As Ryker skimmed through everything that he could inside the tablet, he soon found what he had been looking for.
"The Celestial Energy do have a Body Refining and Soul Enhancement Art that complimented it," he said to himself. He ignored the Body Refining Art for now as he had no way of practicing it in the near future.
He is more interested in the Soul Enhancement Art.
"Celestial Soul Art. Requires one to practice the Celestial Energy Art to the second level before one can practice the Soul Enhancement Art. It's a good thing I already have the requirement," he said to himself.
He decided to rest for the night first though, planning to look more into it after a good night's rest.
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In the end, he postponed the practice of his Soul Strength for the next few days. He moved across the County and headed towards a Duchy, hoping there were suitable places for him to cultivate in peace.
Thankfully, in a neighboring Duchy, there place for him to practice without being disturbed. He had found it easily, as the most powerful creature there is at the 9th Tier, though only at the lower level.
He easily dispatched the beast before finding a suitable spot for him to cultivate. He also allowed the rest to leave the Hidden Ancient Mansion, wanting to allow them to see some other sight than just the walls and garden adorning the mansion.
With how the place is rich in energy, it is also a good place for them to cultivate as well. As he watched over them, he realized the effectiveness of the Meridian Advancing Pill with how much improvement they had made in such a short time.
Both Miriam and Era had reached the peak of Genesis Condensing realms and seemed to be ready to perform a breakthrough. Ina has already broken through and is at the 7th Stage of the Genesis Foundation realm.
Both Shuri and Rina, are already at the peak of the Genesis Condensing realm, requiring a slight push before advancing to the Genesis Core realm. Mashia is already at the 5th Stage of Genesis Core, a terrifying development with how fast she is, at least according to Hylla.
Speaking of the gray-haired girl, she is ready to break through and become the second Genesis Spring expert in the group only needing precious treasures to achieve a breakthrough.
While they were busy cultivating, Eris and Myna were also there to watch over the children, he found a secluded spot before he began to cultivate.
Soul Enhancement Art and Body Refining Art are different than Cultivation Art as they require practicing first. While Cultivation Art requires resources and energy to be refined, Soul and Body Art requires one to practice in a suitable place for the latter while the former requires one to use any ability related to the Soul and practice the Soul Art in the process.
Celestial Soul Art is the same. First, one needed to strain their Soul Strength also referred to as Soul Power. After exhausting the Soul Power, one needed to nourish the Soul.
Most Soul Enhancement Art shared this exact process with the difference in what is used to nourish the Soul. As for Celestial Soul Art, the nourishment of the Soul depends on the Celestial Qi, something refined during practicing the Celestial Energy Art.
However, instead of regular Celestial Qi, one needed to create a more suitable qi to practice the Soul Art. The qi in question could only be formed when one practiced the Celestial Energy Art to the second level.
The qi is called Celestial Nascent Qi. Only a few strands could be formed during practice though if one concentrates, one would be able to form the Celestial Nascent Qi more easily.
Whenever he had the chance during the previous few days, he spent them cultivating the Celestial Nascent Qi. Currently, he has almost one hundred strands of Celestial Nascent Qi for use.
He then began to tiring process of exhausting one's Soul Power. With his Soul Power, the best way is by practicing alchemy if he wants to exhaust it as best as he can.
He smiled, at least he could do something beneficial while practicing.
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He let out a tired sigh, never before he had cursed his immense Soul Power. Though it seemed to have been strengthened from the time he practiced the five professions.
Now that he had exhausted his Soul Power, he began circulating the Celestial Soul Art. His Soul in his Inner Realm formed into a massless cloud.
As the manifestation of his Soul Power began to replenish itself, he moved the Celestial Nascent Qi into the cloud, feeling his Soul Power being rejuvenated as it also gained some strength, no matter how minor it was for now.
He knew he needed to do it more if he wanted to get better results and so began the process of replenishing his Soul Power with Celestial Nascent Qi and enhancing it with Celestial Soul Art.
He prepared himself, the process of enhancing his Soul is a lengthy and boring one.
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He stretched his body, his Soul Cultivation had been finished for the day. He had not completely exhausted his reserves of Celestial Nascent Qi, having about 40 or so strands left.
Still, to exhaust almost 60 strands in a single cultivation session that did not even last a day showed how much is needed to improve one soul.
"So that is why the book said something about Soul Cultivation required tremendous patience," he said to himself before looking for others.
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He smiled, they were busy cultivating even after he had finished. Then again, his Soul Cultivation requires him to use Celestial Nascent Qi and he needed to cultivate normally to produce them so he better cultivate while the night still did not come.
He closed his eyes as he began to cultivate, refining the surrounding energy into Celestial Qi or more accurately, Celestial Nascent Qi. He hoped to produce more strands as he had more experience in forming the Celestial Nascent Qi.
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After forming 10 more strands, he stopped for now as he was still mentally exhausted from Soul Cultivation. From the looks of it, the rest were the same, already practiced enough for the day.
He opened the portal to the Hidden Ancient Mansion, letting them enter before entering the spatial artifact the last.
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Because of them being exhausted, aside from eating dinner, they did not even bother to lean themselves, just plopping on the bed before dozing off.
Aside from Eris, Myna, and Brea, who merely take care of the children, the rest spend the time cultivating. In the future, they might be able to cultivate longer to the point they entered a year-long secluded retreat but for now, they did not have the endurance for such a thing.