A Forgotten Past(2)

Alvin looked at the turtle strangely, "If that is some secret technique, why did they teach me just like that? If any random person can learn it, why do you mention it as a 'secret' technique? And what do you mean by your calculations going astray?"

The golden turtle glared at him and said, "Chaos Blood Ascension Sutra is one of the few primordial god level arts in the world. It is not imparted by a teacher or by inheriting it from predecessors. Rather, only people who are selected by the inheritance stone as worthy are qualified to practice it."

"It is also considered the most powerful technique out there, but it also has a great flaw. It will drain the life force of the practitioner at an alarming rate. This is also the reason why most of the people who inherited this technique in history chose not to practice it."

"But you started practicing it despite being cautioned by the tribal chief, as by that point all you cared about was getting stronger than anyone else, to have the power to decide your own life, even if it meant having a shorter lifespan."

Alvin raised his right hand.

The turtle nodded at him, indicating for him to ask what he wanted to know.

"Still, what does it have to do with your calculations going astray? After all, if I die fast, you would have been able to possess my body easily, right?"

The golden turtle drooped its head dejectedly. "That's what I also thought. In fact, I even helped you cultivate by burning all the time essence I had collected over the years."

"Then what?" Alvin asked impatiently when he saw the turtle sitting there like a kid whose lollipop had been snatched away.

"Then what? With my help, in just 12 years you cultivated to the demi god level. Everything was going smoothly until now, and when I felt that your life force was mostly depleted, I attacked your soul and we ended up in the void of life and death."

"According to my estimate, I would have successfully possessed your body, but at the last moment, that bastard Asura interfered against the rules," the turtle said gloomily, drawing circles on the ground with its claws.

Alvin furrowed his eyebrows, "Are you talking about that man who looked like a forest dweller and his bull?"

The golden turtle nodded. "That uncultured idiot is the primordial god of chaos. Although he is known by many names, most call him Asura. The Chaos Blood Ascension Sutra you cultivated was a technique left behind by him in the secular world."

After hearing the full story, Alvin leaned on the wall and asked, "So, in the end, you screwed up and I somehow lost all my memory from this world while the memories from my previous world are awakened?"

The golden turtle nodded with a dejected expression.

"So what about my family in this world? Did my previous self investigate them in the past?" Alvin asked.

The golden turtle shook its head. "Due to all the abuse you went through as a child, you had a rather twisted personality. I didn't even see you lament once about your poor mother, who was the only one who loved you in this world wholeheartedly."

"I bet she must have been punished severely for letting you escape that hell back then."

Alvin remained silent for some time, gazing at the ceiling of the cave, which was illuminated by bulbs placed at the four corners.

"You said this world has magic, right? Tell me more about it," he asked after a while.

The golden turtle blinked. "In Celestia, there are 9 empires. You could say they are like the 7 continents on Earth, each at least as large as your entire planet. But most of it is occupied by magical beasts."

"Humans and beasts here can absorb the energy of the universe called mana into their bodies, making them comparable to gods. Even a casual punch from a Mythic level expert here is comparable to a nuclear explosion back from your world."

Alvin's eyes widened after hearing this. This was becoming more and more ridiculous.

The golden turtle continued, "To be a magician, you should first awaken a divine bone, where mana can be gathered inside your body. From there, the journey of a magician starts."

"There are 9 different levels and 9 sub levels for each of these levels in magic training. Namely, a person who has just awakened his divine bone is at the Beginner Realm, which is the first level."

"When he cultivates the 9 stars of the Beginner Realm, he can conjure the 10th star and break through to the next realm, the Master Realm."

"In the same way, above Master is the Grandmaster Realm, then comes the High Mage, then the Archmage Realm, then Sage Realm, then Sovereign Realm, then comes the Demi God Realm which you were at, and lastly is the Mythic Realm."

"Beginner, Master, Grandmaster, High Mage, Archmage, Sage, Sovereign, Demi God and Mythic..... Now, what about the 9 elements you mentioned first?" Alvin asked curiously.

The golden turtle said in a breath, "There are 5 basic elements: fire, water, earth, wind and lightning. In addition, there are 4 more elements called the advanced elements or the taboo elements: darkness, light, space and time. There is also the chaos element but it is not obtained through awakening a divine bone, so it is not considered an element."

Alvin asked eagerly just as the turtle finished, "Tell me what elements my divine bone has..."

The golden turtle chuckled mysteriously, "I have one bad news and one good news for you. What do you want to hear first?"

"Of course the good news. There's no need to tell me the bad news if it's not important," Alvin said impatiently.

"The good news is that initially, you had the two taboo elements space and darkness, along with the power of lightning. But after you were abducted by the members of the Newgate, they tried to modify your body, resulting in your divine bone mutating and being able to wield all 9 elements."

Alvin's eyes lit up, "What good people! I'll forgive them for abducting me since it turned out good for me."

The golden turtle suppressed its laughter and said, "Let me tell you the bad news also. Although you possess all 9 elements, even after cultivating till the Master Realm, the best you can do is light up a candle with your fire magic or make some wind blow with your wind magic. Whereas others at the Master level can reach a damage level comparable to a small explosion that can easily kill an elephant."

Alvin's mouth twitched, "Those people from Newgate... don't let me see them or I will skin them alive."

"Now, don't be mad over that. The previous you started practicing Chaos Sutra when you were sure there was no future for you if you continued with the other elements. And you reached the Demi God Realm at that. Even in the history of Celestia, there was no one who had managed to do it in the past, even if most of the credit goes to me," the golden turtle said smugly.

"Oh, right, you said I am at the Demi God Realm, right? But why can't I feel any strength like a superman in my body? It appears just like what my body used to be on Earth, except I look more like a giant," Alvin asked in confusion, after punching the ground twice to check if he could make some impact like Superman.

"Asura had sealed your cultivation inside your sea of consciousness to nurture the chaos spirit he had given you. Once the spirit is born, you don't have to worry about your vitality draining due to practicing Chaos Blood Ascension Sutra like before. so practically you are just a normal person now" , golden turtle said lazily.