Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Chapter 663 Returning to the Lower Realm

Mingyuanzong, residence.

Li Yuan finished his practice and stood up, slowly dissipating the remaining spiritual energy within his body.

The nascent soul's spiritual power completed its final cycle along the path of the Nascent Soul Returning to Origin Technique's mastery stage, and the demonic energy circulation of the Dark Abyss Demonic Origin Technique's mastery stage also came to a close. In the days since arriving in the Upper Realm, his cultivation in both the spiritual and demonic paths has progressed considerably.

Li Yuan probed his consciousness into his personal miniature world and checked the items one by one.

Items, spiritual materials, ores, pills, cultivation manuals, jade slips, magic stones, and storage bags are all stored in separate areas according to their categories.

However, the harvest over the past few months has been so great that some places have become somewhat chaotic.

When Li Yuan checked the item section, his senses stopped on a spiritual herb.

Demon Spirit Metamorphosis Grass.

This spiritual herb has been stored in the small world since it was obtained. The condition for it to become permanent is to cultivate a third-tier demon beast technique and reach perfection.

The technique of transforming a demon into human form was perfected before setting off from the Cangxuan Realm.

The conditions are met.

A stream of purple light surged from the Demon Spirit Metamorphosis Grass, and the grass instantly vanished.

The light stream penetrated the small boundary wall and traveled straight to the nascent soul along the meridians.

The images flooded into my mind.

A third-tier demonic beast dwells deep in the mountains, its demonic aura surging. Its bloodline is undergoing a transformation under the catalysis of some force; its scales fall off and regenerate, its bones break and then reshape, and impurities in its aura are peeled away layer by layer.

Subsequently, more experience regarding foundational tempering and breakthroughs in bottlenecks flooded into his mind. How to find an opportunity when cultivation reaches its limit, how to loosen the barriers of realm by borrowing the power of bloodline, and how to preserve one's foundation as much as possible during breakthroughs.

The image fades away.

The demon spirit has undergone a metamorphosis and is now permanently transformed.

The foundation of cultivation is permanently enhanced, and the probability of breaking through the bottleneck is greatly increased.

The aura on the surface of the nascent soul underwent a visible change. The original dark golden luster was already deep enough, but now its quality had improved even further. The thickness of the thin film remained unchanged, but the internal spiritual energy patterns were more intricate, like metal that had been repeatedly hammered and forged.

The dragon bloodline within his body resonated with the purple inscription. Driven by his foundation, the dragon's spiritual power, now at the minor completion stage of the Dragon Transformation Technique, saw its quality rise in tandem, making his dragon bloodline purer than before its permanent transformation.

Li Yuan closed his eyes to sense for a moment, then opened them and took out the Demonic Core.

The dark purple crystal, about the size of a thumb, had a dull, eerie sheen. It was seized from a demonic cultivator's stronghold in the Netherworld and had never been equipped.

Li Yuan put the Demonic Core into his equipment slot.

The "Demonic Bone Infusion" debuff takes effect immediately.

Then, Li Yuan took out magic stones from his personal miniature world. The total number of magic stones seized from the Netherworld, plus those exchanged in the market, exceeded three hundred.

Li Yuan fed the magic stones into the Demonic Cores in his equipment inventory in batches. As soon as the first batch touched the cores, the demonic patterns on the surface lit up, and the demonic energy inside the magic stones was quickly absorbed, turning into grayish-white powder in the blink of an eye.

The second batch, the third batch.

The condensed nuclei absorbed the energy extremely quickly, each batch taking only a few breaths. As the demonic energy increased, the surface glow deepened, and the internal patterns changed from fine to coarse.

The three hundredth magic stone turned into powder.

The conditions are met.

The demonic core dissipated in the equipment slot, and a stream of green light flowed into the body, spreading along the meridians to the skin and bones.

The images flooded into my mind.

A demonic cultivator sat cross-legged amidst dense demonic energy, his body covered by an extremely thin layer of dark purple light. As the demonic energy surged into his body, the light membrane blocked its erosion, allowing only pure demonic energy to pass through. Experiences in resisting demonic energy and condensing demonic energy spells also flowed in along with it.

The image fades away.

The demonic energy has seeped into his bones, and the permanent transformation is complete.

The speed at which demonic energy is condensed is permanently increased by 20%. The resistance of demonic energy to physical corruption is permanently increased by 30%.

Li Yuan tried to condense a simple demonic energy ball, and the formation time was nearly 20% shorter than before. As for the erosion resistance, the change was not so obvious, but in the future, when cultivating demonic arts, the physical body would suffer far fewer hidden injuries.

The two entries have been permanently created.

Li Yuan then took out the spell jade slip containing the Dragon Might Technique.

