The Golden Skeleton started shining brightly. As it shone, the space next to Yanga began to tear. Soon, an invisible gate opened. From the gate, Yanga could see mountains of lush land as far as the eye could see.
When Yanga looked at the Golden Skeleton again, there was nothing but ash and a golden light floating above where the skeleton was.
The light shot straight to Yanga's head, and he felt dizzy; he stumbled and fell through the invisible door into this new world. As Yanga's body hit the ground, the invisible door vanished like it was never there.
With so much happening all at once, it was hard for anyone to take in. Even the fact that he was in a new world brought him no joy.
There was nothing but silence, overwhelmed by all that had happened. He was lost in the experiences and information the Golden Skeleton had placed in his mind. Yanga just sat there, lost in thought, with his mind blank.
Yanga sat there, lost for a long time, until something started moving in the distance. When Yanga's eyes moved to see what it was, an older man was standing next to him. With long, flowing silver hair, the older man felt both old and young at the same time.
There was something about him that Yanga couldn't place, something that Yanga had never felt before, something that to him seemed so unnatural.
"My name is Arnold Hancock," the old man said. "Your master gave me an opportunity, and in return he has asked me to take care of you for only one year. What I mean by 'take care of you' is to protect you, but I am not allowed to guide you or offer anything else. Do you understand?"
The Golden Skeleton had already told Yanga that, so he nodded his head. Seeing this, the older man turned, and with a wiggle of his hand, Yanga's body started floating; together, they flew back the way he came. As they flew, the older man started filling Yanga in on where he was going.
The place Yanga was going to live in is called Mhlanga Village. Mhlanga Village is a special village located at the edge of the Infinite Basin. The Infinite Basin is a legendary place located in this world.
Some legends even say that, long ago, a powerful being punched a continent-sized basin into the land. The people who live in Mhlanga Village make their living by hunting in the basin or buying and selling goods from other cultivators who come to hunt and gather materials there.
Soon they made it into a village. Yanga and the older man Hancock were traveling so fast that Yanga did not get to see much of the village.
At the edge of the village stood a big, ancient Roman villa. As soon as they reached the villa, the older man, Hancock, started moving. Soon there was a two-meter-tall drum in front of him. They poured water into it, then set the drum on fire.
When the water started boiling, the older man started placing different things into the drum and eventually told Yanga to step in.
Yanga was placed into the drum to be cooked rather than stepping in voluntarily. When Yanga was placed in the giant cooking pot, for some reason, even though the water was boiling, he didn't feel any heat. Even when submerged in the water, it felt like he could breathe through his skin.
Yanga followed Old Man Hancock's words and stayed in the drum. The cooking took all day. By the time Yanga came out, the water had changed, filled with a nasty and disgusting smell. Soon, water appeared out of nowhere and cleansed Yanga of all the filth in his body.
After the cooking, Yanga felt it almost immediately. His body felt lighter and cleaner and stronger, way stronger. Soon the older man brought in some food. It was a strange kind of rice Yanga had never seen before, but he paid it no mind because Arnold Hancock started speaking to him and told him about the challenges he was facing.
The Golden Skeleton told him about the Boundless Saint Physique. Still, apparently he didn't tell me everything, because from Old Man Hancock, Yanga learned that, although the Boundless Saint Physique is one of the famous saint physiques, it is also known as trash among saint physiques.
Most people call it the Bankruptcy Physique. It's called the Bankruptcy Physique because every living person has a spiritual sea, which is useful and is the core of cultivation. For the Boundless Saint Physique, this spiritual ocean is a thousand times bigger than a normal spiritual ocean. What did it mean to have a spiritual ocean that is 1,000 times larger than normal? It meant it takes 1,000 times more for that person to cultivate than for anyone else, but that was not the only problem.
Currently, Yanga is 37 years old, just a few months shy of his 38th birthday. According to Old Man Hancock, he needs to establish his foundation before he turns 40. According to him, when a person turns 40, they begin to lose vitality, and he must establish his foundation before 40 to lock in that vitality.
After his talk with Old Man Hancock, the younger went to his new room with his head full of deep thoughts. There was so much to think about. He was in a new world, a new place, and he learned new information. There was so much to do here to start cultivating.
After some time, the Yanga managed to push it all to the back of his mind. He sat down and breathed slowly and deeply, focusing. The main thing that mattered right now was to see what he got from the inheritance from The Golden Skeleton.
The Golden Skeleton had left him four things. Those things were burned into his soul, according to The Golden Skeleton, and that was the only way to make sure that Yanga could never forget them.
1. The boundless world cultivation art.
2. The all-encapsulating sword art, which is the sword technique that The Golden Skeleton used and was famous for, even given the name the boundless sword sage.
3. The encyclopedia, the Heaven and Earth encyclopedia, containing information on all the treasures that can be found in the world.
4. The void-skipping movement art
Yanga focused on the first of their inheritance: the Boundless World Cultivation Art. Unlike other cultivation arts, the Boundless World Art is complicated: the main art is the Boundless World Art, and it also includes the four exalary arts known as the Four Heavenly Directions Art.
To cultivate the Boundless World Art, one needs the fruit of Yggdrasil to build a small world. And one man can not support a world by them self, and that's where the Four Heavenly Directions arts come up.
It serves as the four supporting pillars of the world. To Yanga, the boundless Word art was like an opening gift on Christmas morning. It was filled with the unknown. The more he looked and studied it, the more unfathomable it became. Soon, Yanga was lost in it, and his presence changed, taking on a rhythmic tune. Finally, Yanga entered a cultivation state for the first time in his life and started cultivating.