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Song Chi's Guidance Technique successfully advanced from lv18 to lv19.

Regarding this, he felt somewhat emotional, as it was indeed the Deep Water Clam Pearls that had a more pronounced effect on the cultivation of the Guidance Technique.

However, even though the speed was fast, he had consumed a total of four 700-year-old Deep Water Clam Pearls plus four Advanced Body Tempering Potions within these five days.

This meant that all of his 700-year-old Deep Water Clam Pearls had been used up. Although he had a fair number of 300 and 500-year-old ones, they were no longer effective for his now lv19 Guidance Technique.

"Do I need to use those two 900-year-old Deep Water Clam Pearls now..."

With this thought in mind, he repeated the previous few operations, neutralizing one of the 900-year-old Deep Water Clam Pearls with an Advanced Body Tempering Potion, and without leaving the All-Attributes Cultivation Room, he began his second round of cultivation.

This time, a full ten days passed. By the time Song Chi emerged from the All-Attributes Cultivation Room, his Guidance Technique had reached the peak of lv19.

The combination of the 900-year-old Deep Water Clam Pearls, the Advanced Body Tempering Potion, the Body Tempering Liquid, the Second Rank Insect Race flesh, and the All-Attributes Cultivation Room indeed provided powerful benefits, allowing him to accumulate in just ten days what would normally take an ordinary Torch Ship Captain two or three years.

However, Song Chi wasn't satisfied, for the two 900-year-old Deep Water Clam Pearls had not allowed him to break through the lv20 threshold, which was a considerable regret.

His thoughts shifted, and his figure disappeared into the Ruins Market. He planned to rest well for two days—half a month of continuous cultivation had left him somewhat exhausted, so he needed to rest for a couple of days before considering the attempt to advance to the Second Rank.

Soon after exiting the Ruins Market, sitting cross-legged under the peach tree in the courtyard, Song Chi prepared to visualize the Mythical Mech Projection Imprint Blueprint for a few hours before going to rest.

Although his Spiritual Force had broken through to the second stage of the Ordinary Thought State, he couldn't slack off. After all, he intended to possess the third stage of Spiritual Force in the Ordinary Thought State immediately after advancing to the Second Rank.

"Sonny!"

Suddenly, his mom's voice came from the side. Looking out, his mother, Chen Lixia, with a gentle smile on her face, was standing outside the courtyard.

"Mom, when did you get back?"

Welcoming his mother into the yard, the two quickly started chatting.

"Really, you and dad both advanced to become Blue Torch Seeds?"

"Yes!"

Chen Lixia smiled and nodded, her phoenix eyes slightly squinting, with an undeniable joy at the bottom of her eyes.

"How did it happen? Mom, tell me about it."

After about ten minutes, Chen Lixia, seeing that Song Chi wasn't in the best of spirits, didn't stay long, briefly explained, then left.

Of course, before she left, she inevitably reminded Song Chi to rest well and not to be too obsessed with cultivation.

Song Chi nodded, his thoughts dwelling on his father's experience.

According to his mother, the Alien Star Domain they had traveled to through the Space Beacon was a broken Third Rank Starry Sea Floating Land discovered by his father during an exploration of an Alien Star Domain half a year ago. On this broken Floating Land, they obtained a Purple top-rank Fire Source UpRank.

After returning, they used their previous accumulations to exchange for another Purple top-rank Fire Source UpRank in the Family Merit Hall, which then allowed both to advance to become Blue Torch Seeds.

For this, Song Chi was truly happy for his parents.

Being able to elevate their Torch Seeds to blue before heading to the Copper Mountain Continent was certainly great news.

Because this meant that the Energy Shield and the Warship Armor of their flagship could now be enhanced to Third Rank, as opposed to just the Second Rank limit before, significantly increasing safety.

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With both hands in his lap, clasping two high-rank Soul Stones, Song Chi's spiritual energy was fully engaged in the visualization of the Mech Armor Projection.

Three hours later, the Soul Power within the four high-rank Soul Stones had been completely drained. Casually tossing them into a corner of the yard, Song Chi, already exhausted, returned to his bedroom and quickly fell into a deep sleep.

Two days later, a refreshed and completely rejuvenated Song Chi returned to the Zhu Tian Ruins Market.

It was still the All-Attributes Cultivation Room.

After much deliberation, with a sudden steady gaze, Song Chi waved his hand and took out the 1500-year-old Deep Water Clam Pearl from his body.

Yes, he had decided to use this exceptionally old Deep Water Clam Pearl to help him break through the threshold of the Second Rank.

