Wangcai was incredibly worried. It was unheard of for a normal person to take a whole week to break through to the Qi Sea Realm. But despite his worry, he didn’t dare enter and disturb Lin Yun. He could only sigh at the door and quietly take his leave.
anwhile, as Lin Yun sat cross-legged on his bed, his two Qi Seas had nearly finished forming. At that exact mont, however, his body underwent a sudden change.
This unexpected developnt made Lin Yun smile wryly. He didn’t know what to make of it. It was certainly a good thing, as his two Cultivation Techniques had started to operate on their own—a sign of an impending breakthrough.
But on the other hand, he was at the final, critical stage of his breakthrough to the Qi Sea Realm. With his two Cultivation Techniques also on the verge of advancing, Lin Yun would have to divide his attention. One wrong move could cause the breakthrough to fail, rendering all his previous efforts useless.
’To hell with it. If they’re going to break through, then let’s have them all break through at once!’ A heroic ambition surged within him. Lin Yun divided his focus, guiding the final formation of his Qi Seas with one part of his mind while consciously circulating his two Cultivation Techniques to initiate their own breakthroughs with the other.
To break through to the Second Layer of the War God Technique and the Demon Emperor Technique, he had to circulate both techniques to their absolute limits. In addition, he had to further refine the Elental Power of both techniques, making it even purer.
The condensation of his Qi Seas had reached its final step, so Lin Yun focused his attention there first. He could only safely attempt to break through to the Second Layer of his two Cultivation Techniques after his Qi Seas were completely stabilized.
They grew increasingly stable, and the Golden Light and blood-red glow shone with ever greater brilliance. Lin Yun didn’t dare to relax in the slightest. A full hour passed before the two Qi Seas finally, and completely, took form.
With his Qi Seas fully ford, Lin Yun breathed a small sigh of relief. With no ti to rest, he refocused his mind and began to concentrate on the breakthrough of his two Cultivation Techniques.
As he circulated the two Cultivation Techniques, already operating at their limits, their respective Elental Powers grew increasingly pure.
The Demon Emperor Technique’s crimson Elental Power now reeked of blood, while the War God Technique’s golden Elental Power carried a piercing quality, like a keen blade that could shatter anything it touched.
The first step of any Cultivation Technique breakthrough is refinent. This process purifies the Elental Power within the body, making the naturally attributeless Heaven and Earth Primordial Power more compatible with the technique.
Driven by the two Cultivation Techniques, the Elental Power began its refinent. Because the two techniques were completely different—even diatrically opposed—the refinent process was naturally fraught with difficulty.
Another full seven days passed, and the Elental Power in Lin Yun’s body had still not completed its refinent. By this ti, Wangcai and his father could no longer sit still. The two of them sat in the main hall, where Wang Tianwen voiced his concern. "Lin Yun has been in seclusion for half a month now. Could sothing have gone wrong?"
"I... I don’t think so," Wangcai replied, hearing the worry in his father’s voice. He wasn’t so sure himself anymore. The ti Lin Yun had been in there was several tis longer than a normal person’s breakthrough should take.
"Why don’t we go in and have a look?" Wang Tianwen suggested.
After agonizing over it for a while, Wangcai ultimately refused. When Lin Yun had begun his breakthrough, he had explicitly warned them not to disturb him. Wangcai didn’t dare barge into Lin Yun’s room.
"Are we just going to wait out here forever? What if sothing has really gone wrong?"
Wang Tianwen had a point. After much deliberation, the two finally decided they would wait another seven days. If Lin Yun still hadn’t erged from his seclusion by then, they would go in.
Inside the room, Lin Yun was, of course, unaware of the father and son’s worries. At this point, the refinent of his two Cultivation Techniques was finally complete. Two diatrically opposed auras emanated from his body: one of shining Golden Light, and another a surging, blood-red aura.
Even the Little Ape, which had been at Lin Yun’s side, backed away in terror at the sight. It too was a product of both the Divine and Demon Realms—a Demon Beast rejected by heaven and earth—though it was unaware of its own nature.
For one person to simultaneously erupt with the auras of both the Divine and Demon Realms was a truly shocking sight.
After refining his Elental Power, the next step was to open his ridians. Each breakthrough to a new layer of a Cultivation Technique opens new ridians. Generally speaking, a Yellow Level Technique cultivated to its peak could open ten ridians. However, if one cultivated such a technique and never switched to a better one, their lifeti achievents would be extrely limited.
After all, the number of ridians one opens determines how widely their Elental Power can circulate throughout their body. The fewer the ridians, the lower one’s potential achievents.
The human body has a total of ninety-nine ridians. The War God Technique and Demon Emperor Technique that Lin Yun cultivated were both top-tier Divine Skill Techniques; the First Layer alone had opened ten ridians.
To break through to the Second Layer, Lin Yun had to open another ten ridians.
Following the circulation path for the Second Layer of the two Cultivation Techniques, Lin Yun began to open the ten ridians.
The first took one hour, the second took two hours... By the ti he reached the tenth ridian, he had already spent half a day.
He carefully controlled his Elental Power. Opening ridians was a delicate task. If one used too much force, the ridians, which had not yet been tempered by Elental Power, could easily rupture. But if one used too little, they would lack the strength to break through.
Striking the right balance of force was the key to successfully opening the ridians.
Furthermore, the task was several tis more difficult for Lin Yun than for an ordinary person. This was because as he opened each ridian, he also had to split it in two, allowing the War God Technique and the Demon Emperor Technique to circulate within them without interfering with each other.
It took a full three days, but Lin Yun finally opened all ten ridians. With them open, the circulation for the Second Layer of both Cultivation Techniques beca smooth and unobstructed.
In an instant, Lin Yun felt the circulation of Elental Power within his body beco effortlessly smooth and extrely fast. At the sa ti, the speed at which he absorbed the surrounding Heaven and Earth Primordial Power skyrocketed by several tis.
’So this is the Second Layer of the War God Technique and the Demon Emperor Technique?’ Lin Yun carefully savored the benefits brought by the Second Layer of the two techniques.
He wasn’t particularly surprised by the advance of the War God Technique. The golden Elental Power beca as sharp as a blade’s edge. It could be said that the quality of his Elental Power was now on par with that of a Martial Artist at the Late Stage of the Qi Sea Realm.
At the sa ti, because of the War God Technique, it beca much easier for him to comprehend Battle Intent. In fact, just by breaking through to the Second Layer, his Battle Intent had naturally reached the cusp of Great Perfection.
The War God Technique had grown much stronger, and so had the Demon Emperor Technique. Its crimson Elental Power now contained a dense Evil Qi. This aura alone was enough to make one’s blood run cold. ’Imagine an opponent in battle having to face such a potent Evil Qi. They would be under imnse psychological pressure before the fight even began.’
’The Blood Man...’ Seeing the Blood Man in his Qi Sea, Lin Yun couldn’t wait to have it execute Inch Step.
Previously, at Tier One, the Demon Emperor Technique’s Blood Man could only manifest the True Intent of Profound Level Martial Skills. Now that he had broken through to Tier Two, Lin Yun was eager to see if it could manifest the True Intent of an Earth Level Martial Skill.
His heart leaped with joy. From the Blood Man, Lin Yun was stunned to see the Inch Step perford with True Intent...
With True Intent, the Inch Step manifested by the Blood Man was more than three tis stronger than the one Lin Yun could currently perform. The speed left even him breathless with admiration.
’An Earth Level Martial Skill with comprehended True Intent is truly sothing else. With this speed, I could even keep up with an expert at the Early Stage of the Primordial Ocean Realm...’ Lin Yun mused.
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