At night, Lu Qing sat cross-legged on the bed, closing his eyes and concentrating.
After he survived the tribulation during the day, he and his master stayed in the tower and did not go out again.
By evening, the Tianji Tower had finished cleaning up the mess outside.
Only then, under Lin Zhirui's arrangement, did they move into a new courtyard.
Xiaoyan was already asleep on the small bed next to her.
As for Xiao Li, it had been in a deep sleep ever since it absorbed that primordial energy.
Even the noise of Lu Qing undergoing his tribulation failed to wake it.
If Lu Qing hadn't used his special ability to investigate and learned that it was undergoing a crucial transformation, everyone would have thought something had gone wrong.
Lu Qing was relieved once Xiao Li was unharmed.
I began to concentrate and calm my mind, sensing my own body.
At this moment, within Lu Qing's body, surging and powerful qi and blood were flowing endlessly through his veins.
Every inch of flesh and blood contains extremely powerful energy.
The internal organs are full of vital energy and vitality.
Within the dantian acupoint, a sea of qi has been formed, where a vast amount of innate true qi is brewing.
This is a body that can be described as perfect.
"During the daytime tribulation, the nine tribulation lightning bolts not only completely refined the acquired impurities in my body, but also condensed my innate body."
Furthermore, I completely integrated that primordial energy of the world into my body.
"Now, in terms of physical strength alone, even someone at the peak of the Innate Realm is probably far inferior to me."
Lu Qing sensed the condition within his body, his mind racing with thoughts.
His insight was not without reason.
During the day, when he fought against the puppet avatar of the Third Holy Lord, his pure physical strength was enough to suppress the opponent.
In other words, the other party's realm is two levels higher than his, and their use of the primordial energy of heaven and earth is far superior to his.
Only then did the two sides reach a stalemate.
It should be noted that, according to the records of the Li Huo Sect, every puppet avatar, even the lowest level one, is made from many precious materials.
The puppet bodies crafted in this way generally share a common characteristic: they possess astonishing power, far exceeding that of cultivators of the same level.
Even the power of a puppet avatar at the perfect innate level is not as great as Lu Qing's, which shows how powerful his physical body is now.
Moreover, Lu Qing sensed that this was only the beginning.
The baptism of heavenly tribulation, coupled with the infusion of primordial energy, has given his body limitless potential.
Next, as long as he cultivates step by step, his physical strength will experience a period of rapid growth.
After all, he has only just entered the Innate Realm.
The distance has reached its limit, but it's still a long way off.
"In addition to physical strength, there is also the power of the soul."
Lu Qing's mind was once again absorbed into the acupoint between his eyebrows.
At this moment, the space between the eyebrows had changed drastically.
Not only has the space become larger, but it has also become more robust.
The edges even have a hint of purple, making them look quite mystical.
At the center, a purple divine soul talisman, exuding a vast and majestic aura, stood, suppressing the entire acupoint space.
Lu Qing first sensed the purple aura at the edge of the space, but could not figure it out.
He could only sense that it contained some kind of strange aura, but with his current level of understanding, he was not yet able to comprehend it.
"It seems that the space between my eyebrows has undergone some kind of mutation, but this mutation should be for the better."
Unable to comprehend it, Lu Qing temporarily ignored that trace of purple.
Instead, focus your attention on the central talisman.
During this tribulation, Lu Qing not only underwent a physical transformation, but also a transformation of his divine soul power.
After being baptized by the lightning tribulation, the power of the soul was cleansed of its yin energy, transformed from yin to yang, and changed from acquired to innate, resulting in a fundamental transformation.
This is also why he was able to cross hundreds of meters to send a telepathic message to his master, even under the suppression of the Holy City.
His spiritual power is now far stronger than it was before he underwent the tribulation.
Especially the divine soul talisman, after surviving the tribulation lightning, is filled with even greater majesty.
Not only did it greatly enhance the power of the acupoint between his eyebrows, but it also made him more adept at controlling himself.
This also allowed him to enter a completely new realm of understanding the art of runes.
Lu Qing stretched out his hand, and a point of light appeared, rapidly gathering the surrounding天地元气 (heaven and earth energy).
Soon, a talisman of primordial energy 【Earth Element Talisman】 was formed.
Indeed, after entering the Innate Realm, Lu Qing found it much easier to condense basic talismans like the 【Earth Element Talisman】.
There's no need for complicated hand seals anymore; it can be condensed in an instant.
Sensing the fluctuations in the talisman in his hand, Lu Qing suddenly clenched his fist and dispersed it.
Then, with a slight thought, another point of light appeared in his hand.
