With regards to impacting the Fish Dragon Eighth Transformation, Lei Jing actually didn’t hold much hope.
Even for those Half-Saint Families, those who could reach the Fish Dragon Seventh Transformation or above were considered to be phoenixes. It was even more difficult to reach the Fish Dragon Eighth Transformation.
It was only the first time he had attempted to impact the Fish Dragon Eighth Transformation, and according to the prediction, there was at most only a 20% chance that he would be able to make a successful breakthrough.
However, when he saw the black crystal stone that Zhang Ruochen had taken out, his eyes immediately burst open, his expression excited, his lips trembling, “What a rich water attribute aura, is this …… this …… a water attribute OriginSpiritual Treasure?”
“That’s right. This is the Water Attribute Origin Spiritual Treasure, the Black Water Glazed Crystal, please be sure to accept it, it is also considered a little bit of my disciple’s intention.”Zhang Ruochen said.
Such a large number of water-attributed Origin Spirit Treasures was already enough for Lei Jing to cultivate into a Water Spirit Treasure Body, saving ten years of bitter cultivation.
Not to mention the Fish Dragon Eighth Transformation “Punching Spirit Sacred Vein”, there was even a chance that he could reach the Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation “Glazed Treasure Body” within ten years.
Half-Saints can be expected.
Even the Half-Saints regarded it as a treasure, and Lei Jing was naturally very keen on it.
With his own disciple, there was nothing to be polite about, Lei Jing was not the least bit flippant, and after receiving the Black Water Glazed Crystal, he turned around and left to go into closed-door cultivation and start impacting the Fish Dragon Eighth Transformation.
Zhang Ruochen had wanted to give Lei Jing a portion of the Purple Cloud Sunken Fragrance Wood as well, but when he saw Lei Jing leave, he also put away the Purple Cloud Sunken Fragrance Wood he had taken out, and it would not be too late to give it to him again in the future.
Zhang Ruochen and Lei Jing’s relationship was not so much a master and disciple as it was also a teacher and friend.
“First, heal your injuries before impacting the Heavenly Extremity Realm’s Middle Extremity Position.”
Zhang Ruochen instructed Little Black to help with the transfer. Teach the Devil Ape and the Devouring Rabbit Potpourri, striving to bring the Devil Ape and Potpourri to the next level of strength.
Afterwards, he returned to his room, entered the inner space of the Space-Time Crystal Stone, and began to cultivate.
Six days later, not only had Zhang Ruochen’s injuries healed, but he had also absorbed one percent of the Half-Saint’s Light in his Qi Sea.
The strength of his martial soul reached the level of a cultivator of the Fish Dragon Fifth Transformation.
Moreover, his cultivation level, too, had grown, infinitely approaching the middle extreme position of the Heavenly Extreme Realm.
It took another six days for Zhang Ruochen’s martial soul to continuously absorb the Half-Saint’s Light, and with the assistance of that stream of energy, he finally impacted the Heavenly Extremity Realm’s Middle Extremity Position in one fell swoop.
Right at the moment of the realm breakthrough, Zhang Ruochen took out thousands of Spirit Crystals and inhaled the aura into his body, causing the true essence in the sea of qi to become thicker and thicker.
At this moment, Zhang Ruochen’s martial soul strength was close to that of a Fish Dragon Sixth Transformation martial artist.
Only, the speed at which the Martial Soul absorbed the Semi-Sacred Light became slower and slower, as if it was suppressed by some kind of power and reached a critical point.
“It should be that the martial soul is too strong while the martial realm is too low, I’ve already reached the strongest state of the current realm’s martial soul. Only when the realm breaks through again can the Martial Soul continue to absorb the Half-Saint’s Light.”
Zhang Ruochen was now experiencing the same problem as the Blood Spirit King.
The Blood Spirit King had been unable to fully absorb the Half-Saint’s Light because her flesh was not strong enough.
She could only continue to absorb blood and strengthen her fleshly body in order to continue fusing the Half-Saint’s Light.
Even so, the speed at which she increased her strength was still incredibly fast.
Of course, Zhang Ruochen was not discouraged in the slightest. He was at the Heavenly Extremity Realm Middle Extremity Position, and at most, he was able to raise his martial soul to a level comparable to that of a Fish Dragon Sixth Transformation martial artist. It would be even more impossible for other Heavenly Extreme Realm Middle Extreme Position martial artists to exceed this one limit.
In the same realm, his martial soul, was the strongest.
“Borrowing the power of my martial soul, I should be able to fight a cultivator of the second transformation of the fish dragon head on.”
When he was in the Five Elements Ruins Realm, the reason why Zhang Ruochen was able to kill the Divine Wreckage Dharma King of the Fish Dragon Second Transformation Realm wasn’t only because he had the Sacred Sword, but he also teamed up with the Demonic Ape, and in the end, he used the power of space and was unable to kill him until he was caught off guard.
