The spring rain fell down unbroken, quietly soaking the entire outer area of the Five Elements Sect. The night had already advanced, and strands of cool wind stirred the fine drizzle. The outer court was dark, and the sound of rain was not heavy, it sounded light, normally comforting.

At the same time, a clear set of pupils were quietly observing the same scene, his heart filled with complicated feelings.

"This is the Five Elements Sect?! It looks like the Fortune Rivaling Fate killer move worked…" Yu Xuan's gaze was distant. Despite the rain and wind that lashed against his body, he was standing right by the window.

The Fortune Rivaling Fate killer move was used to travel through the Great Universe. On Earth, there were no such things. It was the Technique created by Yu Xuan who was an ordinary human who loved exploring history and science all his life, he had read through many histories, and religious records, even some novels to inspire himself. Due to the common sense on Earth, there were no such things as Cultivation or Martial Arts... Yu Xuan, as well, didn't reject it, however, deep down in his heart, he quite yearned for it. So, when it actually happened, he didn't panic and quietly accepted the truth.

Before his death on Earth, Yu Xuan lived a normal life, even though he ran a few big companies, it was just to make wealth for his family and himself to explore the meaning of life, the more he comprehended it deep down, the more he found out how meaningless of life.

At the age of 20s, he feared no death, life was meaningless when you lacked a goal, and life was meaningful when you had a goal. And so what if you had a goal? In the process you would feel like it's better to not exhaust yourself to the temporary goal, in the end, it was meaningless, you would just come back to the same feeling of lacking the goal again and it would constantly be without end. Life was like this, to live or not to live, just be it.

This was Yu Xuan's mindset in his 20s. He was different, and his way of thought was a rebel in society. However, he knew how to behave. In the university, he didn't act against the rules, but he also didn't focus on his study, he only focused on his goal. Even if he acted like that, he was still a model student in the eyes of many professors and classmates. In a society, people put attitude more important than capability, so what if Yu Xuan was just normal in a class due to him focusing on other subjects? In the end, everyone still viewed him as a model student who never committed the rules and never caused trouble.

Although Yu Xuan's mindset was kind of rebellious, nevertheless, living in a society, he knew the rule, he knew how to behave. As a result, his life wasn't facing difficult situations.

Every society drives by benefits. On Earth, the rich ones reigned the supreme, this was an unacceptable fact, but it was the truth. In some societies, the rich ones were even above the law. There was no one to blame in this aspect, this was the structure of a society, the real justice was a clueless answer.

Living in a society, Yu Xuan knew this rule. Although he was from a middle-class family, ten years of work was enough for him to build a cash flow. He became an owner of a company later on.

At the age of 40s, he had comprehended the human path. It could be said that he was a genuine neutral, he understood human nature to the point of right or wrong was not matter, it was only a path. He stopped judging people, judging matters by their cover, but he analyzed them. Sometimes, what you saw was not what it actually was, sometimes what you saw was what it actually was. To tell whether it was or was not, analyzing was essential. Upon mentioning this point, Yu Xuan couldn't help but praise the law, the law structure was a genuine method of digesting things. However, everything still depended on humans.

The more he understood, Yu Xuan was even more studied the depth of things.

At the age of 60, he died of old age. Before his death, he used the Fortune Rivaling Fate killer move to send him off.

The Fortune Rivalling Fate Killer Move was nothing but the state of recalling life, the experiences from his birth to his death playing in his head when he was about to pass away.

From his birth, he had a great mother, the greatest person in his life. Initially, since he remembered things to the age of fifteen years old, he was always stubborn, he must get everything he want despite arguing with his mother, in the end, his mother had to work hard for it. However, as he grew up, he learned and realized how hard life was, and he was in pain upon recalling this experience. Luckily, later on, he had a chance to return her love and kindness.

From sixteen years old to twenty-two years old, it was the turning point of his life when he was abandoned by his friends and girlfriend, he was furious and hateful, swearing to take revenge, he then tried countless methods to calm his mind. When he was twenty years, he learned from movies, novels, religious teaching, and science. In the end, he put down all the grudges in the past, he then found out how happy life was when he didn't carry the heavy useless grudges.

