It was three days until YanZaizentwitched into consciousness, with dirt-filled coughs.His position was rather awkward, his head laying face first into the grassy dirt while his arms and legs were spread out at odd angles.His outline was reminiscent of a murdered victim shot violently in the back.As for himself?He felt like one.


    “Wha…?”YanZaizensoftly exclaimed ashegothis bearings, sitting upright atop the grass with a little bit of struggle.Feeling the painful pulsing sensation in his foreheadcausedhim to rubitvigorously.Itwasn''t long beforeitdawned on him asheplaced his palm towards his face thathewas alive.Hewas ALIVE!


    Heyelped in excitement.


    “Haha,takethat!Think you cantakethistoughlife?Ha, look at yourself in the mirror to see if you''re worthy.”Jumpingup and giving the middle-finger to no one in particular, YanZaizencame to a realization that, besides being slightly dirty,hewas relativelyfine.Don''t seem to make sense that he got hit by a meteorite from the sky and simply can walk it off.Washeimmortal?Hepatted his body all over, not to just remove the dirt, but checking to seeifhehadany holes orifanything was missing.Checking his crouch first,hesighed in relief.


    At least that wasn''t harmed.


    Wait.


    Hechecked his legs.Upon doing so,hecame to a realization thathehad no broken bones.From his memories, that was incredibly vivid still,hewas supporting his fleshy body with Qi due to the shattering of his leg bones from excessive force.However, that didn''t seem to be the case.Itgavehim a feeling as if he justimaginedtheentirething.Itwas slightly surreal.


    Looking around, hefoundno evidence of a meteor hitting, as ifitwas all truly a part of his imagination.The situation kept getting weirder as he noticed a silver ring resting tightly upon his middle-finger.This ring seemed tofithim perfectly, with no discerning marks but just plain silver-band, as if it wasalwayshis.Hetraced it with his finger.


    Nothing happened.


    In his confusion,hecouldn''thelpbutcheckhis body again for any other thingshemay have stolen in his sleep.I mean,not stolenbutacquiredwith theluckof a finder.However, nothing else was there.Assuming that he wasn''t going insane, then the meteorite existed.It targeted him.Hebrokehis bones dashing for hislittlelife and then was hit.In that case, perhaps...it wasn''t a meteor?He looked at the silver-ring once more.He gazed intently at it.


    Could itbe...?


    The ring was the meteorite.Was this some unearthly, heavenly, and supreme god-tier treasure?For it to descend upon the skies and chose him of all people.Itchosehim!


    “You have extraordinary judgment meteor ring.”He nodded in approval like a teacher appraising his student for hisgoodset of eyes.Meteor Ring?Yeah,he''ll nameitthat.Seeing how that was all said and done,hecontinued tostudythering, and even tried to takeitoff his finger.Hecame to the realization that theringwas stuck like a mountain on the surface-itjust won''tbudge.


    He tried using his Qi to interact with the ring, but all it did was shine slightly with the resplendent light of his Qi.Then, he tried flicking it with his fingers.Then,bringitup to the sun and maybeit''ll illuminate some secret.Then, talkedtoitlike a lover in hopesitwould say something in response.


    “Baby, come on, you don''t have to stay asleep.Let your manseewhat you cando.”


    Aftertryingeverysingleconceivable methodhecould possibly think of, outside of shattering his precious,hefell on his butt in exhaustion.Not physically, but mentally.Perhapshis Cultivation in Qi was justtoolow to urge to Meteor Ring toawaken.Currently,hepossessed a cultivation base at theInitial-Stageof the QiRevolving Realm.Even ifitmay below,itstill meanthewas an official cultivator.


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    TheQi Realms, as he knows of it, were divided into the six Core Realms, three Foundational Realms.TheCoreRealmsconsisting ofQiFoundation,Qi Revolving,EssenceFormation,QiUnification, OriginCore, and TrueEssence.These are therealmsthat typicallydeterminesone''s combatprowess, while the foundationalrealmsdeterminethe depth of theCoreRealms.AfterEssenceFormationRealmis the first two FoundationalRealm-DantianRefinement &Pathway Expansion respectively.


    DantianRefinement is as it seems, one refines theDantian— that which holds Qi — to contain moreQiwhich enhances one''s endurance. Pathway Expansion refines the meridians &Qipathwaysto enhance the speed of absorption ofessence, refinement ofessence,pathwaysdurability,Qicirculation, andQirecovery.


    The third FoundationalRealmis after the True EssenceRealm, the Crimson StarRealm.Which further refines one''s heart into a newly developedDantianto hold moreQi, enhancing its durability and storage to act as a secondDantian.Which leads to themetamorphosisof the heart, producing a True Heart Star.Each of theRealmsis divided into four stages-Initial, Mid, Late, and Peak.However, FoundationalRealmscanachievea breakthrough into the next realm at simply the initial-stage, making them unique, but by doing so onelosesthe ability to enhance their Qi Foundation forever.The average Cultivator ignored the FoundationalRealms due to the high costs for progression.


    Therefore, perhaps to urge the Meteor Ring, YanZaizenrequireda much higher cultivation base than the initial-stageQi Revolving.A soft sighresoundedfilled with resignation and grievance.Currently, his lackluster cultivation was due to actions in his younger years.YanJizen& YaQinqanwere at the Initial Essence FormationRealm, whileheremainedan entireRealmbelow despite being the same age as them.He''s remained stuck in this stage for eight years, and nowhe''s sixteen.


    Recalling all of these events that lead up to this result made him descend into depression once more.Helowered his head in sadness.It was why he liked to be alone, away from the mocking sneers, the harsh insults, and the glaring— almost blinding —eyes of disappointment.It was as ifhehad a distinctive stench of failure.The stench of trash.


    Suddenly, he rapidlymovedhis lowered head to the side, almostreflectively.A wasp with a mission just attemptedtostrikehim with its sharp stinger right in the face.However, instinctively, he dodged.His eyes turned tothiswasp that seemed hell-bent on striking him buzz around in wild patterns.Helooked atthiswaspin amusement."You want to harmthisdaddy?"Just ashewas about to sendthiswaspto itswaspafterlife,hestopped.


    Then, his eyes widened!


    Impossible!


    He didn''tnoticeit before, but hissenseshad beenenhancedto an almost unnatural degree.Although Cultivators typically hadenhancedsenses, this mostlyrelatedto energy perception, but notrelatingto the fivesenses.Only Body Cultivators, who refine their bodies, typically haveenhancedsight, sound, smell, hearing, and touch.YanZaizenwas no Body Cultivator, evident by hisscrawnyappearance.


    Then...


    Hiseyes widened into the size of suns, and he now realized that he could observe his entire surroundings.Not just visually see in front ofhim, but FEEL what''s aroundhim.


    “...Spiritual Sense?"