by <unknown>
They knew fully well that even if Grand Elder Skymaple and Sect Master Luo were here, they completely could not do it to Ye Yuan's extent either.
Ye Yuan was simply sent by the heaven to save the Tranquil Cloud Sect!
With these two huge victories, the Tranquil Cloud Sect disciples' fear towards the Purple Mansion Sect were long tossed to the back of their minds.
Now, even if He Mingde came forth personally, they would also stand behind Ye Yuan without any signs of fear to transfer essence energy to him unceasingly.
But Ye Yuan suddenly announced closed-seclusion ever since the great battle previously, leaving all of the sect's matters to Mo Yuntian to manage.
Everyone's enthusiasm had nowhere to release, so they might as well busy with their own matters.
Of course, even more disciples continued comprehending the inscribed characters that Ye Yuan left on Victory Peak, hoping to raise their mastery of concepts as soon as possible.
The greatest improvement was naturally still Tian Yu. Now, there was already nobody who could approach the area of 200 feet around him!
Apart from Tian Yu, Mo Yuntian's improvement was also rather swift.
Through a period of contemplating, Mo Yuntian already understood the profundities of the 30th sword character and was currently comprehending the 31st character.
This period of time, Ye Yuan made use of the Square Cauldron to refine a large batch of Jade Spirit Pills too.
Since returning from the Fierce Gale World, Ye Yuan had basically ceased comprehending concepts. As long as he had spare time, Ye Yuan would basically be cultivating essence energy.
Before the great battle, Ye Yuan was only a step away from the Ninth Level Crystal Formation Realm.
After that fight, Ye Yuan reckoned that the Purple Mansion Sect would most likely have to properly plan for a period of time. Hence, he announced closed-seclusion at the first instance he had.
After three days, Ye Yuan directly burst past the Ninth Level Crystal Formation Realm barrier!
"Tsk tsk. Big Brother can indeed fight it out with me. His cultivation completely has no bottlenecks at all!" White Light was clicking his tongue as he said with a sigh.
"Young Master's concepts are much higher than his realm. Give him another one or two years, him breaking through to the Divine Traversing Realm directly isn't anything much either," Yuan Fei said with a nod.
"I really don't know how he cultivates. He isn't much older than me either. His comprehension of concepts is actually so high! Big Brother said that he was going to directly break through to the Sea Transformation Realm this closed-seclusion. When he exits, the expressions on those Tranquil Cloud Sect disciples' faces must be very fascinating."
White Light was very excited, in a manner like desiring for the world to plunge into chaos.
But Yuan Fei did not refute it. He also knew that what White Light said was correct.
The medicinal pills that Ye Yuan refined, the medicinal efficacy was multiple, even over ten times of others. Plus his extremely heaven-defying cultivation method, he was totally unafraid of absorbing too much medicinal strength and could not withstand it. His cultivation speed was practically dozens of times of other ordinary people!
Such a cultivation speed, these Lower-Realm martial artists could not be not astonished even if they wanted to.
After entering seclusion, Ye Yuan was basically refining essence energy all the time. His realm was also rising extremely rapidly.
Another eight days passed. Ye Yuan finally reached Peak Ninth Level Crystal Formation Realm in one stroke!
At this time, the insides of Ye Yuan's dantian already swelled up. The fist-sized essence energy crystalline body practically filled up his dantian.
Afterward, Ye Yuan spent another two days to consolidate his realm and started to break through to the Sea Transformation Realm directly!
Sea Transformation Realm was just a transitionary realm but was an undeniably important realm.
Shattering core, transforming sea. The size of the essence energy sea formed as well as the quality determined the heights that one would attain in the future to a very large degree.
After shattering the core, the entire dantian would crumble. The original dantian would vanish. Within the martial artist's body, a space will naturally form which was used to accommodate the essence energy sea.
When ordinary four or five spirit liquid drops martial artists cultivated to the Sea Transformation Realm, they could basically only condense a fist-sized essence energy sea.
In theory, the more spirit liquid the martial artist had, the larger the essence energy sea condensed.
Furthermore, the size of the essence energy sea condensed for the first time also determined the limits of the martial artist in the future.
That was why it was said that this realm that was not a major realm was of utmost importance!
Ye Yuan condensed the perfect nine spirit liquid drops at that time. The essence energy crystalline body within his body at this time was much stronger compared to normal martial artists.
Regarding how large an essence energy sea he could condense, Ye Yuan was very curious too.
"Heh heh, I wonder how large an essence energy sea I can condense with my present state coupled with the Sea Expanding Pill. I'm really quite looking forward to this!" Ye Yuan said with a chuckle.
As he said those words, Ye Yuan swallowed a dark medicinal pill. The essence energy within his body begun to seethe. His dantian area started collapsing!
Chapter 462. Shattering Core, Transforming Sea! |
"Hiss . . ."
Ye Yuan took a deep, cold breath. The feeling of his dantian collapsing was not so easy to withstand.
He felt like there was somebody using a 300 thousand catty hammer to pound his abdomen right now. That sort of agony practically made him unable to catch his breath.
