Looking at the four successfully job-changed Villagers before him, Ian immediately ceased his research. He simply opened their trading interfaces.
They had successfully changed their professions to Primordial Cultivation Villagers, or perhaps Celestial Citizens, and now they no longer accepted Emeralds, but rather Spirit Stones. By using Spirit Stones, one could trade with them for Talismans, weapons, pills, and Array Formation materials. However, their current levels were too low, and they needed to level up through more trades.
But with them around, Ian wouldn't have to study Pill Refining, Artifact Forging, Array Formations, or Talisman Crafting anymore; he had outsourced it. He only needed to pay, and he certainly wasn't short on money.
Now, Ian could focus entirely on Cultivation research.
He then opened the newly appeared cultivation interface. The attributes for the Gold, Wood, Fire, and Earth Spiritual Roots were all maxed out, and the Water-attribute Spiritual Root was actually overflowing, with the value unable to be displayed.
Seeing the maxed-out Water Spiritual Root on the panel, Ian couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead. 'Uh, am I really that 'watery'...'
After examining the Spiritual Roots, Ian bought all the cultivation techniques from the Cultivation Mall Block. He first chose to cultivate the Profound Water True Scripture.
He started by immediately consuming Tier-9 Spirit Stones. In the original game, consuming this item in the early stage was suicidal, but Ian didn't care. He didn't think this little snack could hurt him.
The Spirit Stone entered his belly, and Ian felt a scorching energy burst inside him, constantly pounding his abdomen. However, he quickly adapted to this scorching energy. Now, he only felt a comfortable warmth in his stomach.
The spiritual power from the Spirit Stone began to be absorbed rapidly by Ian, and his cultivation level swiftly increased. His cultivation realm soared through Qi Condensation, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Spirit Transformation.
After consuming only a few Spirit Stones, Ian had cultivated to the Spirit Transformation stage, but he temporarily paused, as the next step would require transcending a Lightning Tribulation.
He could feel that his current realm's cultivation had not yet reached its limit. Looking back at all the cultivation novels, how many protagonists didn't push their abilities or realms to the absolute limit before attempting their tribulation? Although he didn't believe the thunder tribulation could harm him, the necessary sense of ritual must be maintained.
Next, he pulled out the Hundred Herbs True Scripture from the Transmutation Tablet. Although the mod settings stipulated that players could only practice one cultivation technique, this was the real world. Since he possessed this Spiritual Root, he had to cultivate it. If there were no conditions, he would create them. As for a mere cultivation technique backlash or instant bodily collapse, he completely disregarded them!
After cultivating the Hundred Herbs True Scripture, the energy circulation within Ian's body became completely chaotic. The two streams of energy could not merge and rampaged through his body. However, he soon adapted to the feeling of the rampaging energy. He didn't deliberately try to soothe it, allowing the energy to wander freely inside his body; after all, it couldn't harm him in the slightest, so he treated it as a massage.
Water gives birth to Wood, Wood gives birth to Fire, Fire gives birth to Earth, Earth gives birth to Metal, and Metal gives birth to Water.
Following this sequence, Ian began cultivating the Burning Ember Blazing Fire Art, the Golden Light Profound Technique, and the Mountain-Upholding Earth-Shaking Art. Every time he cultivated a new technique, the energy within his body would experience chaos, which he would then easily adapt to.
Once Ian had finished cultivating all five Element techniques and fully adapted to the chaotic energy surging within his body, the disorganized energy slowly calmed down. It gradually formed a ring, connected end to end, rotating slowly within his Dantian, with faint signs of fusion appearing.
Having finished his cultivation, Ian wasted no time and consumed another handful of Tier-9 Spirit Stones. His realm immediately broke through to the Void Refinement Stage.
The moment his realm advanced, the sky changed color. Dark clouds spontaneously generated, constantly churning, thunder crackling, and the atmosphere becoming oppressive.
