System Log Updated "Your absorption speed had slightly increased while you were soaking in a medicinal bath." "Your Qi Absorption speed had slightly increased." "Your Geng Metal Mother Qi quality had slightly increased during Qi Absorption." "Your Breathing Technique quality had slightly increased."
The book said that condensing Inner Gang required an enormous amount of qi. Gang qi relied on mother qi for support and origin for material.
The faint gold on Jiang Yan's skin grew ever purer. Yet gradually, that purity began to change, turning black. No—it was not black. Rather, it was something unseen and untouchable, a formless existence akin to chaos.
"Your Geng Metal Mother Qi quality had greatly increased."
Jiang Yan was utterly unaware of it.
"Your Geng Metal Mother Qi is undergoing a mutation."
The System Log kept issuing prompts, but Jiang Yan was currently in a mysterious, indescribable state. No sound from the outside world could disturb him.
The pure gold was being tainted, advancing toward an entirely new direction.
It seemed to change from one into two, then three... encompassing all things.
What he did not realize was that his body was no longer absorbing only Metal Origin. Instead, it was also desperately drawing in the "qi" filtered out by the Spirit Gathering Device.
A layer of Outer Gang gradually formed. It was not the gold Jiang Yan had expected; instead, it became formless, profound.
"Your Geng Metal Mother Qi quality had greatly increased!" "Your Geng Metal Mother Qi is undergoing a mutation."
The Outer Gang condensed to the size of a fist. As long as he completed its condensation and absorbed it, Jiang Yan could directly break through to Fourth Grade Inner Gang.
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