Chapter 228: Upper Limit

One year after advancing to the fourth order.

The origin energy in Ye Qingxuan's body had been exhausted, but the rapid expansion of the Qingxuan Cave Dongxuan Fudi had not yet ended.

Before the fourth order, when the Qingxuan Cave Dongxuan Fudi advanced, its area expanded by about ten times at once.

After the area expanded ten times, the expansion speed of the Cave Dongxuan Fudi would slow down.

But it would still continue to expand at an extremely slow speed normally.

But after the volume of the Cave Dongxuan Fudi increased, it was no longer so easy to expand its area by ten times at once.

Ye Qingxuan estimated.

From the fourth order, for every order the Qingxuan Cave Dongxuan Fudi advanced, the multiple of the expanded area would gradually decrease.

Then, after the rapid expansion speed ended, it would slowly expand day by day at a normal speed.

Qingxuan Cave Dongxuan Fudi advanced to the fourth order.

When the Qingxuan Cave Dongxuan Fudi advanced to the fourth order, the growth upper limit of the spiritual plants within it was improved, but the improvement was limited.

Even first to fourth-order spiritual plants were the bulk of what the Qingxuan Cave Dongxuan Fudi planted.

Besides the massive increase in area and the increase in the number of spiritual plants that could be planted.

The further back, whether it was cultivators or spiritual plants, the gap would become larger and larger.

And each time, only about five thousand spiritual plants could be raised to the lower sixth-order.

Even if the spiritual energy of the Qingxuan Cave Dongxuan Fudi did not need to supply cultivators for cultivation, all energy could be used to cultivate spiritual plants.

If the Qingxuan Cave Dongxuan Fudi were compared to the Di Xuan Realm, the spiritual plants planted in the Cave Dongxuan Fudi would be equivalent to the cultivators of the Di Xuan Realm.

However, at the sixth-order level.

Except for some special fifth-order spiritual plants, Ye Qingxuan planted other first to fourth-order spiritual plants.

Once it reached the seventh-order level, even fewer spiritual plants could grow to the seventh order in the Qingxuan Cave Dongxuan Fudi.

The sixth order was just a beginning.

The growth upper limit of the spiritual plants planted within it was also improved.

Both required consuming the energy of the world they were in.

If all cultivators cultivated to the Mahayana stage, even if they had this talent, the Di Xuan Realm would not have sufficient energy supply.

In the Di Xuan Realm, the number of Mahayana cultivators that could be supplied was limited.

This was also the reason why Ye Qingxuan did not covet the benefits brought by planting at the beginning and did not replace all the low-order spiritual plants in the Qingxuan Cave Dongxuan Fudi.

The growth upper limit of the spiritual plants planted in the Cave Dongxuan Fudi was at most raised to the lower sixth-order.

Whether it was cultivators, spiritual plants, or other heavenly materials and earthly treasures, the energy required to raise a small level was massive.

And there was no way to cultivate all spiritual plants to the highest order.

Just like the Qingxuan Cave Dongxuan Fudi before advancement.

With the early fourth-order level of the Qingxuan Cave Dongxuan Fudi, even with the assistance of various sixth-order formations.

The sixth order was just a quantitative change, but the seventh order was a qualitative change.

Gathering Spirit Grass, Purifying Spirit Tree, Earth Spirit Flower, these special spiritual plants.

Although they could grow continuously, and the growth speed before the seventh order was not much different from other spiritual plants below the seventh order.

But when they reached the peak of the sixth order and wanted to transform to the seventh-order level, the energy and time required were unimaginable.

And if there was the slightest mistake, the transformation would fail.

By then, Ye Qingxuan would not only fail to get a seventh-order spiritual plant, but might also lose a peak sixth-order spiritual plant.

Like the seventh-order White Lotus, seventh-order Purple Bamboo, and seventh-order Armor Vine, which were inherently at the seventh-order level.

Although they grew extremely slowly in the early stage because they needed to transform elemental origin energy.

But they could easily cross the shackles of the sixth and seventh orders and naturally transform to the seventh-order level.

