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"Hmm… That seems good enough." Haru said to himself as he was sitting at the desk. He put down the pen and picked up the paper before inspecting it thoroughly. He then walked to the window to take a look outside. As he looked out on the street below he saw that a bunch more blacked-out cars had pulled up to the front of the resort.
He saw that the soldiers that were guarding the gate walked up to the cars and then knocked on the window. He couldn't quite make out what was happening but the window of the lead car came down and as soon as the soldier got a view of the person inside he put down his gun and saluted.
'I wasn't expecting more people from the government to come today…' He thought to himself as he watched on. The cars were then let through the barrier and parked outside the entrance and went out of Haru's view.
He then sat back down in the chair and made a few changes to the explanation that he was writing. There were only a few hours before he would have to start the meeting. He had instructed the staff to put out tables and chairs in the hall for everyone to sit down and listen to what he was going to talk about and he was just waiting for the clock to strike nine o'clock so he could commence with the meeting.
As soon as it turned nine a knock thumped against the door to his office.
"Come in." He said, not realising that it was time. But as one of the employees entered he had a feeling that he knew what he was about to say.
"Sir, it's time. All of your guests are waiting for you in the hall." The employee said with a nervous smile.
"Thanks for letting me know." I will head there right away. Can you send someone to clean this place up too?" Haru asked of the employee before heading back down in the elevator to the first floor and walking down the corridor to get to the back entrance so he could get on to the stage without awkwardly walking past everyone.
He walked into the backstage area and walked out onto the stage. As he walked out he noticed that there were now more than one hundred people there today. The number had almost doubled and he presumed that was due to the floating palace sect and the Hong family that was sitting at the very back of the room.
One by one people began to notice that Haru was up on the stage and their attention slowly drifted away from their conversations and was redirected to Haru who was waiting patiently for them to stop talking and get prepared to listen to whatever he had to say. Once there was complete silence Haru spoke up.
"Hello, and welcome. I know that I have met a few of you people before and for some of you this will be the first time you have ever seen me before. But I don't want you to let that discourage you.
I understand that you might have a general idea of what is going on but I will first go over a few things that will make it easier for the people that don't know a thing to understand. So first I will tell you something that might be a little shocking or hard to believe.
You may have believed that the nascent soul stage was the peak of strength since the strongest people in the world are at that stage but that actually couldn't be further from the truth. The reason people don't get stronger than the nascent soul stage is that there is a restriction placed on earth itself. The strongest a person can get through cultivation is the nascent soul stage. And if they do get stronger and reach a higher stage they will be rejected by the planet.
The stage after the nascent soul is called the nirvana stage and once you reach it you will be teleported to another plane of existence called the middle realm. If I was to make it easier for you to understand then I would put it like this.
Earth is a planet within the solar system which is within the milky way galaxy which is within a universe that we haven't named. A realm is a cluster of universes that all form together under the same restrictions. And the realm we are in is directly below the middle realm which is also a cluster of universes. But the restriction in that realm is less strict. And directly above the middle realm is the upper realm where the restrictions are almost non-existent.
I wanted to share this with you to let you know that you can reach that height if you carry on with your cultivation." Haru explained and watched on as the faces of the people in the audience began to light up at the news. A few of the nascent soul cultivators that had no previous knowledge began to feel inspired once more. They had reached what they thought was the peak of strength and there was nothing more for them to do. But this information was enough to light a fire within them.
"But unfortunately, You might not be able to carry on with your cultivation for long." Haru carried on and said suddenly after making them excited. There were grumbles from the audience as he told them that they wouldn't be able to carry on cultivating.
"What is that supposed to mean!?" One of the nascent soul cultivators shouted out in outrage.
"Well. Let me tell you then. If you want to continue to cultivate then it all depends on your cooperation with us. Something has happened in the middle realm and it is about to directly affect our lives here on earth.
It's only natural to assume that there are other beings in the higher realms right? Well, a certain species called demons are currently on their way to earth. They have declared war on all humans. They are on a mission to wipe out all of the humans in the known cosmos because they have an evil leader that is both vicious and power-hungry." Haru began to explain but was quickly interrupted by another nascent soul stage cultivator.
