Chapter 101: Breakthrough
The Yin Energy provided by the gold-grade Edith was very potent for Miguel.
During the two dual cultivation sessions, he managed to amass a total of almost a hundred Origin Energy drops.
Even after using a lot of them to cleanse Edith’s body, Miguel counted and realized that he still had a total of 89 Origin Energy drops floating like a mass of clouds above his Inner World.
He did not know how many Cleansing Stages he would be promoted to after he managed to use all of these Origin Energy drops.
Miguel did not wait any longer and began to cultivate, with Edith also cultivating right beside him.
Like the previous time, he controlled the Origin Energy drops and let them circulate around his body.
Unlike before, he used a lot of them in one go, hastening the cleansing process of his body with the Origin Energy drops.
As the batch of Origin Energy drops circulated, Miguel’s body began to transform beautifully.
He entered a state of deep meditation, and all his focus was put into the circulation of Origin Energy drops inside him.
In each circulation, Miguel could feel that his strength would rise to another level.
His physique was also slowly transforming into one that could house and cultivate Origin Energy better.
His Inner World also began to expand, making Miguel feel as though his senses were expanding the more they became bigger.
The change did not only happen in his body.
The grimoire that was connected to him also began a transformation at this moment.
One Origin Energy drop circulated around its phantom in the Inner World.
The Origin Energy drop was getting absorbed by the grimoire.
The jet-black cover that was tainted with a hint of bronze at the side was now slowly getting covered by a rainbow hue, much like the color of the Origin Energy drop.
At this moment, Miguel was still not aware of its changes and continued to focus on the changes in his body.
As time passed, more and more Origin Energy drops were consumed. Their numbers slowly dwindled down as Miguel used them to cleanse his body.
At the same moment, his body was also secreting black impurities once more. A rare phenomenon such as this had now become a normal occurrence for Miguel with each breakthrough that he had.
This time, though, only a small amount of them had been released out of his body.
He had already experienced a lot of cleansing; it would be a strange sight if his body still secreted out lots of impurities even after all the cleansing he went through.
Two hours had gone by in the blink of an eye.
For other cultivators, this was actually just a short time for one cultivation session.
However, for Miguel, who has talent, knowledge, and a powerful cultivation technique, it was more than enough to break through to a lot of levels in one go.
He looked at the still-cultivating Edith and stood up from his seat. He wiped the black impurities that were sticking on his skin as he waved his hand to let the grimoire hover in front of him.
At this point, he noticed the changes on its cover that had not changed even when it was promoted to Silver Grade.
Miguel tilted his head upon seeing it’s new appearance.
Although it did not change too much, he could indeed feel that the ’aura’ around it contained a tinge of Origin Energy.
Curious about its changes, Miguel began to examine it thoroughly. However, aside from the change in its aura, he could not tell anything different about it at this moment.
Miguel ignored it for now and finally opened the grimoire to the first page to see his current status.
[Name: Miguel
Age: 18 Years Old
Level: (Cleansing (Sixth Stage)), (Grandmaster Martial Artist (Advance))
Summoner Rank: Elite Summoner (Intermediate)
Innate Skill: Boundless Sage of Knowledge
Skills: [Shadow Steps], [Precise Strike], [Flame Jump], [Divine Sense], [Earth Escape], [Mystic Mend]
Technique: [Return of Origin], [Return of Origin (Dual Cultivation)]
]
There were now a lot of changes to his status on the first page of the Grimoire.
Dual Cultivation was indeed the swiftest way to increase one’s rank or realm.
Two dual cultivation sessions on a single day allowed him to increase his rank from the Third Stage of the Cleansing Realm all the way to the Sixth Stage, an equivalent to a Grandmaster Martial Artist.
As far as he knew from the information he got a few days ago, the Grandmaster Martial Artist Rank was already a thing of legend in Blazing Expanse.
Reaching this level meant that one would already have a strength comparable to the weakest Gold Grade Beast, and one must know that Gold Grade Beasts were considered the strongest beings in Blazing Expanse.
According to Erika, there was a recent Master Martial Artist in the Red Family, and he was an extremely old person who practiced martial arts for at least a hundred years. A Master Martial Artist was already equivalent to a Silver Grade Beast, but even still, they were still heavily respected and regarded in Blazing Expenses due to their feat of reaching this rank alone.
As for Grandmaster Martial Artist, they were a thing of a legend, and no one had reached this rank in Blazing Expanse before, according to Erika and the mercenaries.
Another reason why Summoners were heavily prioritized was due to the fact that if they reached the right level, they could contract or nurture a beast to Gold Grade without problem.
After all, nurturing a beast to Gold Grade was much easier to achieve than a Martial Artist reaching the Master Rank.
Now, Miguel reached the Grandmaster Rank after two dual cultivation sessions alone.
It was not a wonder why geniuses looked down upon these methods from his previous life, as even the most untalented person could rival their cultivation speed if they used such methods to cultivate.
Dual Cultivating also had a nasty reputation in his previous life.
It was looked down upon, as most of those who cultivate in such a way don’t usually have good fighting strength. Their realm was usually higher than the rest, but they were actually weaker compared to a cultivator who breaks through and cultivates normally.
Of course, the end justifies the means.
No matter how others looked down on it, if someone reached the pinnacle of strength through it, it would still earn the masses respect in the end.
As Miguel looked through his status, he suddenly noticed a disturbance at the corner of his eyes.
