Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Chapter 672 Time Rift Platform

Middle level of Shattered Star Valley.

The spatial fragments here are several times denser than at the valley entrance, with less than two zhang apart from each other. Some are even embedded in one place, with layers of distorted light and shadow at the edges, cutting the view ahead into fragments.

Li Yuan moved among the fragments.

Although Li Yuan is not afraid of these fragments, encountering them would still cause trouble.

Kongyu Tongxuan kept scanning the surrounding spatial structure, avoiding places with hidden torque with each step.

About a hundred feet ahead, the spatial wall suddenly distorted.

A vortex about five zhang wide suddenly appeared, sucking in grayish-white spatial fragments with a piercing tearing sound. The edge of the vortex expanded and contracted, dragging in several nearby spatial fragments, crushing them, and then spitting them out.

A small spatial storm got stuck right in the only passage.

Li Yuan didn't stop. He raised his right hand and used the Spatial Slicing Technique to create a thin crack, precisely cutting into the thinnest joint at the edge of the vortex. The rotational force was severed by this cut, and the entire storm immediately dissipated.

He then clenched his left hand.

The spatial restriction technique descended, freezing the space within three zhang around the fracture point. The vortex, having lost its core rotational force and blocked by the restricted area, quickly disintegrated into a pile of grayish-white debris.

The passageway was revealed again.

Li Yuan passed through and continued deeper into the area.

Another hour passed, and Kongyu Tongxuan detected unusual activity ahead.

Three hundred feet away, a spatial rift was rapidly widening. The rift was already about ten feet long, extending outwards at both ends at an extremely fast pace, and its cutting force was several times stronger than that of the rifts at the valley entrance.

A person was trapped in the middle of the crack.

The man, dressed in the grey-blue robes of the Tianheng Sect, hovered beside the crack. His left arm was caught in the spatial torsion at the edge, and his protective aura was being torn apart inch by inch. The cultivator's face was ashen. He pressed his right hand against the crack wall, desperately pouring spiritual energy into it, trying to stabilize the space, but the crack was expanding far beyond his limits.

Early stage of Nascent Soul.

Li Yuan flashed and rushed to the side of the crevice.

The monk turned his head and saw him. His pupils contracted, and his lips moved, but he didn't have time to utter a sound.

Li Yuan clenched his right hand.

Forbidden spatial techniques.

The restricted area completely covered the middle of the crack, forcefully stopping its expansion in place. The spatial torque and the restraining force at the edge of the crack collided, producing a dull hum, and the stalemate continued.

The crack stopped expanding.

The cultivator paused for a moment, then seized the opportunity to yank his left arm back. His robe sleeve was torn to shreds from the elbow down, and several fine spatial cuts appeared on his arm, seeping blood, but fortunately, no bones were broken.

He stepped back several feet, re-established his protective spiritual light, and then looked at Li Yuan.

"Thank you, fellow Daoist."

The middle-aged male cultivator had a square face, slightly graying temples, and the wound on his left arm had been sealed by spiritual energy.

Li Yuan withdrew the binding spell. Without the suppression, the rift began to expand again, but both of them were no longer within its range.

The male cultivator glanced at Li Yuan a few times, his gaze lingering for a moment.

"Fellow Daoist, are you a Golden Core cultivator?"

"Late stage of Golden Core," Li Yuan said.

The male cultivator's brows furrowed slightly, but quickly relaxed again.

He cupped his hands in greeting, "I am Liu Qingyang, an inner disciple of the Tianheng Sect. My binding technique just now is more proficient than many Nascent Soul cultivators."

Liu Qingyang then looked in the direction the crack was expanding and said with a wry smile, "The cracks in Shattered Star Valley are becoming increasingly irregular. I've walked this path countless times, and this crack has never appeared before."

"Are you going to the Time Rift Platform, fellow Daoist?" Li Yuan asked.

Liu Qingyang nodded.

"Fellow Daoist, you also know about the Time Rift Platform?"

