Upon reaching the third stage, Xiao Shou faintly sensed that to advance his fusion ability further, he would need entirely new materials that were of a higher grade than high-grade spirit stones.
At the same time, his ability was now limited to two fusion methods and the same item could only be fused three times.
One more fusion would reach the highest level he could currently achieve for this cultivation technique.
After taking a deep breath, he copied the Three Body Problem Art ten more times and fused them again.
With a tense heart, he received the contents of the jade slip.
In an instant, an expression of wild joy appeared on his face.
The full name of this technique was the Three Body Problem Profound Art.
It was a complete cultivation method spanning from the Qi Refining stage all the way to ascension.
Its power was far beyond that of the Three Body Problem Art.
The method of cultivation was also quite unique.
It required simultaneously absorbing the three types of spiritual energy into the body.
Every time one advanced a major realm, the three types of spiritual energy had to be condensed three times before a breakthrough could be achieved.
For example, during the Qi Refining stage, after reaching the great perfection of Qi Refining, he had to use the special method of the technique to condense the spiritual energy within his body.
After the refinement, his cultivation would fall back to the early stage of Qi Refining, not even reaching the first layer.
Once he cultivated back to the great perfection of Qi Refining, he would have to refine it again.
By analogy, the same process would apply when entering the Foundation Establishment stage, the Golden Core stage, and beyond.
Absorbing three types of spiritual energy and rebuilding three times meant that each breakthrough required six times the time and effort of an ordinary cultivator.
Without sufficient resources to support him,
it was possible that he would not even reach the Foundation Establishment stage before dying of old age. Yet despite the extreme difficulty of this technique, Xiao Shou felt immense joy and there was naturally a reason for it.
Although this cultivation method was extremely hard to practice, its power after completion could not be underestimated.
The three rounds of rebuilding would make his meridians three times wider than those of ordinary cultivators and his dantian capacity would also expand threefold.
These were only the basic benefits.
First of all, the true energy refined through this technique was called Profound True Spiritual Power.
When using this energy to cast techniques, the consumption was only thirty percent of that required by ordinary spiritual power, yet the power produced was three times greater.
Furthermore, after cultivating the Three Body Problem Profound Art to the Golden Core stage, a continuous and unceasing vitality would be born within the body.
As long as this energy existed, a person cultivating this technique would essentially possess an undying body.
In addition, the greatest advantage of this technique was that it had no bottlenecks and no inner demons.
Regardless of whether it was a major or minor realm, advancement depended solely on the accumulation of spiritual energy.
Once enough energy was gathered, one could naturally break through.
There would be no bottlenecks blocking the way and no inner demon trials to overcome.
After reading so many cultivation novels, Xiao Shou naturally knew that both protagonists and supporting characters often spent decades or even centuries trapped at bottlenecks, and faced life and death struggles against inner demons.
Although the early stages of this technique were slow, once reaching the Golden Core stage, the absence of bottlenecks and inner demons would make further cultivation and breakthroughs extremely easy.
This was a technique that was difficult at the beginning but easy later on.
As long as he had sufficient resources, this method posed no real difficulty for him.
It was perfectly suited to him, all thanks to his Absolute Fusion ability.
Xiao Shou felt that this ability was far more useful than the heroine's Heavenly Orb.
However, there was no need to compare himself to the heroine.
This world was vast, and above it existed the Spirit Realm, the Immortal Realm, and even the God Realm.
He did not intend to be like the characters in other stories who after transmigrating focused only on the male and female leads.
He wanted to cultivate, to grow stronger, and to fully enjoy this new life.
With this realization, his heart felt lighter.
Suddenly, a large amount of spiritual energy surged toward him from the surroundings.
Xiao Shou's thoughts stirred.
He picked up a mid-grade spirit stone, sat cross-legged on the ground, and began circulating his energy according to the method of the Three Body Problem Profound Art.
Very quickly, he entered a deep meditative state.
When daylight fully arrived the next day, Xiao Shou checked his cultivation level in astonishment. "Third level of Qi Refining. Was that an epiphany? Haha, I'm really impressive."
He laughed with satisfaction.
Even when the spiritual energy within the mid-grade spirit stone in his hand was completely depleted and turned into powder, he did not mind.
He stood up, cast a Dust Cleansing Art on himself, then removed his storage pouch and took out everything inside to sort through it.
Ever since waking up the day before yesterday, he had been busy gathering information about the heroine and healing his injuries, so he had not had time to organize the original owner's belongings.
This time, he intended to properly go through everything.
Hmm.
Three first-tier high-grade talismans, one magical artifact called the Heavenly Net Umbrella, a bronze sword, several sets of green cloth clothing, one jade slip containing a Compendium of Spiritual Plants, one jade slip containing a Compendium of Demonic Beasts, more than a dozen spiritual plants gathered from the secret realm, and over a dozen blank jade slips left after his own use.
This was the entirety of the original owner's possessions.