Episode 9: Inhuman Cultivation Speed

  "Primary Reinforcement Pill: Science Fiction Category, Medicine Classification, Ordinary Level Summoned Object, carefully crafted by Transcender Welfare Association's Special Advisor, Supreme Deity Xiao Yunfei. After consumption, it can greatly enhance the consumer's physical body, comparable to a top-notch postnatal expert."

  "Note: Due to the extremely potent medicinal properties of this dan medicine, users must not retain any severe injuries on their body. Users are required to treat their own injuries before consuming this dan medicine. Otherwise, if any adverse consequences occur, our association will not be held responsible."

  The elixir that strengthened the physical body was, although only ordinary grade, a pretty good harvest. Duan Yue exited from the summoning space with a smile and put on a gray card like an empty spirit ring. For now, his current strength was not enough, even if he got a higher-grade summon, it might not be of immediate use. Take the Holy Spirit Sword Technique for example, it was powerful, but without reaching the Innate Realm, it couldn't be cultivated at all.

  Lying in bed, slightly moving, the injuries on his body immediately acted up. Duan Yue was in so much pain that he gritted his teeth and cursed silently. He missed the time when he was in the summoning space, where he didn't have to worry about this. He quickly started circulating his energy to heal his wounds.

  For the next week, Duan Yue did not practice the Water Spirit Technique, but instead transported true energy day and night to treat his external injuries. His external injuries were very severe, but fortunately, Duan Yue was relatively lucky, and on the second day of summoning, he summoned a bottle of high-grade healing medicine "Nourishing Breath Dan", which accelerated his recovery speed. The severe external injuries that would have required more than ten days of recuperation had already completely healed in just one week.

  The mother, Duan Yun, still took good care of him every day. Although it was only a short week, Duan Yue had already become familiar with this strange mother and thoroughly accepted her. Under her unreserved and intense maternal love, even the hardest steel would melt into softness, let alone Duan Yue, who was an orphan from birth and had always yearned for such pure maternal love in his heart.

  After Duan Yue stopped taking medicine, the pressure on his mother, Duan Yun, was greatly reduced, but she still looked haggard. Duan Yue wanted to help, but considering his own strength was not enough, he closed himself in for intense cultivation, hoping to quickly reach the tenth layer of the Water Spirit Technique and take the "Water-attribute Primordial Boundary Pill" to break through to the Primordial Boundary realm.

  The day after tomorrow, although it is only a difference of one level, but it is a world of difference. The acquired level is at most just a martial artist, but the innate realm can already be considered a master, and can dominate one side!

  After lying in bed for nearly ten days, apart from healing his external injuries, Duan Yue also gained something. Just by summoning every day, he obtained three bottles of Wound Healing Nourishing Dan, two bottles of Cultivation Nourishing Qi Dan, one Intermediate-Grade Elite Strengthening Dan and one Wheel of Enlightenment Dan. Perhaps it was because Duan Yue had injuries on his body, but the past few days' summons were all some kind of dan medicine.

  Among these elixirs, the Nourishing Breath Elixir and the Nourishing Qi Elixir are only second-grade elixirs in terms of the God Martial Continent's elixir ranking, not considered high-grade but rather mid-grade. However, the Mid-Grade Strengthening Elixir and the Wheel of Light Enlightenment Elixir are truly rare treasures. The Mid-Grade Strengthening Elixir can enhance the user's physical strength to rival that of a pre-heavenly peak expert; while the Wheel of Light Enlightenment Elixir allows the user to sense the harmony between heaven and man, enter an enlightened state, and double their efficiency in cultivating martial techniques or internal energy, with effects lasting for six whole hours.

  Apart from these summoned objects, Duan Yue had another gain, which was that after seven consecutive days of almost non-stop Qigong healing, he found that his true Qi could also circulate on its own while he slept. Of course, this was also thanks to the heaven-defying medicinal power of the Heaven-Reversing Earth-Rotating Great Returning Spirit Pill; otherwise, Duan Yue wouldn't have had this ability.

  He hasn't been practicing internal energy for a long time, and he's not used to sitting still. Instead, when lying down, it's easier for him to hold onto his core and enter a meditative state, and the speed of his practice is much faster than when sitting still. So most of the time, Duan Yue lies on his bed with his eyes closed, practicing. Unless he sleeps too much and gets a headache, he'll get up and move around a bit before continuing to practice in his room. For the sake of future happiness, Duan Yue stays shut away at home, diligently practicing.

  His mother, Duan Yun, came to take care of his daily life every day, but every time she came, she saw him sleeping soundly, thinking that he was still recovering from a serious illness and had been crippled by someone, so he was mentally damaged, physically weak, and needed rest.

