Eternal Life: Hundredfold Rewards-Chapter 316 - 189: Breakthrough, Core Formation Divine Soul!
A stirring sensation of breakthrough.
Previously, Qi Chuan’s Divine Soul had already reached the strength of the Foundation Establishment Late Stage. Through relentless cultivation, it gradually reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment Late Stage. In terms of realm, it could be considered the Perfection of the Divine Soul at the Foundation Establishment.
But that wasn’t all. Qi Chuan did not stop cultivating the Celestial Punishment Thunder Prison Visualization Method, and thus he could feel his Divine Soul enhancing even after reaching the peak of the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
However, this enhancement wasn’t clearly reflected in the Divine Soul Realm, nor could it be clearly manifested in the Power of Divine Soul.
Nevertheless, this enhancement was inarguably real and substantial.
Once this enhancement accumulates to a certain degree, it will achieve a breakthrough, allowing Qi Chuan’s Divine Soul to advance into the Core Formation Stage Divine Soul.
However, for a long time, even though Qi Chuan had been diligently cultivating the Celestial Punishment Thunder Prison Visualization Method, he had not reached the critical point of breakthrough.
Only in recent days did he feel the stirring sensation of breakthrough for the first time.
Feeling this stirring of breakthrough, Qi Chuan was naturally overjoyed, knowing he was not far from a true breakthrough.
"It seems that I might actually be able to let my Divine Soul step into the Core Formation Stage before my cultivation realm breaks through to Core Formation," he thought.
A Divine Soul entering the Core Formation Stage has numerous benefits.
The simplest benefit is that in terms of magical combat power, it cannot simply be considered as pure Foundation Establishment Perfection.
Leveraging the Core Formation Stage Divine Soul and the Ninefold Soul Torture Technique, Qi Chuan’s magical combat power could basically be seen as pseudo-Core Formation.
However, for Qi Chuan, the most important benefit is not in magical combat power.
But in overcoming the bottleneck of Core Formation.
Previously, when breaking through the Foundation Establishment bottleneck, Qi Chuan’s Divine Soul first derived Divine Sense, which provided various conveniences to Foundation Establishment, ultimately allowing for a smoother Foundation Establishment process, which was much simpler compared to other cultivators.
So how could it be guaranteed that the Divine Soul offers no assistance at the Core Formation bottleneck?
Perhaps it’s related to overcoming the Heart Demon?
The stronger the Divine Soul, the more it can subdue the obstruction of the Heart Demon?
If so, the Core Formation Stage Divine Soul would surely be a huge assistance in breaking through to Core Formation.
Unfortunately, Refining God Techniques are too rare, and ordinary cultivators do not have them.
Even if some cultivators have Refining God Techniques, it does not necessarily mean they can let the Divine Soul enter the Core Formation Stage first before the cultivation enters Core Formation. Even though Qi Chuan possesses the Celestial Punishment Thunder Prison Visualization Method, he has deeply experienced the hardship of cultivating Refining God Techniques. Without the Hundredfold Critical Strike, he himself wouldn’t have been able to let the Divine Soul break through in advance.
Therefore, without information channels, Qi Chuan could only verify it himself.
Fortunately, there is one thing: even if it doesn’t assist in Core Formation, having a Core Formation Stage Divine Soul in advance is absolutely beneficial with no harm.
Thus, Qi Chuan had already planned that if his Inspiration Opportunity reached Perfection and his Divine Soul hadn’t yet stepped into the Core Formation Stage, he would wait instead of rushing into Core Formation.
He would continue to cultivate the Celestial Punishment Thunder Prison Visualization Method with full force, striving for the Core Formation Stage Divine Soul, and only after the Divine Soul breaks through to the Core Formation Stage would he utilize the Perfection Inspiration Opportunity to attack the Core Formation True Master realm.
Qi Chuan intended this, but three months after the stirring sensation of breakthrough appeared in his Divine Soul, the breakthrough finally came.
On this day, in the Cave Mansion, Qi Chuan was cross-legged on the bed, taking up a cultivation posture, his body still, yet his brow tightly furrowed, displaying an expression of enduring pain.
In reality, Qi Chuan’s Divine Soul was immersed in a self-visualized illusory world, transformed into a peculiar willow on the summit of a giant mountain, receiving the tempering of the Illusory Heavenly Dao Thunder.
Qi Chuan was extremely familiar with this process.
Moreover, the process was quite brief.
When everything concluded, Qi Chuan opened his eyes, and a trace of pain still lingered in his gaze.