From twenty years old to thirty years old, he had changed jobs for ten jobs due to he didn't like to be under someone. During this period, he used his saving to invest in real estate to the point of building his cash flow before he quit his job. He also met his wife and had children during this period.

From thirty to forty years old, with the coming of the internet, most people still rejected it, Yu Xuan was one of the fewer people who saw the chance, and as a result, he ran an online reading company. At first, it was hard, but as time passed, he owned more companies.

At the age of forty years old, he retired and spent his life researching his life.

Up until now, he was closing his eyes but a smile was showing on his face, he was going to die, but he wasn't sad. He had told his wife and children not to be sad, yet they were crying nearby him.

You Xuan had no worries in his life, he had shared all his property with all his children, and even his Bitcoins and Ethereum were not spared.

The world seemed to turn into darkness as Yu Xuan stopped breathing there.

All humans had to die, this was the cruel fact.

This situation happens every minute on Earth, but very few would be calm like him.

That would be supposed to be the end, unexpected, it was the beginning.

He has awakened again in this world.

However, it would be different now unlike on Earth which had no fantasy or mysticism. "Here, in this life, I will definitely stand above all beings and search for the meaning of life." Yu Xuan exclaimed in emotion.

On Earth, his goal in life was like sealing, he wanted to fly without a plane, but he couldn't. He wanted to act freely, but he was bound by the law. He wanted to create his country, but he was powerless. However, it would be different in this world. He would reach that goal as long as he had enough power.

"Using the Fortune Rivaling Fate killer move to cross through the Great Universe, I travel to this great world and now it has been fifteen years that I finally awake my memory!" Yu Xuan extended a hand, eyes fixed on his young and tender palm, the skin still pale and white due to he was cultivating the Deep Water Culture Technique. Then he slowly formed his hand into a fist to grasp the extent of this reality. The sound of rain hitting the window frame reached his ears as he slowly closed his eyes. After a long time, he opened them again and sighed. "That past life and fifteen years of unconscious self really felt like a dream."

Fifteen years of memories and experiences.

Yu Xuan was born into an ordinary family, both his parents were at the 5th-stage Body Refining Realm, they were not cultivators, and it would take a long time for them to reach the 9th-stage Body Refining Realm.

In this great world, one had to reach a Foundation Establishment Realm to be a Cultivator. The Body Refining Realm was the first and basic realm of all living beings. Every living being was a Body Refining Realm since it was born, by practicing, one would be quicker advance, by not practicing, one would slowly advance as time passed.

However, no matter what, the 10th-stage Body Refining Realm was the limit for them. That was the unbreakable barrier for all Body Refining living beings since ancient times. Only possessing a Cultivation Technique, one would be able to break that shackle and officially become a genuine Cultivator. Yu Xuan's family, of course, didn't have the qualifications to possess that treasure. As a result, his parents did farming in a small village for the sake of living.

Since Yu Xuan was born, he was a very obedient guy, but not naive, he helped his parents do the chores without blaming a single word. In his free time, he would observe nature and the living being, always being in a daze for hours. He loved spending time alone, whenever he had a chance he would read and learn new stuff by himself. His parents felt that their son was quite far from them, it was as if he was not their real child, however, they still loved him a lot and supported him in every aspect.

In terms of appearance before becoming a genuine Cultivator, Yu Xuan's appearance was very ordinary like a mortal who had nothing special, his current body's facial features were considered very ordinary and youthful. His skin was quite yellow and tender. His black hair reached his waist. When mixing with the crowd, no one would notice his existence if they didn't know him before.

He had a little sister who was younger than him by 5 years. Her name was Yu Xue, She really cared about him since she knew how to speak. Different from her brother, she was really cute and cheerful. Everyone in the village adored her. She would receive gorgeous gifts from the villagers from time to time.

When his age reached 10, he was recommended to join the Five Elements Sect by Si Liu.

