He sat there for more than half a year. Fortunately, when Simon checked in, he had tossed an eighth-grade Magic Crystal Core to the front desk and generously booked the luxurious suite outright. The hotel manager had eagerly promised that Simon and Fanny could stay as long as they wished.
That was why no one disturbed them. Fanny beside him had also entered cultivation and had not risen for a long time.
"Wind Space truly deserves to be a high-level Wind Element Profound Mystery. Its binding power is already comparable to a Lowgod's Godhead Domain just after reaching the entry level. It seems Ice Wind Space is due for an upgrade."
Simon stood and stretched. After once again telling the hotel staff not to disturb them, he immersed himself in cultivation.
Thanks to the Vacuum Binding Art, Simon had miraculously made the Wind Space he had just comprehended compatible with the Profound Mystery of Wind Element in only a few months. That was truly good news.
Thus, Simon's Wind Element Divine Clone steadily comprehended Wind Space while fusing it with the Profound Mystery of Wind Element.
As for the fusion of the Profound Mystery of Speed and the Profound Mystery of Slow, Simon temporarily set it aside. Over the previous few months, his main body had already fused them to the final bottleneck and was currently stuck there.
Fortunately, there were many Wind Element Profound Mysteries. If one path did not work, there were many others. Perhaps inspiration for a breakthrough would suddenly come from another Profound Mystery.
That was also why Simon now wanted to comprehend more Profound Mysteries. By drawing parallels, many bottlenecks could be resolved with ease.
Sure enough, as Simon studied the Vacuum Binding Art and comprehended Wind Space, he gained a deeper understanding of the Profound Mystery of Speed and the Profound Mystery of Slow.
The final bottleneck in fusing the Profound Mystery of Speed and the Profound Mystery of Slow also showed signs of loosening.
A year later, sensing that a breakthrough was imminent, Simon woke Fanny beside him.
"Fanny, wake up. Let's change locations. I feel like I'm about to break through."
"Ah? What? Change locations? All right, then."
Thus, Simon directly left the hotel with the still-dazed Fanny.
The two found a sparsely populated place. After landing, Simon devoted himself fully to preparing for the breakthrough.
Fanny, meanwhile, stood guard nearby to ensure Simon would not be disturbed.
Ten days later, the familiar Laws of Heaven and Earth descended once more. Simon floated helplessly into the air as a pale cyan Godhead emerged above his head and began to transform under the control of the Laws of Heaven and Earth.
A transformation from a Lowgod Spark into a Midgod Spark!
Moments later, the wind elemental essence dispersed, and the Laws of Heaven and Earth vanished.
Simon opened his eyes. This time, prompted by the Vacuum Binding Art, he had finally succeeded in fusing the Profound Mystery of Speed and the Profound Mystery of Slow, truly stepping into the Midgod realm.
"Looks like I won this wager."
Simon smiled at Fanny.
"It's only been a little over a year, and you already broke through? Simon, you were already close to breaking through, weren't you? I, Fanny, have been wise my whole life, yet you actually tricked me. Hmph!"
Although Fanny was annoyed at losing the wager, she was actually quite happy.
After all, Simon had promised that once he became a Midgod, he would go to Hell with her...
"Haha, how can you call that tricking you? I can't control my cultivation progress either. Don't be angry, Fanny, all right?"
"Hmph~ Then what do you want? Anything I can do or have is fine."
Fanny did not try to renege and directly asked Simon.
"I really do want to ask you for a treasure."
"What treasure?"
"Fanny, you're from Hell. Do you happen to have any treasures that can aid ordinary people in cultivation? If you do, let that be the stake for this wager."
"Simon, do you mean Earth Heart Milk? I used it when I was in the Saint Realm. A friend of my grandfather's spent tens of thousands of years extracting it with a Formation in a dangerous place. Drinking a drop during cultivation lets one sense the fluctuations of the laws more clearly, and it can also slowly strengthen the soul."
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"Earth Heart Milk is very mild and is a famous auxiliary cultivation treasure in Hell. It is just extremely difficult to obtain. At the very least, one needs a Formation grandmaster to extract it. I think I still have some left over in my Spatial Ring."
After searching around, Fanny produced an exquisite jade bottle in her hand.
