Ge and the others, who were close to Ian, were directly flushed by the massive amount of spiritual power. With every breath, they could feel incredibly pure Spirit Energy entering their bodies.
Not having even started cultivating yet, they felt their bodies fill up with Spirit Energy after just a few breaths. The effects of the Spirit Energy were extremely potent. Old hidden injuries, muscle soreness from the past few days of hellish training and fighting the Taotie, and even minor, pre-existing physical ailments were all slowly healing under the nourishment of the spiritual power.
"Hiss, this is so great. It's like soaking in a bathhouse; it's so comfortable I want to sleep." Liu moved his arm, surprised to find that the wounds on his shoulder and chest, inflicted by the Taotie, were healing.
Leina closed her eyes to sense it carefully, then opened them excitedly. "This Spirit Energy is too amazing! I feel like it's combining with the solar energy in the air, creating a new kind of Sun Power, and I feel that my original Sun Power inside my body has become more active."
"Thank you, True Monarch, for your assistance." After feeling the rush of spiritual power, everyone quickly bowed to Ian, their voices filled with gratitude.
Ian looked at their respectful gestures and nodded lightly. "The path of cultivation has been opened for you. The rest depends on yourselves. Time is urgent, quickly go and select the appropriate cultivation techniques and start cultivating."
The group nodded in agreement, then stepped forward to choose their techniques.
Leina unhesitatingly picked up the Burning Ember Blazing Fire Art. She possessed the Light of the Sun gene and could manipulate solar energy at will. In a cultivation world, calling her an Innate Fire Attribute Saint Body would be no exaggeration.
Furthermore, the technique was written very plainly. Leina effortlessly controlled the fire-attribute Spirit Energy in the air to enter her body, easily opening the door to cultivation. Not only that, but the speed and flow of the fire-attribute Spirit Energy circulation within her body far exceeded that of ordinary people.
"This technique is simply tailor-made for me!" Leina said. Then, she raised her palm, and a small, Spirit Energy-infused light sphere appeared in her hand. This was completely different from before. Previously, most of her energy came from the sun, and if someone cut off her transmission, she would be completely powerless. Now, things were different; cultivation meant that great power belonged to oneself.
Ge picked up the Hundred Herbs True Scripture and began to read it carefully. 'Isn't this just for being afraid of death? It's not embarrassing!' However, as the owner of the Undefeatable Body, recovery and defense were his primary advantages in the early stages, so this Wood-attribute technique was actually a perfect fit for him—a happy accident. As he cultivated, a wisp of green, Wood-attribute Spirit Energy circled his body, complementing his now somewhat green hair.
"Little Ge, that's a good technique you picked! I read in novels that Wood-attribute cultivators aren't just durable and good fighters, they can also heal others. From now on, we'll be counting on you to be our healer," Liu said, patting Ge's shoulder with a laugh.
"Get lost, you're the healer!"
"Whoa whoa, my bad. I meant daddy—healer daddy."
Liu then chose the Golden Light Profound Technique. This technique focused on offense, matching his fighting style and pairing well with his gene power. After achieving initiation, his Black Cleaver seemed to be coated in a silver sheen, and every swing carried a sharp, keen edge, clearly indicating its extraordinary nature.
"This technique is really powerful!" Liu excitedly swung his axe. "I feel like I could chop a Taotie into eight pieces now!"
Chen, naturally, chose the Mountain-Upholding Earth-Shaking Art. As the owner of the Heart of the Earth gene, he could also be called an Innate Earth Attribute Saint Body. Although he had little screen time in the original work, he was indeed a powerful gene. After achieving initiation, he stepped on the ground, and a heavy, powerful force was continuously drawn out and absorbed from the earth.
"This feeling... my body is getting stronger, and standing on the ground, I feel like I have an endless supply of power," Chen exclaimed.
Qilin, Riven, Sun Wukong, and others also chose techniques that suited their Spiritual Roots and began their journey of cultivation.
Ducao looked at the people immersed in cultivation, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously turned up slightly. "The future is in the hands of you children with boundless potential. But we old guys also need to contribute our last bit of warmth."
With sufficient spiritual power, the speed of Minecraft cultivation was naturally extremely fast. Ian had gone from the Qi Condensation stage to the Ancestor Realm in just over an hour, only taking a little longer for the final Way Attainment.
Unexpectedly, the Dark Matter Calculators within the Super Soldiers were also able to assist in cultivation. Under the stimulation of the spiritual power, these supercomputers seemed to undergo some beneficial changes. They could now analyze techniques, simulate the optimal cultivation path, and help the host achieve automated cultivation, even simultaneously controlling multiple Spirit Energy circulation routes to accelerate cultivation.
As time passed, their realms rapidly improved. When Ge cultivated to the Spirit Transformation stage, his internal gene permissions were further unlocked. Midway, Ian provided a slight assistance, enabling him to now consume energy to generate matter. Ian then gave Ge a copy of the materialized spiritual power template he had analyzed and researched. With Leina's energy boost, Ge could now autonomously generate spiritual power.
Three days passed quickly. The thunder tribulation slowly dispersed in the sky, and a charred figure fell from the thunder clouds, completely blackened like a scorched monkey. Upon closer inspection, it was Sun Wukong.
Ge and the others rushed forward. Ge then channeled Wood-attribute Spirit Energy with both hands into the Monkey King's body. The scorched wounds began to slowly heal.
"Monkey Bro, you are too fierce! You took the Mahayana Stage Tribulation head-on!"
The group then gathered to exchange notes on their cultivation results. Most of them had now reached the Void Refinement Stage Perfection. Ge and Leina, leveraging the resilience of the Undefeatable Body and Divine Body, as well as the physical enhancements from cultivation, had actually endured the tribulation and broken through to the Body Fusion Stage. However, they were both half-dead from the experience.
The others dared not attempt another breakthrough; the Spirit Transformation to Void Refinement Tribulation nearly killed them. Had it not been for timely logistical healing, they would have perished. Sun Wukong's ability to withstand the Mahayana Tribulation was due in part to the reduction of the tribulation's power from years of accumulating Merit through good deeds and his Tier 9 Great Sage Equaling Heaven set, which he had snatched from Ian.
Actually, Ian was also to blame here, as he only taught the group the techniques but didn't teach them the knowledge of talismans and array formations to deal with the tribulations.
Ian: 'I don't know, man. I don't know any of that stuff either. Besides, aren't the tribulations before Immortal Ascension easy enough for anyone?'
There was another, more surprising development: many ordinary people had reached Golden Core Stage Perfection within a mere three days. And quite a few of those closer to the core of the spiritual power and with stronger aptitude had broken through to the Nascent Soul Stage. As for the rest of those who could cultivate, the minimum had reached the early Foundation Establishment stage. This was the miracle of the Minecraft cultivation system—the focus was speed.
Now, everyone began to look forward to the end of the three-day lockdown.
At that time, the Mahayana Stage Sect Master Monkey, the Body Fusion Stage Vice Sect Masters Ge and Leina, and the many Void Refinement Stage Elders would lead thousands of Nascent Soul cultivators, millions of Golden Core cultivators, and hundreds of millions of Foundation Establishment cultivators in a full-scale assault on the Taotie Sect.
The goal was to capture the enemy Sect Master, Karl, alive.
This would be the first collision between cultivation and technology in this universe, a war that was bound to change the cosmic order.