However, fortunately, as soon as he opened his eyes, a line of text appeared in his vision.
[You have cultivated the Celestial Punishment Thunder Prison Visualization Method, your Divine Soul transformed into a willow, underwent Illusory Heavenly Dao Thunder tempering, triggered a Hundredfold Critical Strike, and received a hundredfold reward. Your Divine Soul experienced a significant enhancement, advancing to the Core Formation Stage Divine Soul.]
When the text appeared, a cool sensation surged from deep within his Divine Soul, making Qi Chuan’s Divine Soul feel incredibly refreshed, and the pain from the Illusory Heavenly Dao Thunder tempering vanished.
In an instant, the Divine Soul received a massive boost, as if he had cultivated the Celestial Punishment Thunder Prison Visualization Method a hundred times and undergone a hundred instances of Illusory Heavenly Dao Thunder tempering.
Most critically, with this enormous enhancement, coupled with the foundation previously accumulated, he instantly broke through the bottleneck’s critical point. Qi Chuan clearly felt his consciousness leap as if jumping upward, and when he came to, he was in awe to perceive the vast sea-like Power of Divine Soul in the Mud Ball Palace between his brows.
Its strength was utterly incomparable to that of a Foundation Establishment Perfection Cultivator’s Divine Soul.
It was truly as vast as an ocean.
"No wonder a Core Formation True Master, with every gesture, commands enormous deterrent power over Foundation Establishment Cultivators. Even setting aside the strong overbearing power of mana, just this terrifying Power of Divine Soul can render a Foundation Establishment Cultivator speechless with a mere glance." Qi Chuan thought to himself.
From now on, he himself could be said to be essentially half a Core Formation—Core Formation in terms of the Divine Soul.
A slight sense of fullness appeared in the Mud Ball Palace.
Qi Chuan could feel that his current Divine Soul strength had almost reached its limit.
This didn’t mean he couldn’t continue to strengthen through the Celestial Punishment Thunder Prison Visualization Method.
But if he continued to enhance his Divine Soul, the increasing pressure on the Mud Ball Palace could potentially shatter it directly.
Unless his cultivation also advanced to the Core Formation True Master realm.
"Unfortunately, the Inspiration Opportunity hasn’t reached Perfection yet..."
Qi Chuan found himself both laughing and crying.
Originally, he decided that if the Inspiration Opportunity reached Perfection and his Divine Soul hadn’t broken through, he would wait until the Divine Soul breakthrough before attacking the Core Formation Realm.
But now it was the opposite.
The Divine Soul broke through, yet the Inspiration Opportunity still lacked a bit.
This accumulation of Inspiration Opportunity was too challenging.
It’s important to know that Qi Chuan began accumulating Inspiration Opportunity even before the stirring sensation of the Divine Soul breakthrough appeared.
As a result, it was actually the Divine Soul that broke through first.
Yet, in reality, it could also be different.
Since Qi Chuan’s Divine Soul was already at the peak of the Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator for some time, during which he had been continuously cultivating the Celestial Punishment Thunder Prison Visualization Method until the stirring sensation of the Divine Soul breakthrough finally appeared.
Calculating this way, Qi Chuan had been charging towards the Divine Soul bottleneck for a long time. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖
Now that he finally broke through, it was merely a matter of course.
"Next, it’s time to continue accumulating the Inspiration Opportunity."
Although the Inspiration Opportunity was a bit slow, Qi Chuan felt that he was already more than halfway there, and getting it to truly reach Perfection wasn’t far off.
As long as he continued his efforts, reaching true Perfection would just be a matter of time.
Time flew by quickly with Qi Chuan’s hard work.
In the blink of an eye, a whole year had passed since the conversation between Qi Chuan and Mo Qianbai.
On this day, in the Cave Mansion, Qi Chuan, sitting cross-legged, suddenly opened his eyes.
The surging mana within him also calmed down, returning to the Dantian.
A line of text emerged before him.
[You operated the Profound Celestial Spirit Devouring Sword Technique to conduct one Grand Circulation, attempting to capture the Inspiration Opportunity for a breakthrough to the Core Formation Realm, triggered a Sixtyfold Critical Strike, and received a sixtyfold reward. You successfully captured a trace of the Inspiration Opportunity for a breakthrough to the Core Formation Realm.]
As the text appeared, Qi Chuan could clearly sense that the already bright Inspiration Opportunity he had for the breakthrough to Core Formation gained an additional edge.
