"Is that... a waterfall?"
Azmond asked out loud in astonishment as he stared at a 20000-meter-high waterfall with water splashing down in huge amounts on the water surface below as spiritual qi in large amounts surrounded the water. Azmond was a few dozen miles away from the waterfall, and yet he could still see it in clear view.
"That thing is absolutely Humungous!"
Azmond spoke out loud as he approached the water surface below the waterfall in just a few minutes, he practically teleported over there.
"I haven't had a proper bath in what feels like forever!"
Azmond responded excitedly as he hurriedly undressed his long black leather jacket and boots, and jumped straight into the water with a huge smile on his handsome face.
He was so excited that he completely overlooked the fact that there was an abundant amount of spiritual energy swirling around the water.
"This is absolutely divine!"
Azmond spoke to himself with a look of satisfaction at getting his long overdue break... Although he would never admit that he was taking a break. He thought of it as another form of training...
He was seen swimming around the large, almost lake-sized water surface below the waterfall while swimming in all sorts of unusual ways. He hasn't touched water for nearly 2 years, so it isn't a surprise that he completely forgot how to properly swim... it is honestly a complete mystery why he doesn't smell like complete garbage sweat by now.
One of the main reasons why this is the case is because of the 3 body transformations that he went through for each Body refinement cycle milestone during the Body Refinement Realm, and the other reason being that he has reached the qi condensation realm, so things like body stench and the amount of food and water that needs to be consumed has been reduced by quite a large margin. That reduction is even larger with Azmond's unique Quantum Qi Condensation Realm.
Another thing that was improved with Azmond's advancement into the Quantum Qi Condensation Realm with 1000 complete refinement cycles, was his lifespan. A Body Refinement Cultivator's lifespan is usually between 80-120 years, depending on which minor realm you are in, and the lifespan of a qi condensation realm cultivator is usually between 200-300 years of age. Azmond's lifespan however, had over 300 years of life expectancy during the Body Refinement Realm when he had 1000 refinement cycles completed, and his life expectancy in the 1st stage of Quantum Qi Condensation Realm is already at an astounding 1000 years, with a max lifespan of 1500 at the peak of Quantum Qi Condensation.
"I didn't notice it before, but the amount of qi surrounding this place is absolutely insane! It is at least 10 times higher in quantity and quality than the deep cavern I was dragged into by the Giant White Wolf previously."
Azmond said with a large smile on his face as he started swimming for a moment and got out of the water to get a better feel for the Qi here while sitting down in a lotus position completely buck naked.
"The effect is even greater when I am actively cultivating! It feels like the Qi here has no end, it just keeps being absorbed into my dantian!"
Azmond said with a wide smile as he continued to absorb the qi in the air and refine it within his dantian.
Azmond's 1000 qi cyclones slowly started to grow in size as they went from 1 inch in diameter to 2 inches in diameter. They continued to increase in size till they reached nearly half a foot in diameter.
He now had 1000 qi cyclones half a foot in diameter swirling around his dantian, like small gas-type planets. A Gorgeous sight beyond words would be the only way to describe it if anyone were inside his dantian staring at the view before them.
Azmond stopped increasing the size of them after 45 days of cultivating when they reached a foot in diameter. A size that would normally only be possible if a Core Formation Realm cultivator focused purely on increasing the size of their qi cyclones for years... and yet, Azmond accomplished this feat in the Quantum qi condensation realm with 1000 qi cyclones within 45 days! A fact that no one would believe even if he tried to convince them with all his heart.
'After all my qi cyclones reached a foot in diameter, they just stopped increasing in size... I eventually reached a point where I felt like I could break past that limit with enough effort, but I felt that if I were to break through that limit prematurely, then it would affect my future growth negatively... so I held off on increasing the size any further, at least until my realm and physical body increases enough to handle an increase in size.'
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Azmond thought to himself while still in a lotus position. He hadn't moved an inch for an entire month and a half as he became so absorbed in cultivating, and subsequently getting stronger, that he couldn't stop himself. Even the enticing and beautiful view of the glistening lake-like waterfall before him was not enough to make him stop cultivating to go and take a dip.
Azmond was now focused on increasing his realm as he had already achieved a perfect foundation within the 1st stage of Quantum Qi Condensation. He was going to reach the peak of his current stage and then attempt to breakthrough to the 2nd stage of Quantum Qi Condensation.
