X-Dragon Era

Although using it at Diamond Ten Stars won't elevate Xin Yun's star position any further, his energy will still undergo a massive increase. As for the exact amount of enhancement it might bring, Xin Yun is filled with eager anticipation.

Returning to the Heavenly River Abyss, Xin Yun swallowed the Diamond Fruit. As the fruit entered his stomach, streams of extraordinarily pure and crystal-clear energy began to disperse, flowing out in threads from the fruit. After circulating through his body for one cycle, they eagerly poured into the Dragon Ball.

Feeling the energy in astonishment, it didn't seem as overwhelming as he had initially imagined. Now, the key factor was to see how long this process could be sustained. It was known that ordinary food typically took three or four hours to digest, and if this turned out to be the case here, the effects wouldn't be particularly remarkable.

Time ticked by second after second. As hours turned into days, Xin Yun's excitement grew uncontrollably. Three hours passed, ten hours, twenty hours, fifty hours, a hundred hours—and yet, the stream of energy released by the Diamond Fruit never ceased. This...

He watched the progression in shock and amazement. Finally, after precisely eighty-one days, the Diamond Fruit stopped releasing energy altogether and was fully digested. At the same time, the energy within Xin Yun's body had swelled to a terrifying level, so vast and abundant that even Xin Yun himself was stunned!

By now, Xin Yun had largely grasped the truth: the Diamond Fruit was indeed extraordinary. To put things into perspective... raising one's star level from Diamond One Star to Diamond Four Stars constitutes a climb of three stars, as does moving from Diamond Six Stars to Diamond Nine Stars. Yet even though both involve a three-star progression, the total energy associated with these upgrades isn't remotely comparable—it's a difference in magnitude, sometimes by tenfold, or even a hundredfold!

In reality, what the Diamond Fruit enhances isn't star level but rather the level of one's cultivation. Upon consuming it, it activates the user's potential, thereby drawing in spiritual energy from the heavens and continually strengthening the body. The total amount of improvement achieved is directly related to the user's innate potential.

The stronger the individual, the greater their potential. For instance, the potential of Diamond One Star pales in comparison to that of Diamond Ten Stars, with a difference that could easily be quantified in multiples of hundreds.

Currently, Xin Yun's potential had been fully unlocked by the Diamond Fruit. While he was unable to break past the rank's barrier at Diamond Ten Stars, his mastery over his cultivation level advanced by three tiers!

Diamond Ten Stars itself is subdivided into several grades: Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced, and Top-Level. Originally... through diligent training, Xin Yun had firmly settled at the Elementary stage of Diamond Ten Stars. But now... with his potential activated by the Diamond Fruit, Xin Yun's strength had surged past Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced levels, reaching the Pinnacle Realm—just one step short of the Dragon King tier!

The difference between the Elementary stage and the Pinnacle realm of Diamond Ten Stars is immense, so much so that it could be likened to the gap between Bronze One Star and Diamond One Star in terms of disparity.

Generally speaking, reaching Diamond Ten Stars Pinnacle Realm is a feat that requires accumulation over millennia, measured in tens of thousands of years. Yet in this case, Xin Yun managed to complete the process in a mere eighty-one days. If one had to describe this transformation with a single word, it would be: miraculous!

Gradually opening his eyes, in the next moment... Xin Yun was frozen in shock. Looking around, he found himself surrounded wholly by the Water of the Milky Way. This... what was going on?

It had to be understood that over the past ten years, beneath the Heavenly River Abyss, the enormous Spirit Gathering Array had been amassing vast amounts of Water Spirit Qi. That immense amount of Water Spirit Qi even displaced the Water of the Milky Way, creating a world entirely void of river water, instead wholly saturated with Water Spirit Qi.

Prior to this recent secluded cultivation session, Water Spirit Qi had filled hundreds of kilometers of the riverbed, lifting the water to nearly a million kilometers above the abyssal depths. In this zone, no water could be found—only the surging presence of Water Spirit Qi.

But now, all the Water Spirit Qi accumulated over the past decade had vanished completely. The Water of the Milky Way, previously pushed millions of kilometers upward, had poured back into the depths, filling the entire bottom of the Heavenly River Abyss once again.

With a bit of contemplation, Xin Yun quickly understood what had transpired. Though the Diamond Fruit had ignited his potential, in order to boost his strength and stockpile energy, a significant amount of energy was still needed. And the exact energy Xin Yun needed was Water Spirit Qi!

Under the stimulation of the Diamond Fruit, during the eighty-one days that had just passed, Xin Yun had frenziedly absorbed the energy from the Heavenly River Abyss. As Water Spirit Qi diminished, the celestial river water gradually flowed downward, enveloping Xin Yun's surroundings.

Taking a deep breath, Xin Yun couldn't help but burst with joy. Who would have imagined... that within such a short span of eighty-one days, he had accomplished an energy accumulation that others couldn't achieve even after tens of thousands of years, attaining the Diamond Pinnacle Realm!

Although his rank hadn't advanced, his strength had truly soared. From the perspective of cultivation level alone—while Yi Luo Xiang's four Sword Dragons were also at the Diamond Pinnacle realm—there were distinct differences even within the same Pinnacle Realm.

In essence, the Diamond tier is limitless; even if one were to cultivate eternally, it would never reach true completion. Therefore... even within the Diamond Pinnacle realm, there exists variation in levels of mastery!

If one were to set the standard for Diamond Pinnacle at an energy level of 100, then all those exceeding 100 would be considered masters of the Diamond Pinnacle realm. This group would encompass not just 100 but also 100 billion! Everyone within the Diamond Pinnacle realm shares the same classification, yet their energy levels might differ by a factor of billions. This is no exaggeration!