Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Chapter 722 Demon Uprising

Li Yuan completed a full cycle of meditation while sitting cross-legged, then raised his hand to open the entrance to his personal miniature world.

The Enlightenment Tree stands where spiritual energy is most concentrated, its roots embedded in the confluence of six small spiritual veins. The spatial spirit-gathering array is still operating, and the spiritual energy concentration in the small realm has nearly quadrupled. The three spiritual veins in the southeast direction are also merging, and the spiritual energy circulation is much smoother than before.

Li Yuan's gaze fell on the top of the tree canopy.

The flower buds have opened.

Three petals emerged from the pale green spiritual energy membrane, which then shattered and scattered. The petals were only the size of a fingernail, translucent, and tinged with a very faint gold, trembling gently in the spiritual energy.

The surface of the petals has fine lines.

Li Yuan probed closer with his divine sense, and the myriad phenomena were magnified accordingly.

That's a dragon pattern structure.

The four nodes form a closed loop, with mental fluctuations flowing freely within them, almost identical to the self-stabilizing dragon patterns he had previously deduced in his sea of ​​consciousness. There is one set on each of the three petals, for a total of three sets of self-stabilizing dragon patterns.

The stamen is in the center of the three petals, about the size of a grain of rice, and is a deep golden color. It has no dragon pattern, but it continuously releases resonance waves of enlightenment.

This time, the resonant wave was much stronger.

Before its bloom, it was merely a faint, underlying boost; now, settling at the edge of the sea of ​​consciousness, it's like a warm, flowing stream of water. Its intensity is several times greater than before.

The Enlightenment Tree has entered a new stage of growth.

Li Yuan then activated the Nascent Soul Returning to Origin Method.

The perfect circulation flowed through the body. When the spiritual energy completed its first cycle, the benefits of the resonance wave became apparent, and the speed at which the spiritual energy condensed was more than twice as fast as before.

Li Yuan cultivated continuously for a whole day. The dark golden armor on the surface of his nascent soul shone even brighter, and the refinement of his spiritual energy steadily increased.

During cultivation, the resonance waves of the Enlightenment Tree also undergo subtle changes. At the end of each cycle, the spiritual energy condensed is fed back through the resonance of the small world space, and after the Enlightenment Tree absorbs it, the resonance waves are strengthened slightly.

After finishing his practice, Li Yuan examined the flower stamen again.

Deep within the heart of the flower, something was vaguely gathering, smaller than a sesame seed, almost invisible, yet the Myriad Manifestations Retrospection captured its spiritual energy fluctuations.

Seed embryonic stage.

After the Enlightenment Tree blossomed, it began to produce seeds. As for how long it will take to mature, it's still unclear.

Li Yuan withdrew his divine sense and took out the Dragon Soul Condensing Pill.

With multiple enhancements stacked up, after the pill entered the stomach, its medicinal power surged into the bloodstream, and the purification speed was several times faster than initially.

Li Yuan took three pills in succession, with each pill taken two hours apart.

The dragon's blood energy surged within his body. The self-purifying cycle of the Dragon Blood Condensation Technique, after its minor completion, continued to operate, stripping away and absorbing the essence of the bloodline from the medicinal power, while expelling impurities to the extremities.

When the effects of the third medicine were almost completely absorbed, the dragon aura in his bloodline suddenly surged.

It wasn't a gradual climb, but rather crossing a threshold.

The concentration of dragon bloodline has exceeded 50%.

Fifty percent is a watershed moment. Below fifty percent, the dragon bloodline is merely one of the many spiritual attributes within Li Yuan's body. Above fifty percent, the dragon bloodline becomes dominant, and the spiritual energy of his cultivation techniques and spells will carry the aura of the dragon race.

Li Yuan internally visualizes the body.

During the successful completion of the Nascent Soul Return to Origin Method, the dark gold color became much richer than before. The dark gold armor on the surface of the Nascent Soul was also thicker, and extremely fine scale patterns could be faintly seen within its texture.

The self-purification cycle of the Dragon Blood Condensing Soul Technique has also changed.

Previously, it merely removed impurities and returned the essence. Now, the self-purification cycle has begun to actively draw in the dragon's aura from the surrounding spiritual energy, refining it and integrating it into the bloodline.

The dragon form evolved accordingly.

Li Yuan activated his demon-transformation technique, manifesting as a dragon. His dark gold scales grew denser and thicker, their surface gleaming with a deep sheen. Dragon horns extended from either side of his forehead, their arcs longer, their tips gleaming with gold. His limbs were wielded by sharp claws, and the scales on his tail had transformed into battle scales with ridges.

The Dragon Scale Golden Body Technique has further enhanced the strength of its scales. The full coverage of scales provides defense that ordinary late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators cannot easily penetrate.

With a breakthrough in bloodline concentration and an upgrade in self-purification circulation, the accumulation of Dragon Blood Condensation Technique has also crossed the threshold.

Dragon Blood Soul Condensation Technique, Great Success.

