Shangguan Yunying's voice rang in his ears, carrying a slight tremor. I will guide your True Qi through its first circulation. Feel it carefully.
As soon as she spoke, Gu Chengyin felt a warm, mellow stream of True Qi transmit from Shangguan Yunying's palm, flowing slowly like a stream into his meridians.
This True Qi was completely different from his own.
It was more condensed and more agile, carrying a unique rhythm. It was ethereal and mysterious, like drifting clouds in the mountains.
Under Shangguan Yunying's guidance, the two streams of True Qi merged and began to circulate along a complex and exquisite path.
Gu Chengyin held his breath and concentrated, dedicating his full attention to experiencing this first lesson.
The True Qi first sank into his Dantian, gathered momentum, and then rose. It passed through the Danzhong, traveled via the Xuanji, pierced the Tiantu, and like a hidden dragon emerging from the abyss, shot straight up to the Baihui acupoint at the crown of his head.
Along this path, Gu Chengyin only felt his mind clear and his senses sharpen.
Then, the True Qi split into two meridians, traveling downward along the Taiyang, Fengchi, Jianjing, Quze, and Neiguan acupoints, ultimately converging at the Laogong acupoint in the center of his palms.
As it flowed down, the meridians in his arms grew faintly hot, as if filled with inexhaustible strength.
Afterward, the True Qi flowed back from the Laogong acupoint, returning to the Dantian along another path, thus completing a minor circulation cycle.
Throughout the entire process, Shangguan Yunying's True Qi guided him gently yet firmly.
At every crucial acupoint, she would pause briefly, allowing Gu Chengyin to carefully comprehend the movement of the True Qi and the sensation within the acupoints.
Once, twice, three times.
By the third circulation, Gu Chengyin had basically memorized the path of the True Qi.
He attempted to detach from Shangguan Yunying's guidance, controlling the True Qi himself to circulate along the same route.
At first, it was a bit rusty; the flow of True Qi was inconsistently fast and slow, lacking smoothness.
But soon, thanks to a total volume and control of True Qi that far exceeded ordinary people, Gu Chengyin gradually grasped the trick.
By the fourth time, he was able to independently complete a full minor circulation cycle.
Shangguan Yunying noticed this, a flash of surprise appearing in her eyes.
She slowly withdrew her own True Qi, but she did not let go of his hand. Their fingers remained intertwined as she felt the movement of True Qi within his body.
By the fifth time, Gu Chengyin's True Qi circulation was already quite fluent, its speed even thirty percent faster than when Shangguan Yunying had been guiding him.
By the sixth time, the True Qi moved as easily as his own arm, retracting and releasing freely.
When the seventh time ended, Gu Chengyin slowly opened his eyes. A sharp light flashed through them, and his entire aura had transformed.
How is it? Shangguan Yunying asked with concern, simultaneously releasing his hand.
Gu Chengyin felt the flow of True Qi within his body, a satisfied smile appearing on his face. It is a very wondrous feeling. This Azure Sword Art significantly improves the condensation and circulation efficiency of True Qi.
Furthermore, I feel that when cultivating this mental mantra, my perception has become sharper. Although the improvement is very faint, it definitely exists.
Hearing this, the surprise in Shangguan Yunying's eyes deepened. You can actually feel the effect of enhanced spiritual perception on your first time cultivating it?
This is usually a change that can only be felt after cultivating the Azure Sword Art for three years!
She looked Gu Chengyin up and down, as if looking at some sort of monster. Your talent is simply too good.
Gu Chengyin understood in his heart that this was likely not a matter of talent, but rather the hidden benefits brought by the system.
However, he naturally wouldn't point that out. He simply smiled and said, It might just be that Master Yunying teaches well.
Oh, stop it! Shangguan Yunying rolled her eyes at him, but the corners of her mouth couldn't help curving upward. Familiarize yourself more with the Azure Sword Art first.
Once you have proficiently mastered it, I can begin teaching you the Azure Sword techniques.
However, I cannot stay here with you for too long, otherwise the Qingli Bureau will definitely protest.
Speaking of this, Shangguan Yunying suddenly leaned in close, raising a hand to gently pat the bed.
Leaning near Gu Chengyin's ear, she whispered words of encouragement:
You must cultivate diligently, so that in the future you can turn things around and call the shots~
After saying this, she suddenly drew back, leaving behind a faint, fragrant breeze and a smile as she turned and fluttered away.
Gu Chengyin watched Shangguan Yunying's figure disappear through the doorway.
Then he looked back at the bed she had patted, falling into deep thought.
Had he just been hinted at something?
After pondering for a moment.
Gu Chengyin decided that right now, cultivation was more important.
