Heaven’s Tribulation

an obeyed, and Wu Dis finger touched his forehead. A large amount of information flowed into Sheng Tian and he fainted.

About an hour later, Sheng Tian regained consciousness and sensed a change in his mind. A separate space with gold runic carvings on its walls and at its center, lay 6 golden orbs.

A familiar voice interrupted his thoughts, ”that is the sea of consciousness, a place where all your knowledge is accumulated. Normal people would have to reach the Mind Tempering Realm to form it ” Sheng Tian found that he could perfectly understand what he was talking about, despite having no prior knowledge before. ”So the gold carvings on the walls are knowledge, but what are those floating balls? ” he asked.

”Those are knowledge fragments of the higher realms, you will know their purpose once you reach that realm ” Wu Di answered patiently. ”Now, I will go dormant, I am technically dead and am just a floating spirit. I will reside within your sea of consciousness and rest. ”

”Wha-what do you mean?! You aren alive? How can I receive your guidance if you are sleeping? ” Sheng Tian let out a flurry of questions, and Feng Wu Di answered them all.

”I was killed by my enemies long ago and am cursed to wander in this form. I will rest in your head and wake up once a week. For the meantime practice these techniques while I am gone, and don worry if you don understand anything. You
e only 5 after all ”

And then he was gone, but Sheng Tian suddenly felt something in his head, 3 books now lay in his sea of consciousness.

Controlling his form to move, Sheng Tian picked up the books and found that 1 of them was a tempering technique tailored for mortals, and the other 2 were movement techniques also made to fit those without Qi.

Qi/essence is a requirement to use a martial technique and those without cultivation or, in Sheng Tians case, too young to cultivate use techniques called Martial Techniques. This does not mean cultivators don practice Martial Techniques. Martial Techniques are the favorite of Body Cultivators who rely on pure physical force more than essence energy. These techniques can also come in handy in specific situations so almost no one looks down on them.

The oddity was the tempering technique. No human under the age of 16 can cultivate any of the 3 paths but flipping through the book, Sheng Tian learned otherwise.

The technique is called the Extreme Human Body and allows the practitioner to obtain strength akin to a cultivator. A weak one of course. Still, it was a miraculous technique that others would kill for. There are 9 levels to this technique and the final one gives the practitioner a body that is impervious to the strength of non-cultivators and much tougher against even a Qi Refining cultivator. It also would allow him to use a small amount of Qi! The only requirement to cultivate it is to withstand physical pressure, namely pain, or by overcoming physical limits.

Calming himself and putting down the book, he looked at the movement techniques.

The first one is a short distance movement technique called Illusory Snake Steps. It is a set of complex footwork that was meant to be unpredictable in combat. The other was a long distance movement technique called 10,000 Mile Stride. This would allow him to travel thousands of miles quickly if he achieves full mastery. Both techniques have 6 levels, each one giving great benefits if reached.

Smiling, Sheng Tian started his journey home, practicing the techniques along the way.