Chapter 1399 - 418: [Do You Look Down on Me?]

Chapter 1399: Chapter 418: [Do You Look Down on Me?]

Chapter 418: [Do You Look Down on Me?]

Xie Jiuyan essentially proposed a completely new cultivation theory!

In his theory, there simply shouldn’t be such a thing as transporting Primordial Qi into the body — in other words, in his view, the Domain Realm’s method of cultivation is all wrong!

Although Xie Jiuyan doesn’t even know what the "Domain Realm" is.

According to his theory, capturing Primordial Qi is "forcible" seizing, and this method would displease the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, and also the Heavenly Dao. (Even though he never mentioned the term "Heavenly Dao.")

However, Chen Yan immediately saw the crucial value in Xie Jiuyan’s theory!

With his "Primordial Qi Nurturing Technique," the Primordial Qi obtained is not forcibly captured and does not provoke the dislike of the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.

A slave forcibly captured will be lazy when working.

But the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, when it sees you as one of its own, might even bring its own sustenance to help you work hard!

And the result is...

"Has the limit been broken?"

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In the cultivation theory of the Domain Realm, the nurturing of the body by Primordial Qi has a ceiling, and this ceiling is not high, stopping at most at the Third Realm, which still belongs to the tier of Mortal Cultivators.

So, as one progresses in cultivation, they face the dilemma of insufficient body strength — inadequate body strength not only affects combat prowess but also impacts various aspects.

According to the Domain Realm theory, a cultivator’s body is a vessel; the larger and sturdier the vessel, the more Primordial Qi it can hold, and the higher the cultivation level.

If the vessel is small, it holds less Primordial Qi, resulting in lower cultivation.

The body is also one of the potential limits of a cultivator.

The same applies to lifespan. If the body strength is insufficient, longevity naturally declines.

As cultivation progresses, it involves decades or even centuries, and without sufficient lifespan, one might grow old and die before reaching the desired realm.

Therefore, in the cultivation path of the Domain Realm, any cultivator aiming to reach the Celestial Human Realm must face the problem of seeking external methods to continue strengthening the body.

Thus, many Elixirs were created, and even External Artifacts.

Some explored unique paths, like the Gu Family of Young Lady Gu, with their exclusive Combat Technique using the art of battle and Evil Qi to temper the body.

Similarly, many Body Cultivators directly took the path of body transformation.

However, according to Xie Jiuyan, all of this is! Mistaken! Wrong!

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Xie Jiuyan’s words made it clear that after creating the natural method of nurturing the body with Primordial Qi, he felt that the cultivation path he previously pursued was erroneous.

However, he could not turn back!

To turn back, he would first have to abandon all his cultivation, and deplete his Primordial Qi Cultivation, engaging in a Scattering Technique.

But when he realized this truth, he was already old.

He couldn’t turn back!

He was different from Chen Yan. Chen Yan engaged in Scattering and Rebuilding because his body was strong enough — Chen Yan’s cultivation technique inherently nurtured his body with Primordial Qi, augmented by various potions he had taken, like the Bone Forging Pill and Divine Tree Juice!

Under such external influences, his body’s strength was infinitely close to what is called a "Dao Body."

Even if he scattered all his cultivation, his body’s strength remained.

Most importantly, he’s still young!

A young body, comparable to a superhuman monster, with immense Yuan Qi Affinity.

These were enough to support Chen Yan’s Scattering and Rebuilding.

But Xie Jiuyan couldn’t do this.

His original family-inherited cultivation technique, although derived from Domain Realm heritage, lacked the effect of nurturing the body due to its incomplete state.

Thus, even with considerable cultivation, he remained weak in terms of bodily strength!

Just like what Chu Keqing was before meeting Chen Yan, belonging to those weak cultivators.

When he figured out these truths, he was already over sixty, already an old man.

If he were to engage in Scattering and Rebuilding at this time, he would lose his cultivation and immediately turn into an aging, debilitated old man.

Thus, he couldn’t scatter his cultivation, and at sixty, he created what he called the "Primordial Qi Nurturing Technique."

Over the ensuing years, he practiced while constantly revising and perfecting it.

Until he was one hundred and sixty years old, he finally completely developed the Primordial Qi Nurturing Technique.

But by that time, it was too late for him to turn back.

Yet Xie Jiuyan still had regrets. His writings made it clear: if he had realized this truth when he was young and created the Primordial Qi Nurturing Technique, starting cultivation anew might have resulted in much greater achievements than his circumstances at the time.

He calculated that if he hadn’t begun with the family-inherited cultivation technique and instead had his own created Primordial Qi Nurturing Technique when he was young, then...

Perhaps initially, his cultivation pace would have been much slower, and the advancement in his cultivation realm would have been significantly delayed.

However, under the nurturing of Primordial Qi, his body would have been much stronger.

He might not have died at three hundred years of age, possibly living to four hundred, five hundred, or even further.

Because, in Xie Jiuyan’s estimation, the "Primordial Qi Nurturing Technique" he created was the most accurate and natural method aligning with the Dao.

Moreover, currently, he hadn’t seen the limit of this path.

At least he himself hadn’t reached the bottom.

According to Chen Yan’s perspective, it remains to be seen whether the cultivation path created by Xie Jiuyan is truly correct, or if the Domain Realm’s cultivation path is indeed mistaken; he dares not make a definitive judgment.