God Slayer Chronicles 21 Building The Path To Heaven

His lips were dry, and his throat was sore.

"Water." He moaned from the silk sheet bed that he laid in.

"Water!" he cried once more.

"Young Master!" Snow rushed over at once with a small cup of water, gently pressing it against his lips.

Grabbing the cup with one hand he gulped it down, wiping his lips afterward.

"More!" he demanded, regaining a bit of his vision.

"Yes, of course, young master." Snow poured another cup of water from a jug.

Yang Chi stood up and s.n.a.t.c.hed the jug from her hands, guzzling it down in a few seconds, smiling he sat down again. His hands slightly shaking from fatigue.

Though his thirst was parched, he was still hungry, "Snow, food." He waved to the pretty woman.

She took a quick bow, seeing as her young master wasn't in any mood to be kept waiting, although before she left, she made a quick stop off at the guards informing them that Yang Chi had awoken.

One of them made a rather unsavory joke though, "The child's awake, but his father's still asleep." He sn.i.g.g.e.red.

"Quite you thick skulled idiot! Do you want Miss Ru to hear you?" The other one raised his eye-brow, wondering how he ever insulted the heavens to get posted with a miscreant like that!

"You stay here, I have to inform the Ancestor that young master Chi's awakened." He quickly left his post, just in case that tigress was snooping around the corner.

In the small room with a little parrot that kept uttering the same phrase, "Forgotten Paradise! Forgotten Paradise, wait for the heavens there!" Yang Chi was sitting on the floor leaning against his bed.

"Weird parrot what are you talking about?" he looked again over to the corner of the room, but what greeted him was a shock.

There was no parrot in the corner of the room and no cage either… "Could I be losing it?" he grumbled.

He shook his head, he had absolute faith in himself as he closed his eyes and went to cultivate his soul.

"What!" Yang Chi gawked upon a realization.

His soul which had been flimsy and formless had finally started to bind together! This was the initial stages of the Primitive Soul!

He was speechless, he didn't realize how he broke through?!

Perhaps he'd strengthened his soul while dreaming? Maybe, he couldn't remember what was happening in his dream and could only attribute this strange situation to his luck.

He now had the power of a Coloured Star Realm Cultivator! We'll not entirely, if a human, in particular, chose to cultivate only their soul it would be utter madness! Like never using the letter 'M' again, utter adness!

While this may be possible for other species that primarily cultivated their soul, it's foolish for a human!

Humans are naturally adept at Qi cultivating, which helps in strengthening their body and make their power more volatile through the use of Qi.

Imagine having an all-powerful soul, but then being hit by a falling rock and dying! Prepositions!

Foolish indeed, although it would be invaluable by fighting people in the same realm, giving them an edge and possibly invade people's souls.

Although there was another problem currently for Yang Chi, he couldn't handle the power of his soul!

A confusing aspect but worrying one nonetheless, there's a reason why humans only develop a Primitive Soul at the Coloured Star Realm, and not at birth like other races. Humans can't handle the power!

The more you exert your soul, the more it damages the vitality of your body!

Currently, at most the only thing Yang Chi could do was a bit of backhand alchemy, inscriptions, and formations. Discouraging, but it wasn't enough to cause him to falter!

He'd continue to cultivate his human soul by reciting Daoist scriptures, but he wouldn't use it for combat until he reached a high enough stage in his cultivation!

Now though, in this moment of peace and quiet, it was time to finalize his plans. Yang Chi had thought long and hard on what cultivation technique he'd use and what weapons and powers he was going to focus on.

Finally, he concluded. The primary weapon he'd practice is with the sword. It was n.o.ble and elegant, diverse and able to conquer almost any situation.

The secondary techniques he would use were first techniques, encase he was disarmed, or he didn't feel like using a sword was necessary for the situation.

For his sword art, he decided on practicing the Gentleman's Tyranny. A sword art that required one to fight like a gentleman, elegantly fighting, parrying and defending, outfencing your opponent until finally, you strike! Strike Tyrannically trying to instantly terminate your opponent!

With his swordsmanship technique being so powerful he, of course, needed a fist art to match, deciding on the Void-Breaker Art, which utilizes pure power to shatter through the void and reach the opponent! This was at the higher of course at the higher levels of course, yet the lower stages were just as unrelenting as well.

Each of these arts had nine stages, which could travel with him all the way to the Dao Realm!

This pleased Yang Chi immensely, as he wouldn't have to switch his martial arts mid-way through cultivating!

Yang Chi, of course, didn't forget his movement techniques, which were essential to his fighting prowess! The first one he decided on was called Shadow-less Steps, which allowed the user to phase in and out of perceivable existence via charged bursts of movement.

