224: Chapter 227 Seclusion to Rebuild Foundation

The Immortal Cave Formation closed completely.

The clamor of the outside Hunyuan God City was isolated by a faint layer of light.

Lin Yi sat cross-legged in the center of the quiet room.

Several space rings were placed in front of him.

Sanshan Helong's.

Those of Sanshan Wuya and the eleven Elders.

And some of the relics left behind by Sanshan Chong.

These items originally belonged to the accumulated wealth of a Baichuan City branch Family over hundreds to thousands of years; now, they were all piled in front of Lin Yi, becoming the resources for his Breakthrough to the Divine Body Realm Triple Stage.

Yuan Yi's voice rang out.

"For an ordinary practitioner, going from the first layer to the third layer of the Divine Body Realm might take hundreds or even thousands of years."

"But for you, it is not a Bottleneck in enlightenment."

"You have a Top-grade Divine Body, sufficient resources, and the fourth level of True Intent of Water as a Foundation."

"What you lack now is simply filling in the Cultivation level."

Lin Yi nodded.

He also understood his own problem.

He understood clearly why he lost on the thirtieth floor.

It wasn't because his talent was insufficient.

Nor was it that any single blade technique was suddenly too lacking.

It was that his overall accumulation was insufficient.

The strength of the Black-Clad Swordsman on the thirtieth floor did not lie in crushing him in one specific area, but in the fact that his Cultivation, Divine Body, Essence, blade techniques, and Divine Ability were all combined into a complete whole.

Lin Yi's current Divine Body quality was very high.

But his Cultivation level was too low.

His Divine Ability had just been inherited.

The divine body chapter of One Blade Slashes One World had also not yet been pushed to the limit of the current stage.

Although the fourth level of True Intent of Water had stabilized, there was still a gap to Perfection.

All of these needed to be addressed.

Yuan Yi waved a claw, and a pile of Spirit Stones and several bottles of Medicinal Pills for Divine Body Realm Cultivation flew out.

"First, refine your Cultivation."

"Then, strengthen your Divine Ability."

"Finally, review the thirtieth floor."

"Don't think about swallowing it all in one breath."

"You already went crazy once when you forged your Top-grade Divine Body; be honest this time."

Lin Yi glanced at it.

"I know."

Yuan Yi sneered.

"You had better really know."

Lin Yi did not speak again.

The Top-grade Divine Body slowly operated.

The next moment, the Spiritual Qi in the quiet room was sucked toward his body as if by a black hole.

Piece by piece, the Spirit Stones rapidly dimmed.

The Medicinal Pills dissolved, and pure medicinal power surged into his Divine Body.

If it were an ordinary Divine Body Realm practitioner, their Physical Body would have been torn apart by such absorption.

But Lin Yi was different.

His Top-grade Divine Body was like a bottomless deep sea.

Spiritual Qi, medicinal power, and the Origin of the Divine Body were all swallowed into it, then combed through bit by bit by the True Intent of Water and pressed into his flesh, bones, and Meridians.

The aura of the Divine Body Realm first layer began to rise steadily.

One day.

Three days.

Ten days.

Half a month later.

A low roar emanated from within Lin Yi's body.

His aura suddenly rose a notch.

Shenti Realm, Second Layer.

Water ripples spread silently in the quiet room, and the Formation on the walls was shaken until it glowed slightly.

Yuan Yi squatted to the side, not particularly surprised.

"Continue."

"Shenti Realm, Second Layer is not enough."

Lin Yi did not open his eyes.

More Spirit Stones shattered.

Medicinal Pills were consumed bottle after bottle.

His body was like a divine weapon being polished anew.

Every bit he improved, the Foundation of the Top-grade Divine Body was truly released by one bit.

Before, when he forged the Divine Body, it was as if he had just obtained a peerless blade.

But that blade had not yet been truly sharpened.

Now, he was sharpening this blade bit by bit.

As his Cultivation improved, the divine body chapter of Black Demon War Heaven Body also began to truly operate.

The Physical Body Foundation brought about by the Perfection of the three turns of the innate chapter was taken over bit by bit by the divine body chapter.

Black patterns emerged deep within Lin Yi's bones.

