Chapter 941 - 665: Tenfold Qi Assimilation

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A few days later.

"It’s done!"

Chen Sheng slowly opened his eyes.

Using the "Taiyin Opening Method" as a foundation, he had chiselled a mysterious spot within himself, opening a lunar spiritual aperture unique to him.

This aperture was unlike flesh and blood organs, but rather a miniature, chilling small realm, located beside the Dantian, corresponding to the Vulnerable Moon star position.

The void formed on its own, mysterious and indescribable.

Inside the aperture, it was utterly silent and dark, like a starless night sky.

At its center hung a faintly luminous point, resembling the residual light of a waning moon, quietly floating.

The spiritual aperture gently trembled within him, and the luminous point became increasingly solidified, faintly transforming into an invisible crescent moon shadow.

Chen Sheng’s heart spirit steadied, feeling this newborn spiritual aperture within him:

"Not bad!"

Beside him was a quietly placed Suet Jade Purification Bottle, its surface flowing with warm spirit light.

Sealed within was the incredibly rare celestial energy of the fourth-grade True Qi — [Guanghan Frost].

"Let’s begin."

Chen Sheng’s eyes slightly focused, and he gently inhaled.

In that instant, within the jade bottle,

a frigid, white-as-frost moonlight True Qi broke out, transforming into a descending streak of moonlight, directly entering his lips.

The mystical incantation of the "Red Pine’s Bowing Moon Scripture", like cold moonlight, streamed through his heart lake.

"True Qi and aperture merge!"

As the [Guanghan Frost] True Qi blended into the spiritual aperture,

the former silent darkness within suddenly erupted with a cold, white radiance, filling the entire spiritual aperture.

Then, under the guidance of the technique, the radiance swiftly condensed and transformed, becoming a trace of pure, bone-chilling core [Vulnerable Moon] Mana.

This thread of core Mana moved slowly within the Dantian, lively as a cold dragon beneath the moon, clear as the hanging crescent in the sky.

At the core of the Mana, a cold vortex slowly formed.

On the foundation laid by the [Guanghan Frost] True Qi, strand after strand of dense, pure [Vulnerable Moon] Mana continuously spawned.

Chen Sheng slowly opened his eyes again, a flash of moonlight fleeting beneath them.

He could distinctly feel this [Vulnerable Moon] Mana reshaping his physical meridians, tempering his five organs.

Every inch of flesh became increasingly transparent under the nourishment of Mana.

"The first layer of Qi Refining is complete."

Simultaneously, he felt a sudden relaxation, with a feeling of unparalleled relief emerging.

His personal obsession completely dissipated!

Ready to be restrained at any moment.

Chen Sheng wore a relaxed smile on his face.

With a thought, the previously hard-to-sense Great Dao eased considerably.

He could distinctly perceive the [Vulnerable Moon] Dao Rhyme between heaven and earth.

"Indeed, my guess was correct!"

A barely noticeable clear light flashed beneath Chen Sheng’s eyes.

With a thought, the [Vulnerable Moon] Dao Rhyme within the spiritual aperture quickly gathered.

Buzz—

A barely audible light tremor came from the sky above.

Soon, the moonlight in the sky seemed to be drawn, cascading like water, flooding the entire palace.

Inside the Dantian, the Vulnerable Moon Mana vortex continuously surged, constantly refining the moonlight.

His cultivation rapidly improved.

Qi Refining First Layer!

Qi Refining Second Layer!

Qi Refining Third Layer!

"Still slowing down, the surroundings’ spiritual mechanism is quite sparse!"

Chen Sheng shook his head, quickly taking out the cultivation resources given to him by Red Wood, transforming into pure spiritual mechanism, causing his cultivation speed to soar.

Qi Refining Fourth Layer!

Qi Refining Fifth Layer!

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Three months later.

The palace, once dim, was no longer silent.

At this moment, the entire palace seemed to be directly moved under the bright moon. The clear light was everywhere, the cold mist lingering, resembling a clear and cold fairyland.

Susu——

The pervasive moonlight hung like a heavenly river, pouring incessantly, growing more intense.

Centered at the place where Chen Sheng sat cross-legged, strands of cold moonlight continuously descended and solidified, transforming into transparent and sparkling ice crystals, spreading along the ground, stone seats, and pillars.

The ice patterns were fine and dense, the cold light flowing, and the chill was palpable.

On the ground, the moonlight fell and took root.

Petal by petal, resembling osmanthus and crystal clear ice crystal flowers, slowly unfurled in the clear light, silently blooming, layer upon layer, covering the entire hall.

The petals were as thin as cicada wings, barely trembling, with fine drops of moonlight falling, emitting a faint fragrance that cleared the heart spirit.

In mid-air.

