The old madman of Qingmi Mountain once said: “A person’s talent is limited, and the maximum expansion of the qi sea is also limited by that talent. What I must do is push your qi seas to the absolute limit of your innate potential. Ye Chu, though your physique is special, your talent falls far short compared to Jin Wawa and the others. In the future, at the same level, you will have a huge gap compared to them.”
Facts had always proven the old madman right. When Ye Chu was at the peak of the Intent Transformation Realm, he had only barely defeated an Innate Realm cultivator by luck. Yet at the same level, Jin Wawa could kill Innate Realm cultivators without any effort at all.
When Ye Chu was at the fifth level of the Innate Realm, fighting a Primordial Spirit Realm cultivator without using great cultivator techniques would have meant certain defeat. But another lunatic from Wuxin Peak could win steadily! In front of them, Ye Chu’s talent truly could not compare.
But now this black iron could change his qi sea, which meant it could change his talent. Ye Chu could not help feeling overjoyed. Did this mean his talent could now rival Jin Wawa and those other monsters?
The cyan ghostly patterns cast by the black iron’s light fell across the qi sea. Ye Chu’s qi sea was expanding. The originally abundant spiritual energy suddenly became sparse. This was a heaven-defying fortune. The old madman had once said that the hardest thing to change in the world was talent. Every change required a heaven-defying encounter. And Ye Chu had encountered one right now.
As the qi sea expanded under the illumination of the light, Ye Chu’s mind merged into the black iron. The patterns on the black iron were extremely strange, densely packed, twisted and curved. The designs were bizarre yet profound, so complex that no one could make sense of them.
Of course, Ye Chu was not surprised by this result. This was something naturally born and earth-nurtured. The intent contained within it was far too deep and mysterious. It was born from heaven and earth itself, an absolute existence. How could a mere Innate Realm cultivator like him fully comprehend such a thing?
Ye Chu’s realm was too low to understand this supreme treasure. Yet the light carried his primordial spirit along the patterns. As it flowed, Ye Chu felt as though a warm spring had been poured into his primordial spirit, baptising it.
Ye Chu had previously obtained a great cultivator’s Primordial Spirit True Source. Its primordial spirit forging energy had wrapped around his primordial spirit. But as his primordial spirit moved along the patterns, that unabsorbable primordial spirit forging energy began slowly merging into his primordial spirit.
Ye Chu sat cross-legged. His mind had long lost all sensation of the outside world. His entire being was immersed in the qi sea. The patterns on the black iron were mysterious and complex. Ye Chu’s primordial spirit followed their flow, but only along the outermost and simplest layer. The moment it touched slightly deeper, more profound patterns, Ye Chu felt as though his primordial spirit was about to burst.
The black iron was indeed a naturally born and earth-nurtured supreme treasure, possessing extraordinary divine effects. As Ye Chu’s primordial spirit followed the patterns, the speed at which it absorbed primordial spirit forging energy increased several times over. The terrifying primordial spirit forging energy from the Primordial Spirit True Source poured frantically into his primordial spirit.
This rate of absorption was horrifying. Ye Chu had originally thought that fully absorbing the Primordial Spirit True Source’s forging energy would require at least reaching the upper Primordial Spirit Realm. Yet in this short time, he had already absorbed more than ten percent of its terrifying forging energy.
The effect was astonishing. Ye Chu’s mind became completely empty, containing only those patterns. As they flowed, faint realisations gradually emerged in his heart.
These realisations were indescribable. Ye Chu could not put them into words. He only felt that something belonging to him was appearing within his primordial spirit. It was as though if he cultivated according to these faint realisations, his primordial spirit would grow and strengthen.
The sensation was hazy, sometimes clear, sometimes blurred. Ye Chu could not grasp exactly what kind of feeling it was.
But the result was obvious. As his primordial spirit slowly followed the patterns and circulated three times along the outermost and simplest layer, it reached its limit. It could no longer move further along the patterns.
The mind that had been drawn into the black iron finally dispersed. Ye Chu regained control of his body.
The black iron continued to shimmer with cyan ghostly light in his qi sea. The qi sea was now twice as large as before. Fully half of the Primordial Spirit True Source’s forging energy had been consumed. As a result, Ye Chu’s primordial spirit had more than doubled in strength.
Ye Chu was shaken by this outcome. He was only at the fifth level of the Innate Realm, yet he had already absorbed half of a great cultivator’s Primordial Spirit True Source. Clearly, this source could not last until he reached the Primordial Spirit Realm.
This was undoubtedly terrifying. Ye Chu no longer knew how to measure his current primordial spirit. But he understood that if he faced Ye Yuande again right now, even if he could not win, fighting to a draw was already within reach.
Ye Chu took a deep breath, deeply moved by the result. He had once regretted not obtaining the golden book. But now it seemed the golden book’s effect might not even compare to this black iron.
“This is the supreme treasure for cultivating the primordial spirit!” Ye Chu thought. Even if he had obtained the golden book and cultivated according to its method, the results might not be better than this.
“Though I have no primordial spirit cultivation method, I possess something even better than one.” Ye Chu sighed with joy and emotion.
The black iron’s primordial spirit forging effect was far too terrifying. Even a great cultivator’s Primordial Spirit True Source could not sustain him all the way to the Primordial Spirit Realm. This meant that when Ye Chu reached the Primordial Spirit Realm, his primordial spirit could rival that of a great cultivator. Even if it fell slightly short, the difference would not be great.
Moreover, his talent had changed because of the qi sea’s expansion. When he reached the Primordial Spirit Realm, how much stronger would his power be compared to others at the same level?
Ye Chu thought that with the divine effect of the black iron, at the same level, could he now compare to Jin Wawa and those other lunatics?
Feeling the intense cyan ghostly light shining from the black iron in his qi sea, he knew he had truly obtained a heaven-defying supreme treasure this time.
“Fortune and misfortune come in an instant! Who could have thought that the black iron no one cared about was actually such a supreme treasure.”
At that time, everyone had been drawn to the dazzling array of treasures. Ye Chu himself had also been attracted to those supreme items. If not for his lack of strength to compete for them, he would likely have ignored this rusty piece of black iron like everyone else, treating it as useless scrap metal.
It was precisely because he was too weak to fight for those treasures that he had bothered to pick up this forgotten piece of black iron. And because of that, he encountered such fortune. Truly, fortune and misfortune were unpredictable!
His breakthrough to the fifth level of the Innate Realm had now stabilised. When Ye Chu opened his eyes, he saw that the sun outside had already set in the west. This surprised him.
His primordial spirit had only followed the patterns three times. At the time, it had felt like a mere instant. Yet in reality, so much time had passed.
Ye Chu stood up, pushed open the door, and walked out. He saw Yaoyao and Huang Lin playing on the swing and went over.
Watching Yaoyao and Huang Lin laughing and playing happily, Ye Chu suddenly thought of something. He glanced at Bai Xuan preparing dinner nearby, thought for a moment, and finally made up his mind. He walked towards Huang Lin.