Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Chapter 686 Deep Cultivation of Shattered Stars

Shattered Star Valley, middle level.

Space fragments drifted slowly around, and in the narrowest places, only one person could pass sideways.

Li Yuan traversed the fragments, his Void Domain Profound Activation at full power, capturing the entire spatial structure within a six-hundred-foot radius in his sea of ​​consciousness. This time, he ventured even deeper than before.

In the middle layer, slightly to the east, lies a dense zone of fissures, with dozens of cracks crisscrossing each other. Some emerge from the edges of the fragments, while others hang suspended in mid-air, the longest exceeding twenty zhang (approximately 63 meters). The spatial walls between the fissures are very unstable; occasionally, new fissures tear open out of thin air, only to heal themselves a few breaths later.

Li Yuan stopped at the edge.

This kind of place is perfect for honing forbidden spatial techniques.

A crack was rapidly expanding, its edges possessing immense cutting power. Li Yuan clenched his right hand, and a spatial restriction technique landed in the middle of the crack, forcefully halting its expansion.

The spatial torque and the confinement force at the edge of the crack collided, producing a muffled hum. After a few breaths of stalemate, the crack's expansion stopped.

Thirty breaths later, Li Yuan removed the restriction and turned to the next crack.

One after another.

The spatial fluctuations in the middle layer of Shattered Star Valley were several times stronger than those in the outer layer. The Imprisonment Spell had to contend not only with the expansion of the cracks but also with the interference from the surrounding spatial walls. The imprisonment area started at ten zhang (approximately 33 meters), and with repeated use, the boundary gradually expanded outwards.

Eleven zhang, thirteen zhang, thirteen zhang.

For every additional zhang (approximately 3.3 meters), the spiritual energy consumption increases significantly. Fortunately, after the talisman domain was permanently stabilized, the consumption of space-stabilizing spells decreased by 20%, and the saved spiritual energy was used to replenish the restricted area.

Half a day later, a spatial attribute monster darted out from the crack in the fragments.

It was a lizard-like demonic beast, two zhang long, with a cultivation level of the upper third rank. Its body was covered with translucent scales, on which spatial patterns were faintly visible. The demonic beast used spatial fragments as its nest and was extremely hostile to Li Yuan, who had intruded into its territory.

The lizard-like monster opened its mouth and spat out a spatial wave blade.

Li Yuan dodged to the side, then clenched his right fist again. A thirteen-zhang (approximately 33 meters) confinement area enveloped the demonic beast, trapping it in place. The patterns on the demonic beast's scales lit up, attempting to break free with its own spatial spiritual power, but it was suppressed and unable to move.

Li Yuan did not rush to kill it, but maintained the barrier, sensing the collision between the demon beast's spiritual power and the barrier area.

Unlike the confrontation between living beings and stable rifts, the spatial spiritual energy of demonic beasts changes actively, requiring higher precision from the confinement spell.

Thirty breaths later, Li Yuan withdrew the binding spell and used the Golden Blade Technique with added spatial attributes to kill the demon beast.

Similar encounters occurred several more times within the densely packed rift zone. There were solitary third-tier spatial demonic beasts, as well as hordes of second-tier lizard demons. Li Yuan trapped them one by one with spatial confinement techniques, then killed or dispersed them.

The restricted area was expanded from thirteen zhang to fourteen zhang, and then to fifteen zhang. The time for suppressing demonic beasts of the same level was also extended from thirty breaths to nearly fifty breaths.

During one instance of imprisoning a high-grade third-tier lizard demon beast, the fifteen-zhang restricted area stabilized completely. The spatial spiritual energy within the demon beast's body was suppressed, and even the patterns on its scales failed to light up.

The confinement technique has reached a new level.

The forbidden zone is no longer just a solidified space; layers have emerged within it. The outer layer suppresses movement, while the inner layer solidifies into a denser spatial barrier, even suppressing the target's spiritual energy circulation.

Spatial forbidden technique, minor success.

After Li Yuan finished his work and killed the lizard-like monster, he continued to travel deeper into the northern part of the area.

In the deeper, more northerly part of Shattered Star Valley, the fragments are more concentrated and the passages are narrower.

With his spatial awareness maintained at maximum precision, the spatial structure diagram within his sea of ​​consciousness continuously shifted. Four hundred feet ahead, an unusual area caught Li Yuan's attention.

