Zhang Tianwen stepped forward and placed his palm on the Awakening Stone.
The stone was cold—far colder than he expected. The moment his skin made contact, a faint tremor passed through his body, as if something deep within him had been disturbed.
Outside the Awakening Hall, nothing happened.
The instructor remained expressionless. The elders watched in silence .To everyone present, Zhang Tianwen's awakening was utterly ordinary.
But inside—
It was chaos.
His consciousness was dragged inward, plunging into a boundless darkness. In that instant, his body and soul—long separated by an invisible barrier—were forced together.
This was the true Awakening.
At fifteen, the body and soul finally stabilized enough to endure fusion. Only after this step could one truly walk the path of cultivation.
From the depths of his soul sea, something stirred.
A Ka.
Then—
Another.
His consciousness froze.
Then he actually realized that he was actually born with 3 nasents and 2 natural ka's.
All cultivators awakened one Ka. Two was unheard of .For cultivators their own original ka is very important .
There are 2 reasons for why zhang tianwen is shocked, firstly original ka's improve their rank without any external influence when one advance to next rank. One can obtain ka's in many ways, they can be born with it, they can kill others and steal their ka, they can use special methods to make beasts produce ka's then kill them to take it ,he also heard that there are many immortal methods too. But for such ka's if we want to improve them to next rank its almost too hard, the process needs a lot of money and the success rate is as low as 0.5% .
Secondly all the people in this world have 2 nasents in their body ,although he don't know completely about them, it is said that nasents equal to life. There are 2 lifes for all people ,one is when they are born and one is after they are awakened. This is very important because maximum ka's anyone can have is only 2 for each rank ,that means rank 1 cultivators have atmost 2 ka's, the one which they are born with and another ka, that same cultivator after becoming rank 2 will have 4 ka's which includes his original ka which became rank 2, another rank 2 ka and 2 more rank 1 kas, similarly it was said that even rank 9 immortal lords only have 18 ka's ,2 for each rank.
And now he a rank one nobody actually have 2 original ka's and 3 nasents, there is definitely something wrong here. Before he could understand what's happening his ka's completely developed.
The first Ka slowly revealed itself, its form simple yet profound.
Soul Rewind Ka.
Information poured into his mind, uninvited and unavoidable.
This Ka allowed him to mark a point in time as a trigger. In the future, upon death, his soul would rewind to that marked moment, carrying his memories intact.
A resurrection.
No—something even more terrifying.
A do-over.
This ka did have its restrictions. At Rank 1 cultivation, he could only use it once , and because his cultivation is weak he wont inherit complete memories, only few ,which should be few days before death, even this restriction vanishes after his cultivation increase .The maximum number of rewinds was nine, that is 9 times at rank 9 cultivation, increasing the number required higher cultivation. If his cultivation stagnated, so would this Ka.
Before Zhang Tianwen could even process the implications, the second Ka awakened.
Space Pause Ka.
When activated, it could freeze a person of same rank or a small area for a 2 or 3 seconds . Only 2 or 3 seconds and it would also drain him his energy.
At Rank 1, that was all.
No further information surfaced. No explanation. No instinctive understanding beyond its most basic function. He did not understand why for one ka he can understand everything and for other nothing but the basic details are known ,even those basic information felt like he perceived . He felt that there nothing wrong with this ka ,but comparing both he clearly felt that soul rewind ka has some problems. It felt like an external intervention, like someone else helped him or someone trying to lure him into their schemes ..
Silence followed.
Zhang Tianwen's consciousness hovered in the darkness, his heartbeat thunderous.
Two Kas.
One completely abnormal, other one too is a special space related ka ,which in itself is also rare.
He felt no joy—only a cold unease crawling up his spine.
This was not luck.
This was too much.
Was it coincidence? A mutation? Maybe because he was reborn after death? Or had someone—or something—arranged this from the shadows?
Countless thoughts raced through his mind, but none brought clarity.
Outside, the Awakening Stone dimmed.
The instructor nodded, recording his result with mechanical indifference. To them, Zhang Tianwen was just another Rank 1 awakener—nothing special.
Zhang Tianwen withdrew his hand and stepped back into line.
His face was calm.
Inside, however, doubt gnawed at him relentlessly.
With cultivation so low, he couldn't investigate. He couldn't resist. He couldn't even understand.
For now—
All he could do was wait.