A Mysterious Woman

On the rooftop of a luxurious villa, a young man was practicing in a hanging position with both his legs clamped onto an iron pipe. His expression was serious, and his muscles bulged every time he lifted his body up. "Is my cultivation really going to be stuck at the perfection stage of the elementary realm for the rest of my life? I've been cultivating for five years, but my cultivation still can't break through to the foundation realm. My peers have already reached the foundation realm, and some of them have even reached the tempering realm."

After he lifted his body one last time, the young man spun down and took the towel to wipe his sweat. Then, he drank an energy drink while looking up at the sky, where he saw an object hurtling down toward his villa at high speed.

In a few moments, the object crashed in the backyard of the villa, producing a loud bang. The young man rushed down from the rooftop and went there to check it out.

When he arrived at the backyard, the young man stood dumbfounded at the side of the crash site, looking at the beautiful woman, who was lying in the small crater formed by the previous impact.

The young man's Adam's apple moved up and down as he swallowed his saliva at the sight of the woman's flawless figure. He had seen many beautiful women in his life, but he had never witnessed such a peerless beauty, let alone a naked one.

The woman has an alluringly beautiful face, which held all of the bewitching seductiveness in the world. Her body was tall and curvaceous. Her head was covered in long, shiny golden hair. Half of it fell over her shoulders, and the rest hung all the way down to her bottom. Her exquisite lips were dry and pale. Her bosoms were swollen, her waist as delicate as a willow. No matter where one's eyes touched, no matter which inch was seen, it was so alluring that it would cause one's soul to go limp.

The young man shook his head vigorously, hurriedly picked up the woman, and carried her to one of the bedrooms in the villa. There, he laid her on the bed but did nothing to her; instead, he left her to get water and medicine because she had many wounds on her body.

The woman opened her eyes slightly, and her golden eyes effortlessly released a boundless bewitching allure. She closed her eyes again after hearing the young man's hurried footsteps, waiting for him to come.

The young man put a basin of water on the side table, wet the towel, and carefully cleaned the wounds on the woman's body. After her wounds were clean, he carefully applied the special ointment he bought from the shop to them. "Who exactly is she? How could she fall from the sky in this state? I hope those people didn't manage to detect her presence, or they would have stormed my villa, and I would have been too lazy to deal with them."

After the young man finished smearing all the woman's wounds with ointment, he rushed to get a shirt and shorts from the wardrobe. He helped her get dressed before covering her with a blanket, and he left her to rest afterwards.

Once the young man left, the woman's lips arched and formed a charmingly beautiful smile, but she remained motionless from the bed.

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In another room, the young man took his smartphone, ordering two food packages from a nearby restaurant. Suddenly, a message came in, and he read it for a while before calling the sender. "Hey, Jordan Liem, who told you to search for information about them?"

"Eddie Chen, your adoptive parents have been looking for your biological parents ever since they found you at their doorstep, but they never managed to find them, and they decided to give up. A week ago, Jessica Chen suddenly came to me and asked me to use my connections to look for them, and I've just sent you the results, so it's up to you whether you want to read them or not. How about your cultivation?"

"Stuck as usual." Eddie noticed an incoming call. "Natasha called me; I'll take the call first."

"Okay! Don't forget about tomorrow night! I will pick you up at your villa."

"All right." Eddie then received Natasha's call. "What's up, Nath?"

"Eddie, Sister Jessica asked me to accompany her to meet some people, so I can't come to your villa tonight."

Eddie's brows furrowed. "It's okay; you can accompany her."

"I'll see you in the morning."

"Okay." Eddie ended the call, sat in front of his computer, and read the information Jordan had sent him earlier.

Eddie searched for the people in the information through his computer for a while, but he decided to forget the matter. He then went to clean himself, but he didn't realize that the woman in the other room was monitoring him.

An hour later, a delivery man delivered the two food packages he ordered. Eddie unpacked them, took one to the woman's room, and helped her to eat it. Once it was finished, he returned to his room and sat in front of his computer again, working on several things.

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At night, Eddie had fallen asleep at his desk, and the woman entered his room without him realizing. She looked at the monitor, observing every detail of his work while nodding several times.

'This kid was born with an unusual body constitution, and his cultivation cannot break through because of it.' The woman then moved Eddie to the bed and touched his chest. 'To repay your sincerity and goodwill, I will help you and give you some things, and you must use them well.'

A faint golden light enveloped their bodies, and the woman's golden hair danced in the air because of it. A few moments later, the golden light had disappeared, and she disappeared along with it.

Not long after, a faint silver light enveloped Eddie's body and made him float in the middle of the air. Some changes occurred in his body, and a few things appeared in his mind. After the light disappeared a few hours later, his body slowly descended onto the bed, and he fell into a deep sleep without realizing the changes.

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Early in the morning, Eddie opened his eyes and immediately sat on the side of the bed. He was a little surprised to find his body so light, and he tried to circulate the energy in his body.

Eddie's cultivation, which had been stuck in the perfection stage of the elementary realm for years, suddenly broke through to the foundation realm.

Cultivation in the mortal realms is divided into seven major stages and one preparatory stage. Each stage is divided into four minor stages: early, middle, late, and perfection stages.

The first stage in cultivation is the elementary realm, where cultivators unblock and expand their meridians within the bodies, allowing the energy to flow smoothly and efficiently.

The second stage is the foundation realm, where cultivators solidify their energy, strengthen their dantian, and meridians to prepare for higher realms.

The third stage is the tempering realm, where cultivators strengthen the flesh, bones, muscles, and meridians to enhance their physical strength and endurance.

The fourth stage is the forming realm, where cultivators condense their energy into a solid core within the dantian, greatly enhancing their power, longevity, and control over energy.

The fifth stage is the soul realm, where cultivators awaken and materialize their souls, gaining powerful spiritual abilities and stepping into a higher realm of cultivation.

The sixth stage is the Xiantian realm— a major breakthrough where cultivators transcend their mortal limits, stepping into the realm of true cultivators. At this stage, their meridians, bodies, souls, and dantian will be baptized by purer energy in preparation for breaking through to the next stage.

The seventh stage is the Houtian realm, which is sometimes called the "false peak" of mortal cultivation. It is an advanced level of cultivation where a person goes beyond mortal limits and starts to harmonize with the divine force, which means they are closer to the heavens and often the start of near-divine abilities.

The eighth stage is the samsara realm; it is an advanced realm of cultivation where cultivators begin to understand and influence the cycles of life, death, and rebirth. At this stage, they delve into the mysteries of karma and destiny, gradually transcending the limitations of mortal existence.

"How is this possible?" Eddie muttered with a mixture of shock and excitement. He wanted to get up, but two transparent blue screens suddenly appeared in front of him, and both of them showed different things. "Where did these two come from?"

Eddie waved his hand through the two transparent blue screens, but they didn't disappear. He wanted to check on them, but he remembered the woman, and he went to her room. He was shocked and disappointed to find that she had disappeared, and she left without saying anything to him. "Who exactly is that woman? Do these two blue screens have anything to do with her?"

Eddie could only sigh and go to the bathroom. He stood in front of the mirror, but his gaze was only focused on the two transparent blue screens in front of him. "If I look again, the screen on the left is similar to the game project I'm developing, but I've never seen anything like the screen on the right."

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[Left screen.]

> Identity

> Stats

> Equipment

> Skills

> Shop

> Map

> Storage

> Quests

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[Right screen]

> Partner list

> Partner feature

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Eddie wanted to check all of that, but he suddenly heard a sound at the entrance of the villa, and he found two women about to enter. "Nath and Jess have arrived; I'll check on these two later."

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