That was not an external vision.

It was the trace of power penetrating deep into the Foundation of the Divine Body.

Each time it operated, Lin Yi could feel his Divine Body becoming heavier, more stable, and more suitable for explosive power.

Another twenty-plus days passed.

Lin Yi opened his eyes and raised his hand to clench it.

The Void Realm was pinched into fine ripples by his five fingers.

It was not relying on Essence.

It was just the power of the Divine Body itself.

Yuan Yi glanced at him.

"The divine body chapter of Black Demon War Heaven Body is considered to have entered the introductory stage."

"It's still not enough, but much better than before."

Lin Yi nodded.

Subsequently, he took out the pitch-black long blade.

Cultivating in seclusion was not just about stacking Cultivation.

He understood his loss on the thirtieth floor too clearly.

The overall application of the Black-Clad Swordsman still remained in his mind.

Lin Yi closed his eyes.

In his mind, the Black-Clad Swordsman's blade techniques appeared one by one.

The first blade.

The second blade.

The third blade.

Each blade seemed to compress his Cultivation, Divine Body, Essence, Divine Ability, and blade techniques onto the same line.

Lin Yi dismantled it over and over.

Reviewed it over and over.

Then he struck with the blade in the quiet room.

There were no enemies.

So he used the Black-Clad Swordsman in his memory as the enemy.

A blade struck out.

Not enough.

Slash again.

Still not enough.

The greatest feeling the thirtieth floor gave him was "completeness."

And what he had to do now was to truly meld all these rapidly increased Foundations into one.

The fourth level of True Intent of Water was no longer just about neutralizing force.

The Top-grade Divine Body was no longer just about resisting head-on.

Black Demon War Heaven Body was no longer just about explosive power.

One Blade Slashes One World was even less about simply unleashing power.

Everything had to become a part of the blade.

One month.

Two months.

Inside the Immortal Cave, the blade light became less and less frequent.

At the beginning, Lin Yi struck with his blade tens of thousands of times a day.

Later, it became thousands of times.

Later still, he only struck hundreds of times a day.

But each blade was heavier, more accurate, and more complete than before.

Yuan Yi watched, nodding occasionally.

This was normal Cultivation.

Not gambling with his life every time.

Not exploding with life-and-death power every time.

A true powerhouse, besides Breakthroughs in desperate situations, also needs this kind of precipitation, supplementing the Foundation inch by inch.

At the end of the third month.

A roar came from within Lin Yi's body again.

The aura of the Shenti Realm, Second Layer completely broke through, stepping into a new level.

Divine Body Realm Triple Stage.

All the Spiritual Qi in the Immortal Cave was instantly swallowed up.

The Formation emitted a soft vibration.

Lin Yi opened his eyes.

A wisp of deep blue light flashed across his eyes, then quickly receded.

Yuan Yi said:

"Cultivation has arrived."

"The divine body chapter of Black Demon War Heaven Body has reached the introductory stage."

"The divine body chapter of One Blade Slashes One World is much more harmonious than before."

"The fourth level of True Intent of Water is more stable, but it hasn't reached the fifth level yet."

Lin Yi said:

"That's enough."

Yuan Yi looked at him.

"Enough for you to try again?"

Lin Yi stood up.

The pitch-black long blade fell into his palm.

"Enough for me to beat the thirtieth floor."

Yuan Yi grinned.

"Then go."

The Immortal Cave Formation opened.

The outside light shone into the quiet room.

Hunyuan God City was still bustling.

In these three months, the name Lin Yi of the Nine Provinces had not completely sunk into obscurity.

Many people knew that the Small World Genius who had reached the thirtieth floor at the Divine Body Realm First Layer was Cultivating in seclusion.

Some people were waiting for him to try again.

Others felt that he would at least spend decades settling down.

But on this day, Lin Yi walked out of the Immortal Cave.

He did not go to see any forces that were trying to recruit him.

Nor did he go to ask about how the outside world was discussing him.

He just walked along the long street, heading back towards the Hunyuan Tower.

In the distance, that high tower still pierced into the Void Realm.

Lin Yi looked up at it.

The thirtieth floor.

He had returned.