[Congratulations! Host has reached the first level of the Foundation Establishment realm.]
Li Jing smiled widely when he saw this notification. He knew that without his powerful system it would have taken him years to reach this realm.
Before being able to breakthrough this realm, a normal cultivator needed to understand the concept of Divine Sense and slowly unlocking it. A lot of cultivators couldn't understand how to unlock their Divine Sense and were therefore stuck in the Qi Gathering realm.
Basically, Divine Sense was an ability that allowed cultivators to scan their surroundings with their spirit. The cultivators could extend their spirit out of their body to see, hear, and become aware of the area where they extended their spirit at a level far beyond the limits of their ordinary five senses.
In the Foundation Establishment realm, each level not only increased the strength of the cultivators by 1000 Jin but also increased the range they could extend their spirit while using their Divine Sense.
'Alright, let's try my Divine Sense.' He thought.
Li Jing focused on extending his spirit out of his body and a second later his perception entirely changed. He could now see and feel everything around him just like he was omnipresent! However, the range seemed to be limited to twenty-five meters for now.
He deactivated his Divine Sense and nodded in approval, this ability was really amazing.
Next, he displayed his status screen to see his new strength.
[----------STATUS---------
Experience Points (XP): 135066
XP / hour: 42
Strength: 17710 Jin
Qi cultivation realm: Foundation Establishment I (XP: 0/40000)
Body cultivation realm: Skin Refining V (XP: 0/30000)
Talent: B-grade
Bloodlines: [Soul Devourer Evil Metallic Boar], [Lesser Thunder Dragon]
Perks: [Appraisal], [Full Recovery], [Exchange]
Elemental affinities: [Lightning], [Dark]
Cultivation methods: [Li clan's method], [Unholy Dark Art]
Martial techniques: [Elusive Smoke Steps], [Instant Flash Step], [Hammer Fist], [Dark Command]
Bloodline skills: [Heavenly Thunder Breath]
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Satisfied, Li Jing now thought about his next step. If the storyline had not changed, Teng Fen would leave the city in three days. That left him enough time to upgrade his bloodline.
He decided that it was safer to upgrade his bloodline now, before leaving the clan. So, he took out the boxes containing the tier-2 Demonic Cores and placed them in front of him.
He took one of the cores in his hand, it looked exactly like a tier-1 core: a glowing black pearl. Then, he ate it without hesitation.
…
A day later.
Li Jing held in his hand the 1500th Demonic Cores but before eating he mentally prepared. He had the feeling that this upgrade would be extremely painful…
A few seconds later, he ate the core and a screen appeared before his eyes.
[Host has met the requirement to evolve the Lesser Thunder Dragon bloodline.]
[Initialization of the evolution...]
As he expected, the moment the notification appeared, an overpowering pain assaulted his body.
Small blue glowing scales suddenly covered his skin and the powerful roar of a dragon resonated in his head as an overwhelming pressure forced him to lie down on the ground.
Li Jing was in so much pain that his complexion became ashen. Lying on the ground, his eyes closed, he had to bite his lip to keep from crying out. This pain was similar to his whole body being crushed, stabbed, and struck by lightning repeatedly. He felt like he was dying!
He stayed in this state for several minutes that seemed hours for him until, finally, the small scales disappeared, the roar in his head stopped, and the pain subsided.
[The Lesser Thunder Dragon bloodline has successfully evolved.]
[The Lesser Thunder Dragon bloodline has become Minor Thunder Dragon bloodline.]
[New bloodline skill unlocked: Dragon's Talent. Lifespan increased by 400 years. Strength increased by 15000 Jin. Host's skin, muscles, bones, and internal organs have been strengthened.]
[
Name: Dragon's Talent
Type: Bloodline skill
Description: Increase Host's talent by one grade.
]
Li Jing breathed heavily as his whole body was still shaking. He really thought that he would not survive this time…
[Perk Full Recovery activated. Host's strength +20%.]
[Minor Thunder Dragon bloodline evolution stage: 2/10 (consume 50 Demonic Cores of Wyvern-type Demonic Beast to reach the third evolution)]
He slowly stood up and examined the screen before his eyes.
Wyvern-type Demonic Beast only lived in the Central Continent. Furthermore, they were very strong tier-3 Demonic Beasts with a strength higher than 60000 Jin! It seemed like he wouldn't be able to upgrade his bloodline anytime soon…
Next, Li Jing inspected his body and it seemed that it still had not physically changed. However, he clearly felt far stronger than before.
'Status.' He thought.
[----------STATUS---------
Experience Points (XP): 135066
XP / hour: 84
Strength: 39252 Jin
Qi cultivation realm: Foundation Establishment I (XP: 0/40000)
Body cultivation realm: Skin Refining V (XP: 0/30000)
Talent: A-grade
Bloodlines: [Soul Devourer Evil Metallic Boar], [Minor Thunder Dragon]
Perks: [Appraisal], [Full Recovery], [Exchange]
Elemental affinities: [Lightning], [Dark]
Cultivation methods: [Li clan's method], [Unholy Dark Art]
Martial techniques: [Elusive Smoke Steps], [Instant Flash Step], [Hammer Fist], [Dark Command]
Bloodline skills: [Heavenly Thunder Breath], [Dragon's Talent]
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With his new strength, Li Jing was now as strong as someone in the third level of the Golden Core realm. Moreover, the increase of his talent was truly amazing! Between the E-grade talent and the A-grade talent, each grade of talent double the cultivation speed of a cultivator.
Now that his strength drastically increased, he was ready to go to the Relentless Mountain.
The treasure he coveted was actually the sealed egg of a powerful variant Demonic Beast from the Immortal World.
In the web novel, it was explained that the powerful cultivator whose name was Xiang Ding found the egg in the Inheritance Realm left by a True Immortal in the North Continent.
This True Immortal had many enemies in the Immortal World and was seriously injured by them. To survive, he had to hide in this Mortal World. Unfortunately, the wound he had was too serious and he died not long after he left his Inheritance Realm in this world.
Leaving an Inheritance Realm was common for cultivators, it was a way for them to pass their last wish and not to be forgotten.
Xiang Ding was actually originated from the North Continent and was a talentless cultivator until he found and used the inheritance of the True Immortal. Thanks to that he has been able to reach the Ascension realm but failed to pass the Heavenly Tribulation.
The only item of the inheritance left was the egg because he had no idea how to unseal it. It meant that it stayed sealed until now.
To obtain the egg, Teng Fen lied to the brother and sister who were the descendants of Xiang Ding by saying that it was sealed forever and no one would be able to open it. Of course, since these two were grateful to him for having saved them from the bandits, they didn't doubt his word and let him keep it…
Later in the story, Teng Fen left the Demonic Beast to his clan and it became the guardian of the Teng clan when he left the kingdom to venture the world.
Li Jing, for his part, obviously intended to keep the Demonic Beast for him and use it as a battle pet…
Now that he was ready, he took out the map of the Sky Jade Kingdom given by Li Hua and started to inspect it.
According to the map, the Relentless Mountain was located northwest of the city and the trip there would likely take about two days on horseback.
He just had to go to his father and tell him that he would be leaving town for a few days.