Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation

Chapter 1157: Chapter 461: Comparison Drives People Mad

Within his inner sight, a Cloud Tower with only one layer faintly appeared inside Xu Jin’s body.

And even this Cloud Tower with only one layer had only one corner that could be clearly seen, while the others remained blurry.

This represented that Xu Jin’s cultivation level had just broken through to the Sixth Tier, currently in the Early Period of the First Layer.

Afterward, Xu Jin continued his cultivation.

An immense amount of Star Power was continuously absorbed from the stars into the foundation of Xu Jin’s Star Battle, beginning to condense the Star Tower.

In no time, Xu Jin discovered that his speed in elevating his cultivation level had significantly increased compared to when he was at the Fifth Tier.

At the Fifth Tier, six pieces of Fifth Order Star Jade Tablet could support Xu Jin for eight hours.

At this moment, the Star Array was consuming Sixth Rank Star Jade.

Yet, six pieces of Sixth Rank Star Jade only supported Xu Jin’s cultivation for six hours before turning into powder, forcing Xu Jin to replace them with new Sixth Rank Star Jade.

During the cultivation process, Xu Jin attempted to switch to Fifth Tier Star Jade to use as the source for cultivation.

This resulted in even more exaggerated consumption.

In less than an hour, six pieces of Fifth Tier Star Jade Tablet were entirely consumed.

The rate of consumption was eight times that before the breakthrough!

This left Xu Jin utterly astonished.

He knew that after breaking through the Sixth Tier, the cultivation speed would increase,

as combining the Upper and Lower Star Palace to erect the Cloud Tower allowed for a triple increase in Star Power absorption speed for most cultivators.

But for Xu Jin, the increase was eightfold compared to his previous absorption speed.

This comparison wasn’t to ordinary cultivators, but to Xu Jin himself.

This increase was somewhat exaggerated.

However, Xu Jin, now somewhat of an expert in cultivation, quickly realized the cause of this change through a brief recap.

The combination of the Star Tower’s foundation and the Primordial Spirit’s cultivation level led to this outcome.

The foundation of the Star Tower, formed during the Fifth Tier, could be understood as a vortex composed of Star Cores.

Generally, the larger this vortex, the greater the suction force at its center.

Moreover, with each expansion of the vortex, the central suction force increases exponentially.

The starhelix formed by Xu Jin during the Fifth Tier was massive, composed of thirty-six Star Cores. By merging, upon breakthrough to the Sixth Tier, it transformed into a Star Battle Vortex Foundation made of seventy-two Star Cores.

This Star Battle Vortex became extraordinarily enormous,

and the efficiency in devouring and absorbing Star Power also increased exponentially.

Almost all cultivators experience a slowdown in cultivation speed upon breaking through to the Sixth Tier.

But Xu Jin, because of the extraordinarily large Star Battle Vortex that became the foundation of the Star Tower, saw an increase in cultivation speed, even though condensing a Layer of the Star Tower at the Sixth Tier required an enormous amount of Star Power.

Yet, Xu Jin’s cultivation speed increased eightfold.

Of course, this speed also benefitted from the assistance of Xu Jin’s immense Primordial Spirit cultivation.

The Late Period Primordial Spirit cultivation level, which not even the top Eighth Tier of the era might possess.

This kind of enhancement thus seemed quite natural.

Now, what limited Xu Jin’s cultivation speed was the source of Star Power.

Although Xu Jin cultivated using Star Jade Tablets, the speed was swift, yet he felt the output of the Fifth-Order Gathering Star Array limited his cultivation speed.

If not for the significant wastage from using Divine Thought to stimulate the Star Power within the Jade Tablets all at once, Xu Jin would’ve considered directly detonating the Jade Tablets to boost his cultivation level.

The primary reason was the terrifying suction force of the Star Battle Vortex Foundation composed of seventy-two Star Cores!

Xu Jin estimated that if he found a Sixth-tier Star Gathering Array, his cultivation speed could increase further.

A day later, the second corner on the first layer of Xu Jin’s Star Tower materialized, and the first layer of the Cloud Tower became much more solid.

Xu Jin estimated that in another three days, his cultivation level could reach the First Layer Peak of the Sixth Tier.

But this Peak was merely a nominal Peak, not a true Peak in every sense.

Another day later, after forming three corners on the first layer of the Cloud Tower, Xu Jin switched to cultivating with the Purification Pearl.

Once he switched to the Purification Pearl, the remarkable function of Xu Jin’s Star Battle Vortex Foundation was finally utilized.

In fifteen minutes, one Sixth Order Purification Pearl was consumed.

After using twenty-two Sixth Order Purification Pearls, Xu Jin’s first layer of the Cloud Tower became completely solid, with five eaves clearly visible.

Theoretically, Xu Jin’s cultivation had already elevated to the First Layer Peak of the Sixth Tier.

But it wasn’t the limit.

The Cloud Tower Realm was a watershed between the genius and ordinary cultivator’s strength levels.

Many ordinary cultivators only strengthened their Star Patterns to the third layer, so they could only forge a three-eave Cloud Tower.

Those who could strengthen their Star Patterns to four layers forged a four-eave Cloud Tower, and those to five layers, a five-eave Cloud Tower.

If there were only a difference of one layer in the Cloud Tower, a difference of one eave wouldn’t result in much disparity in strength.

But if it were several or even more than ten layers of Cloud Towers, with each lacking one or two eaves, the disparity in strength would be vast.

Thus, the Cloud Towers forged at the Sixth Tier were categorized as three eaves being the least, four eaves being moderate, five eaves being superior, and six eaves rather rare.

Seven-eave or eight-eave Cloud Towers were virtually unseen.

Because this not only required a Star Pattern strengthened to the eighth layer, but the precondition for that was an eighth-tier Star Pattern.

Many ordinary cultivators could never learn seventh or eighth-tier Star Patterns in their lifetime, and even geniuses might only learn a few.

Most of the time, learning begins post-seventh tier.

Hence, seven-eave or eight-eave Cloud Towers are near extinction.