54: Chapter 54: Reaching the Pinnacle of Qi Opening, Success! Yue Li's Soul Power Recovery Accelerates

Li Siwen returned to Chen Yaojia's quiet courtyard, closed the door, and set up a simple alert.

He sat cross-legged on the bed, his mind stirring as he retrieved the three Aperture Opening Extreme Realm Pill (Ordinary) obtained from Tang Jingjing from the System space.

The Medicinal Pill was the size of a Dragon's eye, perfectly round, with a deep dark blue luster and clear pill patterns on the surface, radiating a majestic yet slightly mixed medicinal power fluctuation.

Compared to the vein forging extreme realm pill refined by Tang Jingjing using the Materials he provided, the quality was clearly more than a notch worse.

"Ordinary version... taking three at once should be enough, right?" Li Siwen muttered to himself, not a hint of hesitation in his eyes.

He possessed a terrifying 300% Comprehension Ability bonus in his female disguise state, his efficiency in guiding and refining medicinal power far exceeding that of ordinary people, and he had the profound Eight Extremes Great Emperors Insights as guidance, plus his Foundation was of a Peerless Grade, vigorous and solid!

He was confident that enduring the medicinal power impact of three ordinary Aperture Opening Extreme Realm Pill was more than enough!

Tilting his head back, he swallowed all three Medicinal Pill at once!

The Medicinal Pill melted upon entering his mouth, instantly turning into three torrents of majestic, vast, yet slightly violent medicinal power, rushing into his limbs and bones like a burst river!

Boom!

The powerful medicinal power exploded instantly, impacting his Meridians and acupoints!

A feeling of swelling pain and tearing came instantly, far more violent than taking a single Medicinal Pill!

Li Siwen let out a muffled groan, his brows slightly knitted.

"Tsk, swallowing three at once is indeed a bit fierce..." He thought to himself.

But this pain, compared to the descriptions of protagonists in novels he had read in his previous life, who were always in agony, crying for their parents, and facing life-and-death situations, was simply as gentle as a massage!

Under the terrifying Comprehension Ability bonus from his female disguise, his control over every ounce of his power and every acupoint was meticulous.

He immediately calmed his mind and, following the profound method for Tongqiao Extreme Realm in the Eight Extremes Great Emperors Insights, began to guide these three majestic streams of medicinal power to impact the minute acupoints throughout his body that had not yet been fully opened!

The process was far more difficult and stagnant than the previous Breakthrough to Vein Forging Extreme Realm.

Tongqiao Extreme Realm was the state of opening all the minute acupoints in the body and tempering them to Perfection without flaws; its difficulty and the energy required far exceeded ordinary Realm advancements.

The medicinal power was like a drill, needing to open, infiltrate, and consolidate those hidden and tough acupoint barriers bit by bit.

The speed was clearly slowing down.

But fortunately, the combined medicinal power of the three Medicinal Pill was vast enough!

Under the carrying capacity of his Peerless Foundation and the exquisite control of his Heaven-Defying Comprehension Ability, this majestic medicinal power was perfectly diverted and guided, precisely impacting every gate and point that needed to be opened, without the slightest waste.

Li Siwen could clearly "look within" and see that the minute acupoints throughout his body, which were originally dim and blocked, were being lit up, opened, and tempered one by one under the continuous scouring of the medicinal power, becoming crystal clear and forming a mysterious resonance with the main acupoints!

I don't know how much time had passed, but the moment the last hidden acupoint was completely opened and tempered to Perfection—

Hum!

It was as if ten thousand stars lit up in Li Siwen's body simultaneously!

All acupoints vibrated and rang together, emitting a sound of the Dao that was perfect, flawless, harmonious, and unified!

A sense of power, far stronger, more rounded, and more meticulously controlled than before, filled his entire body!

The Qi and blood throughout his body surged like a Dragon, and the operation speed and total amount of Internal Energy had risen to another level!

His fine control over Internal Energy reached an unimaginable degree!

Tongqiao Extreme Realm, Achieved!

At this moment, his Aperture Opening Realm had also been solidified to a perfect level unprecedented in history!

Complementing his previous Vein Forging Extreme Realm and Early stage of Marrow Cleansing cultivation, it formed a Triple Extreme Realm Foundation!

His strength and Foundation were already so deep that it was far beyond what those at the same level could imagine!

"Hoo—finally done."

Li Siwen slowly opened his eyes, exhaling a long breath of white mist, his eyes shining with brilliance.