  Occasionally, I would see Duan Yue sitting cross-legged in meditation, extremely serious and determined. I thought he was unyielding and cultivating his skills, even though I knew that no matter how hard he tried, he might not achieve anything. But it still made me feel at ease. Although Duan Yue had been expelled from the main branch of the family, he and his mother had to move out of Nan Yue City, where the core of the Duan family was located, and relocate to a branch residence in Hei Shi Xiao Cheng, which was far away from the internal conflicts within the family, allowing them to temporarily live in peace.

  Duan Yi was worried, but he didn't know that Duan Yue's cultivation had advanced to an unbelievable extent. In just over a dozen days, he had already mastered most of the Water Spirit Technique and his cultivation had reached the tenth layer of the acquired realm. In less than twenty days, including seven days spent recovering from external injuries without cultivating, he had reached a level that others could only achieve after decades of bitter practice. If this were to be revealed, it would likely shock many people to death.

  However, when his cultivation reached the tenth layer of the acquired realm, the speed of his cultivation slowed down significantly. This tenth layer is a boundary between the acquired and innate realms, belonging to a bottleneck, which is a test given by heaven to cultivators, so it's difficult to make rapid progress, and one must take solid steps in their cultivation.

  In the memory of that tragic man, Duanjia's recent first genius, Duan Yan, entered the seventh layer of the acquired realm at the age of 16 and broke into the tenth layer at the age of 18. However, it took him two whole years to break through the innate realm, which was still due to his exceptional talent. If it were someone else, not to mention two years, even twenty years or a lifetime might not be enough to achieve this.

  Duan Yue, although having taken the Reversing Heaven and Earth Great Divine Pill, possessed unparalleled talent never seen before in ancient times. However, after cultivating for a period of time, he wanted to break through the Pre-Heavenly realm boundary, and it was estimated that it would take some time. Fortunately, he had plenty of elixirs on hand, and the Nourishing Qi Pill was like eating sugar beans, although slightly slower, but his progress in the tenth layer was still rapid.

  Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, Duan Yue had traveled through time and space to this world for twenty days.

  Duan Yue himself felt that he wasn't very big, but in his mother's eyes, it was completely different. Whether it was the woman's innate meticulousness or the love of being a mother, she almost every day could notice Duan Yue's changes.

  At the beginning of his cultivation, Duan Yue was full of energy and vitality, with an endless supply of vigor. His mother, Duan Yun, thought that he had finally come to terms with being expelled from the main branch of the Duan family, Snowflake's broken engagement, and his crippled martial arts skills, so he no longer worried about these things and his mood was relaxed, his spirit particularly good.

  But just a few days later, one day, Duan Yue's body suddenly started to expel black impurities continuously. After cleaning up, his skin appeared smooth and jade-like, looking almost as white and tender as a young girl's skin, with an even healthier glow.

  Duan Yue's eyes also became brighter and more radiant day by day, shining like stars, with a hint of inner energy, as if about to burst forth.

  If they hadn't met every day, Duan Yun was afraid that he still wouldn't dare to believe that his son had undergone such an astonishing change in less than a month.

  To be honest, after crossing over once, Duan Yue's luck really did improve a lot. In the past few days, his daily summons had always yielded some gains. Apart from some medicinal pellets, other things started to appear too - "Standard Issue Bullets", "Special Issue Bullets", and even a dozen "High-Explosive Grenades" were summoned, leaving Duan Yue drenched in cold sweat. Although every man has a violent gene within them, he hadn't planned on robbing banks!

  After more than 20 days of dedicated cultivation, Duan Yue's cultivation finally reached the peak of the tenth layer of the Post-Heavenly realm, only a thin line away from the Pre-Heavenly boundary.

  Perhaps, breaking through the innate boundary is a thousand difficulties and ten thousand hardships in other people's eyes, but to Duan Yue, it's just a matter of minutes. What nonsense, taking a pill can save how much time?

  To ensure that he could advance to a higher realm, Duan Yue used the Primary Strengthening Pill to strengthen his physical body before breaking through the Innate Boundary. The medicinal power of the Primary Strengthening Pill was indeed overbearing, and his physical body had originally been far inferior to those who practiced external skills in the Post-Heavenly Realm. However, with just this one pill, his physical body was strengthened dozens of times, reaching a level of ferocity that he could hardly imagine.

  To put it bluntly, without using any true energy, relying solely on pure physical strength, he dares to go head-to-head with a high-ranking martial artist of the acquired tenth layer.

  Neijia Xiu reached the peak of the tenth layer of Houtian, and his physical body was strengthened to the point where it could compare with the peak of the tenth layer of Houtian. Duan Yue finally decided that when night fell and people were quiet, he would take the "Water System Xiantian Boundary Pill" and then break through Houtian in one go, entering a higher level of Xiantian realm!

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