there is already a native soul occupying the body, it will fight with the intruder. There is a high chance of soul damage, which is not easily repaired as the physical body.
Even then, the person may self-detonate if he feels like losing. The detonation of the soul can destroy another soul, but it's only possible for Spiritual Kings.
They can only go for lower realms which gives no advantage to them if they fight. So most prefer to occupy someone already dead.
While the sect master was busy trying to break into the next realm in cultivation, all of a sudden, he felt a powerful presence pressuring him down. It broke him from concentration and caused him to puke blood. He fell onto his knees from the pressure he felt.
It was not physical but a spiritual attack.
He was not the only one in the sect who felt the pressure. Every cultivator in the spiritual king realm felt it. They, too, fell on their knees and puked blood.
In this regard, the ones of the below realm could be said to be lucky as though they felt the pressure; they are not in a bad state as the kings.
The roar and thunder clouds in the sky and the earthquake in the city is the only thing that caused panic for low-level cultivators.
The pressure lifted after a few minutes. Coincidentally the dark clouds disappeared, and everything went to normal.
Sect master immediately summoned all Elders of the inner court. Answering the summons, every inner court Elder, even the Grand Elder, visited the sect master.
"Sect master Storm, do you know what happened?" asked first Elder Thomas.
"Thomas, I heard what happened in the city. We all did feel the pressure of it", replied the sect master.
"It was as if the Heavens and Earth are announcing the arrival of something great," spoke the Grand Elder Dreysin.
"Grand Elder, I have to ask, did you not see the black thunder that appeared in the sky. It represents great calamity, and it isn't just my opinion. Most of the sect believes it", said the third Elder.
The sect master sighed and said, "Whatever it is, we have to be prepared or else… I don't think I should say, but you know damn well what would happen to us if we neglect it."
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"What in the hell happened to cause that?" wondered Amelia. She was cultivating in her courtyard when the sky roared, and the earth shivered.
The entire sky was filled with black thunders, which caused her blue thunder beast to shiver. Thunder appears in different colors. Each color has a different characteristic.
Of all the thunders there are, three are famous; they are blue, red, and black thunders.
Blue thunder represents elegance; Red represents violence, while Black denotes Vicious.
Black thunder is considered dangerous of all elements known to men. Seeing it in the sky planted a seed of fear in everyone's heart.
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"Did you hear the sky roar?"
"I never saw such a thing in hundred years of my life."
"The earth shivered with fear from the roar."
"Dark clouds… Black Thunder…disaster…."
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While the entire city is in panic, Erik is oblivious to what's happening out in the city. He is pretty happy with the benefits he got from the system. His body and bloodline are enhanced, and with the god-graded cultivation technique, he was sure that his cultivation would skyrocket in the near future.
He once again checked his stats and inventory as he chuckled at the last-minute luck before diligently starting to comprehend the technique as much as possible before he started cultivating using the technique.
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Name: Erik
Age:16
Body physique: Ethereal Divine Body Level-1
Bloodline: Ethereal Divine Monarch Bloodline (Awakened 0.1%)
Cultivation: Novice Realm Level 1
Cultivation technique: Ethereal Divine Cultivation (Comprehension 0.1%)
Skills: None
Spiritual Source Points: 8/10
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Inventory Size: 30x30
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