74: Fourth level

Factors that can increase the chance of a Breakthrough, besides the Natal Spirit and the Breakthrough environment, also include the Spirit Master's state and mindset.

The latter factors mainly depend on the Spirit Master himself and have little impact.

Lu Qianyuan had already maximized his Natal Spirit, and he didn't know where to find a better Breakthrough environment.

However, although he couldn't find a better Breakthrough environment, he possessed the ability of Beginner Natural Yuan Qi Affinity, which might help Lu Qianyuan in his Breakthrough.

With the Breakthrough process figured out, the next step was to initiate the Breakthrough.

Lu Qianyuan put away the information, then purchased some supplies, and left the area.

The more spiritual source absorbed during a fourth-order Breakthrough, the greater the fluctuation it would cause. To prevent attracting too much attention during his Breakthrough, Lu Qianyuan decided to find a safe place outside the city to do so.

Lu Qianyuan prepared all the resources he might need, primarily focusing on defensive measures and recovery abilities.

Once everything was ready, he left and went outside the city.

Although there were divergent beasts roaming outside the city, most of them had territorial awareness and would not casually leave their territories.

Lu Qianyuan made his way into the Dark Spider Nest, directly heading to its depths, the territory of the Black Claw Spider Queen, to prepare for his Breakthrough.

This was the territory of the Black Claw Spiders; no other divergent beasts would come here, and due to the Black Claw Spiders' unique nature, few Spirit Masters would venture here.

It was incredibly secluded.

The third-order Black Claw Spiders here posed no threat to Lu Qianyuan; the only one that could threaten him, the Black Claw Spider Queen, had already been killed by him.

For Lu Qianyuan, this was an excellent place for a Breakthrough.

Lu Qianyuan arrived at the deepest part of the Dark Spider Nest, then cleared out some of the third-order Black Claw Spiders, and sealed off the underground space to ensure no one would disturb him during his Breakthrough.

Once everything was ready, Lu Qianyuan activated the defensive measures he had prepared, adding another layer of security for himself.

After preparing all his methods, Lu Qianyuan sat down cross-legged, then took out the Battle Spirit of the Spirit Snake, replicating Beginner Natural Yuan Qi Affinity.

The moment he replicated it, Lu Qianyuan felt as if he were immersed in liquid Origin Qi, with the surrounding natural Origin Qi automatically clinging to him, supplying him for absorption and recovery.

At the same time, he felt as if he had become one with the Origin Qi, and his Origin Qi fluctuations were completely hidden.

Lu Qianyuan carefully felt the effect of this ability, a slight joy in his heart.

The effect of Beginner Natural Yuan Qi Affinity far exceeded his imagination; this ability was more potent than he had anticipated.

With everything set, Lu Qianyuan began his Breakthrough.

He closed his eyes, then with a thought, began to circulate the Spirit Source Art, breaking through his own limits.

As Lu Qianyuan circulated the Spirit Source Art, he felt a restriction appear within his body, suppressing him from advancing further.

This restriction was incredibly solid, completely suppressing Lu Qianyuan's ability to progress further.

Lu Qianyuan exerted a little force, and cracks immediately appeared in the restriction, which made him sigh in relief.

It seems the bonus from his own Aptitude is indeed high; even after absorbing so much spiritual source, it has no adverse effect.

In fact, Lu Qianyuan felt that the restriction was very weak, easily torn apart.

With a thought, Lu Qianyuan mobilized his power and instantly broke through the restriction within his body.

In an instant, Lu Qianyuan only felt as if something within his body had shattered, his limitations were removed, his power increased, and his upper limit was unlocked.

The spiritual source he had absorbed previously now transformed into power, continuously surging into Lu Qianyuan's body, constantly enhancing his foundation.

At the same time, his bone structure and Spiritual Qi Aptitude also began to improve.

At this moment, Lu Qianyuan only felt his body burning, power boiling within him, incredibly comfortable.

A powerful Spiritual Qi fluctuation erupted centered on Lu Qianyuan, instantly causing the Dark Spider Nest to tremble slightly.

Countless Black Claw Spiders were terrified by Lu Qianyuan's aura and rushed out of the cave.

Time slowly passed, and the spiritual source within Lu Qianyuan's body continuously merged with him, enhancing his strength and foundation.

This process continued for dozens of hours before slowly ending.

Other Spirit Masters typically only took about ten minutes to absorb the spiritual source within them during a Breakthrough, and even the ones who took longer wouldn't exceed an hour.

However, Lu Qianyuan this time directly took three days to fully absorb the spiritual source within his body.

During this process, Lu Qianyuan felt his power slowly fusing with his body, and then his aura also underwent a slight change, becoming somewhat, unusual.

Lu Qianyuan immediately recalled that this was the prelude to becoming a Divergent Spiritualist.

Spirit Masters and Battle Spirits are connected in mind, but the Battle Spirit's will influences the Spirit Master's will, causing the Spirit Master's body to transform in the direction of the Battle Spirit.

Lu Qianyuan constantly controlled his body; a Breakthrough leading to him becoming a Divergent Spiritualist was almost a hundred percent certainty.

Unless he was willing to give up control of his body and let the original owner's will control it.

However, this was impossible for Lu Qianyuan; if anything went wrong, he would be in trouble, and he would never create such trouble.

Anyway, breaking through now, at most, would just make him a Divergent Spiritualist, with no impact on himself.

It would merely require him to conceal his aura, which was not a difficult task for Lu Qianyuan.

Lu Qianyuan continued his Breakthrough; his appearance didn't change much, only his eyes turned silver.

The change was minor and easy to hide.

Next was the process of stabilizing his Realm and strength, which was relatively slow, and Lu Qianyuan also took three days to complete it.

And such a large amount of spiritual source brought immense improvement to Lu Qianyuan.

Although his Realm was only at the first level of the fourth-order, his total Origin Qi far exceeded the scope of the fourth-order; even when compared to the fifth-order, it was not inferior at all.

In addition, his body also received a huge boost; his physical strength increased by more than dozens of times, enough to rival a typical Peak fourth-order.

And he could feel that he still had a long way to go before reaching the Peak fourth-order.

Furthermore, his bone structure also received a huge boost, originally 50 points, now reaching 90 points, an increase of 40 points in one go.

However, the changes in Spiritual Qi were relatively smaller; it was originally 9 points, and now only 50 points, an increase of 41 points, similar to bone structure.

It seems that Spiritual Qi increased more, but Aptitude becomes more difficult to improve the further one goes, and the Aptitude after 50 points differs greatly in value from the Aptitude before 50 points.

However, these improvements were not the greatest; the greatest was that during the fourth-order Breakthrough, the Spirit Source Art unlocked his body's potential and caused it to condense, forming a powerful ability.

【Spirit Body】