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Chapter 983: Chapter 960: Recovery_2
Anyway, there’s no need to break through realms or endure Tribulation Transcendence; as long as one is in a safe environment with dense Spiritual Energy, that will suffice, and space is no more suitable than anything else for these two main conditions.
As for the Mysterious Spirit Seed that needs to be refined by the "Terrestrial Spirit Path Records," Li Zhirui had already chosen it—it was that very seed which has not yet sprouted to this day!
A hundred years have passed, yet it still hasn’t germinated!
It’s not due to the dissipation of life force or lack of Spiritual Energy, but simply a matter of not enough time passing, which reflects its incredibly high grade!
And Li Zhirui, with his naturally powerful Spiritual Soul, has now shifted his cultivation to the Void Refinement Realm. Thus, the grade of the Spirit Seed he refines naturally won’t be limited to Fourth or Fifth Order.
Having made up his mind, Li Zhirui performed a ritual of incense burning and bathing, and during the process, continuously adjusted his state to ensure that nothing would go wrong, and then he bore the painful process of reversing cultivation, dispersing his Mana.
This process of dispersing his cultivation lasted a full three months!
Li Zhirui was in constant pain, feeling his own weakness all the time.
After a wisp of Wanling Mana was expelled from his body, he became a cultivator who had the realm but not a trace of Mana.
Li Zhirui dared not delay. He immediately activated the "Terrestrial Spirit Path Records," and the dense Spiritual Energy in the space surged in, instantly forming a massive Spirit Qi Vortex.
And he, seated in the center, was like a primordial ferocious beast madly devouring everything, as a vast amount of Spiritual Energy poured into his body. After being forged by another set of meridians, it transformed into Mana and entered into his Dantian.
In the originally vacant Dantian, wisps of blue-green Spirit Mist began to appear.
Half a month later, it condensed into a dense Spiritual Liquid.
More than a month passed, and the Spiritual Liquid solidified, turning into a flawless, blue-green interwoven Golden Core.
In just two months’ time, Li Zhirui restored his Golden Core Cultivation, and his Mana was extremely pure.
At the same time, he keenly felt that the Mana from the "Terrestrial Spirit Path Records" was more vigorous and profound, and vaguely carried a sense of oppression.
But for the next breakthrough to Nascent Soul, Li Zhirui spent a full five years!
The reason for such a big change was that the Mysterious Spirit Seed had not germinated for a long time, so he could only absorb a large amount of Spiritual Energy to accelerate its growth.
Fortunately, perseverance yields success, and he finally awaited the moment when the Spirit Seed broke open.
Almost simultaneously, Li Zhirui achieved Nascent Soul, and the Spirit Seed left his Sea of Consciousness. Under his control, it was planted at the top of the highest mountain in the space.
For this, he even specifically transplanted other Spirit Plants to different locations in advance.
Due to the particularity of the cultivation technique, Li Zhirui felt that within three miles around the Spirit Seed, everything was under his control, and from now on, this three-mile perimeter would be known as a blessed land.
Subsequently, Li Zhirui spent twenty years to successfully recover to the Divine Transformation Cultivation. With the improvement of his cultivation, the Spirit Seed rapidly grew into a Spirit Plant over one zhang high!
The area of the blessed land exploded in size, expanding hundreds of times from three miles, encompassing not only the entire mountain but also within ten miles at the base of the mountain, all became blessed land.
Even though Li Zhirui now only possessed the Divine Transformation Cultivation, he felt his strength was not inferior to when he first broke through to the Void Refinement Realm!
Such a terrifying increase of strength was naturally due to the specialization of the cultivation technique and the grade of the Spirit Seed he refined!
During the growth of the Spirit Plant, Li Zhirui discovered that it was not an ordinary Spirit Plant, but a very high-grade Spirit Root! Its grade was so high that he almost couldn’t believe it!
Inside the Spirit Root, he found pure quality Spiritual Energy, or rather, it shouldn’t be called Spiritual Energy at all, but Immortal Essence!
This situation was telling Li Zhirui that this was an Immortal-grade Spirit Root!
This was also the reason why the area of the blessed land expanded so rapidly.
Nearly thirty years passed, Li Zhirui recovered his Divine Transformation Cultivation, and he calmly started working towards impacting the Void Refinement Realm.
But the cultivators who were laying in ambush outside had gradually lost their patience.
Thirty years!