And now, even if Zhang Ruochen didn’t use the Sacred Sword and Spatial Power, he was still certain that he could fight the Divine Wreckage Dharma King to a draw.
“Since I’ve reached the Heavenly Extremity Realm’s Middle Extremity Position, I can also start to continue refining the Black Water Glazed Crystal, in a bid to be able to cultivate into a Water Spirit Treasure Body in one go. As long as I cultivate into a Water Spirit Treasure Body, I will definitely be able to further my strength.”
To cultivate the Water Spirit Treasure Body, one would need to absorb roughly ten jin of Black Water Glazed Crystals.
Zhang Ruochen had already absorbed six jin and five taels.
Zhang Ruochen took out a piece of Black Water Glazed Crystal that weighed about one catty, placed it between his hands, mobilised his true qi, transported it to the meridians of his hands, and gushed it out from his palms.
“Snap! ”
Under the impact of the true qi, the Black Water Glazed Crystal, shattered into a grain of powder.
The true qi was like a bubble, wrapping around the powder of the Black Water Glazed Crystal, flowing backward and upward, surging into the pores and entering the meridians of the whole body.
Following the flow of true qi, the Black Water Glazed Crystals merged into Zhang Ruochen’s bones, blood, muscles, and internal organs, continuously improving Zhang Ruochen’s physique.
It didn’t take long for Zhang Ruochen to completely absorb that one catty of Black Water Glazed Crystal.
Each catty that was refined was equivalent to a year’s worth of cultivation results.
Zhang Ruochen only felt that his cultivation had grown a lot, and the true essence in his Qi Sea had become even deeper.
“Continue.”
Subsequently, Zhang Ruochen refined two more jin of Black Water Glazed Crystals in a row, finally, approaching the limit of his body.
“I’ve already absorbed nine jin and five taels of Black Water Glazed Crystals, and I’m surprised that I still haven’t managed to cultivate into a Water Spirit Treasure Body.”
Zhang Ruochen was able to clearly perceive that the Water Attribute Aura. Even, he could see with his eyes, a tiny water droplet, jumping in the air.
However, those water attribute auras were not under his control at all, nor did they actively fly towards him.
From this, it could be seen that he was still a little bit short and had not truly cultivated into a Water Spirit Treasure Body.
“Continue refining.”
This time, Zhang Ruochen took out a pigeon egg sized Black Water Glazed Crystal that probably weighed two taels.
Just after absorbing that one Black Water Glazed Crystal into his body, Zhang Ruochen felt unusually strained, his body was almost saturated, and even if he absorbed one or two more, he would suffer tremendous pain.
“Do we have to wait until we reach the Heavenly Extremity Realm Great Extremity Position before we can cultivate into the Water Spirit Treasure Body? No, it must succeed, at the Heavenly Extremity Realm Middle Extremity Position, I’m going to cultivate into the Water Spirit Treasure Body.”
Zhang Ruochen clenched his teeth and frantically catalysed his True Qi.
On his body, drops of sweat emerged, completely soaking his clothes.
After spending the entire half a day, he finally absorbed those two taels of Black Water Glazed Crystals completely, yet he still hadn’t cultivated into the Water Spirit Treasure Body.
Up to this point, Zhang Ruochen had already refined nine catties and seven taels of Black Water Glazed Crystal.
No one knew exactly how many Black Water Glazed Crystals needed to be refined in order to cultivate into a Water Spirit Treasure Body. Zhang Ruochen could only roughly estimate it to be around ten jin, it could be nine jin eight taels, or ten jin two taels.
It seemed to be only a difference of a few taels, but it was the most important.
Many people might only be missing that one or two, resulting in a lifetime of not being able to repair into a Water Spirit Treasure Body.
Zhang Ruochen did not give up and once again took out a two-twenty Black Water Glazed Crystal and continued to refine it.
“Wow!”
Only just as he began to absorb it, Zhang Ruochen felt a tremendous pain that travelled from deep within his bone marrow, from his internal organs, and from his mind, making it excruciatingly painful.
His body felt as if it was going to be broken by the power of the Black Water Glazed Crystal, and in his pores, beads of blood continued to gush out. His bones were emitting “clicking” sounds, and could be crushed at any time.
However, it was also at this time that a trace of the Black Water Glazed Crystal’s origin power slowly merged into Zhang Ruochen’s body.
How could one become a human being without eating the bitterness of suffering?
Even though his skin was cracking and blood was staining his body red, Zhang Ruochen still didn’t give up and was still trying to persevere. Without pushing himself to the limit, how could he know that he would definitely not be able to do it?
