"Siphyr, you're quite a womanizer aren't you?" Liliane's voice resounded in his head but he just replied whilst he shrugged.
"I can't help it, I just get interested in women that have a nice personality."
"Is that really the only reason?" She asked in doubt.
"Well, she's beautiful too even though her eye bags and her dark expression prevents others from seeing it."
After that he said no more and proceeded to his house. He walked upstairs and put a sign on his door saying to not disturb him.
Afterwards he sat cross legged in the bed and asked Liliane.
"Liliane, do you have anything there that could help with my breakthrough to the second realm?"
"Naturally, I already prepared all the things you needed in cultivating when you decided to cultivate. Of course, your father was the one who gave this to me."
She appeared in front of Siphyr and handed Siphyr a core. The core emitted a strong aura meaning that it belonged to a beast at least the peak of the second realm.
He could feel the enormous amount of Nyxavor in it and he knew this would help him a lot in the process of breaking through.
"Thanks Liliane, I'm really glad you're here." He felt grateful for Liliane, otherwise he would've needed to return home in order to ask for resources.
"Siphyr, can I ask how many Nyxars there are in your nucleus right now, I'm curious why you didn't breakthrough earlier."
She was curious after all Siphyr could've breakthrough a few days ago if he wanted but he didn't.
"Well, currently I have about more than 200 Nyxars in my body or precisely 234 Nyxars." He casually said the large amount of Nyxars in his body.
"W- What?! That's more than twice the amount of a normal person... This is unbelievable." She was shocked by the great amount of Nyxars that he had whilst still being in the 1st realm.
If he was in the second realm, he would've already been in the medial phase.
'Then does that mean he'll go straight to the medial phase?' She wondered as she looked at Siphyr.
"I know what you're thinking but I won't. You see I have twice the amount of a normal capacity than everyone else." He said before continuing his explanation.
"Meaning that the maximum capacity for the initial phase in the second realm is 400 Nyxars, which means that I'll have to work twice as hard as everyone else."
He said, and Liliane finally understood and seeing that he didn't mind working twice as hard, means that the results are worth it.
She questioned no more and began to explain about the core in his hands.
"The core in your hands belongs to an origin beasts at the peak of the second realm. It's also a beast with a pure Nyxavor so it will help you greatly in making your Nucleus even purer than before."
She explained and disappeared right after she went ahead and formed a concealment formation and barrier around the room.
This was to prevent anyone from disturbing Siphyr during his breakthrough.
Also, she watched Siphyr in the shadows in case the worse scenario happens and she'll be able to react immediately.
Siphyr stared at the beast core in his hands and remembered how the second realm works.
The Abyssal Nucleus which contains your Nyxavor actually has different purities.
The darker it is the more purer your Abyssal Nucleus becomes. From Grey the lowest, Onyx, Nero, and finally the highest quality and purest one of all, Black.
Grey is what almost all cultivators Abyssal Nucleus color when they breakthrough the second realm. After it is Onyx which only 30% of all the cultivators have this kind of color.
It's also twice as pure as the grey one meaning that it will be twice as strong.
Nero comes next and only 9% of cultivators own this kind of Abyssal Nucleus which makes it very rare.
Finally, Black, something that only Exemplars are said to have this kind of Abyssal Nucleus or anyone who is on par with them.
As for Siphyr, his Abyssal Nucleus currently had the color Nero, but when he breaks through the next realm he will use the core to refine his Abyssal Nucleus even further.
Normally, Black Abyssal Nucleus is 16 times purer than a grey one if you do the math but since Siphyr's Nyxavor is twice as pure as that, meaning that his Nyxavor's quality is really absurd.
Enough for the whole continent to go crazy if they knew about it.
"I'll start now, Liliane I'll be seeing you later~"
He said to Liliane, and his words that had a profound meaning to it made her blush in anticipation.
Siphyr focused his mind and after a while he finally entered the flow state. His mind was solely focused on breaking through, to him right now nothing else matters.
From then on, he began to absorb and refine the pure Nyxavor in the beast core for his own.
This process was tedious and a slight mistake might cause damage to his cultivation which is why this was to be done with care.
After a few hours of careful refining he began to absorb the Nyxavor into his Abyssal Nucleus.
As he absorbed the pure Nyxavor he could feel his Abyssal Nucleus becoming purer at the same time becoming than darker.
This process also lasted a few hours and when the sun fell and darkness loomed, he finally finished breaking through the next realm.
However he didn't stop there and consolidate his new realm. He needed to do this or else he'll have a messy foundation in the second realm.
After half an hour he finished and his aura that was previously fluctuating became calm and disappeared. He hid it using Shadow Veil.
Then, he opened his eyes and there was a big smile on his face reaching his ears. The breakthrough had gone well and now it was time for 'that'.
"It's finally time for 'bed', don't you think Liliane?"