Moonlight circulated and gathered, getting denser and more concentrated, vaguely forming an illusory crescent moon suspended above Chen Sheng’s head.

The clear light scattered, and wherever it passed, even the air was frozen with tiny, subtle ice flowers, dreamlike and ethereal.

Chen Sheng slowly opened his eyes.

In the depths of his eyes, a fleeting crescent moon shadow flashed, deep as night, cold as the moon.

He glanced over the vision of full moon osmanthus ice crystals and the hanging crescent moon in the cave, muttering in his heart:

"Qi Refining has reached the tenth layer."

"Stuck!"

At this moment, within the Taiyin Spiritual Aperture of his body, the accumulation of Dao Rhyme had quietly touched an invisible barrier.

The Taiyin Dao Rhyme was surging to its extreme within the Spiritual Aperture, almost overflowing, a tiny fraction short of the true Dao Principle.

But this tiny fraction seemed like a great chasm, regardless of how he tried to provoke it, he could never truly cross it.

Chen Sheng gently shook his head, with a sudden understanding:

"To transform Dao Rhyme into Dao Principle, it must be accompanied by the ’Ascension Ritual’, condensing the Dao Foundation, then able to grasp the Dao Principle."

This time, he personally practiced and realized, combining theory with practice.

Numerous doubts about this world’s cultivation system, gradually clarified in his heart upon personal verification.

He silently pondered in his heart:

"The cultivation system of this world seems like... lowered authorization."

"Qi Refining cultivators possess only basic authorization, able to touch Dao Rhyme, their Spiritual Aperture accumulates Dao Rhyme spontaneously during cultivation..."

"Dao Foundation cultivators possess intermediate authorization, able to master the Heaven and Earth Dao Principle..."

"Realm barriers are strictly defined, almost none exist of crossing Great Realms to fight, or even battling across realms."

"As for power level comparisons——each layer within Qi Refining is much greater than I previously imagined."

"From Qi Refining First Layer to Tenth Layer, each promotion means a thorough transformation, refinement, and purification of essence, spirit, and energy."

"If roughly compared, Qi Refining’s first three layers correspond to the Spirit Realm’s Qi Refining Realm..."

"Qi Refining’s middle three layers correspond to the Spirit Realm’s Foundation Establishment Realm... Qi Refining’s last three layers correspond to the Spirit Realm’s Golden Core Realm."

"Upon reaching Qi Refining Tenth Layer, the accumulated mana in the body, in terms of quantity, is already comparable to a Nascent Soul cultivator in the Spirit Realm."

"Moreover, the mana naturally has Dao Rhyme blessings, which further enhances actual combat strength."

Chen Sheng paused, his mind spoke again:

"However, the differences among Nascent Soul cultivators are equally monumental, Early, Mid-stage, Late-stage, Perfection..."

"Here, it manifests in the grade of the cultivation techniques practiced by Qi Refining cultivators, the grade of the True Qi consumed."

"The higher the grade of cultivation techniques, the higher the grade of True Qi, the more formidable the strength when reaching Qi Refining Tenth Layer, and the deeper the personal foundation."

"And this directly concerns whether one can smoothly break through the Dao Foundation later, and even progress further."

Thinking of this, Chen Sheng suddenly had a flash in his heart.

He himself had experienced a noticeable stagnation during the accumulation of Dao Rhyme.

Approximately when the Dao Rhyme accumulation reached its current sixty percent, the Taiyin Spiritual Aperture once self-stagnated, no longer actively accumulating Dao Rhyme.

The subsequent Dao Rhyme was entirely forced upward by his own cultivation progress.

"Therefore——ordinary cultivators, if they practice the same cultivation technique as mine and consume the same grade of True Qi."

"When they follow the steps to reach Qi Refining Tenth Layer, the background of Dao Rhyme in their Spiritual Aperture, at most, would only be sixty percent of mine."

"My tenfold Dao Rhyme transforming into Dao Principle naturally comes through without obstacles."

"But with only sixty percent Dao Rhyme, when breaking through to the Dao Foundation Realm, condensing Dao Principles would seem somewhat forceful."

"However, the ’Ascension Ritual’ should have a boosting effect, able to bolster Dao Rhyme."

"At the same time, Qi Refining breakthrough to Dao Foundation also has external auxiliary methods, taking pills, using formations... Overall the success rate is quite high."

Chen Sheng slightly pondered:

"But, the [Guanghan Frost] I consumed, is a Grade Four True Qi, rare in heaven and earth, and yet only sixty percent."

"Even if cultivators with inferior Grade Three miscellaneous Qi manage to cultivate Qi Refining Tenth Layer, the accumulated Dao Rhyme may not even reach ten percent, an immense gulf with Dao Principles, no wonder Dao Foundation is hopeless."