The commotion caused by Stone Monkey · Sun Qi was so great that Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan couldn't continue cultivating.
The ice and fire power throughout the valley began to become chaotic.
"What is this brat doing?"
Dugu Bo cursed in annoyance.
He couldn't cultivate properly anymore.
"He's breaking through," Golden Cudgel · Sun Qi explained.
Dugu Bo looked at Stone Monkey · Sun Qi and Stone Monkey Xiao Sun, who were still sitting cross-legged in the spring eye, and felt their expanding spirit power.
Only then did he realize the problem.
Being able to enter the spring eye under balanced ice and fire power was completely different from safely cultivating in the spring eye under extremely unbalanced and rapidly alternating ice and fire conditions!
"How did this kid do it?"
While Dugu Bo was wondering, Stone Monkey · Sun Qi had already completed his breakthrough.
With the help of the ice and fire power, he directly broke through the shackles of Level 39.
He had reached Level 38 immediately after absorbing his third spirit ring, the Battle Ape spirit ring. Three and a half months had passed since then, and during these three and a half months, much of his energy was dispersed. Yet, he still broke through.
The key, of course, lay in this final push today.
It was simply too powerful.
"Sharpening the knife does not delay the woodcutter. Although I should have broken through one level every three months, and now it's taken three and a half months to advance one level,
I will quickly break through the Level 40 bottleneck. I originally expected to take about nine months to go from Level 38 to Level 40, but now I might break through in less than seven months."
This was Stone Monkey · Sun Qi's confidence.
Sometimes, focusing solely on cultivating spirit power is not as effective as appropriately developing new abilities. Whether it's for enhancing combat power or for cultivation, it's never wasted effort.
Feng Xiaotian, with innate full spirit power, was only Level 43 at twenty-four years old, but five years later, he broke through to Level 61.
In the subsequent five years, he managed to break through a full eighteen levels, including the extremely difficult bottlenecks of Level 50 and Level 60, which could typically stall an ordinary genius for a year.
While this was certainly a result of his dedicated cultivation, it was also inseparable from his understanding of his Spirit brought about by his self-created Spirit Abilities.
This is the benefit of developing new abilities.
Of course, this does not advocate learning from Feng Xiaotian.
Feng Xiaotian is still a negative example because he excessively pursued self-created Spirit Abilities and developing Spirit abilities, thereby neglecting proper coordination.
Dugu Bo stepped forward and saw Stone Monkey · Sun Qi and Little Sun leap out of the spring eye of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
As the two of them left, the spring eye stopped churning, and the two streams of spring water ceased their entanglement, once again becoming clearly distinct.
Stone Monkey · Sun Qi turned his head and saw this scene, his heart filled with awe.
What did this indicate?
It indicated that the spring water itself was merely the external manifestation of this treasure land.
The true core was still below, maintaining the stability of the entire Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Even if the spring water lost its balance, it would quickly correct itself.
With Stone Monkey · Sun Qi's breakthrough, Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Golden Cudgel · Sun Qi resumed their normal cultivation.
Just like that, three months passed.
The familiar fluctuations reappeared.
Dugu Bo grumbled as he exited his cultivation, leading Dugu Yan away from the spring eye.
Stone Monkey · Sun Qi and Little Sun once again stirred the two streams of spring water in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, transforming into the two cores of the spring water, tempering themselves amidst the alternating ice and fire. Simultaneously, above their heads, the ice and fire power also rotated, gathering the essence of heaven and earth.
Their spirit power aura expanded.
After about an hour, Sun Qi's spirit power fluctuations broke through the restraints.
Level 40!
"Using ice and fire power to Impact the bottleneck, it's amazing this kid thought of it, and even more amazing that he achieved it."
Dugu Bo felt a little envious.
He was currently at a bottleneck, his spirit power at the peak of Level 93.
Under Sun Qi's guidance, he quickly cleared the drawbacks of his poison cultivation. Before his great battle with Chrysanthemum Douluo, he had already broken through to Level 92 and cultivated most of that level.
His poison cultivation realm had always been higher than his actual level. Previously, he was merely suppressing his cultivation due to being too deeply poisoned.
So, after breaking through, his cultivation speed was very fast. In nearly a year and a half, he had risen from the peak of Level 91 to the peak of Level 93.
Moreover, he could foresee himself being stuck at this peak for a considerable period, possibly years.
No matter how much he accumulated before, it was still accumulation at Level 91.
With limited understanding, even the so-called accumulation was a joke. With narrow vision, no matter how long he accumulated, he couldn't break through the shackles; at most, he could gather the power to quickly break through Level 93.
If he could follow Sun Qi's method, Dugu Bo estimated he could quickly break through the Level 94 bottleneck and officially begin his advance towards being a Peak Douluo.
However, although he couldn't learn from Sun Qi, Golden Cudgel · Sun Qi did give him an idea. After the proper application of his poison cultivation, he felt his bottleneck loosening.
The idea of transforming poison into medicine further elevated his understanding of his Spirit, shattering the Spirit theory that had plagued him for a long time.
The stronger a poison-attribute Beast Spirit was cultivated, the more the Spirit Master's Spirit avatar would be corroded by toxins. So, the stronger they became, the more poisoned they were, and the more likely they were to die suddenly.
Over time, this accumulation became a family illness.
But in reality, this toxin could also be transformed into medicine. For a poison-attribute Beast Spirit, it should be a good medicine, not a deadly poison.
While Stone Monkey · Sun Qi was breaking through continuously, Armor · Sun Qi also completed his breakthrough to Level 40.
"This time, I won't trouble senior any longer."
Stone Monkey · Sun Qi bid farewell, preparing to hunt for spirit rings with Armor · Sun Qi. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School had already organized a team.
Dugu Bo waved his hand.
"Just leave Xiao Jin here. I can't stand you stirring things up every now and then."
Stone Monkey · Sun Qi was speechless.
We are all the same person. If I really wanted to stir things up, the Golden Cudgel main body could do it too.
It was just that Sun Qi considered that the Golden Cudgel main body had entered through connections and wasn't familiar with Dugu Bo, so he always made the Golden Cudgel main body act obediently.
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.
Stone Monkey · Sun Qi's arrival drew a sideways glance from Bone Douluo.
"Your breakthrough speed is quite fast, kid."
While Bone Douluo was surprised, he also felt pressure.
It wasn't that Stone Monkey · Sun Qi's spirit power threatened him and made him feel pressure, but rather that his progress speed was too fast.
Compared to Armor · Sun Qi, whom he personally taught, Stone Monkey · Sun Qi was even more abnormal!
Didn't this imply that his, Gu Rong's, teaching was poor?
Of course, Gu Rong only had this thought because he was Armor · Sun Qi's teacher and felt his disciple was falling behind, worrying for Armor · Sun Qi.
In reality, even if Chen Xin noticed this, he never used it to taunt Gu Rong.
There was no helping it; it wasn't that Armor · Sun Qi was leveling up slowly, but that Stone Monkey · Sun Qi was leveling up too quickly.
There was one premise they couldn't ignore—Stone Monkey · Sun Qi's innate spirit power was only Level 1!
What was Armor · Sun Qi's innate spirit power level again?
Full level!
Not to mention Armor · Sun Qi, even Twin · Sun Qi and all other main bodies of Sun Qi, none cultivated as fast as Stone Monkey · Sun Qi.