It was already 10 PM.
Mo Ran, Goldy and Kitty were getting sleepy. They had spent some time watching television but Mo Ran could no longer keep her eyes open. She rubbed them and looked toward her brother.
"Brother, I’m sleepy now."
Mo Yuan smiled. "Alright, don’t worry. I’ll turn off the TV. Go to sleep."
"Good night, brother!"
"Good night."
Mo Yuan got up and turned off the television. Goldy and Kitty also settled down to sleep, while Mo Ran climbed into her bed. After making sure they were comfortable, Mo Yuan turned off the lights.
Before returning to his bed, he walked toward the window and looked outside.
The view of Holy Base spread before his eyes. The streets were still brightly lit and countless buildings stood tall under the night sky. It was a completely different sight from what he was used to.
Looking at it, Mo Yuan couldn’t help but feel a little nostalgic.
He remembered Cang Lan Base, the place where he had spent so much time recently. Then his thoughts drifted further back to Dong Hai Base, where everything had begun.
It felt as though a long time had passed since those days, even though it hadn’t been that long.
Mo Yuan took a deep breath and calmed his thoughts. There was no point in dwelling on the past. He still had a long road ahead of him.
He returned to his bed, sat cross-legged and began thinking about his next steps.
’Since it might take a few days for me to receive my mission, I should use this time to cultivate.’
Reaching Sovereign Realm as soon as possible was his major objective now.
’Let’s paste the talents I copied today first.’
With that thought, Mo Yuan gave the command to his Copy and Paste Talent.
He decided to start with the Cultivation Talent.
A sharp wave of pain immediately spread throughout his body. His muscles tightened and it felt as though countless needles were piercing through him.
However, Mo Yuan didn’t even make a sound and endured the pain.
After all, he had experienced this process several times already. He was quite used to it by now.
Five minutes later, the process finally ended.
Mo Yuan felt a noticeable change in his ability to sense Primordial Qi. The surrounding elemental particles seemed much clearer than before.
’Hmm, my ability to sense elemental particles should have improved quite a bit. This is much better than before.’
He nodded in satisfaction before turning his attention to the second talent.
’Now, let’s paste the Ultimate Grade Ice Talent.’
As soon as he gave the command, the familiar pain flooded his body once again.
Mo Yuan remained still and endured it. Five minutes later, the pain gradually disappeared and the process was complete.
He immediately opened his Talent Panel.
Ice Talent: Ultimate Grade [Active]
’Nice! Now I should be able to sense Ice Elemental Particles much more easily.’
Mo Yuan was quite satisfied with the result. He had copied this talent from Jay earlier that day and now it had become his own.
After checking his new talent, he looked at the remaining fusion opportunities.
’Hmm, I still have two chances to fuse talents. Which ones should I try?’
He looked through his Talent Panel and soon noticed two talents with similar properties.
One was Shadow Blessing, a Unique Grade Talent he had obtained from the Shadow Spawn Race. The other was Shadow Walk, an Exceptional Grade Talent he had copied from the Shadow Bull.
Both were related to the Shadow element and Mo Yuan had originally thought they might be suitable for fusion.
However, he had never been able to fuse them.
The reason was simple. Shadow Blessing was a Unique Grade Talent and for some reason, Unique Grade Talents could not be fused.
’Maybe it’s because my Copy and Paste Talent is still not high enough. I might need to upgrade it further before I can fuse Unique Grade Talents.’
Mo Yuan shook his head.
’Well, I don’t have many other choices. Let’s try fusing something else.’
He first selected his Sword Talent and Saber Talent. Both were Ultimate Grade, so they should have been suitable candidates.
The familiar process began.
His consciousness was pulled into the Talent Tree Space, where he attempted to fuse the two talents. However, after a while, he suddenly found himself back in the hotel room.
Mo Yuan opened his Talent Panel and checked the result.
The fusion had failed.
’Hmm, as expected.’
He wasn’t too disappointed. He had already suspected that it might not work.
Next, he tried fusing his Endurance Talent with his Defense Talent.
Unfortunately, the result was the same.
Another failure.
’What a pity. I was hoping they would fuse and give me some kind of special constitution, like the ones cultivators in those cultivation worlds have.’
Thinking about it, Mo Yuan suddenly realized something.
’Come to think of it, I haven’t really seen anyone with a special constitution until now. Does this world not have them or is it simply too early for me to encounter one?’
He thought about it for a moment before putting the matter aside.
There was no point in worrying about something he knew so little about.
’Let’s focus on cultivation.’
Mo Yuan closed his eyes and concentrated on a single Primordial Qi particle. Using his Space Sense, he carefully examined its internal structure.
Compared to before, quite a few things had changed.
The Ice Elemental Particles, which had previously been extremely scarce, had increased significantly. Their quantity had almost reached the second rank, although the Shadow Element still occupied the first place.
Mo Yuan continued examining the particle more closely.
Suddenly, his eyes widened.
’Wait! There are two Space Elemental Particles now?’
He carefully checked again to make sure he wasn’t mistaken.
There really were two.
’Wow! I thought there was only one Space Elemental Particle inside each Primordial Qi particle. When did the second one appear?’
He couldn’t help but feel surprised.
However, he didn’t spend too much time examining it. He still had his cultivation to take care of.
As usual, he began absorbing the Primordial Qi particles and removing all the unnecessary elemental particles, keeping only the Shadow Element.
Once the purification was complete, he guided the Shadow Elemental Particles into his body.
The process went smoothly and his cultivation continued at a rate of fifteen particles per second.
Mo Yuan closed his eyes again and focused completely on the process.
Time passed quietly.
Before he knew it, the night had turned into morning.
It was already 7 AM when Mo Yuan finally opened his eyes.
At almost the same time, Mo Ran began waking up on the bed beside him. She rubbed her sleepy eyes and looked at her brother.
"Good morning, brother. Were you cultivating all night?"
Mo Yuan laughed. "Hahaha, yes. Now, you stinky girl, go take a bath and brush your teeth."
"Hmph! Yes, brother!"
Mo Ran got out of bed and headed toward the bathroom.
Mo Yuan then glanced at Goldy and Kitty, who were still lazily lying on their beds.
He shook his head.
’Can’t do anything with these slackers.’
He got up from the bed and stretched his body, loosening his muscles after sitting cross-legged for the entire night.
Another day in Holy Base had begun.