Originally, Wang Ruoxie planned to refine this Earth Essence Fruit into Fusion Essence Pills, so that he could use the several refined pills to break through to the Meridian Passage Realm.

However, now he had no choice but to directly consume the Earth Essence Fruit, because he not only needed to quickly recover from his injuries, but also to enhance his cultivation power in the shortest possible time.

What's more, Xiahou Wei must already be frantically searching for him now. If his strength doesn't significantly increase, the outcome of another encounter with Xiahou Wei would likely be worse than before.

Moreover, he is not someone who would swallow his pride and flee after suffering a setback.

Previously, Xiahou Wei had injured him with a single palm strike, forcing him to use the Blood Soul Jade Talisman. Now he had no choice but to directly consume the Earth Essence Fruit. Having suffered such a loss, he naturally intended to return the favor.

Without further delay, Wang Ruoxie directly consumed the Earth Essence Fruit and then took out some lower-grade spirit stones and fourth-grade pills that could aid in cultivation from his storage ring.

After the Earth Essence Fruit entered his stomach, Wang Ruoxie felt an extremely pure primordial power spread throughout every part of his body.

Without hesitation, he directly activated the Nine Transformation Primordial Scripture, fully refining this surging pure primordial power.

Soon, vast amounts of primordial power gathered in his Sea of Qi, roaring like a stormy sea, seemingly containing extremely violent power.

If it were an ordinary Innate Realm, such violent and surging primordial power suddenly pouring into the Sea of Qi might fully overwhelm it, leading to an explosion. Even the Primordial Power Seed might completely shatter.

But Wang Ruoxie's Sea of Qi was already several dozen times larger than those of others at the same level. Additionally, he cultivated the Supreme Secret Scripture, the Nine Transformation Primordial Scripture, and his Primordial Power Seed was formed from one hundred and eight strands of primordial power, far surpassing that of ordinary Innate Realm cultivators.

Therefore, this was not a problem for him; in fact, due to all these factors, the amount of primordial power needed to enhance his cultivation and break through realms far exceeded that of ordinary Innate Realm cultivators.

As time passed, Wang Ruoxie quickly refined the primordial power in his Sea of Qi, condensing it into a higher level of Innate True Essence.

At the same time, he also ingested some fourth-grade pills that aided in cultivation, continuously refining lower-grade spirit stones to replenish the rapidly consumed spiritual power.

However, compared to the Earth Essence Fruit, refining spirit stones required an additional step, which was to first condense the spiritual power contained in the spirit stones into primordial power, and then convert it into Innate True Essence.

Of course, the Nine Transformation Primordial Scripture he cultivated was far superior to typical cultivation techniques, with much quicker refining and conversion rates than ordinary Innate Realm cultivations.

Half a day quickly passed, and Wang Ruoxie thoroughly refined the primordial power contained within the Earth Essence Fruit.

Suddenly, a surge of powerful aura burst from his body, enveloping the entire space of the cave.

Moreover, the momentum continued to rise, soon reaching a peak.

"Buzz!"

About an hour later, Wang Ruoxie's aura surged once again, reaching another level.

The earth and stones on the cave walls around him began to tremble and fall.

A moment later, the aura dissipated, and everything returned to calm.

"Ninth Layer of the Innate Realm, finally reached."

Wang Ruoxie slowly opened his eyes, a hint of a faint smile in his gaze.

He originally thought that swallowing the Earth Essence Fruit would at most allow him to break through from the Seventh Layer to the Eighth Layer of the Innate Realm. Even with the aid of fourth-grade pills and sufficient spirit stones, it seemed difficult to break through to the Ninth Layer of the Innate Realm.

Unexpectedly, he had consecutively broken through two minor realms, stepping into the Ninth Layer of the Innate Realm, which was a pleasant surprise.

As for why this happened, he had some guesses.

Although consuming an Earth Essence Fruit only allowed Martial Cultivators at or below the Meridian Passage Realm to elevate by one minor realm, the Nine Transformation Primordial Scripture he cultivated surpassed divine-level cultivation techniques. Its refining rate for Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, even if not reaching one hundred percent, was at least seventy percent.

Normally, unless Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures are refined into pills, the refining rate would only be about twenty to thirty percent, with the remainder being wasted.

For instance, if an Earth Essence Fruit contained a thousand portions of primordial power, an ordinary Innate Realm cultivator could at most refine three hundred portions, whereas he could refine at least seven hundred portions.

Additionally, he consumed some fourth-grade pills he had previously obtained from those Ancient Ruins, with sufficient subpar spirit stone assistance. So it wasn't unusually strange that he was able to consecutively break through two minor realms.

Reaching the Ninth Layer of the Innate Realm meant that he had completely transformed all primordial power within his body into Innate True Essence, and the Primordial Power Seed had naturally disappeared completely.

Next, with just the need to open the first meridian within his body, he could step into the Meridian Passage Realm.

"Now, it's time to go out."

Standing up, Wang Ruoxie's eyes flickered with a cold gleam as he walked out of the cave.

Although he hadn't broken through to the Meridian Passage Realm, the Ninth Layer of the Innate Realm elevated his strength significantly compared to before. The Innate True Essence within his body was several dozen times more than before.

Confronting Xiahou Wei again, he was confident he could win outright, and the possibility of victory was not out of reach.

"You little bastard, finally found you. This time, let's see where you run."

Just as Wang Ruoxie was walking towards the outskirts of the mountain, a cold shout suddenly came.

Immediately, a group of figures quickly surrounded him, led surprisingly by Xiahou Wei.

"Capture this little bastard for me. I want to carve him up into ten thousand pieces to avenge Yan'er."

Xiahou Wei said to the dozen or so people of Eighth Layer and Ninth Layer of the Innate Realm cultivation.

"Yes."

The dozen or so people nodded in agreement and immediately flickered into action, advancing to siege Wang Ruoxie.

Facing the siege from a dozen Eighth Layer and Ninth Layer of the Innate Realm cultivators, Wang Ruoxie remained incredibly calm. Previously, he might have been wary, but now, with a significant increase in his cultivation power, he remained completely fearless.

The next moment, his form finally moved, with an upper-grade Spiritual Artifact longsword appearing in his hand.

Although his previous upper-grade Spiritual Artifact longsword was shattered by a single strike from Xiahou Wei, he had some middle-grade and upper-grade level Spiritual Artifacts in his storage ring.

Unfortunately, he hadn't had the time to refine a handy Earth Weapon Longsword, otherwise, he wouldn't have been so pathetic earlier.

"Thunderous Wave Technique."

Wang Ruoxie chanted softly, immediately utilizing the third form of the Shocking God Sword Technique, Thunderous Wave Technique.

Endless Sword Qi burst forth, transforming into stormy waves, surging towards the dozen or so assailants.

"Slash..."

"Ah..."

Accompanied by a gentle sound and screams, the entire bodies of those dozen people were fiercely shredded by the Sword Qi, bursting into flesh and blood scattered everywhere on the ground.

"What... how could this little bastard's strength grow so strong?"

Seeing this scene, Xiahou Wei's expression changed involuntarily, with an incredulous look in his eyes.

A dozen people with Eighth Layer and Ninth Layer Innate Realm cultivation besieged this little bastard, yet were counter-killed by him. How could he not be shocked?

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