180: Chapter 180: The Limits of Physical Endurance

Colorful light lit up as more than twenty Jade Slips rotated within the creation cauldron, flying back out a moment later.

Xiao Yuan swept his Divine Sense across them, and his eyes lit up.

The Cultivation Techniques of the Qi Condensation Stage had all been upgraded to the Foundation Establishment Stage! Those of the Foundation Establishment Stage had been directly upgraded to be able to Cultivate all the way to the Golden Core Stage!

Moreover, the grades of these Cultivation Techniques were clearly not low at all! They were even comparable to those top-tier Cultivation Techniques!

"Good stuff!" He grinned and threw these Cultivation Techniques back into the cauldron.

Then, gritting his teeth, he leaped right in!

Inside the creation cauldron, colorful light flowed, warm yet non-blinding. Xiao Yuan sat cross-legged in the center of the cauldron, feeling that profound and wondrous power surrounding him as his heartbeat pounded like a drum.

"Don't be afraid, you are its master." The voice of the Remnant Souls sounded once more. "Activate the purification technique. If you notice anything wrong, you can stop at any time."

Xiao Yuan took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and activated the technique.

Hum…

The creation cauldron violently trembled!

Those twenty-plus Metal-attribute Cultivation Technique Jade Slips instantly turned into specks of golden flowing light, dancing within the cauldron like fireflies!

Following closely, these flowing lights began to surge toward Xiao Yuan, resonating with the Metal Spiritual Root in his Dantian!

Golden runes emerged one after another, revolving around Xiao Yuan, growing more numerous and denser until they finally transformed into a golden vortex!

Xiao Yuan could sense that those runes were reorganizing, undergoing Fusion, and turning into something brand new and even more profound!

One golden rune after another sank into his Dantian, merging into the Metal Spiritual Root!

Boom…

The Metal Spiritual Root suddenly flared with bright light!

The surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi frantically poured into Xiao Yuan's body, and the Metal Spiritual Root devoured everything greedily like a hungry child!

Xiao Yuan's cultivation began to climb! Although he couldn't judge the exact extent of the upgrade, it had definitely increased by quite a bit.

He hurriedly looked inward at his Sea of Consciousness, where a new panel was forming…

[Gengjin Heaven-Breaking Technique]… Early Foundation Establishment (56%)

This should be the name of the self-created Cultivation Technique!

It succeeded!

The Metal-attribute Cultivation Technique was done!

Xiao Yuan opened his eyes, two rays of golden light flashing through them.

He clenched his fists, feeling the peerlessly sharp Geng Metal Qi within his body, and grinned.

"Gengjin Heaven-Breaking Technique… What a good name!"

He jumped down from the creation cauldron, stretched his muscles and bones, and felt immensely comfortable all over.

Next up were the other seven attributes.

Xiao Yuan jumped down from the creation cauldron, stretched his muscles and bones, and felt immensely comfortable all over.

"The Metal attribute is done, next up…" He rummaged twenty-odd Wood-attribute Cultivation Techniques out of his Storage Pouch and tossed them all into the cauldron at once. "Purify first!"

Colorful light lit up, and the Cultivation Technique Jade Slips rotated within the cauldron, flying back out a moment later.

Xiao Yuan swept his Divine Sense across them and nodded in satisfaction… The Qi Condensation Stage ones had been upgraded to the Foundation Establishment Stage, and the Foundation Establishment Stage ones to the Golden Core Stage.

"Come again!"

He took a deep breath, leaped into the cauldron, sat cross-legged, and activated the technique.

Hum…

The creation cauldron trembled!

More than twenty Wood-attribute Cultivation Technique Jade Slips instantly turned into specks of azure flowing light, dancing and circling within the cauldron like fresh leaves in spring.

Those flowing lights surged toward Xiao Yuan, resonating with the Wood Spiritual Root in his Dantian.

Azure runes emerged one after another, revolving around Xiao Yuan, growing more numerous and denser until they finally transformed into an azure vortex!

Xiao Yuan closed his eyes, feeling those runes sink into his Dantian and merge into the Wood Spiritual Root.

Boom…

The Wood Spiritual Root suddenly flared brightly! The surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi poured in frantically once more, and the Wood Spiritual Root greedily devoured everything as his cultivation climbed step by step!

