After confirming the humanoid Spiritual Herb was the Nine Extremes Fruit, Ye Yang's mood was as excited as when he first saw the top-tier supreme Spiritual Herb Life-Extending Flower.
If the Life-Extending Flower allowed Ye Yang to have an endless lifespan comparable to an immortal body, then the Nine Extremes Fruit could grant Ye Yang the strongest combat power within his realm.
In fact, possessing the Nine Extremes Fruit meant Ye Yang, even without cheating with the Heavenly Yin-Yang Record, would be the strongest at his level, surpassing even the strongest top-tier Special Constitution cultivators.
In the Immortal Cultivation World, top sects possess secret arts such as the Second Golden Core or Second Nascent Soul.
If these secrets are successfully cultivated, one can have two Golden Cores in the Golden Core Realm, two Nascent Souls in the Nascent Soul Realm, or two souls in the Deity Transformation Realm.
Two Golden Cores, two Nascent Souls, or two souls do not simply double combat power.
It is like if your normal strength is one hundred pounds and suddenly you gain another hundred pounds; previously you could defeat a person with one hundred pounds strength one-on-one, now with two hundred pounds you could defeat two people.
Moreover, cultivating such secrets does not slow down one's cultivation speed.
Many cultivation novels describe that cultivating a second Golden Core increases combat power but also doubles the difficulty of breakthroughs.
This is not true.
Cultivating a second Golden Core does not increase breakthrough difficulty and can even accelerate cultivation.
One Golden Core cannot absorb as much Heaven and Earth spiritual energy as two Golden Cores.
The Nine Extremes Fruit is a Heaven and Earth spiritual object that allows one to open multiple Golden Cores without cultivating secret arts.
Its maximum limit is nine.
Meaning, after consuming the Nine Extremes Fruit, upon entering the Golden Core Realm, one can directly have nine Golden Cores; entering Nascent Soul Realm, nine Nascent Souls; entering Deity Transformation Realm, nine souls.
Having one more Golden Core, Nascent Soul, or soul than others means incomparable combat power; having eight more is outright invincible.
Even cultivators who have cultivated the Heavenly Yin-Yang Record but have fewer Special Constitutions cannot surpass those who consume the Nine Extremes Fruit in early stages.
Only when Special Constitution counts are sufficient for the Heavenly Yin-Yang Record to amplify their power can they possibly rival those empowered by the Nine Extremes Fruit in the late stages.
Of course, like the Life-Extending Flower, these top-tier supreme Spiritual Herbs have limitations.
The Life-Extending Flower's limitation is heavenly punishment; under which it will be destroyed.
The Nine Extremes Fruit's limitation is the Huafan tribulation during Nascent Soul breakthrough.
If one maximizes the Nine Extremes Fruit to add eight extra Nascent Souls, one must endure nine consecutive Huafan tribulations.
Failing once means cultivators with top-tier Special Constitution restart; those without perish.
Therefore, historically, no one in the Immortal Cultivation World dared to maximize the Nine Extremes Fruit to add eight Golden Cores or Nascent Souls.
Enduring nine consecutive Huafan tribulations is too great a burden.
Even top-tier Special Constitution cultivators likely exhaust their lifespan and perish.
Some might think that once past the tribulation, Deity Transformation cultivators can consume the Nine Extremes Fruit to add eight more souls.
But the Nine Extremes Fruit's drawback is not so easily bypassed.
A Deity Transformation cultivator consuming it must still undergo the remaining eight Huafan tribulations sequentially.
Failing means being lost in Huafan and eventual death.
Nevertheless, even if no one maximizes its effect, the Nine Extremes Fruit remains precious.
Opening nine Golden Cores, nine Nascent Souls, or nine souls is simply too difficult.
Reducing the count is feasible.
For example, a top-tier Special Constitution cultivator can usually increase about three to four Golden Cores with the Nine Extremes Fruit.
They can possess four to five Nascent Souls at Nascent Soul completion, with combat power comparable to or even able to slay ordinary Deity Transformation experts.
This increase is terrifying.
Especially since the cultivation speed increase from multiple Golden Cores and Nascent Souls is enormous.
A top-tier Special Constitution cultivator can multiply their cultivation speed several times.
In the Immortal Cultivation World, even if Ye Yang discovered the Nine Extremes Fruit, he would only dare to use one-ninth or one-eighth of its effect.
After all, he is not a top-tier Special Constitution cultivator and cannot confidently endure many Huafan tribulations.
But on Earth, Ye Yang need not worry.
Earth does not require Huafan tribulation; he can breakthrough Deity Transformation by shortcut.
He only needs to catalyze the Nine Extremes Fruit's spiritual energy to the utmost, consume it, and maximize its effect to gain nine Golden Cores.
Currently, he is only at the Qi Refining Realm, so adding nine Cyclones (energy storage units) plus his own one makes ten Cyclones.
Even at mid Qi Refining stage, he can easily fight cultivators at late Qi Refining or even Foundation Establishment completion.
"If I cultivate Heavenly Yin-Yang Record later, cheat with it, and combine the Nine Extremes Fruit's power, then killing Foundation Establishment cultivators while at Qi Refining Realm, Foundation Establishment killing Golden Core, and Golden Core killing Nascent Soul will be effortless."
Ye Yang looked at the Nine Extremes Fruit, imagining the power boost after consumption.
"Let's continue; maybe there are other top-grade Spiritual Herbs."
After a moment, Ye Yang composed himself and continued inspecting the remaining Heaven and Earth Spiritual Herbs.
Perhaps because the first Spiritual Herb was a top-tier supreme, using up his luck, the following Spiritual Herbs were mostly low-grade.
Though all were above low-grade low-tier — ranging from low-mid to low-high grade Spiritual Herbs — Ye Yang was unsatisfied.
Time slowly passed.
After five minutes, Ye Yang finished inspecting Yao Lai's one hundred sixty-seven Spiritual Herbs.
Besides the initial Nine Extremes Fruit, only one other was a high-grade high-tier Spiritual Herb.
The rest were mid-grade and low-grade Spiritual Herbs.
This high-grade high-tier Spiritual Herb enhanced lifespan.
Consuming it could add three thousand years of lifespan.
But for Ye Yang, who already possessed infinite lifespan through the Life-continuation Elixir, it was useless.
Therefore, Ye Yang planned to sell this high-grade Spiritual Herb in the Immortal Cultivation World when his cultivation improved to acquire needed materials.
"You have these Spiritual Herbs' grades: one top-grade Spiritual Herb, one high-grade Spiritual Herb, fifty-five mid-grade Spiritual Herbs, and one hundred ten low-grade Spiritual Herbs."
"They total one hundred fourteen thousand five hundred Kunlun points in value."
After reviewing all the Spiritual Herbs' grades, Ye Yang looked at Yao Lai solemnly.
"Yes."
Upon hearing Ye Yang's valuation, Yao Lai immediately responded respectfully.
"Alright."
"The points have been transferred to your Identity Jade Plate. You may redeem them for whatever items you wish."
Ye Yang nodded at Yao Lai and waved his hand, storing all her Spiritual Herbs into the storage ring.
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