Cheat Cultivator's Ascension-Chapter 491: Ascending to Soul Formation Realm (1)

It wouldn’t take long for Su Xiaotian to completely refine the heavenly lightning from this point onwards, utilizing the Heavenly Devouring Ultimate Art to improve the effects of his Transcendent Qi even more, wrapping around the once mighty tribulation and absorbing it without problem.

’The first step is complete... now...’ feeling the massive amount of ambient spirit qi slamming onto his body like relentless torrent of waves, the immortal-like young man then enters an even greater state of focus, his eyes closed and his figure steady and solid, enduring the waves of ambient spirit qi every time that it tries to move his body from its spot.

If there’s anything that is protecting him from the pure, blunt force of ambient spirit qi, it is the way that everything around him swirls as his body turns into something similar to a black hole for spirit qi, his cores working in unison, refining the internal realms within.

Guiding this are the nascent sources situated within said cores, masterfully controlling the flow of qi coming from the outside, working in unison, showing that they are one and the same, and yet showing such sublime authority over their domain, the cores they are located in, that anyone might wonder whether they are unique individuals in and of themselves.

And along with the development of the core, as if a mere byproduct, come out fine, physical threads of Primordial Nihility Transcendent Qi circulating all across his body, from his meridians spreading through his physique, stripping his flesh and spirit of any impurities, all while tempering everything anew, making him feel like he is just entering the path of cultivation yet again.

What is more surprising to Su Xiaotian with his current breakthrough is a singular difference from every other major breakthrough that he previously had, the entry to Qi Refining, him creating and setting his pedestal, the formation of his core and even the creation of his multiple nascent sources, were accompanied by an arduous and painful trip, something that appears to come not only with major breakthroughs but also with every single great progress to his cultivation, one such example being the struggle he had in his attempt to refine the Replica of the River of Time.

This time, there was no pain coming from inside his body, despite it still being stripped of its former parts and fragments by the destructive nature of the Primordial Nihility Transcendent Qi; the continuous and rapid destruction and reconstruction felt more like an intense yet satisfying massage now rather than anything else.

If he were to be asked if there’s still anything, no matter how small it is, that is still causing him pain when breaking through, the only thing that he will be able to point out to will be the torrential waves of ambient spirit qi slamming his body from the outside, though it was more of an external factor rather than an internal one.

Hence enjoying this seemingly peaceful breakthrough, the immortal-like young man continues to marvel on the changes that is currently happening within his body, taking in the fact that it is no longer just the Transcendent Qi that is working hard to temper his entirety, but also his soul and vitality as well, the three working in harmony circulating within his body, creating a profound cycle that made him tremble in excitement.

’I thought I would need to spend some time consolidating my foundations since I skipped across some states, but given the way my cultivation is going, there won’t be any problem once I reach the Soul Formation Realm...’

The immortal-like young man thought to himself with a smile on his face as he observed his ever-so-constant and solid foundation, that is, in fact, changing, or rather, improving, although only in such an infinitesimally small amount that even his discerning eyes fail to recognize the changes.

With all the parts of his body, inside and outside, being drowned by the physical strands of his transcendent qi, vitality and soul, the immortal-like young man basks in the joy of breaking through, immersed in the changes that the circulation of his power brings, and while he is already used to immense pain when breaking through, he pretty much wished that if there’s no benefit to feeling such pain, then he would rather not experience it again.

And almost as if to mock this wish of his, the thing he feared the most comes knocking on his door uninvited yet again, an unprecedented feeling of extreme danger looming over his being, prompting him to frown as he pushed his focus to its utmost once more, allowing him to just barely brace himself for the impact of intense pain crashing down on him.

This time, it wasn’t a pain caused by external factors, but rather, coming from inside his body, making him feel the danger all the more, as even though the possibility of him dying or turning into cripple dying within the Infinite Qi Dimension is all but certain, it doesn’t any unfortunate situation from forcing him to waste this opportunity to break through to the next realm of cultivation.

Bringing his senses inside his body, trying to search for the source of the pain, Su Xiaotian found himself staring at the meridian or blood vessel-like system that was created from his refinement of the Replica of the River of Time that he previous acquired, a wry smile on his face as he found it working particularly harder this time around, the circulation of temporal rule within the newly created bodily system extremely fast and powerful, forcing the walls containing it to expand to the brim.

In any other case, this situation will be nothing but a pleasant surprise to him as the expansion of the Replica of the River of Time within his body means an increase over his ability to utilize temporal rules, and even if it won’t bring any sort of direct improvement of his mastery of temporal rules, the improvement of its utilization will eventually bring out such improvements in the future.

Right now however, when he is currently minding his breakthrough to the Soul Formation Realm and focusing on the changes that is happening in his body, the current situation resembles more of a great accident to him, great, but still an accident nevertheless, prompting him to tread carefully from now on or else one of the two processes might fail, or worse, both the improvements of his Replica of the River of Time and his cultivation fail.

Hence with closed eyes and a renewed vigor to face this situation that is an extreme danger and an immense opportunity at the same time, Su Xiaotian pushes himself to the limits as he utilizes everything in his arsenal, the power of his soul, his vitality and qi not only in order to stabilize his breakthrough but also to reinforce the collapsing walls of the Replica of the River of Time, even going as far as to utilize the raging temporal rules flowing within the river to forcefully temper the walls of the river even more.

"Let’s see where this brings me..." the young man mutters in anticipation, bearing the pain of temporal rule leaking out within his body as he continues his breakthrough to the Soul Formation Realm.