Chapter 7
Chapter 7: Nine Levels of Qi Refining, System Mall Activated!
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In the blink of an eye, three years had passed.
Under the full protection of the Ji family, Ji Xiu had safely celebrated three birthdays!
This year, Ji Xiu had turned three.
The cold wind howled, snowflakes fell thickly, and the world was a silver-white as winter descended!
The hundred-mile-long street of the capital was deep and quiet, with snow endlessly falling.
In the Ji residence, the Falling Maple Palace was brightly lit, warm, and cozy.
Ji Xiu sat alone on the bed, his small body naked, sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed.
[Name: Ji Xiu]
[Age: Three years]
[Identity: Heir Apparent of the Northern Xia Dynasty]
[Cultivation: Eighth Level of Qi Refining]
[Bloodline Constitution: Divine Heart Demon Bone {Three Major Gates Not Yet Open}]
[Awakening Conditions for the Three Major Gates: Demon Arrival {10,000 Destiny Essence}, Divine Ban {100,000 Destiny Essence}, Immortal Ash {1,000,000 Destiny Essence}]
[Cultivation Method: Immortal Devouring Demon Art {Cultivated to the Second Level}]
[Weapon: None]
[Destiny Essence: 2700 points]
[Fate Level: Black---Soul Consumed and Extinguished!]
[System Mall: Not yet activated {Activates at 3000 Destiny Essence}]
[Task System: Not yet activated {Activates at Life Soil Realm}]
[Check-in Location: Northern Xia Dynasty, Ji Residence, Falling Maple Palace!]
[System Prompt: Time until next check-in: 0:10]
Looking at the system panel, Ji Xiu opened his eyes at the stroke of midnight and silently thought,
"System!"
"Check-in at Falling Maple Palace!"
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully checking in and obtaining a one-star reward: Top-Grade Qi Refining Pill!]
A crisp system voice sounded.
Immediately, a Qi Refining Pill the size of a dragon's eye, glowing with divine light, appeared in Ji Xiu's system inventory.
Without hesitation, Ji Xiu took out the Qi Refining Pill and swallowed it.
Taking a deep breath, he resolved,
"Tonight, I must break through to the ninth level of Qi Refining!"
With that, he clasped his hands and began to cultivate!
Buzz!
In an instant, a radiant starlight enveloped him, and wisps of Qi circled around his body like swimming dragons.
Under his spiritual sense, he could see the true essence within his body boiling like water in a steaming pot, driven by the Qi Refining Pill!
The true essence circulated repeatedly, flowing through his meridians and radiating brilliant starlight!
Eventually, a small tornado formed in his dantian!
He could even hear the "whooshing" sound of true essence rapidly flowing through his meridians.
An hour later.
Boom!!!
With a sudden loud noise within his body, the starlight around Ji Xiu exploded and dispersed.
A warm and tingling sensation spread throughout his body.
At that moment, it felt as if his soul had been sublimated, an extremely comfortable feeling.
Ji Xiu was familiar with this sensation.
Over the past three years, he had experienced it many times.
Every time he felt this, Ji Xiu knew...
He had successfully broken through!
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for reaching the ninth level of Qi Refining, rewarding 300 Destiny Points!]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for accumulating 3000 Destiny Essence, the System Mall is now activated.]
Listening to the system prompts, Ji Xiu exhaled deeply.
It had been three years since he was born.
His check-in location had always been the Falling Maple Palace and had not refreshed.
So, Ji Xiu had made it his long-term cultivation base.
What pleased him was that on the first day of every month, he could check in at the Falling Maple Palace to receive a one-star cultivation pill.
Thanks to this, his cultivation had reached the ninth level of Qi Refining in just three years!
He was especially satisfied that he had maximized his potential in the Qi Refining realm!
Before the Life Soil Realm, he was a god!
Now, he was only one step away from breaking into the Life Soil Realm!
To put this into perspective, 99% of cultivators on this continent were not even eligible to start cultivating at three years old!
Only the top geniuses from the premier cultivation sects of Tianxuan Continent, with the help of their sects or families, could barely achieve this!
In contrast, Ji Xiu, at only three years old, had already reached the ninth level of Qi Refining!
This was a terrifying achievement.
Ji Xiu was confident that the gap between him and these top geniuses would only widen in the future!
Additionally...
Over the past three years, Ji Xiu discovered that each breakthrough in the Qi Refining realm granted him 300 to 400 Destiny Essence as a system reward.
Accumulating over these three years, he had amassed 3000 Destiny Essence.
This was a significant foundation.
Destiny Essence could not only be used to purchase items from the System Mall but also to unlock his bloodline gates!
This was Ji Xiu's most crucial capital on his path to becoming a great antagonist!
Exhaling deeply, Ji Xiu murmured,
"Finally, I've accumulated 3000 Destiny Essence to activate the System Mall!"
"Although I'm still far from the 10,000 Destiny Essence needed to unlock the first gate, Demon Arrival, there's at least some hope now!"
With anticipation, Ji Xiu opened the newly activated System Mall.
He was eager to see what treasures awaited him in the System Mall.
[Ding! System Mall loaded!]
[Ding! Would the host like to activate the System Mall?]
Without hesitation, Ji Xiu nodded.
[Ding! Mall activated!]
Ji Xiu felt a jolt in his head, and a transparent System Mall interface appeared before him.
As he scanned the vast array of system items, his heart pounded, his blood surging with excitement!