My Clones Can Cultivate

Chapter 91: Breakthrough Benefits

Chapter 91

Around the eighth day of deep cultivation, Liyu finally managed to break through to the Qi Gathering Realm. Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have successfully broken through to the Qi Gathering Realm.

Cultivation Status: Cultivation Realm: Qi Gathering Realm; Stage: First Stage. Liyu’s gaze was rather solemn as he looked at the messages before him. Many would wonder why he had such an expression on his face, but the reason was pretty simple: he had just learned that he needed 1,000 qi beads to form a single qi cluster.

"Damnation..." While others needed three, four, six, or perhaps ten qi beads to form a qi cluster, he needed one thousand. Liyu shook his head. There was a good side to this, and there was also the other side.

The good side was that the amount of energy Liyu could channel while only being at the First Stage of the Qi Gathering Realm far surpassed what most Peak Qi Gathering cultivators could even dream of controlling.

Liyu’s energy reserves, despite possessing only a single qi cluster, dwarfed the combined reserves of many Peak Qi Gathering cultivators put together. It simply couldn’t be helped; Liyu was just that different from them.

They were by no means existing in the same world as him. The other effect, or rather the greatest effect of his current self, was just how monstrously powerful he had become.

If before he had felt invincible while standing at the peak of the Body Refinement Realm, then now he felt that his former self was weak in comparison, and that alone spoke volumes about just how much stronger Liyu had become.

Yet he still felt as though he could push even further; without anyone needing to tell him, he could already feel it. He could further empower himself by circulating his qi throughout his body, and if he did that, then the level of power he could unleash would become something so outrageous that even Liyu himself found it difficult to believe.

Now for the main negative effect: it was the same problem Liyu had been struggling with all this time. The amount of energy he required was far, far greater than that of any other cultivator. Although he knew the reason behind it, there was no doubt that this would eventually become an insanely difficult problem to handle.

After all, the resources he would need just to advance a single stage might very well be enough to elevate several hundreds of cultivators at the same realm into the next stage. At that point, it would become an incredibly troublesome issue to deal with; he would definitely need to find a solution to this particular problem.

But for now, he pushed it to the back of his mind. After all, he felt good... extremely good. In fact, the feeling was far greater and far more intoxicating than what he had experienced while breaking through the stages of the Body Refinement Realm.

Liyu slowly rose to his feet before releasing his aura. An overwhelming wave of qi burst out from his body and slammed violently into the cultivation chamber; the chamber trembled violently, and tiny cracks even started appearing across the walls.

Liyu immediately stopped after noticing that he had actually left a scratch behind. Although it was incredibly tiny... so small that an ordinary human wouldn’t even notice it... he had still managed to leave a mark on such a high-grade spirit stone without even lifting a finger; he had done it using only his qi. If his knowledge hadn’t failed him, then the white marble used to construct this cultivation chamber was capable of tanking repeated full-powered attacks from a Peak Qi Gathering cultivator.

It should have been nearly impossible for someone at that realm to leave behind even the slightest scratch. Did that mean that the waves of qi he casually released without even fighting already possessed power superior to that of most Peak Qi Gathering cultivators?

Liyu gulped at the outrageous thought. He knew he had grown stronger... far stronger.... but wasn’t this a little too much? Wasn’t this level of power simply outrageous? Just before Liyu could ask the system about this new development, a rapid series of notifications echoed inside his mind.

One notification after another rapidly appeared across the blue screen before him: Ding! Host has successfully formed a qi cluster. Various new functions have now been unlocked.

1. Reinvigorate yourself with qi, allowing qi to temporarily replace the need for food. 2. Enhance and strengthen your body with qi, greatly increasing your attack power, defensive capability, speed, physical strength, mental capability, and other bodily attributes. While empowered by qi, the Host’s overall combat capability will be doubled.

Ding! Congratulations, Host. Your qi has undergone a mutation due to your Divine Grade Physique. Ding! Mutation completed successfully. Congratulations, Host. Your qi has gained an innate attribute. Your qi has evolved from Natural Qi... into Primal Qi."

The characteristics of Primal Qi are as follows: 1. Perfect Qi Utilization: Due to your physique, you have absolute control over your qi, ensuring that it responds to your will whenever and however you wish. There will be near zero qi wasted during skill and technique activation, granting you insane precision over your qi.