Si Liu was the Master of the Tea Peak, she had quite a reputation and status in the Five Elements Sect. When she was still a fifteen years old youth, she was on her way to getting experience outside to inspire her breakthrough in cultivation, however, she met an unexpected incident, and she was injured. Fortunately, she was saved by Yu Xuan's parents. So that's why she recommended Yu Xuan to the sect and promised to take care of him to not be bullied by other disciples for 10 years.

"Ha..." Yu Xuan sighed as he recollected his memories. It's worth ordinary, truly ordinary.

He then closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and started to recollect his 5 years of experience in the sect.

Joining the Five Elements Sect was almost impossible for normal people who didn't have good backgrounds or good talents. Especially, for a person like Yu Xuan, it was impossible to accomplish that. Even reaching a Foundation Establishment Realm and becoming a genuine Cultivator, one needed to pass the strict test to be an outer disciple. This was the great dream of many people from many people lower rank cities.

However, even if Yu Xuan was recommended by Si Liu, the sect had to test his aptitude first. If his aptitude was good, his treatment would be special. If not, his treatment would be slightly better than normal on account of giving face to Si Liu.

There were two aspects to measuring a good aptitude. One was talent and another was a Special Physique.

Having good Talent and a good Physique was a special genius.

Having good talent and a normal Physique was a genius.

Having normal talent and a normal Physique was called normal.

Yu Xuan was undoubtedly the last one, a normal one. As a result, Yu Xuan was supposed to arrange into the residence where he had to live with another roommate. However, due to Si Liu's status, he was arranged to live in a private room and had the qualifications to pick the Cultivation Techniques. In the end, he ended up picking Deep Water Culture Technique.

From then on, Yu Xuan had been cultivating Deep Water Culture Technique. He was like a child finding the toys, he had cultivated diligently.

Before he joined the sect, he was a 5th-stage Body Refining Realm. Upon having a Cultivation Technique, he reached a 10th-stage Body Refining two years later. This speed was normal for a normal like him.

If it were a genius, a year would be enough.

If it were a special genius, half a year would be enough.

Deep Water Culture was a mortal-grade Cultivation Technique, it was the most basic water element technique, and any disciples could practice it.

When comprehended, one could break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

When comprehended to the extreme, one could break through to the 5th stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm.

There were such techniques as Fire Borrow, Earth Absorb, Wind Come, Lightning Descend... Which were all Mortal-Grade Cultivation Techniques, which were suitable for new disciples.

There was no doubt that water was the easiest one.

In this cultivation great world, although there was an extremely pure natural primeval essence, one couldn't absorb it when one reached a 10th-stage Body Refining Realm.

One must use Cultivation Technique. Every Realm had its Techniques. The Foundation Establishment Realm used earth-rade, the Core Formation Realm and the Core Evolution used heaven-grade.

Nonetheless, the Foundation Establishment Realm could use the heaven-grade as well, but the result would be slow down and hard to comprehend.

Deep Water Culture Technique was not an easy Cultivation Technique, one must dive to at least two meters to observe the profundity of water elements, the deeper one dive, the speed of absorbing water path primeval essence faster.

Normally, an earth-grade talent spent a year on breakthroughs from a 10th-stage Body Refining to a Foundation Establishment Realm.

If one had both an earth-grade talent and Water Element Physique, one only needed half a year.

For example, one of the top 10 outstanding outer disciples lists:

Shui Ying had a heaven-grade talent and a heaven-grade Mermaid Physique, she spent 3 months comprehending an earth-grade Cultivation Technique, Glaze Water. This meant, that the higher the talent, the faster one could comprehend the profundities of a Cultivation Technique.

However, Yu Xuan who had a mortal-grade talent and a mortal-grade Physique spent three years comprehending Deep Water Culture Cultivation Technique to break through a 1st-stage Foundation Establishment Realm.

During these three years, Yu Xuan spent every five hours a day at the depth of a lake to comprehend this Deep Water Culture Technique.

Normally, Cultivators who did not comprehend Deep Water Culture Technique could only hold their breath at the depth of water for no more than ten minutes.

