Chapter 72: First Grade Innate Gate

Chapter 72: Chapter 72: First Grade Innate Gate

On Qilin Cliff.

Zhang Daoxuan heard Chen Sha admit that he had indeed come to learn the Jade Emperor Tower.

For a moment, a look of disbelief flashed in his eyes.

"Was it your master who sent you?"

He asked:

"It’s been decades. Has he finally agreed to merge the Jade Emperor Tower and the Great Yellow Court into a single Cultivation Technique?"

Zhang Daoxuan’s voice was tinged with excitement.

Back then, he and that man had a clear division of labor. He was responsible for creating the path from the Acquired to the Innate realm, while that man—a figure of astonishing talent and grand ambition—was tasked with forging the path of Ascension for all beings after reaching the Innate realm.

If they hadn’t had their falling out, Daoist Sect Cultivators would have practiced the Jade Emperor Tower before the Innate realm. Afterward, they could have harnessed the Power of All Gods from the Great Yellow Court to achieve the Broken Void and ascend.

However, as they reached the final stages of creating their techniques, their philosophies diverged more and more.

One cultivated a single god.

The other cultivated all gods.

This led to endless arguments in the final stages of their work over who was right and wrong, whose method was superior, until it all ended on a sour note.

They went their separate ways, and for decades, they had no contact.

He never imagined that today, he would meet a young Daoist practicing the Great Yellow Court.

At such a young age, he had already reached the level of Middle Innate.

Facing Zhang Daoxuan’s question, Chen Sha replied with a calm expression:

"The benefactor who taught me the Great Yellow Court passed away not long ago. It wasn’t he who sent me."

"Chen Fuyao is dead?"

Zhang Daoxuan’s expression changed drastically.

"How... how could he die? A man who reached the Upper Innate realm decades ago, who was on the verge of achieving the Broken Void and reaching the Vajra Unbreakable Realm... how could he die?"

"What on earth happened?"

Chen Sha let out a long breath and said, "This junior doesn’t know why, and I’m unwilling to believe it myself, but the benefactor who taught me the Great Yellow Court has indeed passed away."

Although the person he was talking about was completely different from the one Zhang Daoxuan knew, Chen Sha could relate to some of Zhang Daoxuan’s feelings at that moment.

Now that his own Cultivation was getting higher and higher, he truly found it hard to believe his father Chen Canxuan’s sudden death.

A man in his early fifties, with the highest Cultivation in the world, in the prime of his life. He had no hidden ailments or secret injuries, yet he had passed away right in front of everyone on Dao Yi Mountain.

Back on Qilin Cliff, Zhang Daoxuan was reeling from this "terrible news." His lips and eyelids trembled, and his weathered eyes grew cloudy.

"After we parted ways decades ago... is this truly our final, eternal separation?"

He looked at Chen Sha again, his heart filled with a sense of pity and affection for his old friend’s descendant. He said:

"Your master and I were once like brothers. Since you’ve managed to come to Qilin Cliff and wish to learn my Jade Emperor Tower, how could I refuse to teach you?"

Merging the two Daoist Divine Skills into one and cultivating a few successors who could carry on the lineage of the Daoist Sect was Zhang Daoxuan’s lifelong dream.

So what if it was the End of Dharma Era? As long as humanity didn’t give up, the flame could be passed on endlessly. They could preserve the legacy of the Cultivation Techniques, forge a new path, and wait for the great age that would follow. With this legacy, human Cultivators could once again establish sects and rebuild the glory of their era!

He had originally only wanted to find a few people on Qilin Cliff to inherit the Jade Emperor Tower, but now he had actually met Chen Sha, a practitioner of the Great Yellow Court.

The more Zhang Daoxuan looked at Chen Sha, the more delighted he became. "Young friend, what is your name?"

Chen Sha didn’t hide anything and gave his real name directly: "This junior is Chen Sha."

"Your surname is also Chen?"

Zhang Daoxuan wanted to ask if he had taken his master’s surname.

But then he studied the young Daoist closely and muttered to himself:

"There’s even a slight resemblance in your features. Could it be... are you a descendant of Chen Fuyao?"

Chen Sha’s heart stirred.

’I know it’s normal for me to resemble my father, Chen Canxuan, but how could I also look like the Chen Fuyao that Zhang Daoxuan is talking about?’

’Could he really be an ancestor of the Chen Family?’

He gave a noncommittal nod.

Seeing Chen Sha nod, Zhang Daoxuan was even more pleased. "Excellent! This is better than I could have hoped."