2. Enhanced Qi Density: One strand of Primal Qi is equivalent to several hundreds of strands of ordinary qi in terms of energy. 3. Qi Suppression: Beneath your Primal Qi, all other qi will be suppressed. The effectiveness depends on the gap between the Host and the opponent.

4. Passive Nourishment: Primal Qi constantly and infinitely strengthens your bones, meridians, muscles, and internal organs. Even while resting, your body will continuously be refined and nourished by Primal Qi.

5. Technique Amplification: Every combat art becomes stronger, gaining over a 2x boost when used together with Primal Qi.

6. Primal Purification: Primal Qi naturally destroys poisons, corrupted qi, and inferior negative energies. *Ding! Host’s qi enhancement effect has been upgraded. When enhancing your body with qi, your overall enhancement has increased from 2x to 4x."

Liyu stared at the system screen with widened eyes, his mouth slowly forming a shocked "O." He was completely and utterly stunned. Primal Qi... qi gaining a natural attribute... wasn’t that something that only happened after one stepped into the Core Realm?

One normally had to reach the late stages, or perhaps even the peak, of the Foundation Realm before their qi could naturally gain an attribute such as Fire Qi, Water Qi, Wind Qi, Lightning Qi, and numerous others that were mainly suited for elemental cultivation.

But his... his Primal Qi... it was something that had probably never been recorded before. Maybe he really shouldn’t be that surprised; after all, it seemed to be something that had come into existence solely because of his unique physique.

Earlier, while cultivating and witnessing the insane boost his Divine Grade Spirit Root granted his cultivation speed, Liyu had secretly felt that perhaps the Primal Tyrant Physique had been lagging behind. But now, seeing the unbelievable abilities it had just granted him, he was beginning to think the two Divine Grade gifts might actually be comparable.

One had to know that his physique was still only at the Intermediate Rank, and yet it was already capable of doing all of this. He honestly couldn’t wait to discover what other shocking surprises it held after he managed to push it into the next rank.

Reading and rereading the effects of Primal Qi, Liyu couldn’t help but feel as though this was simply a cheat. He honestly felt like someone playing a video game with God Mode activated.

With all the advantages that Primal Qi granted him, combined with his current state, he truly felt as though he could kill anyone within the Qi Gathering Realm with a single attack; and that wasn’t an exaggeration... no, he knew he could.

A well-placed qi-enhanced punch landing cleanly on an opponent would probably be enough to kill them instantly. Now he couldn’t help but feel that the only people who could pose even a slight threat to him were Peak Qi Refining experts and Foundation Realm cultivators.

But even then, without a single doubt in his mind, before he reached the peak of the Qi Gathering Realm, they too would no longer pose any threat to him. Liyu, after finally coming to terms with the fact that he had once again become immensely more powerful, couldn’t help but grin madly like a complete lunatic.

Unfortunately, the system notifications still hadn’t stopped: "Ding! Host, due to the appearance of Primal Qi, your titles are undergoing an upgrade. Estimated completion time... calculating..." Liyu’s eyebrows instantly shot upward as he stared at the notification as if it had betrayed him.

"What? My titles are getting upgraded? Why can’t Primal Qi upgrade literally anything else besides my titles?" He hurriedly opened his title panel; the moment he saw it, his greatest fear was confirmed. That accursed title, Devouring Debt, it was upgrading.

Although judging from the speed, the process would still take quite a while to finish, even so, Liyu’s expression immediately became that of someone questioning every life decision he had ever made.

Part of him truly regretted everything; the Devouring Debt title receiving an upgrade was absolutely not good news. Yes, it came with certain benefits, but it also carried an even greater disadvantage. Liyu let out a helpless sigh before trying everything he could to cancel the upgrade.

Unfortunately, the title didn’t budge in the slightest; instead, it almost seemed smug. To make matters worse, the upgrading speed even seemed to increase slightly. Liyu stared at it for a long while before finally shaking his head, completely resigned to his fate.

The only piece of good news was that his other title, Paladin Aspirant, it was upgrading as well; and unlike Devouring Debt, that was undoubtedly good news instead of the terrifying nightmare waiting for him on the other side.

Out of all the things his stupid Primal Qi could have enhanced, why did it have to choose a cursed title? Before Liyu could lament any further, another system notification suddenly appeared: Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have received 30 bonus EXP for breaking through to the Qi Gathering Realm. New Realm Bonus Reward acquired.

