[Name: Lu Qingyang]
[True Form: Immortal Wood]
[Lifespan: 23/]
[Realm: Late Fourth Tier (/Advanceable)]
[Celestial Court: Fourth Tier (/)]
[Divine Abilities: Immortal Wood Spiritual Root (Fourth Tier), Immortal Spirit Fruit (Fourth Tier), Immortal Whisper (Fourth Tier), All-Seeing Vision (Fourth Tier), Celestial Court Domain (Fourth Tier), Command Wind and Rain (Fourth Tier)]
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"I've accumulated nearly nine million cultivation points!"
Lu Qingyang stared at the abundant cultivation points, not rushing to break through to the peak of the fourth tier.
Instead, he turned his attention to the Celestial Court chat group.
More specifically, he looked at the Celestial Court marketplace.
"If a supreme fourth-tier breakthrough elixir can help a late fourth-tier cultivator reach the peak, can I also use this elixir to break through?"
"If this supreme fourth-tier breakthrough elixir can indeed help me reach the peak of the fourth tier, it would undoubtedly save a significant amount of cultivation points."
"Moreover, the exchange cost of the supreme fourth-tier breakthrough elixir is only fifty million incense points."
"In terms of cultivation points, that's only about five hundred thousand."
"Undoubtedly, if this breakthrough elixir is effective for me, it would be like finding a shortcut to breakthrough."
"If the breakthrough elixir can help me successfully break through, I can use the saved cultivation points to climb to higher levels of cultivation."
"Compared to directly refining incense into cultivation points, this approach is undoubtedly wiser and more cost-effective."
Lu Qingyang pondered silently.
He acted immediately, just in time for the incense point settlement.
Holding nearly two hundred million incense points, even spending fifty million wouldn't have a significant impact.
So, Lu Qingyang decisively exchanged for a supreme fourth-tier breakthrough elixir.
He then used the Immortal Wood Spiritual Root to extract its essence, quickly integrating it into his Immortal Embryo.
Instantly, Lu Qingyang felt a vast and boundless power surge from the Immortal Root to his core, causing his entire body to tremble.
However, just as Lu Qingyang was anticipating a breakthrough, the immense power suddenly vanished at the critical moment.
The sudden change left him feeling quite displeased.
Lu Qingyang then re-examined his information panel.
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[Name: Lu Qingyang]
[True Form: Immortal Wood]
[Lifespan: 23/]
[Realm: Late Fourth Tier (/Advanceable)]
[Celestial Court: Fourth Tier (/)]
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"The breakthrough was unsuccessful!"
Lu Qingyang felt a bit helpless.
He knew that the possibility of achieving a breakthrough by consuming a supreme fourth-tier breakthrough elixir was slim, as breaking through with incense points required at least seven billion incense points.
And the supreme fourth-tier breakthrough elixir was only worth fifty million incense points.
Attempting to achieve a seven billion incense point breakthrough with just fifty million was clearly wishful thinking.
However, witnessing the failure firsthand, Lu Qingyang still couldn't help feeling disappointed.
Nevertheless, the supreme fourth-tier breakthrough elixir was not entirely ineffective.
Compared to before taking the elixir, Lu Qingyang noticed that his cultivation points had increased by one million after consuming the elixir.
In other words,
Although the supreme fourth-tier breakthrough elixir couldn't help him break through, it did add one million cultivation points.
Thus,
Lu Qingyang realized that the breakthrough elixir was not an absolute guarantee of a breakthrough.
For ordinary cultivators, the spiritual power in the breakthrough elixir would be enough to support them in breaking through a realm on their own.
For well-established cultivators, the breakthrough elixir could increase the success rate of their breakthrough rather than guaranteeing it.
"Although the supreme fourth-tier breakthrough elixir didn't help me break through, it added a million cultivation points, which is quite significant."
"This way, it only takes about fifty incense points to gain one cultivation point, doubling the efficiency, which is remarkable!"
"Unfortunately, the breakthrough elixir for each tier only works the first time it's taken; subsequent doses are ineffective."
"Otherwise, if I had more incense points to exchange for breakthrough elixirs, the effect would far surpass directly refining incense."
Subsequently, Lu Qingyang consumed the lower, middle, and upper-tier fourth-tier breakthrough elixirs in succession.
Each increased his cultivation points by one hundred thousand, two hundred thousand, and five hundred thousand, respectively.
In total, Lu Qingyang gained one million eight hundred thousand cultivation points after trying all grades of fourth-tier breakthrough elixirs.
After some thought, he also exchanged for a supreme third-tier breakthrough elixir, but this time, it had no effect, and his cultivation points didn't increase at all.
"It seems that third-tier breakthrough elixirs are ineffective for me as a fourth-tier cultivator. Only breakthrough elixirs of the same tier can have the corresponding effect."
Lu Qingyang pondered silently, then checked his information panel again.
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[Name: Lu Qingyang]
[True Form: Immortal Wood]
[Lifespan: 23/]
[Realm: Late Fourth Tier (/Advanceable)]
[Celestial Court: Fourth Tier (/)]
...
Although his incense points had decreased by over a hundred million, his cultivation points had surged by one million eight hundred thousand, making this attempt worthwhile.
Without hesitation, Lu Qingyang decided to attempt an advancement immediately.
Breaking through from late fourth tier to peak fourth tier did not cause any celestial phenomena, and he silently advanced to the peak of the fourth tier.
After the breakthrough,
Lu Qingyang's Immortal Wood body grew to a height of nine thousand meters, and his Celestial Court domain expanded to two hundred fifty thousand meters.
Even so,
The expanded Celestial Court domain still couldn't entirely cover the ancient and vast Ten Thousand Mountains.
As the oldest mountain range in the world, the Ten Thousand Mountains spanned a vast area. Lu Qingyang guessed that even if he reached the fifth tier, he might not be able to encompass the entire mountain range within his Celestial Court domain.
To completely include this mountain range as part of the Celestial Court domain, he would need to advance to the sixth tier.
Meanwhile,
As Lu Qingyang's cultivation advanced, his soul power was quickly replenished and restored.
As usual,
He focused his mind into the world, closely monitoring the struggle between the two Heavenly Dao wills, hoping to catch a flaw,
Ideally finding an effective way to deal with the Heavenly Dao wills.
Of course, the possibility of this was extremely slim.
But in the Ten Thousand Mountains, Lu Qingyang had nothing else to do. Rather than wasting time, it was better to do something meaningful.