Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Deep beneath the earth of Mozhou lies the core node of the spiritual vein.

The spiritual energy, so dense it was almost liquid, flowed through the underground cavern. Li Yuan sat on a stone platform in the very center of the spiritual vein, the Earth Vein Resonance inscription of the Earth Core Crystal Root silently operating within his body. In this position, his efficiency in absorbing spiritual energy was increased by a factor of 30%. His golden core spun steadily in his dantian, swallowing up massive amounts of spiritual energy and transforming it into extremely pure spiritual power.

In front of him, the mysterious jade bead floated in mid-air.

The first and second stages of repair have restored the shallow and middle layers of the jade bead, leaving only a few fatal cavities in the deepest core.

Li Yuan took out a piece of the same-origin crystal residue, ground into an extremely fine powder, and then crushed and mixed it with the last bit of Nethermoss. The special frequency of the Nethermoss, which was in harmony with the Xuan You Sect system, was the only key to unlocking the deep barrier of the jade bead.

The mixture transformed into a dark gray viscous liquid. Li Yuan used his refined spiritual sense, cultivated at the Golden Core stage, as a guide, injecting the abundant energy from his spiritual veins into the viscous liquid, which then slowly seeped into the surface of the jade bead.

As spiritual energy was continuously poured in, the viscous fluid, like a living thing, flowed down the repaired middle layer circuit and precisely reached the largest cavity near the core of the pearl.

The void still held the chaotic aura of the array's overload hundreds of years ago. Li Yuan remained patient, gradually eroding and neutralizing the chaotic aura with his own spiritual energy, before filling it with the dark gray repair medium.

The spiritual energy supply brought by the resonance of the earth veins was extremely terrifying. Even though this deep repair consumed spiritual energy like a water pump, the true essence in his body did not show any signs of depletion.

Time passed in silence.

The largest cavity deep within began to close at a visible speed. The repair medium, catalyzed by the energy of the spiritual vein, rapidly solidified and perfectly merged with the original material of the jade bead.

The moment the last crack was filled, an extremely clear buzzing sound echoed through the stone chamber.

The last few broken loops near the center of the bead were finally reconnected. The entire jade bead shuddered violently, and the fine cracks that had covered the bead seemed to be wiped away by some force, instantly dissolving from the bottom to the top.

The milky white luster has been restored, making it smooth and translucent.

Li Yuan's divine sense probed into it and clearly saw that the twelve main trunk circuits and thirty-six branch circuits were completely connected, like the perfectly functioning blood vessels in the human body. Vast spiritual energy surged and circulated within the circuits, achieving a completely independent and autonomous cycle.

The jade bead restoration is complete.

At the very moment the cycle closed, an ancient seal deep within the pearl's core was broken.

The last set of sealed files, like a flood bursting its banks, rushed into Li Yuan's sea of ​​consciousness as his divine sense probed in.

The amount of information was enormous. If it weren't for the incredibly strong barrier of his Golden Core stage spiritual sense, this impact would have been enough to cause an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator a splitting headache. Li Yuan steadied his mind, absorbed all the information, and copied it down.

There are only two core elements.

The first item is a complete map of the outer hall of the Shenyuan Secret Cave.

This was not the incomplete sketch of the past, but a panoramic structural map of extreme precision. The map clearly marked all the halls, passages, and hidden side chambers of the outer palace. More importantly, all the sealed areas filled with third-tier high-grade restrictions and killing arrays were marked on the map with extremely conspicuous array symbols.

The second item is how to open the inner sanctuary.

Surprisingly simple, yet extremely demanding.

Unlike opening the outer hall.

No specific array key or complicated sacrificial ritual is required. Opening the inner sanctum only requires one condition: two late-stage Golden Core cultivators must simultaneously inject their spiritual power into the array eye of the inner sanctum's stone door.

The challenge lies in the two characters' power attributes.

One must be a pure spiritual cultivator, practicing righteous techniques, with only the purest spiritual energy within their body.

The other person must be a pure demonic cultivator, practicing demonic techniques, with only the purest demonic energy in their body.

The convergence of the spiritual and demonic forces, the clash of yin and yang, will instantly break the final seal on the inner sanctuary.

Li Yuan opened his eyes and slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

After the jade bead was fully repaired, its complete attributes as a high-level magic artifact were finally fully activated. He reached out and touched the milky-white bead with his fingertips.

The panel popped up right in front of me.

[Equipable item detected: Mystic Jade Bead (Complete)]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Breakthrough Refinement (Purple) Effect: Consumes the user's Golden Core/Nascent Soul grade to advance to a minor realm within the current major realm. Each use reduces the Golden Core/Nascent Soul grade by one rank. After the first use, the Golden Core/Nascent Soul grade is restored, and the user's maximum Essence, Qi, and Spirit increases by 10%.]

[Permanentization Condition: Use the Breakthrough Realm Tempering Technique once, or reach the Nascent Soul stage in cultivation]

[Permanentization Condition: Use the Breakthrough Realm Tempering Technique once, or reach the Nascent Soul stage in cultivation]

Purple entry.

Li Yuan's gaze lingered on the line of small purple characters for a moment.

The effect was extremely powerful, but the cost was equally severe.

Consuming a Golden Core grade directly grants a breakthrough to a minor cultivation realm. In life-or-death situations or when facing insurmountable bottlenecks, this skill is a divine ability to defy fate. It allows an early-stage Golden Core cultivator to instantly unleash the combat power of a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator, or even directly leapfrog across cultivation realms.

However, each time it is used, the grade of the Golden Elixir will decrease by one level. High-grade will drop to mid-grade, and mid-grade will drop to low-grade.

The grade of the Golden Core determines a cultivator's future potential and the current strength of their true essence. A drop in grade means damage to the foundation, making it almost impossible to recover completely.

The effect of this entry can be reconstituted after the first use.

And since he intended to shatter his core, he didn't need to refine it again.

Li Yuan examined his current state.

His current cultivation level is the early stage of the Golden Core realm, and the demonic energy Golden Core within his body has reached the middle grade. If he were to use the Breakthrough Refinement Technique now, he would immediately jump to the middle stage of the Golden Core realm, but the grade of his Golden Core would drop to the low grade.

I'm now halfway through the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm. Theoretically, it would be more cost-effective to use it when I'm in the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm.

Li Yuan carefully stored the Mysterious Jade Bead deep inside his storage bag.

Sitting on the stone platform, Li Yuan began to deduce the intelligence he had just obtained.

The setting of the convergence of spiritual and demonic forces in the conditions for opening the inner hall completely reveals the deep logic behind the Xuan You Sect Master's path of spiritual and demonic unity.

The entire Abyss Cavern, from its outer array base to the inner hall's sealing design, was constructed around the extreme concept of dual cultivation of spirit and demon. The Xuan You Sect Master not only cultivated this technique himself, but also etched this concept into the very essence of his sect's heritage.

This has also brought about a very realistic strategic landscape.

This activation condition almost guarantees that no single party can conquer the Abyss Cave alone.

Righteous sects lack pure demonic cultivators, and demonic sects similarly lack pure spiritual cultivators; as for the Yuan Sect, even if it has mastered some of the old methods, it may not be able to gather two late-stage Golden Core cultivators, one spiritual and one demonic.

But just because others can't do it doesn't mean he has no room to maneuver.

All that's needed is to shatter the core and start over, condensing a top-grade spiritual golden core.

His body contained both pure spiritual power and extremely refined demonic energy.

Perhaps he could open this secret cave on his own.

Li Yuan stood up and dusted himself off.

He stepped into the teleportation array, and amidst a faint spatial fluctuation, his figure disappeared underground.