Yu Xuan must dive up and down many rounds per day.

This showed how important talent and physique were.

However, Yu Xuan didn't feel discouraged or too sad about his performance.

"So what if I have a mortal talent, mortal Physique... It can never defy me!" He exclaimed with a confident look.

As his gaze fixed on the Deep Water Culture Technique and murmured" I must create my own cultivation technique!"

Sunlight in the morning and sounds of bustle. Yu Xuan opened up his dry eyes and mused, "It is meal time"

He had spent much of last night lying in bed in deep thought as he planned a plethora of things and tried to create a Cultivation Technique for himself, but he overestimated himself. A Cultivation Technique was not easy to create. Even a Core Formation Cultivator had to spend many years creating a mortal-grade technique.

In the end, he had only slept for a little more than two hours. This body had just reached a 1st-stage Foundation Establishment Realm, so it was quite vigorous. Exhaustion and fatigue enveloped him. But due to his cultivation and his excitement, Yu Xuan has developed a steel will. A little bit of sleepiness was nothing to him.

He immediately pushed aside the thin bedcovers and got up in one smooth motion. By the time he opened the windows, the spring rain had already stopped. The scent of wet earth, trees, and fragrant wildflowers was pure and fresh as they hit his face, clearing up his head. His befuddled drowsiness completely cleared up.

Yu Xuan gazed at a basin of water and walked over the cold water, he had ever used it to wash his face and rinsed his mouth, he had ever used a willow twig dipped in ice salt to clean and whiten his teeth.

However, upon he reached a 1st-stage Foundation Establishment Realm, becoming a genuine Cultivator last night, he could use his primeval essence to clean himself now.

The faint blue light of water path primeval essence slowly flew out from his body as Yu Xuan slowly controlled it to clean his face, mouth, and body. Afterward, he dressed suitably.

Yu Xuan's face remained calm, his heart like stagnant water.

He then left his room for a meal. Along the way, he met various people around the same age traveling in pairs or trios. It was obvious that all of them had the same destination.

Around 10,000 among 12-16-year-old youths were currently gathered before the Meal Hall. This Hall was located directly in the center of the outer area and was five stories tall. It had upturned eaves and curved roofs, as well as many guards.

"Very good, you all came on time. You must keep this kind of youth spirit. I won't waste any more words, so line up mannerly." The man responsible for today was an elder of the Meal Hall. His beard and hair were both black, he was as hale and hearty as a young man when he led them inside.

Inside the Hall was luxurious, fantasy, and wide. There were special rooms for outstanding disciples, wealthy ones, lining up in a circle. And in the center was the big room for ordinary disciples.

"So aromatic."

"It's really pretty."

The various youths had shining eyes as they gazed on in a mixture of excitement.

"All right. Next up, listen as I call out names. Those who are called will come to pick your meal up. You have thirty minutes to finish your meal, otherwise, you'll have to pay primeval essence stone." The elder spoke.

"Yang Kai!" The elder spoke.

…

"Hu Mei'Er!"

"Hu Jiao'Er!"

...

After the meal, Yu Xuan went straight forward to the Knowledge Source Hall to acquire his new Cultivation Technique and Combat Technique for his reward after his breakthrough into the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Two hours later, he went to Central Hall to get his new identity.

As a 1st-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator, one will get 100 mortal-grade primeval essence stones each month. And the permission to get the Quest Mission.

...

Back to his room.

Yu Xuan has comprehended the new Cultivation Technique, even though his talent was mediocre. With his past life understanding of the Human Path, some of the Water Path in Science Study, he understood some of its profundities.

He now had enough foundation to create it.

To create a Technique, one must have attainment at the Grandmaster level.

Attainment is the understanding of the profundities of one's path, to understand the path meant the speed of understanding Technique was faster, both Cultivation and Combat.

For example, Yu Xuan cultivated the Water Element. Once his attainment reached Master or Grandmaster, his cultivation would progress greatly due to him having a sense of communicating with the natural primeval essence faster.

In terms of Attainment, there were: Master, Grandmaster, Great Grandmaster, Supreme, and Mystic.