"That's outrageous! What have we done wrong? Why are we being involved in a fight between these middle realm people? That's none of our business!" He shouted as loud as he could to make sure that he was heard.
Haru stopped for a moment. The man had a point. But he knew if he told them the truth then they wouldn't want to fight beside him if they knew he was the reason that the demons were coming to earth in the first place.
"Well, How about you ask the demons that when they arrive here. I'm sure they will give you a suitable answer right before they cut your head from your shoulders." Haru replied without missing a beat as if he was prepared for the question. The man stopped in his tracks.
"Look, I don't know why they have declared war on humans. But what I do know is that they have sent dozens of spies here and governments all around the world know about them. But a few nights ago, one of those spies decided to go on a rampage and try to murder all of the civilians that live here in shanghai.
We had no choice but to kill him. But in doing so we notified the rest of the demons that he was killed and they will soon be sending strong cultivators to get revenge for his death. These cultivators will be merciless and will kill anyone they say. And their strength will be beyond what you could imagine. The only chance you will have at survival is either to dig a big hole in the ground and bury yourself and pray that they don't find you.
Or you can stand beside me and fight back against them." Haru stated and then took a pause to let them process what he was saying. But another one of the cultivators then spoke up.
"Have you been to this so-called middle realm before? How are we supposed to know that you are telling the truth? For all, we know you could be deceiving us." The cultivator stated. But Haru knew that this question would come up.
"Well, we have people from the middle realm here today. How about you ask them if I'm telling the truth or not?" Haru smiled and looked over to the table where the sect master was sitting next to Drobo.
"You claim people from the upper realm are here? Is there any way to prove that they are from a place that none of us has seen before? You said they are strong right? Then how about you make one of them fight me. If they are truly strong enough to defeat me then I will believe you." The cultivator said and then walked out into the middle of the room.
He was a tall and slender old man with a thick bushy beard and a bald head. He looked around at everyone in a threatening manner before he locked eyes with Shen.
"You seem strong. You don't happen to be one of the people from this middle realm right?" He asked. Shen took a sip from his cup and didn't answer him. He didn't respect him enough to even reply. He didn't know who he was in the presence of yet tried to cause a scene.
"I guess not? I doubt someone from the middle realm would be such a coward." The cultivator added before looking back at Haru.
"So where are these so-called middle realm people? I don't see them anywhere." He boasted.
Teacher Lin on the other hand was about to kill him on the spot. He had disrespected Sect master Shen who was a man that he respected a lot. He wouldn't be able to look at the sect master again if he didn't kill this man. He raised his fingertip and gathered a small amount of dark fire before pointing his hand toward the man. Suddenly his attack dispersed as Drobo grabbed his wrist.
"Don't worry, I will deal with it. I was thinking about stretching my legs a little bit anyway." Droba said before shuffling to the edge of the chair and dropping down onto the floor.
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"Hmm… That seems good enough." Haru said to himself as he was sitting at the desk. He put down the pen and picked up the paper before inspecting it thoroughly. He then walked to the window to take a look outside. As he looked out on the street below he saw that a bunch more blacked-out cars had pulled up to the front of the resort.
He saw that the soldiers that were guarding the gate walked up to the cars and then knocked on the window. He couldn't quite make out what was happening but the window of the lead car came down and as soon as the soldier got a view of the person inside he put down his gun and saluted.
'I wasn't expecting more people from the government to come today…' He thought to himself as he watched on. The cars were then let through the barrier and parked outside the entrance and went out of Haru's view.
He then sat back down in the chair and made a few changes to the explanation that he was writing. There were only a few hours before he would have to start the meeting. He had instructed the staff to put out tables and chairs in the hall for everyone to sit down and listen to what he was going to talk about and he was just waiting for the clock to strike nine o'clock so he could commence with the meeting.
As soon as it turned nine a knock thumped against the door to his office.
"Come in." He said, not realising that it was time. But as one of the employees entered he had a feeling that he knew what he was about to say.
"Sir, it's time. All of your guests are waiting for you in the hall." The employee said with a nervous smile.
"Thanks for letting me know." I will head there right away. Can you send someone to clean this place up too?" Haru asked of the employee before heading back down in the elevator to the first floor and walking down the corridor to get to the back entrance so he could get on to the stage without awkwardly walking past everyone.
