Yun Chen decided to break through to the sprit-gathering realm as soon as possible to increase his strength. If it was not for chairman Chu Gao, elder Lao Gu and elder Kong blocking the two patriarchs, he would have been dead long ago.
Yun Chen collected all the spirit stones and other special cultivation treasures. He also took out the spirit-forging pills that he refined along time ago for this moment. After taking a deep breath, he swallowed a pill and began meditating. The medicinal effect of the pill began circulating but it was not enough to make him break through.
«I still can't break through. My soul is too strong for this realm so, I need more power. » Yun Chen finally concluded.
Yun Chen had refined a lot of spirit-forging pills but even if he swallowed them all, it would still be impossible for him to break through. So, he came up with the idea of refining another kind of pill using the spirit-forging pills and some other spirit treasures.
«The spirit-forging pills are not enough for me but there is a pill that can help me; the fourth-tier Six-tunes heaven-breaking pill. If I use the spirit-forging pills as a base ingredient and I add Ice ginseng, Fire curling flower, Storm-wind grass, Purple-lightning fruit, Ghost vine, Black lotus crystal from the six elements, Thousand-poison leaves and some demon cores from the poison and devil elements, this pill can become a peak fifth tier specially made for my circumstances. I will call it the Eight-tunes swallowing-heaven pill » said Yun Chen before taking out all the ingredients he had mentioned.
Yun Chen first crushed the fifteen spirit-forging pills into powder and then separately melted all the ingredients except the demon cores and the thousand poison leaves. He made those melted material with the pill powder and refined it for two hours. After that, he used a special refining formation to fuse that mixture, the thousand poison leaves and the demon cores into a viscous liquid. He slowly refined that liquid for almost three hours before it began emanating some strong energy waves signaling the refining is finished. Yun Chen then condensed that mixture into a pill. That pill had a crystal-like texture and there were eight clouds of different colors carved on it instead of six from the normal Six-tunes heaven-breaking pill.
«With this Eight-tunes swallowing-heaven pill, I will be able to break through without problem. » sighted Yun Chen.
Yun Chen decided to immediately swallow the pill. When the medicinal effects began to circulate inside his body, all his spirit roots became brighter and the true qi he was absorbing was quickly transformed into primordial qi inside his dantian and condensed, the devil qi inside the demon cores on the ground were also swallowed. Seeing that, Yun Chen took out all the demon cores and different kind of poison that were left in his space-ring. After that, the absorption speed became even greater. Each part of his body was being refined and all the impurities inside were expelled. This process continued for two days until he finally broke through to the sprit-gathering realm. When he broke through, a bright six-colored symbol appeared on his right shoulder, a dark purple one appeared on his left shoulder and a bloody red one appeared on his forehead. These symbols are proof that he perfectly cultivated the qi-condensing part of the Supreme Chaos Absorption Sutra. He can now begin to study the spirit-gathering part. Yun Chen was covered by a smelly liquid formed by all the dirt that was expelled from his body. So, he decided to stop cultivating and go take a shower.
«Breaking through to the spirit-gathering realm has given me a lot of benefits. First, my soul power was risen to the peak of the transformation realm. Second, eight empty element spaces were created inside me; one for each element and third, no poison in this world can harm me anymore. I have gained invulnerability to poison. And lastly, I can transform myself into a devil form or human form if I want. » said Yun Chen after finishing showering.
Generally, when someone break through to the spirit-gathering realm, the highest number of empty element spaces that can be created is six according to the number of spirit roots awakened since there are only six elements. But, even if you cultivate to the highest level of spirit-gathering realm, you won't be able to break through to the foundation-building realm if those element spaces are not filled with their respective element. For example, if you only had a fire spiritual root, you could fill your element space with beast fire, earth fire or even heavenly fire if you have the strength to support it. But if you have the fire and lightning spirit root, there will be two spaces and can fill the other one with a thunder bead, thunder source or other treasure capable of generating lightning. If even one space is empty, it would be impossible to break through to the foundation-building realm.
«Now that I am in the spirit-gathering realm, I will fill the first element space with the Yin-Yang transcendental fire. It is the best for me now and I don't need to change it in the future. As for the other elements, I will slowly figure it out. I also don't know how Su Ling is doing! » said Yun Chen before wearing his clothes and heading out.
Yun Chen headed toward the courtyard where Su Ling usually trains but this time, she wasn't training her sword techniques. She was meditating under the pavilion at the other end of the courtyard. She had already broken through to the spirit-gathering realm some time ago and now, she is again showing some signs of breakthrough. To help her, Yun Chen quickly erected a qi-gathering formation and poured a lot of spirit stones inside it.
«This should be enough for her to breakthrough smoothly! » said Yun Chen after finishing.
Soon after Yun Chen finished the formation, Su Ling began to violently absorb the qi around her, and a gigantic shadow appeared behind her. That majestic shadow soared to the sky when Su Ling broke through. At that moment, all the birds in the sky began circling around that shadow and those on the ground bowed their heads instinctively.
«Hundred birds worshipping the phoenix! She has completely awakened the immortal phoenix bloodline. » said Yun Chen after seeing that phenomenon. After some time, the shadow finally descended straight toward Su Ling and returned inside her body. But the heat from awakening her bloodline was too strong for her current realm and if nothing is done, she might explode. At that moment, the cocoon that was inside Yun Chen flew out and began absorbing the heat and the aura around Su Ling at high speed. Finally, when Su Ling stabilized herself, the absorption stopped, and the cocoon returned inside Yun Chen.
«It seems that the phoenix energy was beneficial to Xiaobai, so it absorbed it. » Yun Chen sighted in relief.
After Su Ling finished her breakthrough, she opened her eyes and saw Yun Chen smiling in front of her and after taking a look around herself she saw that almost everything was burned to ashes.
«Young master Yun, wha…what happened here? » asked Su Ling with a little hesitation.
«Oh! That? It happened after you completely awakened your bloodline! » Yun Chen answered her.
«My bloodline? » Su Ling asked in confusion.
«Yes! You didn't completely awaken your bloodline before. So, everyone though that you had the Vermillion bird bloodline. Now, you have completely awakened it and your cultivation will be much faster in the future. After all, it is a divine bloodline» Yun Chen with a smile.
«Divine bloodline? Yo… young master Yun…. » said Su Ling completely confused.
«Stop! From now on, you will call me brother Chen and you must never talk about your bloodline to anyone. Understood? » Yun Chen said seriously.
«Yes, young mas…. brother Chen. » Su Ling corrected herself after seeing a fierce look from Yun Chen.
A lot of people in the city saw the phenomenon caused by the awakening but it was impossible for them to precisely locate the source without the remnant energy and that energy was absorbed by Yun Chen's cocoon.