Qi Cultivation Starting from the Repair Panel

The crafting of the Celestial Foundation in the Great Void Scripture is starkly different from that in the Taixuan Divine Fire Scripture, with many variations, yet in terms of their profundity, they're equally matched.

In Miao Luan's storage bag, there were numerous Spirit Pills, a considerable part of which were used to enhance her own cultivation; their nature was of the Water Attribute, perfectly suitable as a supplement for the Celestial Foundation.

Due to the fact that in her previously, the Fire Attribute Dao Foundation was the most potent, the Water Element Qi within Chu Zheng's body was the most suppressed.

The Dao Foundation had barely condensed, but it was only a pitiful single layer.

Now, having switched to a different foundational method, the effect was immediately noticeable; under the nourishment of the Spirit Pills, the initially shaky Water Attribute Dao Foundation stabilized in the blink of an eye.

A few days later, the Spirit Pills were quickly consumed, elevating the original one-layer Dao Foundation by two layers.

For ordinary cultivators, increasing the layers of a Dao Foundation is an extremely arduous task, especially after the Dao Foundation has been established, where each elevation requires rare spiritual objects.

Although the Spirit Pills on Miao Luan were precious, they were far from the level of spiritual objects and should not have had such miraculous effects.

The problem lay within Chu Zheng himself, who did not have these limitations. The enhancement of his Dao Foundation did not require much effort, as natural as water flowing into a channel.

Although the Water Attribute Dao Foundation was now stable, compared to the six-layer high Fire Attribute Dao Foundation, it still seemed quite weak and had ample room for improvement.

But Chu Zheng had already used up the Water Attribute spiritual objects he had.

Just at this moment, a fluctuation emanated from the Life Soul in the Dantian, indicating signs of Miao Luan waking up.

Over these few days, Chu Zheng had mostly healed her injuries; her awakening was expected.

Chu Zheng slowly ended his cultivation and then promptly knocked Miao Luan unconscious again with a raise of his hand.

His gaze fell on Miao Luan, and his eyes suddenly flickered with joy.

Miao Luan practiced the Great Void Scripture, and her Mana inherently carried a strong Water Element Qi which, for the current Chu Zheng, was precisely the right supplement.

Forcing the absorption of others' Mana was seen as impossible by ordinary cultivators due to the resistance from the Dao Foundation, making integration completely unfeasible.

Forced integration would result in only one outcome: irreparable flaws in the Dao Foundation, utterly destroying the Immortal Path.

However, Chu Zheng had no such concerns. He directly reached out towards Miao Luan, forcibly extracting the Mana from her Dantian.

Afterward, he operated his Qi-refining Technique, directly refining the Water Element Qi from Miao Luan's Mana, drawing it into his Dantian.

This was the most fundamental energy between heaven and earth; all impurities had been stripped away, creating no rejection with the Dao Foundation.

The previously stagnant Dao Foundation began growing again; just after elevating by one layer, Miao Luan's Dantian was already dry.

Chu Zheng immediately pulled up the panel, repaired her condition, and replenished her Mana.

Thump—

Miao Luan's eyelids trembled lightly, barely about to awaken when she was once again knocked unconscious by Chu Zheng.

Repeated several times, until the Sixth Layer of the Water Attribute Dao Foundation was established, Chu Zheng finally noticed the existence of a bottleneck.

The Sixth Layer was the limit; higher levels required even rarer spiritual objects for elevation.

This clearly correlated with his Fire Attribute Dao Foundation, which also had only six layers.

This undoubtedly informed Chu Zheng of good news: the enhancement of the remaining three Celestial Foundations would face little obstruction before reaching the sixth level.

The moment the Water Attribute Foundation stabilized, Chu Zheng immediately felt a strange change; the Yin Yang Dual Qi nurtured at the center of the five Dao Foundations abruptly grew much stronger.