"Here, this is Earth Heart Milk. It is very effective for Saint Realm cultivation and even has some effect on God-Level experts, though I don't know whether it works on ordinary people."
Looking at the jade bottle in Fanny's small hand, Simon said excitedly, "Such a rare treasure can affect Saint Realm cultivators, and its effects are mild. It should work on ordinary people too."
"Then consider it my payment for losing to you. But there isn't much Earth Heart Milk left in this bottle, and it won't be much use to you. I'll give you some Soul Golden Beads and Purple Crystals as well. They're useful for strengthening the soul and rapidly recovering soul power."
As she spoke, Fanny handed a Spatial Ring to Simon.
"Hehe, Fanny, you're so good to me. These really are useful to me, so I won't stand on ceremony."
At that moment, Simon had long since forgotten where he had thrown his vow never to live off a woman.
After all, what vow could compare to Soul Golden Beads...
Simon accepted the Spatial Ring, dripped blood on it to claim ownership, and swept it with his Divine Sense.
Good heavens, there were probably tens of thousands of Soul Golden Beads... and several million Purple Crystals. Only then did Simon gain a truly direct understanding of the wealth of a third-generation super-rich family from Hell. This little rich girl Fanny probably ate Soul Golden Beads like candy.
Simon happened to be lacking such soul-nourishing treasures. With these Soul Golden Beads and Purple Crystals, he could strengthen his soul to the limits of every stage without any pressure. With so many, they would probably last until he became a Highgod.
Now, he only needed to return to his family and have his parents use the Earth Heart Milk alongside the Soul Golden Beads. With such support, breaking through to the Saint Realm should be a sure thing.
The clan chief and the others could use them as well.
Afterward, Simon carefully sensed the state of having mastered the Speed Profound Truth, while also experiencing the differences of becoming a Midgod. After a long while, he said to Fanny with satisfaction.
"I've finally broken through to Midgod. The problem that troubled me for so long has basically been resolved. Fanny, do you still want to explore the Shadow Continent some more?"
"It's rare for us to come here, so let's look around a little longer. I can also fulfill my duty as a Plane Guardian one last time."
"All right. I'm not in a hurry anyway, so let's keep exploring."
As they spoke, the two flew westward across the Shadow Continent. Whenever they passed a large city, they would descend and look around. Whenever their Divine Sense discovered an unfamiliar Lowgod, they would inform them of the relevant information.
Unfortunately, Fanny had visited the Shadow Continent ten thousand years ago, when there had been six Lowgods. This time, after searching the entire Shadow Continent, they found only four Lowgods.
Aside from one who had gone to the Heavenly Realm, there was one fewer God-Level being on the Shadow Continent than there had been ten thousand years ago. Fanny found a God-Level being she had met before and asked around, only to learn that a great war had erupted among the God-Level beings of the Shadow Continent several thousand years earlier.
At the time, the entire Shadow Continent had divided into northern and southern factions, each with three Lowgods.
After a great battle, the north was defeated, losing two Lowgods. The remaining one was skilled in speed, and upon realizing things had gone wrong, hurriedly fled toward the Endless Sea and slipped away through the Plane Teleportation Array.
As for the victorious southern faction, it had also been severely weakened. Those three Lowgods were still recovering even now, for the price they had paid to kill two enemies had not been small.
"No wonder that person looked so flustered back then and was in such a rush to leave."
Fanny had remained on the Rayast Plane for so long that such incidents had happened several times. She was no longer surprised by them.
The two found the Lowgod who had broken through later and discovered that he was also from the previously victorious faction. He had long known about the Supreme Planes, so they said no more.
After roughly visiting all the distinctive places on the Shadow Continent, Simon and Fanny returned to the Plane Teleportation Array at the southern end of the Endless Sea.
"Once you've stayed in a Material Plane for long enough, you'll realize that the God-Level beings here are replaced roughly every ten thousand years. They either die in civil wars or head to the Supreme Planes. Very few remain for more than ten thousand years."
Fanny sat by the beach and spoke with a hint of sentimentality.
"The only oddball is that Ba Serpent in the northern seas. When I first came, it was still in the Saint Realm. Not long after becoming a god, it stayed there forever, sleeping whenever it had nothing to do. Even now, it's still a Lowgod. When I asked whether it wanted to leave the Material Plane, it said no, because it would affect its sleep..."