This spell was obtained through a trade with the dragon clan of the Cangxuan Realm. Previously, the focus of cultivation was not on it, and it had never been formally started.

As divine sense probed into the jade slip, the spell structure of the Dragon Might Technique unfolded in the sea of ​​consciousness.

The technique is not complicated; it involves releasing the dragon blood energy from within the body at a specific frequency, allowing the blood energy to form a mental suppression field. The strength and range of the suppression field depend on the purity of the dragon blood energy and the mental strength of the practitioner.

The key to cultivation is finding the correct frequency of releasing blood and energy.

Li Yuan began to try.

The dragon blood energy of the minor completion stage of the Dragon Transformation Technique surges out from the bone marrow layer and spreads to the surface of the body along the blood vessels.

The first time it was projected, the frequency was too high. The surrounding air only felt oppressive for a moment before dissipating; the suppression field failed to form.

Li Yuan made some adjustments.

The second release was at a 10% lower frequency. The blood energy formed a weak suppressive field within a half-zhang radius around the body, which dissipated after two breaths.

The direction is correct.

The third fine-tuning was performed. The mental suppression field stabilized within a ten-foot radius around him; its intensity was not high, but it was already present. Li Yuan could sense an extremely faint layer of mental pressure within the field, as if an invisible pair of eyes were watching everything.

The purity of the dragon's blood energy at the minor completion stage of the Dragon Transformation Technique is high enough that the initial adjustment is much smoother than that of ordinary cultivators.

Dragon Might Technique, Beginner Level.

A weak pressure can be generated within a ten-foot radius around the body. It has almost no substantial effect on cultivators of the same level, but it has a slight mental suppression effect on cultivators below the Golden Core stage and low-level demonic beasts.

Li Yuan withdrew his blood energy, and the oppressive aura dissipated.

The Dragon Might Technique is not very useful in the initial stages; its coverage and suppression intensity will only increase as you progress in your training.

After finishing his practice, Li Yuan stored all the cultivation supplies and alchemy furnace in his residence into his personal microcosm.

The next day.

Mingyuan Zong, Song Hechu.

"Fellow Daoist Li doesn't intend to extend his stay in the Upper Realm and is preparing to return to the Lower Realm?" Song He flipped through the token records.

"Yes. We traveled with several other Golden Core cultivators."

Li Yuan could come back up after descending to the mortal realm, so he decided to go down to the mortal realm to check out the situation there.

Song He nodded.

"The descent to the lower realm is scheduled for three days from now. Several Golden Core cultivators are already waiting; you can set off together then."

Three days later.

Entrance to the Mingyuan Sect's Ascension Passage.

When Li Yuan arrived, four Golden Core cultivators were already standing on the platform. Three men and one woman, all of whom had ascended to the upper realm with him.

A disciple of the Mingyuan Sect was guiding them, holding several talismans and a porcelain bottle in his hand.

"The pressure on the downward channel is greater than that on the upward channel."

The disciples were then given talismans and elixirs one by one.

The four Golden Core cultivators each took the talisman, affixed it, and then swallowed the pill.

Li Yuan put the pill into his mouth, and then the pill instantly disappeared into his personal miniature world.

"Go in when you're ready." The disciple who was guiding them made way for the entrance.

Four Golden Core cultivators entered one after another.

Li Yuan was the last to step in.

Spatial pressure surged in from all directions.

The red entry at the core of the collapsing small world was passively activated, and before the pressure even reached the surface, it was mostly shaved off, leaving only slight compression.

But Li Yuan soon noticed a change.

The spatial pressure in this passage is slightly greater than when I descended to the lower realm before.

The last downward movement was almost imperceptible, but this time there's a very faint layer of resistance. The red-level indicators can be resolved and pose no threat, but the resistance itself is new.

The four Golden Core cultivators in front reacted more noticeably.

About two hours later, the light curtain appeared at the end.

Passing through the light curtain.

The concentration of spiritual energy suddenly dropped.

Falling back to the mortal realm from the abundant spiritual energy of the upper realm, the nascent soul's spiritual power felt momentarily uncomfortable, as if it had suddenly surfaced from deep water.

The multiple spiritual energy-gathering attributes within the body adjusted themselves, and after a few breaths, the absorption of spiritual energy stabilized again.

Four Golden Core cultivators emerged from the passage, each in a different state. The late-stage Golden Core male cultivator was deathly pale, sitting on the ground panting heavily. The mid-stage Golden Core female cultivator knelt on one knee, her spiritual energy fluctuations surging for several breaths before subsiding.

Li Yuan glanced back at the exit of the passage.

Disciples of the Tianyue Sect were already waiting at the exit of the passage.

Several disciples stepped forward to help the Golden Core cultivator who was not in good condition and led everyone to the rest area.

Li Yuan did not follow, but walked straight ahead.