The second technique was called the Eagle's Flight, which was developed just so that Yang Chi could escape as quickly as possible from less than fortunate situations.

With all of his combat and movement sorted Yang Chi was more than happy, ecstatic would be a better word, he knew if he mastered these arts and techniques, he'd be incomprehensible to his peers in this world.

The next stage of his plans was bodily cultivation! Cultivating the body was a grueling process, especially for humans! Yet, it was also the most powerful out of Soul, Qi, and Body – the trifecta.

This was because body cultivators could produce explosive power than their peers in the trifecta could not, and as long as they conserve their energy against Qi cultivators and use protective measures against Soul Warriors all shall fall before them!

The body refining technique Yang Chi chose was the Undying Slayer Technique. This was a technique that was extremely near and dear to Yang Chi's heart, as he had once gifted it to the human race eons ago when they were first rising up against the Pantheon.

But that wasn't the only reason, the main reason was the Undying Slayer Technique was a mimicry technique, and it was made so that humans could develop a physique similar to the Sha Clans.

The Undying Slayer had an obscenely large amount of levels, or layers as their described. It goes from Wooden to Stone, to Copper all the way to the heights of the Arch-Overlord!

It indeed was an incredible technique, but never the less made Yang Chi incredibly homesick and feel as if he didn't belong. All he could do was repress that feeling and continue onwards.

Finally came the most critical aspect for a human – Qi refining.

Several techniques made Yang Chi extremely excited, first of were some of the methods he'd provided the Yang Clan: h.e.l.lfire Pandemonium, Darkness Incarnate, and Skyfire Origin. Though none of these techniques attributed to both the Yin and Yang in his bloodline!

The second idea he had was to practice a heretical technique known as the Celestial Swallowing, which the great ancestor of the Sha Clan had adapted from one of those terrifying devouring beasts' prophecies, which told of the coming of a Celestial Devouring Beast.

The idea of this terrified Yang Chi, his clan had purposely exiled the Heavenly Devouring Beasts to another reality, a close friend of his from the Human Race, Chen Hu had died in this endeavor…

Yang Chi sighed, such a technique was too dangerous, as when practiced to its higher levels could result in damaging the walls of the universe itself!

Forget about the Pantheon, who knows what's outside of the Laws of the Universe?!

The idea made shivers go down Yang Chi's spine, never must one of those beasts or their legacy prevail in the universe!

Refocusing on cultivation techniques, several ideas charged through his head, World Defying Manual, Will of the Sky Dragon, Grand Rebirth, Phoenix Ever Rising.

"No, they're all incredibly powerful, yet they lack that quintessential touch that is my own." Yang Chi stroked his child smiling.

He knew what technique he wanted to practice, "The Yin-Yang Divide."

"Yin-Yang gives birth to everything throughout the universe, the Yin-Yang divide shall both compliment and strengthen my bloodline and make my Qi energy incredibly powerful and highly refined." There was a coy smile that crowned his face, making him unbelievably happy.

The Yin-Yang divide was a gateway to many things, allowing a cultivator to separate and Yin and Yang, but also combine them at will!

Not only that but in the higher levels of the technique, it can permanently transform the cultivator's body, granting them great boons such as the eyes of Yin and Yang.

"With this technique, I shouldn't find many rivals around these parts. Although it would still be best for me to hone and travel the world… I'll wait for my younger brother to be born first. After that, I'll provide my sisters with several techniques… I think I'll give the Ci and Hua the Phoenix Ever Rising." Yang Chi said, satisfied.

"When my younger brother is born though, I'll have to mentally inscribe techniques in his psyche for him. I'll choose Will of the Divine Dragon and… hmm, perhaps I should gift him the Alchemic Index and Diaries of Grand Pillbirther Chen." He continued, remembering back to when he was young and reading the Diary of the Sha Clan's Pillbirther – Sha Chen.

Sha Chen was wise beyond his years and studied alchemy among the mortals for many of them. He called his position Pillbirther, which the mortals called alchemist.

If he gave his little brother this book when he was born, he'd probably reach the Apex of Alchemy in a few thousand years.

Yang Chi sn.i.g.g.e.red to himself, "The Apex of Alchemy, Sha Chen would have wrung my neck, telling me that I haven't listened to a single word of his, there is no Apex when it comes to Alchemy after all."

"I'll try to be the best brother possible while I'm still around though. The path I take is one towards the heavens, and I must shoulder its burden…" Yang Chi whispered a tear started to form from his left eye.

"Enough of this nonsense. Time to cultivate." He snorted, suppressing the weakness and dread of loneliness in his heart.