73: True essence mutation, breakthrough to Grandmaster

"Elder, I have made up my mind. I think this is quite suitable for me." Chu Jiang smiled.

What a joke. Let him Cultivate those Cultivation Techniques that require high Comprehension Ability?

It would consume a large amount of Lifespan with little effect.

Don't look at the two thousand years of Lifespan as a huge amount. After entering the Grandmaster Realm, his consumption of Lifespan will only be higher than in the Vajra Realm. Grandmaster-level Martial Skills emphasize intent, adding another layer of difficulty.

For the main Cultivation Technique, Physical Body types are best; they don't require much Comprehension Ability. Wouldn't it be better to free up the remaining Lifespan to Cultivate Martial Skill types?

"By the way, Elder, can this True Gang Heavenly Thunder Body be exchanged separately? I only want the second part; I don't need the first part." Chu Jiang asked.

"What? Exchange it separately?"

"That's never been done before!"

The Scripture Pavilion Elder's head was buzzing; this was the first time he had encountered such a request.

"That's just because you hadn't met me yet." Chu Jiang said with a wicked smile.

"That's true. Just this once... and never again!" The Scripture Pavilion Elder gave a bitter smile.

To prevent him from continuing to fleece the Scripture Pavilion with the same excuse, he added that sentence.

It was fortunate that he was a Grade A Genius of the Yunzhou Demon Suppression Division; if it had been anyone else, he would have slapped him away.

Through Chu Jiang's maneuvering, the Martial Skill originally priced at eight thousand five hundred was taken by him for three thousand two hundred and fifty. The first part was worth two thousand, and the second part was worth six thousand.

Chu Jiang left the Scripture Pavilion satisfied and arrived at the Demon Suppression Division Pill Hall.

He collected twelve Seven-Turn True Yuan Pills.

After everything was ready.

Chu Jiang arrived at the Heavenly Origin Pool and placed his token into the slot.

A flash of light passed, and Chu Jiang's figure had already arrived at another location.

Before his eyes was a spiritual pool ten zhang in size. The pool water was a deep orchid color, and the dense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi transformed into a sheet of spiritual mist, drifting above the Heavenly Origin Pool.

As soon as Chu Jiang stepped into the pool, he felt a massive and exceptionally pure energy entering his body, making him feel refreshed.

Chu Jiang closed his eyes, his thoughts turning to the panel.

[Special Secret Technique · Thunder True Yuan Art]

This Thunder Compression Art is a special secret technique; there is no such thing as Minor Achievement or Major Achievement.

There is only the difference in the number of compressions.

With more than nine times, one can condense a miniature True Yuan sea and enter the Grandmaster Realm.

Ordinary people would choose to Breakthrough after compressing a dozen times or so. Continuing to compress has a very low success rate, and it is easy to damage the Meridians in the body, which is detrimental to subsequent Cultivation.

Some Genius individuals would choose to compress twenty-something times.

And those top Geniuses can even compress fifty or sixty times.

Once they promote to Grandmaster, their combat power is far beyond that of ordinary Grandmasters.

[In the first year, you circulate the Thunder True Yuan Art and begin True Yuan compression.]

[In the second year, with the help of the pure energy of the Heavenly Origin Pool, in just two years, you complete thirty True Yuan compressions, and your True Yuan evolves into Thunder True Yuan.]

[In the sixth year, you have compressed the True Yuan in your body to seventy-nine times. Your Physical Body is on the verge of collapse, and further compression is extremely difficult.]

[In the seventh year, due to forced compression, your Physical Body collapses several times. Fortunately, the energy of the Heavenly Origin Pool is pure enough to allow you to recover.]

[In the eighth year, you compress the True Yuan against the trend to eighty-one times, reaching the limit of the True Yuan Compression Art. The True Yuan mutates, and you obtain Divine Thunder True Yuan.]

[Divine Thunder True Yuan: Contains violent Heaven and Earth thunder, restrains demons, purifies evil, and can greatly enhance the power of Martial Skills.]

[In the ninth year, you condense the True Yuan sea and Breakthrough to the Martial Dao Grandmaster Realm.]

[demon life essence: 2,293 years]

[Own Lifespan: 200 years]

...

A few wisps of thunder flashed across Chu Jiang's fingertips. His aura was terrifying, containing extremely violent Heaven and Earth thunder, and his entire person had undergone a heaven-shaking change.

It was no exaggeration to say that he had been reborn.

Strong, extremely strong.

If he were to encounter that wisp of remnant soul of the Brahma True Demon again, he could easily kill it with just one move, even without using any Martial Skills.

