Mingyuan Immortal City, residence.
The third day after breaking through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
Li Yuan sat cross-legged on the stone platform, circulating the complete Nascent Infant Origin Return Method.
The spiritual power pathways of the middle-stage cycle circulated through his body again and again, each cycle smoother than the last. The initial awkwardness of his breakthrough rapidly faded after several days of constant tempering, and the spiritual power connections at the three sets of transitional nodes changed from deliberate guidance to natural flow.
The quality of Nascent Soul spiritual power had risen by a noticeable margin compared to the early stage.
The glow on the surface of the dark-gold Nascent Soul no longer spilled outward. Instead, it clung tightly to its surface, forming an extremely dense membrane of spiritual power. The membrane was thinner than a strand of hair, yet its spiritual power density was several times greater than the aura that had leaked out during the early stage.
The speed at which spiritual power circulated after surging from the Nascent Soul had also visibly increased. Early-stage spiritual power still encountered faint sluggishness as it flowed through the meridians, while middle-stage spiritual power flowed like mercury spilling across the ground, without the slightest obstruction.
After completing a cycle, Li Yuan switched his spiritual power pathway to the demonic qi side.
The purple permanent trait Demon-Spirit Homology made the free conversion between spiritual qi and demonic qi equally stable at the middle stage. The dark-gold spiritual power within the Nascent Soul swiftly transformed into dark-purple demonic qi after the pathway was switched, the conversion smooth and without a ripple.
Li Yuan tried actively controlling the conversion between spirit and demon.
He transformed the vast majority of the spiritual power in his body into demonic qi, retaining only a