With a steady supply of Primordial Stones, the Primordial Power within the array stabilized, slowly but surely refining the Demon Core.
Ultimately, after more than three hours and the consumption of over twenty thousand Top-Grade and one hundred fifty thousand Upper-Grade Primordial Stones, the Tier Three Demon Core was completely refined, its essential power entirely absorbed by the Treasure Sword.
The Spirit Awakening was complete. The Treasure Sword was forged.
Chu Qingyun dismantled the Primordial Stone Array, cut his finger, and flicked a drop of blood onto the Treasure Sword.
A Spirit Level Divine Weapon requires a blood bond before it can be truly controlled.
The Treasure Sword slowly absorbed the drop of blood. A subtle, mysterious connection ford between Chu Qingyun and the sword.
At this point, the Treasure Sword was no longer pure black; a deep purple now shimred within its blackness.
A serpentine bolt of lightning seed to coil around the blade, sotis spiraling about its surface, other tis vanishing into the sword itself.
The mont he gripped the Treasure Sword, Chu Qingyun could faintly sense a wild, formidable power within it, waiting to be commanded and unleashed by its master!
With a light, casual swing, using no force at all, a bolt of lightning as thick as an arm shot out from the sword, cracking like a long whip against the nearby rock wall.
BOOM!
A loud bang echoed, and the entire cave seed to tremble. Large and small rocks clattered down in a cascade.
"What a sword!"
"Since this Treasure Sword was forged from a Thundercloud Lion Demon Core, I'll call you the Thundercloud Sword!"
The longsword returned to its sheath, and the lightning vanished.
After forging the Spirit Level Divine Weapon, Chu Qingyun didn't rush to leave the cave. Instead, he took out the Primordial Spirit Liquid he had obtained and prepared to cultivate.
He had previously jumped three levels in the Martial King's Tomb, and his realm had advanced too quickly. Chu Qingyun worried his Primordial Power foundation wasn't solid enough, so he hadn't focused on cultivation for a while.
However, after a series of battles and trials, he felt he was ready. It was ti to raise his realm.
He had obtained a total of forty-seven drops of Primordial Spirit Liquid before. After using one, forty-six remained.
Chu Qingyun took out a small jade vial and poured a single, crystal-clear drop of Primordial Spirit Liquid into his palm.
This single drop of Primordial Spirit Liquid contained Primordial Power so incredibly pure that it had condensed into a liquid—or, to be more precise, a Primordial Liquid.
After swallowing a drop of Primordial Spirit Liquid, a massive amount of pure Primordial Power erupted within his body.
Chu Qingyun controlled this power, circulating it continuously through his nine ridians. He converted it into his own Primordial Power, sending a steady stream into his Qi Sea.
The Primordial Power in his Qi Sea slowly rose at a visible rate.
One drop, two drops, three drops…
Even with the Primordial Spirit Liquid, it still took a full twenty drops to fill his Qi Sea, which now felt swollen and distended.
Once his Qi Sea was full, Chu Qingyun began to compress the Primordial Power, making it even more condensed and pure.
It felt as if sothing bood inside his body.
The Primordial Power in his Qi Sea compressed and abruptly shrank, now filling only about a fifth of the space. However, the purity of the Primordial Power was now several tis greater than before.
A successful breakthrough. Fourth-level Martial Artist!
After successfully breaking through to the fourth level, he still had twenty-six drops of Primordial Spirit Liquid left, which was definitely not enough for the next breakthrough. However, he had over ninety thousand Top-Grade Primordial Stones and nearly a million Upper-Grade Primordial Stones remaining.
Gritting his teeth, Chu Qingyun decided to continue cultivating.
'Even if I can't break through in one go, I can still accumulate Primordial Power in my Qi Sea.'
Having a Qi Sea changed things. Cultivation was no longer like it was at the Martial Artist stage, where failing to break through a ridian ant it would just close back up.
