Chapter 54: Threading the Needle, Spirit Void Cave Heaven!

Yu Le's method was simple: he mobilized the power of the Realm-Shaking force to compress the residual beast milk energy within his body.

Practicing the second tier gave him the sensation of threading a needle, and the core difficulty of mastering it lay in his inability to properly control the beast milk energy.

To put it simply: the eye of the needle was too small, while the thread was too thick.

In his past life, his grandmother had taught him that when threading a needle proved troublesome, one should moisten the thread with their lips, wet it, and twist it into a single fine point to make it easy to thread.

Condensation and compression were fundamentally alike, and the power of the Realm-Shaking force happened to possess such a capability.

No sooner said than done, and the outcome was thoroughly gratifying!

Ten minutes later, the beast milk energy in Yu Le's body was entirely exhausted, successfully transforming into the Dragon-Elephant strength of the second tier of the Dragon-Elephant般若 (Prana) Sutra.

Although he had only just crossed the threshold and was still worlds away from truly mastering the second tier, the step of energy transformation no longer posed a difficulty for him. What he lacked now were sufficient body-tempering resources to accelerate his cultivation speed.

No matter how great a genius one might be, without cultivation resources, it was all for naught!

Just as Yu Le exhausted the beast milk energy and intended to conclude this session of cultivation, his heart suddenly gave a rapid beat.

From within his heart, a wisp of scalding hot blood poured into Yu Le's meridians. At this moment, he had not yet ceased the operation of the Dragon-Elephant Prana Sutra; this wisp of blood energy successfully merged into it, and Yu Le instantly felt his physical strength surge by a distinct margin.

"Holy cow!"

Yu Le exhaled, halted the circulation of his technique to conclude this practice session, and pressed his palm against his chest, feeling the strong and powerful beating of his heart.

"What on earth was that bottle of stuff Jiujiao left for me? I foolishly drank the whole thing earlier. Apart from the portion consumed and converted into physical strength during the battle, the remainder cooled and merged into my heart."

"This power is actually even more refined than the Great Wilderness beast milk!"

One must know that the beast milk drunk by the Heavenly Emperor of the Wasteland in his childhood was concocted by Shi Yunfeng, the chieftain of Shi Village, who hunted mutated beasts and boiled their true blood together with other medicinal herbs to produce a beast milk with special efficacy.

It was a genuine, ultimate nourishing treasure that laid a solid foundation for the Heavenly Emperor of the Wasteland to become a humanoid ominous beast during the Blood-Moving Realm.

Even though Yu Le had only consumed a single bowl, it was still an extraordinary treasure.

"From now on, I shall tentatively call it heart's blood. It seems that whenever my body is driven to its limits, this heart's blood is activated, and its energy is exceptionally pure."

"Before this heart's blood, Body-Building Spiritual Liquid is mere garbage."

"I've only just entered the second tier, so I can use other lower-grade body-tempering drugs for cultivation first. This heart's blood has marvelous uses whether it's for saving my life in the future or breaking through cultivation bottlenecks, so I mustn't waste it!"

Just moments ago, because the beast milk energy in Yu Le's body had been depleted, the heart's blood had been invoked.

That single wisp of heart's blood had propelled the progress of his second-tier Dragon-Elephant Prana Sutra by leaps and bounds.

"I wonder if my current physical strength has reached the force of ten stones?"

Yu Le was filled with anticipation. If one day the Dragon-Elephant Prana Sutra reached great completion at the fourth tier, possessing the strength of four dragons and four elephants—amounting to seventy-two stones of physical force—how terrifying would that be?

According to the general outline of this cultivation manual, mapped to this world, the first four tiers were external martial arts of the Boulder Realm, the middle four tiers were internal martial arts of the Resonant Bone Realm, the latter four tiers corresponded to the piercing force arts of the Flawless Jade Realm, and the final thirteenth tier...

"Opening up a Grotto-Heaven?" Yu Le narrowed his eyes.

Currently, all he understood were the Boulder Realm and the Resonant Bone Realm; even the Flawless Jade Realm was something he had only heard named. However, through the introduction of the Dragon-Elephant Prana Sutra, he learned that the major realm beyond the Flawless Jade Realm was named the Grotto-Heaven Five Viscera Realm!

But that... seemed far too distant from him.

Yu Le shook his head, refusing to aim too high and contemplate such a remote realm. Unless strictly necessary, why strive for the supreme realm? Even the Boulder Realm alone could allow one to live a life above others in Incineration City!

A bottle of cola and a cigarette, carrying a fishing rod to the sea's edge.

"Even an emperor of old~ falls short of my soul~"

Yu Le shook his head and swayed, looking thoroughly content with his lot.