He walked into the backstage area and walked out onto the stage. As he walked out he noticed that there were now more than one hundred people there today. The number had almost doubled and he presumed that was due to the floating palace sect and the Hong family that was sitting at the very back of the room.
One by one people began to notice that Haru was up on the stage and their attention slowly drifted away from their conversations and was redirected to Haru who was waiting patiently for them to stop talking and get prepared to listen to whatever he had to say. Once there was complete silence Haru spoke up.
"Hello, and welcome. I know that I have met a few of you people before and for some of you this will be the first time you have ever seen me before. But I don't want you to let that discourage you.
I understand that you might have a general idea of what is going on but I will first go over a few things that will make it easier for the people that don't know a thing to understand. So first I will tell you something that might be a little shocking or hard to believe.
You may have believed that the nascent soul stage was the peak of strength since the strongest people in the world are at that stage but that actually couldn't be further from the truth. The reason people don't get stronger than the nascent soul stage is that there is a restriction placed on earth itself. The strongest a person can get through cultivation is the nascent soul stage. And if they do get stronger and reach a higher stage they will be rejected by the planet.
The stage after the nascent soul is called the nirvana stage and once you reach it you will be teleported to another plane of existence called the middle realm. If I was to make it easier for you to understand then I would put it like this.
Earth is a planet within the solar system which is within the milky way galaxy which is within a universe that we haven't named. A realm is a cluster of universes that all form together under the same restrictions. And the realm we are in is directly below the middle realm which is also a cluster of universes. But the restriction in that realm is less strict. And directly above the middle realm is the upper realm where the restrictions are almost non-existent.
I wanted to share this with you to let you know that you can reach that height if you carry on with your cultivation." Haru explained and watched on as the faces of the people in the audience began to light up at the news. A few of the nascent soul cultivators that had no previous knowledge began to feel inspired once more. They had reached what they thought was the peak of strength and there was nothing more for them to do. But this information was enough to light a fire within them.
"But unfortunately, You might not be able to carry on with your cultivation for long." Haru carried on and said suddenly after making them excited. There were grumbles from the audience as he told them that they wouldn't be able to carry on cultivating.
"What is that supposed to mean!?" One of the nascent soul cultivators shouted out in outrage.
"Well. Let me tell you then. If you want to continue to cultivate then it all depends on your cooperation with us. Something has happened in the middle realm and it is about to directly affect our lives here on earth.
It's only natural to assume that there are other beings in the higher realms right? Well, a certain species called demons are currently on their way to earth. They have declared war on all humans. They are on a mission to wipe out all of the humans in the known cosmos because they have an evil leader that is both vicious and power-hungry." Haru began to explain but was quickly interrupted by another nascent soul stage cultivator.
"That's outrageous! What have we done wrong? Why are we being involved in a fight between these middle realm people? That's none of our business!" He shouted as loud as he could to make sure that he was heard.
Haru stopped for a moment. The man had a point. But he knew if he told them the truth then they wouldn't want to fight beside him if they knew he was the reason that the demons were coming to earth in the first place.
"Well, How about you ask the demons that when they arrive here. I'm sure they will give you a suitable answer right before they cut your head from your shoulders." Haru replied without missing a beat as if he was prepared for the question. The man stopped in his tracks.
"Look, I don't know why they have declared war on humans. But what I do know is that they have sent dozens of spies here and governments all around the world know about them. But a few nights ago, one of those spies decided to go on a rampage and try to murder all of the civilians that live here in shanghai.
We had no choice but to kill him. But in doing so we notified the rest of the demons that he was killed and they will soon be sending strong cultivators to get revenge for his death. These cultivators will be merciless and will kill anyone they say. And their strength will be beyond what you could imagine. The only chance you will have at survival is either to dig a big hole in the ground and bury yourself and pray that they don't find you.
Or you can stand beside me and fight back against them." Haru stated and then took a pause to let them process what he was saying. But another one of the cultivators then spoke up.
"Have you been to this so-called middle realm before? How are we supposed to know that you are telling the truth? For all, we know you could be deceiving us." The cultivator stated. But Haru knew that this question would come up.
