The Undying Immortal System

After returning to the city, Deacon Ma brought me into a seemingly random apartment. It was nearly completely empty. The only thing inside was a crystal orb just like the one the Su Clan used to test affinities.

“You have multiple affinities, right?” Deacon Ma asked. “These things aren’t great, it will only be able to detect your strongest one, but that is good enough for what we need. You know what to do, right?”

I nodded.

Expecting this, and having been tested before, I stepped forward and put my hand on the orb calmly. Typically, when I began pushing my qi into the orb, it would light up with a dark red flame that slowly got brighter. This time, that didn’t happen. A chaotic mix of lines and colors was all I could see.

“That’s from your multiple affinities,” explained Deacon Ma. “The orb can only show a single affinity. If you try to use it with multiple affinities, they will cause interference and show you nothing. Your fire affinity should be above the others, though, so if you focus on your fire affinity and give it a mental push, we should see a clear picture.”

I did so. After exerting more will, a flame finally appeared. It was not the same red color as usual though. Instead, it was a brighter, more vibrant shade of red.

“Mid eight-star fire affinity,” said Ma, “is that all?”

At his words, I pushed with all my strength. The flame grew once, then, after another pause, grew a second time. This should be peak eight-star. I pushed harder. The flame began to shrink and change. It became a small orange fire in the center of the orb. After a final push, I was able to increase it in size once, but at that point, I knew I had reached my limit.

“Mid seven-star?” said Deacon Ma, giving me a strange look. “I’ll report this to the elder. Go back and cultivate. The outer sect exam is in four months. You need to raise your cultivation to Martial Master, but don’t advance any further.”