In the world of cultivation, there are many paths one could walk.
There is the sword path, where a person diligently cultivates the sword to its peak, becoming someone who can easily harness its power.
Some can even go as far as cleave through the firmament with a single swing.
There are those who cultivate the spear, staff, bow, and many more.
Then there are mages who come in different shades and forms.
These paths can be tread, provided you are dedicated to seeing them through.
During the Primordial Era, there was a lone cultivator known as the Wanderer who rose to prominence with a path called Eye Cultivation.
He was the first of his kind.
It was the path where one cultivates the eye and, like the sword, takes it to its peak.
Over millions of years, many eye cultivators rose to fame. The Renegade Monk cultivated the infamous Eye of Malevolence, giving him the Dual Eye that was known as the Dual Demon Gaze.
There was the Omniscient Gaze. There was the Piercing Gaze. The Eye of Seduction.
Today, as the sky darkens and purple lightning forms in the clouds, it marks the awakening of a new path in Eye Cultivation that will be known as the Eye of Sorrow, for it was born from a man’s sorrow.
The dome shattered, and Jason’s unconscious body started to rise into the air alongside Klaus’s.
“Senior, what is happening?” Klaus asked. Though he was still inside Jason’s mind, his other 26 minds were perfectly keeping him awake on the outside.
[It looks like he is about to awaken an ability. I can’t tell until it starts, so be ready.] The senior replied, making Klaus nod to his words.
They were a couple of meters off the ground in a few seconds. When they were high enough, Jason’s eyes snapped open. They exuded purple energy as they snapped open.
However, just as they did, a piercing bolt shot from the clouds, landing on Jason’s forehead. His scream filled the sky, causing his face to pale.
[Looks like he is awakening a third eye. You have to keep his body awake—channel your energy into his. He also can’t fall unconscious now, so help him,] the senior said, and Klaus immediately went into action.
He placed both hands on Jason’s back and started channeling his energy into him. With his powerful energy source, keeping him at the peak was as simple as pouring his star qi into his body.
Jason, meanwhile, was screaming as a pain unlike any other pierced his mind.
“Hold on, Jason, it will be over soon enough.”
Klaus knew this pain, for he felt it when he awakened the Eye of Malevolence. Hearing Jason’s scream, he knew he was going through a lot.
A couple of minutes went by, but nothing new happened.
Meanwhile, inside Jason’s mind, Klaus started to see a large purple eye appear. It looked beautiful, but as it began to exude energy, Klaus felt his mind getting overwhelmed with sorrow.
It was so powerful that his mind started getting lost in a series of emotions.
He had to pull out immediately.
Who knew what would happen if he spent a few more minutes in there? Slowly, an hour went by until the clouds rumbled and, like an angel descending, majestic purple eye—colossal enough to be seen from kilometers away—appeared.
It is purple with majestic golden frames designed around it. It looked regal yet deadly, and from the energy radiating from it, Klaus had to tell everyone watching to move further back.
The emotion of sorrow coming from the eye was just too powerful.
[Brat, whatever you said to the young man might have just helped him awaken a rather powerful Eye constitution.
His life has now changed, and judging by the solid nature of the eye, he has already reached a powerful stage in Eye Cultivation called Manifestation.
He is now on the same level as the Overlord with the Pink Eye.]
“This is great, then. He hasn’t just awakened a third eye, but he’s even reached the Manifestation Stage. This makes me wonder what he can do using it.”
Klaus, who had once cultivated the Eye, knew the Manifestation Stage was when one could call forth a solid version of the third eye, allowing them to harness its full potential.
Eye cultivators could use the third eye to unleash attacks, create defenses, and manipulate events. They could even hide within it and continue to unleash attacks.
Overlord Dharma used his to kill the Dream Reapers, showcasing how powerful an Eye constitution can be.
But Klaus was happy for Jason because, at the Manifestation Stage, one could easily copy the abilities of beings that shared similarities with the type of Eye they were cultivating.
In this case, if he were to kill a beast that can use soul attacks, Jason could copy—or at least have a higher chance of copying—an ability by absorbing its core.
[The only thing he needed to do next was merge the external eye with his mind, creating a mind’s eye. When that happens, this young man will become a powerhouse who could one day make people die while crying.]
“Then it’s a good thing I’ll be giving him my blood. I’m sure after his breakthrough and undergoing his evolution, he will become much more powerful.”
Klaus smiled.
After another hour, the procedure ended, and Jason felt the pain subsided until it was gone entirely.
“How do you feel?” Klaus asked.
“Powerful,” Jason replied, still wondering what had just happened.
“Check your class and let me know,” Klaus smiled. He was happy for Jason, for he rose from his sorrows and had now become very powerful.
What had just happened transcended common sense. Jason’s class had changed, and Klaus was waiting to hear the new name. He was a swordsman, but now he was something else entirely.
“My new class is called Sorrowcaller. It allows me to channel the power of grief and radiance into powerful attacks,” Jason replied. “I can also shoot energy beams from my eyes.”
He sighed, feeling his mind drifting back to his pain.
“Don’t worry about it. We’ll figure it out together.”
Jason nodded. It would take some time for him to accept this new side of himself, but Klaus knew he would prevail.
They joined the others, and Klaus went ahead to create a resting place for everyone. They would need a few days to recover, and he also had some business to handle.
The plan was to use the cores of the Spider Demons to break through. However, after killing the white Spider Demon, he felt his eighth core had formed, and the ninth was nearly complete.
He would face his trials in the coming weeks, which meant he had little time to waste.