Chapter 245 More Than One Big Breakthrough!


    With the vital energy unleashed from the point of the sword and in a respectful manner, Austin moved


    the bones of the Great Sage Cloud into the grave he had just dug. He then buried the shell of this once


    powerful cultivator with sand and soil from the cave. A pile of mound was made to serve as his tomb.


    To further show his respect for the dead, Austin stepped back and bowed to the heap for a few


    moments, before he turned his attention to the little silver ball on the bed.


    ''Could this be some kind of treasure?'' he wondered. This might exin why the Great Sage Cloud kept


    it hidden under his body even during his final moments.


    After hesitating for a while, Austin went up and took the ball in his hand, studying it carefully.


    However, the very instant when his breath touched the ball, it suddenly started vibrating. A burst of


    silver light emanated from within. Austin narrowed his eyes in order to see through the dazzling light,


    and discovered some words hovering in the air.


    "He who would help me rest in peace must uphold honesty and faith. All my life I have appreciated the


    honorable and despise the opposite. An honorarium is thus waiting for you." Austin read the words as


    the silver light kept illuminating the space.


    "This silver ball is a crystallization of my lifetime''s achievements. Take it as a reward and use it well."


    Before Austin could even digest the words, the words slowly disappeared after lingering in the air for a


    few more seconds.


    ''What does he mean, the crystallization of what he has achieved? Does it have something to do with


    cultivation?''


    Questions began erupting inside Austin''s head like fireworks. He still stared nkly at the ce where


    those words once rested after they were gone.


    The next instant, instead of being enlightened with the words he just saw, Austin was struck by a


    refreshing wave of light. In his surprise, Austin saw the fist-sized silver ball shake more violently, and


    suddenly it exploded with a light but clear sound.


    The light did not fade away, but the ball turned into a cloud of thick silver smoke that rushed towards


    Austin, surrounding him and eventually enveloping him.


    The next thing he knew, a refined force surged rapidly through his entire body. He could feel that it was


    a high-quality vital energy force which enveloped him. In the blink of an eye, Austin was unable to


    move a single muscle.


    Then, as Austin struggled to free himself, the silver smoke began to flow, and seeped in his body


    through his pores and acupoints.


    At the same time, Austin felt that the vital energy quickly umted within him before it suddenly


    permeated into his energy meridians like a river rushing through. Austin started to breathe deeply while


    the vital energy flushed into him like the rivers pouring into the sea.


    As the vital energy filled him, streams of it met and converged in his meridians. They formed a strong


    tidal current and began to open and erge his energy meridians as they pushed through.


    This process was apanied by the crackle of his body.


    Austin was no stranger to the sound of body transformation, and he knew that the sound he heard now


    indicated that his energy meridians were expanding. They were growing so fast that he felt they would


    burst if they continued expanding. But they didn''t stop there, instead, the speed of expansion kept


    elerating all over his body.


    And what was even more amazing was that his organs were being refashioned at the same time! After


    he mastered the Overlord Body-refining Form, his organs were refined to a hardened state, which


    enabled him to take other cultivators'' attacks without getting his organs ruptured easily.


    Now, with therge amount of vital energy he inherited from the Great Sage Cloud coursing through his


    veins, the shields that had been protecting his body seemed to have been more enhanced. He could


    feel that the outeryer of his organs were turning hard as iron, and they even made clicking sounds


    every time he took a deep breath.


    ''What? Wait a second ...'' Austin sensed that a rush wasing over him. ''I''m close to a breakthrough,


    right now!''


    It took him only a few seconds to realize that this was a sign that he was about to make a breakthrough


    in his cultivation level.


    Austin was ecstatic, and he was definitely not gonna let this opportunity pass. After all, the higher the


    cultivation level a cultivator had achieved, the harder it would be for him to make another breakthrough.


    So ever since Austin had refined at the Earth Realm, he found that his cultivation speed had slowed


    dramatically. It was much slower than when he was still at the Energy Gathering Realm.


    Of course, he would not pass up such a rare chance to progress even further!


    There was no time to waste, so he sat immediately with his legs crossed. He ced his hands in front


    of him closer to his Elixir Field, with palms facing but not touching each other. He closed his eyes,


    quieted his mind as he prepared for his meditation.


    Slowly and steadily, he allowed his consciousness to enter his body, and guide the silver vital energy in


    order to make a breakthrough.


