Cultivating in Honkai!

"You are still a one minute wonder."

"It's unfair. How did you train?!"

"Remember, it's not the duration of your training, but the quality of it."

Immortal cultivators fight swiftly. If it is dragged over by hours, or even days, it only means they are equally skilled.

Kiana has a lot of weaknesses I can leverage on.

My [Encompassing Eyes] sent out information.

Kiana…

I thought of reworking its way of manifestation, and so I did.

[Kiana Kaslana]

Qi: Purple Mansion Realm - Early

Body: Purple Mansion Realm - Middle

Mind: Purple Mansion Realm - Early

Herrscher Core Output: Golden Core - ???

Status…

…

Instead of a continuous thought, it turned into an easily processable game-like format. My reaction time turned out a bit faster after doing this.

With a higher realm, I was able to see much more things, too.

"Pretty much nothing works on you." She complained. "Your mental attacks are too strong."

"It will be a pity if you fall victim to one in real battles. Haven't you noticed you last longer now?"

The [Sword Light Refraction] is an overkill for lower-realm enemies. Its lethality against Herrschers… anyone who minmaxxes in general is deadly.

Honkai can be compared to cultivators with unstable foundations. They are in contrast to real immortal cultivators with an all-around focus.

"The special barrier you made is quite useful."

"It's slow to develop…"

She did not relent after repeated losses. She focused on countering my mental attacks. That was where her Herrscher Powers came to play.

The Herrscher of the Void has control over the void, including but not limited to the imaginary space.

Kiana wanted to use the imaginary space's nature to corrode external mental attacks. I am certain it will work thanks to Otto's Imaginary Tree experience. His very "soul" was destroyed by the Imaginary Tree's presence.

Although the imaginary space is a weaker version of it, that still works. As long as she can create enough barriers to cushion the attack, she will no longer think about mental attacks.

"Catch."

I threw away a third grade jade slip to her. She was surprised to see its contents.

"How did…?"

"I'm a genius."

"..."

Kiana's "special mental barriers" require high requirements on her side. What I did is to simplify it to her current level. That way, she can spam and sustain the technique, making it more effective than the more complex version of it.

"When did you finish it?" She asked.

"Three days ago."

"?!?!"

Her startled look was mixed with grievance.

I delayed giving it to her mainly because of me wanting to see how long she will persevere. The Tuna did not disappoint. She really grew up in the past year. She kept on improving that barrier up to now.

"This is my fault." I admitted.

"Um."

Seeing her agree made me feel relieved.

For a while, Kiana became engrossed with studying the enhanced technique.

I did not dilly-dally, either.

During the entire week, I studied techniques. After verifying a lot of things—the relationship of spiritual qi and honkai energy—I can rest easy.

First, body cultivation.

The nature of body tempering techniques change the physical body recovery. Every recovery from physical strain strengthens one's body cultivation. It is an arduous process to temper it using spiritual qi, but honkai energy changes that.

Honkai energy's nature is to destroy. A weak body with low honkai adaptability results in "honkai corruption", which causes bodily functions to fail one by one. From sight, smell, up to the sense of pain, everything can get affected.

With its destructive nature, the physical body is easily strained. It then recovers automatically using spiritual qi. So long as the cycle of destruction and recovery is maintained, body cultivation goes up.

The repeated "tempering" gradually builds up honkai adaptability. That meant greater control over honkai energy. It is similar to the Schariac Bloodline's effect. Durandal's repeated practice with honkai energy results in her honkai adaptability going up.

The last time Kiana got tested, it was done in outer space. Herrschers' bodies mutated to be able to live in vacuum spaces. It does not affect their physical strength.

Anyways, the test occurred, and they were forced to stop when Kiana's body reached 5,000 Honkai Welt. Theoretically, she would have no issue surpassing the six-cored Sirin's peak at 9,000 Honkai Welt. A middle Purple Mansion Realm body equates to that.

Second, qi cultivation.

In the honkai world, "souls" are not commonly touched upon. Even on prior scans, honkai energy's effects extended to the mind at most—Su's and Sirin's case. The soul is completely unheard of.

Surprisingly, they have the same effect as the body. Their presence, once captured to a soul, causes it to experience a "soul strain". It is akin to tempering the body, but this time, it is the soul.

I have several techniques that talk about it. Soul tempering is done in conjunction with meditation to increase qi cultivation speed. Honkai energy induces soul tempering.

The only concern is its risk. It is more dangerous than doing it on the body. Soul injury can cause one's cultivation to stagnate, or worse, to regress. Healing it is very troublesome for now.

The only people who can do it now are Welt Yang and Kiana. Their perfect control over honkai energy makes it easier to temper the soul while minimizing the risks.

Even so, this was still dangerous in my eyes. I asked them both to stop for a while. Only when I came up with a technique designed specifically for "soul protection" did I let them continue.

I closed my eyes.

In the place where my crystal dantian lies, numerous golden patterns could be seen. It is the [Clear Apertures Manual] at work.

Beside that, a thin purple film could be seen enveloping my "soul".

The [Purple Zenith Soul Protecting Mantra] is a technique that guards the soul. It required spiritual materials corresponding to one's realm. Fortunately, I have a dozen late third grade pears with soul-enhancing effects.

Using one of them, a [Purple Zenith Auspicious Aura] is formed. It will sustain all the damages the real soul takes. Although it is not indestructible, it is enough to serve as an alarm.

To be honest, Kiana recklessly experimenting is partly my mistake.

Immortal cultivators consider all aspects. They spend years practicing due to the sheer number of techniques they have to learn.

Aside from typical cultivation, there are spells, protective techniques, cultivation boosting techniques, light techniques, and so on.

Being in the world of honkai removes the need to be wary. The people of this world do not know how to deal with immortal cultivators, and as such, things were neglected. I forgot to leave these techniques to her.

Finally…

The third and final thing: honkai to cultivation conversion.

Grandpa Su is an example. He is a Flamechaser with honkai beast genomes. His physical strength and mental power are very strong. However, his power gained from honkai does not possess immortal cultivation attributes.

Instead of cultivating from scratch, it is more of converting his honkai template into a cultivation template. Due to these factors, his cultivation speed is frightening.

This brings another conclusion. People who become strong through honkai energy will have terrific cultivation speeds within their limits.

Su's qi cultivation speed is the standard high grade spirit root. His mental and body cultivation, on the other hand, is jaw dropping.

Overall, he spent five months completing the Qi Refining Realm. That was with his injuries affecting him, thus they had to be healed first.

I completed mine within seven months. Though if I had more resources, I would have completed it in five.

All I can say is that the advantages of honkai energy are insane.

We must abuse it.

For now, my mind became focused on a round of meditation and soul tempering…

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A/N: I felt there are some loose ends with honkai x immortal cultivation, so I tied them here. That way, their strengths to be shown later on will be reasonable (Yes, there are upcoming fights). The upcoming chapters deal with interactions and overall plot ('cause a simp and a snake won't leave them be).

PS: Bonus Chapter