1 Awakening of the Infinite Spirit

Wuxian awoke from his nights slumber, distressed by the loss encountered at the annual martial gathering.

At the age of 13, Wuxian had reached the 2nd Pillar of the mortal realm, after great endeavor and cultivation along with his supposedly vast talent. Unknowingly surpassing majority of the countrysides limited cultivators, he was chosen by martial institutional scouts to attend their school. After various painstakingly difficult tests, he was accepted as an outer disciple. Only but finding himself rank 700 out of 720 outer students.

However. He lacked the continets most important factor. A powerful Spirit.

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Wuxian awoke with a low sounding groan, echoing throughout the concave walls

'Why is my talent so low...Even after tempering my body, arduously cultivating for months on end. Yet I cannot surpass the rate of cultivation the other students have. Be it resources or my martial spirit rank...I am of the lowest of the low.' Wuxian's Spirit was ungradable. It simply did not have a rank.

As Wuxian thought about the ungradable spirit which he possessed, he fell into a trance.

"Qin Li, step forward onto the platform for grading! We shall commence onwards with the Spirit ranking!" Martial instructor Han An bellowed towards both Qin Li and the jeering crowd of onlookers and relatives.

"En!" Qin Li cupped his hands with a slight bow.

Instructor Han An directed Qin Li onto an array with ancient runes engraved onto the 5 pillars surrounding the circumference at a pentagonal shape.

"Qin Li, direct your breathing in a deep and balanced rhythm. I shall provoke your martial spirit, forcing it to awaken!"

Qin Li steadily directed his breathing as told.

'PSHHH'

'HISSS'

As Instructor Han An directed his Qi inside of Qin Li, a blinding white light protruded from inside Qin Li's Dantian.

As both light and crowd alike settled down, a 3ft snake slithered across Qin Li's waist.

"AHHH!! How the heck did this snake come here!"

Instructor Han An laughed loudly, his voice reverberating into the crowd. "Qin Li, you have achieved a rank 5 Spirit. In the future you have hopes to become a man of great power, only slightly inferior to myself and my rank 6 Scorpion Spirit! Hehe."

Thereafter the crowd broke into chaos, congratulating both Qin Li and his father, Qin Fan.

"Good work my son, as expected of a genius like yourself!" Qin Fan patted his son.

"Father, I, Qin Li, shall strive for perfection in my path of cultivation!"

On the other hand, Wuxian was awaiting his turn with great expectation.

'Tch he's becoming far too arrogant from a mere rank 5 Spirit."

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And so, after the many Spirits of rankings from 0-5, with many achieving the 2 threshold, deeming themselves to stay average for a lifetime, it was finally Wuxian's turn to be graded and have his spirit awoken.

"Wuxian, regulate your breathing, I shall provoke your spirit" Commanded instructor Han An.

"En!" Wuxian bowed.

"PSHINGGGGG"

"BAM"

Sounds of anger bounced and knocked inside Wuxian's consciousness. Where an Inanimate voice chanted:

'...the eras have passed and gone...the cataclysm has too divulged from its course of heaven...it is approaching us in its inexorable course....hoping to destroy both heaven and mortals in one swoop..and we shall be there to destroy the cataclysm itself....for we are not bound by the threads of fate.....you are vast, boundless and infinite....you. are. infinite.'

Wuxian immediately fell unconscious, unable to hear the former half of the chant.

And thus after failing to materialize his seemingly inanimate Spirit, he was labelled as a rank 0. A waste.

"It is to great unfortune for Wuxian. I hear he was the most steadfast cultivator of our countrysides younger generation."

"It truly is a pity"

"Fate sure is cruel to those that are hardworking huh..."

The crowds unending voices rang across the area, where the unconscious Wuxian was taken to his room for recuperation.

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'In the end I'm a waste right? Or is that what they thought I shall accept as a label? I, Wuxian am boundless as my late father has named me. I am illimited as my late mother has conducted to me. There shall not be any obstructions towards my path. I shall overtake all others. Try. Prevent.Me.'