Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Chapter 517 Spirit and Demon Merging Pill

The day after returning to Wulin Market, people from Tianyue Sect arrived.

A small team of three, led by a late-stage Foundation Establishment inner disciple of the Tianyue Sect, accompanied by two mid-stage Foundation Establishment followers, were not there to find Li Yuan. Instead, they were there regularly to conduct trade in accordance with the cooperation agreement between the Tianyue Sect and various markets.

Ji Wenyuan was in charge of receiving them.

Li Yuan did not show up, but he learned the details of accumulating contribution points from the information relayed by Ji Wenyuan.

The Tianyue Sect has established mission points in various markets and towns throughout Liangzhou, offering a wide variety of missions. These include eliminating demonic cultivators in specific areas, collecting designated spiritual materials, assisting in setting up formations, escorting supplies, and gathering intelligence. The missions range in rank from first to third, with varying contribution points. Third-rank missions offer the highest contribution points but also have the strictest requirements, typically requiring Golden Core cultivators to complete them personally.

The exchange price for the Spatial Search Technique isn't too high, roughly equivalent to the contribution points earned from completing two to three Tier 3 missions.

No rush, let's finish what we're doing first.

Li Yuan closed the stone door of the seclusion room and sat down cross-legged.

He took out the previously shattered fragments of the Demonic Golden Core from his personal space.

Seven or eight dark purple fragments of varying sizes lay scattered in his palm. Fine cracks ran along the surface of the fragments, from which demonic energy slowly seeped. No trace of the original essence, energy, or spirit remained in the fragments; that essence had been completely destroyed when the core shattered. However, the amount of demonic energy contained within the fragments was still considerable. All the demonic energy accumulated in a mid-to-late stage demonic core was condensed within these fragments, only now, freed from the constraints of the core's structure, it was in a loose state.

These fragments are the main raw materials of demonic energy for the re-formation of the core.

In addition, the thirteen spiritual meridians in his body have converted all the stored spiritual energy into demonic energy over the past period of time.

The free conversion between spirit and demon, which share the same origin, makes this process unimpeded. The total amount of spiritual energy provided by the thirteen spiritual veins in a network circulation is extremely large, and the converted demonic energy reserves are enough to support a complete Core Formation.

Raw materials are plentiful.

Li Yuan closed his eyes and checked the state of his body one by one.

The demonic fusion technique has been perfected. The conversion and coexistence of spiritual power and demonic energy have reached the limit of the technique's design.

"Spirit and Demon Share the Same Origin," a purple-colored entry. Spiritual power and demonic energy can freely convert between each other and can be moderately fused, increasing the upper limits of both spiritual power and demonic energy by 10%. This is the fundamental condition for the fusion of a spiritual elixir and a demonic elixir.

"Spiritual Demon Void Absorption" (purple attribute). Increases the fusion rate of spiritual power and demonic energy by 10%, and the upper limit after fusion by 10%. Increases the effect of spatial spells by 30%. The deeper the mastery of space, the greater the increase in fusion rate and upper limit.

The combined effect of the two purple attributes is the source of my confidence to directly attempt the mid-stage of the Supreme Golden Core Demonic Golden Core.

Under normal circumstances, even if the Demonic Spirit Fusion Technique is cultivated to perfection, the Spirit Pill and Demonic Pill can only be one primary and one secondary, existing simultaneously but unable to truly fuse. The secondary pill's contribution to overall strength is very limited, only increasing by about 10% to 20%.

However, the terminology system changed the rules.

The shared origin of demon and spirit allows for a moderate degree of fusion, while the ability to absorb both can further increase the upper limit of fusion. With these two attributes combined, the ceiling of fusion far exceeds the design limits of the cultivation technique itself. If the grade and quality of the demonic golden core are completely equivalent to that of the spiritual golden core, supported by this excessive fusion, the two cores may be able to achieve true unity.

The key is that the Demonic Qi Golden Core must be completed in one step. Mid-stage Golden Core, supreme quality.

If the grade or quality is lower than that of the Spiritual Golden Core, the size difference between the two cores will cause one to be suppressed by the other during fusion, ultimately resulting in a one-main-one-substitute outcome.

Li Yuan took a deep breath and began to form his core.

Demonic energy surged from the thirteen spiritual meridians within his body, converging into his dantian. At the same time, the fragments of the demonic golden core in his palm slowly dissolved under the guidance of spiritual power, releasing a large amount of concentrated demonic energy that flowed into his dantian along the meridians.

Li Yuan could sense that his divine soul essence seemed to have split into two streams, one in the supreme-grade golden core and the other in the demonic energy golden core that had not yet taken shape.

It must solidify as soon as possible; this state cannot continue.

The amount of demonic energy in his dantian was rapidly increasing.

The spiritual golden core floated in the center of the dantian, radiating a calm golden light. Demonic energy gathered around the spiritual golden core, forming a dense, dark purple aura. A very thin buffer zone separated the two forces; this buffer zone was automatically generated by the Demon-Spirit Fusion Technique at its perfected stage, designed to prevent the spiritual and demonic forces from clashing before the core was formed.

The demonic energy continued to be injected.

The dark purple aura grew increasingly dense and larger. After all the demonic energy within the fragments was released, it was replenished by demonic energy transformed from the spiritual veins within the body.

The total amount of demonic energy has climbed to a critical point.

Li Yuan's consciousness sank into his dantian and began to condense the elixir.