"I got a map from an abandoned cave."

Liu Qingyang didn't press for the origins of the cave dwelling, but only glanced at Li Yuan a couple more times.

"Since you're going to the Time Rift Platform, I'll just offer a suggestion."

"Cultivating on the Time Rift Platform is indeed excellent, with three times the flow rate, convergence of spiritual veins, and a unique quality of spiritual energy. But don't stay there too long."

Why?

Liu Qingyang remained silent for a moment.

"My senior brother once secluded himself on the Time Rift Platform for more than forty days outside, which is equivalent to more than one hundred and twenty days inside. After he came out, his body was fine and his cultivation had increased a lot, but his soul was unstable for a while and he was in a daze. Although he recovered later, he never dared to stay there for so long again."

"The reason is unclear?"

"I don't know. It's most likely related to the time disorder of the time slot platform itself," Liu Qingyang said.

"Each time I go, I don't stay in the outside world for more than twenty days. Fellow Daoist, you'd better control your time."

Li Yuan wrote down this message.

Liu Qingyang added, "If you have the capacity, you can also go to Stardust Beach. It's located slightly east of Shattered Star Valley, where spatial fragments are piled up, and there are quite a few spiritual materials. However, intact ones are rare; most have been cut into pieces by the fragments."

Thank you.

Liu Qingyang waved his hand.

"Fellow Daoist saved my life. This little bit of information is nothing. If you need anything, come find me at Tianheng Sect."

He hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Do you know the origin of Shattered Star Valley, fellow Daoist?"

"I don't know the number."

"In ancient times, the sect attempted to do something," Liu Qingyang said, lowering his voice. "They wanted to directly merge a lower realm with the upper realm. Not by opening a passage, but by incorporating the entire lower realm into it."

Li Yuan's gaze narrowed slightly.

"Back then, the Tianheng Sect was extremely skilled in spatial magic. Several Refinement Void Supreme Elders joined forces and used the power of the entire sect to activate the restrictions, attempting to forcibly graft the spatial structure of the lower realm onto the upper realm. However, the spatial laws of the two realms were incompatible, and the fusion went out of control halfway through, causing widespread spatial chaos."

"Shattered Star Valley is what remains from that defeat."

Liu Qingyang looked around at the fragments.

"Among these spatial fragments, some contain remnants of that lower realm. The Time Rift Platform is even more special; it's a strange place formed after the failure of the fusion of the upper and lower realms. The flow of time in the upper and lower realms is inherently different. After the fusion failed, the flow of time in that area was stuck in the middle, not entirely following the upper realm, nor entirely following the lower realm."

"Then one of the elders transformed it into a time-slot platform, but it could not be moved, so it remained there."

After exchanging a few more words, Li Yuan bowed and took his leave.

"I'm leaving now."

"Alright." Liu Qingyang cupped his hands in greeting. "Until we meet again."

Li Yuan turned around and sped towards the depths of Shattered Star Valley.

More than half a day later.

Deep within Shattered Star Valley.

The fragments here are so dense they're almost overwhelming. There's hardly any intact space in sight; everywhere are the edges of fragments and distorted light and shadow. In some narrow passages, only one person can pass sideways, and in others, spatial cutting magic has to be used to create a makeshift path.

The spatial domain maintains the highest precision, and the spatial structure diagram in the sea of ​​consciousness is constantly updated.

Ahead, a gray-white rock platform, about a hundred feet in diameter, floated amidst the fragments.

The surface of the rock platform was smooth, its edges rounded by the spatial torsion. The surrounding walls differed from other areas, their patterns forming regular spirals, retaining an ancient, restrictive aura.

Li Yuan slipped inside.

The moment their feet touched the rock platform, the change in the flow of time immediately became apparent.

The internal circulation of spiritual energy remained unchanged, but the changes in the external environment slowed down. The drifting speed of the spatial fragments in the distance and the fluctuation frequency at the edge of the crack were about two-thirds slower than outside the wall.

Three times the flow rate.

