Middle-stage Qi Refinement, to early-stage Qi Refinement and late-stage Qi Refinement, this entire realm, to put it bluntly, was actually a link between the previous and the following.
After a cultivator reached the early-stage Qi Refinement, they first broke through the Hidden Latch between their eyebrows. Naturally, they would have divine sense, know how to refine Qi into Spirit and condense Spirit Essence. Then, they would learn how to release Spirit Essence and transform it into magical energy, which would then be used for cultivation or battle.
The early-stage Qi Refinement marked the advancement of a realm. First of all, it was the speed at which a cultivator condensed Spirit Essence and the amount of magical energy that was instantly transformed by burning Spirit Essence.
Without a doubt, this completely depended on the cultivator's own aptitude and perception, as well as the techniques they cultivated.
However, due to the dual limitations of the size of the sea of consciousness between the eyebrows and the tyrannical degree of the early-stage Qi Refinement, along with the advancement of a cultivator's realm, the speed at which they condensed Spirit Essence and the amount of Spirit Essence they could burn would sooner or later reach a limit!
When these two points reached the limit, no matter how short a period of time they entered the early-stage Qi Refinement, they would have already reached the peak of the early-stage Qi Refinement. If they wanted to advance further, they would have to break through the realm and enter the mid-stage Qi Refinement.
Only after entering the mid-stage Qi Refinement would the size of the sea of consciousness between the eyebrows increase again. At the same time, the barrier of the sea of consciousness between the eyebrows would also become more tyrannical. This way, more Spirit Essence could be stored. At the same time, the speed at which they condensed Spirit Essence would naturally increase, and the amount of Spirit Essence they could burn at one time would also naturally increase.
However, these were all the most basic effects of breaking through to the mid-stage Qi Refinement. It was just faster and more than the early-stage Qi Refinement. This was the bearing effect of the mid-stage Qi Refinement.
For a mid-stage Qi Refinement cultivator, the most important thing was the speed at which the Spirit Essence in the sea of consciousness between the eyebrows could be transformed into magical energy, as well as the efficiency at which the Spirit Essence was transformed into magical energy!
This was the key to the mid-stage Qi Refinement!
It could be said that the strength of a cultivator completely depended on these two points!
At the mid-stage Qi Refinement and even the late-stage Qi Refinement, regardless of the aptitude of a cultivator and the speed at which they condensed Spirit Essence, the Spirit Essence in the sea of consciousness between the eyebrows would definitely be enough to support them for a week or even half a month, or even longer!
Therefore, after entering the mid-stage Qi Refinement, comparing the speed at condensing Spirit Essence or comparing the amount of Spirit Essence in the sea of consciousness between the eyebrows no longer held much meaning for a cultivator.
For example, after Ling Yun reached the peak of Qi Refinement Level 3, there were already more than 60,000 drops of God Essence stored in the sea of consciousness between his eyebrows. He had only used up one-fifth of it after crossing realms and battling for a night.
Especially after Ling Yun entered the middle stage of Qi Cultivation, the size of his sea of consciousness between his eyebrows had increased by nine times. When he wasn't fighting, he could accumulate hundreds of thousands of drops of Divine Energy over time. There was no point in comparing this.
Then what do the cultivators after the middle stage of Qi Refining compete in? It was very simple. It was how to efficiently convert and use these hundreds of thousands of drops of God Essence in battle. If he was strong enough and ruthless enough, he could burn hundreds of thousands of drops of God Essence in one go and convert all of them into mana and release them. Even if the enemy was a Foundation Establishment Realm expert, they would still die.
Of course, this was the most extreme case. This was equivalent to a cultivator exploding their primordial spirit. Once this was done, the best result would be becoming a cripple. Basically, the end result would be death. Unless it was certain death, no cultivator expert would do this.
This was the key that determined whether a cultivator's strength was tyrannical or not after breaking through to the middle stage of Qi Refining.
The simplest principle was to fly. The faster the Divine Energy was converted into mana, the faster the cultivator's flying speed would be!
