Genesis Formation Realm

 "All my preparation ready. How about you, Ina?" Ryker asked.

 "Mine are ready as well. Tomorrow, we can leave the village," Ina replied though there is a trace of melancholy in her voice. Then again, this is the first time she would leave the village and step into the larger world. 

 To leave what she used to require certain type of courage, one she shown to him.

 "In that case, let's have a small chat with your parents for the night. We will leave tmorrow morning, after all,"

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 All thing consider, the chat is not that lengthy. After all, the two older couple knew of the plan, both Ina and Ryker telling them of it. So, they did not want to impose too much on the two.

 They just talk of certain subjects, before his father-in-law have a talk of keeping his daughter safe and happy, or else. While the threat of his father-in-laws are not that threatening, he knew if he did not do everything he could to make Ina happy, his mother would come from the dead and beat him up.

-x-

 "I am going to miss them," Ina said, wiping the tears on her face. The departure had been done in secrecy. After all, Ina is the daughter of the village's chief, so she is the closest thing to the village as an idol.

 If they knew of it, they would try to prevent her from leaving, which is a major headache. When they learn of the marriage, his father-in-laws have told him a cousin have anything handled.

 "Don't worry. They will be fine. Especially with the treasures we gave them," the two had decided to give some of the bandit's loot to the village. After some discussion between the couples, they decided to give half of the spoil, which is more than enough for the entire village.

 "We should go to the hideout first. I will breakthrough the Genesis Formation, while you try to do the same at the 6th Stage," the two had spent the rest of the week cultivating, in preparation for this day.

 In the span of 10 days, Ryker manage to reach the peak of Genesis Gathering, while Ina reach the fifth stage. Ina did not even use the Energy Core, planning to save it to ascend to the Genesis Gathering.

 After all, treasures like the Energy Core is rare, and Ryker gave two to her, with one being used as an accessories, which he did not regret. After all, what he gave her is the smaller one, which could only help raise the cultivation to the Genesis Formation, and only that.

 Ina nodded, as the two slowly ride Sutal to the hideout.

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 "I will observe your breakthrough, and guide your through it. Then you will observe mine. It will help you comprehend more thing for your future cultivation," Ina listened intently, knowing Ryker would know more regarding cultivation more than her.

 Putting some Genesis Stones, with some low-grade Genesis Crystals, around her, Ina sit in lotus style, before she began to cultivate. With the energy from the Genesis Stones and Genesis Crystals being released around her, the environment, combined with the high energy concentration, the area is more than enough for her to raise her cultivation. 

 Ryker observed as Ina absorbed the energy around her. He knew he had been doing this for some time, but he still could not help but be worried. After all, she is his wife and he did not want anything bad to happen to her.

 As the brunette refined the energy, filling her Inner Realm with her qi, her husband continue to watch. Only when she show sign of breaking through did he let out a sigh of relief.

 Not saying anything, Ina grabbed Ryker's stretched out hand, letting him examine her Inner Realm. Usually, doing such thing is consider a taboo, due to the Inner Realm being the cultivator most guarded place.

However, the two of them are husband and wife, so they did not care, at least for Ryker. As for Ina, she did not know any better. Even if she knew, it is likely she would not care for it. After all, letting him examine her Inner Realm will help her more in the long run.

 "Your foundation is stable. Good. Now, I want you to watch my breakthrough," Ryker told her. 

 Seeing her nodding, Ryker begin his breakthrough attempt. His setup is the same as Ina, though there is the addition of the Energy Core. Usually, the Energy Core the size of peeble is more than enough for one to reach the Genesis Condensing.

 However, due to his action, namely the ritual to make his foundation even stronger and better, the amount of qi needed for each breakthrough nearly doubled than before. Considering his previous breakthrough require him to refine more qi than the average, he will need a lot of resources if he wanted to breakthrough.

It is one of the downside of increasing one's foundation, but it is worth it, just slightly troublesome.

 With the Energy Core, along with low-grade Energy Crystals, it is more than enough for him to breakthrough the 2nd major realm of Genesis Grand Realm, or he hope so.

 As he refine the energy around him, the energy inside the Energy Crystals was used rapidly, dissipating. The same happens to the energy core, though the effect is slower due to the higher energy level.

 As he continue to refine the qi in his Inner Realm, he could feel the cloud of qi becoming more and more saturated. When it reached its limit, his Inner Realm began to shake slightly. While it would require great control to ensure the shaking will not devolve into a more dangerous possibility, Ryker is not worried of it.

 After all, his sturdy foundations prevent his Inner Realm from being affected by small shaking. He focused on the qi cloud, as it continue to expend, slowly breaking the limit of Genesis Gathering.

 With the amount of qi, it did not take long before the wall blocking him from achieving the Genesis Formation was broken. As the part of the Inner Realm broke, the qi cloud threaten to escape.

 Ryker quickly compressed it into a more concentrated form, the Inner Realm helping him achieve such feat. He continued to compress the rest of the qi cloud, the once airy qi, turned into a more vapour-like form.

 Ryker continue until the qi cloud is fully transformed. Once the qi cloud undergo full transformation, a change occur both inside and outside.

 His Inner Realm seem to expend, while his body glowed, the sign of him reaching the Genesis Formation Realm.