Shattering core, transforming sea; it was not something fun. There was no small number of martial artists who dared not take this step in their entire lives.
A moment of carelessness and it was the outcome of the Dao dissipating and perishing!
In truth, among myriad worlds, there were martial artists who died at this step every second!
In his previous life, Ye Yuan likewise went through this process. That sort of hovering the line of life and death agony was still fresh in his memories up until now.
But this lifetime's shattering core seemed to be even more excruciating than the previous one!
This time, Ye Yuan shattered the core under a virtually perfect condition. The essence energy in his body had already reached a saturated degree.
The collapse of such thick essence energy was not something fun either for Ye Yuan.
RUMBLE!
Ye Yuan's dantian cracked open inch by inch, seemingly like dried up earth, becoming full of fissures.
What had fissured was not just the dantian. It also included the essence energy crystalline body within the dantian.
The cracks became increasingly larger, bigger and bigger. Finally, it broke into pieces with a loud bang!
"Argh!"
Ye Yuan gave a long howl, venting out all of the anguish.
At this moment, the torment reached its peak too!
But this was only the beginning. The fragmented essence energy crystalline body still continued to splinter, and it was crumbling!
Once this process of shattering the core started, it was akin to a world collapsing, all the way until everything turned into nothingness!
Right then, a streak of gentle medicinal strength merged into Ye Yuan's dantian area, splashing on those essence energy crystal bodies and the fragmented dantian.
In an instant, Ye Yuan's pain faded away considerably.
This Sea Expanding Pill was a Divine Realm's top-grade Tier 3 medicinal pill. It was used specifically to impact the Sea Transformation Realm. The Lower Realms did not have it at all.
This period of time, Ye Yuan roamed many places and also h
ad been collecting the various medicinal herbs that this Sea Expanding Pill required.
Ye Yuan found several in the mystic realm. The remaining few medicinal herbs that were harder to find, Ye Yuan found them all at Star Abyss's place.
Although the Fierce Gale World was sparse in resources, the Alchemist Association was the pinnacle existence of the world after all. Finding several types of medicinal herbs still did not pose an issue.
This Sea Expanding Pill was not an ordinary medicinal pill. Even in the Divine Realm, there were scanty few who knew it well enough.
This kind of medicinal pill was what the various top factions in the Divine Realm used to groom junior disciples. Furthermore, only those true geniuses could obtain this medicinal pill.
The reason was none other than because only the Medicine King Hall and the Alchemist Association, the two great powers, had this pill formula!
The Sea Expanding Pill could not only reduce the pain when the martial artist was breaking through to the Sea Transformation Realm, but it would also even help the martial artist expand their essence energy sea to the maximum limit!
Such an effect would make any Ninth Level Crystal Formation Realm martial artist go nuts!
This was a medicinal pill that could raise a martial artist's potential!
Even if the martial artist's essence energy sea only expanded a little bit, the martial artist would benefit for life too.
Moreover, to apex geniuses, this tiny bit of difference might determine whose accomplishments would be higher!
Very soon, those essence energy crystals crumbled into a powder-like state. But it was not over yet!
Those powder-like crystal bodies finally turned into nothing.
Ye Yuan's dantian area was now stark empty; it was as if it was a black hole!
"Wonder how large Big Brother's essence energy sea will be!" White Light was also highly anticipating it.
By the side, Yuan Fei's expression became solemn too as he said in a grave voice, "It's here!"
His voice had yet to fade when the essence energy in the cultivation chamber was instantaneously siphoned empty!
"Hiss . . ."
Yuan Fei and White Light exchanged a glance, both seeing the astonishment in the other party's eyes.
This was the cultivation room that the Tranquil Cloud Sect elders normally used to cultivate. The density was twenty times of the outside world!
Such thick heaven and earth essence energy was actually siphoned dry in an instant?
Fortunately, Ye Yuan improved this cultivation room's Spirit Gathering Formation before his retreat. Soon enough, large quantities of essence energy replenished inside again.
But once these essence energies came in, it was immediately sucked dry by Ye Yuan again!
Such an absorption speed made Yuan Fei and White Light unbelievably shocked.
They were both demonic beasts with inherited memories and were very clear regarding the cultivation of human Sea Transformation Realm martial artists.
When ordinary martial artists were breaking through to the Sea Transformation Realm, it was simply impossible to have such absorption rate.
The speed of the absorption indicated that Ye Yuan's essence energy sea still needed massive amounts of essence energy.
These essence energies were just trying to put out a burning cartload of firewood with a cup of water to Ye Yuan!
When the essence energy entered the body from all over Ye Yuan's body, it was instantaneously sucked dry by the black hole inside his body!
Soon enough, Ye Yuan 's black hole-like dantian region had an additional pool of liquid state essence energy, suspended in the center of the black hole.
This was the essence energy sea that had yet to take form!
. . . . . .
"En? What's happening? The essence energy here seems to be draining away!"
"Could it be that there's somebody breaking through? But there are too many people breaking through these few days. Nobody caused such a commotion either!"
"Oh, right, isn't Junior Apprentice Brother Ye in closed-seclusion? Is it possible that he's breaking through?"
