5 Earth(5)

"Well let's first give you some general knowledge of the realms above you child. First, you are currently located in a lower realm. These realms span from apocalypse, Middle Ages, technology, and anything humans can get up to. However, these realms all lack true knowledge of their own bodies. They all have lack of Qi in their realms to even understand the true vastness of our world" Atlantis said.

"What is Qi?" Zale asked.

"Qi is the life of everything. It flows through the bodies of people. In the middle realms people learn to harness it and shed their mortal strength. The upper realm and divine realm I shall save for you later child. You don't need to worry about those realms until the future child" Atlantis said wisely.

Zale asked confusingly, "How can I acquire this Qi you talk about?"

"To acquire Qi you must be able I sense it in the air and be able to absorb it in your body. Some say you have to be born with talent to be able to sense it, others say you need determination and hard work to comprehend Qi. However, I say that you need a good teacher to guide you through the teachings of Qi to become powerful. You child are lucky indeed, you have I the great Atlantis to teach you how to become a the ruler of the seas, the king of kingdoms, the emperor of continents, and the ruler of the universe" boomed Atlantis arrogantly and with pride.

"Why should I listen to you?" Zale asked stubbornly.

"Child this lower realm constricts you. Your life is restricted. This palace chose you. You don't know how great of a feat that is child, but listen to me, the former master of this palace, that you are meant for greatness. Take me as your master and I will take oh through the realms and you will become one with the see. You were chosen as the ambassador of the sea and ocean. All these creatures spawned from the ocean. I shall pass onto you techniques I learned from the water and lead you to start on the path to cultivation."

Zale wanted to know the levels of power of people and asked Atlantis, "If people get stronger as they have more Qi, are there levels to base them on their strength when they cultivate?"

"Hm very wise indeed you are child. Since you will first need to go to the middle realms if you accept my offer to be my disciple I will tell you about the levels of cultivation in the middle realms. However there is two separate paths for cultivation. There are warriors and mages. Warriors take Qi into their body and strengthen it. Mages store Qi into their body and use it as reserves to later dish out spells in vast quantities. So let's begin with with the nine levels a warrior must go through to reach the top of the middle realm. There is the Qi apprentice, flesh, bones, organs, tissues, and cells to first strengthen the body. In each one you bring the Qi throughout the body and cleanse the specific parts of the body to strengthen it through each level. These seven then lead to the 8th realm called the elemental warrior, these warriors can comprehend the power of the elements and use them throughout their body. Finally we have saint warriors that rest at the peak of the middle realms."

"So then if these are the nine levels of a warrior, what are the nine levels of a mage?" Zale asked in wonder.