I can gather experience beads

Chapter 422: Year of Consolidation, Year of Birthday

"Sister Xiyue, please protect me." Cao Rui fell to the ground like a meteor, his feet landed firmly on the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust.

He was breathing slightly, and his body that had been burnt by the lightning was now recovering rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Every inch of skin and every muscle and bone seemed to be revitalized, the charred outer skin fell off, revealing tender new flesh.

After successfully advancing to the Void Refining Stage, Cao Rui clearly noticed that the energy of heaven and earth around him had undergone miraculous changes.

They are no longer as chaotic and blurred as before, but become exceptionally clear, just like a road that was originally shrouded in fog is suddenly illuminated by the sun, and everything becomes clear.

No wonder a cultivator at the Lianxu stage could defeat countless cultivators at the Shenhua stage. This feeling was so wonderful that Cao Rui was intoxicated by it.

The rich and pure Yuan Qi of heaven and earth seemed to be summoned by something. It continuously poured in from all directions and rushed into the Nascent Soul in his body.

With the continuous infusion of heaven and earth's vital energy, Cao Rui's Nascent Soul continued to grow stronger and more dazzling and lively.

At the same time, his magic power was recovering at an extremely terrifying speed, like a surging tide, one wave higher than the other.

Not only that, his damaged body also quickly recovered under the nourishment of this powerful force.

In the blink of an eye, the skin that had just been burned beyond recognition by lightning had completely returned to normal, smooth and delicate, just like the skin of a newborn baby.

"You're too polite, young master." Chu Xiyue, who was standing aside, said with a smile, her eyes full of admiration.

"Based on your performance today, you will definitely be able to occupy a valuable spot in the upcoming Heaven Realm Battle Cultivation Festival."

Chu Xiyue couldn't help but recall that many years ago, she had participated in the place of fame that countless Frost Heaven Realm cultivators dreamed of - the Heaven Realm Battle Cultivator Conference.

She was still a little immature at that time, and although she tried her best, she still failed to become one of the thirty warriors that session.

Now, she has the honor to accompany Cao Rui to attend this event. If Cao Rui can successfully win the place, it will be considered to have made up for the regret she left behind that year.

Thinking of this, Chu Xiyue couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

"Thank you for your good wishes, Sister Xiyue." Cao Rui said with a smile.

Chu Xiyue said: "You have just been promoted, go back and consolidate your cultivation first."

"There is still a long time before this Heaven Realm Battle Cultivation Event. Young Master, you still have plenty of time to continue preparing for the battle."

Cao Rui nodded slightly, then returned to the training courtyard with Chu Xiyue.

This is a promotion place, and the city guards need to apply to enter. Therefore, although the thunder tribulation made a loud noise, there was no one on the scene.

The departure of Cao Rui and Chu Xiyue did not attract the attention of others.

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Return to the training courtyard.

Cao Rui's body absorbed the vital energy of heaven and earth gradually slowed down.

He sat quietly on the cushion in the practice room with his eyes gently closed, like an old monk in meditation.

In the next moment, a dazzling light suddenly shot out from above his head, and a small figure flew out like lightning - it was Nascent Soul Cao Rui!

Cao Rui at this time is no longer the naive child he used to be. After training and advancement, he has now grown into a handsome young man.

The outline of his facial features was clearly visible, and was extremely similar to his current physical appearance.

Cao Rui closed his eyes and quietly felt the rich energy of heaven and earth around him.

As his mind moved slightly, the Nascent Soul's magical power began to flow slowly. Freed from the constraints of the physical body, this magical power flowed extremely smoothly, just like a surging river finding an outlet.

If you cast spells directly with your Nascent Soul, the power of your supernatural powers will increase significantly.

However, without the protection of the physical body, the Nascent Soul became extremely fragile.

You must know that if the physical body unfortunately perishes, as long as the Nascent Soul can be preserved, there is still a chance to start over; but once the Nascent Soul is destroyed, what awaits the cultivator is the true annihilation of both body and soul, and there is no chance of recovery.

Therefore, unless in an extremely special and critical situation, no cultivator would easily expose his Nascent Soul directly to the enemy.

After Cao Rui successfully controlled his Nascent Soul to move around in a small circle, he decisively retracted it into his body.

After successfully advancing to the Void Refining Stage, both his mana and spiritual awareness entered a new realm.

However, what is more crucial is that this quantitative change eventually led to a qualitative leap.

The cultivators in the Void Refining Stage already possessed powerful abilities, and could greatly guide the boundless energy of the heaven and earth around them and transform it into their own use. Because of this, the power of the magical powers they displayed would also be dramatically increased.

"Master has given me a lot of training materials this time. Next, I will seize the time to continue to improve my own cultivation."

"It is the beginning of the cultivation of the magical power of the Void Refining Stage."

"I have already cultivated the Spiritual Source Temple Divine Art to the second level, and with my advancement to the Void Refining Stage, my spiritual awareness should be considered pretty good within the Void Refining Stage."

"You can start practicing the Lingyuan Temple's Divine Art's Void Refining Stage Divine Power [Divine Descent] now."

"In terms of the physical body, [Xuanwu Transformation] can impact the fifth level. After the impact is successful, you can practice a new physical body magical power [Xuanwu True Shadow]..."

Having just been promoted, Cao Rui felt that he had many more training tasks to accomplish.

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Time flies by like a white horse passing by.

In the blink of an eye, ten years have passed.

In the spirit world, time always passes faster.

On this day, Cao Rui, who had been immersed in cultivation since his advancement to the Void Refining Stage, slowly opened his eyes that had been closed for a long time.

For Cao Rui himself, today is an extraordinary day, because today is his 100th birthday.

I was in my early sixties and was promoted to the spiritual realm. It has been more than thirty years now, but it really just passed in the blink of an eye.

As your cultivation level improves, time will become faster and faster.

After ten years of cultivation, Cao Rui came to a profound realization: as his cultivation entered the Void Refinement Stage, the effectiveness of ordinary spiritual materials and treasures for him was greatly reduced and it was difficult for them to play a significant role.

Now, only those extremely rare cultivation materials that have reached the spiritual treasure level can quickly help him make further progress on the road of cultivation.

The training materials given by Zuo Qiu and the materials such as the Heart of the Mountain Giant collected by Cao Rui himself have been used up, and his experience bead of the early stage of refining emptiness has only increased to 18% of the progress.

However, it is worth mentioning that during this period of hard training, Cao Rui achieved considerable breakthroughs in physical training techniques.

In particular, the [Xuanwu Transformation] that he practiced, he successfully cultivated it to the advanced level of the fifth level.

He raised his physical cultivation to the same level as the initial stage of refining emptiness, which was the same as that of magic cultivation.

In addition, he also successfully mastered two incredibly powerful magical powers of the Void Refining Stage.

[God’s Descent] and [True Shadow of Xuanwu].