Chunibyo in Cultivation World

Chapter 15: I Was Too Conservative

In midair, Bai Muxu could feel Li Tianwei’s strength on the summit of Heaven’s Gate Peak continuously growing, yet he found it somewhat strange.

“How come this brat’s aura keeps flickering in and out?”

Bai Muxu frowned slightly, his expression showing a trace of confusion.

“Could something have gone wrong?”

“I gave him so many sacred healing medicines; there shouldn’t be any problem!”

As Bai Muxu thought so, he did not know that Li Tianwei below had long since deviated from the original cultivation path of the Heaven-Origin Dao Foundation Method.

With what he believed to be the entry stage of the Heaven-Origin Dao Foundation Method—of course, this was only what Li Tianwei thought was entry—

Back then, since he was unable to absorb spiritual energy, Li Tianwei had already modified the Heaven-Origin Dao Foundation Method beyond recognition.

Moreover, relying on the Fission Qi-Guiding Method he had comprehended himself, he continuously drew in the extremely violent Five-Elemental spiritual energy that he guided.

Li Tianwei did not care whether the spiritual energy, or any other thing, had mutated.

As long as he could not continue cultivating, he assumed that there was something wrong with the Heaven-Origin Dao Foundation Method.

Since there was a problem, it had to be corrected.

Thus, while altering it, he also stitched and patched the method together using the knowledge from his previous world and the various manuals Bai Muxu had left for him.

In his view, since the Fission Qi-Guiding Method could succeed, a few more alterations wouldn’t be a problem.

“I truly am a genius—such a small manual is nothing to me.”

Li Tianwei continued absorbing the Five-Colored spiritual energy.

With the naked eye, one could see his skin writhing as though tiny insects were crawling beneath it.

“It’s swelling... it hurts...”

“And it really hurts.”

The pain from within his body grew unbearable.

His meridians bulged as torrents of spiritual energy surged, making him look utterly terrifying.

Even his complexion turned bluish-black.

At this moment, even Li Tianwei himself hadn’t realized that the spiritual energy he had forced into existence through all sorts of methods had already become violently unstable.

His meridians were completely filled and torn apart.

The sheer amount of spiritual energy he contained was something no one at the Qi Refinement Realm could possibly endure.

Yet Li Tianwei had no awareness of this at all and instead thought it perfectly normal.

After all, in his eyes, the path of cultivation was supposed to be full of pain and monotony.

So, to him—it was normal.

【Host, stop cultivating, you’re going to explode…】

The System in his mind was already on the verge of collapse as it watched Li Tianwei’s frenzied, devil-like actions.

Under its scan, Li Tianwei’s entire body was already in tatters—meridians ruptured, spirit platform shattered—

He was in complete deviation; this was not how one cultivated immortality.

Unfortunately, Li Tianwei could not hear its voice at all.

He continued absorbing...

Blood began seeping from all over his body...

The most shocking thing was that under his reckless methods, in less than a single day, he had already reached the seventh layer of Qi Refinement!

At this moment, Li Tianwei’s meridians and spirit platform completely collapsed.

His face was drained of color—he looked as if he were about to die.

“From the first to the seventh layer—it actually took me ten days...”

Sensing the changes in his body’s spiritual energy, Li Tianwei compared it to the Heaven-Origin Dao Foundation Method.

In ten days, it had taken him one day to reach the second layer, five days to reach the third, and ten days for the seventh.

According to his calculations, achieving Foundation Establishment within a hundred days was extremely difficult—nearly impossible.

“A hundred days to build the Foundation… so far out of reach? Impossible! How could someone with my Heavenly Root be limited by this?”

Li Tianwei found it hard to believe.

He, a dignified possessor of the Heavenly Spiritual Root, couldn’t even accomplish something as small as the Hundred-Day Foundation?

“Could it be that the Heaven-Origin Dao Foundation Method itself is flawed? But I already modified it.”

“Hahaha, I understand now—it must be because I’ve been too conservative! Otherwise, how could my progress be so slow?”

Li Tianwei’s pale face suddenly brightened as an idea struck him.

With that realization, he immediately rummaged through the storage ring Bai Muxu had given him.

Soon, one manual after another appeared before him—each one a secret art capable of explosively increasing one’s power for a short time.

