Dual Cultivation System: My Cultivation Was Crippled, So I Rely on Intimacy to Level Up

Chapter 262: Five Elements in Perfect Fusion, Forging the Immortal Root

Boom—

In the third year of Zhou Kai’s Secluded Cultivation, a deep, muffled tremor resonated through the entirety of Crouching Tiger Mountain.

The vibration originated from the extreme depths of the earth. Though muffled, it was domineering, churning the earth vein energy within a hundred-mile radius. Cultivators in Crouching Tiger City felt the ground beneath their feet shift like a living beast turning in its sleep.

Immediately, countless streams of Divine Sense shot out, probing the earth in an attempt to locate the source.

Deep within the mountain, above the ruins known as the “Sky-Toppling Cave,” the stable, gloomy light suddenly twisted into a violent vortex. A sound like shattering glaze—crack—echoed from the void as jagged fissures tore open thin air.

In the next instant, five streaks of light shot out from the cracks simultaneously.

The moment they appeared, the wind stilled, the clouds scattered, and the natural flow of Spirit Qi seemed to be severed, plunging the world into a deathly silence.

Behind them, the spatial rift rippled and faded, eventually sealing shut without leaving a trace of fluctuation.

These were the Soul Formation Ancestors of the Eastern Region’s five great righteous sects.

Xuanji Daoist of the Purple Star Sect flicked his horsetail whisk. The starlight motes on his Daoist robe flickered uncertainly. Gazing at the empty space where the ruins had vanished, he sighed.

“Years of investigation, yet it remains a reflection in the water, a flower in the mirror. We failed to penetrate the secret of that radiant light. A pity. Truly a pity.”

Madam Lingxi of the Heavenly Spring Sect covered her lips with a light laugh, her voice chiming like jade pendants. “Fellow Daoist Xuanji, why be so attached? If the Heavenly Secrets are unwilling to reveal themselves, forcing the issue benefits no one.”

Gu Hengzi of Calamity Abyss Valley, clad in profound black heavy armor, snorted coldly. The baleful aura condensing on his pauldrons thickened visibly as his gaze scraped over Madam Lingxi.

“The mystery remains unsolved, yet your noble Sect managed to salvage an ancient medicine garden from within. The four of us are quite envious.”

Madam Lingxi’s smile didn’t waver, as if she hadn’t heard the thorn in his words. “Fellow Daoist Gu jests. They were merely some lucky remnants of withered roots, nothing of consequence. Ultimately, Fated Chances are determined by Heaven; they cannot be forced by human hands.”

“Luck?” Gu Hengzi sneered. “Ever since the Sky-Toppling Cave emerged, the Heavenly Spring Sect’s luck has been suspiciously good.”

The smile on Madam Lingxi’s face remained fixed, but the temperature of her voice dropped several degrees. “Fellow Daoist Gu, you can eat whatever you want, but you cannot say whatever you want. Perhaps the baleful aura you carry is simply too heavy, scaring away the Fated Chances. That can hardly be blamed on us.”

Gu Hengzi didn’t pursue the argument further. Instead, his tone turned colder than hers. “Fellow Daoist Lingxi, Tianlangzi has been in Secluded Cultivation for nearly two hundred years. Still no movement?”

At this mention, the gazes of the other three Ancestors converged on her.

Xuanji Daoist nodded slightly. “Indeed, it has been centuries since we last saw Fellow Daoist Tianlang.”

The smile finally vanished from Madam Lingxi’s face. She enunciated every word clearly. “Senior Brother sent word long ago. He will definitely emerge within a hundred years. He also specifically instructed that his first act upon exiting seclusion will be to visit our ‘good neighbor’ at Calamity Abyss Valley, to fulfill the duties of neighborly friendship.”

“Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable.”

Chongxu Zhenren of the Jade Void Sect, who had been silent until now, chanted a Daoist title and bowed. His voice was placid, washing away the tension. “Fellow Daoists, please calm yourselves. Now that the Sky-Toppling Cave is sealed and the demonic path is temporarily quiescent, it is time for us to recuperate and unite our efforts.”

Finally, the figure shrouded in seven-colored radiant light let out an ethereal sigh.

“The Heavenly Dao rotates; worldly affairs are impermanent. What is sealed is the ruin… what cannot be sealed is the human heart.”

Before the voice faded, her figure dissolved into a shower of crystalline light rain, merging quietly into the heavens and earth. She was the first to depart.

The other four transformed into streaks of light, vanishing into the horizon. The high sky returned to silence.

Taiji Peak, Summit. Within the Quiet Room.

Zhou Kai was immersed in the profundities of the fourth layer of the Lawless No Word Heavenly Scripture.

Suddenly, a cold mechanical voice exploded in his mind.

[System Message]

Ding! Congratulations! Beauty Li Youci has broken through a Major Realm.

Reward: 200 Omni-Interaction Points!