"This Tongqiao Extreme Realm is indeed much harder than the Vein Forging Extreme Realm. Fortunately, I took three at once; otherwise, relying on a single ordinary version alone, I'm afraid it would be difficult to reach Perfection."

He consolidated his cultivation for the new Realm, feeling the surging power and increasingly exquisite control within his body, and nodded with satisfaction.

After completing the Breakthrough, he habitually sank his mind into his body to carefully perceive his own changes and check for any oversights.

Just at this moment—

He suddenly noticed that from within the palm-sized Dao Yi Puppet stored deep in the System space, a hint of unusual fluctuation seemed to be coming.

It was Yue Li's Remnant Soul!

Li Siwen's heart stirred, and he immediately probed his mind into the Puppet core.

He saw that inside the core, Yue Li's originally illusory and dim Remnant Soul had actually become much more solid!

The Soul light was stable, even better than her state before she controlled the Puppet to kill the Yao Beast and consumed a huge amount of Soul Power!

Vaguely, the Soul Power fluctuation seemed to have even increased!

"This is..." Li Siwen was slightly stunned, a trace of doubt rising in his heart.

The recovery speed of Yue Li's Remnant Soul seemed... to be abnormally fast?

He clearly remembered that Yue Li's previous action had consumed nearly one-third of her Soul Power.

According to her own recovery speed, it would take at least several months or even longer to recover as before.

But how much time had passed? Less than two days?

Even with the nourishing effect of the Dao Yi Puppet core, it was absolutely impossible for it to be this fast!

Moreover, he seemed to feel that the recovery of Yue Li's Remnant Soul existed with a subtle connection to himself...?

He recalled that when he broke through the Marrow Cleansing earlier, he also vaguely noticed that the recovery of Yue Li's Remnant Soul had accelerated slightly, but he hadn't paid attention to it at the time.

Now it seemed that this was definitely not a coincidence!

"Is it because of... the contract? Or... related to this female disguise state of mine?" Li Siwen's thoughts raced, but he couldn't determine the real reason for a moment.

After thinking about it, he decided to summon Yue Li to ask.

After all, she was the one who knew her own Soul state best.

With a thought, he transmitted the intention of summoning through the Spirit Puppet Symbiotic Contract.

Hum!

The space in the room fluctuated slightly, and a stunningly beautiful figure appeared quietly.

Yue Li still maintained that stunning appearance no different from an Immortal Master, her skin glistening, her dark hair like a waterfall, and her plain white dress trailing on the ground.

But unlike her previous state, which was slightly vacant and only reacted when receiving orders.

At this moment, those clear yet indifferent eyes of hers landed precisely on Li Siwen the moment she appeared.

In her eyes, there seemed to be a hint of extremely faint but real, agile brilliance?

What surprised Li Siwen even more was that after Yue Li appeared, she took the initiative to take a step forward, approaching him.

She tilted her head slightly, looking at Li Siwen who was sitting cross-legged, and her beautiful eyes seemed to reveal a kind of... closeness and dependence?

"Master..." Her red lips parted slightly, her voice ethereal and pleasant, but with a trace of subtle emotional fluctuation that hadn't been there before, as if ice and snow were beginning to melt, "Did you summon me?"

Li Siwen suppressed the astonishment in his heart, nodded, and asked directly: "Yue Li, I feel that your Soul Power recovery speed is far beyond expectations, even more advanced than before the consumption? Do you know the reason? Does it have any effect on your Soul body?"

Yue Li heard this, and those clear eyes blinked, appearing to be feeling her own state as well.

A moment later, she nodded gently, her voice still ethereal, but with an extra bit of certainty: "Replying to Master, my Soul Power recovery speed has indeed accelerated abnormally."

She raised her fair palm and pressed it gently on her chest, where the Puppet core was located, feeling the Soul Power within, and continued: "The reason... seems to be related to you, Master."

"Related to me?" Li Siwen raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Yes!" Yue Li nodded affirmatively.

She looked at Li Siwen, and the hint of closeness in her eyes was even more obvious.

"When I am by Master's side, especially when you are Cultivating, breaking through, or in some special state, I can clearly feel that my Soul Power will spontaneously accelerate its condensation and recovery, and even... have a slight, faint growth."

She seemed to be trying hard to describe the feeling: "It's as if... your very existence, Master, or the kind of aura you emit, is, for me... the best nourishment and supplement. It's more than ten times faster than recovering on my own in the Puppet core."

"Being close to Master makes me feel... very comfortable, very at ease." She added at the end, her tone very natural, but with a pure sense of dependence.