Mister Vii

CC: Chapter 22 – Where Am I?

NOTE: It was requested, so chapter titles will have the abbreviation of the story going forward. I am not going back and changing things. CC for Calculating Cultivation. SL for System Lands. MM for Murder Mittens.

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The black spot disappeared, and I turned myself around as the colors rushed past me. I saw astral beasts glance at me, but they were too slow. Whatever that being was, it could alter speed inside the astral plane. Even elder cultivators could not do that.

A...

Chapter 80 – Highwater Bastion

Several badgers and mice in armor and uniforms sat in a large sealed off conference room in one of the buildings while Paladin Amberheart laid out his plan. I was getting several looks, but no one said anything. I noted one of the mice was dressed as High Cleric and one of the Badgers who was in charge, his fur was almost completely white.

“That concludes the operational plan,” Paladin Amberheart finished explaining. There was silence.

“High Cleric Samuel, what do you think?...

Chapter 21 – The Astral Plane

Elder Li Fu and Elder Healer Meihui both fixed their intense gazes on me. The second stage of my cultivation would progress too slowly without an astral shard to construct an Astral Soul Stabilizer. Astral shards could only be found on the dangerous astral plane, which even posed a threat to elders.

"The cost to enter the astral plane is not insignificant for a person's physical body. Your soul, your astral soul, exists on a single point in that plane. The fifth stage is about expanding...

Chapter 79 – Blockade

Paladin Amberheart and I were on his personal battleship, the Night Blade. I was allowed full access to everything, even if most of the corridors felt small for a creature my size. The various good creatures all avoided me for the most part.

While I was in the military, I was still a cat. There was a knock on my cabin door. I went over and opened it up. “Paladin Amberheart requests your presence,” a mouse told me.

I nodded at this and followed him up to the observatio...

Cultivation Steps

The list of age to progress in cultivation for reference. This post will be updated as Yuan Zhou progresses to the next cultivation stage. Also, anything special he has done for that stage of cultivation for reference. This is what he has done, not what he plans. Things that are planned are in (). Also, any highly special/unique talents he has developed.

1: QI GATHERING
Age 8 250k Motes
Age 10 450k Motes
Age 13 930k Motes
Age 18 1,317,282 Motes
Age 20 1,7...

Calculating Cultivation: Dramatis Persona (Chp 30)

This is the dramatis persona through and to around chapter 30. Also included is the meaning of their name in Chinese.

FAMILY
MC/7th Son/Yuan Zhou (Great Money)
Father/Merchant/Yuan Chen (Strict Money)
Mother/4th Concubine/Yuan Wen (Fragrant Money)
Sister/9th Daughter/ Yuan Chuntao (Spring Peach)
-Nephew/1st Son/Yao Zhou (Great Money)
-Niece/1st Daughter/Yao Lan (Orchid)
Half-brother/1st Son (1st Concubine)/ Yuan Yun (Clouds Money)
-Nephew/1st Son...

Chapter 20 – The Demonic Blood Sect

I followed my senior down a steep flight of wooden stairs. He was still dragging the half insensate demonic cultivator around by the neck. In the basement, there was an enormous cauldron and piles of bones off to one side that appeared human.

In addition, there was a chained starving young boy in a cage who was naked. There were blood splotches and butchering tools located around the room. “A demonic alchemical workshop. Inner Disciple Yuan Zhou, guard this building until I return. To...

Chapter 19 – A Wedding

I set down the letter from my sister that had arrived at the sect. She was getting married to Yao Yang. I had been planning to go down to make arrangements for my future hunting trip anyway, so this was good timing.

“Greetings Fan,” I greeted the disciple in charge of assignments. He smiled at me.

“Yuan Zhou. I get nothing but excellent reports from the core disciples inspecting your work. You are quite diligent. What brings you to me?”

“I plan to be leaving the se...

Chapter 78 – The Mission

“The biggest challenge is their position. It is high up, as an attendant to Slither, a mid-rank snake, but one of the more active ones. Snakes are very territorial, so they often leave things to a manager. Getting one in place has been the work of decades, since creatures that are placed in such a position are raised from birth and hypnotized constantly.”

“I won’t get into the methods we used, but they were complex, and it was one of my first major successes. Now it is time to c...