There was no one on the rocky platform; its surface was covered only by shallow gullies left by weathering.

Below the rock platform, three spatial spiritual veins converge from different directions. The spiritual energy flowing within these veins possesses distinct spatial attributes, exhibiting a unique quality that sets them apart from ordinary spiritual veins.

Three spatial energy veins converge.

At three times the flow rate, ten days outside is equivalent to thirty days inside Taiwan.

Li Yuan chose a spot in the center of the rock platform and used a spatial confinement technique to set up a simple defensive barrier three zhang around it. The barrier wasn't very sophisticated, but it was sufficient to buffer against sudden spatial fluctuations.

Then, it was activated to anchor in the airspace.

Spatial coordinates took shape in the sea of ​​consciousness and were fixed on the rock surface of the time-slot platform.

The total number of fixed-anchor airspace missiles used has increased to seven.

The Dragon Heart Condensed Pearl has also been added to the fifth slot in the equipment inventory.

The "Dragon Vein Condensation Essence" entry is now in effect.

The efficiency of cultivating the Dragon Clan bloodline technique is increased by 50%, and the purity of the Dragon Clan spiritual power in the bloodline is increased by 20%.

Li Yuan then sat down cross-legged.

The Nascent Soul Returning to Origin Method and the Dark Abyss Demonic Origin Technique operate in tandem.

The spiritual energy flowing into the body from the confluence of three spatial veins was of far superior quality to that of ordinary veins. This spatially-attribute spiritual energy also enhanced the passive accumulation of spatial spells.

The dark red light core remaining at the bottom of the sea of ​​consciousness after being devoured by the boundary core is still slowly releasing primordial energy. This energy seeps into the nascent soul along the meridians, continuing to nourish the quality of spiritual power.

The cultivation speed is very fast.

The Dragon Blood Condensing Soul Technique was also operating at full capacity under the blessing of the Jiao Meridian Condensing Essence.

Inside the Time Slot Platform, time passed day by day.

Dragon Blood Soul Condensation Technique, mastered.

The hallmark of the mastery stage is that the technique changes from active operation to passive self-purification. The purity of the dragon blood energy is further enhanced, and the dragon aura is even stronger than in the proficient stage.

The moment the Dragon Blood Condensation Technique was mastered, the Dragon Heart Condensation Pearl in the equipment slot reacted.

Permanentization condition: Mastering the Dragon Blood Condensation Technique.

The conditions are met.

The Dragon Heart Condensation Pearl dissipated from the equipment slot. A stream of blue light flowed out from where it disappeared, spreading along the meridians to the rest of the body's blood vessels.

The images flooded into my mind.

An ancient dragon coiled at the bottom of a deep pool, its massive body covered in dark blue scales, bearing the marks of time. Within the dragon's bloodline, a dark blue bead slowly rotated, its surface patterns resonating with the flowing dragon spiritual energy.

A wealth of insights into the synergistic operation of bloodline cultivation techniques and dragon spiritual energy flooded into his mind. He explored how to further eliminate impurities during the bloodline's self-purification cycle, and how to use the purity of dragon spiritual energy to accelerate the cultivation of other dragon techniques.

The image fades away.

The essence of the dragon vein has been condensed and permanently transformed.

The cultivation efficiency of Dragon Clan bloodline techniques is permanently increased by 50%. The purity of Dragon Clan spiritual energy within the bloodline is permanently increased by 20%.

Li Yuan closed his eyes to sense the changes within his body.

After the dragon vein's essence is permanently solidified, the purity of the dragon's spiritual power and the Dragon Transformation Technique are greatly enhanced, and the mastery of the Dragon Blood Condensation Technique is directly superimposed. The quality of the dragon blood energy within the body significantly increases, the dragon spiritual power output from the bone marrow is purer, and the dragon aura permeating the muscles and meridian walls is also stronger.

The cultivation continues.

The timing of the spirit ore's energy accumulation proceeded steadily at three times the flow rate.