Cultivation: But Not a Game

PS: I originally planned to write about the second wave of the Red Tide, but after thinking it over, it didn’t quite fit, so I deleted it and switched to the Wind God Palace, which ended up being 5,000 words.

"Very powerful!"

Su Yu smiled with satisfaction, his gaze falling on the remaining 64.5 billion cultivation points and 58,473 Dao points in the experience pool, and with a thought:

"Enhance!"

After reducing the experience consumption by 30% and Dao consumption by 15% due to innate root and bone, only 23.1 million cultivation points and 425 Dao points were needed to elevate the true skill to the tenth level, thereby deriving the Skill [Dark Energy].

Dark Energy: Energy penetrates defenses, with every ten levels of cultivation skill increasing defense penetration by +2.

Normal effect increases defense penetration by +1, talent bonus increases defense penetration by +2.

Using 81.2 million cultivation points and 850 Dao points, the Nine Extremes Meru True Skill was enhanced to the twentieth level, deriving the Skill [Bodily Flight].

Bodily Flight: Levitation and flight through one’s body, with each level increasing flight height by +20 meters, and flight speed equivalent to cultivation skill speed.

Using 196.7 million cultivation points and 1,275 Dao points, the Nine Extremes Meru True Skill was enhanced to the thirtieth level, deriving the Skill [Body-Breaking Qi Force].

Body-Breaking Qi Force: A powerful force forms a body-breaking aura, with each level increasing the qi force distance by +2 meters.

Using 437.5 million cultivation points and 2,125 Dao points, the Nine Extremes Meru True Skill was enhanced to the fortieth level, deriving the Skill [Strike Through Mountains to Hit Cattle].

Strike Through Mountains to Hit Cattle: The power can strike targets through obstacles, with each level increasing the distance by +20 centimeters.

Consuming 910 million cultivation points and 2,975 Dao points, the Nine Extremes Meru True Skill was enhanced to the fiftieth level, deriving the Skill [Rapid Healing].

Rapid Healing: Injuries heal quickly, with every ten levels increasing injury recovery speed by +100%.

Consuming 1.89 billion cultivation points and 4,250 Dao points, the Nine Extremes Meru True Skill was enhanced to the sixtieth level, deriving the Skill [Qi and Blood Smoke].

Qi and Blood Smoke: Unleash potential, all attributes +200%, lasts for 10 minutes, cooldown time 24 hours.

Consuming...

Low on cultivation points, Su Yu refined the Spiritual Liquid accumulated in the Spirit Gathering Bottle and then used 3.78 billion cultivation points and 6,375 Dao points to enhance the Nine Extremes Meru True Skill to the seventieth level, deriving the Skill [Indestructible Vajra].

Indestructible Vajra: Immunity to damage equivalent to the physique, greatly enhances defense penetration resistance.

At this point, all cultivation points had been spent, with only a little over 1 billion left, but only 18,275 Dao points had been used, leaving 40,198 Dao points remaining.

At the seventieth level of the Nine Extremes Meru True Skill, Qi and Blood increased by 1.4 million, physique by 42,000, strength by 70,000, speed by 14,000 kilometers, and Qi and Blood recovery by +1,400 points per second.

This is the difference between having or not having a cultivation Body Refining Skill. An Immortal Body only increases physique and strength by 40,000, while the physique and strength gained from just the seventieth level of the Nine Extremes Meru True Skill had already surpassed the Immortal Body.

Closing the panel, Su Yu recalled the three strands of Power of Heavenly Dao he had been rewarded with after passing the tribulation, which he had yet to use.

This thing is equivalent to an enhanced version of the Power of Law, with the miraculous effect of turning decay into the extraordinary.

But where to use it...

Transform into a dragon?

Adding the three points to the dragon transformation could theoretically raise the Red Dragon to level 300 and directly undergo the Celestial Human Tribulation.

But without any preparation, undergoing the Celestial Human Tribulation has a very high failure rate.

The Mythical Template is not invincible, and since it’s just an incarnation and not the real self, Su Yu’s mastery of the true dragon’s power was not yet complete, and without any established method for passing the tribulation, hastily attempting it would likely lead to failure.

Apart from dragon transformation, there were few other skills worth enhancing.

Ordinary Dao Skills didn’t need enhancement, but techniques like the Celestial Ghost Transformation Skill, Geng Metal Sword Fiend, and Hundred Eyes Divine Light could be used to evolve with the Power of Heavenly Dao, potentially elevating the Celestial Ghost Transformation Skill from Refined Level Transformation Skill to a Mystical Level or even Church Stele Level, and likewise for Geng Metal Sword Fiend and Hundred Eyes Divine Light.

However, the cost-effectiveness was too low.

The Combat Battle True Body automatically advances with the level, so it couldn’t be strengthened this way.

The Primordial Magnet Radiant Escape had already reached the second layer, which was completely sufficient.

The Red Dragon Methods didn’t require enhancement either, as it wasn’t the primary means, and its power was already fully adequate.

Aside from this, the only things that could be improved were the Five Elements Integration and the Law of Time.

The Law of Time didn’t need additional explanation; it was about law mastery, and choosing this point option wouldn’t be wrong.

Regarding Five Elements Integration, many people didn’t understand its meaning at face value. Su Yu didn’t understand it before either, but after crossing the tribulation and secretly consulting his master, he now understood.

This ability simply increased one’s mastery over the Power of the Five Elements, reducing the conflicts in their integration. In theory, advancing this capability to the extreme could lead to the complete unification of the Five Elements, merging back into the roots and fusing into Chaotic Power.

The integration of the Five Elements God Thunder would synthesize into a monstrously powerful Chaotic Divine Thunder.

The two most valuable abilities for investment on Su Yu’s body were Five Elements Integration and the Law of Time.

After a brief moment of hesitation, Su Yu invested one point of the Power of Heavenly Dao into the Law of Time and two points into Five Elements Integration, exactly turning both abilities into +3.

The Law of Time, with one more increment, allowed for an attack power and attack speed borrowed from the future to be +100,000, with a duration increased by 5 seconds.

The lifespan limit extracted through the passage of time also increased by +25 years.

The temporal node for a fleeting reversal of time was also increased by +10 seconds.

As for Five Elements Integration, with a snap of the right hand a flame erupted, while the left hand summoned an elite Water Essence, and when the two forces merged in his hands, water and fire surprisingly integrated, then shook violently.

The intense fluctuations caught Chu Xinyue’s attention, her beautiful eyes turned to gaze over in surprise:

"How did you do that?"

Su Yu replied with a smile:

"The characteristic of the Immortal Foundation."

In his hands, water and fire trembled intensely, yet under his control they didn’t explode, until merging a mass of Earth Essence, the orb directly detonated, sending violent shockwaves throughout the still chamber.

"The level isn’t high enough!"

Su Yu stroked his chin, reflecting on the difficulty of controlling water and fire, as well as the intensity and speed of collapse with the Earth Essence blending. To successfully merge three elements, the Five Elements Integration needed to be at least +5.