After all, he couldn't even leave this place at the moment, so thinking about such things was pointless.
Thus, he gathered his focus and began to circulate the mental mantra over and over again.
The Azure Sword Art was like spring rain nourishing the earth, quietly altering the pattern of True Qi within Gu Chengyin's body.
Those originally vast yet scattered streams of True Qi, under the guidance of this top-tier cultivation method, began to integrate systematically.
It was like a school of aimless fish finally finding the direction of the ocean current.
True Qi surged through his meridians, following the circulation paths set by the Azure Sword Art, washing, condensing, and purifying time and time again.
Gu Chengyin sat cross-legged on the bed with his eyes closed, completely immersed in a profound and mysterious state.
He could clearly see the changes in his True Qi. That True Qi, which had originally been like mist and clouds, gradually became solid and clear under the tempering of the Azure Sword Art, even radiating a faint azure luster.
Every single thread of True Qi seemed to be endowed with life, flowing agilely and orderly through his limbs and bones.
Even more astonishing was the elevation of his realm.
Gu Chengyin's total amount of True Qi, which already far surpassed ordinary people, was now being utilized with high efficiency.
The barrier between the mid-stage and late-stage of the Qi Refining Realm, which many required months or even years to break through.
Under the impact of his majestic True Qi, it collapsed instantly like wet paper.
Then came the transition from the late-stage to the Great Perfection stage.
Ordinary cultivators needed to carefully polish their True Qi and increase its purity to cross this hurdle.
But Gu Chengyin's situation was completely different; his total volume of True Qi was extremely high.
Under the circulation of the Azure Sword Art, the purity of his True Qi ascended by more than just a single level.
The threshold of the Qi Refining Realm's Great Perfection was crossed naturally, like water flowing into a channel.
When the thirty-sixth circulation cycle was completed, Gu Chengyin slowly opened his eyes.
A breath of impure Qi was exhaled from his mouth, shooting out five feet away like an arrow, lingering in the air for three breaths before slowly dissipating.
He looked down at his hands, feeling the surging yet orderly power within his body, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl into a smile.
Qi Refining Realm, Great Perfection!
He was only one step away from Foundation Establishment.
On this path of immortal cultivation, Gu Chengyin walked differently from everyone else.
Others would first obtain a top-tier cultivation method, then painstakingly search for spirit grasses, spirit medicines, and natural treasures, accumulating True Qi bit by bit to arduously raise their realm.
Every time they broke through a minor realm, they needed months or even years of bitter cultivation, enduring the torment of countless bottlenecks along the way.
And him?
Relying on Luo Zhao's power and influence, he had gathered a massive amount of True Qi into his own body.
Only then did he go and cultivate the top-tier method, the Azure Sword Art, personally taught by Shangguan Yunying.
This was like others digging canals drop by drop to draw water, while he first possessed an entire vast ocean, and only then went to build the river channels to guide it.
Naturally, it was like a surging river, unstoppable once unleashed.
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
y came from. The chests contained supplies, currency, class-change scrolls, skills, talents… and even godhood! The laws of the world were completely rewritten. This became a world where everyone gambled with their fate! Some people, despite having nothing, opened a divine artifact and rose to the top, eventually ruling the world. Others went bankrupt, opened nothing but worthless junk, and leaped from skyscrapers in despair. Lin Ye arrived in this world from another reality, utterly bewildered. “What is going on? Why is everyone a gambling addict?!” “Opening chests? No way. I refuse to gamble. I’ll start with myself!” Until— On his first chest, he obtained a Mythic Talent: Void Incarnation! He could become completely intangible, pass through all things, and reduce everything to nothingness! … On his fiftieth chest, he obtained a Mythic Weapon: Blade of Karma! With a single slash, karma shattered, twisting the universe and overturning the myriad phenomena of creation! … On his ninety-ninth chest, he obtained a Mythic Divine Treasure: Primordial Purple Energy! It could split open the heavens and earth, create all things, and evolve countless worlds with a single thought! Lin Ye: “Now that I think about it… shouldn’t someone have told me that every chest is guaranteed to contain something Mythic?!”
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
lity and could only live as an ordinary mortal. He only wished to live a peaceful life. Yet he didn't know— The dog he adopted, because it ate his food, became a legendary demon king. The kitchen knife he casually forged became a peerless divine weapon, causing numerous experts to fight desperately for it. The young disciple he took in became an immortal lord that led an era, due to cultivating the techniques Ye Feng taught him. Even the skeletons he looked down on the most were ominous demon kings that suppressed countless worlds. Many years later, looking at the void shattered with a punch, Ye Feng murmured to himself: It turns out the peerless kings were myself all along...