"Haha, that Ba Serpent really is an oddball."
Simon was astonished that the Ba Serpent could sleep so much.
"It's actually not too strange. The Ba Serpent race is naturally fond of sleep, though ones as sleepy as him are rare. There are many of its kin in Hell, and I've met a few. Their cultivation spans are extremely long, and sleeping for tens of thousands of years at a time is perfectly normal to them."
"Sometimes I really envy these Divine Beasts. They don't have to do anything after being born, yet they naturally grow into Lowgods. Compared with ordinary humans like us, their innate advantages are beyond measure," Simon said enviously.
"The talents of Divine Beasts are indeed enviable. Unfortunately, I didn't inherit my grandfather's talent. I merely took after my grandmother and became an ordinary human. Sigh~"
"Oh? Fanny, is your grandfather a Divine Beast too?"
"That's right. Simon, you'll find out eventually anyway. My grandfather's true form is the only Divine Beast Fire Qilin in the world. His Innate Divine Ability is incredibly overbearing. I heard that among the Chief God Envoys of Hell, his strength can rank in the top five."
"That really is impressive."
Simon praised him sincerely. None of those capable of becoming a Chief God Envoy in Hell were easy to deal with, and ranking in the top five among so many formidable figures made the terror of his strength obvious.
"Hehe, of course. My grandfather said that as long as he doesn't face a Paragon, he can handle anything with ease."
Fanny's pretty little face was full of pride.
"The world of the strong really is something to yearn for. By the way, Fanny, how long is left in your term?"
"About one hundred and twenty years. When the time comes, the family will send someone else to replace me. Once he arrives to take over, I can leave."
"Only a hundred and twenty years left? Then let's wait here for him to come. I can also consolidate my realm and see whether I can advance further during that time."
Simon was not in a hurry over a hundred-odd years. His parents could live for at least another three hundred years. It would be best if they broke through to the Saint Realm by then. If they did not, it would prove that a breakthrough was basically impossible through their own efforts, and then using Earth Heart Milk would be just right.
"I need to cultivate seriously too. Last time, I was only a little short of fully comprehending the Profound Mystery of Scorch. This time, I'll strive to break through before my term ends!"
Fanny said with a determined expression.
"Haha, then let's work hard together."
Afterward, Simon and Fanny each found a secluded place and began cultivating.
The moment he sat down, Simon took out the Soul Golden Beads and had his three souls refine them.
The Soul Golden Beads truly deserved to be soul-nourishing treasures with no side effects. Over the following period, the souls of Simon's two clones and main body steadily grew stronger.
After his soul became stronger, Simon discovered that he could deduce and comprehend the laws faster, and fusing Profound Mysteries became much easier as well.
Next came cultivating in seclusion while taking supplements.
After mastering the Speed Profound Truth of the Wind Element, Simon discovered that the Profound Mystery of Wind Element was also nearing completion. Furthermore, it had each fused more than halfway with the Profound Mystery of Speed and the Profound Mystery of Slow. Even if the Profound Mystery of Wind Element reached completion first, it would not affect the subsequent fusions.
Thus, Simon hesitated no longer and directly spent several years fully comprehending the Profound Mystery of Wind Element.
During that time, Simon's main body pushed forward with all its strength on fusing Wind Space and the Profound Mystery of Wind Element.
After the fusion reached a certain level, Simon improved Ice Wind Space once more.
The binding power of Ice Wind Space Version 2.0 increased once again. In terms of pure binding force, it actually surpassed Ice Wind Space Version 1.0, which had previously undergone an initial fusion of water and wind elements.
"As expected of a Profound Mystery specialized in spatial binding. This effect is only natural. But once I completely fuse the water and wind elements, the binding power of Ice Wind Space will surpass this current version."
Simon thought happily.
However, Ice Wind Space Version 2.0 could not compare in material attack power to the ultimate material attack move developed after fusing the water and wind elements.
After all, fusing two Heterogeneous Profound Mysteries was equivalent to fusing three Profound Mysteries of the same element.
Now that Simon had smoothly broken through to Midgod in the Wind Element and improved Ice Wind Space, his strength immediately surged.
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