35: Chapter 35: Cultivating the Five Elements Simultaneously

After making preparations, he took Spirit Stone out from the Creation Cauldron Space, set up a simple gathering Spiritual Qi Formation, and laid down a beast-skin mat.

After all, the Spiritual Qi here was thin.

Relying solely on Body Tempering energy made it impossible to Cultivate the Cultivation Technique.

Xiao Yuan sat cross-legged, facing the Thunder Pool.

He took a deep breath and circulated the Gengjin Sword Soul Art and Wu Tu Sacred Body Art.

Two streams of spiritual power circulated within his body, one sharp and the other heavy.

He cautiously probed a trace of Divine Sense toward the direction of the Thunder Pool, drawing forth a wispy aftereffect of thunder—

Chi la!

Silver electric light darted into his body!

"Urgh!" Xiao Yuan let out a muffled groan, his entire body trembling violently.

The power of thunder rampaged through his Meridians, the stinging pain feeling like millions of needles pricking him.

But at the same time, the Metal and Earth attribute Cultivation Techniques began to spin crazily, greedily absorbing the tempering power contained within the thunder.

His flesh, bones, and Meridians began a slow metamorphosis under the baptism of the thunder.

Xiao Yuan gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead.

"Continue!"

Another wisp of thunder aftereffect was drawn over...

Outside the valley, in the passage.

One-Eyed Dragon left four subordinates to take turns keeping watch.

The four of them sat cross-legged and began to heal their injuries.

They still dared not enter the valley for the time being; the might of the thunder they had just endured inside had caused some damage to their Physical Body, requiring time to eliminate the injuries.

What they did not know was that the target they were staking out was currently "enjoying" a thunder massage by the edge of the Thunder Pool.

...

Five months later, in the Thunder Valley, Xiao Yuan stood bare-chested at the edge of the Thunder Pool.

The reason he dared to come out was because the people who had blocked him had already left.

One month after entering here, since he never appeared, those people thought he had accidentally wandered into the Thunder Pool and turned to ashes.

After coming in to check and seeing no harvest, they left in disappointment and anger.

After confirming a few more times that these people had truly left, he dared to come out.

After all, compared to using thunder for Body Tempering in the cave below, this kind of Body Tempering closer to the Thunder Pool had a much faster Cultivation speed.

In the following four months.

Being struck by lightning and hit by electricity every day almost refined himself into a humanoid lightning rod.

But now—

He clenched his fist, his knuckles emitting a crisp cracking sound.

The muscle lines of his arms were smooth, his skin radiated a faint bronze luster, and upon closer inspection, a layer of imperceptible dual-colored gold and earth halo flowed across the surface.

"Let's test the hardness..."

He walked up to a half-person-tall black boulder—this was an Ore that had been struck by thunder for I don't know how many years, its hardness comparable to fine iron.

Taking a deep breath, he gathered strength in his right fist.

He did not mobilize spiritual power, relying purely on Physical Body strength.

Boom!

With a single punch smashed down!

The boulder shattered in response, breaking into more than ten pieces, the cross-sections as smooth as a mirror.

Xiao Yuan looked at his own fist; not even the skin was broken.

"This Physical Body... I'm afraid it can hard-withstand the full-strength blow of a Half-step Foundation Establishment."

He muttered to himself, surprise flashing in his eyes.

Through four months of thunder Body Tempering, the Body Refining techniques of the Gengjin Sword Soul Art and Wu Tu Sacred Body Art had been cultivated to the extreme.

The current him, relying solely on Physical Body strength, possessed nearly ten thousand catties of force, able to blast apart a low-tier Yao Beast with a single punch.

More crucially, as his Physical Body strength surged drastically, the Five Elements Cultivation Technique Bottleneck that had always stuck him loosened!

Looking inward at his Dantian.

Originally, only the Yimu Azure Emperor Skill hung lonely at the seventh layer, while the other four Cultivation Techniques were stuck at the fourth layer.

But now—

Gengjin Sword Soul Art—Seventh Layer (18)

Guishui Ice Emperor Art—Seventh Layer (18)

Binghuo Yang God Method—Seventh Layer (18)

Wu Tu Sacred Body Art—Seventh Layer (18)

Yimu Azure Emperor Skill—Seventh Layer (18)

Five Cultivation Techniques, neat and complete, all at Qi Condensation Seventh Layer!