In the cultivation system, dragons belong to the category of demonic beasts. The Dragon Blood Condensation Technique is essentially a fourth-tier demonic beast bloodline cultivation method.

Fourth-order demon beast cultivation technique, mastered.

The equipment inventory suddenly shook.

Golden Toad Demon Artifact. Purple-labeled Golden Toad Suppressing Yuan, permanentization condition: mastery of a fourth-tier demon beast technique.

The conditions are met.

The golden toad demon weapon shattered and dissipated in the equipment slot, and a purple light burst forth, flowing directly through the meridians and into the entire body.

Images flooded into my mind.

A colossal phantom of a golden toad, as large as a mountain, hovered in the void. The toad tilted its head back and opened its mouth, allowing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to flood into its mouth like a tide. The energy was compressed layer by layer within its body, finally transforming into a dark golden spiritual energy core that sank into its abdomen.

The spiritual energy core resonated with the nascent soul of the cultivator in the scene. The spiritual energy surged into the nascent soul, and although the size of the nascent soul remained unchanged, the density of the spiritual energy increased dramatically.

The image fades away.

[Permanentization complete]

【Golden Toad Suppressing the Origin - Purple】

[Effect: Permanently and significantly increases total spiritual power; reduces backlash by 50% upon breaking through to a higher realm.]

The purple light flowed into the depths of his meridians, leaving the second slot in his equipment inventory empty.

Within his dantian, the reserves of primordial energy surged dramatically. The thin, dark gold armor on the surface of his nascent soul rapidly thickened under the influence of the purple light, transforming from a thin layer into a nearly solid golden shell. The density of spiritual energy more than doubled, and the quality of his nascent soul was also significantly enhanced.

As the total amount of spiritual energy increases, the body's spiritual meridian system becomes insufficient for its breathing.

The spiritual vein needs to be upgraded.

The purple network of the "All Spirits Return to the Vein" inscription was washed away by high-density spiritual energy, causing its operation to accelerate. The connection between the ten small spiritual veins and the one medium-sized spiritual vein was also tightened.

Taking advantage of the situation, Li Yuan activated the Qi-nurturing spiritual technique.

Spiritual energy transformed into fine threads, probing into five small spiritual veins that were most abundant in spiritual energy and located adjacent to each other. The purple inscription "All Spirits Return to the Veins" coordinated its frequency, and the breathing of the five spiritual veins gradually synchronized.

The total amount of spiritual energy after the Golden Toad's spirit was permanently activated provided sufficient impetus. In less than two days, the frequencies were aligned.

On the fifth day, the spiritual energy of the five spiritual veins converged into a single channel.

The second medium-sized spiritual vein in the body has taken shape.

The pipe walls are solidified, and its diameter is several times wider than that of a small spiritual vein. Its spiritual energy output is more than three times that of the total output of an equal number of small spiritual veins.

The Myriad Spiritual Veins System was subsequently restructured. Two medium-sized spiritual veins occupied the core, forming a dual main channel, with the remaining smaller spiritual veins flowing into it like tributaries. The distribution of spiritual energy within the body was elevated to a new level.

The efficiency of breathing, the speed of spiritual energy transmission, and the quality of spiritual energy are all stronger than before.

The upgraded spiritual vein system also operates on the following: the full-scale cultivation speed bonus of the array core condensation, the spiritual energy condensation and guidance of the spirit array return to its origin, the doubling of pills for nurturing the infant spirit and the quality bonus of condensing the nascent spirit's spiritual power, the triple 50% bonus to the nascent spirit's foundation and cultivation efficiency of the infant spirit consolidation, the 50% bonus to cultivation speed of breaking through the realm and the additional bonus when approaching a breakthrough.

The spiritual energy condensation speed is extremely fast in the late stage of the Nascent Soul stage.

He has taken another step closer to becoming a deity.

Just as Li Yuan was about to continue his cultivation, the token at his waist suddenly vibrated.

Emergency frequency band.

Li Yuan infused his spiritual power, and the message entered his mind.

Tianyue Sect issued an emergency notice.

The Nascent Soul demons on the other side of the deep abyss valley rift changed their strategy and began a forceful assault on the seal. The six-point resonance sealing array trembled violently, and the first layer of the spatial sealing array was shattered. Multiple new cracks appeared in the third layer of the ancient demonic seal. All available Nascent Soul level combat forces were ordered to immediately assemble at the Tianyue Sect.

Li Yuan put away the token and set off immediately.

Inside the Tianyue Sect's stronghold, Zhou Heng and Xuan Pu had already arrived. Two other Nascent Soul cultivators from the Mingyuan Sect were also present.

The five met but didn't exchange many words.

Zhou Heng briefly stated, "The Nascent Soul Demon Clan launched a full-scale attack this morning, with a force far exceeding that of before. The Six-Point Resonance Sealing Array is still holding up, but one layer of the outer auxiliary seal has already shattered."

Li Yuan nodded.

Five beams of light rose simultaneously and sped toward the southern part of Lingzhou.