As if an invisible barrier broke, he suddenly could see his entire organs and veins, as long as he thinks about it. A huge dragon flew out of his body and circled him once before disappearing.

"Is this the saint realm?" Anthony whispered and flicked his fingers. At once, the shock waves from it hit a mountain a distance away, making parts of it to collapse. Anthony marvelled at the damage caused by a mere flick of his fingers.

"How powerful am I right now? I guess I will only find out in a real battle."

He whispered and shut his eyes to continue his cultivation. Solidifying his cultivation was the primary concern. The saint realm was a major milestone which numerous people never reach in their lifetimes, talk more about going above. After arriving at the saint realm, upgrading becomes an uphill task even for geniuses.

Anthony noticed a bright light on his forehead and tried to move his consciousness towards it. He found himself in a different space and immediately marvelled at the sight before him. The entire place looked like a paradise and he was suspended above a calm sea. There was a mountain at one side of it with little vegetation, and water was gushing out of it. The mountain seemed similar to that of the place he opened up the lotus-lily waterfall. On taking a clearer look, he realized that there was a huge pink lotus at the edge of the boundless sea, floating alone. Many bodies of water seemed to connect to the one big sea.

"Is this my mind eye? Didn't they say the mind eye is supposed to be a little pond, or the size of a huge villa at most. Why can't I see the end in mine? And this water, is it my newly unlocked spiritual energy that can be used for mental attacks? It's so clear and beautiful." Anthony continued walking around with a smile on his face, seemingly satisfied with himself. There was a bright sun on the clear blue sky, making everywhere look like a paradise.

He arrived at an island covered with a glass dome. A mighty giant golden dragon was lying in the dome sleeping, with a sheathed sword beside it. It was very big, and its' scales shimmered like the sun. The two horns on his head were strong and shiny like jade. However, he looked wounded.

The moment Anthony saw the golden dragon, he felt an immense headache, as if trying to recall something. He gasped in pain and staggered back. He looked at the dragon, feeling sad for no reason as he watched the mighty sleeping dragon. The pain seemed to overwhelm him, so he immediately left his mind eye.

Anthony opened his eyes and leaned back on the mighty tree.

"All the beatings from Huo Fu were not wasted after all. The humiliation and insults were worth it, they forged my mind, enabling me to open my 'mind eye' without much effort. And I also gained three new skills after forming my god path and breaking through to the saint realm." He whispered, feeling happy for a fleeting moment.

"But why is there a golden dragon in my mind's eye? And my mind's eye is too vast. It's not like something a saint realm cultivator should own. It resembles that of those ancient monsters that have lived thousands of years. The more I analyse myself, the stranger I feel, who the fuck am I?"

After cultivating for some time and familiarizing himself with his newly unlocked skills and abilities, Anthony finally opened his eyes.

He stood up and disappeared from the spot, appearing a huge distance away. A flurry of shadows moved around, alongside the low ring of the soul sucking bell, and shurikens flew out. As if they had teleportation abilities they appeared before a mighty green snake. However, the cuts it left were full of precision, only leaving a few wounds on it, not truly intending to kill him. A jade bottle appeared, storing the snake's blood, and some parts of flesh of the mighty snake. Anthony reappeared at his initial position with a huge smile on his face.

"I have reached half step perfection on the phantom step technique., mastered the shuriken assassination technique, and improved my expertise at space manipulation and teleportation. Is it as a result of my newly found deep trove of spiritual energy?"

It could be said that Anthony was quite happy with his new found powers. Spiritual energy is normally miniscule for most people, but he just opened a vast mind eye filled with spiritual energy. With soul power he could hold out in a long battle, with spiritual energy, his ability to sense things and attack with precision also multiplied. It could be said that he made lots of improvements. He could only test out the level of his expertise during a real battle. But for now he had to go back to hiding his cultivation. How weird will it be to see a boy of his age already at the saint realm? The rate at which he levelled up was truly terrifying.

Anthony noticed the snake he attacked watching him warily from a distance away. He grinned at it and waved.

"I know you have spiritual energy and sentience, I just needed someone to test things out on. If I punch the mountain again, this place might collapse. Besides, I need your blood to fight a toxin since your hot blood repels dark aura. I didn't even stab deep. Can't you see I put lots of thoughts into it? The cuts were feather light and didn't affect a vital spot. Sorry, it will heal soon. This place is full of abundant spiritual energy, there will be no complications at all." He gave the unlucky creature another apologetic smile and quickly ran into the immortal fruit tree garden.

*****

Anthony quickly got down to the important business of picking immortal fruits and herbs from the garden, loading boxes after boxes of immortality ranked treasures.

"The ginseng fruit is said to heal even a dying man, peaches of immortality can rescue someone at death's door. I hope all the legends are true. There's also the dragon fruit and longan of the gods, in addition to others."

He picked up all the fruits around, carefully avoiding the qilin tree. After he put away the boxes, he picked up some qilin fruit that fell around on the floor and quickly left, returning to the mighty tree.

He sat cross legged, before him were multiple fruits from numerous trees. He began to eat them, and circulate the energy, starting from the ones with the mildest properties. There were visible differences in his body after each fruit was consumed. His lethargy disappeared, and his organs improved and got healthier. Soon shimmering immortal glows covered his skin, muscles, tendons, organs and bones. His brain and eyes followed. Even his soul power and mind eye were equally undergoing an amazing transformation. The last fruit to go in was the qilin fruit, the moment he digested it and circulated it, a burning pain covered his body, making him groan. He gritted his teeth and continued circulating the energy.

He suddenly screamed out in pain as the surface of his skin broke open, and blood began to whoosh out. He screamed again, this time high pitched and full of agony. Flaming golden scales suddenly covered his arms, legs and torso, creating a horrifying sight. The golden dragon scales were burning with a bright flame, causing him immense distress. There was even the smell of burnt barbecue in the air–it was his skin burning up.

After an hour of relentless struggle to normalize his body functions, the scales finally went in and he collapsed on the floor with caked blood all over him.

He instinctively moved back into his mind eye and gasped in shock. The once bare mountain now had saplings of immortal fruits growing on them. The immortal fruits he consumed seemed to have taken root inside, and the water became clearer with occasional ripples of golden energy. There seemed to be something closely resembling a spiritual vein beneath his soul sea. He spread his consciousness further and realized that the huge injury on the golden dragon had healed. But it was still sleeping.

"The qilin fruit healed it. Qilin is naturally attached to dragons since it's grown with dragon blood essence. The pain I felt must have been the qilin tree trying to call out to the dormant golden dragon. Does it mean I should eat more? No no no. That pain is too much to bear multiple times in a day." Anthony shuddered and quickly turned to leave.

His eyes caught sight of a mysterious black patch by the side of the mountain, making him him move towards it. There were black fumes slightly coming from it.

"What's this?" He whispered and tried to sense it. At once, a few pictures flashed before him.

"An inner demon! My encounter with Priscilla left an inner demon in my mind. What the fuck? I thought I have already forgotten her? Why is this bitch still tormenting my life?"

*****

Anthony broke out through the surface of the water. After going back to pack Qilin fruits and more herbs, he did everything possible to leave the detached world and succeeded after some efforts. He found himself under a river in the forest and pulled himself out, noticing a ring made of a huge emerald stone on his index finger. He frowned and immediately tried to pull it off and throw it away. However, it wouldn't come off no matter what. He shrugged and decided to leave it since it won't come off. His eyes suddenly went to the digital calendar he made, hanging on a nearby tree and his eyes went wide with shock.

"Shit! I have been gone for more than two days? What do I tell the old man? What should I do? What's my excuse?"

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