However, this time, the light spots no longer stirred the primordial energy of heaven and earth.
Rather, it is the spiritual energy in a deeper space, with an ethereal aura and even greater power.
This time, no hand seals were formed again, but the gathering of spiritual energy was much slower than the gathering of heaven and earth energy before.
It took several dozen breaths for Lu Qing to finally condense an 【Earth Element Talisman】 formed from spiritual energy.
However, the 【Earth Element Talisman】 condensed from spiritual energy is far more powerful than the one condensed from the primordial energy of heaven and earth.
"As expected, the difference in power between the Yuanqi Talisman and the Lingqi Talisman is still quite obvious."
However, when spiritual energy was depleted, the Divine Talisman Sect had no choice but to use primordial energy as a substitute.
However, the difficulty of condensing the Yuan Qi Talisman is much lower.
Most rune practitioners can condense runes at the Acquired Realm.
However, to condense a spiritual energy talisman, one must wait until the soul talisman transforms from yin to yang, reaching the 【yang talisman】 realm.
Lu Qing stretched out his other hand and condensed a strand of Yuan Qi 【Earth Element Talisman】.
Compare the two talismans side by side and feel the differences between them.
He quickly determined the advantages and disadvantages of the two.
In terms of power and effect alone, the Spirit Talisman is definitely much stronger than the Vitality Talisman.
However, the Yuanqi Talisman also has its own advantages.
That is, the difficulty of condensing is relatively low, and even those who are still in the 【Yin Fu】 realm of the Acquired Realm can condense it.
Furthermore, the Yuanqi Talisman has no environmental restrictions; it can still be used even in times of spiritual depletion.
After all, all things in heaven and earth are composed of primordial energy. If even the primordial energy of heaven and earth cannot be used, then the true end of the Dharma era has arrived.
"Although spiritual energy has now revived, it does not interfere with the primordial energy of heaven and earth, and exists in a higher-level spatial interlayer."
Only those cultivators who have cultivated the power of the divine soul can vaguely sense its presence.
But sensing something and being able to utilize it are two different things.
Cultivators must extract the spiritual energy from a higher level of space before they can absorb it into their bodies.
This requires extremely powerful spiritual energy to accomplish.
Even if one can absorb spiritual energy into their body, how can they refine it and turn it into their own spiritual power?
This is a very delicate process, requiring unique methods to accomplish.
After breaking the bridge between heaven and earth and stepping into the innate realm, one can truly and clearly come into contact with the primordial energy and spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
Lu Qing also gained a deeper understanding of the differences between the two.
At the same time, they understood why so many people at the Innate Realm could comprehend cultivation techniques on the Holy Mountain, yet so few were able to refine spiritual energy and cultivate spiritual power.
Even this first step—separating spiritual energy from the space and drawing it into the body—is not so easy.
One must possess powerful spiritual energy and have a certain understanding of the rules of heaven and earth to be able to do this.
It can be said that over 99% of those at the initial stage of the Innate Realm are trapped at this step.
Even a master who has achieved a minor level of mastery in the innate stage would find it difficult to do.
Perhaps only those top-tier martial artists who have reached the Great Perfection of the Innate Realm have any hope.
Unless one is exceptionally gifted like the master, who is still in the initial stage of the Innate Realm and yet able to comprehend even a trace of the domain's essence.
When he achieved a minor level of mastery in the innate realm, he had already comprehended the complete domain of unparalleled genius.
Only with a profound understanding of the workings of the rules governing the universe can one easily take this first step.
"But how many peerless geniuses like Master can there be in the world?"
Therefore, although so many people at the Innate Realm went to the Holy Mountain to study these days, very few were able to unravel the mysteries and cultivate spiritual power.
"The time has been too short. It will probably take some more days before more powerful individuals can grasp the key points and achieve breakthroughs."
As various thoughts and feelings flowed through his mind, Lu Qing gained a better understanding of the current situation in the world.
Don't be fooled by the fact that there aren't many people in the world who can truly refine spiritual energy and cultivate spiritual power.
After some time, when everyone has gained a deeper understanding of the rules of heaven and earth...
At that time, the world's strongest will surely usher in a wave of breakthroughs.
After all, in an era of scarce spiritual energy, those who could cultivate to the Innate Realm were all outstanding individuals, true cultivation geniuses.
Given more time to refine spiritual energy, cultivate spiritual power, and enter a new realm, it's only a matter of time.
"However, that's what makes it interesting. Only a sufficiently splendid era will not seem so boring."
Lu Qing looked at the two magic talismans floating in his palm and smiled.
