Cultivation Starts from Farming

Xu Ping’s gaze fell upon the crimson-gold Dragon Blood Fruit, a hint of anticipation flashing in his deep eyes.

"This fruit... its vitality is so robust, and the dragon’s might so pure, far surpassing the past!"

Xu Ping mused to himself, "With my current Fourth Rank Middle Grade physique, I wonder if consuming this fruit can enhance me further."

Breaking through in physique is not like Mana realm with a clear path, it’s more reliant on the accumulation of resources.

These two new fruits, ripened primarily using the blood of the Shu Lake Rat, surely contain unparalleled violent energy. Perhaps they might really help.

If not, then just try a few more rounds.

Moreover, with that Heavenly Demon Yin Flower around, once the Shu Lake Rat consumes and refines it, its True Dragon Bloodline can be further purified.

Then, it will surely have an effect.

Two years later, the Dragon Blood Fruit matured.

Xu Ping devoured and refined one fruit, and its effect was indeed much stronger than before.

But for him, the progress is still extremely limited.

To push his physique to the peak of Fourth Rank Middle Grade, at least a hundred or eighty Dragon Blood Fruits are needed, not to mention breaking through to Fourth Rank Upper Grade.

So, Xu Ping could only let the Shu Lake Rat continue bleeding to cultivate more fruits.

...

Time passed, thirteen years flew by silently.

Deep within the underground palace of Blood Bone Island.

Time seemed to have frozen in this place, only the spiritual energy of the earth vein flowed like an ancient underground river, silently nourishing the figure in the mystic robe on the Cold Jade Platform.

Thirteen years of time.

For Xu Ping, it was merely a short secluded cultivation.

Within the cave, the rock walls engraved with Gathering Spirit and Source Stabilizing runes shimmered with a faint glow, harnessing and purifying an immense amount of Spiritual Qi, which transformed into tangible milky white spiritual mist, continuously merging into Xu Ping’s body.

Xu Ping sat cross-legged, resembling an ancient pine fossil, yet the aura around him was like a dormant volcano, condensed to the extreme, yet surging violently.

Within his Dantian, the Sea of Qi, that Nascent Soul figure, entirely of a verdant jade appearance, was surrounded by tangible azure radiance.

Boom!

There wasn’t an earth-shattering roar, just an inaudible rumble resonating from deep within Xu Ping’s being, shaking his soul to its core.

The entire underground palace trembled suddenly.

The layers of powerful Restriction curtains covering the cave burst forth with unprecedented dazzling brilliance, as if struck by an invisible giant hammer.

Despite Xu Ping having already laid down multiple layers of Arrays for concealment.

That overwhelming aura, seemingly breaking free from the shackles of heaven and earth, still flowed out like a flood breaching the levee, penetrating the Restriction.

At the peak of Blood Bone Island.

Duan Shuang, standing guard over Xu Ping, suddenly opened her clear, cold pool-like eyes, a glimmer of uncontrollable joy flashing in her pupils.

"Xu Lang has broken through to the Mid-Stage Nascent Soul!"

"But... the commotion and pressure from breaking through the Mid-Stage Nascent Soul are a bit overwhelming."

Soon, the joy in Duan Shuang’s heart was overtaken by shock.

This intense, pure pressure far exceeded the usual scene when a cultivator first breaks through to the Mid-Stage Nascent Soul.

Within the cave, it had transformed into a storm’s eye of Spiritual Qi.

A vast amount of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, as if summoned by a monarch, disregarded the array’s barriers, madly converging from all sides, from deep within the earth vein.

The Spiritual Qi was so concentrated it wouldn’t dissipate, condensing into liquid spiritual rain, instantly being consumed by the attraction erupting from Xu Ping’s body.

Beneath Xu Ping’s tightly closed eyes, profound transformations were underway within his body.

It is unknown how much time passed.

Xu Ping slowly opened his eyes.

In his eyes, there was no longer the tranquility and composure seen while in seclusion; instead, a sharp divine light that seemed to pierce through void, as if containing the sharpness to split the heavens and earth.

His mouth uncontrollably curled into a grin, eventually turning into a hearty, echoing laughter that shook the cave!

"Hahahaha... Mid-Stage Nascent Soul achieved at last!"

Achieving Early-Stage Nascent Soul at two hundred and thirty years old was already stunningly brilliant.

Now at four hundred and eight years old, breaking through again to Mid-Stage Nascent Soul.

Only one hundred and seventy-eight years between.

Such speed, not to mention the outer sea, is an exceptional rarity even across the entire Cultivation Realm.

Of course, compared to the cultivation speed of Divinity Transformation Celestial Monarchs, it indeed pales in comparison.

Like the Dual Saints of Star Palace, who broke through to the Mid-Stage Nascent Soul in their early three hundreds, and by four hundred and some years old, broke through to the Late-Stage Nascent Soul.

Whereas for him to break through to the Late-Stage Nascent Soul, it would at least require a slow grind of over three hundred years.

The laughter faded, Xu Ping forcefully suppressed his churning emotions, a single thought in his mind.

Buzz!

The proficiency panel of a light gold color surfaced again in the Sea of Consciousness:

[Lifespan: 408 / 4121 years]

[Realm: Mid-Stage Nascent Soul: 1/ 100]

[Cultivation Technique: Ten Thousand Woods Evergreen Scripture (Nascent Soul Chapter) Mastery: 1120/1600]

......

His gaze lingered long on [Lifespan: 408 / 4121 years]. Even with Xu Ping’s steadfast spirit, he couldn’t help but feel a surge of excitement!

"Four thousand one hundred and twenty-one years of life span!"

Xu Ping muttered to himself, each word heavy with profound weight.

This far exceeds the typical one thousand years lifespan limit of an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator by more than four times.

A long lifespan signifies limitless possibilities.

It means he has more ample time to explore the Dao, to accumulate deeper foundations, to challenge the distant, unreachable Divinity Transformation Realm.

"Divine Sense..."

Xu Ping closed his eyes and focused, the immense power of Divine Thought instantly spreading like a starry sea.

Every blade of grass and tree on Blood Bone Island, every wave cresting on the ocean’s surface, even the subtle flow of the underground spirit veins... all under his control.

Its intensity, breadth, and precision, compared to before the breakthrough, were as much more abundant as not just a notch?!

If prior it was considered the onset of Late-Stage Nascent Soul, then now within Late-Stage Nascent Soul cultivators, he could also be deemed powerful.

"Soul-Breaking Needle..."

A trace of expectation flickered in Xu Ping’s eyes.

This needle specializes in attacking the Divine Soul, with his current strong Divine Sense driving it, its power might not be easily withstood even by a Late-Stage Nascent Soul Great Cultivator.

At this thought, Xu Ping opened his mouth and spat, and a Soul-Breaking Needle hovered in mid-air.

With a flash in his eyes, he began to apply the power of Divine Sense.

Buzz!

The Soul-Breaking Needle glowed with a faint ghostly light, gradually exuding a cold atmosphere.

Even a Late-Stage Nascent Soul cultivator here would probably show a look of apprehension.

However, with the gradually increasing power of Divine Sense, the Soul-Breaking Needle started to tremble uncontrollably, emitting wails intermittently.