But Ian was not afraid at all. He shot up into the sky towards the thunder tribulation. Halfway there, a bolt of lightning as thick as a water barrel struck him head-on, yet it didn't even mess up his hairstyle.
He directly charged into the tribulation clouds, forcefully spreading his hands. The tribulation clouds were instantly ripped apart by him, then disintegrated and transformed into Spirit Energy, which he absorbed.
The blacksmith Villager at the community gate below watched dumbfounded, then ran inside to shout to his wife: "Wife, come out and look! It's a Celestial!"
The tribulation clouds dissipated, and Ian successfully entered the Void Refinement Stage. However, he didn't stop to rest this time, instead pushing through in one go, breaking through to the Body Fusion Stage and the Mahayana Stage.
The range of the thunder tribulations grew larger, and their power stronger. The Mahayana Stage tribulation, in particular, was so terrifying that it slightly ruffled Ian's hair.
The next breakthrough would be to the True Immortal Realm. Based on his experience from reading novels, Ian felt that this thunder tribulation would be extraordinary. Breaking through here in Minecraft might damage the recently constructed buildings around the area.
'Looks like I need to find a new spot.' But instead of finding a place in Minecraft, it would be better to cross over to the Super Seminary world for the breakthrough. It would be perfect for giving those technology-side gods a small Cultivation shock.
With a thought, Ian instantly crossed over to the Super Seminary universe. He then used a teleport to reach beyond the Solar System, stood on a random meteor, and began consuming Spirit Crystals to break through to True Immortal.
The moment of advancement, a mass of tribulation clouds the size of a planet appeared out of nowhere, and a purple lightning bolt, hundreds of kilometers thick, slammed down violently toward Ian.
Ian was right; the Immortal Ascension Tribulation contained a mysterious energy that actually caused his Health Bar to drop slightly. Truly terrifying.
However, Ian quickly adapted to this special energy, and after that, the thunder tribulation could no longer harm him in the slightest.
The tribulation clouds dispersed, and Ian successfully advanced to the True Immortal Realm. Following this, his spiritual power began converting into immortal power. The five types of spiritual power, which were initially crudely merged within him, began to fully intermingle. With the water-attribute spiritual power as the dominant factor, they slowly fused and were ultimately converted into Immortal Essence.
Even after becoming a True Immortal, Ian didn't rest, continuing to consume Spirit Crystals. His realm rose all the way to Golden Immortal Perfection. During this process, he transcended the Golden Immortal Stage Tribulation, whose size could rival a star.
Far away on Blue Star, Ducao, Angel Yan, Morgana, and the Taotie fleet operating near Blue Star all detected this massive energy fluctuation and began to investigate.
However, before they could determine the cause, an even more terrifying energy emerged. This energy was not only higher in energy level but also immense in scope, measured to be comparable in volume to the entire Solar System!
If this were to erupt, the entire Solar System would surely be reduced to ashes, and they would all be blended together.
Everyone gave up on further investigation, only able to silently pray that their readings were incorrect, or that this energy mass would simply disappear on its own.
During this time, Ducao tried to contact Ian but found it impossible. He was currently discussing solutions with Leina, Ge, and the others in the conference room when Liu interjected.
"I'm lookin' at this energy map, and it looks like a cloud, and those lines over there look like a short circuit. I reckon someone must be transminin' a tribulation."
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On the other side, Ian looked at the world-shading tribulation clouds before him. He first took one lightning bolt head-on to test its quality. After adapting, he charged directly into it.
Once inside the tribulation, he found that the energy here could continuously deal damage to him. As soon as he adapted to one type, the tribulation would switch to a new one, but it still couldn't overcome him because his regeneration was too fast.
The lightning tribulation soon finished and began to slowly dissipate. At this point, Ian had reached the Supreme Dao Ancestor Realm!
However, looking at the disappearing tribulation, Ian felt a little regretful, as it had been a perfect training ground for his Adaptation Power. Just that short time had added many new adaptation status effects.