"Confirmed!" Su Chen nodded heavily.
It was in that second.
The gray-purple stone held by Su Chen began to slowly dissolve, transforming into gray-purple specks of light, gradually merging into the palm and body of Su Chen.
Jiuyou was directly stunned.
Meanwhile, Su Chen froze there, slowly closing his eyes, his face relaxed.
Su Chen opened his eyes.
"Su Chen, what exactly happened?" Jiuyou’s voice already had a tremor.
"This stone, it’s like it’s made of the same material as my physique, like water meeting water, it fused," Su Chen said solemnly, "I’m sure I benefited!!! A tremendous benefit!"
"It’s hard to say specifically, but it’s a benefit in all aspects. For example, I feel my mind has become more stable. I feel a greater harmony with my Divine Mansion. I feel my foundation has become more stable. I feel my lifespan has increased. I feel my vitality has become more robust. And so on and so forth... a benefit in every aspect."
"Young boy Su, you must figure out the origins of this stone!!!" Jiuyou said gravely, "This stone might relate to your identity."
"I know," Su Chen nodded, "I will definitely find out. There are always a few individuals within the Wanlong Royal Family who have lived for a very long time; perhaps they will know..."
Thereupon, Su Chen took a deep breath, "But, no hurry, I will first undergo secluded cultivation."
Finally, he had touched a trace of his own identity.
To say he wasn’t excited would be false.
But, Su Chen did not lose his composure, nor did he panic and lose reason.
He still needed to follow his own plans and strategies.
"Yes!" Jiuyou also gradually calmed down, "Young boy Su, you have become more mature."
"I will seclude myself here," Su Chen said solemnly, his mind moved, and those four Dao Grade Elixirs, thirteen vials of Ancient Monster Beast Essence Blood, three Ancient Demonic Beast Bones, twelve True Fire Spirits.
All of these were top-level treasures.
Let’s talk about Dao Grade Elixirs.
As far as Su Chen knew, currently, in the entire Divine Martial Continent, apart from the Buddha Domain, the other Four Great Domains simply did not have a single Dao Grade Alchemist!
Of course, he didn’t rule out the possibility of there being a few hidden alchemists or artifact refiners like the Childlike Elder.
However, overall, Dao Grade Elixirs were extremely rare, generally leftovers from an ancient era, with perhaps one or two appearing occasionally in some ruins.
The four Dao Grade Elixirs of the Wanlong Royal Family, Su Chen merely sniffed them and knew that their medicinal power was extremely exaggerated!!!
Such an elixir, if consumed by a Cultivator of the Creation Realm, could at least promote them instantly by three or five Minor Realms, right?
Why hadn’t the emperors, old ancestors, and old monsters of the Wanlong Royal Family consumed them? It was quite understandable.
Dao Grade Elixirs, with such terrifying medicinal power, ordinary martial cultivators simply did not possess the ability to refine and merge them. Another point, such high-level elixirs, even if refined and merged, could cause the foundations to become unstable.
But these two points were negligible for Su Chen.
With the Divine Mansion, anything could be refined; with the Divine Mansion, there was no need to worry about unstable foundations.
These four elixirs were simply like they were made for Su Chen.
Without hesitation, Su Chen opened his mouth wide and swallowed all four Dao Grade Elixirs in one go.
If this scene were witnessed by others, they’d probably go mad; other cultivators, even those in the Qiongji Realm, would need to do a lot of preparations to consume Dao Grade Elixirs, let alone consuming a third or a quarter of one all at once.
And Su Chen, four elixirs in one go!
After swallowing the four Dao Grade Elixirs, Su Chen sat cross-legged there, motionless, not needing to expend his mind to refine and merge, as the Divine Mansion would do it on its own.
All he had to do was accept the pure Mysterious Qi feedback from his Divine Mansion.
Time ticked away, second by second.
Su Chen let out a fierce shout, "Break for me! Break! Break!!!"
The air around Su Chen rapidly vanished, and he seemed like he was seated amidst the Chaos River, void yet elusive, majestic yet fierce.
Su Chen retracted all his aura, a smile spreading across his lips.
By now, he had reached the Creation Realm, albeit only the third level of it.
But, that was still a jump of six or seven Minor Realms!
Su Chen was like that; if his Mysterious Qi cultivation didn’t break through, it didn’t, but when it did, it broke through many realms at once.
"Jiuyou, I must say, creating a Divine Mansion is the greatest achievement of my life," Su Chen couldn’t help but exclaim, in a very good mood.
For others, even the talented ones, breakthroughs require preparation and consume a lot of energy...
But for Su Chen, it was as simple as eating and drinking.
All thanks to the Divine Mansion!
The Divine Mansion could refine and merge everything; it could ignore the shackles of breakthroughs between realms and could ensure a stable foundation, among other things. It was literally like having a cheat code against the heavens.
To put it extravagantly, as long as he had enough treasures, he could break through fifty or sixty Minor Realms in a single day. Other Martial Cultivators, you try?
"Good that you know. Humph," Jiuyou hummed a little proudly. Of course, deep down, she knew that the Divine Mansion was amazing, but within the Myriad Heavens and Worlds, probably only Su Chen could successfully create his own Divine Mansion.
Then, Jiuyou asked, "How much did your strength increase?"
"Not much; my overall combat power has merely doubled," Su Chen replied with a wry smile. "You know, the Mysterious Qi Realm is more like a nice embellishment for me, not an urgent need. I’m thinking about the ’True Fire Body Refinement’ breakthrough."
"Enough, don’t play coy now that you’ve benefited. Do you understand what it means to double? If you had to flee from a cultivator at the third level of the Qiongji Realm before, now, you can fight and not be defeated, and even, with some luck, defeat them," Jiuyou chided.
"You’re right," Su Chen laughed. "This is just the beginning; next, there are these Ancient Demonic Beast Essence Blood, Beast Bones, True Fire Spirits, and so on..."
Su Chen licked his lips, yet he wasted no time.
In one go, he devoured all the Ancient Demonic Beast Essence Blood and Beast Bones!!!
He crammed them all into his Divine Mansion in one fell swoop.
A whole half a month went by.
Su Chen was like an old tree, rooted deep and immovable.
Su Chen slowly opened his eyes.
Then, without resting or communicating with Jiuyou, he crazily continued to devour and swallowed twelve True Fire Spirits in one breath.
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Su Chen opened his eyes.
"Jiuyou, the ’True Fire Body Refinement’ has finally broken through!" Su Chen took a deep breath and said solemnly, "Finally reached the second level."