Similarly, the higher the efficiency of a cultivator's use of mana, the stronger his mana would be. The spells he cast would be ever-changing, and his overall combat power would naturally be stronger!
This was the fundamental reason why Ling Yun, who was at the peak of Qi Refining Level 3, was suppressed by Long Tianfang, who was at the peak of Qi Refining Level 6!
Even though Ling Yun had enough Divine Energy, he could only release 360 drops of Divine Energy at one go. This was also the maximum amount of mana he could release. Long Tianfang's true realm was at the peak of the middle stage of Qi Refining Level. A casual move of his was more powerful than Ling Yun's. That was why he could crush Ling Yun in both attack and defense.
That was why Ling Yun had been burning his Divine Energy to the limit to maintain a realm similar to Long Tianfang's. Then, he used all kinds of tyrannical trump cards to finally crush his opponent.
Ling Yun's limit release was inferior to a casual wave of his opponent's hand. If he didn't use all kinds of trump cards, he would have been killed by Long Tianfang a long time ago.
This was the suppression of realms.
Therefore, when a cultivator entered the middle stage of Qi Refining Level, it was a competition of the speed at which Divine Energy could be converted into mana and the efficiency at which it could be used.
This, of course, required a cultivator to analyze and cultivate for a long period of time. They even had to go through countless actual battles to continuously hone themselves and improve themselves.
However, that was for others. Ling Yun was an expert in the Tribulation Stage. After he entered the middle stage of Qi Refining Level, why would he need to analyze how to convert Divine Energy quickly and how to use mana efficiently?
There was no need at all!
Ling Yun had long reached the pinnacle in terms of the rapid conversion of Divine Energy and the effective use of magical power. It could be said that every drop of Divine Energy that he burned could be converted to the most effective use of magical power. He definitely wouldn't waste a single drop!
Therefore, there was no bottleneck in the middle stage of Qi Refining Level for Ling Yun. All he needed to do now was to break through!
Now that Ling Yun burned one thousand and eighty drops of Divine Energy, the mana in his body surged violently. It was too ferocious. He was refining the six Yin Spirits at a speed that was ten times faster than before. At the same time, he was crazily absorbing the Pure Yang Qi in the eye of the Yang Formation!
The tyrannical Yin-Yang True Qi flowed out of his energy center, through his meridians, and into his eyebrows. It circulated rapidly in Ling Yun's body at an unbelievable speed, reaching more than a hundred meters per second. He could complete thirty-six cycles in a second!
Now, Ling Yun was not condensing nine drops of Divine Energy in a minute, but thirty-six drops. In an hour, he could condense more than two thousand drops of Divine Energy!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
The remaining six Yin Spirits were being refined at an accelerated speed. Their bodies were shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye. At the same time, in the eye of the Yang Formation, with Ling Yun's body as the center, a huge Yang Qi vortex formed. Endless Yang Qi continuously entered Ling Yun's body, forming a whirlwind!
Two hours later!
Boom!
Ling Yun broke through again, reaching the middle stage of Qi Refining Level Four!
Next, the speed at which he condensed Divine Energy increased. In just an hour, Ling Yun reached the late stage of Qi Refining Level Four!
His speed doubled again!
Boom!
In just half an hour, Ling Yun reached the pinnacle of Qi Refining Level Four!
At the pinnacle of Qi Refining Level Four, a cultivator's normal speed of condensing Divine Energy was eighteen drops of Divine Energy per minute. However, Ling Yun's was thirty-six drops in a minute!
At this moment, he was still burning his Divine Energy to the limit. He could burn one thousand and eight hundred drops of Divine Energy at a time, but the speed at which he condensed Divine Energy was not as fast as the speed at which he used it!
However, after reaching the pinnacle of Qi Refining Level Four, Ling Yun deliberately slowed down his speed. He only increased the speed of condensing Divine Energy, not rushing to break through.