He immediately beckoned Chen Sha to come forward.

"The principles of the Jade Emperor Tower could fill a thousand volumes, but the true essence of the skill lies in the comprehension of the throat’s Twelve-Story Tower. I will now impart this most crucial skill of the Twelve-Story Tower to you."

Chen Sha walked over.

A Golden Light glinted in Zhang Daoxuan’s eyes. He extended two fingers and slowly pointed them toward Chen Sha’s throat.

Under any other circumstances, Chen Sha would have instinctively counterattacked. The throat is one of the body’s most vulnerable points.

But now, he remained perfectly still, completely unconcerned.

’This is inside a Cosmic Light Fragment. I can’t truly die here, so what is there to fear?’

BZZZZ~~

Then, Chen Sha clearly felt Zhang Daoxuan’s fingers touch his throat. A thread of golden qi emerged from his fingertips and extended into Chen Sha’s windpipe, moving downward from the first section to the second, the third...

There were twelve sections in total—the Twelve-Story Tower.

Chen Sha immediately understood. This was the method for cultivating the throat according to the Twelve-Story Tower, the Jade Emperor Tower.

He had received the inheritance of this First-Grade Martial Scripture.

’So inside the Cosmic Light Fragments, it turns out you don’t only get rewards by fighting or defeating characters. You can also just get a Cultivation Technique for free like this.’

After Zhang Daoxuan slowly retracted his fingers, he said, "That was the Cultivation Route and the Martial Arts Principles. Sit here, and I will explain them one by one."

"Thank you for imparting this skill, Master Zhang!"

Deeply grateful, Chen Sha bowed low.

He then sat down cross-legged on Qilin Cliff and listened to the lecture along with the others. As he digested the cultivation method of the Twelve-Story Tower, seven days passed on Qilin Cliff in the blink of an eye.

The scene ended, and a new "Qilin Cliff Lecture" cycle began.

Chen Sha hadn’t defeated Zhang Daoxuan, so naturally, he couldn’t clear this Chapter. But he didn’t care. He remained on Qilin Cliff, diligently studying the "Jade Emperor Tower" he had just been given.

In a flash, three years had passed inside the Cosmic Light Fragment.

During this time, Chen Sha occasionally had to return to his room in the outside world to recuperate his spirit. But for the most part, he used the accelerated flow of time within the Cosmic Light Fragment to comprehend the First-Grade Martial Scripture that Zhang Daoxuan had taught him.

One day, two months having passed in the outside world, Chen Sha was in his room, beginning his ninth attempt in reality to use the Jade Emperor Tower to assist his cultivation of the "Throat God Hundred Exiles" from the Great Yellow Court.

He had already spent over three years inside the Cosmic Light Fragment trying countless times, and just yesterday, he had finally succeeded.

He had seen the first god within his body.

Therefore, back in reality, he only needed to follow the experience of "Seeing God" he’d gained in the Cosmic Light Fragment, and...

In quiet Meditation.

Chen Sha’s full attention was on the circulation of True Qi through the Twelve Throat Nodes.

’The Jade Emperor Tower says that the Twelve Throat Nodes are interlocked. With each layer cultivated, the nodes become more jade-like. Once all twelve layers are complete, the throat nodes will fully open, clearing the qi pathways. Through this, one can breathe in the world’s Innate Qi Mechanism...’

’The Great Yellow Court also has a description of where the Throat God Hundred Exiles resides, which is extremely similar to the Jade Emperor Tower. The Yellow Court Scripture states: The interlocking nodes of a person’s throat are the Life and Death Profound Gate. The Hundred Exiles resides within this Profound Gate...’

CRACK~

Chen Sha clearly heard a crisp cracking sound from his throat nodes. Immediately after, the Great Yellow Court True Qi from his entire body surged wildly into that spot. In a daze, he saw a nine-colored light appear in his throat!

The Throat God Hundred Exiles, style name Daotong, nine-colored, master of the body’s qi gate.

Once this god is seen, one’s breath will never cease!

EXHALE~

INHALE~

Chen Sha’s body breathed instinctively. Yet this first breath was no longer ordinary air. It was mixed with wisps of a special "Innate Qi Mechanism" that poured from his throat into his Dantian, merging with the Great Yellow Court True Qi inside his body.

Instantly, his Great Yellow Court True Qi, like tofu being curdled by brine, began to transform its very nature due to the introduction of this wisp of Innate Qi Mechanism...

"I’ve finally touched the First Grade Innate Gate!"