Chapter 63: The Eighth Level of Qi Refining! (1/2)
The Frost Python left the Green Illusion dimension through the inter-spatial teleportation portal, ending up in parts unknown.
The light screen exploded, sending millions of sparks flying out in all directions, filling up the entire dome. In the briefest of moments, the twelve stone columns ceased to emit frost and flame.
As Nie Tian stood there underneath the stone pillar, he decided that he might as well explore the secrets of the stone palace.
However, he soon realized that the sparks of light floating in the air might still contain considerable energy.
Eyes lit up, he immediately released his psychic power to probe the air, and discovered that the entire stone palace was filled with unprecedentedly rich power.
He then realized that the power was from the high grade dragon bones, the same power which had been used by the inter-spacial teleportation portal.
The Frost Python must have spent countless hours and incredible effort to amass such a large collection of dragon bones. They were the key to its escape.
Now, although all the dragon bones had been shattered, the energy they had contained still lingered in the stone palace, and was dissipating at a slow speed.
“What a formidable power!”
Nie Tian immediately dismissed the idea of exploring the rest of the stone palace, and sat down cross-legged to practice the Qi Refining Incantation.
His spiritual sea thrummed as it began to madly absorb the ever-fading energy, as if it had transformed into an enormous magnet.
Strands of silver-colored mist, together with sparks of light, started converging onto him from all directions, like a band of moths drawn to a flame.
A moment later he sensed that his spiritual sea was brimming with spiritual power!
There were a total of nine levels in the Qi Refining stage. From the first level to the ninth level, a Qi warrior would only need to unceasingly reform and upgrade their spiritual sea to enter the next level.
However, when a Qi warrior was trying to break through into the Lesser Heaven stage from the ninth level of Qi Refining, merely the accumulation of spiritual power and expansion of their spiritual sea wouldn’t be enough.
This was where the bottleneck appeared.
After a period of constant consumption of the Lurker Lizard meat and upgrading of his spiritual sea, Nie Tian was already on the verge of a breakthrough.
If he hadn’t run into the Frost Python, he might have been able to enter the eighth level of Qi Refining with a single session of cultivation.
This time, the concentrated energy pouring violently into his spiritual sea pushed him to the brink of his goal: the eighth level of Qi Refining!
Cross-legged, he continue to cultivate with rapt attention.
After an unknown period of time, he suddenly trembled slightly.
Then, he opened his eyes, face full of ecstasy as he yelled, “I’ve done it!”
He had successfully entered the eighth level of Qi Refining!
Instead of springing to his feet, he once again probed the surrounding area his psychic power, and discovered that the energy inside the stone palace, although having thinned out a bit, was still quite abundant.
He sensed that the energy had only faded by a limited extent.
“This is such a rare opportunity. It’s still hard to say if I will come across another second grade spirit beast in the coming days. Without the help of more second grade spirit beast meat, it won’t be easy for me to rapidly improve in the eighth level of Qi Refining.
“The energy here is from those high grade dragon bones. Plus, it’s quite easy to absorb.
“I need to take this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and expand my spiritual sea as much as I can before the energy completely dissipates into the heaven and earth!”
With these thoughts, he snapped out of the complacence of reaching the eighth level of Qi Refining, and calmed himself once again.
Then he began to practice the Qi Refining Incantation, and started another session of cultivation.
Before he knew it, several days passed…
Sitting in the center of the stone palace, obsessed with the upgrade of his spiritual sea, Nie Tian had completely lost track of time, and had even forgotten about eating and sleeping.
Only when he could no longer refine power from inside the stone palace did he finally stopp.
He opened his eyes and discovered that there wasn’t even the tiniest bit of energy left in the silent stone palace.
He soon realized that the fading energy inside the stone palace, after a period of dissipation, had already completely disappeared.
Even still, he managed to expand his spiritual sea by thirty percent after entering the eighth level of Qi Refining with another session of cultivation.
As a matter of fact, expanding the spiritual sea by thirty percent in the eighth level required an immense amount of energy.
Were it not for the pure energy in the stone palace, he would probably need to cultivate in the Nie clan for half a year or longer to make such an achievement.
The energy in the stone palace had sped up his cultivation by at least ten times, but possibly even more!