old gray opened levi's robe, and just stood there for a while. he then took a deep breath, and it seemed as if a fire appeared in his eyes. " while i am putting this inscription into your dantian, you will have to direct your bloodlines to it, i can't make the inscription and put the bloodlines in it at the same time." old gray had a rare serious expression. Levi silently nodded. chiiii!!!!!!! old gray lightly tapped the small rock, releasing some kind of barrier, before a devastating heat escaped from it. the heat had a purpleish blue color, as it flowed out from the stone like water, causing the white tower to shake. " ugnnnn!!" old gray released his qi and forcefully restrained the stone, but even then, some of the heat still escaped, causing Levi to feel like he was laying beside the sun. even old master scorching sun's qi could not compare to the heat being released by the tiny rock.

old gray had sweat on his forehead, as he panted heavily. although it was only the first item, he was already so tired. crack! the inscriptions around the drop of white liquid were shattered. silently, a blistering cold bombarded the white tower. a chill at night could only be called warm compared to this overbearing cold. the sheet on the bed, along with Levi's and old gray's clothes became stiff, and felt like they would shatter like ice from the slightest touch. the inscriptions in the white room could barely hold up against it. " haaaaaaa!...huff..." this drop was even harder to restrain, since he was already dealing with the rock.

...

in the castle.

"! what is that?" the king stood from his throne. not too long ago, a terrifying pressure appeared in the imperial city, that even he would look like an ant to in comparison to. but now a different pressure appeared, in fact, it was more like 3 different pressures appeared! then two of them got suppressed by one! both the king and the clan heads were scared and baffled. they were discussing how multiple s.h.i.+ps from the divine dragon continent were spotted coming towards the cloud continent, then all of a sudden, three terrifying pressures appeared. were three old monsters fighting each other? was the imperial city going survive it if that was the case? they could only think, because none of them wanted to go out and check. wouldn't they be stupid to go peeping, then get slapped to death?

...

"huff.." old gray was still breathing heavily as he restrained the two materials. rumble! the entire imperial city trembled as he released all of his qi, forming two spining spheres of qi around the two materials. " keep...watching boy...don't forget this....you may never see it again!" old gray forced out these words. the two spheres of qi rotated faster as time went by, before one got a slight bluish color, and the other one remained white. puff! a few minutes later, one sphere was completely blue, while the other was still white. wasting no time, old gray released his mental energy, as a pale silver flame danced before his forehead. pattern after pattern was stacked, over one 100 patterns were stacked in a few minutes. 200...300...400...500...600...700...800...900....1000! even with old gray's strength, it took him over half an hour to stack all of the patterns. Levi now realised how insignificant he was. he was struggling for hours with a simple 3-4 pattern inscription, while old gray could stack 1000 patterns in only half an hour!

after the patterns were stacked, it formed a yin yang symbol. " you read the book, so you should know that if you aren't strong enough, this inscription could kill you." old gray said after a slight pause. of course, didn't he see something like that in his memories? if the inscription's vessel was not strong enough, both it and the inscription would collapse or break, or in this case, explode into nothing. " do...it.." levi clenched his teeth. he made up in his mind that, if he could no longer cultivate, what was the point of living? if he went back to being the trash that he was, wouldn't he be better off dead? old gray paused, but seeing levi's resolve, he directed the yin yang inscription to just a little below his navel.

the yin yang inscription which was about the size of a hand, shrunk down to just the size of a palm. "....ahhhhhhhhh!" before it even touched his skin, the pain Levi felt was excruciating. his skin was being scorched and frozen at the same time, and it only got worse from there. "ahhhhh!AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" crack! crack! sizzle! when the inscription was finally implanted, the pain reached it's peak. the scorching heat and deadly cold were wreaking even more havoc in his body than his bloodlines ever could. flash freezing his muscles before they were scorched, over and over again. tiny ice crystals cutting through his flesh, while it felt like his bones would melt. he was in so much pain that he didn't even remember that he was supposed to direct his bloodlines toward his dantian somehow. Levi pa.s.sed out, but was woken by the excruciating pain right afterward. a few hours pa.s.sed as he fell unconscious, then woke up screaming, over and over again.

"..oy....boy!" old gray shouted, sweat on his face. he looked tired. Levi opened his eyes, everything was was colored red, as lines of blood flow from his eyes. in fact, the once white sheets were now dyed red with his blood. "..." he didn't even have the strength to open his mouth, his eye lids only opened briefly before closing again. old gray looked at the yin yang seal on Levi's stomach. all over levi's body was a pitch black tattoo, a large portion of it missing, while a few lines went down his stomach and encircled the yin yang seal, making it look like a sun symbol. a black sun symbol.