Knowing that his current spiritual energy was insufficient to achieve Foundation Establishment within a hundred days, Li Tianwei had decided—he would no longer be conservative.

“Burning Blood Art, Spirit-Repelling Method, Demonic Spirit Formula…”

He muttered the names of each manual.

Without a doubt, all of them were techniques that burned one’s potential and lifespan to unleash power for a short period.

However, his Undying Body of the Sacrificial Dao provided immense advantages for cultivating such techniques.

Under its protection, using these self-destructive methods would not harm his foundation—it would only leave him weakened for a time.

And this temporary power would allow Li Tianwei to glimpse higher realms, gain deeper understanding, and then break through.

“Then let’s begin.”

Li Tianwei did not hesitate.

Since he aimed to achieve the Hundred-Day Foundation and condense the Supreme Dao Foundation, he would have to unleash everything he had.

“Burn the blood, ignite the spirit... strip the bones, boil the lifespan…”

He recited as he continuously cast one secret art after another.

Boom—!

In an instant, Li Tianwei’s aura surged upward, soaring from the seventh layer of Qi Refinement—eighth layer... ninth...

At the same time, due to the various sacrificial and explosive secret arts, Li Tianwei’s life force had already reached the brink of death.

At that moment, however, the Undying Body of the Sacrificial Dao finally revealed its true might.

No matter how much Li Tianwei exhausted himself—his life force stripped away, his flesh destroyed—everything was collapsing, yet death could not claim him.

Through constant burning and eruption, Li Tianwei felt the existence of a higher realm, an entirely different kind of power.

“Come! Let it stabilize completely!”

Li Tianwei took out the sacred healing medicines once again and swallowed them all.

The Five-Elemental Vision above Heaven’s Gate Peak had long since vanished.

The elders who had previously concealed these phenomena had also departed, officially claiming that the Sacred Land of Lingxu had manifested an immortal treasure, hence the great commotion.

But those who knew the truth understood—it was merely a lie the Sacred Lord of Lingxu told to cover up the unreasonable monster known as Li Tianwei.

Bai Muxu had also returned to Heaven’s Gate Peak to wait.

During these ten days, he could clearly sense Li Tianwei’s continually rising aura.

Although Li Tianwei had reached the seventh layer of Qi Refinement in such a short time, in Bai Muxu’s eyes, that speed was still somewhat slow, even inconsistent with the phenomena he had caused earlier.

Bai Muxu still remembered that when he cultivated, he reached the fifth layer in just ten days.

The latter five layers, however, had taken nearly ninety more days, and he had almost failed to complete them.

At Li Tianwei’s current pace, it would be impossible for him to achieve Foundation Establishment within a hundred days.

Just as Bai Muxu thought so, Li Tianwei erupted.

All kinds of secret arts struck one after another.

In an instant, his cultivation soared to the ninth layer, almost touching the tenth.

This sudden change made Bai Muxu’s heart tremble.

“No… this isn’t right...”

“This aura—it doesn’t feel like normal advancement. It’s far too unstable.”

“Could he be using secret arts? No, even if he were, it shouldn’t increase this much. Each layer of Qi Refinement doubles the power of the last—relying on burning potential and explosive arts shouldn’t allow him to jump from the seventh to the ninth layer. This is already beyond reason.”

Feeling the anomaly from Heaven’s Gate Peak, Bai Muxu was already considering going up to check.

At that very moment, Li Tianwei’s strength suddenly collapsed, plunging from the ninth layer down to the fifth in an instant.

At the fifth layer, Li Tianwei suddenly gained a bit of insight and, without hesitation, began to comprehend.

The violent spiritual energy and the backlash of his forced secret arts all erupted at once.

Yet under the power of the Undying Body of the Sacrificial Dao, a chill flowed through Li Tianwei’s consciousness, spreading across his entire being.

His body shuddered as vitality surged forth, repairing his broken body bit by bit.

Sensing this, Li Tianwei decisively guided that power throughout his body.

“Fission Qi-Guiding…”

Boom—!

Li Tianwei took out spirit stones from his storage ring and began stabilizing his realm and strength.

“So it really was because I was too conservative. This is the right way to cultivate! Squeeze out all of my talent—then burn it and use it!”

Feeling that he had advanced another layer in less than an hour, Li Tianwei closed his eyes to savor the sensation carefully.