Chapter 77 – Shock And Awe

I sat across from High Cleric Maximilian as he read over my report. This time it was just the two of us meeting. The death of a High Apostate and Bastet herself was more than enough to be recalled once again.

He set the report down with a sigh. “Impressive, very impressive Assassin Mittens,” he said.

“Thank you, High Cleric Maximilian,” I responded politely. He tapped his digits on his desk while staring at me. I stared right back, not that afraid.

“Her death will ...

Chapter 18 – Force

I was meeting with the apprentice first, an inner disciple, Dong Wenyan. “Greetings,” he replied with a short head nod. I stood up and greeted him as well. “I was told you wanted to speak about a force array?” he asked and sat down. An array was another name for a formation. There might have been some minute difference, but I hadn’t picked up on one yet.

“Yes. Something to increase the downwards pull all objects experience, and possibly inwards force as well. The goal is to ...

Chapter 17 – Cultivation Plan

“Gen, learn from this, but do not copy this madness. Forgive me, senior,” he told the man after I explained a bit more.

“It seems very complex,” Gen replied, and Wen Xue shook his head.

“This is beyond complex. This is something that no one would ever dare attempt. One mistake, one error, and it will be a disaster. What senior Yuan Zhou has done is go beyond in every area. To push the boundaries of what is possible. The research and knowledge he develops will either chan...

Chapter 76 – Huge Boost

I looked at my combat log. We had just captured several creatures attempting to run. It was quite boring, and no creature was killed. They all surrendered instantly. My eyes went wide at the amounts. Ancestral Spirits were worth quite a bit.

4 Apostates (Boss): 13,789
1 Full-Partial Ancestral Spirit (Boss): 238,287 EXP
1 High Apostate (Boss): 7,455
TOTAL: 259,531 EXP

I then looked at my Interface and all my skill and stat increases. I smiled a bit, as I r...

Chapter 75 – A Cold Night

I was panting as the Snake Ancestral Spirit was finally destroyed. I began coughing, the poison that had entered my body was quite a bit. I stumbled slightly as my father rushed over.

“You okay?” he asked me as I waved him off.

“Fine, fine. Bastet?” I asked and we both went over to her corpse. I kicked her. Nothing. I then leaned down and checked her eyes. I even gave one a light poke. No reaction. I was about to get her snake pendant from under her robe, but felt an immen...

Chapter 74 – Teamwork Makes The Dream Work

Tom Cat

My daughter was sent flying. She had braced for the impact, so she would survive. This was going to be the hardest fight of my life. Bastet was an old High Apostate and could call on the Snake Ancestral Spirit at the same level of young snakes.

She didn’t like drawing on her life for something like this. Which is why she had never used this move before to win one of our fights. I rushed into the sawmill as the massive head smashed into the ground behind ...

Chapter 73 – No Matter What

It was getting darker and colder. Bastet had escaped and I was quite upset. My father came up next to me. “I wasn’t expecting that,” he replied.

“She set it up, how?” I asked.

“Probably an access road nearby they would take to get here or there was another rendezvous and one of the other Apostates sent the owl,” my father said. I let out a long sigh in frustration as the cold wind and snow swirled around us.

‘Avatar,’ I called on Mes who appeared wearing a ...

Chapter 16 – Sect Intake

I walked along with other people towards the sect intake point at the base of their mountain and received several looks for my small size and childlike appearance, but no one said anything. I had a pack of my personal items on my back.

It was a long hike to the sect, but prospective cultivators were not allowed to take a carriage. They had to walk the distance from Half Moon City. I probably didn’t have to do it, but I didn’t want to cause trouble and act like a spoiled brat.

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Chapter 72 – High Speed Pursuit

“Bringing the radio?” my father asked me. I shivered in the cold, but the parka was helping. I couldn’t wait until winter was over and we got a mission in a warmer climate.

“Yes, in case Mousethief gets any information. Better to act quickly,” I told my father while we waited near the factory on top of a warehouse roof. “Also, you know when his birthday is? I was thinking of getting him a gift.” I hoped this kind of question wouldn’t attract attention. Mousethief was my ...

Chapter 71 – High Stress

High Cleric Maximilian

I sat at my desk looking over the most recent reports to be sent back to the Organization. I reviewed each and every report personally. While it was time consuming, I couldn’t let things spiral out of control. If there was a major incident, I needed to know immediately.

