Deep in the night within the local park where few couples and drunken men could be seen lodging around.
Hidden by the trees and bushes, a crack in space opened and a young man with long blood-soaked red hair came out while exuding a dangerous aura before dissipating.
For a brief moment, he laid on the verdant grass before turning his body and looking at the sky witnessing the starry night and hazy thick fog indicating the period of the place he was in.
His keen senses would have easily seen the pollution in the air showing it was a modern period. However, in what location remains a mystery, opting a frown unable to find the answer.
'Gah...my whole body feels like shit. When was the last time I've felt like this?'
He inwardly contemplates the mortal sensation of being vulnerable as a normal human had been buried deep within his memory nearly forgotten.
Wincing in pain as his mind was in constant disarray, fluctuating with endless images that were difficult to differentiate from memory to a mere delusion.
Caelum took a moment to collect himself and eased his mind by reciting the Paragon Scripture that he has made for this scenario.
Breathing deeply and exhaled, shortly circulating his body to revitalize his body. He winces in pain that did not happen for countless years. The pain made him slightly nostalgic that perplexed him from the emotion he felt.
'It appears my mortal emotion came back….what happened to me? Raphael?'
[Notice. Wisdom Lord, Raphael is currently occupied and unable to respond. Status can still be used.]
He opted for a frown hearing the female robotic face inside his head. Caelum regained a bit of control over his body and sat cross-legged.
'Status.'
[Name: Caelum Mercer
Cultivation based: Supreme Entity (Sealed state….Consolidation)
Physical Embodiment state: Supreme Entity(Sealed state….12 immortal physique, 3002 Divine Dao, 12th globe energy, Inner world, Eternal Soul...Consolidation)
Bloodline: Ancestral Sage God, Ancestral Void Dragon God, Ancestral Incubus Demonic Go-...]
Caelum intently stared at the Sealed state that made him slightly annoyed but understanding.
He was in the transition state where his power was being tempered and refined to further break through the next realm.
It was similar to Nirvanic rebirth but Caelum does not follow the same path as the cultivation system.
Turning his head and extended his right arm to see if something would happen but only the sound of cricket and rustling of trees could be heard.
'As I thought my link to Qi and other energy is currently severed...let me see Physical body had been fused with my energy and soul. Bloodline is the same...how troubling. Thankfully, I can still access Yggdrasil.'
Caelum felt relieved checking his family was perfectly fine from his transformations. He continued to investigate his current state finding that the Jade Pagoda within his Sea of Consciousness was still accessible while unfortunately his True Gate of Babylon is sealed
He's unable to bring pills while making alchemy is impossible without his soul energy.
Even then swallowing a pill won't restore his strength and would only result in damaging his growth.
'Now without my Qi and other energy along with my skills then I could only exert the strength of a 17-year-old. No, my technique could be compared to a master.'
Caelum stood up while cracking his bones and flexing his muscles showing how stiff his body had become.
He took deep breathtaking everything then vanished in the blink of an eye only to see him wince in pain.
'I can't exert much from my unnamed fighting technique. Still, it won't take long to master them when I'm a mortal now. Perhaps I will be able to find an answer in ways to improve my technique.'
Caelum had a set of techniques from Blunt, Blade to Unarmed Fighting Technique. His blade only had one attack while the others were at the infancy stage.
It would take him a few years before Raphael finished Consolidation unless he's able to lessen the time by finding ways to grow stronger which had a lot more options.
His clairvoyance sealed like the rest of his ability. Caelum was unable to know where he was and if this world was anime or not. In the end, only his techniques and his basic mortal strength remained.
'Huh? Is this the emanation?'
Within his sea of consciousness outside the Jade pagoda and above the ocean of memories and knowledge were eleven circles interconnected by chain-like lines. At the left top corner were a Y symbol and immediately understood it was Binah, Emanation of Knowledge.
Though the exact power that it can give Caelum remains a mystery. However, he called for a brief moment and felt a present far beyond the upper cosmos and brought energy from this presence.
'That being...I can't seem to say who or what that presence is despite knowing exactly the answer.'
It perplexed him having something preventing him from saying what the presence is.
He understood that the Presence either does not want his existence to be revealed or Caelum is far too weak.
In the end, the only thing he can do is to move on and continue to grow stronger, and temper himself.
Caelum moves on towards his Inner world only to find it was blocked and unable to know how the life form is evolving.
'That's enough for now, I should find some ways to get money.'
He stood up from his spot heading out of the bushes until reaching a stone pathway where the dimly lit lamp was the only light source.
A few seconds of flowing the stone path arrive at a late-night food truck where a few truck individuals were happily drinking.
"Hey, loooook~ cosplayers. He...Hic...seems lost. How about we make him pay for our food?"
"Great..hic...Idea. Hey, kid come over here real quick!"
Caelum's keen sense already heard them miles away and knew how it would end. Among the customers of the shop, one of the individuals quietly drank his sake yet exuded danger.
'This person is a martial artist.'
He ignored the two drunken people and already deduced that he was in Japan based on their language. Caelum already memorized every language to the ancients and dead tongue.
The Martial Person aura around were fiercer than a lion and framed that had been tempered to a ridiculous degree for mortal standards.
The person's delicate hand that could easily break the cup gently poured more sake showing the level of control over his strength.
He knew this world had no ki yet the person shrouded in the mysterious aura that was different than intent. Caelum understood that this person knew what he lacked in martial art.
Observing his features, the person was a middle-aged man easily having a child aged twenty with a bulky frame rather than muscular.
His fingers were rough and were used in training for piercing something thick and solid. The most prominent figures were his eyes patch on the left side of his face. It was then the person turned to face him instantly gained the man's interest.
"Oi brat! We're talking to you!"
"Oh sorry I was lost in thoughts. What were you saying?"
"I said pay for our..hic....food or else will pummel you!"
'How drunk is this fucker?'
"Sorry I don't have any money with me."
"Liar! Seeing you're...hic...clothes are expensive, I doubt you don't have any money. Hand over kid before you get hurt!"
The drunken grabbed tried to grab his clothes only to be met with a powerful roundhouse kick flinging a few dozen feet as his lackey stood up.
There were around three people who charged at him displaying them one by one. The first one received a straight fist strike grazing his chin that shook his brain and shut it down.
He went next to the other guy evading his fist while kicking the person's knee, breaking it causing him to scream but was shut up by a kick from the back.
The last person was horrified at what he witnessed but couldn't react fast enough receiving a straight kick at his abdomen. It removes the oxygen from his diagram knocking him out.
Caelum did it within a few seconds looking at the owner of the food truck jaw dropped witnessing a 17-year-old boy defeat four individuals without breaking a sweat.
"Hahaha, nice move kid!"
He was surprised when the person who was just sitting and observing his fight had arrived without him noticing. The person gave a round of applause while assessing Caelum martial art.
"May I ask who you are, Senior."
"Doppo Orochi."