This was because even though there was still enough Yang Qi in the eye of the Yang Formation, the six Yin Spirits in his body had already been completely refined.
"The tribulation clouds are here, but there's no lightning."
After Ling Yun broke through to Qi Refining Level Four, he had long felt the tribulation clouds gathering above the peak of Dragon Mountain. He felt the pressure of the Heavenly Dao, but there was no lightning after such a long time.
"Looks like I made the right bet!"
Ling Yun laughed in his heart. He knew that as long as he didn't go to the ground, the tribulation wouldn't fall. Therefore, he was completely relieved.
He floated up, still maintaining his cross-legged posture. His body flew across the sky and came to where Ye Xingchen was.
This was the center of the eye of the Yang Formation and the eye of the Yin Formation, where Yin and Yang intersected.
"Xingchen, I'm going to continue breaking through here. Wait for me in the cave outside the Yin Formation."
Seeing that Ling Yun still wanted to break through after breaking through, Ye Xingchen couldn't help but be worried. She immediately asked, "Isn't it a little too rushed?"
"It's fine, I know what I'm doing. The Yin-Yang Qi here is too important to my cultivation. It would be a pity to give it up."
Ling Yun gave her a reassuring look. After Ye Xingchen left, he immediately started to circulate the Yin-Yang harmony balance with all his might!
"Boom!"
Ling Yun suddenly released the Yin-Yang True Qi chain, plunging the Yin Qi chain into the cold pond in the eye of the Yin Formation, and the Yang Qi chain into the eye of the Yang Formation!
"Absorb!"
Ling Yun didn't hold back. He used the Yin-Yang True Qi chain to absorb the Yin-Yang Qi from the two eye of the formation, continuing to condense Divine Energy!
An hour passed …
Three hours passed …
After a whole six hours, Ling Yun suddenly burned his Divine Energy to the limit and started to break through to Qi Refining Level Five!
"Boom!"
Ling Yun broke through again and entered the realm of Qi Refining Level Five!
After entering the realm of Qi Refining Level Five, Ling Yun cultivated for a whole four hours and broke through two small realms consecutively. Finally, he reached the mid-stage of Qi Refining Level Five. Only then did he stop cultivating.
The Qi Refining Realm was divided into nine levels, and each level was further divided into four small realms: early, mid-stage, advanced, and peak!
This time, with the help of the strong Yin and Yang Qi from the two eyes of the formation, Ling Yun's breakthrough was too smooth. Not only did he enter the middle stage of Qi Cultivation, but he also broke through Qi Cultivation Level Four and Level Five!
If one only counted the small realms, Ling Yun broke through six realms consecutively!
Up until now, Ling Yun still wanted to continue breaking through. However, he had no choice but to stop because the Yin-Yang Qi in the two eye of the formation had been completely absorbed by him!
At this moment, there was only an extremely thin Yin-Yang Qi left in the eye of the Yin Formation and the eye of the Yang Formation. The temperature of the two caves had also become almost the same, similar to the temperature of the other caves in the crater.
With Ling Yun's cultivation speed, the Yin-Yang Qi here would no longer be of any use to him without a year's accumulation.
"Hmm, almost fourteen hours. Breaking through two big realms and six small realms. Not bad."
Next, Ling Yun meditated for another half an hour to completely stabilize his realm. At the same time, he looked inside himself and felt extremely satisfied!
At the mid-stage of Qi Refining Level Five, Ling Yun's sea of knowledge between his eyebrows was too strong. Just its volume alone was eighteen times its original size. It could contain 1,080,000 drops of God's Energy.
"Now, I can condense one drop of God's Energy per second. That's more than 80,000 drops a day. Burning my God's Energy to the limit can condense 3,600 drops. This is many times stronger than when I was in the same realm in the Cultivation World!"
Ling Yun said to himself. He smiled confidently. If he were to fight Long Tianfang now, Ling Yun wouldn't even need to use any trump cards. He would only need to use his bare fists to defeat his opponent!
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