This was the difference between the two.

Seventh-order spiritual plants would convert the absorbed energy into origin energy, and the consumption was simply too large.

So in the later stage, even if the Qingxuan Cave Dongxuan Fudi grew to the seventh order.

Ye Qingxuan could not cultivate all the spiritual plants planted in the Cave Dongxuan Fudi to the seventh order.

Unless Ye Qingxuan was willing to give up quantity and choose quality, only cultivating seventh-order spiritual plants.

But if the Qingxuan Cave Dongxuan Fudi wanted to advance, it needed to analyze enough elemental profound meaning rules.

Relying solely on smelting spiritual ores to analyze rules was far from enough.

If the Qingxuan Cave Dongxuan Fudi wanted to shorten the time for advancement.

Planting other numerous and varied spiritual plants was indispensable.

Compared to seventh-order spiritual plants, Ye Qingxuan valued the growth of the Qingxuan Cave Dongxuan Fudi and the breakthrough of his own cultivation base more.

As long as these two goals were not affected, other restrictions were of no consequence to Ye Qingxuan.

Earning resources was originally to accelerate the growth of the Qingxuan Cave Dongxuan Fudi and improve his own cultivation base.

Under these circumstances, Ye Qingxuan naturally would not put the cart before the horse and delay the growth of the Qingxuan Cave Dongxuan Fudi and the improvement of his own cultivation base for the sake of resources.

Therefore, Ye Qingxuan could not give up the growth of the Qingxuan Cave Dongxuan Fudi in exchange for more seventh-order spiritual plants.

Sensing the upper limit of the early fourth-order Qingxuan Cave Dongxuan Fudi, and understanding all this in his heart.

Ye Qingxuan's face was calm, and there was no fluctuation in his heart.

The quota of five thousand lower sixth-order spiritual plants was enough for the early stage.

And with the improvement of the Qingxuan Cave Dongxuan Fudi, this number would continue to grow.

For the remaining time, Ye Qingxuan used it to comprehend the fourth-order Qingxuan Cave Dongxuan Fudi and perfect his own Earth Immortal Art.

Then, it was to raise his Earth Immortal Body to the fourth-order level.

Actually, Ye Qingxuan did not value the cultivation technique and the Earth Immortal Body too much.

Before the Immortal Realm.

Cultivators need to rely on cultivation techniques to accelerate energy accumulation, break through realms, and transform themselves.

There were even many cultivators who, like Ye Qingxuan, also practiced body-refining techniques to improve their physical body realm.

But when it reached the Immortal Realm level.

Comprehending Great Dao laws was the only standard for improving cultivation base.

After the Great Dao laws were improved, with a single thought, cultivators could open deeper spaces of the world and swallow the origin energy or even violent chaotic energy contained within to transform themselves.

So after the Immortal Realm, cultivators no longer needed extra cultivation techniques to assist in cultivation.

The Great Dao is one, Primordial Unity.

This was the pursuit after the Immortal Realm; as for cultivation techniques? They were just fancy and useless.

Ye Qingxuan was comprehending and perfecting his own Earth Immortal Art now, or even polishing his Earth Immortal Body.

It was just because of the needs before the Immortal Realm, and to not be weaker than others before the Immortal Realm, and to accelerate his own growth.

The Earth Immortal Body still had a great effect on Ye Qingxuan before the Immortal Realm.

After comprehending Great Dao laws and breaking through to the Immortal Realm.

The cultivator's physical body would merge with the comprehended Great Dao laws and transform into a Great Dao Law Body.

Any Earth Immortal Body, or other powerful physical bodies specially cultivated by cultivators, were vulnerable in front of the Great Dao Law Body.

What could resist the Great Dao Law Body was only a Great Dao Law Body of the same level.

The degree of completeness of the comprehended Great Dao laws was different, and the perfection of the condensed Great Dao Law Body was also different.

Cultivating the physical body now and strengthening one's own physical body.

The only benefit after the Immortal Realm was to reduce the time required for the transformation of the Great Dao Law Body during the breakthrough.

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