"Well, we have people from the middle realm here today. How about you ask them if I'm telling the truth or not?" Haru smiled and looked over to the table where the sect master was sitting next to Drobo.
"You claim people from the upper realm are here? Is there any way to prove that they are from a place that none of us has seen before? You said they are strong right? Then how about you make one of them fight me. If they are truly strong enough to defeat me then I will believe you." The cultivator said and then walked out into the middle of the room.
He was a tall and slender old man with a thick bushy beard and a bald head. He looked around at everyone in a threatening manner before he locked eyes with Shen.
"You seem strong. You don't happen to be one of the people from this middle realm right?" He asked. Shen took a sip from his cup and didn't answer him. He didn't respect him enough to even reply. He didn't know who he was in the presence of yet tried to cause a scene.
"I guess not? I doubt someone from the middle realm would be such a coward." The cultivator added before looking back at Haru.
"So where are these so-called middle realm people? I don't see them anywhere." He boasted.
Teacher Lin on the other hand was about to kill him on the spot. He had disrespected Sect master Shen who was a man that he respected a lot. He wouldn't be able to look at the sect master again if he didn't kill this man. He raised his fingertip and gathered a small amount of dark fire before pointing his hand toward the man. Suddenly his attack dispersed as Drobo grabbed his wrist.
"Don't worry, I will deal with it. I was thinking about stretching my legs a little bit anyway." Droba said before shuffling to the edge of the chair and dropping down onto the floor.
"Hmm That seems good enough." Haru said to himself as he was sitting at the desk. He put down the pen and picked up the paper before inspecting it thoroughly. He then walked to the window to take a look outside. As he looked out on the street below he saw that a bunch more blacked-out cars had pulled up to the front of the resort. He saw that the soldiers that were guarding the gate walked up to the cars and then knocked on the window. He couldn't quite make out what was happening but the window of the lead car came down and as soon as the soldier got a view of the person inside he put down his gun and saluted. 'I wasn't expecting more people from the government to come today' He thought to himself as he watched on. The cars were then let through the barrier and parked outside the entrance and went out of Haru's view. He then sat back down in the chair and made a few changes to the explanation that he was writing. There were only a few hours before he would have to start the meeting. He had instructed the staff to put out tables and chairs in the hall for everyone to sit down and listen to what he was going to talk about and he was just waiting for the clock to strike nine o'clock so he could commence with the meeting. As soon as it turned nine a knock thumped against the door to his office. "Come in." He said, not realising that it was time. But as one of the employees entered he had a feeling that he knew what he was about to say. "Sir, it's time. All of your guests are waiting for you in the hall." The employee said with a nervous smile. "Thanks for letting me know." I will head there right away. Can you send someone to clean this place up too?" Haru asked of the employee before heading back down in the elevator to the first floor and walking down the corridor to get to the back entrance so he could get on to the stage without awkwardly walking past everyone. He walked into the backstage area and walked out onto the stage. As he walked out he noticed that there were now more than one hundred people there today. The number had almost doubled and he presumed that was due to the floating palace sect and the Hong family that was sitting at the very back of the room. One by one people began to notice that Haru was up on the stage and their attention slowly drifted away from their conversations and was redirected to Haru who was waiting patiently for them to stop talking and get prepared to listen to whatever he had to say. Once there was complete silence Haru spoke up. "Hello, and welcome. I know that I have met a few of you people before and for some of you this will be the first time you have ever seen me before. But I don't want you to let that discourage you. I understand that you might have a general idea of what is going on but I will first go over a few things that will make it easier for the people that don't know a thing to understand. So first I will tell you something that might be a little shocking or hard to believe.You may have believed that the nascent soul stage was the peak of strength since the strongest people in the world are at that stage but that actually couldn't be further from the truth. The reason people don't get stronger than the nascent soul stage is that there is a restriction placed on earth itself. The strongest a person can get through cultivation is the nascent soul stage. And if they do get stronger and reach a higher stage they will be rejected by the planet. The stage after the nascent soul is called the nirvana stage and once you reach it you will be teleported to another plane of existence called the middle realm. If I was to make it easier for you to understand then I would put it like this.Earth is a planet within the solar system which is within