When Earth Awakened, I Became a Sword Saintess

Chapter 61 : Breakthrough

61: Breakthrough

The Purple Source Palace could also be called the Source Palace.

The Yuan Shixi Revised states:

Men cultivate the Primordial Energy Crystal;

Women cultivate the Purple Source Palace.

This means that the core of a man's cultivation is the formation of a Primordial Crystal from condensed Primordial Energy in the dantian. For a woman, it is a similar location, a place where spirit water is abundant and wonderfully mysterious, known as the Purple Source Palace.

A male practitioner's Source Crystal is a crystal formed from condensed Primordial Energy, hard and refined, burning with the essence of unyielding Primordial Energy. A woman's Primordial Energy, however, condenses into Spirit Water, gentle and flowing, shimmering with a moist luster, nurturing the power of a mighty Primordial Energy.

There is a saying: women are made of water. Although the one who spoke these words may not have known the mysteries of cultivation, they unconsciously revealed the essence of female cultivation.

Water is the wellspring of a woman's powerful and enchanting cultivation.

Xia Yuyin's Spirit Water was abundant. She had met the conditions for a Source Martial Practitioner breakthrough before the college entrance exam, so she was naturally already aware of the location of her Purple Source Palace.

Deep within Xia Yuyin's body, in that mysterious, profound place, the Spirit Water gathered in a location that seemed to be inside her, yet also intertwined with another, incomprehensible space. This was her Purple Source Palace.

A few months prior, Xia Yuyin's Purple Source Palace was a void. As Primordial Energy continuously gathered, with the vast majority of it coming from the Primordial Energy of the God-Devouring Chess transformed into Primordial Energy, it converged in this place. Gradually... the Primordial Energy within the Purple Source Palace became more and more abundant, gradually liquefying and turning into Spirit Water.

And today, Xia Yuyin was to further condense the abundant, nearly overflowing Spirit Water within her Purple Source Palace, making it more refined, and ultimately forming a Jade Pool.

The success or failure of Gathering Source to Form Spirit hinged on whether this Jade Pool could be formed. If it failed, the Purple Source Palace would be filled with Spirit Water, making it difficult to absorb more Primordial Energy to enhance her strength.

Next, Xia Yuyin would proceed to the most crucial second step.

Xia Yuyin breathed deeply, her ample chest heaving. The effects of the pill, the preparatory cultivation, combined with her own determination and confidence, had elevated her feminine qi to an optimal state.

She circulated the Primordial Energy throughout her body according to the secret method, transforming it into the greatest amount of Primordial Power she could currently unleash. Through the various meridians in her body, through the Luminous Spirit Passage leading to the Purple Source Palace, she charged towards the Source Palace.

Surge after surge, wave after wave of intense Primordial Power rushed into the Purple Source Palace, causing the abundant Spirit Water within to churn violently. The Purple Source Palace itself endured these fierce impacts formed by the Spirit Water and Primordial Power.

Xia Yuyin's body was drenched in fragrant sweat, her face flushed crimson, her breathing ragged. The physical consumption was extreme. She used all her strength to drive the Primordial Power to assault the Source Palace, while at the same time, using her willpower and endurance to control the violent fluctuations within the Purple Source Palace. No matter how intense the impact, no matter how strong each wave was, she had to maintain a clear mind. She absolutely could not lose consciousness under the forceful sensations. This was the most critical and most difficult part of a breakthrough for a woman. Once she lost consciousness, a large amount of Spirit Water would leak out, and the breakthrough would be a complete failure!

Only now did Xia Yuyin realize how difficult it was to break through with a Primordial Energy value over 300. The stronger the Primordial Energy, the more Spirit Water there was, the greater the impact, and the harder it was to control. The intensity of the impact's effects was several times stronger than that of an ordinary female cultivator!

But now, regret was meaningless. Having reached this point, she had to succeed.

She had to endure, absolutely could not lose consciousness.

Endure, hold on... I must endure!

Within Xia Yuyin's Purple Source Palace, the violent fluctuations reached their peak. The Spirit Water transformed into a dazzling blaze of light. At this moment, Xia Yuyin felt as if she were soaring into the sky, on the very verge of losing consciousness.

But at this most crucial moment, Xia Yuyin held fast to her will. She held fast, ensuring that not a single trace of the Spirit Water's Primordial Energy was lost from her Purple Source Palace!

Within the Purple Source Palace, a blinding white light erupted.

Boom!

