Chapter 26: Breakthrough! Breakthrough!

As the Willow Essence Pill entered his mouth, the pure medicinal power flowed toward his mind. Jiang Xincheng circulated the Thousand Refinements Spirit Tempering Method to refine this medicinal power even more purely, then absorbed it into his Spirit Sense Sea, gradually enhancing his Spiritual Sense Power.

Within his Spirit Sense Sea, the originally transparent Spiritual Sense Power gradually became more and more abundant. It gathered together, clumping into one mass, and turned increasingly white, no longer transparent.

The pure Spiritual Sense Power converged like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, pouring into the Spirit Sense Sea without stop, continuously increasing Jiang Xincheng’s Spiritual Sense Power, making it ever larger, purer, and more concentrated.

Soon, the medicinal power of one Willow Essence Pill was exhausted, yet Jiang Xincheng’s Spiritual Sense Power had only increased by one-tenth. As his strength grew and his Spiritual Sense improved, the Willow Essence Pill’s effects diminished further. Once he broke through to Soldier Realm Middle Stage, he would need to refine other Spiritual Sense pills.

Jiang Xincheng took another Willow Essence Pill. Surging Spiritual Sense Power rushed in. Jiang Xincheng fully focused on absorbing it, steadily increasing his Spiritual Sense Power while refining and absorbing it bit by bit.

After repeating this process several times, the transparent Spiritual Sense Power in Jiang Xincheng’s Spirit Sense Sea had condensed into white clouds—dazzlingly white and brilliant. The capacity of his Spirit Sense Sea had reached its limit; it could no longer absorb the Willow Essence Pill’s medicinal power.

Only by breaking through to the next major realm would Jiang Xincheng’s Spiritual Sense Power be able to grow further.

Jiang Xincheng sat cross-legged, fully activating the Thousand Refinements Spirit Tempering Method. Over and over, he refined the Spiritual Sense Power in his Spirit Sense Sea, akin to tempering iron into steel, striving to refine this Spiritual Sense Power from ordinary iron into fine steel.

Time after time, cycle after cycle, he lost track of time and felt no sense of tedium. Having endured so much suffering in his past life, this bit of dullness and monotony meant nothing to him now.

It was unclear how much time had passed when, within the Spirit Sense Sea, the transparent Spiritual Sense Power finally began to transform. One drop of transparent Spiritual Sense Power, under repeated refinement, gradually turned milky white—bright and lustrous, like the finest milk, emitting a soft, gleaming radiance.

This single drop of Spiritual Sense Power had advanced to Soldier Realm Middle Stage. It was more than twice as powerful as the Spiritual Sense Power at Soldier Realm Initial Stage.

A faint smile touched his lips. Jiang Xincheng did not dare slack off and continued refining. With the transformation of the first drop of Spiritual Sense Power came a domino effect. Soon after, a second transformed drop appeared, then a third, a fourth, a fifth, a sixth, a seventh… up to thousands of drops.

In the Spirit Sense Sea, the milky-white Spiritual Sense Power gradually took over half the space, continuously encroaching upon the remaining Spiritual Sense Power and prompting it to undergo transformation as well.

One hour later, all the Spiritual Sense Power in Jiang Xincheng’s Spirit Sense Sea had turned milky white, ascending to a completely new realm. A soul-shaking bell seemed to chime in his mind as his Spiritual Sense abruptly surged, giving Jiang Xincheng a fleeting sensation of being reborn.

His memory became stronger, his senses sharper, the range his Spiritual Sense Power could cover expanded, his control over the Primordial Force within his body grew more effortless, and his perception of his surroundings became more detailed and meticulous.

At this moment, Jiang Xincheng’s Spiritual Sense Power was more than twice as pure and over twice as abundant as before. Combined, these factors multiplied his overall Spiritual Sense Power several times over.

Spiritual Sense was hard to cultivate and even harder to enhance. Compared to training Primordial Force, improving Spiritual Sense was significantly more difficult. Among current Practitioners, it was exceedingly rare—perhaps one in hundreds of millions—to possess Soldier Realm Middle Stage Spiritual Sense while still at Muscle Training Realm. Usually, only by reaching the late peak of Tendon Training Realm could one’s Primordial Force nurture Soldier Realm Middle Stage Spiritual Sense.

Under normal circumstances, only Practitioners at Bone Training Realm would commonly possess Soldier Realm Middle Stage Spiritual Sense.

Yet Jiang Xincheng, merely at Peak Late Muscle-Tempering Stage, had elevated his Spiritual Sense Power to Soldier Realm Middle Stage. Moreover, compared to that of ordinary Practitioners, his Spiritual Sense Power was purer, stronger, and far more potent.

Sensing the formidable strength of his Spiritual Sense Power, a smile curled on Jiang Xincheng’s lips. He took another Willow Essence Pill, not to enhance his Spiritual Sense further, but to consolidate his new realm.

Now that his Spiritual Sense had reached Soldier Realm Middle Stage, the Willow Essence Pill’s effect on boosting Spiritual Sense was minimal. He would need to consume hundreds or even thousands of them to gain significant improvement, so from then on, Jiang Xincheng decided not to rely on Willow Essence Pills for Spiritual Sense enhancement.

Pill after pill entered his mouth. Jiang Xincheng’s already quite stable Spiritual Sense realm became even more solid under the influence of the Willow Essence Pills, as if tempered countless times, remarkably robust.

He consumed the remaining dozen or so Willow Essence Pills, and his Soldier Realm Middle Stage Spiritual Sense realm was fully consolidated—as stable as if he had been at that stage for over a year.

With his Spiritual Sense now broken through to Soldier Realm Middle Stage and fully stabilized, it was time to refine another type of Spiritual Elixir to boost his Primordial Force and begin advancing to the next major realm.

Tendon Training Realm!

With a slight smile, Jiang Xincheng rose and went out to gather the spiritual herbs and materials needed to concoct the new pill.

The main ingredient: lotus leaf!

It was currently the season for lotus leaves to grow. This Spiritual Herb could be found in many parks in Tianhai City. Jiang Xincheng simply strolled through a public park and gathered a bunch of fresh lotus leaves.

One of the two main auxiliary materials was lotus leaf water—water soaked with dried lotus leaves. He went to a pharmacy and spent just over ten Credit Points to buy a large bundle of dried lotus leaves. That was also quite simple.

The second main auxiliary material was aged earth. For someone living in the city center of Tianhai, this might have been hard to find, but for Jiang Xincheng, it couldn’t have been easier.

The old house he rented had plenty of aged earth walls. He easily collected a large amount. As for the other materials and spiritual herbs, they weren’t hard to find either, and the quantities required were small. Jiang Xincheng spent only a few dozen Credit Points to buy a large supply.

Thus, everything was ready; all that was needed was to proceed. With all the materials prepared, the next step was to refine the new Primordial Force pill and swiftly enhance his Primordial Force.

Jiang Xincheng also intended to seize this opportunity to break through Muscle Training Realm and step into Tendon Training Realm, achieving a major leap in strength to prepare for the upcoming Talent Destruction Incident.

With his plan set, Jiang Xincheng wasted no time. He brought all the materials back to his rented old house, lit the furnace fire, and began refining a type of top-grade Rank 1 Primordial Force pill.

With his Spiritual Sense Power having broken through to Soldier Realm Middle Stage and greatly improved, Jiang Xincheng was now eighty to ninety percent confident he could successfully refine this top-grade Rank 1 Primordial Force pill—one of the more difficult Rank 1 pills to make.

Lotus Leaf Elixir!