Chapter 392: Using Azure Bloodline Ability

The next morning, Solomon slowly opened his eyes. He found himself lying on a plush futon laid out neatly across the polished wooden floorboards, situated just a few feet away from Yue’s canopy bed.

Solomon sat up, stretched his arms, and stared up at the unfamiliar ceiling beams.

"Once again, I find myself waking up under a completely unfamiliar ceiling," Solomon muttered, rubbing his face with his hands.

The silver owl fluttered down from a high rafter, its lens glowing a soft blue to indicate the live stream was already active. The chat interface instantly flooded with mocking comments.

[1Fizzy: bro literally started flexing the second he opened his eyes.]

[sgtcwby: ’oh no another girl’s ceiling, my life is so hard.’]

[GoonLord: THE HUMBLE BRAG IS CRAZY!]

[Mezz_3863: Solo Man suffers from too much rizz.]

[James_hayes: waking up in the Pavilion Master’s room, casual.]

[Foodball: chat, is this ragebait?]

Solomon frowned, ignoring the degenerate accusations. He looked around the pristine room and noticed Yue’s bed was already made. She was not there, and the entire residence was enveloped in serene silence.

He turned his attention to the chat. "What time is it right now?"

[LazyCat: bro it is literally past noon.]

[User12: you slept the whole morning away.]

[Naturic: the sun is already halfway down.]

Solomon stood up slowly, groaning as his stiff muscles protested. "How come you guys didn’t wake me up?"

[Nick: WE TRIED!]

[Foodball: we spammed the chat for two hours!]

[Brerell: you disabled the direct echoes for anything under 5000 points!]

[sgtcwby: nobody wanted to drop a diamond crown just to act as your alarm clock!]

[Frendscham: you literally turned off the notifications yourself lol.]

Solomon let out an exhausted sigh. "Fine, I will turn them back on."

He navigated the translucent blue menu, opened his stream settings, and manually re-enabled the audio alerts and direct echo for the lower-tier donations.

He was dressed in the traditional disciple robes Yue had provided the night before, grabbed Eden’s Penance from the corner, and left the private residence, making his way down the winding mountain path toward the lower pavilion grounds.

"Did anything new or interesting happen on the network while I was asleep?" Solomon asked the chat, adjusting the heavy strap across his chest.

[Dakota_Smith: oh, something definitely happened alright.]

[Ron_Selby: you might want to check your messages bro.]

[Ferald: someone in chat did a little trolling.]

[GoonLord: THE SNITCHES STRUCK AGAIN!]

"What are you guys talking about?" Solomon asked, narrowing his silver eyes suspiciously.

[Haifuri: some of your fans hopped over to Elizabeth’s stream this morning.]

[DaoistAlexkg: yeah, and they told her everything about your dual cultivation session with Yue.]

[Joshua_Swofford: they snitched about the kiss and told her you spent the entire night sleeping in Yue’s bedroom.]

[trenthay: bro is cooked.]

Solomon stared at the screen, a deadpan expression settling over his features. "I was training. Dual cultivation is literally just a method of transferring internal energy to stabilize a meridian breakthrough."

[TallicaStew : yeah, but the snitch didn’t clarify any of that!]

[Name_Not_Listed : they intentionally made it sound exactly like you think it sounds.]

[Razhyel: they phrased it perfectly to cause maximum drama.]

[DragonSon: Elizabeth looked so mad on stream.]

Solomon clicked his tongue. "Give me the username of the person who snitched. I will ban them right now."

[GoonLord: WE ARE NOT SNITCHING ON THE SNITCHER!]

[EvilNCarnate: bro code dictates we protect our own.]

[Zoomtech: you deserve it for fooling around anyway!]

[Andy_Thornton: bro thought he was onto a genius strat by not committing to anyone.]

[OldTimer: men truly are their own worst enemies.]

[Brerell: consequences of your own actions Solo Man.]

Solomon let out a frustrated sigh. He decided to ignore the manufactured drama and focus on his goals.

’Now that I have successfully unlocked the navel core,’ Solomon thought to himself, feeling the deep spiritual reservoir pulsing in his abdomen, ’I should officially be able to utilize the Azure bloodline talent: Devour.’

He navigated toward the open-air meditation grounds located near the cascading lotus ponds. The area was occupied by dozens of other disciples sitting peacefully on woven mats. It wasn’t an active, instructed class, and the disciples were simply focusing individually on their own internal circulation.

Solomon stood near the edge of the pond. He could distinctly feel his aura reserves filling up. He wasn’t even actively meditating or pulling the energy inward. The passive trait of the Devour talent was simply sucking the ambient, spiritually dense qi of the pavilion directly into his pores.

Even though the passive absorption process was relatively slow, it was still generating completely free, usable aura while he was doing absolutely nothing but standing there.

He found an empty patch of grass, sat down in a traditional lotus position, and began actively cultivating.

The moment he consciously aligned his breathing and focused his intent on drawing energy inward, the qi absorption rate doubled. A faint, barely visible swirl of spiritual energy began spiraling toward his body, drawn directly into his open meridian gates like water swirling down a drain.

[Grapers: bro just started glowing.]

[Stephen_wood: the meditation stream begins.]

[Mezz_3863: Solo Man absorbing the vibes.]

[sgtcwby: his qi circulation speed looks insane for a novice.]

[Vaelen: that is way faster than standard Foundation Establishment.]

’Now that I am officially in the Foundation Establishment realm,’ Solomon plotted inwardly, completely ignoring the chat’s theoretical observations. ’I have to focus on stabilizing my newly formed navel core. I need to cultivate until that massive reservoir is completely filled to the brim.’

He took a slow, steady breath. ’Last night, I had Yue guiding my focus and pushing her own qi into my system, and I also consumed the energy of that spirit root to fuel the breakthrough. But right now, I am doing this entirely by myself. However, I no longer have to worry about the gathered qi dissipating since my core is unlocked. I can stop whenever I want.’

He considered returning to Yue’s residence to fetch another pill or root to speed up the process. ’I could definitely take another supplement to force the progression, but I really want to test the true, unassisted limits of this Azure bloodline ability. I want to see how fast I can absorb ambient energy.’

And thus, he began cultivating in silence.

Hours drifted by. The sun arced across the sky, beating down on the tranquil meditation grounds. Disciples came and went, but Solomon remained perfectly still, a relentless spiritual vacuum drawing the pavilion’s rich energy directly into his stabilized core.

By early evening, a sudden, resonant pulse of pure silver aura erupted from his body, rippling across the surface of the lotus pond.

He had successfully filled the navel core to its absolute limit, officially breaking entirely through the Foundation Establishment realm and forcefully entering the Core Formation stage.

[GoonLord: THE BREAKTHROUGH!]

[1Fizzy: BRO JUST LEVELED UP AGAIN!]

[James_hayes: Core Formation in one day?!]

[DaoistAlexkg: the talent gap is genuinely depressing.]

[Sedrikk: he literally just sat there for six hours and ascended.]

Solomon opened his eyes, feeling an incredible, exponential jump in his internal strength.

However, his stomach protested the achievement with a loud, aggressive growl. He hadn’t eaten or drank anything the entire day, completely skipping breakfast and lunch while trapped in his meditative trance.

"I am going to starve," Solomon muttered, standing up on shaky legs. He grabbed Eden’s Penance and stumbled away from the meditation grounds, heading straight toward the dining hall to finally eat.