CHAPTER 3

A pair of eyes slowly opened, trying to adjust to the brightness of the surroundings. The smell of medicinal herbs lingers all over the room. You can see a skeptical look on his face as he was confused about everything. The door opened and he saw a woman with long brown hair carrying a basket full of herbs.

"Oh! You're awake already, young man." She said as she put down her basket. The woman didn't wait for a response as she knew already that the guy was still in a state of confusion as he had just regained consciousness and also didn't have memories. "I know that you are confused, but for starters, my name is Lilith. I am the one who saves your soul from dissipating. When I met you around three days ago, you didn't have any memories, so I can't help you to recover for now or tell you about yourself."

"Uh... you said about soul... did I die already? Is this the afterlife?" The young man asked as he tried to gain more information.

"Don't force yourself to regain your memories. It will not come anytime now. As for your soul, I don't know how it travels here, but you're still lucky enough to encounter me as you got lost if you weren't already dead. By the way, this is not the afterlife. This place is called Mystic World and, as for our location right now, is the Sanctuary of the Almighties. The Almighties are the beings who reached the pinnacle of the world. They are like heroes in their own generation."

"Then, I am not dead yet. So... how can I go back to my body?"

"I can help you but with condition. I want you to become my disciple and train with me. As for how long, until I am satisfied with the results, you should do your best. If not, then you might stay here more than a decade without knowing what's happening to your body in the mortal world. And oh! I need to inform you that the other Almighties are interested in you. They keep pestering me about you, so you might as well prepare yourself."

"Thank you for taking care of me all this time. By the way, can you really help me regain my memories?"

"I can, but most of it will depend on your own effort. As you can see, your soul is still weak, so you need to stabilize first and then cultivate. For cultivation, someone else will instruct you because I specialize more in herbs. I will be the one who will train you in medicine. You will meet your other instructors at the right time, but now, you need to take a rest. And since you lost your memories, you don't even know your identity. I can't just call you 'hey' or 'you', so we need to think of a name for you."

"..."

"I bestow you with the name Amory, which means powerful, brave and having divine qualifications. Your last name will be Cassian, meaning hollow; derived from your soul who wonders around without any memories like you are starting from nothing."

"Amory Cassian. I really like how it sounds."

"Good. From now on, you will be called that way until you get back your memories. Don't worry about the time you consume over here, because a year over here in the Mystic Realm is equivalent to two months in the mortal world."

One week flew by as if nothing. The tranquil life that he once knew vanished as Amory Cassian meets the other Almighties and starts his training. He had done his best he could to survive in every trial, even his soul was almost exhausted. He persevered as he went through every training session to get stronger and gain more knowledge. However, as time went by, the optimistic thought that he once was slowly devoured by the darkness. The only thing that is on his mind right now is how to get away from this daily torture. He still remembers how happy and excited he was to meet the other Almighties, but he regretted that day. Once he thought a sweet dream became a nightmare and he struggled to wake up.

First, he was given lessons and they taught him the basic common knowledge of each Almighty's expertise. After every Almighty instills the information inside his brain, they will test out how much he comprehends. Once he adapted the knowledge, they will go to the next level and if not, then they will do anything to carve it into his soul about how to do it or so.

By the time Amory Cassian started to temper his soul, the Almighties cannot believe what they saw. He is born to be a genius cultivator. The unparalleled performance as how fast he cultivates, Yào shèng examined him to see to it that there is no problem in his cultivation.

"There's no problem... it is just that he is gifted with a talent or I should say he was born with Dao runes." Yào Shèng explained to everyone.

"Wow! So we picked up a great disciple this time." A man's voice with a hammering sound that echoed throughout the room exclaimed with excitement.

"I need to correct you, Honnos. It was I who picked him up. Everyone just shared with my luck." The brown-coloured haired woman chides. She announced it with a proud gesture in a childish manner.

"Stop looking so proud, Elethea. We should think about how we educate this jade and hone it to become a great masterpiece." Honnos said as he berated Elethea's cocky gestures.

Everyone inside the room is discussing how they will cultivate Amory Cassian's gift so as to not waste his talent. They decided, to bring out his maximum capacity of his constitution and help him, they needed to temper him. After they consulted each other, everyone in the room stood silent, they anticipated which one of them would be the next to instruct Amory.

"Leave him to me first, as I will help him open his meridians to open his potential." Yào Shèng announced like there was no other way of making them not to negate his words. He was resolute in this matter and, like everyone else, they approved Yào Shèng the Great Medical Sage, with his recommendation. The Almighties settled with what Yào Shèng suggested because they would know that they had the best results for Amory's potential.