The outside world was already turning pale with dawn, but Yu Le, who had just weathered the storm of the Sea-Suppressing Beast giant turtle, showed no intention of stopping his fishing pursuits.

As the saying goes, unintentional willow slips can grow into shade. Previously, he had mistaken the motionless Sea-Suppressing Beast giant turtle for a reef and intended to stop for fixed-point angling, nearly costing him his life in the ocean.

By sheer coincidence and stroke of luck, the waves had washed him ashore onto this isolated island.

He checked the Tier-Yellow Grade 9 fishing boat he had exchanged for at a heavy price.

Hn~ minor issues at best, showing only slight wear with plenty of durability remaining.

Securing the mooring lines of the boat to eliminate the risk of it being swept away by the waves, Yu Le hoisted his fishing rod and began searching this isolated island for a suitable fishing spot.

Upon checking the coordinates, Yu Le was ecstatic.

This island was quite sizeable, stretching vertically; the end where he currently stood marked the boundary between the third and second rings—precisely the southernmost tip of the map. This location was the primary hunting ground for Tier-Yellow Grade 7 world fish.

Following the coastline upward as indicated by the map led entirely into the second-ring fishing zone.

Reaching the northernmost tip of the map brought one precisely to the boundary between the second and first rings.

Venturing further inward meant entering the absolute core of the entire Tier-Yellow fishing grounds!

"What brilliant mind designed this map and island? It's simply a blessed paradise tailor-made for me!"

This meant that henceforth, provided he had abundant fishing supplies, Yu Le could choose to fish continuously on this island.

In retreat, he could fish for Tier-Yellow Grade 7 world fish; in advance, he could drive his fishing boat deep into the first-ring fishing zone, and perhaps even discover other Sea-Suppressing Beasts, who knows?

For now, however, considering both his bait reserves and his personal strength—having witnessed the terrifying might of a Sea-Suppressing Beast—Yu Le had no intention of taking any risks. It was better to obediently fish at the intersection of the second and third-ring fishing zones!

The advantage of fixed-point angling was the ability to bait the swim.

Though his remaining bait was scarce, adhering to the principle of "nothing ventured, nothing gained," Yu Le mixed his scant remaining bait into groundbait and precisely chummed his newly found fishing spot.

"Come, come, let all the fish enter my fish basket."

Earlier, after steering his sea vessel deep into the fishing zone and busying himself for half a day, had he not unexpectedly encountered that Sea-Suppressing Beast, Yu Le really would have returned completely empty-handed.

Now, having commenced fixed-point angling upon a superbly positioned island, after casting his line a dozen times, the tip of his Crouching Dragon rod suddenly dipped downward. Yu Le barely reacted in time, nearly being dragged into the sea, rod and all.

"This fish packs a punch!" Yu Le's face lit up with excitement as he gripped the fishing rod tightly, beginning a contest of strength with the world fish of unknown grade.

Ultimately, the Tier-Yellow Grade 7 world fish exhausted its stamina, and Yu Le flicked his rod, launching it high into the air.

Speaking of which, Meng Huai's garment-clinging lifting technique proved extremely practical when reeling in; not only was he fishing here, but he was also able to practice combat skills at the same time.

The world fish transformed into a sphere of light, successfully breaking through the barrier. Hearing the notification chime, Yu Le was filled with anticipation all over again.

Following the Heavenly Emperor of the Wasteland, was the Heavenly Emperor Ye also coming to join the fun?

Could it be that he was going to have to go snatch the Heavenly Emperor Ye's fortuitous encounters?

[Ding, successfully broke through the barrier and entered the novel world: Shrouding the Heavens — Beidou Starfield Arc · Spirit墟 (Lingxu) Grotto-Heaven]

This time, following the perspective of the fishhook, Yu Le did not see the Mercedes-Benz driver, but instead plunged into a landscape of breathtaking natural beauty, resembling a colossal peak suspended in the firmament.

Accompanied by a series of angry roars, something attached to the fishhook flew past swiftly.

"Where did this petty thief come from, daring to steal the Hundred-Herb Liquid of my Lingxu Grotto-Heaven!"

Hundred-Herb Liquid?

Yu Le recalled it instantly. Wasn't that the foundational cultivation resource obtained by Heavenly Emperor Ye within the Lingxu Grotto-Heaven?

Splendid, simply splendid! Having just digested the beast milk, here came the Hundred-Herb Liquid, and judging from the looks of it, what hung on the fishhook seemed to be an entire vat...
Well, fortune was truly smiling upon him!

"Fishing the Heavens? Why do I feel like my system is set on looting the entire heavens?"

System: ......