Li Zhirui had never shown his face, and they couldn’t be sure if he was still inside. Moreover, maintaining a Seventh Rank Formation was quite costly, even if they shared the expense, it was still a considerable pressure.
On this day, they broke out into another fierce argument.
"Wait wait wait! How long are we supposed to wait! Thirty years have passed; if I had used the Spirit Stones spent on maintaining the Formation to improve my Cultivation, perhaps I would already be in the Late Stage Refinement Void. If you want to wait, then wait on your own!"
One of them yelled in anger, seemingly venting all the unwillingness and rage that had accumulated in his heart over the decades, and declared, "I’m done with this!"
After saying this, he didn’t wait for the other two to react and instantly turned into a beam of Spirit Light and disappeared.
"Sigh!"
Another sighed, saying, "Notify the other brothers, we need to discuss what to do next."
A few days later, the remaining eight gathered together.
"Now that Lu has left, what should we do? Do we continue to wait?" Zhang, the one with the highest Cultivation, was the first to speak up.
"Let’s just cancel it; there’s no need to waste any more time and resources."
"Better to stop losses in time."
Most of them no longer wished to continue and expressed their desire to quit.
Now even Wu, the brother who had passionately proposed this plan, began to doubt his own ideas. At this moment, he was even more silent and head-down.
"Since most of us have decided to quit, let’s just end it here."
After reaching a consensus, they immediately began to dismantle the Formation and in just two hours, the place was restored to its original state.
But at this time, Li Zhirui, still Cultivating in that space, was unaware that the Cultivators guarding him had already withdrawn. Perhaps he had even forgotten about this matter, entirely focused on revising his Cultivation Technique.
He didn’t have any spare energy to think about other things; his whole mind was set on recovering his Void Refining Cultivation as soon as possible.
But it was foreseeable that this could not be achieved anytime soon.
It took Li Zhirui twenty years just to break through from Nascent Soul to Divine Transformation, several times longer than before!
The next great leap in Realm would certainly take no less time, and moreover, the blessed land is expected to be sublimated into Cave Heaven during the breakthrough of Void Refinement, which also requires a considerable amount of time.
Thus, Li Zhirui was already prepared to spend a hundred years to recover his original Cultivation level.
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While Li Zhirui was still recuperating his Cultivation in the space, Mount Wanxian once again witnessed a Void Refinement Thunder Tribulation.
It was Li Chengsheng who had obtained Li Chengshuo’s breakthrough insights and, after decades of enlightenment, finally awaited his own breakthrough.
The accumulation of his many years was unquestionably displayed during the Tribulation Transcendence. In the face of the formidable Sun Law, the Tribulation Thunders, which seemed fierce and terrifying in the eyes of outsiders, became easy targets and were effortlessly burned away by the Sun Spirit Flame.
In less than an hour, all the Tribulation Thunders had been crossed.
Even the Heart Demon Tribulation, facing the utterly firm and yang Li Chengsheng, was burnt to ashes.
"Big brother finally broke through to the Void Refinement Realm!" Li Chengshuo was very excited and happy, but also a bit regretful that their parents couldn’t witness this moment.
After crossing the Tribulation, Li Chengsheng didn’t stay outside for long and immediately flew back to his Cave Mansion. However, the main purpose of this seclusion was not to stabilize his Realm but to seize this special moment right after his breakthrough to grasp the Heavenly Dao, aiming to elevate his Realm as much as possible.
Li Chengsheng’s Tribulation Transcendence also caused the three from the Da Qing group who hadn’t met in a long while to come together again.
"Has Jiu not returned after so many years?" Speaking of this, Xiaoqing couldn’t help but sigh.
Although they were sure that Li Zhirui was still alive, they still couldn’t help but worry.
"It must be some important affair that’s holding him back. With Jiu’s strength, plus his Secret Techniques for preserving life, there shouldn’t be any accidents," Da Qing consoled Xiaoqing, and at the same time, himself.
"Yes, we should focus on our Cultivation, lest we fall behind Mu and Shen," Xiaoqing said worriedly.
Not only did Shen successfully advance to Fifth-Order, but he had already reached the Middle Stage of Fifth Order. Mu’s Cultivation speed was even more astonishing — in just a few decades, he had advanced from Fourth Order Middle Stage to now the Middle Stage of the Fifth Order.
This alarming rate of Cultivation not only imposed great pressure on Shen but even on the Sixth-order Da Qing, who also felt the pressure, spending all their time in seclusion and Cultivation without daring to slack.