He continued to cultivate underneath the huge waterfall as the sun went down and came back up multiple times. Azmond had reached the peak of the 1st stage of the Quantum Qi Condensation Realm after another 3 days of strenuous cultivating... strenuous because Azmond was not cultivating like a normal sane cultivator would. He was cultivating by absorbing the qi in the air just like anyone else does, but he was also stimulating the qi that he absorbs from the atmosphere to make it more violent before he absorbs it... An insane thing that no normal cultivator would ever think about doing, but Azmond's thirst for power was just that great.
What Azmond was doing was similar to creating more energy from less energy through a stimulus, a stimulus that was essentially making his own qi attack the qi he was about to absorb from the atmosphere to create something greater. He was trying to make the qi he absorbed from the atmosphere 'explode' in on itself to create more energy that Azmond could then proceed to absorb... it was a suicidal and Very painful way of cultivating, and yet Azmond did it without a second thought, Azmond was willing to do anything required of him to acquire more power. What Azmond was doing was a very complicated process that he started to experiment with a couple of days ago because he thought his already insane cultivation was too 'slow'...
'This new way of cultivating is so painful!! But it is at least twice as fast as cultivating normally... which is all the incentive I need to continue cultivating in this way!'
Azmond thought to himself with an insane-looking smile plastered on his divinely beautiful face as sweat was dripping from every part of his body. If one looked close enough, or through a microscope then they would see something absolutely horrifying... every cell of Azmond's body was being slowly destroyed from the inside out, as it healed just as fast as it was destroyed. His body was constantly on the verge of breaking down... until it was again rebuilt with Azmond's fast healing speed, another boon Azmond acquired from going through 3 entire body transformations.
Azmond's healing speed was at least 20 times faster than a normal Qi Condensation Cultivator. Azmond's determination to acquire more power, Azmond's insanity, Azmond's insane healing speed... Only with all 3 of these factors combined, would one be able to cultivate in the same way that Azmond was... and even if they did have all these things, would they be willing to go through all the pain involved for a mere 2 times as fast cultivating speed? The answer is NO! Only Azmond is Stupid- Or Insane enough to go through all this for barely anything in return.
Azmond continued to cultivate for another day in this insane way. The day he reached a point where he couldn't cultivate anymore without being forced to break through into the 2nd Stage of The Quantum Qi Condensation Realm.
Normally, when someone reached the absolute peak of their current minor realm then they would choose to break through immediately if they had the opportunity, but Azmond was no normal man...
'The Divine Devil Arts scripture mentions a way to breakthrough each minor realm of Qi Condensation after condensing their accumulated foundation base in each stage down to the beginning of whichever minor realm you are currently on.'
Azmond thought to himself with a growing insane smile on his handsome face.
For example: You are in the Heavenly Qi Condensation Realm 1st stage. Your way of cultivating would be like this: Heavenly Qi Condensation early-1st stage --> Heavenly Qi Condensation peak-1st stage --> Condense your cultivation base down --> Heavenly Qi Condensation early-1st stage --> Heavenly Qi Cultivation peak-1st stage --> Heavenly Qi Condensation early-2nd stage..... so on and so forth for the rest of the 13- |Normally 12 minor realms for ordinary Qi Condensation Realm Cultivators who only went through 1 refinement cycle.| -minor realms of the Heavenly Qi Condensation Realm.
This way of cultivating also applies to people who have achieved 100 refinement cycles before breaking through to the |Divine Qi Condensation| Realm. This is another better variation of the Qi Condensation realm that only the most talented Heavenly geniuses out there can accomplish... More talented geniuses than any so-called 'genius' on Asterion. Geniuses who only exist beyond the stars...
Divine Qi Condensation Realm Cultivators condense their cultivation bases down 5 times instead of the 1 time that Heavenly Qi Condensation Cultivators do to advance to the next minor realm. Each Realm Condensation is not as simple as 1+1, it is not additive, it is multiplicative. A Divine Qi Condensation Cultivator is far stronger than 5 times that of Heavenly Qi Condensation Cultivators in the same minor stage.
Azmond however, is in the Quantum Qi Condensation realm. A realm far superior and harder to achieve than both the Heavenly and Divine Qi Condensation Realms combined... A realm that is also far harder to advance in than the other two.
'I went through 1000 refinement cycles in the Body Refinement Realm. I wonder how many times I can condense my cultivation base in the Quantum Qi Condensation Realm before I reach a perfect foundation?'
Azmond thought to himself with a creepy smile on his God-Like face, as he was thinking about accomplishing yet another impossible feat.
Nothing comes without a price though, and Azmond's price for trying to go against the balance of the universe will be a large one... He will need to experience pain that no sane man would be willing to live through to achieve the power that he so desires.