Chapter 136: Chapter 136: Cultivation Upgrade
Damon rolled his neck slowly, the quiet of the room settling around him.
He looked back at the number sitting in his status window.
’I still have Thirteen million, nine hundred and fifty thousand.’
Even after buying four techniques, the number barely moved.
Three days of cultivation with four women had generated more lust points than he had spent in weeks.
He tapped two fingers against his knee.
He knew that. He had set Polymorph to hold his displayed cultivation there deliberately, keeping the gap between what people saw and what he actually was wide enough to be useful.
But the question wasn’t about the tournament.
The question was about what sat underneath the mask.
His true cultivation was Heavenly Spirit Realm First Level.
That was already well past what any outer or inner disciple at the sect could touch.
But Heavenly Spirit Realm First Level wasn’t a ceiling, it was just the first step past a threshold.
And his spiritual roots were sitting at Heaven Grade Peak.
Heaven Grade Peak was exceptional by any standard in the Eastern Continent. The Sect Leader himself will reacted to it.
He leaned forward slightly.
"System," he said under his breath, "what’s the cost to upgrade my spiritual roots from Heaven Grade Peak to Saint Grade?"
The response came immediately.
[For host to upgrade his Spiritual Roots from Heaven Grade - Peak to Saint Grade - Low, it will cost you 5,000,000 Lust Points]
Damon stared at that number.
’Five million.’
He had thirteen million sitting in reserve right now.
Five million was a large chunk, but it wasn’t everything. It wasn’t even close to everything.
He filed the number away and moved to the next question.
"What’s the cost to advance my true cultivation from Heavenly Spirit Realm - First Level to Heavenly Spirit Realm - Ninth Level?"
[For Cultivation Advancement from Heavenly Spirit Realm - First Level to Heavenly Spirit Realm - Ninth Level, here are the Breakdown:]
[First Level → Second Level: 100,000 Lust Points]
[Second Level → Third Level: 200,000 Lust Points]
[Third Level → Fourth Level: 400,000 Lust Points]
[Fourth Level → Fifth Level: 800,000 Lust Points]
[Fifth Level → Sixth Level: 1,600,000 Lust Points]
[Sixth Level → Seventh Level: 3,200,000 Lust Points]
[Seventh Level → Eighth Level: 6,400,000 Lust Points]
[Eighth Level → Ninth Level: 12,800,000 Lust Points]
[Total Cost: First Level → Ninth Level: 25,500,000 Lust Points]
Damon stared at the breakdown without blinking.
’Five million for the spiritual roots and Twenty five point five million for the full Heavenly Spirit Realm climb.’
’Fuck, it’s getting more and more expensive.’
He don’t have enough for it.
Damon did the math quickly.
First level to seventh level, which added up to six million three hundred thousand. Then the spiritual roots on top of that, another five million.
Eleven million three hundred thousand total.
He had thirteen million nine hundred and fifty thousand.
That left him with two million six hundred and fifty thousand leftover.
’It’s tight, but I still have leftover.’
He leaned back against the headboard, careful not to wake Ariel, who had her cheek pressed against his shoulder.
"System. Advance my true cultivation from Heavenly Spirit Realm First Level to Heavenly Spirit Realm Seventh Level."
[Initiating Cultivation Advancement...]
[Cultivation increased! First Level of the Heavenly Spirit Realm → Second Level of the Heavenly Spirit Realm. -100oo0 lust points.]
It hit him like a wave crashing through stone.
Spiritual energy flooded every channel in his body at once, dense and hot, and for a long moment he couldn’t breathe properly.
[Cultivation increased! Second Level of the Heavenly Spirit Realm → Third Level of the Heavenly Spirit Realm. -200oo0 lust points.]
The pressure climbed through the second level, then the third, each breakthrough a distinct crack somewhere deep in his core.
[Cultivation increased! Third Level of the Heavenly Spirit Realm → Fourth Level of the Heavenly Spirit Realm. -400oo0 lust points.]
By the fourth level his fingers had gone white against his knee.
[Cultivation increased! Fourth Level of the Heavenly Spirit Realm → Fifth Level of the Heavenly Spirit Realm. -800oo0 lust points.]
By the fifth, the spiritual energy in the room was moving toward him on its own, drawn in through the walls, through the floor, threads of ambient qi pulling into his body without him asking.
Sixth level came with a sound he felt more than heard, a low resonance that moved through his chest and faded.
Then seventh.
[Cultivation increased! Fifth Level of the Heavenly Spirit Realm → Fifth Level of the Heavenly Spirit Realm. -1600oo0 lust points.]
[Cultivation increased! Fifth Level of the Heavenly Spirit Realm → Seventh Level of the Heavenly Spirit Realm. -3200oo0 lust points.]
The pressure released all at once.
Damon exhaled slowly through his nose and let his shoulders drop a fraction.
He let the energy settle for a moment, feeling the difference.
Everything was sharper.
The ambient qi in the room felt thinner now, like his body had already absorbed most of what was available.
He rolled his neck once.
"Now the spiritual roots. Upgrade from Heaven Grade Peak to Saint Grade Low."
[Spiritual Roots upgraded! Elemental Spiritual Roots, Heaven Grade - Peak → Elemental Spiritual Roots, Saint Grade - Low. -5000000 lust points.]
[Your affinity with Fire, Water, Ice, Wind, Lightning, Earth, Nature, Light, and Dark has increased by 5.]
This one was different.
Where the cultivation advancement had been pressure, this was heat, concentrated at the very core of his spiritual roots, like someone had pressed a brand directly against the foundation of his cultivation.
His jaw tightened.
The heat spread outward through every root, rewriting something fundamental, and for a few seconds his vision went completely white.
Then it cleared.
He open his new status window.
[Name: Damon Arcknight]
[Age: 18]
[Cultivation: Earth Spirit Realm - First Level]
[True Cultivation: Heavenly Spirit Realm - Seventh Level] [Can advance with lust point]
[Affinities: Fire: 85, Water: 165, Ice: 205, Wind: 105, Earth: 105, Lightning: 335, Nature: 85, Light: 85, Dark: 225, Space: 50, Time: 50, Sword: 115] [Can be upgraded with the lust point]
[Spiritual Roots: Elemental Spiritual Roots] [Saint Grade - Low] [Can be upgraded with the lust point, and new roots can be bought in the lust store]
[Bloodline: Blood of Incubus Lord] [Earth Grade - Low] [Can be upgraded with lust point]
[Physique: Body of Incubus Lord] [Earth Grade - Low] [Can be upgraded with lust point]
[Lust points: 2,650,000]
[Harem Members: Ariel Aquaria, Mio Nightrider, Mia Nightrider, Selene Frostborn]
[Beasts Bonds: Neko [Heavenly White Tiger]]
[Ability: Incubus Touch, Incubus Aura, Incubus Celestial Eyes, Incubus Fluid, Incubus Dream, Polymorph]
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