He focused all of his attention on expanding his dantian as this was the way of cultivating the Primordial Vessel Cultivation Art.
His dantian began expanding rapidly as he channeled all of his will and energy into his dantian. The pristine foundation that he had built helped him in his endeavor.
He felt it creaking slightly as it doubled in size, but he didn’t stop as his eyes turned red from his madness.
Yue Lan paced back and forth muttering to herself, “I hope he knows when to stop, otherwise he is not far from Qi Deviation.”
She couldn’t help him even if she wanted to because the absolute majority of her powers were sealed currently, otherwise, she wouldn’t be so passive right now.
His bloodline helped him again as it sent nourishing energy towards his dantian, fixing all the cracks inside of it as it became solid again.
But this didn’t stop Shen Yuan’s madness as it only made him take further risks, he began sending the excess Qi towards his dantian, expanding it further than what Primordial Vessel Cultivation Art required as he didn’t just want a solid foundation.
He wanted the Extreme Foundation that was possible. He continued expanding and expanding not stopping even once as his bloodline continued fueling his madness.
Soon he reached his limit as his dantian stopped expanding after reaching 10 times its previous size, he could feel it. If he expanded it anymore then he might very well explode and die.
Shen Yuan decided to channel the remaining power towards breaking through to the next level, not giving his body any rest as it seemed to be reaching its limit due to the relentless breakthroughs.
He looked through his memories to check the content of the Cultivation Art once again as he channeled the power.
He felt the breakthrough imminent as beads of sweat formed on his forehead. He gritted his teeth and roared, ignoring the emerging pain.
He soon breakthroughs to the 2nd level of the Foundation Establishment realm, his breath stabilized but he didn’t stop for a second longer.
He continued channeling his power towards his 12 meridians, refining them again with his higher level energy and expanding their capacity to store energy, since their previous size became insignificant for him at a higher level.
But this process once again brought him immense pain, making him shudder from time to time.
“Is he a masochist?” Yue Lan wondered, looking at how Shen Yuan was once again beating his own body. She stopped worrying about him as that seemed a useless endeavor to her at this point.
She realized that this madman was not only crazy but a masochist as well, “Sigh, he won’t be able to break through for quite some time with these consecutive breakthroughs. Well it matters not, he isn’t lacking time now, and he still needs to expand his harem, hehehe~.” At the end, her voice held a hint of mischievousness that would have sent chills on Shen Yuan’s back if he had seen her now.
But he was busy refining and expanding his meridians as he couldn’t stop in the middle now. He continued refining them until they stopped upgrading with his current purity of qi. He knew it was time to push his cultivation towards the next level.
He began gathering the Qi in his dantian and meridians to reach the peak, his dantian began refining qi as if a behemoth opened his jaw wide and started sucking the qi of the surrounding environment.
Shen Yuan’s physique was doing the exact same phenomenon unconsciously as he soon reached the peak of the 2nd level of the Foundation Establishment Realm.
He focused his will as he initiated his breakthrough to the next realm, his body straining to its limit as he managed to break through, but not without consequences as his body seemingly reached its limit, threatening to collapse but he still pushed forward.
Focusing on refining and expanding his Acupoints, he didn’t start from a single one as it was stated to do inside the cultivation manual.
He manually controlled his qi and began refining all 365 Acupoints at once, his body shuddered violently during the refining process as the Acupoints were not easy to refine and his body was nearing its limit as well.
But this didn’t stop his overwhelming determination as he started expanding all his Acupoints as well, this increased their capacity as he soon reached the peak with his current limits.
He focused on consolidating his cultivation as he gathered all his qi in his dantian, 12 meridians and his 365 Acupoints, began focusing on reaching the peak of 3rd level of Foundation Establishment realm.
Which he soon reached thanks to the nearly inexhaustible qi he got from Shen Yuxin’s Primordial Yin Essence.
He opened his eyes as they revealed the madness within them, he didn’t stop and advanced to breakthrough to the 4th level of Foundation Establishment realm.
Channeling all his power and will towards his breakthrough.
Yue Lan held her breath as she waited for him to break through, the winds surged all around as the Qi became volatile.
Alas, Shen Yuan spurred a mouthful of blood as all the qi he built up for breakthrough was released from his body, but his bloodline didn’t allow it as it dragged all the qi back into Shen Yuan’s dantian.
Shen Yuan fell down on the ground due to a failed breakthrough, never having expected that he would fail at this point.
His eyes became heavy as he lost consciousness.
A soft sigh was heard as Yue Lan came in front of him, “Silly child, you were too eager for success that you couldn’t measure your own ability, you are still lacking a bit compared to other geniuses in temperament due to your sheltered environment. But this experience will help to sharpen your Dao Heart, it will be good for your future as well.”
She looked at him silently, pondering about the future possibilities, “Never have I expected that I would find such a good successor for Purity Sage. Even though he was only a junior in front of me, he was worthy of respect for his contribution towards the Great Dao Races during the Immemorial War.”
She paused here as if reminiscing about her past, “Sigh, when will all these wars end, even that Great Lord disappeared before the war started, otherwise the dregs of that world would have never dared to bare their fangs towards the Great Dao Races.”
She exhaled a sigh, “Even with the help of all of his subjects, we couldn’t find his whereabouts. I hope he can return soon, so there can be everlasting peace just like the olden days. Even if I became an Apex Existence, I can’t intervene in worldly matters due to the restrictions placed upon me by the transcendent power.”
She then looked at Shen Yuan with a glimmer in her eyes, “I can only help by cultivating such seeds to greatness, this might not be enough to turn the tides of war but it certainly can help during some critical matters.”
She shook her head in disappointment as thinking about all these things was of no use, she turned into her human form and carried Shen Yuan inside one of the rooms to lay him down on the bed.
