A Failure's hopeful Journey

So the knockouts came to an end, other than You Xi Wang, Gena Langford, Klaus Van Claude, 6 more people emerged as the top seeds. They were Chen Yuping, Isaac Fort, John Hart, Mace Williams, Emerald Ranger, and Zen Shoto.

The presiding elder announced the name and asked them all to go back to rest and prepare for the third and final round tomorrow. Slowly, the crowd poured out of the arena of gods. You Xi Wang became the only one to represent the Techno Sector. While the Imperial sector got two people. The Chen family genius, cousin to You Xi Wang represented the blizzard sector. Yes, the Chen family was one of the strongest families in the region. 

As for the others well they were from five different sectors. John Hart was from Victoria Sector, Mace Williams came from Coastal Sector, Zen Shoto represented Eashen Sector, Emerald Ranger was the native of the Tropicana Sector. Issac Fort came from the Coin Sector. they all had their specialties. Only Mysterious Sector did not qualify. They were a sector that was famous for a tourist place. People would go there to just spend their credits. 

You Xi Wang was about to leave when Animo Albus spoke from the sky, "Chi'er, you don't need to go with them. Master will take you someplace."

You Zhichi smiled at her brother ruffled his hair and said, "Take care and be safe. I will be here." her voice was warm and gentle as she spoke to her brother. You Xi Wang hugged her briefly and said, "Don't worry and later tell what Martial aunt took you."

Animo Albus spoke, "Brat, I can hear you."

You Xi Wang shrunk his neck and stuck out his tongue at his sister. Then he bowed to the elder and spoke to Animo Albus, "Take care senior martial aunt. I hand over my sister to you." then with a spring in his step he left. 

The elders were surprised to see the boy use such a tone. He emphasized the words 'my sister' a bit too much just now. Alester Book had a cold sweat on his forehead. They all did, after all, Animo Albus was the strongest among them. The lady sighed and said, "This brat will definitely kill me if Chi'er suffered any pain."

Achilles asked in shock, "Elder, what do you mean?"

Animo Albus replied, "His personality may seem rampant but he is very calm. He will wait and suffer till the moment he is strong enough and act decisively. If you guys saw how he kills dark dwellers then you might lose some sleep. He is a sadist to them. To such a level that he would make them beg for death every time he deals with them. He is good to you until you are good to him and his family. He respects me that is why he only used the words but his eyes were clean. He is a good chap, reminds me of master sometimes."

The others were shocked to see such a high evaluation coming from Animo Albus. After the lady took You Zhichi with her they all left as well. You Zhichi asked Animo when they were flying, "Master, why can you not use the Space teleportation with me?"

Animo Albus explained to her patiently, "While traveling in space, your body experiences a strong omnidirectional pull. We in the Nirvana rebirth realm can handle this force but we are not able to fend it off for someone else."

You Zhichi asked another question, "Master, is it true that one needs to destroy their physique and soul, then rebuilt it to cross the Nirvana Rebirth real?"

Animo Albus nodded and said, "The process starts with the skin, then, muscles, bones, organs, blood, soul, and finally spirit core and dao. The first five are easy to understand as it suggests the person first destroys their body and then they rebuild it. From outside to inside. This is the first level of the realm, after you have crossed this threshold you can comprehend the space rule and learn teleportation. This is also the first interaction with rules. The second realm is to destroy and rebuilt your primal soul. This process is slow and very painful. You will need to use your primal soul to leave your body and then be baptized by the sunlight." she paused and then continued.

"Soul is yin while the body is yang. Sun is yang while the moon is Yin. One has to burn the soul into Yang to purify yin, and in the first realm, you need to absorb the yin energy to break and rebuild the body. Then the spirit cores. In the case of a single element you just need to compress it and the smaller it is the better. While someone like You Xi Wang will need to merge and compress them. If any element is out of balance then..." she glanced at her disciple at the side who was listening all this with a calm face.

She continued with her explanation, "The last thing is Dao. Sensing the existence of dao is the last part. Someone who can realize what they seek in life can get over it easily but those who don't have a clear mind will have to spend a lot of time to comprehend the existence of their Dao. As you are done with this step, you face a tribulation from the heavens, and after successfully passing it, you will step into the Dao Formation realm." at this point, Animo Albus stopped speaking. 

She spoke, "We have reached our destination." You Zhichi who was immersed in her explanation snapped out of it and focused in front of her. In such a short time they seem to have flown a long distance.

In front of her stood a mighty mountain and Animo Albus said, "Welcome to the seclusion place of your Grandmaster, and also the site of his sect, The array hall. After the battle fest, Wang'er will also visit here. Come let me take you to meet the master." You Zhichi was shocked to her core at this moment. This was not something she expected when she set out with her master. 

This place was a sacred ground for cultivators. And today she was allowed to step inside, only today did she became the disciple of Animo Albus in the truest sense. The two ladies flew over the mountain and the peak of the mountain was a palace. 

Yes, the palace was not on the peak, but the whole peak was cut out into a palace. This palace was called the Array Hall.