As a host of ascended beings felt bewildered, within the sealed gem hall, Long Ji also confirmed her guess:
"If you are not a madman, then you are the strongest prodigy in this world! But I hope you are the latter, Chen Luo, let me see! Where is your limit!!"
For the first time, a glimmer of hope ignited in Long Ji's eyes. She somewhat believed that the young man before her could truly contend with the great tribulation that had brought her despair!
When the first wisp of spiritual energy began to condense in Chen Luo's lower dantian, due to its extreme scarcity, it was merely a hazy gaseous state.
But under the circulation of the spiritual energy vortex, vast amounts of spiritual energy were transported into Chen Luo's body every moment!
Even if ninety-nine percent of the spiritual energy was intercepted by Chen Luo's physical body, the remaining fraction, given the immense base, was still quite considerable!
Visibly, in the chaotic and dark lower dantian, the misty gaseous spiritual power began to increase rapidly.
In just a short moment, the seemingly vast and boundless lower dantian was completely filled with gaseous spiritual power!
Yet, more and more spiritual energy continued to pour in!
The majestic gaseous spiritual power continuously condensed and compressed within Chen Luo's dantian!
The extremely thin gaseous state gradually became moist, and the increasingly dense, misty spiritual energy gradually transformed into spiritual mist.
At this point, Chen Luo not only instantly crossed the stage of spiritual energy entering the body, the hundred days of foundation building that harmonized spiritual power and the physical body, officially stepping onto the path of cultivation and becoming a first-tier cultivator.
He had even surpassed two stages in an extremely short period!
The appearance of spiritual mist signified that Chen Luo's cultivation had reached the third stage of the Dao path!
But this was only the beginning!
Under Long Ji's increasingly surprised gaze, the spiritual mist within Chen Luo's body grew denser, and the spiritual energy vortex outside his body grew even stronger instead of weakening!
When the spiritual energy pouring into the dantian reached a certain critical point!
At the center of the boundless spiritual mist, a drop of nearly perfect liquid was slowly condensing.
This was a drop of pure white, flawless liquid spiritual energy!
And its appearance marked the second tribulation of the Dao path: spiritual energy transforming into liquid!
Long Ji's gaze instantly became solemn. Condensing liquid spiritual energy was not difficult. Dao path cultivators, with perseverance, would eventually achieve spiritual energy liquefaction.
But the birth of this single drop of spiritual liquid was a life-and-death tribulation for Dao path cultivators!
Under Long Ji's solemn gaze, the drop of spiritual liquid finally finished condensing.
Drip...
The completed spiritual liquid instantly fell. In the lower dantian, which should have been in a state of being or non-being, the sound of a tangible water droplet was heard!
Just this single drop of spiritual liquid was equivalent to the entire spiritual power of an ordinary third-stage Dao path cultivator!
And this liquid spiritual energy, compressed to its extreme, weighed more than a thousand jun!
As the spiritual liquid dripped, the moment the sound of the water droplet echoed, Long Ji's spirit became extremely tense.
However, seeing the spiritual liquid finally suspended quietly in the dantian, and the dantian showing no signs of shattering, Long Ji let out a heavy sigh of relief:
"It's done! The spiritual liquid has formed, and the dantian is completely unharmed. This is the most superior grade of breakthrough effect!"
The great tribulation of spiritual energy transforming into liquid was the moment the spiritual energy dripped. Under the cultivator's ultimate control, it was whether this drop of spiritual liquid could remain stable in liquid form, and whether the dantian could withstand the pressure of a drop of liquid spiritual energy!
If not, at best, the dantian would be damaged, harming future potential. At worst, the spiritual liquid would revert to energy, instantly bursting the dantian, and the cultivator would directly become a spiritual energy bomb!
This was why cultivators often chose secluded and quiet places for breakthroughs. On one hand, it was to avoid disturbing their focus, and on the other hand, it was to avoid directly killing their loved ones with the explosion.
"Alright! Young Master Chen, I already know your talent is unparalleled! Please pause for a moment! After the fourth stage of the Dao path, it becomes a matter of meticulous cultivation. Our Vast Sea Sect can also provide you with treasures to stabilize the dantian and help you continue to advance!"
Most of the legendary supreme physiques had no issues advancing during the Dao path stage, as they generally overcame these tribulations with their extraordinary mental and spiritual energy control, and powerful, stable dantians.
But even so, Long Ji had never seen anyone like Chen Luo, who had surpassed two tribulations in mere moments, as if spiritual energy were merely his plaything.
Linglong, standing beside her, also looked at the spiritual energy vortex before her with a look of utter astonishment.
She, with her incomplete True Dragon Body, was by no means lacking in spiritual energy aptitude. Thus, in less than twenty years, she had already reached a terrifying speed.
But compared to Chen Luo, it was truly the difference between a rocket and a snail.
Long Ji's confidence surged at this moment. With such supreme spiritual body aptitude, coupled with spiritual energy aptitude even stronger than a true dragon, with these dual aptitudes, perhaps before Linglong's great tribulation arrived, this young man could truly become an unparalleled prodigy even stronger than a true dragon of the same level!
Having made up her mind to cultivate Chen Luo with all her might, Long Ji sincerely hoped that Chen Luo would proceed more cautiously.
In fact, after they overcame their tribulations in the future, Long Ji even felt like becoming a grandmother!
However, the spiritual energy vortex before them did not slow down in the slightest due to Long Ji's words.
The young man's calm voice slowly emerged from the spiritual energy vortex: "Thank you for your concern, Empress Long Ji. I've just finished warming up, and I've gained some understanding of the path of spiritual energy. So, it's time to get serious!"
Hearing this, Long Ji thought the young man was being overconfident and couldn't help but advise, "Young Master Chen, I already understand your talent! Why not rest for a while? Our Vast Sea Sect's Seafood Delicacies and the Fish Dragon Dance are unparalleled. Please do try them!"
Within the spiritual energy vortex, Chen Luo waved his hand, looked up at the rapidly spinning spiritual vortex above, and said softly, "Empress Long Ji, please go prepare. I'll be finished here soon."
Long Ji's heart skipped a beat, remembering another major problem with spiritual energy infusion – demonic possession!
She thought Chen Luo's intense influx of spiritual energy in such a short time had stirred up his greed, anger, and delusion, causing him to forcefully push for further breakthroughs regardless of his condition. xxs1
"Young Master! Wait..." The moment Long Ji circulated her immortal essence within her body!
Boom!!!
An extremely terrifying spiritual pressure erupted violently within the gem hall!
Linglong, at the peak of the Dao path, couldn't even steady herself at this moment.
In her panic, Long Ji hurriedly shielded her daughter, and then both of them, along with the ascended elders outside, stared blankly at the sky.
Under the firmament of the Vast Sea Minor World, the spiritual energy vortex, which had already been terrifying in scope, began to expand further!
Even the ownerless spiritual energy outside the firmament, which should have been blocked, began to spin along with it.
In an instant, over ten thousand miles of sky in the entire Vast Sea transformed into a colossal spiritual energy vortex!
And within the Vast Sea Minor World, the spiritual energy vortex beneath the firmament had all transformed into extremely compressed liquid spiritual energy!
This terrifying liquid spiritual energy, so dense it could suffocate mortals, poured madly into Chen Luo's body at this moment!
"Spiritual Inquiry! Life and death between heaven and earth, if it is but a fleeting moment, what method of eternal existence is there?"
"The answer is! Heaven and earth give birth to spirits! Spirits scatter among all beings! When all beings gather spiritual energy, transform it into liquid, and condense it into crystals!"
"They can attain eternal life!"