Nascent Soul Late Stage

On the reef of a sea island.

The Nascent Infant Origin Return Method's major accomplishment circuit ran at full force, spirit power cycling through Li Yuan's body again and again. With every completed cycle, the circuit fine-tuned itself, the paths growing shorter and condensation growing faster.

The Realm-Breaking Speed Condensation Affix's boost had nearly reached its limit. The closer he came to the Nascent Soul Late Stage, the faster his cultivation became. The faint resonance sent by the Enlightenment Tree from the Portable Small Realm layered atop it all, driving his spirit power onward.

The dark-gold sheen on the Nascent Soul's surface had thickened to its limit, while silver ripples sank deep into the foundation of the spirit power, every strand distinct and visible.

When one particular cycle ended, the circuit did not enter another round of fine-tuning.

It stopped.

It was not that the spirit power had ceased flowing, but that the active adjustments of the major accomplishment stage had reached their end. Every path was already the most suitable route possible.

When a path reached its ultimate limit, the next step was qualitative change.

Spirit power continued circulating through the circuit, its quality suddenly soaring during that final cycle. The dark-gold sheen changed from dense to solid, and the silver ripples merged into the spirit power itself. The thin membrane on the Nascent Soul's surface gave a low hum, then shattered.

What shattered was not the Nascent Soul, but the shell marking the major accomplishment stage's upper limit.

New spirit power surged from within that shell, its quality elevated by an entire level. Driven by this new quality, the spirit power circuit rearranged itself. It was no longer a network of channels; the spirit power itself had become the circuit.

Nascent Infant Origin Return Method, Perfection.

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