More than ten spatial rifts converged from different directions, weaving into a network. The spatial walls between the rifts were almost completely shattered, leaving only extremely thin remnants for support.

At the center of the network of cracks, a colossal creature crouched.

The beast, five zhang long, resembled a crocodile lizard with thick limbs and a long tail trailing behind it. Its entire body was covered in grayish-white scales, the surface of which was engraved with spatial patterns, within which spiritual light flowed.

Fourth-tier monster.

Space Rift Beast.

This beast uses spatial rifts as its nest and can use the patterns on its body to pull around the rifts, turning them into weapons.

The Rift Beast also noticed Li Yuan, its gray-white vertical pupils turned around, and it let out a low growl.

Li Yuan did not stop.

The spatial restriction spell descended first, covering the Rift Beast's entire body within a fifteen-zhang restricted zone. The patterns on the Rift Beast's body suddenly shone brightly, and several cracks were pulled towards the edge of the restriction, attempting to break through from the outside.

The restricted area shook twice, but didn't break.

Li Yuan raised his right hand, and the Space Cutting Technique drew a silver-white crack, heading straight for the Rift Beast's neck.

The Rift Beast reacted with lightning speed, twisting its body as silvery-white cracks grazed its scales, leaving only a shallow mark. Its long tail swept across, whipping out several spatial rifts in with it.

Li Yuan's figure flashed, and the Dragon Scale Golden Body Technique activated, fully covering his scales. The blood-qi phantom scales, permanently formed from the reverse scale plates, also floated on his body surface. His long tail swept across his left arm, but the impact was absorbed by the two layers of scales, leaving only a slight tremor.

The spatial rift cut into the surface of the phantom scales, but was mostly blocked by the blood and qi buffer layer.

Li Yuan stomped his foot, activated the Shadow Step, and circled around to the side and rear of the Rift Beast.

Demonic Entanglement Technique.

Eighteen dark purple binding ropes shot out, wrapping around the Rift Beast's limbs and tail, tightening abruptly. The Rift Beast struggled violently, tearing off several ropes, but the remaining ropes still tightly bound its body.

The spatial forbidden technique descended once more.

With the dual control effects combined, the Rift Beast's movements slowed down completely.

Li Yuan conjured a spatial cutting technique with his right hand. This time, instead of slashing horizontally, he used extremely fine cracks to pierce the gaps in the scales on his neck.

Silver-white cracks seeped into the seams of the scales, severing the spiritual energy channel in the neck.

The Rift Beast twitched for a few breaths before its life force dissipated.

Li Yuan withdrew his spell, and the Rift Beast's massive body slowly collapsed.

After the battle, Li Yuan squatted down and took out an inner core from the Rift Beast's body.

The inner core is about the size of an egg, grayish-white, and its surface is covered with fine spatial patterns, almost identical to those on the scales of the Rift Beast.

A three-foot-long sensory scan swept across, and the entry's fluctuations were felt.

Blue grade.

Li Yuan picked up the inner elixir.

[Equipable item detected: Rift Beast Inner Core]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Riftblade (Blue)]

[Effect: Permanently increases spiritual energy efficiency by 50% when fighting in spatial environments; permanently increases the power of spatial attribute spells by 30%]

[Preview of Permanentization Conditions: Defeat three spatial monsters of the same or higher rank in the spatial rift environment (0/3)]

Both effects are relevant to combat in the Rift environment. Places like Shattered Star Valley and Celestial Balance Domain are quite useful for this.

The condition for permanentization is to kill three spatial monsters of the same or higher rank. Although the Rift Beast we just encountered was rank four, its inner core has not yet been equipped, so it does not count towards the progress.

Li Yuan stored the inner core into his personal microcosm, but did not equip it for the time being.

The Rift Beast's scales, bones, and tendons were also collected. Materials from fourth-tier spatial attribute monsters are rare, and their value is considerable whether used for crafting or selling.

After dealing with these matters, Li Yuan continued his journey into the depths of Shattered Star Valley, his destination being the Time Rift Platform.

About an hour later, the gray-white rock platform, which was a hundred feet in diameter, appeared among the fragments.

Time slot station.

The moment their feet touched the rock platform, the flow of time immediately changed. The outside world slowed down, while the flow inside the platform slowed down three times.

