The sound of Qi flowing out of the large stone in massive quantities was heard, as extremely thick Qi began to be absorbed by Azmond's dantian.

"Oh...? So it does have a use... And it seems to be a pretty substantial use." Azmond started to speak to himself with an impassive expression as he felt large amounts of high-quality Qi enter his body.

"This Qi is dozens of times greater in quality than the Qi I absorbed at the waterfall on a daily basis." Azmond stated out loud.

"It looks like I found one of the things I was searching for... one of the things that will allow me to acquire power at a rate that would make my previous cultivation speed look like I was advancing at a turtle's pace..." For the first time in days, a small smile formed on Azmond's handsome face as he held onto the key that was the solution to his current need for more power.

Azmond started to cultivate using the large glowing stones that seemed to be some sort of mutant spiritual stones according to the Divine Devil Arts Scripture.

Extremely Big Spiritual Stones... They were enormous for spiritual stones.

The average spiritual stone was around the size of your thumb, but the dozens of spiritual stones in front of Azmond were the size of small houses.

Azmond didn't understand how spiritual stones could grow to this size, but he didn't really care that much about the reason for the unusual phenomenon…

He just knew that a way to gain even more power was presented right in front of him…

Who was he to deny such a nice gift that fate had given him for the first time in his life?

He would take advantage of every single thing that could increase his power by even a small margin…

He still had to reach the very peak of the power pyramid, and he knew for sure that the ones at the top of that pyramid would not be waiting around patiently for Azmond to surpass them.

……..

'The amount of energy stored in just a single one of these giant stones has to be at least 1000 times greater than the entire accumulation of Qi that made up the atmosphere of the Giant waterfall I was cultivating at...' Azmond contemplated with an emotionless expression.

'This new source of energy will speed up my cultivation by massive amounts. Enough to bridge the gap into Foundation Establishment and the Core Formation Realm...'

'My combat power is already at the Early Nascent level when I unleash my Quantum Gate skill…’

‘I wonder what it will be like when I enter the Core Formation Realm.' Expectation filled Azmond's heart as he continued to cultivate in a lotus position right next to one of the large spiritual stones.

………

Two days later...

"...Mhmm..." A beautiful girl who was covered in multiple blankets and surrounded by dozens of spiritual barriers was seen waking up with drowsiness evident on her beautiful face.

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"...Where am I?..." Crystalline asked herself with a cute look as she scanned her surroundings to get an understanding of where she ended up after passing out.

All Crystalline saw when she analyzed the area around her were dozens of large spiritual stones the size of small houses. A sight which left Crystalline with a baffled expression.

'I have seen big spiritual stones in my sect, but... these things are on a completely different level... Every single one of them has to be dozens of times higher in quality and quantity of spiritual Qi than the biggest spiritual stone that the elders of my sect had within their possession...'

'What sort of magical place has Azmond taken me to?...' Crystalline asked herself with a puzzled face. "Speaking of Azmond... Where is he?"

Crystalline scanned her surroundings more thoroughly, but... she couldn't find a single trace of Azmond's presence anywhere.

Worry started to form on Crystalline's pretty features as her thoughts began to take a turn for the worst...

"Did the elders of my sect find me?... Did they kill Azmond after finding him with me?..." Tears started to form in Crystalline eyes as her expression once again took on one of extreme sorrow...

"I-I... I can't live in a world without My Azmond in it..." Crystalline's face darkened completely as an ice sword made of ice elements began to materialize within her hands before she took that ice sword and put it up against her throat...

She was prepared to join Azmond in the afterlife If she couldn't be with him in this life...

But, before she was able to make a drastic decision that couldn't be taken back...

A loud whirling sound was heard as Crystalline looked far up into the sky and saw a man with long raven black hair and deep blue eyes in a set of robes that made him look like a banished immortal.

This man was sitting in a cross-legged position while meditating thousands of meters in the sky... A large Qi storm surrounded this handsome man as it gnawed away at his flawless skin when the man absorbed parts of it.

"AZMONDD~!!!" Crystalline's eyes started to brighten up once she saw that her Azmond was perfectly safe and sound.

She wanted to immediately fly up there and embrace him, but before she could... She noticed something peculiar about Azmond's situation...

"Is he breaking through...?" Crystalline asked herself out loud with a confused look on her face.

'No wonder he didn't come to greet me as soon as I woke up like he did last time... He can't perceive anything that is happening around him while breaking through.' Crystalline put on a contemplative expression as her bright green eyes took on their usual crazed look when she was thinking about Azmond...

"I knew my Azmond wouldn't leave me alone in this world all by myself... I LOVE HIM~! I WANT HIM NOW~!!" Crystalline was about to leap up and fly to him again, but she once again recalled that Azmond was currently attempting to break through and couldn't be disturbed right now...

'If I go up there now with him still breaking through then a serious backlash could come down on Azmond... But I want him right now... I Really Really Want Him!!!... But I don't want to hurt him either..." Crystalline was extremely conflicted about what she should do.

Her two milky white breasts jiggled all around as she paced around in circles…

Her hard nipples were visible even through her tight-fitted robe…

"...Whatever, I would rather not hurt My Azmond because of my selfishness... I will just wait here for Azmond's breakthrough to finish... and then I will jump him, hehe~" Crystalline came to a decision as naughty thoughts began to enter her mind. She even started to drool a little... "After I catch him, We will do this... and that... and This~ Hehe~!" Crystalline was a lost cause...

Meanwhile, on Azmond's side.

'My breakthrough into the 10th stage of Quantum Qi Condensation is going pretty well... I am pleasantly surprised that I managed to complete 10 Cultivation Base Condensing cycles within 2 days...'

'An insane speed that my old self at the Giant waterfall would've needed a few months to accomplish...' A small untraceable smile emerged on Azmond's Cold face as he continued to finish his Minor realm breakthrough.