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Azmond had officially broken through to the 11th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation, as he was many times stronger now than he was in the 10th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation.
"Tsk, I knew that Qi would chicken out without finishing the job." Azmond clicked his tongue as the disdainful smirk he had on his face for the qi around him never left his expression.
If the Qi had any sort of control over their actions, then they would surely have already summoned heavenly lightning to strike down this stupid human...
"Forget those cowards for now." Azmond's ridiculing expression relaxed as a solemn look appeared on his face again.
"Let's check on my gains from this breakthrough," He said to himself while scanning his body with his divine sense.
"...Hmm." What he saw was exactly what he expected, as 11,000 Qi cyclones were visible inside his Dantian space.
10,000 of those Qi cyclones were a massive 300 meters in diameter, and the newest 1000 Qi cyclones were a very small 1 inch in diameter.
'Looks like I need to bring them all back up to their max size limit, huh?' An impassive expression appeared on Azmond's face as he began to fly down to one of the large spiritual stones.
He sat down in a cross-legged position and circulated his qi while focusing all the qi he absorbed from the giant spiritual stone on increasing the size of his 11000 Qi cyclones.
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It only took him a little over a day to increase the size of all his qi cyclones to their limit. Azmond needed months to do this before finding the giant spiritual stones.
'...I will remember this favor, Giant Spiritual Stone...' A small, grateful look formed on Azmond's features as he slightly bowed to the giant spiritual stones who were providing him with all this energy.
The Giant Spiritual Stones were about to emit a positive reaction from within them when they heard what Azmond said, until...
'I might even consider going easier on the mountains that hit me in the future...'
'This SICK BASTARD!!?' The giant spiritual stone almost shattered right then and there as its glow dimmed considerably for a split second before returning to its usual shine.
"Well, probably not." Azmond put on a contemplative look. "Those mountains are always hitting me in the face for no reason, you know? And I quite like my face in this world." He wasn't a major narcissist, but even he was aware of the superior outward appearance he had in this world.
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Looks are a form of power as well...
Who was he to deny another form of power?
"...."
Azmond would never admit that he just wanted to keep his looks so he could woo the beautiful ladies in this world...
'Acquiring the favor of beautiful women can also be considered a form of power as well, Right...??' He was as shameless as ever.
Azmond quickly shook his head to get rid of those distracting thoughts and refocused on something more important.
'Is my Little Ice Roll still okay...?' Azmond's gaze quickly traveled over to a sleeping beauty who was still fast asleep with a satisfied smile on her perfect face.
She also had a hint of... Lust-? -on her expression...
'What sort of dream is she having right now...?' A small, playful smile emerged on Azmond's face as he felt like moving over toward his Little Ice Ball and giving her a little morning surprise, but he scratched that idea as soon as it appeared.
'No Azmond!, There is plenty of time for stuff like that later! I need to make acquiring power my sole focus for now!' Azmond's gaze hardened as he walked over to a giant spiritual stone after confirming Crystalline's safety.
'I need to continue cultivating. The 11th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation is far from enough to go against the stronger forces in this world.'
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Azmond continued to cultivate beside a giant spiritual stone as something special started to occur within Azmond's Little Ice Flower as well...
Something unbeknownst to even Crystalline herself...
Crystalline's aura was growing...
It was growing at an insane rate.
It quickly broke through the barrier between the Late-Golden Core and Peak-Golden Core.
Crystalline had broken through to Peak-Golden Core as easily as that, but her aura didn't stop there.
It continued expanding and expanding until it breached the gap between Peak-Golden Core and Half-Step Nascent Soul Realm as well.
It didn't stop growing until Crystalline reached the peak of the half-step Nascent Soul Realm.
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She would've broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm right then and there if not for her body preventing her from prematurely breaking through a major realm without enough preparation first.
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How did Crystalline so abruptly break through two minor realms just like that??
Well, it was caused by two different reasons that stemmed from the same source...
That source being...
Azmond!
Of course, Azmond had no idea that he had done anything of the sort to cause such a substantial change in Crystalline.
He was still completely focused on his cultivation, with no awareness of what was happening in his surroundings.
So how did Azmond cause this??
Well...
The first reason why was because Azmond unleashed his Quantum Gate Skill with Crystalline so close to it.
Some type of unique energy was absorbed by Crystalline from the Quantum Gate Skill.
However, the energy that she absorbed was a complete mystery.
Nevertheless, what we do know is that it seems to have had a very positive impact on Crystalline's cultivation, talent, and even body potential.
But, nothing is free in this world, and Crystalline will need to pay a price for this major increase in all her attributes, but that is a topic for another time.
The second main reason why Crystalline went through such a huge change was because of her 'intimate' time with Azmond...
It turns out Dual Cultivation exists in this world... The mixing of Yin and Yang. The mixing of essences...
Although Azmond and Crystalline didn't use a specific cultivation technique manual related to dual cultivation, they were still able to absorb each other's primordial essences.
Azmond gained Crystalline's primordial Yin and Crystalline gained Azmond's primordial Yang.
Neither of them knows this fact yet, but they will soon realize that something is amiss with their faster cultivation speeds and overall increases in all their base stats.
It wasn't just due to the Giant Spiritual Stone that Azmond's cultivation speed had increased by such a large margin…