A stream of air, several times more powerful than any Primordial Energy Xia Yuyin had previously possessed, erupted from her body.

Rip... rip... rip!

Under the impact of this airwave, the clothes all over Xia Yuyin's body were torn to shreds, leaving only her black underwear, which barely withstood the force.

Strips of fabric, carrying the lingering fragrance of a young woman, hung messily from the branches and scattered all around...

Inside her body, within the midst of that intense light, the Spirit Water was violently compressed. Although liquids could not normally be compressed, at this moment, the quality of the Spirit Water was changing within the brilliant light. It had become a higher-tiered Luminous Spirit Water.

At this moment, the Purple Source Palace became empty once more. The Spirit Water had condensed into a pool of water at the bottom of the Source Palace. Although it was less than one-tenth of its original volume, its power was several times stronger than before.

This pool of water was crystal clear, pure and refined. When still, it was like fine jade and a clear mirror; when rippling, it was like a gentle, mysterious wave. This was the Jade Pool.

"Success!" Xia Yuyin's starry eyes flashed as she said joyfully.

With the formation of the Jade Pool, her breakthrough was a success. At this moment, Xia Yuyin had truly become a Source Martial Practitioner.

"Hah... hah..." Xia Yuyin, now wearing only her underwear, panted heavily, her body soaked by a glistening layer of sweat that shimmered under the night sky.

Having succeeded in her breakthrough, Xia Yuyin was also nearly exhausted.

But it was not over yet. Having just broken through, her Purple Source Palace was empty, and her entire body craved Primordial Energy. After the breakthrough, there was an opportunity to absorb a large amount of the essence of heaven and earth's Primordial Energy.

This was the third step of the Gathering Source to Form Spirit method.

According to the secret method, Xia Yuyin forced her exhausted body to meditate and began to absorb the Primordial Energy of heaven and earth voraciously. Naturally, the more abundant the surrounding Primordial Energy, the more she could absorb. At this moment, it seemed as if she were absorbing the Primordial Energy from half of the mountain.

Around two or three in the morning, Xia Yuyin felt that this frantic absorption of Primordial Energy was almost over. The surrounding Primordial Energy was almost completely drained by her, becoming unremarkably ordinary. Yet, her body was still far from satisfied...

Xia Yuyin sensed her own Purple Source Palace. The water level of the Jade Pool had risen by only a tiny amount...

"Hah... It seems it's just as I expected." Xia Yuyin let out a helpless but relieved smile, not too disappointed.

According to the Yuan Shixi Revised, if this opportunity was seized properly, one could even accumulate up to a third of the water level of the Source Palace. But even including the accumulation from her previous cultivation, the water level of the Jade Pool in her Source Palace was less than one-tenth full.

This situation was not because her aptitude was poor or because she had made a mistake in operating the secret method. It was due to two reasons. First, she had broken through with a Primordial Energy value of 307, far exceeding that of an ordinary cultivator. After the breakthrough, the capacity of her Purple Source Palace for Spirit Water was also far greater than that of an ordinary cultivator.

Second, the heaven and earth environment described in the Yuan Shixi Revised was likely a paradise of celestial spirits, like the one in the God-Devouring Chess space. The current world's Primordial Energy was simply too thin. Therefore, even if she absorbed all the Primordial Energy from half of the mountain right now, it wasn't much.

But this was nothing. After all, Xia Yuyin's cultivation of Primordial Energy and accumulation of Spirit Water mainly relied on the God-Devouring Chess, not on slowly absorbing the world's thin Primordial Energy.

The breakthrough was complete.

Xia Yuyin rested for a short while to recover her strength and slowly stood up. Although the Spirit Water in her Jade Pool was now so little, the power it could unleash was several times greater than when it had been overflowing before!

In other words, Xia Yuyin's Primordial Energy strength had increased several-fold.

And the empty Purple Source Palace allowed her to continue absorbing Primordial Energy from the God-Devouring Chess, giving her a far greater space for improvement than before.

Xia Yuyin stood up, took a shirt from the tent, and draped it over herself. Her jade-like, slender legs bare, she walked to the edge of the slope, gazing out into the vast night.

"Finally, I've become a Source Martial Practitioner." The wind blew through Xia Yuyin's long hair, and she felt refreshed and carefree. Her dark pupils reflected the stars in the night sky...

"Xia Yuyin."

Suddenly, a gloomy, strange, even somewhat perverted, middle-aged man's voice came from behind her.