5: Greatly increased strength

Currently, my mastery of the Hegemonic Heaven Refining Art is still only at the introductory stage.

According to the Cultivation Technique's description, cultivating the first Realm requires reaching 108 small furnaces.

Collecting 108 small furnaces for a qualitative change can unlock one form of the great dao furnace.

As I continue to Cultivate, the number of these small furnaces will surely increase rapidly, and I will soon meet the requirements for the first layer.

These small furnaces are not static; they can also evolve themselves.

To make them evolve quickly, I must continuously refine Spiritual Qi with them.

Given the current situation, my original Cultivation plan needs some adjustments.

The Initial Explanation of Xuanling Cultivation, originally scheduled for the morning, can be cut.

I'll directly switch to cultivating the Hegemonic Heaven Refining Art.

The current top priority is the Cultivation of the Hegemonic Heaven Refining Art, to Breakthrough the first form of the great dao furnace as soon as possible.

At the same time, I also need to develop the small furnaces horizontally, urging them to mature early so they can accelerate the absorption of Spiritual Qi for my use.

Physical Body tempering, the time will depend on the situation; the Cultivation of the Hegemonic Heaven Refining Art takes priority.

Time flew by; in the blink of an eye, more than half a month had passed.

During this period, Ji Mo consistently and diligently Cultivated according to the established plan.

Day after day of persistence brought significant rewards for his efforts.

Now, the great Dao small furnaces haven't increased much in number, but their volume has more than doubled or even tripled compared to when he first started cultivating!

Not only that, Ji Mo's Physical Body strength also made a qualitative leap.

Now, he can effortlessly lift a large stone weighing four hundred catties with a single arm, and when he exerts force with both arms simultaneously, even a thousand-catty boulder can be lifted by him.

The enhancement of his Physical Body led Ji Mo to a surprising discovery.

The Hegemonic Heaven Refining Art is an all-around Cultivation Technique.

It is not merely a Spell Cultivator technique; while cultivating spells, it also constantly tempers the Physical Body, not to say that other Cultivation Techniques don't temper the Physical Body.

If other Cultivation Techniques' Physical Body tempering is like a freebie with a phone top-up, then the Hegemonic Heaven Refining Art is a buy-one-get-one-free deal.

However, all of this was not what pleased Ji Mo the most.

During this half-month of Cultivation, he made an even more important discovery—"Spiritual Qi Conversion"!

Why is it called Spiritual Qi Conversion? Before coming to the ancestral land, Ji Mo only had Acquired Rank 2 Cultivation.

But now he is close to Rank 4 Realm; this is not just because changing Cultivation Techniques sped up his Cultivation, that's only one aspect.

When these small furnaces are taken into Ji Mo's body, they can recharge and upgrade his own Dantian.

Currently, Ji Mo's Dantian's actual Cultivation is still Rank 2 and has not Broken through to Rank 3 Realm.

It's just that Ji Mo has recharged all the Spiritual Qi refined through the small furnaces into his main Dantian, so Ji Mo's external manifestation is now close to Rank 4.

Conversely, when Ji Mo drains all the Spiritual Qi from his main Dantian and transfers it to the small furnaces, Ji Mo becomes an ordinary person with no Cultivation whatsoever.

To put it flexibly, whatever Cultivation Realm Ji Mo wants to display, that's what outsiders will see, and no matter how high your Cultivation, you won't be able to see through it.

This is the hidden function that comes with this Cultivation Technique, which is truly amazing!

With this ability to hide his Cultivation, Ji Mo will definitely shock his enemies in the future when he pretends to be a pig to eat the tiger!

Despite his joy, Cultivation cannot stop.

“Taking advantage of the fact that no one is here to disturb me, I should still seize the time to continue diligent Cultivation.

After all, no one can say when some ill-intentioned people might suddenly appear and try to harm me.

Therefore, I must quickly acquire enough self-preservation ability.”

Thinking of this, a faint smile involuntarily appeared on Ji Mo's lips.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, spring turned to autumn, and over a year passed in an instant.

Ji Mo had been at the ancestral home for nearly a year and a half; this period felt both long and short to him.

When he first arrived at the ancestral home, Ji Mo was still a scrawny boy, but after more than two years of Cultivation, his body underwent tremendous changes.

Now, his height is no different from that of an adult.

Daily diligent Cultivation has made his body strong and powerful, with bulging muscles all over, like a robust man.

He already possesses the ability to protect himself while traversing the Jianghu.

The only thing he currently lacks is practical combat experience.

After all, theoretical knowledge and techniques alone are far from enough; only in real combat can one's true strength be tested.

Ji Mo also achieved significant results in the Cultivation of the Hegemonic Heaven Refining Art.

Over the past year, the small furnaces in his body have grown more numerous, getting closer and closer to the qualitative change of the first layer.

"It's time to hone my practical combat abilities."

Ji Mo pondered to himself, feeling that he had passed the rapid growth period.

According to the conventional Cultivation progress, it could no longer satisfy the rapid advancement of his current Realm.

Rather than spending time on routine Cultivation, it would be better to gain practical combat experience.

Honing those profound enemy-fighting techniques would allow him to maximize his advantages.

And the most crucial point among these was the great dao furnace formed by the Hegemonic Heaven Refining Art he Cultivated.

This great dao furnace is said to be capable of refining all things, and Ji Mo couldn't help but wonder if it also possessed the efficacy of Alchemy.

To verify this, he decided to search for some spiritual items in this world to see if he could refine them into Medicinal Pills through the great dao furnace.

In addition, Ji Mo also planned to go into the mountains to hunt some low-Rank Yao Beasts.

By refining the corpses of these Yao Beasts, he could observe what changes would occur.

Such practical experience would definitely be faster than simply following a routine Cultivation, and it would allow him to understand the mysteries of the Hegemonic Heaven Refining Art more deeply.

Fortunately, it's not necessary to fight people to achieve the effect of practical combat; this world has Yao Beasts.

Yao Beasts can Cultivate actively or passively; when the Demonic Qi in their bodies reaches a certain concentration, they will mutate and evolve in Rank.

Over countless years, the ancients divided Yao Beasts into Ranks: Rank 1, 2, and 3 Yao Beasts correspond to Acquired Realm Martial Artists.

Rank 4, 5, and 6 Yao Beasts correspond to Innate Realm Martial Artists.

Yao Beasts above Rank 7 are extremely rare and are only likely to appear in deep old forests or the Endless Sea Region.

Fighting Yao Beasts is no worse than fighting humans; on the contrary, Yao Beasts often have a stronger Aura than humans.

A Yao Beast that has hunted countless animals and humans appearing before you can scare you so much with just a glance that your scalp tingles, and you can only exert fifty percent of your full strength.

Therefore, Ji Mo prepared to go deep into the Monster Beast Mountain Range for some tempering, as low-Rank Yao Beasts frequently appear there.