Becoming An Upper Mortal

The scroll that Alfin took out looked quite neat and clean. It looked to be something that was newly made.

Alfin: I had this scroll made for my student. You can use it for motivation but today I will use it to teach you about the differences in strength. In The Endless Abyss this is how it goes.

Alfin:

Currently you have no spiritual energy, this means that you are a mortal. A mortal is very frail and cannot fight those of even the 1st realm. However, there are differences within a realm. In realm 0 you are an average mortal. if you have trained to the point where you are accustomed to and near the limits of the realm you are called an upper mortal. If you are pathetically weak for some reason you will fall into the lower mortal realm.

Currently, just by looking at you with my spiritual energy, I can tell that you are very close to becoming an upper mortal and even your friend Kabal isn't too bad either, for a mortal that is.

Now that you are under me your cultivation will go by much more smoothly. I have a method to break you directly into the 1st realm. Now about the rest of the realms.

The 1st realm is the Spirit Connection Realm. Once your body has reached the pinnacle of what it could achieve as a mortal it will be ready to begin to manipulate spiritual energy.

Once you can freely control your energy without any issues you will successfully transfer into the Spirit Lord Realm.

The 2nd realm is the Spirit Lord Realm; it is for those who can freely use their power without any issues. People of the 1st realm will experience power outages or sparks of not having power.

The 3rd realm is called the Ying Yang Spirit Body Realm or just the Ying Yang Realm. You will step into this realm when your body starts producing its own spiritual energy. Before you would have to absorb it externally but at this realm, you will have a never-ending supply.

The differences in realms aren't limited to just what I have said. There are also other smaller differences that you'll notice. With each increase in realm the spirit energy you have will become purer and increase in density and maximum capacity.

The 4th realm is exclusive to those who can use high-grade magic corresponding to their spiritual energy. These figures are powerful beyond measure when compared to even upper Ying Yang Realm practitioners.

These are figures that you must not trifle with just yet. In due time you will be crossing swords with them, I can tell you are one of the bright.

Okay, after I have told you all of this do you have any questions.

KJ: No, I understand everything, and have it memorized

Alfin: Fast indeed. The first step in your training and the beginning of it will be breaking into the Spirit Connection Realm. I will be the one facilitating your ascension so have no fear, everything will be taken care of you just need to focus and give it everything you have. With everything going smoothly you should advance directly to the Spirit Connection Realm, bypassing the lower portion of the realm during the process. You will bypass this portion of the realm because your ascension will be flawless, you have no impurities in your body at the moment, so it won't be too hard for me.

Alfin: The first thing we need to do is temper your body to accept the lightning. First, your body will get used to spiritual energy, sit down, and have your back facing me. Bite down on something…

SLAP STING AWWW

KJ grunted a bit but held on for the majority of it. King Alfin was condensing his spiritual energy down into a pure form and striking KJ's body with it.

Alfin: This is less than 1% of my power, I am condensing it to its least harmful form, at least I'm trying to do so. Please hold on until the end.

Not before long giant red strips started to appear on KJ's back, his robes were partially ripped apart.

15 minutes….. 30 minutes….. 45 minutes… As time went on the pain and power Alfin used increased bit by bit.

Alfin: It is almost over

It was as if Alfin was striking a defenseless man, it was a shocking sight to behold. KJ held onto his knees as he clenched his teeth enduring the pain. Eventually, his skin couldn't take it. With the repeated strikes his skin began to tear. His fingers sunk into his skin a bit and blood trickled down his back in streaks from the skin literally splitting apart.

Alfin withdrew his energy and instantly rushed towards KJ. Alfin put his hand on KJ's back and started to administer his spiritual energy.

Alfin: Pure spiritual energy has a bit of healing effect. It can be used to close up wounds and help them recover a bit faster depending on how bad the wound is. For this sort of thing, it is nothing.

KJ's cut had basically closed already and after a while longer Alfin removed his hand from KJ.

Alfin finally started to get up. "You should be fine for now; all you'll need is some rest. You've reached the upper mortal realm. When you're ready, come back to the palace and we can begin the process of stepping into the Spirit Connection Realm. Once you recover, you'll find that you have a nice little difference in overall prowess. Pains like these are necessary for larger gains. If I didn't have to, your master would never put you through all this pain.

KJ bowed slightly as he lifted himself up. "I know that you wouldn't put my life in any harm. I will follow all of master's advice and train to become the King he wishes for. I will take my leave; I'd like to sleep for a few days at least."

Alfin nodded solemnly and watched KJ leave the palace. Alfin turned and faced the Dragon one more time. The giant Golden Dragon was coiling multiple times. The dragon was truly giant and beautiful. Its scales shined as if they were rays of sunlight. King Alfin and the Golden Dragon's eyes met, Alfin looked as if he was deeply pondering something. After thinking for a moment, he turned and left for the tunnel.

0th Realm: Mortal Realm

1st Realm: Spirit Connection Realm

2nd Realm: Spirit Lord Realm

3rd Realm: Yin Yang Spirit Body Realm

4th Realm: ???