Chapter 144: Jake’s Path(2) (1/2)

Path.

An abstract concept that held enough weight to decide one's life. An intangible meaning that symbolized the whole to some people.

In the eyes of mortals, it was a direction, a physical route that they use for their daily activities.

However, to cultivators, a path represented their future. It signified their destiny. It was their identity! Their past, present, and future!

At a certain stage in life, just like mortal youth, cultivators would have to choose their path.

They would stop at the periphery of multiple potential paths and choose one. One main path for them to traverse.

This periphery was in between [Realm 2] and [Realm 3]. Those who had already known their paths would have added an attribute to their energy.

That was the condition for the hidden stage of [Realm 2].

Jake had achieved that when he had gained insight into his path.

Nonetheless, breaking into [Realm 3] signified the actual beginning of the practice of cultivation. It needed one to have already acknowledged their path(s).

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Sitting on the cold wooden floor, Jake began the process by reciting his [Mantra of Origin] as usual.

For the past months, he had not strayed from calming his mind. It was something he would do almost every day of his life. The mantra was important to someone like him who had no idea of his identity.

After repeating the mantra countless times, Jake delved his senses into his lower stomach region, where his [Dantian] was.

Inside the closed-up place, Jake could 'feel' his [Spirit Pool] swaying about like the cold lake disturbing by the anxious winds.

At every sway, the pool would spill, indicating that its container had reached the highest capacity.

Seeing this, Jake sighed internally, 'It is now or never.'

He fully closed his eyes as he summarized his achievement.

'I am sixteen today. Yet, already potentially achieving [Realm 3].'

Despite that, Jake wasn't insanely proud. What he had achieved wasn't that rare.

In fact, in his [Sword Drawing Book], most of the past users recorded achievements similar to that, with only one of them surpassing it; Shivani!

Even now, if Cheyenne and the trio survived the explosion, he was sure they would be either on the same level, a bit below him, or higher than him.

After reflecting on all his past actions, Jake smiled, 'I'm ready.'

Placing his arms together, Jake brought out the ethereal sparkly blue [Spirit Pool].

The moment he did that, a feeling of weakness washed over him. The energy container had been with him for months. Now that he brought it out, Jake found it hard to adjust.

He was only able to do that as the pool was in a liquid state.

After he brought out the pool of perfection that he had started growing since he entered [Realm 1].