The lightning released by the array plate would no longer produce loud thunderclaps.

Instead, the electrical energy would be diverted through the iron net.

He could then safely absorb a controlled portion of the energy and use a secret body-tempering method to strengthen his physique and raise his body’s capacity limit.

With this setup, demonic beast essence, beast gel, and unlimited spirit spring milk could all be used together.

With all four methods working at once, he would definitely be able to advance to Foundation Establishment much faster.

Based on his own plan, Xiao Shou completed all preparations and then attempted to activate the lightning array plate.

He first released Tier 1 lightning that was equivalent to the effect of a Tier 1 lightning talisman.

In an instant, electric serpents began to dance across the fine iron net continuously.

However, due to the insulating properties of the Concealment Stone, the energy could not dissipate outward.

It could only rush back and forth within the metal grid.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Shou who came from a modern background and had been deeply conditioned to fear electricity could not help but feel fear and hesitate to reach out.

After a long while, he finally gathered the courage to extend a finger and gently touch the electrified fine iron wire. He already prepared to pull back at any moment.

But the sensation that followed made him pause.

It was slightly numb, not painful or hot, and his finger was not burned. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Instead, once he made contact, the electricity immediately flowed along his finger into his body and triggering waves of numbness throughout him.

At that moment, Xiao Shou clearly realized something.

He was no longer the Xiao Shou from the modern world, but a cultivator of this Heaven Origin Realm.

The modern Xiao Shou would never have been able to touch electricity without injury.

An ordinary human could not possibly come into contact with electric current safely. Yet now, the electricity was circulating through his body and he only felt numbness.

Yes, over the past few years of cultivation, his body had already undergone tremendous evolution.

This was the capability of a cultivator, not some fictional game.

Xiao Shou suddenly gained a moment of insight.

He quickly took out a top-grade spirit stone and held it in his hand.

Then he sat cross-legged directly on the iron net covering the floor and continuously absorbing spiritual energy from the spirit stone and electrical current from the net.

He activated his body-tempering secret method and entered a deep state of meditation.

Time slowly passed.

Xiao Shou’s cultivation began to increase at an extremely unreasonable speed, jumping rapidly from the first level of the fifth rotation Qi Refining stage to the second, third, fourth...

Fu Young disguised his appearance and bought all the items that Xiao Shou had specifically requested.

After exchanging spirit stones and purchasing a large number of demonic beast corpses, he worried that An Ho might disturb Xiao Shou or make him like the child more than him.

Not caring about wasting a high-grade talisman, he directly used a Tier 4 teleportation talisman in a corner and headed toward the direction of Snowy Cave Mountain.

Whether it was good luck or bad luck, even he could not say.

A Tier 4 teleportation talisman could instantly move over four thousand li, which was roughly the distance between Snowy Cave Mountain and Azure Origin City.

However, even though Fu Young was intelligent, this was his first time he use a high-grade talisman.

He could not accurately control the direction or distance.

As a result, after the teleportation ended, he landed in a dense forest only about a hundred meters away from Snowy Cave Mountain.

This was a place he had once visited when practicing Foundation Establishment spells.

It felt eerie and unpleasant, so he had only trained on the outskirts for a few days before leaving.

He never expected that his first teleportation would bring him here again, and even deeper than before, near the inner region of the forest.

The atmosphere was extremely strange.

The trees stood thickly all around, yet there were no signs of beasts, no birds, no insects, not even the sound of crawling worms or cicadas.

The surroundings were deathly silent.

The outer region had not been this exaggerated.

Fu Young was bold due to his skill and his curiosity could not be suppressed.

He slowly moved deeper into the forest, step by step, investigating the source of the strange atmosphere.

Meanwhile, Xiao Shou was immersed in cultivation.

Only after his Qi Refining level rapidly stabilized at the fifth layer did he calm down slightly.

While consolidating his cultivation, he continued absorbing lightning to temper his body.

During cultivation, his senses were opened to the maximum, allowing him to perceive sounds, air currents, and fluctuations in detail.

He carefully filtered and identified each of them until he suddenly caught faint disturbances in his hearing.

When he listening closely, he heard a small and slightly panicked voice muttering softly.

"Mother... Uncle Fu... Sect Master... where are you? Little An can’t see you..."

Xiao Shou was startled.

He suddenly remembered that after An Yu stabilized his Foundation Establishment cultivation, Fu Young had gone to Azure Origin City for supplies and had not yet returned.

He had completely forgotten about it.

He’s so focused on cultivation that he had left a child alone for an unknown amount of time.

He immediately stopped his cultivation and go outside of the lightning chamber.

He followed the voice into the mountain interior and arriving at the stone chamber where Fu Young had arranged for Little An to stay.

Seeing the door closed, which a child of Little An’s age and strength could not open, he could only hear faint sounds from inside.

He quickly opened the door and rushed in. After that he picking up the almost crying Little An and said, "I’m sorry, Little An. I got so focused on cultivation that I forgot about you. When did you wake up? Are you hungry? I’ll find you something to eat right away."