    As he kept absorbing the silver smoke from his surroundings, the remaining smoke turned a lighter


    shade and became thinner. It looked like that all of the smoke was about to infiltrate inside of him.


    But Austin became indifferent about the things happening around him. He channeled all of his focus


    and attention on the cultivation process.


    Inside, the flooding of vital energy was finally under control, and went from a disorderly state to an


    orderly one. Following Austin''s instructions, they began to flow in specified paths within his body.


    To be specific, with Austin''smand, the strong vital energy had turned into a fierce and ruthless


    army marching through his meridians, defeating all that was in the way of gaining another


    breakthrough. And it seemed like they woulde out victorious.


    Within less than half an hour of workout, Austin suddenly sensed cracks from his body, and then he


    heard a dull sound as a wave of vital energy force rushed out of him. The vital energy was so powerful


    that Austin''s body as well as the air shook due to its force. Even Violet, who had been watching


    carefully a few feet away, was pushed back by the shock wave.


    It happened so suddenly, but Austin was sure that he had just refined at the medium stage of Earth


    Realm!


    Violet was stunned at Austin''s huge progress in just a short time. She might be a demon fox, but she


    could tell from his vital energy force that he was at the medium stage of Earth Realm!


    What amazing speed it was!


    Generally speaking, it could take an ordinary cultivator two to three years to promote his refinement


    level from the preliminary stage of Earth Realm to the medium stage of Earth Realm. And for those less


    talented ones, it might even take five or six years of hard work just to get there.


    But this man made a huge leap in less than half an hour. Surely, Violet realized that he made such


    breakthrough thanks to the mysterious silver ball that the Great Sage Cloud had left him.


    Anyway, Austin was delighted. He beamed with a satisfied smile when he checked his state.


    But he wasn''t going to stop there!


    From what he could sense, the deluge of powerful vital energy from the silver ball was still pouring into


    his body, and while he was catching his breath, it had helped him consolidate the realm he had just


    reached.


    From how well the vital energy in his meridians had been refined, Austin was aware that he had


    aplished more than he could imagine—Although he had just made the breakthrough, he could


    already control the vital energy inside him easily, as if he had been at the medium stage of Earth Realm


    for years! It seemed like his high cultivation speed didn''te at the cost of a solid foundation.


    And while he was overwhelmed with excitement and joy, the cultivation didn''t stop there. And he found


    himself already at the peak of the medium stage of Earth Realm in the turn of a hand!


    Austin was lost for words. In fact, he never imagined that reaching the highest level of the medium


    stage of Earth Realm could be this easy, not even in his wildest dream!


    Yet the vital energy inside him was shouting the truth, and his body had easily adapted to this high


    cultivation base, even better than his mind could.


    What came next, however, was something even crazier.


    To his astonishment, Austin had again sensed that another breakthrough was about to happen!


    ''How could this be?'' Austin was half amazed, half pleasantly surprised now. If this was true, then he


    was going to reach the premium stage of Earth Realm just like that! ! ! !


    This was no doubt a momentous asion!


    But Austin immediately tried to contain his excitement, for he knew very well that strong emotions could


    get in the way of cultivating. If a cultivator was too emotional during his refining, then bad things might


    happen when he tried to make a breakthrough. The worst case scenario was that one''s cultivation base


    could be dangerously unstable, and he or she might end up with energy deviation, just like what


    happened to the Great Sage Cloud.


    So it was critical for Austin to get a hold of himself and clear his mind during this critical stage. He was


    experienced enough to know that by now.


    To get rid of all the negative emotions, Austin quickly took some time to regte his breathing. Being a


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    strong-willed cultivator, he was able to calm down and diminish the distracting thoughts in his mind right


    away.


    In an instant, he had driven all worldly distractions and all of his internal demons away. He became so


    dedicated that he had forgotten all about the outside world and even himself. His sole attention was


    focused on directing the silver vital energy to run through his body, and to help him with the


    breakthrough.


    Violet, on the other hand, felt ill at ease at that moment. But seeing that Austin was practicing steadily


    like a monk sitting in meditation, she dared not say a single word which might disturb him, however


    anxious she was.


    Because she knew that this kind of opportunity was hard toe by, therefore Austin would definitely


    not give it up easily.


    But she had every reason to feel worried. Those five powerful cultivators at the Mysterious Realm were


    at their heels, and could break in the cave any minute. The two of them were still in a precarious


    situation anyway.