Chapter 317: Chapter 162: Ten Years of Snow on Cangshan
In the mountains, the passage of time is forgotten, the cold ends without knowing how many years have passed.
In the blink of an eye, ten years slipped away, and on the day Chu Xuan emerged from his retreat, it snowed again on the mountain—as it did during the wedding ten years ago—giving him a feeling as if it was from another lifetime.
In ten years, Chu Xuan’s cultivation smoothly broke through to the fourth realm, the Nascent Soul Stage, and the one, two, three, and four levels of the Jade Tower within him had crystallized into tangible form.
The five cities still only had the Kidney Embroidery City and the Lung Embroidery City illuminated; the next city can be illuminated in the fifth realm, following the sequence of odd-numbered realms: first, third, fifth, seventh, ninth.
The human body is divided into upper, middle, and lower Dantian.
The first three realms focus on cultivating the lower Dantian, located three inches below the navel, a place for storing essence, also known as the Qi Cave or Yuan Sea.
The middle three realms focus on cultivating the middle Dantian, located at the chest, a place for storing Qi, also known as Huangting or Jing Palace.
The last three realms focus on cultivating the upper Dantian, located at the brow, a place for storing spirit, also known as Purple Palace or Niwan Palace.
The fourth level of the tower is no longer in the lower Dantian Qi Country but at the middle Dantian Jing Palace.
Entering this realm also means Chu Xuan’s strength firmly takes another step up, becoming a mid-tier cultivator.
During the critical "Breaking Dan to Form Infant" step, he didn’t encounter much resistance, which is related to having previously surpassed the Meditation Heart inquiry barrier.
The "Jade Capital Purple Star Daoist Core Secrets" reached this realm with many miraculous features; the only surprise for Chu Xuan was that all these divine techniques could be further enhanced by borrowing Xianqi.
No wonder Ji Mingyu’s lineage views Xianqi as a legacy passed from master to disciple and disciple to grand-disciple through generations.
These were not recorded in the scriptures, until he advanced to this realm, he had an epiphany-like understanding.
Chu Xuan even suspects Ji Mingyu might not be at the ninth realm yet; because by the pinnacle of the eighth realm, she could temporarily utilize that strand of Xianqi to wield ninth realm powers, indistinguishable to outsiders.
Returning the Xianqi of course did not cause any regret for Chu Xuan; had he not already refined the Golden Core, unable to swap cultivation techniques like in the first two realms, he would even consider dismantling his cultivation and starting anew.
Now that he knows the wondrous use of Xianqi, Chu Xuan wonders if he can find another strand. Only then can he maximize the power of this cultivation technique.
As Xianqi can only be obtained from the Immortal Realm or genuine Immortals, theoretically, it’s not found in the current human realm.
But exceptions exist; in ancient times, as immortals and mortals coexisted in one realm, some might have deliberately preserved a strand or two of Xianqi and not taken it to the Heavenly Court.
Ming Yu’s lineage of Xianqi might have arisen this way.
If Chu Xuan wishes to search for it, perhaps he should visit places like the Ruo Wood Secret Realm or the Broken Sword Mountain Ancient Battlefield, although the chances are slim, like finding a needle in a haystack.
Of course, he knows of another "shortcut", which involves the mysterious Exiled Immortal.
Typically, Immortals who committed sins are exiled, sent to reincarnate, and undergo Six Paths of Reincarnation, losing any Xianqi.
Yet the one Chu Xuan saw seems to have descended directly with True Immortal status; If he meets him again, perhaps he can get a strand from him.
However, Chu Xuan must first encounter him for this to happen, and without meeting him, all thoughts are moot.
As for the other "Immortal", Jiang Yiyi, despite many intimate encounters, he hasn’t sensed any Xianqi from her, nor can he extract any; maybe he should ask her again later.
Oh, the divine technique Chu Xuan realized from the Exiled Immortal, named "Soaring in the Void", requires corresponding "Wu Wei mindset" to succeed.
Without a calm mind, one cannot enter the state, and even upon entering, one cannot attack actively, as any attack triggers visibility, negating any "invincible hack" scenario.
With his enhanced strength, the Six Souls Banner in Chu Xuan’s hand also demonstrates greater power and its functions have increased upon original capabilities.
For instance, the collection scope of the Six Souls Banner expanded to three zhang in radius, ten times larger than the puny three chi range before.
This can be attributed to the enhancement from breaking through to the fourth realm; for a similar boost, the next notable improvement awaits the transition from the sixth to the seventh realm.
Additionally, the Six Souls Banner gained a new ability akin to when Chu Xuan was devoured by the demon fetus, erupting in ten-thousand zhang radiant splendor.
Though Chu Xuan currently can’t explode with such a powerful force, he’s at the "ten zhang brilliance" of strength, utilizing this green glow for refining external objects—alchemy, artifact refining, demon refining, or human refining.
This proves the fourth realm, Nascent Soul Stage, is indeed worthy of formally wielding Celestial Tier magical treasures.
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Throughout these ten years, Chu Xuan dedicated himself to cultivation with unwavering focus.
Even when occasionally opening his eyes, thoughts of the past and those women crossed his mind, yet they could no longer sway his Dao heart.
Now, having completed his breakthrough, he took one last breath of the rich spiritual Qi of the [Moonlit Celestial Flight Realm], glanced at the ancient, enduring moon in the sky, and activated the sect leader’s hand order to teleport himself away.
The Cyan Lotus Daoist Palace remained as serene as always, and upon emerging, Chu Xuan’s first action was naturally to pay respects to his master.
To his surprise, his master was absent; upon inquiry with the palace guard boy, Chu Xuan learned the master had gone out, presumably summoned over important matters involving Purple Heaven, convening with multiple righteous sect leaders.
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