Chapter 183
Training
Chu Shen sat down in the lotus position. Right now he was currently on Sparta, in the middle of a forest preserve. People were forbidden from coming here unless they were a researcher.
It was the perfect place to practice without being bothered. Thanks to Xentus Viri pulling some strings, he had been temporarily allowed to enter the preserve. Both him and Aslo had been sent down here since Master Ti Wu said he would need a partner for his training.
Master Ti Wu appeared above him in his soul form. “Alright Chu Shen. It’s time for you to start your training. Now, here’s the important thing for you to know. Both Natural and Universe realm cultivators use domains as a basis for power. However, the nature of the domains for these two realms are completely different.”
“Natural Realm cultivators use elemental domains. They create a sphere of energy that is made up of their element such as a sphere of gravity from the earth element or a sphere of freezing snow for the ice element.”
“Universe Realm cultivators use soul domains. Projecting their soul universe into the real world, they can directly attack other cultivators souls in this manner.”
“In order to do this, you need to concentrate. Focus on your soul, imagine that galaxy you just created. Then attempt to bring it out. Manifest it into the real world. Make it come to life.”
Chu Shen kept his eyes shut and focused. He recalled the feeling of the stars he had made. How they looked. How they interacted with his Qi. As he recalled these sensations, he felt a connection form. It happened deep inside his mind.
It was as though there was a sense of pressure on his brain. Focusing in on that, Chu Shen gave it a mental yank. He felt a resistance. Frustrated, Chu Shen ignored it and continuously pulled on that sense of pressure.
Without warning, the resistance stopped. That sense of pressure flew out of his mind and into the world around him. Chu Shen opened his eyes as he felt that he had succeeded. He gasped as he saw the marvelous sight in front of him.
Numerous stars floated in front of him. They slowly rotated as he watched. He recognized the shape of the galaxy floating in front of him. He had spent the last month creating it after all.
Master Ti Wu frowned as he saw Chu Shen staring at his galaxy. “Alright brat, that’s enough.” The galaxy disappeared as Chu Shen lost concentration. “You’ve seen your soul domain so don’t act impressed.”
“Now, the next step is to learn how use this in combat. If you can’t use it, then it’s of no use to you at all. First, try and extend your spiritual sense as far as possible.”
Chu Shen closed his eyes and did as he was told. Images of trees and animals appeared in his mind. Then large buildings, people, hover cars, spaceships, oceans, and large rock formations. All of them were picked up his scan.
Chu Shen gasped. “I, I can see! I can see everything! The closest city should be twenty miles away and yet I can sense it from here!”
Ti Wu shrugged. “Only twenty miles? That’s not impressive at all.”
Chu Shen finally paid attention to Master Ti Wu. “Well. I don’t know how far I can see. It’s just that I know I can see a lot farther than the city I mentioned.”
Master Ti Wu noddd. “That’s better. Alright, now it’s Aslo’s turn.”
Aslo had been uncharacteristically quiet. Probably because he was warned that if he interrupted them he would be teleported back to the moon. He had been fed up with just training day in and day out. He couldn’t bear to go back to the stuffy facility.
Aslo perked up when he heard his name. “What do you need me to do?”
Master Ti Wu sighed. “When I tell you, just manipulate some Qi. Turn it into a fireball or something.” He turned to Chu Shen. “Now, I want you to see if you can detect anything when does form the fireball. Go ahead Aslo.”
Chu Shen stared at Aslo’s hand as fire emerged from his palm, forming a ball of fire. “Did you sense anything?”
Chu Shen shook his head. “No. Nothing seemed different. All I saw was him forming the fireball.”
Master Ti Wu came up behind Chu Shen. Then he smacked him upside the head. “Stupid brat! You were supposed to use spiritual sense, not your actual eyes! Go again.”
This time, Chu Shen used his spiritual sense. Before the fireball formed, he could sense a thread of energy surge from Aslo. It originated from his head and went into his stomach. Then the energy seemed to grab the mana from his dantian and pushed along an invisible pathway before finally reaching his hand. All of this happened in a millisecond. So fast that you could miss it even if you were looking right at it.
Chu Shen wasn’t an idiot. He immediately realized exactly what that had been. It was Aslo’s soul retrieving Qi from his dantian and then forming a fireball using that Qi.
Master Ti Wu was observing Chu Shen’s face and saw the enlightened look appear on his face. “Good. Alright brat, it seems as though you saw the soul strand like I though. Now Aslo, try and do something more powerful.”
Chu Shen had just seen the fireball supplied energy but hadn’t seen the spell actually take form. The fireball was simply too small to demonstrate with properly which was why Master Ti W needed it to be more powerful, because it would take more time to prepare.
Aslo nodded before chanting the spell for the Apocalypse Flame. The huge ball of fire energy formed in front of him but Chu Shen saw a different sight. Multiple strands of soul energy flowed from his brain. The strands twined around each other forming a thick rope.
This thick rope reached Aslo’s dantian and attached itself to a large amount of Qi. It took roughly ten times the amount of Qi as the fireball had before. This time though, the Qi appeared to slow down the rope. It took longer for the Qi to travel and the rope actually separated into its individual strands.
These strands exited Aslo’s body from his arms, chest, and leg. The strands formed a ball shape and deposited their mana into the middle of the rope ball. The strands contained the ball while still remaining attached to Aslo.
Master Ti Wu decided to test Chu Shen. “Alright Aslo, I need you to make your small fireball one more time. Chu Shen, you just need to observe the creation. Tell me when you can see all the parts.”
For anyone that didn't read the post, Only 1 chapter a week for December! Due to finals and bowling, I just don't have enough time to write two. Everything should go back to normal in January.