Eternal Cultivation of Alchemy

Alex walked into the forest, leaving behind the snake. He looked at the path he walked on and was surprised to see that it looked as though it had been tread upon quite a few times.

There were in fact even strees cut down along the way to make a straight path toward the woods. Alex wondered if people chere often.

This was the southernmost section of the Qi-less area in the Central Continent, and thus Alex was heading toward the void that the people of old used to call the void.

When he arrived in front of a large, desolate span of land that appeared as though it had been dug from the ground, leaving a barren landscape.

However, it wasn't devoid of life at all. There were people gathered next to the desolate land, remaining far enough away that they were safe. They had created ssort of observatory where they watched the Qi wall destroy everything.

They had placed a bunch of garbage that they wanted to see get destroyed.

Alex waited to watch what everyone was going to watch.

It sounded like a storm at first, and then like a distant train. Then cthe faint rumbling of the ground.

Alex looked to his right, watching the oncoming of what was clear to everyone. The Qi barrier.

It clike a beast, announcing its arrival. People couldn't see anything more than a haze, but Alex saw the monster of myriad colors ctheir way. The color not only heralded its arrival but also gave him a solid idea of just how dense the Qi was.

This was the Qi of at least a few dozen different Saint spirit veins, pushed into the outside, moving around the continent for 5 thousand years. It had been compacted to the point that it was just a sigh of reaching the Immortal realm.

Both the amount and the strength quite surprised Alex.

The blast of Qi destroyed the trash that had been gathered and people cheered when it was over. Alex watched them leave and made his way to a location that had fewer people.

Finally, he was to start doing what he was told to do.

The talisman Alex had been given by Senior Yang had a load of information inside of it that Alex could require in his absence. Sof them were in regards to the Immortal world and sin regards to what he was to do while he was still here.

One of those things was an answer to a question he had a long tago, which was if he could use the Qi around the central continent to train himself.

After stthinking, the senior had given Alex the thumbs up he needed to go forward. If the senior thought he could do it, then he ought to try it certainly.

Training body was not the only thing Alex intended to train. He wanted to train his Intent and his Sword Domain as well, which he hoped he could do against the Qi barrier.

Alex decided to start slow, using not the actual blast of Qi that circulated around the continent, but the tail end of it that wasn't as popular. If he wasn't wrong, it was the tail end that had nearly killed him all those years ago when he had teleported away from the Mad Immortal.

Alex stared at the not-so-violent Qi and took a deep breath. Then he stepped forward.

As soon as he was just a step inside, he could feel the Qi lacerating all around his body, not dissimilar to what his Sword Domain did. Except, this was much more potent and hundreds of times higher in number.

Alex stepped in more and cuts filled his entire body, his blood slowly leaking out of him.

Alex let the wounds continue, which healed almost as soon as they appeared. The blood that did end up seeping out, Alex used to create a sword and began attacking recklessly in all directions.

Since Sword Domain was directly tied to his technique, Alex practiced the Endless Severing Blade there, doing his best to struggle through his constantly damaged body.

Alex trained in sword and body for a while before his Qi started depleting to the point where only his Immortal Qi remained. At that point, Alex stopped doing what he was doing and began training his Intent instead.

Somehow, the thought of a million tiny knife-like blades of energy cutting his body into a million pieces was less frightening than trying to fight the 5000-year-old thoughtless Intent of the being who killed gods.

Alex took a deep breath, getting ready for the mental pain that was coming. Once he was ready, he let out his Intent to stop the Qi from moving around randomly and stop doing what they were doing.

It was just a simple thought, something he projected against the Qi in front of him. As someone of his level, that sort of Intent while not being trivial, should have been no trouble for Alex.

However, that was only in the case of Qi who did not have an owner. This Qi most certainly did.

Alex instantly felt a backlash from his Intent as something strong and sharp pierced back into his mind, making it feel as though a thousand spears were spearing through his brain, using it like a pincushion.

Alex didn't even have to stop using his Intent at all. Just the pain from the backlash alone was enough to make him stop involuntarily.

Alex stepped back, his mind still reeling in pain. Godslayer grunted something inaudible, but he didn't speak for long. Alex had already warned him as to what he was about to do, so his words were nothing more than words that cfrom surprise as well.

The pain faded within minutes, Alex's mind returning to the sproper state as before. Alex's body was still riddled with pain, but he could ignore that as he was very much used to physical pain.

It was the mental pain that he needed to get used to.

After preparing once again, Alex let out his intent again.

Even after 5 different tries, Alex showed no progress at all. Each time, the moment he let out his Intent, he was immediately struck back with Godkiller's Intent.

Alex had assumed that if not better, he would've at least gotten accustomed to the pain, but mental pain simply took too much to get used to.

Alex looked to the side and heard the faint coming of the storm once again. Itobviouslywas not the storm, but the main head of the Qi barrier that rounded the continent. It took a few hours to make its way around the perimeter and was finally back.

Alex quickly got out of the way, feeling the danger of the thing as it passed through. As it left, he wondered if he could perhaps approach it head-on sother time.

As it was, that was impossible for Alex. He needed to train a lot more.

Alex waited for the majority of the Qi to pass through before the violent but directionless Qi remained. Once it was safe for him, he went back into the Qi, beginning his training all over again.