The effects of the Demonic Core's creation were operating at full power at this moment. The 50% increase in the success rate of core formation covered the entire condensation process, and the margin for error in each step was half again as generous as under normal circumstances.

Dark purple demonic energy began to condense, swirl, and compress around the spiritual golden elixir.

The swirling demonic energy gradually contracted, evolving from a loose mass into a spherical structure. During this contraction, the density of the demonic energy continuously increased, and its color changed from dark purple to deep purple, and then to a nearly black, intense purple.

The key to condensation lies in the simultaneous control of quality and grade.

In terms of quality, the perfect control of spiritual power by the alchemy platform played a crucial role at this moment. When each wisp of demonic energy was pressed into the core of the pill, the precision of the spiritual power guidance reached its limit, without the slightest waste or deviation.

In terms of grade, Li Yuan forced a large amount of demonic energy into the core at once, directly pushing the grade of the demonic energy golden core to the mid-stage of the golden core during condensation. This step is extremely difficult. The normal process of forming a golden core involves first condensing a low-grade golden core, and then gradually improving its grade through subsequent cultivation. Directly condensing a mid-stage golden core requires an absurdly high level of both the total amount of demonic energy and the precision of its control.

However, the demonic energy raw materials provided by the fragments, combined with the conversion from the thirteen spiritual veins, are sufficient in total. The dual enhancements of the Pill Platform Creation and the Demonic Pill Creation also provide enough precision in control.

The outline of the demonic golden core gradually took shape in the dantian.

The deep purple sphere floated side by side with the spiritual energy core, their sizes were similar, and the frequency of their spiritual energy fluctuations was also similar.

Supreme grade. Mid-stage Golden Core.

The elixir condensation is complete.

Two golden pills were suspended in the dantian at the same time.

One golden, spiritual energy golden core, top-grade, mid-stage golden core. One deep purple, demonic energy golden core, top-grade, mid-stage golden core.

They are of the same grade, of the same quality, and of similar size.

The next step is the most crucial one.

He Dan.

Li Yuan used the Demonic Spirit Fusion Technique to slowly remove the buffer zone between the two golden cores.

The moment the buffer zone disappeared, spiritual energy and demonic energy came into direct contact in the dantian.

The two forces collided violently at the point of contact. Golden and deep purple light flashed alternately in the dantian, and the shockwaves generated by the collision spread throughout the body along the meridians, with each meridian bearing pressure far exceeding its normal capacity.

The permanent body-refining and load-bearing attributes such as "Meridian as Steel," "Jade Elephant Bearing," and "Spiritual Essence Expansion" operate simultaneously, steadily withstanding the load brought by the shock wave.

The fusion effect of the spirit and demon originating from the same source began to take effect.

Extremely subtle signs of fusion began to appear on the surfaces of the two golden cores. The golden and deep purple light were no longer simply colliding, but rather permeating each other at the contact surface, like two liquids slowly mixing.

Lingmo Kongna further increases the upper limit of fusion, allowing the depth and speed of penetration to continuously increase.

The outer shells of the two golden cores gradually blurred, and the boundary between them dissolved little by little. Golden and deep purple light mixed into a strange dark gold color in the fusion area, and the dark gold area expanded from the contact surface to both sides, gradually covering the surface of the two golden cores.

Finally, the outlines of the two golden cores completely disappeared, merging into a single dark golden core, slightly larger than either of the original ones.

On the surface of the golden core, patterns of two forces flowed alternately, with golden and deep purple patterns intertwining to form a precise spiral structure. Spiritual energy and demonic energy were no longer separated within the golden core, but rather evenly distributed throughout the entire core, with the spiral structure serving as its framework.

The concoction is complete.

Li Yuan opened his eyes and exhaled a long breath.

The changes within the body are extremely noticeable.

Only one dark golden core remained in his dantian, and the total amount of both spiritual power and demonic energy increased significantly. The combined power was not a simple addition of one, but rather an amplification effect that occurred during the fusion process, making the total amount about 30% higher than the sum of the two cores when they existed separately.

The quality of spiritual energy has also changed. The characteristics of demonic energy have been incorporated into spiritual energy, enhancing its offensive and penetrating power. At the same time, the stability of spiritual energy has been integrated into demonic energy, making its operation more gentle and controllable.

The switching speed between the two forces went from near-zero latency to true zero latency. Spiritual energy and demonic energy were already fused within the Golden Core, requiring no switching at all; either one could be used instantly.

The increase in spell power was also quite noticeable. Li Yuan circulated the spiritual energy path of the Sky-Splitting Slash once in the secluded cultivation room, without actually releasing it, but only feeling the strength of the spiritual energy flowing through his meridians.

It is at least 40% stronger than before the pill was taken.

Increased total spiritual power, improved quality, seamless switching between spirit and demon, and enhanced spell power.

The stacking effect of the purple entries completely breaks through the upper limit of the primary and secondary skills in the technique design, achieving a true unity of spirit and demon that is impossible under normal circumstances.

Li Yuan sat quietly for a while, allowing the circulation of spiritual energy within his body to completely stabilize.

The dark golden elixir slowly rotated in the dantian, with spiral patterns of spiritual energy and demonic energy flowing endlessly.

He finished his practice, stood up, and pushed open the stone door of the secluded meditation room.

The sky in the market had already darkened, and the patrol team's lights moved slowly along the main street.