2 The Mysterious Book

Holding the book in his arms, Yang Jian went to pick up his bag as he headed home

Once he arrived home, his family was nowhere to be seen. Yang Jian's family lived in a small house with 3 rooms, one for his parents, one for him and one for his little sister. Yang Jian being the second son lived in the smallest room whilst his elder brother Yang Jiao worked as a laborer and lived by himself

Though the house is small, it still had a training room underneath that was fully equipped. Yang Jian went to his room and took a quick shower before changing into his training clothing as he took the book to the training room

Inside the training room, Yang Jian trained by doing some basic exercises such as 1000 push-ups, 1000 sit-ups, 1000 squats as well as running 20 laps inside the training room which was equal to over 5 kilometers

After the light exercise, he sat down on a bench with a 150kg dumbbell in one hand then decided to read the book given to him. Looking at the cover of the book, he saw a pitch black cover with no words and had some tears in the corners and spine whilst the pages were all brown and golden due to the passing of time

Moving his right hand to flip open the cover, Yang Jian's head suddenly started hurting and made him faint instantly

...

Yang Jian slowly woke up in a pitch black space with no signs of light anywhere. His body floated in the space for a while before a blue screen appeared in front of him. Reading the screen, it said: Beginand had two options namely Yes or No

Yang Jian naturally pressed yes without thinking

Woosh*

[Scanning]

[Scanning]

[Scanning: 10%]

[Scanning: 40%]

[Scanning Complete]

Blue screens kept appearing in front of his face and disappeared within seconds then suddenly his head started hurting once again, this time, however, it was bearable so Yang Jian did not faint

Woosh*

Within his mind, a torrent of information from an ancient era appeared inside his mind all at once, information about ancient mythology from Earth before the Interstellar Era as well as information of cultivation that was thought to only appear in novels also appeared inside his head like it had always been there

Opening his eyes, Yang Jian thought as he explored the vast information contained inside his brain "This book... What are its true origins? That old man too, did he purposely give me the book knowing this would happen?"

After processing all the information, Yang Jian woke up from the space and appeared in the training room of his house. Looking around, he didn't notice any difference before looking at the time [4:13 pm]

"So it hasn't even been a minute since I fainted?" he thought

"Anyways, according to this information, the path to Immortality isn't a dream! If I were to use this, I can become the first to Ascend in over 4000 years!"

Suddenly, Yang Jian's third eye started twitching and became itchy. Focusing on his third eye, Yang Jian saw his entire body that appeared to be like a vast galaxy! Within that galaxy, multiple small dots were greyed out whilst in between them, two dots were bright red

Looking closely at the two red dots, Yang Jian realized they were his two awakened genes namely the Third Eye Gene and the Weapon Mastery Gene!

When he closed his third eye, he realized he could control the eye freely like the other two eyes. Whilst he wasn't paying attention, a screen appeared in front of him that said

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Name: Yang Jian

Gene Score: 0.3

Eye Gene: 2

Weapon Gene: 1

Gene Points: 10

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"Huh, what's this? A status board? This isn't a video game! It's reality! Wait no this is a novel..." Yang Jian exclaimed

"Gene points? Could they be like skill points in a video game? That means there must be a skill tree that I can put my points into..."

"But why are my genes recorded in numerical data?" Yang Jian continued to think

To awaken the potential of one's genes, the cultivation of genetic points was required. There were three aspects to it: Awakening, Strengthening, and Evolving

Gene awakening was the stage in which genes changed from recessive state to a dominant state.

When the gene awakened, it controlled the life elements of the human body and produced new organs and abilities. If one were to awaken Fire Genes, they would, of course, be able to control fire or if they awakened Ice Genes then they would control ice and further on

To strengthen genes, one would either consume food containing a mysterious substance that can strengthen genes or cultivate by doing breathing exercises which were thought to only exist in novels

Once a gene is strengthened enough, it would be able to evolve naturally and couldn't be forced. Once genes evolve, the person would be able to cultivate to a higher realm and become closer to Immortality

Looking once again at the dimmed dots inside his body, he realized they were all genes inside his body that haven't awakened! Meaning if he were to awaken them and evolve them, he would be able to be an unrivaled figure!

However, this would be in the far future, as right now, Yang Jian had barely strengthened his current two genes. Focusing his thought, Yang Jian looked through his memory for a breathing exercise that let him strengthened his genes and increase his Gene Score

After searching for a while, he managed to find a technique that not only strengthened his genes and increased his gene score, it also enabled him to slowly gather more gene points as well as cultivate a different kind of energy known to humanity as Qi!

His dreams of being able to ride on a flying sword is possible! Immediately, Yang Jian sat crossed legged and begun reciting the words of the technique as his body begun gathering qi from the planet, ground and the universe