Mittens was already racking up an impressive number of missions. The volcano had been quite useful to cool things down. But that was one of many plans we were using to win ...

Stages 1-4

The 'perfect' standard is not perfect by any means. But this table is meant to give information on top of the wiki, to better understand the time frames and what is involved per stage.

Chapter 15 – Qi Gathering Complete?

“Brother, it has been too long,” I said with a smile as I greeted my fourth brother Yuan Niu. He looked a lot more worn, but he had returned alive and in good health.

“Still, my younger brother, I see.” I fake pouted a bit as we hugged each other. I still looked like a pre-teen, despite being eighteen years old.

“Unfortunate side effects of my cultivation. Yuan Yun will surely celebrate your return.”

“Truly?” Yuan Niu asked, and I nodded.

“Father step...

Chapter 70 – Train Ride

We docked at a port and were now on a train ride, moving towards our next mission destination. I had managed to get my panic under control. But it was a rough thing.

“Knock, knock,” Mousethief said with his trademark grin as he entered our private room on the train. We were all sharing it together, but Mousethief was off and about. Doing whatever he was doing. He entered our cabin and sat down. He was my friend and I trusted he was doing things for my benefit.

He hadn’t give...

Chapter 69 – A Lot Of EXP

‘Interface. Combat log,’ I mentally gave the commands to see how well this mission had gone. My eyes went wide at the amount. That was insane. ‘Avatar!’

COMBAT LOG

4 Bears (High): 621 EXP
1 Full-Partial Ancestral Spirit (Boss): 124,212 EXP
TOTAL: EXP 124,833

Mes appeared as I kept looking over the numbers. Mes appeared roasting a large bear over a firepit. I felt a bit ill about that. The bears were very close to cats. They had...

Chapter 14 – Sabotage

I looked at the burnt-out warehouse that had been making soap. No one had died, and the fire had been contained, but clearly someone was not happy with me. Well, it wasn’t a big deal financially. I easily had the tael to start up in a new warehouse which my employees were working on.

I was no fire investigator, but the way the stone was burnt, and the smell of lantern oil indicated that it was deliberately set. Either the person would keep targeting me or some figure would come out to...

Chapter 499 – Day 1,003 (Part 5) – Victory Speech

“People of Purgatory!” My voice was amplified and carried by the sound type energy I pushed out into the air. “We endure!” I raised up both my arms. My left one a mess. There was a roar from the crowd.

“This assassination attempt is just one of countless that has happened, and more I have no doubt will happen. This world, this place is barbaric and artificial. There is no doubt about that.” The crowd quickly became interested. The one thing that united all people in this pla...

Chapter 498 – Day 1,003 (Part 4) – Clean Up

The merged people were quickly killed or removed as people came back to the arena. The good doctor was overseeing the effort. I paused when I saw the group from earlier. I might have been hasty about declaring them my future team, but their teamwork had been incredibly impressive.

“Go into the arena, I will be there shortly,” I told Clarissa, who nodded at me. I kicked off the ground and landed in the stands. I then walked over to the good doctor while looking at the people. Yeah, t...

Chapter 68 – Great Bear

I stood there waiting to see what they would do. “Aid me oh Great Bear! Grant me power to crush my enemies!” Panuk pulled out a wood bear head talisman from under his shirt. He then pierced his paw to bleed on the totem.

“Mittens!” my father said.

“Don’t worry. I want this to be a challenge. Three cubs are pathetically weak. I would kill them instantly. An ancestral spirit will make this trip interesting. So just stay back and watch old cat,” I told him.

“Fin...

Chapter 67 – A Frosty Welcome

I was bundled up in a parka. I didn’t like it since it made it hard to move as I liked. But the freezing cold winds were brutal. How any creature lived in this cold was beyond me. After more discussions with my father, he was going to take the lead at the start.

After thinking on it for quite a bit. I had decided he should take the lead at the start. He had more experience than me and I would be an idiot not to trust him. While it was technically my mission, succeeding was more import...

Chapter 13 – I Am Your Father

I sat in my new playhouse watching from the main balcony with my father and several other important people he had helped me invite. When I had first toured the city over six years ago, I had gone through the entertainment district, which was mostly brothels, a gambling hall, and a theater that did music.

That was it. The cultural scene of this city was fairly dead. That was why I had come up with the idea of an actual theater with props, costumes, and even music. The entry to the ground...