Published: March 8, 2025
Chu Yang now truly felt a sense of ‘cultivation’!
The slowly infusing earth core vital energy gradually merged into the vast flow of vital energy within his body. Slowly, Chu Yang felt a joy akin to ‘life’ surging through his vital energy.
It was like a parched land that had been dry for a long time suddenly welcoming a spring rain.
Although this spring rain was not heavy, it was gentle and silent, nourishing everything.
It was a feeling close to being moved!
Chu Yang suddenly had a realization: all things possess vitality! Including the earth and sky, the winds, clouds, thunder, and lightning, as well as all plants and even stones and metals.
When you cannot stimulate them, they are mere lifeless objects. But once you awaken them, each has its own brilliance.
Just like the heaven and earth vital energy!
For instance, a piece of parched land that hasn't seen rain for ten thousand years is still land; but once it rains, the magnificence that the land can display... will touch the heart of anyone, even those with hearts of iron!
Chu Yang was somewhat immersed in enjoying this feeling.
Slowly, he felt as though his spirit was sublimating... his life seemed to be undergoing a rebirth, entering a brand new realm...
His mental strength suddenly surged forward at an astonishing rate.
This growth rate even frightened the Sword Spirit within the Nine Calamity Space.
Since the last time he devoured the mental strength of the first-generation sword master of the Nine Calamity Sword at the Bottom of Desperate Lake, Chu Yang's mental strength had not grown autonomously again; or rather, even if there was some growth, it could be considered negligible compared to his original mental strength.
But this time, it was a growth akin to a tsunami.
The ocean is vast; if you add a ladle of water into it, even an immortal wouldn't notice the increase. But what if you were to pour the entire Yangtze and Yellow Rivers into it overnight?
If you couldn't see the increase, then you would be a fool.
Chu Yang's current increase was similar to this principle.
“He has once again made a breakthrough in his mindset!” the Sword Spirit murmured, excitement and relief in its eyes.
“And this time, the breakthrough in his mindset will allow him to come into contact with the true path much earlier than expected!”
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In the following days, Chu Yang maintained this cycle: cracking the Amethyst mine, returning to rest, and practicing diligently...
Chu Yang radiated the highest enthusiasm for practicing he had ever experienced!
Countless earth core vital energies were absorbed into his body. However, Chu Yang did not feel an increase in his cultivation level; he only felt changes within his vital energy!
These earth core vital energies merged into the original heaven vital energy, altering every strand, every thread of vital energy within his meridians!
It allowed them to truly transform into... heaven and earth vital energy!
Chu Yang sensed that he was becoming different day by day, yet outwardly unchanged; the only change was in the two primordial silks within his dantian. Gradually, the first one became more and more plump; finally, it reached a state of saturation and ceased to grow. Immediately after, the second one also began to grow slowly...
In just seven days, the second primordial silk had nearly matched the appearance of the first primordial silk before arriving at the Li family.
However, Chu Yang increasingly felt that the power from the earth core fire beneath him was becoming insufficient for him to absorb; the opening was still too small.
After a moment of complaint, the Li family quietly sent someone to double the size!
Such heat was already sufficient to cook meat inside; everyone was just looking for comfort, and no one would be willing to heat bathwater to such a degree.
Therefore, Chu Yang became the first person since the Li family opened their doors...
Of course, in return, the next time Chu Yang went to mine Amethyst, he finally enlarged that gap to the size of a wine cup.