Within the Sea of Consciousness, a new panel was forming…

[Azure Emperor Longevity Technique]… Early Foundation Establishment (52%)

Just like the previous Gengjin Heaven-Breaking Technique, it had no grade and no excessive prompts, only the endlessly cycling circulation route within the Spiritual Root.

Xiao Yuan had an intuition that this self-created Cultivation Technique of his would likely support him in continuously raising his cultivation without any apparent Peak!

"It succeeded!" Xiao Yuan grinned, jumping out of the cauldron.

Two Cultivation Techniques: one was the Gengjin Heaven-Breaking Technique, and the other was the Azure Emperor Longevity Technique.

He could now be considered as dual-attribute dual-cultivating, and his strength was a huge chunk stronger than before! Even though his cultivation was still Early Foundation Establishment, his strength had at least doubled!

Xiao Yuan blissfully felt the surging spiritual power within his body, preparing to continue self-creating a Water-attribute Cultivation Technique…

Suddenly!

Within his Dantian, the Metal Spiritual Root and the Wood Spiritual Root trembled simultaneously!

Two completely different spiritual powers charged rampantly through his body like two awakened fierce beasts!

The sharpness of the Geng Metal Qi and the endurance of the Azure Wood Qi—these two forces refused to give way to each other, tearing frantically!

"Not good!"

Xiao Yuan's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly circulated the Zu Wu Body Refining Technique to suppress it.

But that conflict came too fiercely and quickly. The golden and azure spiritual powers collided within his Meridians, exploding with intense pain throughout his entire body!

Crack…

A bloody split cracked open on his arm! Following closely were his chest, back, and legs… Cracks spread like spiderwebs, and fresh blood instantly stained his clothes red!

The ferocity of the spiritual power was almost going to blow his body apart! He had still underestimated the conflict between the Cultivation Techniques!

The conflict of two different spiritual powers appearing within the body—if it were an ordinary person, they probably would have already exploded and died!

"Steady for me!"

Xiao Yuan gritted his teeth, pushing the Zu Wu Body Refining Technique to its absolute limit.

A profound and heavy power surged from the depths of his Physical Body, acting like an invisible iron hoop that tightly suppressed those rampaging spiritual powers!

The cracks stopped spreading, but they didn't heal either. The two spiritual powers were still fighting inside his body like two children fighting over territory, neither willing to submit to the other!

"Kid, you're too hasty!"

The voice of the Witch Clan Remnant Souls rang out in his mind, carrying a trace of helplessness.

"With your current Physical Body strength, bearing the self-creation of two Cultivation Techniques is almost reaching the limit. Fortunately, your bodily strength is passable; otherwise, you would have blown up."

Xiao Yuan gave a bitter smile: "Then how long will I have to wait?"

He was somewhat unwilling. He had only self-created two Cultivation Techniques, which was simply not enough!

The Remnant Souls pondered and said: "Raise the Zu Wu Body Refining Technique by another ten percentage points, to over 18%, preferably 20%. Only when your Physical Body strength is sufficient at that time can you continue to self-create the next Cultivation Technique."

Xiao Yuan looked inward at the progress of the Zu Wu Body Refining Technique… Major Achievement at 8%. Rising by another 10 points would make it 18%.

"Ten percentage points…" He gritted his teeth. "Fine, I'll take it slow."

He lowered his head to look at the bloody cuts all over his body, feeling a lingering fear.

If the Zu Wu Body Refining Technique hadn't suppressed it just now, he would already be a pile of minced meat.

"Too hasty." He shook his head in self-deprecation, circulating the Azure Emperor Longevity Technique. Wood-attribute spiritual power flowed across the surface of his body, and those cracks healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This Cultivation Technique was truly formidable. As expected of a top-tier Cultivation Technique self-created from the Wood attribute, it actually carried the power of vitality!

As his wounds gradually improved, Xiao Yuan felt delighted inside.

He sensed the changes of the two spiritual powers within his body… Metal in Early Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, Wood in Early Foundation Establishment Middle Stage. With the two Cultivation Techniques stacking, his spiritual power amount was dozens of times that of the same realm!

After all, back when he was in the Qi Condensation Stage, the total sum of spiritual power from his five eighteen-layer Qi Condensation states was already dozens of times that of the Qi Condensation Peak. Now that his cultivation had broken through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, his total spiritual power hadn't changed, and was even slightly stronger.