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If he did this, there might be some risks involved—after all, even though Deep Water Clam Pearls were known for their mild attributes, that was only relative to other lifeforms on the same tier.

Compared to a 1500-year-old Deep Water Clam Pearl, Song Chi at Guidance Technique lv19 was more like a python that bit off more than it could swallow. His courage was commendable, but the fear was that he might burst his belly in one gulp.

However, Song Chi had naturally taken this into account. The Spectral Energy within him surged again, and he didn't crush the 1500-year-old clam pearl into powder directly. Instead, he cut off about 1/4 of it, turned that quarter into powder, and blended it with the Advanced Body Tempering Potion.

The remaining 3/4 of the clam pearl was carefully stored away by him. He would use it after his Guidance Technique officially advanced past Second Rank, in conjunction with the Top-Tier Body Forging Potion.

Gulu-gulu!

After swallowing the Advanced Body Tempering Potion, which now contained the powder of only 1/4 of the clam pearl, and not even having time to apply the Body Tempering Liquid, Song Chi felt as if a ball of fire had appeared in his stomach. A huge amount of scorching energy erupted and violently surged through his entire body.

Clearly, even though it was only integrated with 1/4 of a 1500-year-old clam pearl, this Advanced Body Tempering Potion contained far more energy than the previous 700-year-old one, and was starkly more powerful than even the one mixed with 900 years' worth of Deep Water Clam Pearl Powder.

This just showed how exaggerated the effects of a 1500-year Deep Water Clam Pearl could be.

Song Chi quickly assumed the cultivation position for the Guidance Technique and exerted all his strength to direct the burning energy continuously surging from his abdomen.

Hiss!

The energy flowing through his meridians scorched his entire body, causing pain and intermittent stinging sensations that almost made it impossible for him to concentrate and cultivate—yet he suppressed it by force every time.

He understood very well that if he stopped practicing the Guidance Technique now, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Without this layer of guidance, the scorching energy that was still emerging relentlessly from his abdomen would burn his meridians beyond recognition, completely destroying his martial foundation.

This situation lasted for about half an hour. However, to Song Chi, this half-hour felt longer than half a month. The indescribably acute pain and burning sensation were enough to drive a sane person mad. Discover stories at empire

Fortunately, he persevered, and under the repeated onslaught of this scorching energy, the gate between lv19 and lv20 of the Guidance Technique had shattered to pieces. If he continued to strike a few more times, he would definitely step into Second Rank and initiate his second Life Sublimation.

The astonishing burning sensation in his abdomen had faded away, but that didn't mean the energy had completely dissipated. Strong surges of energy continued to flow from his abdomen to the rest of his body.

With this energy, Song Chi, not holding back, began the continuous assault.

After the first strike, the door leading to Second Rank had more cracks upon it.

With the second strike, the cracks deepened.

After the third strike, crack-crack-crack.

Song Chi could now hear the faint sounds of cracking.

The fourth strike—boom!

The door completely shattered, and Song Chi could no longer be stopped from progressing further.

Just then, a vast wave of energy suddenly enveloped his entire body. When this energy appeared, it began continuously pouring into every cell of his body, seemingly preparing to baptize his whole being.

This energy was Life Energy, and it is the energy that every carbon-based lifeform about to undergo Life Sublimation would inevitably experience.

Indeed, Song Chi's Guidance Technique had just broken through from lv19 to lv20, and he was about to begin his second Life Sublimation. Once the sublimation was completed, he would become a true Second Rank life entity.

Feeling the tingling and soothing sensations throughout his body, Song Chi almost moaned out loud.

Each Life Sublimation was incredibly refreshing, allowing one to completely clear one's mind, with both body and soul undergoing an all-around baptism.

After an indeterminate amount of time, when the luminescent white energy completely dissipated from his body, Song Chi opened his eyes.

In the abyss of his dark eyes, a blue flame flashed by, followed by strands of spectral black energy emanating from within him, quickly forming a phantom-like layer of Spectral Gauze around him.

Despite the layer of Spectral Gauze being faint and unobtrusive, it actually provided a formidable defense.

This was also an ability that every Second Rank Torch Ship Captain could obtain, with Spectral Energy fully manifested, albeit not to the degree of the Third Rank Level's ability to project Spectral Energy from their bodies, but still enough for self-protection.

Moreover, with the augmentation of this layer of Spectral Energy, the attack power of a Second Rank Torch Ship Captain would also see a significant increase.

Of course, what Song Chi valued the most was the increase in his lifespan.

After ascending to Second Rank, his lifespan had officially reached 300 years.

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