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After a certain period of time, Azmond had officially broken through to the 11th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation, as he was many times stronger now than he was in the 10th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation.
"Tsk, I knew that Qi would chicken out without finishing the job." Azmond clicked his tongue as the disdainful smirk he had on his face for the Qi around him never left his expression.
If the Qi had any sort of control over their actions, then they would surely have already summoned heavenly lightning to strike down this stupid human!
......
"Forget those cowards for now."
Azmond's ridiculing expression relaxed as a solemn look appeared on his face again.
"Let's instead check on my gains from this breakthrough," he said to himself while scanning his body with his divine sense.
"...Hmm."
What he saw was exactly what he expected, as 11,000 Qi cyclones were visible inside his Dantian space.
10,000 of those Qi cyclones were a massive 300 meters in diameter, and the newest 1000 Qi cyclones were a very small 1 inch in diameter.
'Looks like I need to bring them all back up to their max size limit, huh?' An impassive expression appeared on Azmond's face as he began to fly down to one of the large spiritual stones.
He sat down in a cross-legged position and circulated his Qi while focusing all the Qi he absorbed from the giant spiritual stone on increasing the size of his 11000 Qi cyclones.
.......
It only took him a little over a day to increase the size of all his Qi cyclones to their limit.
Whereas previously, Azmond needed months to do this before finding the giant spiritual stones.
'...I will remember this favor, Giant Spiritual Stone...' A small, grateful look formed on his features as he slightly bowed to the giant spiritual stones who were providing him with all this energy.
The Giant Spiritual Stones were about to emit a positive reaction from within them when they heard what Azmond said, until...
'I might even consider going easier on the mountains that hit me in the future...'
'This Sick Bastard!!?' The giant spiritual stone almost shattered right then and there as its glow dimmed considerably for a split second before returning to its usual shine.
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"Well, probably not," Azmond said with a contemplative look.
"Those mountains are always hitting me in the face for no reason, you know? And I quite like my face in this world," he added.
Azmond wasn't a major narcissist, but even he was aware of the superior outward appearance he had in this world.
Looks were a form of power as well...
And who was he to deny another form of power?
.......
"...."
Azmond would never admit that he just wanted to keep his looks so he could woo the beautiful ladies in this world...
'Acquiring the favor of beautiful women can also be considered a form of power as well, right...?'
He was as shameless as ever.
Azmond quickly shook his head to get rid of those distracting thoughts and refocused on something more important.
'Is my Little Ice Roll still okay...?'
His gaze quickly traveled over to a sleeping beauty who was still fast asleep with a satisfied smile on her perfect face.
She also had a hint of... Lust-? -on her expression...
.......
'What sort of dream is she having right now...?'
A small, playful smile emerged on Azmond's face as he felt like moving over toward his Little Ice Ball and giving her a little morning surprise, but he scratched that idea as soon as it appeared.
'No Azmond!, There is plenty of time for stuff like that later! I need to make acquiring power my sole focus for now!'
His gaze hardened as he walked over to a giant spiritual stone after confirming Crystalline's safety.
'I need to continue cultivating. The 11th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation is far from enough to go against the stronger forces in this world.'
After reasserting his resolve, he continued doing what he was best at.
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Azmond continued to cultivate beside a giant spiritual stone as something special started to occur within his Little Ice Flower...
Something unbeknownst to even Crystalline herself...
And a subsequent effect of that 'something' was the growth of her aura...
In fact, it was growing at an insane rate!
It quickly broke through the barrier between the Late-Golden Core and Peak-Golden Core!
Crystalline had broken through to Peak-Golden Core as easily as that, but her aura didn't stop there.
It continued expanding and expanding until it breached the gap between Peak-Golden Core and Half-Step Nascent Soul Realm as well!
Furthermore, it didn't stop growing until she reached the peak of the half-step Nascent Soul Realm!
Extending on that note, she likely would've broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm right then and there if not for her body preventing her from prematurely breaking through a major realm without enough preparation first.
......
How did Crystalline so abruptly break through two minor realms just like that??
Well, it was caused by two different reasons that stemmed from the same source...
That source being...
Azmond!
Of course, Azmond had no idea that he had done anything of the sort to cause such a substantial change in Crystalline.
He was still completely focused on his cultivation, with no awareness of what was happening in his surroundings.
So how did Azmond cause this??
Well...
The first reason why was because he unleashed his Quantum Gate Skill with Crystalline so close to it.
And because of this action, some type of unique energy was absorbed by her from the Quantum Gate Skill.
However, the energy that she absorbed was a complete mystery.
Nonetheless, what we do know is that it seems to have had a very positive impact on Crystalline's cultivation, talent, and even body potential!
But nothing is free in this world, and she will need to pay a price for this major increase in all her attributes, but that's a topic for another time.
On a side note, the second main reason why Crystalline went through such a huge change was because of her 'intimate' time with Azmond...
It turns out Dual Cultivation exists in this world—the mixing of Yin and Yang. The mixing of essences!
Although they didn't use a specific cultivation technique manual related to dual cultivation, they were still able to absorb each other's primordial essences!
It was because of this that Azmond gained Crystalline's primordial Yin and she gained his primordial Yang.
Neither of them knew of this fact yet, but they will soon realize that something is amiss with their faster cultivation speeds and overall increases in all their base stats.
After all, it wasn't just due to the Giant Spiritual Stone that Azmond's cultivation speed had increased by such a large margin...
*Ding!* *You are absolutely correct, host! It's all because of me that your talent has increased so much!*
*Ding!* *Be grateful that yours truly is here to watch over you! Watch over you forever...*
*Ding!* *Oh, and here are some system notifications for you to not look at!*
Following the fluctuation in the robotic female's voice, a few more blue screens appeared in the area around Azmond, unable to be seen by anyone.
*Ding!* *You have been cultivating an dual cultivating extremely hard during this period of time!*
*Ding!* *You have gained extraordinary amounts of dual cultivation experience and exterior cultivation experience!*
*Ding!* *You have leveled up multiple times in both categories!*
*Ding!* *Error! Due to inactive system features, all gained experience and levels will be converted into greater cultivation talent!*
*Ding!* *Converting...*
*Ding* *Conversion process completed!*
*Ding!* *Your overall cultivation talent has improved!*
After these system notifications echoed out, the world resumed, and Azmond's journey continued..