The Quantum Path to Immortality-Chapter 215 - 214: The Night Training 1

Dinner that evening was surprisingly normal.

Mom had made rice porridge with vegetables, some steamed fish, and pickled radishes. Simple food, but it tasted amazing after a day of training and accidentally achieving continental-destruction powers.

Kai ate carefully meanwhile, Taylor was chattering about her day playing with the neighbor kids. "—and then Mira fell in the pond! It was so funny! She was covered in mud and algae and—"

"Taylor, don’t talk with your mouth full," Mom said automatically.

Dad was quieter than usual, occasionally glancing at Kai with this weird mix of pride and concern. Like he couldn’t quite figure out what to do with a genius son who’d mastered sword techniques in literal hours.

After dinner, Kai helped clean up—carrying dishes to the kitchen, wiping down the table. Normal kid stuff.

Then he went upstairs to his room.

And that’s when the real training began.

The Night Training Begins

Kai closed his bedroom door and sat cross-legged on his bed.

Outside, the sun had fully set. Redwood City was settling into evening—people heading home, shops closing, the night watch beginning their patrols.

His spiritual sense detected it all easily. Every person within fifty thousand square kilometers appeared in his awareness like tiny points of light.

But he wasn’t focused on them.

Alright, he thought. Time to actually use my abilities properly.

[System, what should I focus on tonight?]

[Recommend reviewing Novice Package contents. Host received multiple cultivation resources that remain unused.]

Oh right! The package!

Kai pulled up his system interface mentally. There it was—the Novice Package he’d received after his physique awakened.

Novice Package Contents:

Primordial Universe Void Scripture (already using)

Soul Severance Art (not studied and started)

Void Step (not studied and practiced)

Void Annihilation Palm (not studied and practiced)

Energy Mastery Manual (not studied and practiced)

Foundation Evolution Pills (×100)

Soul Strengthening Elixir (×50)

Void Condensation Pills (×200)

Cellular Enhancement Serum (×10)

Holy crap, I forgot about half of this stuff!

[Affirmative. Host has been distracted by immediate concerns. Recommend systematic cultivation approach using all available resources.]

Kai’s enhanced brain—running on ten thousand parallel thought tracks—immediately began organizing a training schedule.

Okay. I can split my attention. Use different mental threads for different tasks.

[Correct. Host’s Intelligence attribute allows true parallel processing. Can train multiple disciplines simultaneously.]

Let’s do this.

Thread One: Primordial Universe Void Scripture Comprehension

The first thread of Kai’s consciousness dove deep into the scripture.

Not just following the method—actually understanding it.

The scripture described reality as layered. Physical matter was just the surface. Beneath it lay energy. Beneath energy lay dimensional fabric. Beneath that lay void itself—the fundamental emptiness from which everything emerged.

So if I can understand how these layers connect...

His comprehension attribute went to work. Concepts that would take normal cultivators decades to grasp unfolded in his mind like flowers blooming.

The dimensional barriers weren’t solid walls. They were more like... membranes. Thin films of condensed space-time that kept different realities separate.

And if I can find the weak points in those membranes...

He could break through. Access the energy that existed between dimensions.

His comprehension deepened. The scripture revealed more of its secrets.

Thread Two: Wind Law Comprehension

Another thread focused entirely on Wind Law.

5.3% wasn’t enough. He needed deeper understanding.

Wind is flow. But what IS flow? Why does energy move from high pressure to low pressure? What fundamental principle drives that?

His mind raced through concepts. Entropy. Equilibrium. The universe’s tendency toward balance.

Wind is the universe trying to balance itself!

The insight clicked. Wind Law wasn’t about controlling air—it was about manipulating the fundamental drive toward equilibrium itself.

6%... 7%... 8%...

The percentage climbed steadily as his understanding deepened.

Thread Three: Ice Law Comprehension

Ice is stillness. But stillness is just the absence of motion. So Ice Law is about... removing energy from systems?

No, that wasn’t quite right.

It’s about making things STOP. Not just slow down—actually cease movement on a fundamental level.

9%... 10%...

If I can understand the principle of cessation itself...

Thread Four: Sword Law Comprehension

Severance. Division. Separation.

But what IS separation? What does it mean to cut something?

His mind explored the concept from every angle. Cutting wasn’t just physical division. It was conceptual. Logical. Mathematical.

Every time you cut something, you’re creating a boundary. Defining what’s "this side" and what’s "that side."

Sword Law is about creating boundaries in reality itself!

11%... 12%...

Thread Five: Speed Law Comprehension

This one was new. He’d had Speed Intent at 100%, but during the night, something clicked.

Intent became Law.

Speed wasn’t just about moving fast. It was about the relationship between position and time.

The faster you go, the more you warp that relationship. At infinite speed, you’d exist at all positions simultaneously!

The Law crystallized in his mind.