"There's really that possibility! Bu, could it be that he's breaking through to the Sea Transformation Realm? Otherwise, why would there be such a huge bustle?"
"Junior Apprentice Brother Ye is in seclusion in the elders' cultivation room. The essence energy density there is twenty times of the outside world. That still isn't enough for him to absorb?"
"Do you think that using common sense to gauge Junior Apprentice Brother Ye is reliable?"
". . . . . ."
The essence energy around Ye Yuan's cultivation room was sucked dry by the Spirit Gathering Formation; the absorption area began to widen out, alarming the other Tranquil Cloud Sect disciples.
Yet, nobody could have expected that this kind of situation persisted for as long as three days!
Ye Yuan's essence energy sea was just like a bottomless pit; it was seemingly unable to be filled no matter how one tried!
"Old Yuan, will Big Brother be okay? This . . . He had already been absorbing essence energy for three days. Just how big is his essence energy sea?" White Light was somewhat filled with anxiety.
Yuan Fei had a face full of astonishment too. These three days, he and White Light watched Ye Yuan absorbed essence energy the entire time. The essence energy in this cultivation room simply had not filled to the brim even up till now.
Just how large did this essence energy sea had to be to be able to absorb at such a rate and amount?!
"I don't know either . . . But I reckon that Young Master's essence energy sea is at least this big?" Yuan Fei gestured a bit, roughly the size of a bathtub.
This was already massive for a First Level Sea Transformation Realm martial artist!
The essence energy seas of the vast majority of Sea Transformation Realm martial artists when just broken through realm was only the size of a fist.
Even for some genius martial artists, their essence energy seas were merely the size of a bowl.
The Fierce Gale World's Zhao Chenggan when just broken through to the Sea Transformation Realm was just the size of a face basin too.
This was already the top existence within a world!
At this time, Ye Yuan finally opened both eyes slowly.
When Yuan Fei saw Ye Yuan's eyes, he actually had a feeling of not daring to stare at it directly!
His present realm was clearly around the same as Ye Yuan's. But he felt immense pressure!
"B-Boss, are you okay still?" White Light asked with somewhat of a parched mouth.
Ye Yuan gave a faint smile and said, "Never felt better!"
"Then . . . just how large is your essence energy sea?" White Light still could not resist asking.
Chapter 463. Double Happiness |
"Around . . . a circumference of 10 feet," Ye Yuan said nonchalantly.
"What?! T-Ten feet!" White Light and Yuan Fei's eyes revealed immense shock at the same time.
Ye Yuan nodded and said, "En. This breakthrough is still considered pretty good. A little better than imagined."
Pretty good?
It was simply heaven-defying, okay?!
What kind of notion was a circumference of 10 feet? The essence energy sea of Third Level Sea Transformation Realms might not reach 10 feet either!
After entering the Sea Transformation Realm, the focus of martial artists' cultivation would be on the essence energy sea.
Martial artists needed to expand the essence energy sea continuously to let the essence energy sea within their dantian space become increasingly more.
Even for some powerful Third Level Sea Transformation Realms, very few among them would have essence energy sea that could reach a circumference of 10 feet!
A circumference of 10 feet was the limit that Third Level Sea Transformation Realms could attain. Only those peerlessly talented geniuses could reach a circumference of 10 feet.
But the problem was that Ye Y
uan was only at the First Level Sea Transformation Realm!
That was also to say that the essence energy reserves in Ye Yuan's body right now was already more impressive compared to most Third Level Sea Transformation Realms!
Seen before freaks, but never seen before such a freakish one!
If this were to spread out, how would this let other martial artists live on?
"Big . . . Big Brother, you're really too perverse! Those pinnacle geniuses in the Divine Realm are but your standard too, right?"
In White Light's inherited memories, there were some records regarding the Divine Realm. Hence, he knew what kind of a freakish standard Ye Yuan's breakthrough this time reached.
A Lower Realm martial artist on the same level as a Divine Realm's pinnacle genius. How monstrous of a talent did this need?!
Ye Yuan naturally knew that Divine Realm's standards. An essence energy sea with a circumference of 10 feet was also absolutely an outstanding existence when placed among those of the same generation in the Divine Realm.
Those major factions' junior generation that could reach a circumference of 10 feet when breaking through to the Sea Transformation Realm absolutely did not surpass the number of fingers on one hand as well.
How could the Crystal Formation Realms in the Divine Realm be limited to just millions upon millions?
Not surpassing the number of fingers on one hand. It could be seen how immense the difficulty was.
Ye Yuan had the perfect spirit condensation too. Adding on the effects of the Sea Expanding Pill, he reached such a degree.
Hence, regarding the breakthrough this time, Ye Yuan was still rather pleased.
At least, he knew that when Ji Canglan broke through to the Sea Transformation Realm back then, he did not reach such a perfect state either.
But Ye Yuan also knew that the factors affecting a martial artist's growth were too numerous. Even if he surpassed the Sea Transformation Realm period Ji Canglan, he did not have any areas worthy of being prideful either.
Because what he had to face was the Divine King Realm Ji Canglan!
But, no matter what, this was a very good start.