The Next Stage

It only took a day for Daedalus to return to the dwarven castle his uncle called home and so he went in. Artair as usual snuck up behind Daedalus and tackled him into a headlock before saying "Welcome back nephew, you better get ready, your aunt's here."

When Daedalus heard his aunt was here he couldn't help but have a bad feeling, putting that aside though Daedalus quickly followed after Artair. Less than a minute later Daedalus could see his aunt staring at him with an intimidating expression on her face.

Gulping Daedalus walked over and tried to make it clear he would join the tournament. So he said "Aunty Ceridwen, before the tournament starts I wanted to know what the next level of cultivation is."

Daedalus had to admit it was the truth but his acting skills had clearly gotten better, he had managed to sound excited even when he felt intimidated. Sadly Ceridwen just huffed and glared at him for a second before punching him in the stomach.

This time Daedalus didn't fly half way across the continent instead he folded. Not just simply folded though, as he was punched in the stomach his feet stayed in place while his upper half and face almost hit the floor.

Artair who was watching from afar put his hands over his eyes and winced while looking through the gaps. Ceridwen just huffed again and said "Do the same thing to your soul as you did with your body, after that you need to sense the immortal energies."

Sadly Daedalus was foaming at the mouth with a broken spine and didn't hear a word she said. Seemingly noticing his lack of movement and taking a closer look she quickly used her aura to heal him.

After healing his spine she repeated what she said before and only smiled when Daedalus also nodded, although only barely. Then she walked to the teleportation formation and teleported home.

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An hour later Daedalus found himself in the same bed as when he had made his breakthrough. Soon he remembered what happened and ceridwen's words from before she left and couldn't help but check on his back.

Sighing in relief at how well it was healed he quickly decided to start working on his cultivation. It was shortly after that, that Daedalus realised his fourteen golden layers where a solid gold sphere at the center of his soul, taking the place of his souls core.

Daedalus' chuckle quickly turned into a loud laugh which eventually attracted the attention of Artair. Artair in his ever too much enthusiasm crashed through the door and said "What's going on? Have you finally gone crazy."

Daedalus for once didn't mind his enthusiasm and replied with an equal amount of enthusiasm saying "I just realised that my cultivation is past the aura soul stage, I can start learning to sense immortal energies!"

Artair's eyes widened and he jumped up and down, which with his rather short height was quite comical. Then he said "I can help you with this stage, I only to to force your body to sense the energy I give off."

Daedalus couldn't help but feel incredulous at the simplicity and said "You can do that!?"