Chapter 19: More Limits Shattered, Dantian Formation Realm

5 years later.

OOOM!

Similar to half a decade prior, Jin reached a tipping point in his cultivation.

And with one final push, he made it past that tipping point, achieving a Realm never before witnessed in the World of Huaxia.

“After reaching an overflow point with my Integrated Essence Refinement, a kind of isolated space and energy reservoir formed inside my body,” Jin analyzed, observing a small spherical object of condensed Spiritual Energy with his Mind’s Eye.

What he was looking at was something he would go on to name the |Dantian|, and it would serve as the new and vastly improved Essence Refiner.

Without the |Dantian|, all absorbed and refined energy supplemented by the atmosphere to improve his cultivation speed was sparse and disorganized. But now, with the presence of an embryonic |Dantian|, all attracted atmospheric energy and even the energy contained inside pills and medicines would be focused on one spot. In turn, cultivation speed would increase tremendously, and so too would the quality of the Essence being supplemented.

In simple terms, normal Essence Refinement and its various extensions, such as Essence Integration and Integrated Essence Refinement, relied purely on Jin.

He was the guide, the manager, and the distributor.

But now, with a |Dantian|, most of the heavy load in Essence Refinement was taken away from Jin, as it took on the responsibilities of those functions.

There was also the benefit of the |Dantian| acting as an energy reservoir.

To top things off, it also gave Jin a better idea of how much longer it’d take for another breakthrough. It did this via a ’Filling System,’ where after the Dantian was filled with enough refined Essence, it would glow brightly or vibrate, indicating that a breakthrough was imminent.

“This Realm, which I shall name the Dantian Formation Realm, will be split up into four minor realms: Early, Middle, Late, and Peak.”

Jin’s declaration was followed by the consolidation of his cultivation in the Early Dantian Formation Realm.

While consolidating over the next few weeks, he also organized his comprehensions and knowledge of cultivation and its countless faculties. Of them, he deduced the act of Essence Refinement to be akin to mitosis, where a single speck of ’self,’ namely ’Essence,’ was copied and multiplied, replacing cells in the process of cell division.

From normal Essence Refinement to Essence Integration to Integrated Essence Refinement to now Dantian Enhancement, all were a part of Essence Mitosis. They simply represented different levels of the process.

Unknowingly, Jin had incorporated and developed upon ideas from the Main World in a world of primitive cultivation.

The Martial Dao Evolutionary Path was evolving.

And it was doing so at an extremely fast rate.

Just as Jin was going to further ponder the matter, a voice sounded:

“Lord Sovereign, this little one has something vital to report!”

’Xiao Han?’ Jin wondered.

Xiao Han was his personal attendant and the one entrusted with overseeing the vital affairs of the newly established Martial Dao Empire—an empire Jin had forged and now ruled after toppling the continent’s two major empires, all while granting himself permission in his capacity as Sect Leader of the illustrious Thousand Rivers Sect.

The Demonic Devourer Lineage had also been completely eradicated over the last five years; that, and the suppression of other Martial Lineages, made the rise of the Martial Dao Empire and subsequent Martial Dao Evolutionary Path all the easier.

Opening the door to his personal chambers with a mere thought, Jin welcomed a nicely dressed middle-aged man into his opulent room.

“What is the matter, Xiao Han?”

Xiao Han hit the floor with a thud as soon as he glimpsed the majestic figure meditating on an ice mat. It was obvious that he held the highest amount of respect and reverence for the young man no older than 18.

“Lord Sovereign, I’ve come to you to report a matter of utmost urgency!”

He paused, inhaling deeply.

“The ruling power of the Reversal Sea, the Aquafire Empire, has just declared war on you, the Martial Dao Empire, and the Martial Dao Evolutionary Path!

They’ve already begun their march out of the Reversal Sea, numbering over 10 million, with over 400 Martial Saints among their ranks!

There are even rumors spreading around that the Emperor of the Aquafire Empire has made that last leap into the mythical Martial Supreme Realm!”

DUN! DUN!

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