He then dispersed the primordial energy talisman and stored the spiritual energy 【Earth Element Talisman】 into the acupoint between his eyebrows.
During his tribulation in the daytime, several Yuan Qi talismans that he had originally stored in his acupoint space were destroyed by the tribulation lightning.
This is a good opportunity to replace them all with spirit talismans.
Without hesitation, Lu Qing's hand flashed with light, continuously drawing upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to condense several spiritual energy talismans, which he then stored in his brow acupoint.
It transformed into a ball {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} of light, slowly rotating around the divine soul talisman.
After Lu Qing entered the 【Yang Rune】 realm in the Way of Runes, the number of spirit runes that he could simultaneously hold in the acupoint between his eyebrows also increased.
It has doubled in size and can now hold ten spirit talismans at the same time.
However, he hadn't fully decided which spirit talismans to collect, so he temporarily stopped after replacing the original five Yuan Qi talismans with spirit Qi talismans.
While Lu Qing was refining the spiritual energy talisman, the old doctor in the adjacent room naturally sensed the fluctuations.
However, he knew that Lu Qing was cultivating, so he didn't disturb him.
Instead, he quietly unfolded his innate domain and began to comprehend and cultivate it.
The scene of Lu Qing undergoing his tribulation during the day also stirred the old man.
The old doctor was not jealous of his disciple.
On the contrary, he felt guilty for not being able to protect Lu Qing from the storm.
As the master, he could only watch as his disciple was tormented by the lightning tribulation and nearly died, and he was powerless to do anything about it.
This deeply stung the old doctor's heart.
If I had possessed greater power, perhaps I could have helped Lu Qing back then.
"Hmm? Master is cultivating too?"
The moment the old doctor opened his domain, Lu Qing also sensed this fluctuation.
He was initially surprised, but then he laughed.
"It seems that Master has also become more diligent in cultivation."
After refocusing his attention, Lu Qing continued to sort out what he had gained from this tribulation.
This time, Lu Qing survived the tribulation of lightning and not only condensed his innate body, officially stepping into the innate realm, but also...
The greatest remaining gain was the two innate divine abilities bestowed upon him before the tribulation clouds dissipated.
"Two supernatural powers: one physical supernatural power and one spiritual supernatural power."
Was this a special gift from Heaven and Earth, sensing the profound accumulation of my physical body and soul?
The two innate divine abilities that Lu Qing obtained are two completely different divine abilities.
One of them is physical supernatural power, called 【Great Strength】.
Once this supernatural power is unleashed, the physical body will enter a berserk state, increasing both strength and defense tenfold.
Aside from some physical fatigue, it does not bring any other negative effects afterward.
It can be described as a powerful, explosive secret technique with no side effects.
The other supernatural power is the power of the soul, called 【Illusion】.
This illusion-type divine power, once cast, will kill anyone whose soul power is weaker than Lu Qing's.
They will remain trapped in the illusion until Lu Qing removes the illusion, or until they die.
Otherwise, there is almost no chance of escaping.
Even if someone's spiritual power is stronger than Lu Qing's, and they are caught off guard, it will take them a considerable amount of time to break free of the illusion.
If used properly, it can be considered a life-saving technique in critical moments.
These two supernatural powers are one forceful and the other gentle, one overt and the other covert.
Although it can't be called some earth-shattering supernatural power, it is very suitable for Lu Qing in his current situation.
During the day, he only made a preliminary use of the 【Great Strength】 supernatural power, without having mastered it perfectly.
It was already enough to wound the puppet body of the Third Holy Lord and force it to admit defeat.
If he had used both of his supernatural powers at the time, he probably could have defeated the Third Holy Lord in an instant.
After all, although the Third Holy Lord's realm was high, he was still no match for such a strange supernatural power that specifically targeted the soul.
Even if he were a top expert at the peak of Foundation Establishment, he would probably still suffer a small loss.
Of course, Lu Qing did not do that.
Firstly, simultaneously activating two divine abilities was extremely stressful for him, who had just broken through at the time.
Secondly, it doesn't make any sense.
After all, the other party was nothing more than a puppet avatar.
Killing him instantly would only anger the Third Holy Lord and bring him no other benefit.
It's better to keep one more trump card for yourself.
Of course, the supernatural powers that can be specially bestowed by heaven and earth are not just that simple.
In fact, the two innate divine abilities that Lu Qing obtained are also two divine abilities with the potential for growth.
In other words, these two innate supernatural abilities can be continuously strengthened through cultivation.
Their cultivation methods also existed in Lu Qing's mind.