the milky way galaxy which is within a universe that we haven't named. A realm is a cluster of universes that all form together under the same restrictions. And the realm we are in is directly below the middle realm which is also a cluster of universes. But the restriction in that realm is less strict. And directly above the middle realm is the upper realm where the restrictions are almost non-existent. I wanted to share this with you to let you know that you can reach that height if you carry on with your cultivation." Haru explained and watched on as the faces of the people in the audience began to light up at the news. A few of the nascent soul cultivators that had no previous knowledge began to feel inspired once more. They had reached what they thought was the peak of strength and there was nothing more for them to do. But this information was enough to light a fire within them. "But unfortunately, You might not be able to carry on with your cultivation for long." Haru carried on and said suddenly after making them excited. There were grumbles from the audience as he told them that they wouldn't be able to carry on cultivating. "What is that supposed to mean!?" One of the nascent soul cultivators shouted out in outrage."Well. Let me tell you then. If you want to continue to cultivate then it all depends on your cooperation with us. Something has happened in the middle realm and it is about to directly affect our lives here on earth. It's only natural to assume that there are other beings in the higher realms right? Well, a certain species called demons are currently on their way to earth. They have declared war on all humans. They are on a mission to wipe out all of the humans in the known cosmos because they have an evil leader that is both vicious and power-hungry." Haru began to explain but was quickly interrupted by another nascent soul stage cultivator. "That's outrageous! What have we done wrong? Why are we being involved in a fight between these middle realm people? That's none of our business!" He shouted as loud as he could to make sure that he was heard. Haru stopped for a moment. The man had a point. But he knew if he told them the truth then they wouldn't want to fight beside him if they knew he was the reason that the demons were coming to earth in the first place."Well, How about you ask the demons that when they arrive here. I'm sure they will give you a suitable answer right before they cut your head from your shoulders." Haru replied without missing a beat as if he was prepared for the question. The man stopped in his tracks. "Look, I don't know why they have declared war on humans. But what I do know is that they have sent dozens of spies here and governments all around the world know about them. But a few nights ago, one of those spies decided to go on a rampage and try to murder all of the civilians that live here in shanghai. We had no choice but to kill him. But in doing so we notified the rest of the demons that he was killed and they will soon be sending strong cultivators to get revenge for his death. These cultivators will be merciless and will kill anyone they say. And their strength will be beyond what you could imagine. The only chance you will have at survival is either to dig a big hole in the ground and bury yourself and pray that they don't find you.Or you can stand beside me and fight back against them." Haru stated and then took a pause to let them process what he was saying. But another one of the cultivators then spoke up. "Have you been to this so-called middle realm before? How are we supposed to know that you are telling the truth? For all, we know you could be deceiving us." The cultivator stated. But Haru knew that this question would come up. "Well, we have people from the middle realm here today. How about you ask them if I'm telling the truth or not?" Haru smiled and looked over to the table where the sect master was sitting next to Drobo."You claim people from the upper realm are here? Is there any way to prove that they are from a place that none of us has seen before? You said they are strong right? Then how about you make one of them fight me. If they are truly strong enough to defeat me then I will believe you." The cultivator said and then walked out into the middle of the room. He was a tall and slender old man with a thick bushy beard and a bald head. He looked around at everyone in a threatening manner before he locked eyes with Shen. "You seem strong. You don't happen to be one of the people from this middle realm right?" He asked. Shen took a sip from his cup and didn't answer him. He didn't respect him enough to even reply. He didn't know who he was in the presence of yet tried to cause a scene. "I guess not? I doubt someone from the middle realm would be such a coward." The cultivator added before looking back at Haru."So where are these so-called middle realm people? I don't see them anywhere." He boasted. Teacher Lin on the other hand was about to kill him on the spot. He had disrespected Sect master Shen who was a man that he respected a lot. He wouldn't be able to look at the sect master again if he didn't kill this man. He raised his fingertip and gathered a small amount of dark fire before pointing his hand toward the man. Suddenly his attack dispersed as Drobo grabbed his wrist. "Don't worry, I will deal with it. I was thinking about stretching my legs a little bit anyway." Droba said before shuffling to the edge of the chair and dropping down onto the floor.
