Chapter 995

May 28th.

Two months have passed since Xu Jin successfully attained True Person status.

In these two months, Xu Jin moved between Fenghua Star Island, Duyue Star Island, Tianluo Star Island, and Youshi Star Island, continuously engaging in battle and earning first merit to elevate his cultivation base.

In these two months, Xu Jin earned fourteen first merits and fully absorbed and refined all the cultivation resources he had previously stockpiled, including vast quantities of Zhou Tian Star Dew.

Aside from the nine remaining Taiyin Star Essence seeds he had yet to use, Xu Jin exhausted nearly all other treasures capable of boosting cultivation—including the spoils from slaying several Emperor Lords—before his cultivation finally reached the peak of the First Tribulation.

Of course, this refers only to the peak of the First Tribulation within the Chaos Star Tower.

His cultivation in the Eight-Star Towers has also risen to the peak of the Fourth Tribulation.

His overall strength has made substantial progress.

Of course, this inevitably involved time acceleration; otherwise, such rapid advancement would have been impossible.

But the consumption was truly immense.

Especially the Chaos Star Tower—it was a bottomless pit for devouring resources.

Roughly sixteen medium-sized star realm fragments’ first merits are needed to reach the peak of the First Tribulation.

Yet the combat power is absolutely opulent.

As for the Eight-Star Towers, each individual tower requires only two medium-sized star realm fragments’ first merits.

In fact, if isolated, the Star Storage of each of Xu Jin’s Eight-Star Towers is not vastly different from Zhu Linxiao’s.

Zhu Linxiao originally stabilized her Star Storage after suppressing forty-three Dao Laws; Xu Jin’s mostly hover around fifty.

Coupled with the fact that every breakthrough in his cultivation process was an extreme breakthrough, Xu Jin’s upper limit of Star Power, within the same realm for a single tower, should be two and a half to three times that of Zhu Linxiao’s.

That may seem modest, but combined across all eight towers, it becomes terrifying—minimum twenty first merits.

Add that to the Chaos Star Tower, and the total resource consumption becomes staggering.

To fully advance one tribulation level, at least thirty to forty first merits are required.

This time, Xu Jin spent two months continuously earning first merits across four star islands while consuming most of his accumulated cultivation resources, reaching his current limit.

That is, his Chaos Star Tower at the peak of the First Tribulation, and his Eight-Star Towers at the peak of the Fourth Tribulation.

Going forward, the time required will certainly increase further.

Now, Xu Jin is considering devouring the Eight Emperor Lords of Kongyuan.

If he could obtain their Nirmāṇakāya spaces, his cultivation would see a massive boost.

Unfortunately, he must still hold back for now.

Kongyuan Emperor Lord himself is a top-tier Great Prohibition Emperor Lord, and so is a Sacred Ancestor of the Luansheng Clan—these two alone could tie down his Master’s Wife and Master.

Six additional Emperor Lords emerging now would be beyond Xu Jin’s current capacity to handle.

Fortunately, over the past two months, Xu Jin’s Domain has grown and strengthened again; now that his rapid cultivation surge has passed, he can afford to methodically deal with these Emperor Lords.

He cannot eliminate them all at once.

But kite-fighting and door-locking tactics can be studied.

Beyond that, during these two months of combat, Xu Jin’s understanding of the Chaos Sword Heart and his own strength has reached an unprecedented height, giving rise to some original combat ideas.

Of course, they are bold and rather risky.

They can be implemented gradually.

Additionally, this was Xu Jin’s first real encounter with the power of the Taiyin Star Essence seed.

To date, Xu Jin has accumulated eleven Taiyin Star Essence seeds; nine remain.

When he first obtained the Taiyin Star Essence seed, Guan Laohei told him one seed was worth two hundred drops of Zhou Tian Star Dew.

One or two seeds could elevate a True Person’s cultivation by one tribulation level—they are supreme treasures for True Persons and Emperor Lords.

Many True Persons, upon acquiring them, hesitate to use them, usually offering them to Emperor Lords instead.

Xu Jin has now used one, and experienced it firsthand.

The Star Power contained within is truly immense; though not as exaggerated as Guan Laohei claimed—two hundred drops of Zhou Tian Star Dew—one seed equals half the Star Power of a medium-sized star realm fragment’s first merit.

Two seeds equal the Star Power of one medium-sized star realm fragment’s first merit.

Four seeds equal the Star Power of one large star realm fragment’s first merit.

If Xu Jin can acquire large quantities of Taiyin Star Essence seeds in the future, his cultivation advancement could become relatively faster.

This treasure could become a key target for his future collection.

With his cultivation now complete, Xu Jin prepared for another breakthrough.

Due to the anomalies of his last breakthrough, he asked his Master to come and oversee this one.

As his Master, Fenghua Emperor Lord, had said: his path has no precedent to follow, yet the Dao of cultivation, though endlessly varied, remains unchanged at its core.

His Master’s experience remains highly valuable.

Compared to his first attainment of True Person status, this breakthrough brought no surprises.

He had already exhausted all the surprises last time.

This time, it largely followed the same pattern as before.

Although the thunder’s power surged dramatically, Xu Jin still passed through it effortlessly.