400 Breaking Thorugh (1/2)

Sometime later, Krune advanced into the 9th Stage of the Divine Soul Realm. Once again, there were no side effects. His cultivation foundation also didn't become unstable at all. It kept increasing when it finally reached the peak of the Divine Soul Realm, where it finally stopped.

'I guess it can't go any further without me entering the next Realm. Alright, let's start.'

Elemental Source Energy started to gather at great speeds and struck against Krune's Soul. The Spirit Stones around Krune also were being depleted very fast. Still, Spirit Stones are what Krune doesn't lack at the moment.

'It was not as painful as I thought it would be.'

Of course, it was not that changing the Soul wasn't painful. It is just that Krune had tempered his Soul with Tribulation Lightning so many times that it got a lot resistant against pain. But it also came with a side effect.

'I see, it seems like I will need to strike the Soul several times more than someone else would need to.'

It can't be helped. The Soul resistance obviously will make it harder to for the transformation to happen. Krune's only choice was to do it several times over.

'From the information available, an average Peak Divine Soul Realm would need to strike 200 to 300 times. But from the looks of it, I won't stop before at least a thousand or two, maybe more. I guess the stronger the cultivator or demon beast, the more they need to do it. That should be a good thing in theory.'

Krune was right. The more times you needed to strike the Soul with Elemental Source Energy, the more thoroughly the transformation would happen. Some Sects and Clans also liked to use this method to measure a member's talent. It would show just how much effort that member put into his cultivation up to that point.

Feifei, who was watching from outside, couldn't help but ask the others who were already in the Soul Forging Realm.

”How many times you had to attack your souls during the breakthrough?”

Dilo was the first one to answer.

”I didn't have the Myriad Energies Technique at that time, so my soul power was just like any average one. I struck it 273 times to finish the complete transformation. Now that I remember, it was really a painful thing that I don't want to repeat.”

Xankruan then answered next.

”I already had the Myriad Energies Technique by the time I entered the Soul Forging Realm. However, the time I spent with it wasn't as long as you guys, so the number didn't increase that much. After 407 hits, the full transformation was done as well.”

Cinty was the last one to answer.

Dile and Xankruan were surprised. That was more than double their numbers.

”That was probably excruciating.”

Cinty shook her head.

”The stronger your Soul, the lesser the pain since it becomes more resistant. I would say that the pain that I felt with my 914 hits was probably lower than your 273.”

Dilo felt like crying. Not only was his Soul just average, he even had to feel more pain because of that.

'I guess that this is the effort being paid back.'

Cinty then continued.

”Still, Krune's Soul is supported by the Myriad Energies Technique since he was in the Qi Condensation Realm. He also used his Tribulation Lightning to temper it so many times that he probably doesn't even remember the number anymore. He also has his All-Encompassing Soul Technique. Simply put, his Soul was on an entirely different level from mine when I was in his Realm. I wouldn't be surprised if he needed to go over twice than what I required. His entire Breakthrough will probably take quite some time to finish too.”

Time passed, and Krune kept hitting his Soul with Elemental Source Energy.

300 times...

500 time...

1000 times...

By this point, Krune finally could feel his Soul starting to transform.

'Only now the transformation began, at least there isn't much pain. Let's continue.'

1500 times...

2000 times...

2500...

It takes some time for you to gather the Elemental Source Energy to hit the Soul, so by the time Krune reached 3000 hits, over a day had gone by. Fortunately, Krune could tell that it was almost finished.

'Just another 200 or so hits, and the transformation will be completed.'