Cultivation Starting from Choosing Augments

Chapter 760: Chapter 287: Breakthrough in Magic Cultivation - Mobile Aberrant Wind

It was already full!

For a Cultivator to continue their training, they needed to accumulate experience over a long period of time.

Alternatively, they could use Spiritual Objects like a Large Golden Rattan Branch or a Dao Crystal to help their Golden Core expand its capacity.

However, top-tier Spiritual Objects like these were exceedingly rare, naturally posing a major hurdle for most Cultivators.

Fortunately, Xiao Chen possessed seven Wood Element Dao Crystals, so this obstacle wouldn’t hold him back for the time being.

After discovering that trying to conserve his resources wouldn’t work,

he wasn’t stingy in the slightest. He unhesitatingly took out a Dao Crystal, preparing for immediate Refinement.

Of course, the accompanying Purple Gold Bodhi Fruit was also indispensable.

When it came to cultivation, Xiao Chen had always been generous with himself.

As the Purple Gold Bodhi Fruit went down, he instantly felt his mind clear considerably.

And unlike the last time he’d taken one, this time he also had the Heart of Clarity from his new Augment.

With the two effects stacked, Xiao Chen entered a rather profound and mysterious state.

On one hand, under the influence of the Purple Gold Bodhi Fruit, his mind became exceptionally active.

On the other hand, influenced by the Heart of Clarity, he swiftly purged all distracting thoughts and began to focus wholeheartedly on comprehending the Dao Crystal in his hand.

In this state, Xiao Chen could clearly feel as if he had arrived in a completely different world.

The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi flowing around him, which was originally just a vague sensation of energy, now felt intimate and familiar.

The portion floating freely outside seemed to be a natural part of heaven and earth.

And the portion drawn into his body became a part of himself.

At the same time, the once colorful world gradually blurred into five indistinct colors, all mixed together.

But what was different now was that Xiao Chen had a strange new perspective.

Though his eyes were clearly closed, he could distinctly ’see’ a large, vibrant green mass of ever-shifting flowers and plants in his hand.

It resembled both the Spirit Grass he had once purchased at Li Huo Market and the Spirit Flowers he had seen on Bishui Peak.

It even resembled the various vines he had seen not long ago in the Cangran Secret Realm.

The sensation was exceptionally wondrous, difficult to describe, and so intoxicating that one couldn’t help but become lost in it, unable to break free.

After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Chen suddenly felt as if he had stepped off a cliff, and a jolt of instinct made him want to activate his Escape Techniques.

He then snapped awake, realizing he was sitting cross-legged and was in no danger.

Only then did the memories of the preceding moments flood his mind.

’Oh, right. I was cultivating.’

Xiao Chen looked down at his hands, only to see some weathered, fine sand slipping through his fingers.

Without the aid of the Purple Gold Bodhi Fruit and the Dao Crystal, he was forced out of that profound state.

"Hiss... Let me think, what was it I just saw?"

Xiao Chen raised a hand to his forehead, trying his best to recall the feeling. "Agh, why has it all become so blurry?"

Yet, the scenes that had been perfectly clear just moments before had now become indistinct.

The feeling was just like waking up from a wonderful dream.

As time passed, the vivid contents of the dream and the intensely real, throbbing sensation began to slowly fade away.

First, many details became difficult to recall. Then, the harder he tried to remember, the less he could.

In the end, all he could remember was the feeling of waking up; the actual content of the dream was completely gone, and he couldn’t recall a single thing.

"Heh, I really am... Ugh."

Xiao Chen felt a bit helpless. He’d had the same feeling last time.

He was clearly meant to be gaining enlightenment, but after using an Enlightenment Crystal twice, he didn’t feel like he’d been enlightened about anything at all.

Objectively speaking, this was quite normal. After all, he didn’t expect to truly glimpse the Great Dao and achieve instant immortalhood while still in the Golden Core Stage.

The key issue was this overly vague feeling after each session of enlightenment.

It made it impossible for Xiao Chen to determine exactly how much he had gained this time.

For example, the cultivation of True Essence was clearly quantifiable. Amassing nine hundred and ninety-nine strands of True Essence meant one had reached Great Perfection of the Golden Core.

But when it came to comprehending the Great Dao, there were no such clear and distinct benchmarks.

And it wasn’t just him; other legacies didn’t have them either.

So far, he had read through quite a few Celestial Level legacies, and none of them could clearly explain what the ’Dao’ truly was.

’Forget it. This is too complicated. I’ll worry about it later.’

Xiao Chen decided to set this major problem aside for now and focus on the present.

Strangely enough, even though he didn’t feel like he had gained or changed anything, when he looked inward at his Dantian again, a flash of understanding suddenly struck him.

It was that kind of sudden flash of Spiritual Light—something that couldn’t be spoken or written down, even if he tried.

But he was filled with confidence, possessing a newfound, inexplicable certainty about breaking through to the late-stage Golden Core as a Magic Cultivator.

Since that was the case, Xiao Chen naturally chose to test it through practice.

He relaxed his Sea of Consciousness again and silently recited his Heart Method three times.

Then, he methodically guided his True Essence to begin charging the minor bottleneck.

The process, in theory, was basically the same as his attempt not long ago.

But the result was completely different.

This time, as his True Essence charged the minor bottleneck, it was as steady as water flowing into a channel, as fluid as mercury pouring onto the ground, and as smooth as silk.

In one single, genuine burst of effort, he successfully broke through!