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Chapter 242 Greatly Enhanced Strength (Second Update)

Emei Sect, Liuyun Peak, one month later.

"Finally, I've absorbed all the power of the pills that strengthen my physical body and primordial spirit!"

Inside the wooden box he had modified with the Seamless Extension Spell, Li Chuan, in his second form, formed hand seals:

"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"

In an instant, a thousand shadow clones appeared beside him.

After consuming all the pills that the Lotus Fairy used to overcome her tribulation at Drunken Immortal Cliff, he finally absorbed all the power of the pills after a month, resulting in a significant improvement in all aspects of his body.

First of all, his physical strength has increased by about 50% compared to before. His physical body was already far superior to that of the cultivators in this world, so a 50% increase was already beyond his expectations.

It is shown that even without opening the Eight Gates Formation, relying solely on the second form, one should be able to contend with the power of a Nascent Soul stage demon beast.

Secondly, there's the amount of chakra. Previously, his limit was five hundred shadow clones, but now he can create a thousand, a significant increase in chakra.

Finally, there is the primordial spirit, which is the spirit and soul. The improvement of the primordial spirit made him feel that the essence of his soul had been improved, and his spiritual power had also been significantly enhanced.

This results in him having more control over his spells, to the point that he can easily cast most spells without a wand.

A wizard's bloodline is innate, but if the spirit and soul are elevated, it will also greatly benefit one's spellcasting abilities.

Overall, if he were to encounter that Blood God again now, he probably wouldn't need to resort to sneak attacks or consume ration pills; a direct confrontation would be enough to achieve a draw.

Thanks to the abundant spiritual energy of Emei Mountain and his special physique, he could cultivate at the speed of absorbing spiritual energy at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage. In just one month, he already showed signs of approaching the mid-stage of the Foundation Establishment stage.

At that time, the Lotus Fairy gave him two bottles of Enhancing Essence Pills, four pills in each bottle, and instructed him to take one pill twice a year. After taking them for four years, he would most likely be able to enter the Core Formation Realm.

However, that was advice given by the Lotus Fairy based on the advice of an ordinary early Foundation Establishment cultivator. In reality, given Li Chuan's body's absorption speed, this time could be greatly shortened.

Furthermore, given that Emei Mountain is a place rich in spiritual energy, coupled with his already exaggerated rate of absorbing spiritual energy, he might not even need to take eight pills to form his core.

"Let's focus on forming the Golden Core first, and then we can consider other things."

After a general physical examination, Li Chuan sat cross-legged in meditation, circulated the Shangqing Great Cave True Scripture, and threw a Zengyuan Pill into his mouth.

He can reach Foundation Establishment at 150 years old and Core Formation at 500 years old, giving him a lifespan of 500 years. For the time being, he doesn't need to worry about his body aging while traveling between different small worlds.

Therefore, the most important thing he needs to do next is to focus all his efforts on cultivating and breaking through to the Core Formation Realm to increase his lifespan.

As for the invasion of the Netherworld Blood Demon, that should take nearly three years, so there's no rush.

And so, time flew by, and two years passed quickly.

When cultivators enter a meditative state, several years truly pass in the blink of an eye, making it difficult to feel the passage of time. This is why some cultivators, even at hundreds of years old, still maintain a youthful mindset.

A person's mindset ages, partly due to physical aging and partly due to life experiences. However, a cultivator's body does not age, and they spend most of their time in meditation practicing cultivation techniques. They do not have much life experience, so how could their mindset age?

This is why sometimes cultivators go down the mountain to travel to the mortal world.

On the one hand, it's about enriching one's own experience; on the other hand, it's about finding disciples with good cultivation talent to bring into the sect.

As for why one should enrich their life experiences instead of staying in the mountains to cultivate asceticism, this relates to the Four-Nine Heavenly Tribulation that one must overcome to break through from the Nascent Soul stage to the Earth Immortal stage.

In the past two years, besides meditating and cultivating, Li Chuan would also go out to make friends with Emei disciples, from his senior brother Dan Chenzi to the three hundred Qingcheng disciples, he didn't let any of them go.

Because he had defeated the Blood God and saved the lives of the Seven Sons of the Clouds, everyone in Emei was very friendly towards him.

The only one I haven't had the chance to meet is Master Bai Mei. Master Bai Mei needs to suppress his cultivation breakthrough and generally won't show himself unless something major happens.

It was through his interactions with Emei disciples that he gained more common sense and knowledge about cultivation.

The difference between major and minor sects lies not only in spiritual energy, cultivation techniques, and cultivation aptitude, but also in information about cultivation.

Major sects have almost never stopped producing Earth Immortals and Nascent Soul cultivators, and even Celestial Immortals might only appear once every few thousand years. However, smaller sects can only reach the Golden Core stage at most, so how could they possibly have such detailed knowledge of the common knowledge about Nascent Souls and Earth Immortals?

It's like in the mortal world, where some children born into poverty go out to work in factories because it's the only way they know they can earn money.

Children in some cities with connections have more choices due to their relatives and friends and their broader perspectives, which immediately creates a significant gap between them.

The information Li Chuan found about transcending the Forty-Nine Heavenly Tribulations from Li Qingfeng's memories was vague, but it generally involved having strong physical strength, powerful magic weapons, and abundant true essence.

In fact, besides these, the physical body cannot be weak, the primordial spirit must reach a certain level, and most importantly, one must have experience.

In addition to various external dangers, cultivators undergoing the Four-Nine Heavenly Tribulation will also be trapped in various illusions. If they do not have enough experience and life experience to see through the illusions, they may be trapped in them and unable to get out.

At that time, the tribulation would naturally fail, resulting in death and the dissipation of one's spiritual energy, without even the chance to be reincarnated.

The only way to undergo the "reincarnation through military liberation" is if one senses that they may not be able to survive the "Forty-Nine Heavenly Tribulations" before they begin.

However, once they've all reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, who would be willing to give up the tribulation to seek an unknown next life through physical liberation?

Moreover, no cultivator in this world is so confident before undergoing tribulation. Everyone is determined to succeed or die trying. Without this determination, there's no point in even thinking about undergoing tribulation.

Therefore, in order to become an Earth Immortal, going to the mortal world for training is an essential process, and some people even go through this process more than once.

As for when to go on training, some choose to go as early as the Foundation Establishment stage, because the closer they get to being a mortal, the more different their life experience will be. Others choose to go only after reaching the Core Formation stage, or even the Nascent Soul stage, as that is safer.

However, as long as one goes on trials, one will be tainted by karma, which is a headache for those in the Earthly Immortal Realm.

Most cultivators in the Earthly Immortal Realm are trapped there because they have passed the test of desire but cannot escape the test of emotion. Their rich experiences in the mortal world have left them with many feelings and entanglements that they cannot sever.

Severing ties doesn't mean killing the other person, because most of the mortals involved have already passed away due to their lifespan. The main thing is to free and let go of your own inner turmoil.

Some people just can't let go of those things, those people and those events in their hearts, and they will never be able to break through to the Celestial Realm.

(End of this chapter)