Three spatial spiritual veins converge beneath the rock platform, and unique spiritual energy surges into the body.

Li Yuan sat cross-legged in the center of the rock platform, set up a simple defensive barrier, and began to cultivate.

The Nascent Soul Returning to Origin Technique and the Dark Abyss Demonic Essence Technique were operating in tandem. The Spatial Exploration Technique was also accumulating simultaneously. The internal environment of Shattered Star Valley was far more complex than the outside world, and the Time Rift Platform was located at the intersection of three spatial spiritual veins, making its spatial structure extremely intricate.

The space exploration technology operates repeatedly in this high-pressure environment, and each scan captures details that were previously overlooked.

The range of perception expands slowly.

Six hundred zhang, six hundred and fifty zhang, seven hundred zhang.

The practice takes place within the platform for seven days outside, and approximately twenty-one days within the platform.

The deep red light core deep within the sea of ​​consciousness continued to release primordial energy, slowly but continuously. This primordial energy nourished the nascent soul and meridians, and the nascent soul's spiritual power was continuously refined during cultivation.

The increased spiritual energy capacity after the stable space of the rune domain became permanent was also filled up in round after round of operation.

Days passed by in the time-slot station.

The accumulation of spatial exploration techniques has become increasingly solid.

Seven hundred and fifty zhang, eight hundred zhang.

Within eight hundred feet, the distribution of spatial fragments, the direction of cracks, and the stress on the walls of the middle layer of Shattered Star Valley were all clearly reflected in my sea of ​​consciousness.

Not only the overall structure, but also the extremely minute stress changes inside the wall can be captured in real time.

One day during cultivation, the passive perception of the spatial detection technique suddenly changed.

In the earlier stages of development, perception involved both active scanning and passive capture. While the range was wide, the accuracy of passive sensing was ultimately lacking.

At this moment, the accuracy of passive capture caught up with that of active scanning.

Within a radius of eight hundred feet, regardless of whether Li Yuan consciously activated his spatial detection technique, the details of the spatial structure would automatically appear in his sea of ​​consciousness. The minute ripples on the walls, the speed at which cracks expanded, and the trajectories of drifting fragments were all clearly visible.

Spatial exploration techniques have reached their pinnacle.

The moment it reached its peak, the Void Essence Strengthening Pill in the equipment slot reacted.

Permanentization condition: Mastery of spatial magic.

Space exploration techniques have reached a high level, and the conditions have been met.

The Void Essence Strengthening Pill disappeared from the equipment slot, leaving the fifth slot empty. A stream of blue light surged from where it had disappeared, spreading along the meridians to the sea of ​​consciousness.

The images flooded into my mind.

A cultivator sat cross-legged in a secret chamber, several silver-gray pills laid out before him. After the pills were ingested, the spiritual energy circulation of spatial spells in his sea of ​​consciousness was optimized under the nourishment of the medicinal power. Fragments and redundancies were gradually dissolved, and the flow of spiritual energy became simpler.

At the same time, the space in the sea of ​​consciousness slowly expanded, as if an invisible barrier was being pushed outward, making room for more spiritual power and spells to circulate.

A flood of insights into enhancing the effectiveness of spatial cultivation techniques and expanding the sea of ​​consciousness poured in.

The image fades away.

The Void Essence Solidifies the Spirit, and Permanence is Completed.

The efficiency of spatial cultivation techniques will be permanently increased by 30%. The capacity of the sea of ​​consciousness will be permanently increased by 20%.

Li Yuan closed his eyes to perceive.

His sea of ​​consciousness was more expansive than before, and his divine sense had much greater room to maneuver. The spiritual energy circuits of spatial spells were arranged more smoothly, with far less interference during their operation.

The fifth slot in the equipment inventory is now empty, and other items can be placed there later.

Li Yuan did not rush to change his equipment and continued to cultivate on the time-slot platform.

After mastering the Spatial Exploration Technique, the spatial structure within Shattered Star Valley becomes almost perfectly clear in perception. This high-precision passive perception, in turn, drives the accumulation of other spatial spells.

The Spatial Cutting Technique and the Spatial Forbidden Technique were used simultaneously during the training breaks, resulting in much faster progress than before.

Within the Time Rift Platform, cultivation continues uninterrupted.

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