The energy required for True Yuan compression is too massive, and each compression requires more energy than the last. If he weren't in the Heavenly Origin Pool, heaven knows how many resources it would consume.

This is the benefit of joining the Demon Suppression Division; you wouldn't find such good things elsewhere.

Chu Jiang discovered that after compressing the True Yuan in his body eighty-one times, the energy of the entire Heavenly Origin Pool had decreased by a full one-third and had become much thinner.

He didn't know if it could still support him in Cultivating the True Gang Heavenly Thunder Body.

Never mind, continue Cultivating.

[Peak Martial Skill · True Gang Heavenly Thunder Body (Not Yet Entered)]

Above Grandmaster is the Great Grandmaster Realm, which is divided into three levels: Peak, Peerless, and Extreme Realm.

This is the information he obtained from flipping through the ancient books in the Scripture Pavilion.

Peak Martial Skills are a grade higher than Grandmaster Martial Skills.

In the entire Yunzhou Demon Suppression Division, only Lord Zhenfu is a Great Grandmaster, and he broke through one hundred and fifty years ago; his current Realm is unknown.

Commander Zuo should count as half a one. Shen Commander is also quite close.

As the Lifespan was infused, the panel rolled.

[In the first year, because you have Cultivated the Wind and Thunder Vajra Body, which shares the same lineage as the True Gang Heavenly Thunder Body, you quickly get the hang of it, and your Cultivation speed slightly increases.]

[You begin to absorb the energy of the Heavenly Origin Pool to Cultivate the True Gang Heavenly Thunder Body. The energy purity of the Heavenly Origin Pool is very high, and your Cultivation progress accelerates.]

[In the third year, your True Gang Heavenly Thunder Body enters the Introductory level.]

[In the fourth year, you are still a distance away from the Minor Achievement of the True Gang Heavenly Thunder Body, and the energy of the Heavenly Origin Pool is completely exhausted by you.]

Chu Jiang's thoughts emerged from the panel.

He looked at the Heavenly Origin Pool; there wasn't a trace of Spiritual Qi left; he had squeezed it all dry. The originally dense spiritual mist had dispersed, and the pool water was clear to the bottom.

The Scripture Pavilion Elder was right; this True Gang Heavenly Thunder Body is a money-sucking beast. Even a large Sect would be unable to afford it even if they smashed their pots and sold their iron.

Even the Heavenly Origin Pool of the Yunzhou Demon Suppression Division could only bring him close to Minor Achievement.

He took out the Millennium Lingzhi left from last time and the twelve Seven-Turn True Yuan Pills collected from the Pill Hall, and entered the panel once again.

[In the fifth year, you consecutively take the Millennium Lingzhi and the Seven-Turn True Yuan Pills. When taking the eighth one, you successfully Breakthrough, achieving Minor Achievement in the True Gang Heavenly Thunder Body, and your Realm breaks through to the Middle Stage of the Grandmaster Realm.]

[Your Physical Body undergoes a qualitative change. The power of Heavenly Thunder is hidden within your muscles. When your Physical Body is attacked, the True Gang will automatically activate to form a Protective Aura veil.]

[demon life essence: 2,288 years]

...

Chu Jiang opened his eyes again, feeling the surging aura on his body.

The power of Qi and blood was like an ocean.

The strength was as great as a Dragon-Elephant.

The sea of True Yuan was vast and boundless.

After eighty-one compressions, his True Yuan capacity had reached a terrifying state.

Others condense a miniature True Yuan sea, which counts as a lake at best.

His is a giant True Yuan sea, and it is covered with Divine Thunder.

His True Yuan capacity is a hundred times that of the same level; releasing Martial Skills as basic attacks is no problem at all.

He still has several areas for improvement.

First is to improve his saber technique; after leaving the Heavenly Origin Pool, he should go back and fuse a Grandmaster-level, or even a Peak-level, saber technique as soon as possible.

Second is to improve his movement technique; the Mortal World Heaven-Stepping Steps, after he promoted to Grandmaster, no longer provided a very obvious boost to his speed.

Third is his carried saber; the strength of the Blood Sun Saber is no longer enough. But he is used to using it and doesn't want to change it, so he can consider going to the Demon Suppression Division Artifact Refining Hall and spending a little contribution to find an Elder to upgrade it for him.

Chu Jiang listed the current areas for improvement one by one.

Although the Spiritual Qi here had been exhausted, he was not in a hurry to leave.

He would wait until the ten days were up before leaving.

Mainly, it was because Chu Jiang had sucked the entire Heavenly Origin Pool dry in one day, which was too frightening.

Meanwhile.

In the mountains, a group of Great Demons were holding a meeting.