'The Qi Sea won't close on its own. It can only be destroyed, which would an being crippled.'
Drop after drop of Primordial Spirit Liquid was refined, transforming into a surging tide of Primordial Power that flooded into his Qi Sea.
After all twenty-six drops of Primordial Spirit Liquid were consud, his Qi Sea was fifty percent full of Primordial Power.
Then, Chu Qingyun touched his ring and directly took out a pile of Top-Grade Primordial Stones half as tall as a man.
Instantly, the entire cave was filled with intense fluctuations of Primordial Power.
Primordial Power flickered between his palms as Chu Qingyun refined handful after handful of Top-Grade Primordial Stones, converting their contained Primordial Power into his own strength.
The high-intensity refining sent a dull ache through his nine ridians. The sheer effort of converting the Primordial Power from the stones was so painful it made sweat bead on his forehead.
Still, Chu Qingyun gritted his teeth and persevered.
'I can't give up. I have to push through and reach Fifth-level Martial Artist in one go!'
'The path of the Martial Dao is arduous. If I can't even endure this much pain, there's no way I'll ever beco truly strong!'
The Primordial Stones before him were consud at a rapid rate. As soon as one pile was used up, he took out another.
Finally, he had even used up all the Top-Grade Primordial Stones in his Storage Ring. By then, however, his Qi Sea was almost full.
With the Top-Grade Primordial Stones gone, Chu Qingyun started using the Upper-Grade ones.
The Upper-Grade Primordial Stones were consud even faster than the Top-Grade ones, a vast quantity disappearing in monts.
If an ordinary Martial Artist were to witness this, their jaw would probably hit the floor in shock.
A Martial Artist with a Tier Three Martial Soul would probably only form a Qi Sea about a hundred ters across. The Primordial Power they consud for cultivation would be a re drop in the ocean compared to Chu Qingyun's—not even worth ntioning!
However, consuming more resources had its advantages. He could store an imnse amount of Primordial Power, which was not only useful for his combat endurance but also gave him a profound foundation, allowing him to go further on the path of the Martial Dao.
From the Spirit Level onward, the advantages of a vast Primordial Power foundation would beco more and more apparent.
Finally, after consuming over seven hundred thousand more Upper-Grade Primordial Stones, Chu Qingyun's Qi Sea was filled. He had successfully advanced to Fifth-level Martial Artist.
Forty-six drops of Primordial Spirit Liquid, over ninety thousand Top-Grade Primordial Stones, and over seven hundred thousand Upper-Grade Primordial Stones.
Such a vast fortune was enough to buy a faction in Fla City second only to the Zhao Family. This much Primordial Power was enough for hundreds of Martial Artists to cultivate to the ninth level.
But for Chu Qingyun, all of this had only been barely enough to advance from a Third-level to a Fifth-level Martial Artist.
Looking at the lonely little pile of Upper-Grade Primordial Stones left in his Storage Ring, Chu Qingyun couldn't help but feel a bitter taste in his mouth. 'I'm only a Fifth-level Martial Artist, and future breakthroughs will require even more Primordial Power.'
'A Qi Sea ten thousand ters across… it's really not sothing an ordinary person can afford…'
The rapid depletion of his wealth gave Chu Qingyun a profound understanding of what it felt like to go from nouveau riche to dirt poor.
In less than a day, he had gone from a tycoon among Martial Artists to a pauper with only two hundred thousand-odd Upper-Grade Primordial Stones. 'All that hard work, gone in a flash. Back to square one…'
'Luckily, I still have over two hundred thousand Upper-Grade Primordial Stones left. Otherwise, I wouldn't even have the stones to repair my Puppet. And I can't forget, I still owe a repair fee of one hundred eighty thousand at the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower.'
After subtracting that one hundred and eighty thousand, Chu Qingyun was stunned to realize he would be so poor he wouldn't even have the Primordial Stones left to operate the Puppet…
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