[Speed Intent (100%) → Speed Law (12%)]

[Host has achieved fourth Law comprehension. This is unprecedented for mortal realm cultivator.]

I’m not really a mortal realm cultivator though, am I?

[Technically correct. Host exists outside normal classification systems.]

Thread Six: Soul Severance Art (The Painful Mistake)

One thread of consciousness turned to the Soul Severance Art with curiosity.

Okay, this is supposed to strengthen my soul by cutting it and letting it heal stronger. Like exercising a muscle by creating tiny tears that repair tougher.

[Correct. Soul Severance Art dramatically increases soul strength, willpower, and spiritual resilience.]

Sounds useful. Let me try it.

Kai followed the technique’s instructions. Gathered void energy into his consciousness. Shaped it into a blade. Prepared to make a tiny, shallow cut in his soul’s outer layer—

He made the cut.

PAIN.

Not physical pain. Physical pain he could handle. This was soul pain.

It felt like someone had taken his entire existence and shoved it through a meat grinder. Like his consciousness was being torn apart at the seams. Like reality itself was rejecting his continued existence.

"AHHHHHHH! Fucking HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL."

Kai’s actual physical body jerked upright in bed, tears streaming down his face.

The cut had lasted maybe 0.001 seconds before he stopped the technique.

But that 0.001 seconds felt like hours of pure agony.

"NO! NO NO NO NO NO!" Kai clutched his head, crying actual tears. "SYSTEM! THAT’S A DEVILISH TECHNIQUE! THAT’S TORTURE! WHY WOULD YOU GIVE ME TORTURE AS A CULTIVATION METHOD?!"

[Soul Severance Art is not devilish. It is highly effective for—]

"I DON’T CARE! IT HURTS! IT HURTS SO MUCH!"

[The pain is temporary. The benefits are permanent. Host’s soul would become—]

"NO! ABSOLUTELY NOT! I’M FIVE! I’M FIVE YEARS OLD! I’M NOT CUTTING MY SOUL OPEN LIKE A FISH!"

[Host is displaying childish reaction to valuable cultivation opportunity.]

"OF COURSE I’M BEING CHILDISH! I’M LITERALLY A CHILD!"

Kai was full-on crying now, tears and snot running down his face. His soul still ached from that tiny little cut, like a phantom pain that wouldn’t go away.

[The technique becomes easier with practice. Willpower strengthens. Pain tolerance increases—]

"I DON’T CARE ABOUT PAIN TOLERANCE! THAT HURT!"

[Sigh. Host is postponing Soul Severance Art?]

"INDEFINITELY! FOREVER! I’M NEVER DOING THAT AGAIN!"

[This is... disappointing. Soul strength is crucial for high-level cultivation.]

"Then I’ll get strong some other way! A way that doesn’t involve CUTTING MY SOUL OPEN!"

[...Acknowledged. Soul Severance Art postponed indefinitely.]

"GOOD!"

Kai wiped his eyes and nose on his sleeve, still sniffling. His hands were shaking.

That was horrible. That was the worst thing I’ve ever felt. How do people cultivate with that technique? Are they insane?

[Most practitioners of Soul Severance Art are battle-hardened warriors with decades of pain tolerance training.]

Well I’m not a battle-hardened warrior! I’m a kindergartener!

[Technically, Host is no longer a kid.]

NOT THE POINT!

It took Kai a full ten minutes to calm down from the soul-cutting trauma. Eventually, his breathing steadied and the phantom pain faded.

Okay. Note to self: Soul Severance Art is BANNED until I’m way older and way tougher. Maybe when I’m like... thirty thousand years old. Or never.

[Host is being overdramatic.]

You didn’t feel what I just felt! That was AWFUL!

He moved on to the other techniques, deliberately ignoring the Soul Severance Art in his mental list.

Thread Seven: Void Step Comprehension

This one was way better. No soul-cutting involved.

Void Step was a movement technique that used space and void manipulation to teleport short distances.

So instead of moving through space, I move through the void beneath space. Interesting.

Kai studied the technique carefully. It required understanding of Void Law (which he’d need to comprehend) and Spatial manipulation.

The void is the emptiness between things. If I can step into that emptiness, I can exit anywhere within range.

His mind began working on Void Law comprehension naturally as he studied the technique.

[Void Law: Initializing...] [Void Law: 1%... 3%... 5%... 8%...]

By the end of the night: [Void Law: 12%]

The technique made sense now. He could use it.

Thread Eight: Void Annihilation Palm Comprehension

His primary attack technique needed serious study.

The Void Annihilation Palm channeled void energy into his palm, compressed it to extreme density, then released it in a targeted burst that erased whatever it touched.

It’s not just destruction. It’s literally returning matter to void—un-creating it.

Kai’s enhanced comprehension tore through the technique’s principles.

Compression ratios. Energy density thresholds. Void energy manipulation. Reality-erasure mechanics.

By morning, he understood the Void Annihilation Palm so thoroughly he could probably teach it to others.