Chapter 3 - Levels Of Cultivation (1/2)

Chapter 3: Levels Of Cultivation

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

For Chen Fan, the most important thing at the moment was to regain his power.

The progression of cultivation was divided into eight levels:

Qi Refinement, Connate, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Soul Formation, Void, Reunion, and Tribulation.

Although his teacher, Cangqin the Immortal Cultivator had lived for eight hundred and forty thousand years, he had just reached the seventh level. Once the cultivator reached the seventh level, he was granted the t.i.tle “True Immortal” and could live up to a hundred thousand years.

In this universe, a seventh level “True Immortal” would be revered as the embodiment of power and invincibility. Their powers would allow them to crush the stars, swallow the sun, and even create another dimension beyond s.p.a.ce and time.

In the past five hundred years, Chen Fan had reached the eighth level: Tribulation, surpa.s.sing his teacher and earned the t.i.tle of the: “Celestial Lord.”

However, Tribulation was too far away and too much for Chen Fan to worry about right now.

“I came back to the Earth once during my cultivation. At that time, the Earth’s Spirit Qi was completely exhausted, and it was no longer suitable for the cultivators to live.” Compared to the earth, the realm of “Cangming”—an alternative universe created by his teacher Cangqin—was a much better place for cultivators to harness energy. Chen Fan reflected his last visit to Earth as he started to sense the Qi surroundings him right now.

The last time he returned to the Earth, it would be more than a hundred years later in this current timeline, and by that time, he would already be a successful cultivator.

He ferried across billions of realms that separated him from the Earth in order to reach his home town, but he was disappointed in the end. The earth was no longer the same place as he remembered. The old national-state system had fallen apart, and the humans had formed the Earth Federation. After the humans colonized Mars, they stepped out of the solar system and entered the era of interstellar traveling.

Chen Fan had continued to live on the earth for another twenty years, and he did not sense the presence of any other cultivators.

“The Spirit Qi in this world right now was slightly more available than that of a hundred years later, but it was by no means abundant.” He shook his head silently. “Even if there is a cultivator, they will be at level two at the most.”

“I am afraid that I am still the only cultivator on earth.”

Chen Fan knew very well what it meant. It meant that as long as he could regain a fraction of his power, he could lord over this world with ease. Chen Fan also knew that he didn’t need advanced technology in order to reach his goals; he only needed to reach level two in his cultivation.

Without reaching level two, one can not even call himself a “cultivator.”

With the wealth of knowledge he had acc.u.mulated over the five hundred years, Chen Fan wagered that it would take him only a few years to reach that stage.

“The Spirit Qi is quite inconsistent around here; I better find a place with a stronger presence of Qi to help my cultivation.”

“If I can locate a numinous treasure, I will be sure to break through the second level in under three years.”

The thought of acquiring a numinous treasure amused Chen Fan, “What am I thinking? With such meager amount of Qi on the earth, there wouldn’t be any herbs left for me much less numinous treasures.”

As Chen Fan mulled over his predicament, the vehicle had pulled over to Auntie Tang’s house.

Chen Fan’s accommodation was located at the edge of downtown. Facing the enormous Yangui Lake, it was considered a high-quality mid-range property in the Chu Zhou City. On the other hand, the Tangs lived in a suburban development in Yunshan District, which was only a few minutes drive from Chen Fan’s place.

The car followed a highway that hugged the lake, and it eventually led them to the foot of the Yunwu Mountain. Chen Fanyi saw the name of the suburb development:

Dragon’s View Garden.

Chen Fan recalled that the Dragon’s View Garden was a high-end residential development in the Chu Zhou City. A small bungalow in this area would cost as much as two million even before the real estate boom.

Auntie Tang lowered the rear view mirror and saw fascination in Chen Fan’s eyes.

“The Yunwu mountain was the most famous landmark here in the Chu Zhou City other than the Yangui Lake. The Dragon’s View was only the mid-tier development around this area. Maybe later we will go further into the mountain, and I will show you some villas. They make our house look like a shed in their backyard. You should come to visit us early in the morning too; the entire mountain will be shrouded in mist, hence its name, ‘Yun-wu’: cloudy-mist.”

There was a hint of envy in Auntie Tang’s voice while she spoke about those villas high up in the mountains.

“Up there, the cheapest house cost more than ten million. It was developed by the richest man in Chu Zhou City and only his friends and the billionaires from the south could afford those properties. I could probably buy only a kitchenette even if I sold my company,” Auntie Tang shook her head and then sighed.

“The richest man in Chu Zhou City… The Shen family?” Chen Fan thought.

“Your house looks very big in my opinion. Our family lived in a 100-square-meter home in our county; it was a government subsidized property.”

Chen Fan paused and then said, “If auntie really likes those houses, I will buy you a few of them once I start to make money. I will make sure you can wake up every day to look down at the sea of cloudy mists beneath you.”

What was a villa to someone who could have the entire universe? He would have whatever his heart desired as soon as he reached level two.

Auntie Tang was pleased by Chen Fan’s words. She said, “Very well, I will take you up on it! Tell your mother to come live with me. To h.e.l.l with her real estate company! Your mother and sister are two brave souls, trying to make a living in the metropolis where they have no one to turn to. If she retires now, we can go shopping together, or go to the spa if we really run out of things to do. What a life that will be, eh?”

Jiang Churan listened to the conversation, and she was not very impressed by what she heard.

Not even the richest cla.s.smate she knew could have promised to buy a villa up in the mountains as a gift. Everyone knew that only the richest of the rich could afford living up there.