Soon another notification followed: Ding! Enough EXP has been gathered for a level up. Leveling up... Ding congratulations host for successfully leveling up. Current level: 2.

Then another familiar notification echoed inside his mind: "Ding! You have gotten a free spin on the Primordial Wheel of Destiny."

Liyu paused the moment he heard that. "Wait... another spin on that lottery?" He remained silent for a few seconds before finally remembering; the system had indeed told him before that a free spin would be rewarded every time he leveled up.

As for the bonus EXP he gained for reaching the Qi Gathering Realm, he wasn’t really surprised... perhaps only mildly surprised. After all, he had also gained ten bonus EXP when he reached the First Stage of the Body Refinement Realm some weeks ago.

It simply seemed that the bonus increased alongside the cultivation realm; the higher the realm, the greater the bonus EXP awarded. And with the fact that he had already been extremely close to reaching Level Two, the bonus EXP from breaking through into the Qi Gathering Realm allowed him to completely cross the threshold and level up.

That wasn’t surprising at all; after all, he had planned for this. Liyu kept staring at the system screen, waiting for the notification he truly wanted to see... the main reason he had been so eager to break through and level up.

Then, another system notification finally appeared before his eyes: Ding! Congratulations, Host. You may now create your next clone. Ding! Begin clone creation process? Yes / No." Liyu couldn’t help the smile that slowly twisted the corners of his lips upward. Yes... he had finally done it.

Soon afterward, Liyu stepped out of the cultivation chamber and headed toward the residential area. There he met Li Jie and Li Xie, both of whom were currently training together; they both looked extremely serious.

Just from their expressions alone, he could tell they were taking the upcoming tournament with the utmost seriousness. When the two brothers sensed Liyu’s aura, they immediately turned toward him; the moment they realized he had actually broken through into the Qi Gathering Realm in a little over a week, both of them were completely at a loss for words.

Wasn’t that kind of cultivation speed supposed to be impossible? Neither of them could believe what they were sensing. Under normal circumstances, they probably would have stood there frozen in shock for a very long time, but they had slowly begun getting used to Liyu’s completely nonsensical growth speed.

After all, he had blitzed through the entire Body Refinement Realm in only a month; compared to that, reaching the First Stage of the Qi Gathering Realm in just over a week somehow didn’t seem as ridiculous anymore.

The three of them chatted for several minutes, with Liyu using the opportunity to gather information he had been unable to access while cultivating. From the two brothers, he learned that Li Yuexin had also successfully stepped into the First Stage of the Qi Refining Realm... a truly astonishing feat.

Based on everything he had heard, the Qi Refining Realm was rumored to be an extremely time-consuming realm to enter, and yet she had managed to accomplish it in only around a month as well.

She truly was a genius. Liyu even considered going to visit her before leaving; unfortunately, he learned that she was currently recuperating after her breakthrough, so he decided not to disturb her. After bidding farewell to the two brothers, Liyu headed toward the dining hall.

After stuffing another gigantic mountain of food into his stomach, he once again left every cultivator inside the dining hall utterly speechless; some were so shocked that they forgot to blink, and others with weaker minds actually cried out in disbelief before fainting on the spot.

Yet Liyu paid absolutely no attention to any of them; he simply continued eating... more and more... regaining his energy. Whether Primal Qi could revitalize his body without food or not, he would still eat; after all, he loved food. It really was that simple.

After finishing his meal, Liyu found Elder Jushong and informed him that he needed to leave for somewhere important and would return within a single day. The old man initially wanted to stop him, but after Liyu pleaded with him for quite a while, Elder Jushong finally relented.

His only condition was that Liyu absolutely had to return before the tournament began. Liyu smiled and nodded; he would definitely be back before then. With that, Liyu left the Li Manor and headed straight toward the Beast Forest.

Using his momentum skill enhanced by Primal Qi together with his already ridiculous speed, he crossed the distance in only about two hours before arriving deep inside the Beast Forest.

After carefully observing his surroundings and confirming that nothing would interrupt what he was about to do, Liyu finally brought up the system notification he had received several hours earlier:

Begin clones creation process? Yes / No.

With a single thought, he made his choice: "Yes."

Ding! Confirmed. Beginning clones creation process...