Zhou Kai’s eyelashes trembled slightly as he slowly withdrew his Qi.

He opened his eyes, a trace of surprise flashing within them.

Checking the time, he realized his trance had lasted three full years. He couldn’t help but click his tongue in amazement.

With a thought, he understood the origin of the reward.

“Two hundred points… So the True Body and the Ghost Body are calculated separately. One breakthrough, double the reward.”

He opened his own status panel first.

[System Panel]

Name: Zhou Kai

Cultivation: Golden Core First Layer (0 / 171,000)

Vitality: Viscera Refining First Layer (0 / 153,000)

He noticed that the experience cap required to break through to the Golden Core Second Layer had dropped from over 270,000 to 170,000—a reduction of a full 100,000!

Is this the benefit of the fourth layer of the Lawless No Word Heavenly Scripture and the 80,000 comprehension points?

He then shifted his gaze to Li Youci’s panel.

[System Panel]

Target: Li Youci

Point Type: Cultivation

Points Provided: 400

Four hundred points!

Zhou Kai did a mental calculation.

To break through from Golden Core First Layer to Nascent Soul, he needed a total of approximately seven million experience points.

If he did nothing else but have “Deep Interaction” with Li Youci five times a day, that would yield two thousand cultivation points daily.

“…At the slowest, I could enter seclusion to attempt Nascent Soul in ten years?”

The number made Zhou Kai’s heart pound wildly, but in the next moment, he forcibly suppressed the surge of ecstasy.

No. Doing it that way invites disaster.

Achieving Nascent Soul in ten years was too shocking. Once he succeeded and emerged, he would likely be targeted by those Soul Formation old monsters as a “living elixir.” His end would be miserable.

Moreover, he couldn’t possibly spend all his time in bed with Li Youci.

His Divine Sense, Vitality, and his Natal Dharma Treasure—the Chaotic Sky Hammer—all needed day and night tempering. The Jade Arm Mantis and the Split-Back Katydid required cultivation.

Not to mention, he still had to allocate mental energy to deduce the Delusional Heaven Art.

Which of these didn’t require vast amounts of time and focus?

“Youci has already formed her Golden Core. I should raise my Spirit Root grade and end my seclusion.”

Knowing Youci’s temperament, now that her strength had skyrocketed, she was surely holding back a surge of energy, waiting to drag him into a ‘spar’ to reclaim her lost dignity.

If I don’t show some real skill and make her submit sincerely, my days ahead will be anything but peaceful. That girl needs to be subdued with absolute strength; only then will she become clingy. This is both a matter of taste and the foundation of our relationship.

“The combat power increase from an Immortal Grade Spirit Root should far surpass that of a special physique,” Zhou Kai murmured. “After all, the interaction points required for a single Immortal Grade Spirit Root are far higher than those needed to activate a physique.”

A sharp light flashed in his eyes. Without hesitation, he focused his mind on the System and dumped all his accumulated Spirit Root interaction points into the upgrade.

“System! Raise all my Spirit Roots to Immortal Grade!”

Perhaps due to the resonance of the Creation Spirit Yang Body, he felt every detail of the transformation with terrifying clarity.

Within his Dantian, the Creation Lotus Platform shook violently, erupting with unprecedented, dazzling divine light that filled his entire Qi Sea.

Upon the platform, the lotus petals representing the Five Elements—Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth—trembled intensely.

Azure, Crimson, Yellow, White, and Black radiance swirled frantically among the petals, merging until they nearly formed a chaotic singularity.

The edges of the original twenty-seven petals began to blur. Then, more phantom-like petals fiercely differentiated, deriving from the void!

The number climbed rapidly. Twenty-seven became thirty-six, then forty-nine… until it reached eighty-one.

Each attribute differentiated into a full eighty-one petals, layered like a pagoda to form a perfect array. The five colors intertwined, slowly rotating within his Dantian.

Zhou Kai leaned back, groaning as every inch of flesh and bone cheered in euphoria. His entire body felt light, unburdened.

At this moment, the Five Elements Spirit Qi within him no longer operated independently. It merged into a single, surging five-colored river. With a thought, this power could be freely converted into any attribute, perfectly harmonious and without the slightest obstruction.

The Five Elements mutually generated, creating a Qi cycle that regenerated endlessly. The Five Elements mutually overcame, allowing him to break all techniques.

This was true, flawless harmony.

“This is… an Immortal Grade Spirit Root…”

Zhou Kai exhaled a long breath. The breath did not dissipate; instead, it condensed into a five-colored lotus the size of a fingernail. As the petals opened and closed, the surrounding space rippled visibly before it slowly faded.

He had a strong intuition: if he were to activate the Chaotic Sky Hammer now, its power would dwarf his past strikes. Under a single blow, an ordinary early Golden Core cultivator wouldn’t even have the chance to react before being ground into dust!