Cultivation Begins

Monsters…it was not an unfamiliar word for Aeon.

After the Celestial World Tree appeared, some beings other than humans appeared in Silvoria.

They were ferocious, and when the humans encountered them, these beings would not hesitate to kill as though humans were their blood enemies.

Therefore, all these beings were named with a single term, Monsters, and they should be killed at any cost when encountered.

As time passed, it was concluded that these so-called Monsters came from the Celestial World Tree.

That's right! The youngster who awakened their Life Seed and officially stepped on their Path of Life Blood Cultivation could enter the Celestial World Tree to speed up their cultivation speed.

Inside the Celestial World Tree was a whole new world filled with various treasures and cultivation resources that could help the youngsters in their cultivation.

Of course, along with these cultivation resources, there were also countless dangers, and monsters were one of them.

As the genius of the Thundershade Family, Aeon was taught all the knowledge and specially trained to enter the Celestial World Tree; however, before that, the calamity fell on the Thundershade Family.

"Are you telling me…the one who is yet to start his Life Blood Cultivation to kill not one but 1000 monsters?"

Aeon frowned as he asked the Grimoire of Life and Death about the trial.

[If it is easy, then it is not called a Trial]

[Also, it's not just killed 1000 monsters but 100 monsters each from 10 different monster races]

'I read that already.'

Aeon silently muttered to himself, 'That's the real difficulty of the Trial.'

Even though it sounded like a complaint, it was not because Aeon was already happy that he saw the hope of taking revenge for his family.

'I wonder what kind of monsters are in this Trial Realm? If there are the same Monsters as in the Celestial World Tree, I can use the knowledge my father taught me to kill them.'

Aeon silently hoped the monsters would be the same as the ones from the Celestial World Tree.

'However, before I can do anything, I must officially step onto my cultivation path.'

Aeon knew that with his current strength, he could not even kill a single rank 1 monster, not to mention that most monsters move in groups with a Rank 2 or even higher ranked monsters leading them.

Hence, Aeon decided to start his Life Blood Cultivation because he would awaken his Life Seed's first ability once he began the cultivation.

'Even though I have lost my S-grade Life Seed, I still have my F-grade Life Seed.'

When he thought about it, S-grade Life Seed, Aeon's heart ached because with such a Life Seed, increasing his cultivation would have been a piece of cake.

Nevertheless, having a Life Seed to officially start the cultivation was also considered a blessing.

Thus, Aeon decided to use his lowest grade Life Seed to officially step onto his path of cultivation.

Life Seeds awakened by the youngsters in Silvoria are classified into different grades depending on their size. The larger the Life Seed, the higher the grade because it makes things easier for the Life Blood Cultivator.

For a cultivator with an F-grade Life Seed, it would take forever to increase his cultivation even by a single major realm; however, for the cultivators with a higher-grade Life Seed, it would be easier and takes only a little time.

'Before that, let's check out the Master Page.'

Since he had access to the Master Page, Aeon wanted to check out what information about him was recorded.

'Rustle'

The Grimoire of Life and Death closed briefly before opening the first page.

On the first page, it had Aeon's drawing with some words beside the drawing.

[Name: Aeon Thundershade]

[Age: 15]

[Cultivation: Yet to start]

[Life Seed: 1) F-Grade (Special)]

[Life Seed Ability: Unlocks when the awakener becomes a cultivator]

'Huh? My Life Seed is a Special F-Grade? In what way is it special?'

While reading his information, Aeon frowned when he saw the word 'Special' behind the grade.

'According to the Elder of the Sacred Hall, my second Life Seed was just an F-Grade one, and there was nothing special about it. '

Aeon asked the Grimoire about it; however, it did not respond for a while before opening the Communication Page.

[I have already given out so much information to you]

[I will explain it to you if you become my True Owner]

After saying what it wanted, the Grimoire of Life and Death turned the pages and opened the Master Page for Aeon to check his information.

'So, everything depends on me completing this trial. Fine.'

Aeon clenched his fists with determination as he set a goal, 'My first goal will be passing the trial at any cost and becoming the True Owner of the Grimoire of Life and Death.'

First, Aeon checked his surroundings, which were filled with trees, and after learning there were monster races in the Trial Realm of Life and Death, Aeon knew it wouldn't be safe to cultivate in the open.

Hence, he carefully searched for a good hiding place to start his cultivation and awaken his first ability.

After an hour of careful searching, Aeon found a place where he thought he could set up a temporary hideout, a tree hole.

From his observations, Aeon was confident that any mutated animals did not occupy it.

While searching, Aeon noticed the traces of monster groups and carefully avoided them.

Aeon covered the entire tree with bushes and vines he found along the way to cover the tree hole, and from the outside, it looked just like naturally grown bushes and vines.

'Thanks to the survival skills that Brother Aren taught, I could avoid the monsters and create my temporary hideout.'

Sitting in the tree hole, Aeon thanked his Elder Brother in heart before taking a deep breath to calm his emotions.

As for the Grimoire of Life and Death, it entered Aeon's body, and as for where it went, Aeon had no clue about it and didn't waste his time thinking about it.

Instead, he was all ready to awaken his first ability.

'Life Seed, come out.'

With a thought, a grain-sized Life Seed slowly came out of Aeon's body with a dim light around it.

[Thunder Serenity Flow]

After summoning his F-grade Life Seed, Aeon circulated his family's cultivation technique to absorb the Life Energy around him.

'Swoosh'

Soon, the Life Seed hovering before Aeon started absorbing the Life Energy slowly but steadily.

'Damn it…it is taking forever to fill my tiny Life Seed.'

To officially step onto the path of Life Blood Cultivation, the awakener should fill his entire Life Before before taking it back into his body.

The returned Life Seed would then transfer the Life Energy into the awakener's blood to officially turn him into a Life Blood Cultivator.

However, Aeon's tiny Life Seed was taking more than an hour to fill itself, making Aeon a little frustrated.

'I have to learn to be patient from now on. I have to be patient.'

Aeon reminded himself that things wouldn't go as expected and that he needed to be patient.

So, he continued to circulate the cultivation technique to let his Life Seed absorb the Life Energy.

'Swoosh'

Suddenly, the Grimoire of Life and Death flew out of his body and opened the middle page.

[Seeing your determination, I, the Grimoire of Life and Death, became impressed and unlocked a Fourth Page: Blessing Page]