Eternal Cultivation of Alchemy

Chapter 2354 Final Push

Cultivate Qi.

Cultivate Body.

Cultivate the Undying God's Physique.

Those were the three things Alex repeated over and over during the many years he remained in closed cultivation.

The majority of it was spent cultivating Qi, with a bit of the time spent on the

physique. Silvermist had done as promised and supplied Alex with a bunch of pills and resources to help him cultivate.

He got nothing else from outside-no news or information. He was being purposefully kept in the dark regarding everything, even from Pearl, which he appreciated. He needed to focus entirely on cultivation during these few years before he had to leave for the tournament again.

The pills he received-9-veined cultivation pills made of the best ingredients-were easily the greatest pills he had eaten in his entire life, including the previous few decades when he cultivated right here.

The ingredients that made up these pills were of a better variety. If they were to be given points according to the previous competition, these would easily have earned him 22 points per pill.

His cultivation speed was simply unstoppable with such a pill.

After cultivating for over a week at a time, around the end of the period, he finished it by cultivating his physique.

When his meridians were too weak for him to cultivate any further, he spent his time in the Mountain Crushing artifact, improving his body with the help of splinters of wood he got from Sunheart.

Some days, he let his body cultivate for so long that his Qi would be entirely used up to heal him back, readying him to return to cultivate Qi. On other days, he still had a lot of Qi left, which he would then spend by helping Memory absorb some more energy.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Then, it was back to the start of the routine.

Alex continued doing this for years without any break, all the while thinking about what his master had said.

What should his Creation be?

He considered many different ideas, but there were truly only two options he could take. One had to do with Alchemy, and the other with his sword.

Alex wasn't sure what the Creation would be if it were to be related to Alchemy. He had heard most of them involved flames or certain ingredients as their Creation. Alex absolutely wanted some flames, but as it was, there were no flames good enough to be his Creation. He couldn't think of any plant he would want for Alchemy. For a brief moment, he did consider taking the path where his Creation would be the Nine Yang Divine Tree, but that only led him to another option.

A Creation full of Yang and heat.

The Sun.

Was it even possible to make the Sun his Creation? Alex wasn't sure. The Sun was certainly a source of life and heat. It overlapped a lot with Alchemy, and it felt right, considering his body constitution.

But then, it was also many other things-things Alex didn't entirely understand as he was now. So starting it right away would be difficult.

If he were to attempt to make the Sun his Creation, he would need to prepare for it and learn a lot more about it. That was, if something like that could even be done.

Trying to do that was most likely going to end in failure or waste too many of his years. Going with the sword was likely the best option here.

But just as his master had said, a new option had shown itself. Now, he just needed to decide which one he truly wanted.

The Sword or the Sun; which half of his name should he go for?

It was clear to Alex at that point that he had come to a crossroads in terms of what he wanted. And the answer was not one he could so easily decide. Until he actually got the chance to test them both, he couldn't decide.

Thankfully, that opportunity wasn't so far away.

After all, eight years had passed since Alex began his closed cultivation, and now it was time for him to break through.

Alex made one final preparation as he got ready for the Inner Demon. The matter of his Creation was pushed out of his mind, postponed until after he was done with the breakthrough.

He had plenty of time before the next competition in the tournament, and there was nothing else worrying him. He had no doubt this fight against his Inner Demon would be easy.

Alex finally began the process of breaking through, slowly cultivating his Qi throughout his body. As the Qi circulated faster and faster, he began feeling his cultivation base try to push out of an invisible barrier it was trapped within.

It pushed and pushed, as Alex slowly took it to the point it could be held back no longer. There was one last push remaining to finally break through, and he waited to

do it.

His Qi kept circulating, and he remained on the threshold, ready to break through. But even as he waited, nothing happened.

Alex wondered why nothing was happening. Did he just have to break through to initiate the Inner Demon?

He thought so and gave the final push. Energy pulsed throughout his body as his Qi finally elevated, becoming stronger. His body felt better, and his aura improved.

He reached the Immortal Origin realm.

Alex felt a sense of calmness overcome him, all aspects of his cultivation base improving alongside his Qi. His body, mind, and even his Soul Space improved-albeit the improvement of the latter was negligible.

And yet, even as Alex broke through, he sat there confused.

"What about the Inner Demon?" he wondered. Had he gone through it and not. realized? Inner Demons were usually like that-like dreams one forgot as soon as they

woke up.

But Alex didn't even get that sort of feeling. There was nothing he forgot. There was

no loss of time.

For some reason, there simply hadn't been an Inner Demon this time around.