3 Strengthening the Genes

As he absorbed the energy from three different sources and converted into qi that flowed throughout his meridians then formed a ball in the center of his lower dantian located just a few inches below the naval area

Woosh* Woosh*

The feeling of qi gathering felt great helping Yang Jian to feel relaxed as if he were floating whilst no thoughts crossed his mind throughout the entire process. After absorbing enough qi, Yang Jian used the gathered qi to temper the bones in his body

The human body consists of 270 at birth, however, when they become an adult in time this number drops to merely 206. After humanity entered the interstellar era, in order to adapt to their mythological genes, the human body produced another 20 bones to enable the body to contain their genes

Yang Jian spent just over 20 minutes tempering 25 bones as well as 146 tendons within his body which to his knowledge means that he had entered the 1st layer of the Body Tempering Realm of cultivation

Just like the name implies, at the Body Tempering Realm, a mortal begins their path of cultivation through tempering their bones and tendons. Once every bone and tendon is tempered, that means they have reached the peak of Body Tempering and are about to enter the Qi Condensation Realm

Opening his eyes, Yang Jian observed his body and noticed his bones had a faint golden light flowing around his bones. Not only this, the toxins hidden deep inside his bone marrow were released as he tempered his bones making the training room stinky

"Yikes, I gotta get rid of this filth before everyone comes home." he thought as he took a shower in his room and then cleaned up the mess he made

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After cleaning the mess he made, Yang Jian's parents and little sister Yang Chan came home then the four of them had dinner together in the dining room

As they ate the chewy and rough meal which is the only thing his family could afford, Yang Jian thought "I must cultivate diligently and become an Interstellar Warrior! Once I do, I will be able to buy proper food for my family! Yang Chan too needs to strengthen her genes."

Whilst he was thinking to himself, his father Yang Tianyou said bitterly "Jian er, I think you shouldn't go to college and just find a regular job."

Hearing this, Yang Jian couldn't be upset because he knew of his father's thoughts and replied "Father, please trust me. If I don't score over the minimum passing score in the upcoming mock exams I will do as you say."

"..."

"Okay, I will trust you, you must honor your words." Yang Tianyou said as he looked into the eyes of his second son

"Thank you, I will pass for sure!" Yang Jian said as he began eating faster to enable more time to cultivate

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Inside his room, Yang Jian sat on his bed then a blue screen popped up in front of him

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Name: Yang Jian

Gene Score: 0.3

Eye Gene: 2

Weapon Gene: 2

Gene Points: 10

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Seeing this Yang Jian closed his eyes and looked inside his body to once again see the map of all his genes which he calls the Genetic Map. Using his gene points, Yang Jian awakened some new genes inside his body

Focusing on the Genetic Map, Yang Jian felt like he could control it using his mind as a red line begun following the direction of the newly awakened genes before they lit up bright red like his first two genes

[Airflow Gene awakened]

[Cloudy Mist Gene awakened]

[Moisture Gene awakened]

[Airflow + Cloudy Mist + Moisture = Frost Gene]

"Hmm to think I'd awaken these three genes... But that's quite lucky for me to awaken the Frost Gene over the Rain Gene." Yang Jian thought

The genes Yang Jian had awakened had two possible combinations, namely the Frost Gene or the Rain Gene and one could only awaken one over the other

To his surprise, the total amount of gene points used to unlock those genes cost a mere 1!

The formula's of the newly awakened genes suddenly appeared inside his mind as if it had always been there though it didn't surprise him at all

One had to know, that there were different grades of genes namely Tier 0, Tier 1, Tier 2 etc. Since 0 is the first number, all Tier 0 genes are also known as basic or beginner genes. 1 is the basic element of numbers and since it is the beginning, all tiers are derived from it and are known as primordial genes

Different genes have different abilities which may complement each other and synergize into Tier 1 genes and Tier 1 genes can evolve into Tier 2 genes etc

When genetic formulas of similarly-tiered genes were grouped together, at the end of the process, a genetic tree diagram would be formed

Genetic cultivation arts = Genetic tree + Genetic formulas + Gene development

A genetic tree showed the evolution path for genes and would point to the overall direction of future cultivation. The genetic formula was a method for synthesizing low-tiered genes to turn them into higher-tiered ones

And as for gene development, it referred to the subtle methods one used to train and stimulate the potential of each and every gene

With extensive research of genes, an unlimited number of genes were possible. Though common genes and formulas are written down and is revealed to the world which brings no surprise to anyone even if one were to awaken them

Yang Jian then continued awakening new genes slowly

[Divine Strength Gene awakened]

[Elekrokinesis Gene awakened]

[Energy Projection Gene awakened]

[Eye+ Electro+ Energy= Psychic Eye gene]

[Strength+ Weapon= Warrior gene]

He then tried to strengthen his Frost Gene which cost him 1 point. Using the remaining of his points, Yang Jian strengthened his genes

[Warrior Gene +1]

[Warrior Gene+ 1]

[Eye Gene +1]

[Eye Gene +1]

[Frost Gene +1]

After using all his gene points, Yang Jian felt satisfied as he looked at his total stats

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Name: Yang Jian

Gene Score: 0.7

Eye Gene: 4

Warrior Gene: 4

Frost Gene: 1

Gene Points: 0

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"..."

"I spent years trying to increase my gene score and it only got to a mere 0.3 and now with just a few minutes, it increased by over 2 times?!" Yang Jian thought as he smiled bitterly

"But now that it's 0.7 I should easily be able to pass the mock exams and continue on to college and become an Interstellar Warrior!" he thought excitedly

"But now that I think about it... I awakened the Eye gene which gave me a third eye located on my forehead as well as Electrokinesis and Energy Projection. Doesn't this seem familiar? Sure we have the same name... My parents and siblings also have the same names... There's no way right?" Yang Jian said as he thought about a certain Huaxia legend of a three-eyed warrior of Heaven who married a dragon