"The Physical Body is a container; only when the container is large enough can it hold more spiritual power..."

Xiao Yuan came to a realization, "No wonder I couldn't Breakthrough no matter what before."

Now that the container problem was solved, next was the truly major project—

Five Elements Simultaneous Cultivation!

The reason they weren't cultivated simultaneously before was because the Realms of the five-attribute Cultivation Techniques differed too much; only when the Realms were the same could they be cultivated simultaneously.

He took out the Jade Slip of the Five Elements Return to One Technique from the Creation Cauldron Space and pressed it against his forehead.

The contents of the Cultivation Technique had long been memorized by heart, but every time he reviewed it, it made his heart burn with fervor.

"Using the Dantian as the foundation, the Spiritual Root as the guide, the Five Elements generate each other, Five Elements Rotation endlessly..."

Simply put, it was to construct a "Five Elements Rotation Formation Base" with Five Elements spiritual power inside the Dantian.

Once this Formation base was formed, the five Cultivation Techniques could be cultivated synchronously, and the Five Elements spiritual power would generate and assist each other.

Regardless of quality or quantity, the spiritual power cultivated would far surpass those of the same rank.

The price was—the Cultivation speed would be a bit slower, and resource consumption would be more than five times greater.

"It's worth it!"

Xiao Yuan's eyes were firm.

He sat cross-legged, facing the Thunder Pool—although he was no longer doing Body Tempering, the thunder aftereffect allowed him to maintain a high degree of concentration.

He also didn't worry about anyone coming over; an early-warning Formation had already been placed outside.

As long as someone entered, he would be able to discover them.

Not only that, he could even collapse the passage.

Wanting to come in would take quite a bit of effort.

He closed his eyes, his mind sinking into the Dantian.

Inside the Dantian space, five light spheres of different colors were suspended.

Cyan wood spiritual power, golden metal spiritual power, blue water spiritual power, red fire spiritual power, and yellow earth spiritual power.

Each minded its own business and did not interfere with the others—this was also the reason why they could not be cultivated simultaneously before; forced Fusion would only lead to conflict and explosion.

"Step one, separate the Spiritual Roots..."

Xiao Yuan's thought moved slightly, and deep within the Dantian, that chaotic clump of Five Elements mixed Spiritual Roots began to tremble.

Guided by the Five Elements Return to One Technique, the mixed Spiritual Roots slowly differentiated, separating out five tiny rootlets—

The cyan wood Spiritual Root, the golden metal Spiritual Root, the blue water Spiritual Root, the red fire Spiritual Root, and the yellow earth Spiritual Root.

The five Spiritual Roots were both independent and interconnected through a certain profound link.

"Step two, spiritual power traction..."

Xiao Yuan manipulated the five spiritual power light spheres, slowly approaching the corresponding Spiritual Roots.

The azure wood spiritual power merged into the wood Spiritual Root, the metal spiritual power merged into the metal Spiritual Root...

The five clumps of spiritual power were like fledglings returning to their nest, perfectly merging with their respective Spiritual Roots.

At this moment, Xiao Yuan felt that his Spiritual Roots had "come alive".

They were no longer lifeless mixed Spiritual Roots, but five vibrant, distinct-attribute independent Spiritual Roots!

"Step three, Rotation Formation Base—Rise!"

Xiao Yuan let out a low shout in his heart.

The five Spiritual Roots trembled simultaneously, releasing pure Five Elements spiritual power.

These spiritual powers did not scatter, but instead gathered and rotated in the center of the Dantian.

Metal generates water, water generates wood, wood generates fire, fire generates earth, earth generates metal...

The Five Elements generate each other, ceaseless and endless.

The five-colored spiritual power rotated faster and faster, gradually forming a colorful vortex about an inch in diameter.

In the center of the vortex, a miniature, continuously rotating Five Elements Formation diagram was faintly visible.

Every time the Formation diagram rotated a full circle, the five Spiritual Roots trembled slightly, releasing new spiritual power to replenish it.

Meanwhile, the refined Five Elements spiritual power in the vortex fed back into the Spiritual Roots, nourishing and strengthening them.

The cycle was self-formed!

"It's done!"

Xiao Yuan opened his eyes, five-colored radiance flashing past his pupils and vanishing.