Chapter 670: Breakthrough

Kyrian still didn’t understand why. But he was becoming more and more certain. The black mass had no chance against the book.

"As long as I have it..." A smile appeared.

"I won’t have any trouble dealing with these beings."

Below him, the Two-Tailed Lion finally stood up. Its eyes were no longer black. They were normal, golden amber, confused, but alive. The beast seemed completely disoriented. The control had disappeared.

And the same thing happened to the rest of the horde. The tens of thousands of beasts stopped. Some looked around. Others began to run. They had awakened from the trance. There was no one controlling them anymore. But some were still agitated. Some noticed Kyrian. And charged forward.

Kyrian simply looked at them. His blue eyes glowed. A wave of cold spread out. The first beasts were frozen in midair. Then the next. And the ones after that. Within moments, all the creatures that tried to attack him had been transformed into ice statues. The rest of the horde fled. Kyrian did not pursue them. There was no need. He had already obtained what he wanted.

Fifteen minutes later... The area was completely silent. Only a few leaves were carried by the wind. Kyrian landed on the ground. Arcon descended shortly afterward. Kyrian looked at the space around him. The area of approximately fifty meters was completely clear.

Then... He felt it. A special energy began to emerge within his mind. The blank book began to react. The pages opened on their own. A translucent energy began flowing out. And entered directly into his soul.

Kyrian closed his eyes. His body remained motionless. The energy passed through his consciousness. His soul began to strengthen. Slightly. But in an extremely clear manner. Kyrian felt the difference. It was much less energy than he had received before. The black mass this time was clearly weaker. But... It was enough.

His soul was strengthened. And then his eyes began to react. The limit that normally existed in his vision began to disappear. First, slowly. Then rapidly. Until... It disappeared completely.

Kyrian opened his eyes. His vision seemed different. The world before him was extremely clear. He couldn’t see farther or anything like that; it was simply a feeling that the world was clearer. Much deeper. And, more importantly... There was no longer that feeling of being limited.

’As I imagined.’ A faint smile appeared on his face.

’It was enough.’

He had finally done it. The limit of his eyes had disappeared. Now his cultivation could continue evolving.

Kyrian didn’t want to waste time. He immediately sat down on the ground. Arcon approached. Kyrian took five middle-grade spirit stones from his spatial ring and handed them to the horse.

"Watch the area."

Arcon neighed.

"Eat and rest for a while."

The horse began eating the stones.

Kyrian then took out another pile. This time... It was much larger. Thousands of middle-grade spirit stones.

He had accumulated a considerable amount of wealth during his time in the Sky Caravan. With his alchemy businesses, his formations, and the profits from the auctions, this was no longer something he needed to desperately conserve. And now he had a goal. Break through.

Kyrian sat in a cultivation position. He breathed deeply. Then he began. One spirit stone disappeared into his pupils. Then another. And another.

The extremely pure spiritual energy entered his eyes. The countless channels within them began to function. The energy was purified, filtered, and transformed.

Then sent toward his two main dantians. The two cores began absorbing that energy. Their size slowly increased.

Kyrian remained motionless. Ten minutes. Twenty. Thirty. Thousands of spirit stones were consumed. The forest began to grow silent.

The Qi around Kyrian became increasingly intense. His hair began to float. His clothes swayed even without wind. The two dantians were reaching their limits. Kyrian could feel it.

’It’s coming.’

He continued absorbing. Then...

’BOOM!’

An implosion occurred inside both dantians at the same time. For an instant... Everything became silent.

The next moment...

’BOOM!’

A massive explosion of Qi emerged inside Kyrian’s body. The surrounding trees shook violently. Leaves flew everywhere. The ground beneath his body cracked slightly. Arcon raised its head.

Kyrian opened his eyes. An intense light shone within them. He felt his strength. Much more powerful. Much more stable. A small smile appeared on his face.

"Success."

Kyrian slowly stood up.

"Fifth Stage of the Core Formation Realm." He clenched his fist. He could feel the power flowing through his body.

The difference of a single stage might seem small to other people. But for Kyrian... It was different. He possessed two main dantians. Two cores.

His foundation was already much more powerful than that of an ordinary cultivator. If a cultivator’s strength increased gradually with each stage... Kyrian’s strength increased several times over.

Furthermore, his cores were extraordinary. After all... They had been formed inside his eyes. Who could say what kind of power would emerge from something so absurd? And there was still the third.

Kyrian raised his hand and lightly touched his forehead. The Third Mirror Eye. His third dantian. Currently at the Third Stage of the Qi Liberation Realm.

Kyrian had deliberately stopped his advancement. He didn’t want to force it. He needed to consolidate his foundation before continuing. But a thought crossed his mind.

’When the third dantian reaches Core Formation...’

Kyrian fell silent. He truly couldn’t imagine it. His two dantians already caused his strength to completely surpass the normal standard. When he had three cores...

Three independent sources of Qi. Three dantians functioning together. Three times the amount of energy. Three times the recovery capacity. And a cultivation structure that probably had never existed before...

"How strong will I become?" Kyrian murmured.

There was no answer. But he was eager to find out.

Currently, with all his strength, he could already kill weak cultivators of the Spiritual Awakening Realm.

And there was still the Heavenly Bone. When he used the power of that innate, natural treasure implanted into his spine... His strength increased once again.

Kyrian closed his eyes for a moment. He was becoming stronger and stronger. But... He was still far from his goal. The world was enormous. The five great regions were enormous. There were higher-level forces, such as the Sky Family, which he was far from reaching. There were experts he couldn’t even imagine. And there were those black masses.

Kyrian opened his eyes. Curiosity returned.

’These things are appearing more and more often. Perhaps I’ll encounter some with even greater strength...’

He looked toward the horizon. Perhaps the destruction of Red Swallow City was only the beginning. Perhaps the next city was already in danger somewhere.

Kyrian remained silent for several seconds. Then he looked at Arcon. The winged horse had already finished the spirit stones and was now resting peacefully, its wings folded against its body.

Kyrian looked at it.

"Let’s go."

Arcon raised its head.

Kyrian mounted its back and stroked its neck.

"Let’s return to our journey."

Arcon flapped its wings. Its enormous body began to rise. A few seconds later, the two were once again in the sky. The destroyed forest was left behind. Kyrian looked one last time in the direction of Red Swallow City. The city was dead, silent, destroyed, and abandoned.

But Kyrian didn’t care much.

’I did what I could. Now I must move on.’

His cultivation had advanced. His soul had been strengthened. His eyes had surpassed another limit. Arcon accelerated. The two disappeared into the horizon. The journey to the Central Territory continued.