Yu Xuan is no doubt the Great Grandmaster now.

A Master is a genius whose professional in using his path, in both Cultivation and Combat.

A Grandmaster is an expert who can create his killer move or Techniques for himself.

A Great Grandmaster is an expert who can understand others' paths and mimic them to use as a reference to his Techniques.

A Supreme one is an expert who can change the natural primeval essence around him to use as his Technique.

Yu Xuan has been spending ten hours creating his new Cultivation Technique without rest, however, that was still not enough.

He then went to the Meal Hall again in the nighttime. On the way, he had to relax his brain and observe nature to get inspiration. He then back to the room.

This process continued for a week.

At night

Yu Xuan was sitting cross-legged. Calmed himself, took a deep breath and started recalling: "Water is the source of life, the foundation of all living beings, one life needs water, if there's no water, there'll no life. Stone needs water to nurture to give birth to Stone Race, the Plants need water to grow, and people need water to continue living. More than 50% of people's bodies are water, people can't live without water. Water is the source of everything and everything becomes the source of water. Time needs water to become the River of Time, Destiny needs water to become the River of Destiny. The world needs water to nurture its life, otherwise, it would be a barren land. Water can be a disaster, water can be a helper. Water's rage destroys the world, water's calm builds the world." With that, Yu Xuan created his new Cultivation Technique. With his personality, he named it "Calm As Water"

Yu Xuan was filled with emotions at this moment, he could create a Cultivation Technique earlier than he had expected. Initially, he thought it would take him a month or two, but to think that it took him a week. This must be thankful for reference from a Cultivation Technique from the Knowledge Source Hall, otherwise, Yu Xuan wouldn't have the foundation to accomplish this.

"There are still one or two hours left, I'll see how the effect of it." His emotions were still there, and with high morale, Yu Xuan didn't want to waste his time as he closed his eyes.

When he entered his Sixth Sense Realm, Yu Xuan was surprised to find that not only was the speed of faint blue mist entering his Sixth Sense Realm faster, but the speed of changing a faint blue mist to a faint blue drop was also faster than before by two times. This meant the process of absorbing and refining natural primeval essence into a water path primeval essence was faster, and his cultivation progression will be faster.

Normally, it would take a day for Yu Xuan to absorb the natural primeval essence and take another day to refine them. However, with his new Cultivation Technique, it would take him twelve hours to absorb and another twelve hours to refine.

Two hours passed.

Yu Xuan opened his eyes. His astonished and pleasantly surprised had already faded, leaving only a calm face.

"According to my knowledge, this speed is only comparable to those special geniuses. It was worth insufficient compared to the real geniuses of this world." Yu Xuan's perceptiveness brought him to reach this conclusion.

A real genius was the genius among special geniuses.

...

A week passed.

Upon cultivating his new Cultivation Technique, Yu Xuan had enough information to measure his speed. He needed around three months to break through to a 2nd-stage Foundation Establishment Realm. However, with the help of primeval essence stones, Yu Xuan would take two months to accomplish this, which was faster than the normal disciples by three times.

The normal disciple would take around six months to break through a small realm.

The genius disciple would take around four months to break through a small realm.

The special genius would take around two months to break through a small realm.

On this night.

Grabbing a mortal-grade primeval essence stone, Yu Xuan murmured, "In the next four months, the sect will hold a small competition, the top 100 will get 10 earth-grade primeval essence stones. With them, my cultivation will progress greatly. I need to participate! First I need to comprehend this Combat Technique."

Yu Xian received 100 mortal-grade primeval essence stones and one Combat Technique from the sect last week. He had comprehended a Combat Technique whenever he finished cultivating.

In only a week, 70 mortal-grade primeval essence stones were already used for his cultivation. His cultivation progressed greatly, and he had comprehended a Combat Technique to the point of being almost completion state, he only needed to learn to control it.

"After I finished comprehending this Water Image Technique to completion tonight, I guess I have to go to the lake tomorrow to learn how to control it." Yu Xuan was filled with determination.