Fire and Water, essentially opposing elements within the Five Elements, one Yin and one Yang, now together and complementing each other, caused Chu Zheng's cultivation to surge fiercely, completely stabilizing at the Initial Stage of the Dao Entry Realm.

This phenomenon flashed a spark of enlightenment in Chu Zheng's mind, and he thought of Zhao Tingxian.

He knew little about Zhao Tingxian, only that he had High Quality Immortal Bone and was endowed with a Fire Spirit Body; by a twist of fate, he entered the Tai Xu Holy Land.

The nature of the Great Void Scripture being Water, was supposed to counteract Zhao Tingxian's Fire Spirit Body; logically, he should not have grown so rapidly, yet he had already stepped into the True Immortal Realm.

Perhaps, Zhao Tingxian had already deciphered the secrets of Yin and Yang, finding the balance between his body's nature and the Great Void Scripture, thus entering the Immortal Sect.

Thinking of this, Chu Zheng was somewhat moved; his numerous ideas were entirely due to the enlightenment from the Qi-refining Technique and the numerous trial-and-error opportunities afforded by the repair panel, which made implementation possible.

Lacking any of those elements, the five Dao Foundations currently in his Dantian would not exist.

If he had been in Zhao Tingxian's situation, with his physical constitution and cultivation technique in conflict, he would most likely have chosen to take a different path.

This person possesses extraordinary talent, which has nothing to do with the Immortal Bone.

Choosing the right path is difficult; if it weren't for the lack of an Immortal Bone within him, Chu Zheng might not have chosen the path of a Qi Cultivator.

His current predicament, where he is caught between two difficulties, is largely due to the existence of the Qi-refining Technique.

Chu Zheng pondered for a moment, looking at Miao Luan who was lying unconscious on the ground, with a slight frown between his brows, knowing his future path would become increasingly difficult.

On the surface, without the persistent pressure from Tai Xu Holy Land, Phantom Spirit Sect wouldn't have considered taking risky strategies, Song Lingqing wouldn't have become a discarded pawn, and the Song Family wouldn't have faced such great disasters.

Nor would Chu Zheng have entered the Phantom Spirit Sect through Fu Quanliang, nor would he have gotten involved with Taixuan Holy Land due to the Taixuan Divine Fire Scripture, triggering a series of troubles thereafter.

But ultimately, after encountering Ling Qi, the series of events were the result of differences in Taoist orthodoxy.

In this world, practicing the Qi-refining Technique as a cultivator of the Immortal Path meant he was marked for death.

For heretic cultivators, practicing in this realm is extremely difficult; Tai Xu Holy Land played the role of merely an instigator.

Chu Zheng had once thought about changing this world through the Qi-refining Technique, thereby leaving his name renowned through the ages, but as his horizons broadened, his initial idea undoubtedly seemed somewhat ludicrous.

This present world, in the entirety of the universe, is simply insignificant, and perhaps one day, the entire Cangyun Realm will cease to exist.

Even if Chu Zheng practiced the Great Circulatory Qi Guideline to its utter pinnacle, achieving Refining Spirit Dao Integration, it would still merely be the pinnacle of humanly attainable paths, while Immortals would remain above.

He knew that his path ahead was fraught with thorns.

At this thought, Chu Zheng cut through the chaos in his mind, stood up straight, and his expression regained its calmness.

A path is made by walking; to hesitate or stop due to thorns is merely a wasteful way to spend time, idly passing the years.

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When Miao Luan woke up again, only dark mossy cliff faces surrounded her, emitting a stale and rotting smell from not seeing the sun for too long, which was nauseating to smell.

The cool sensation on her skin made Miao Luan instinctively lower her head, and then her expression slightly changed as she was suddenly taken aback and clenched her teeth:

"Chu Zheng..."

Only at this moment did she realize that the words Chu Zheng had previously said were not a joke; he had truly taken her vestment robe as his own.

The original vestment robe on her body had disappeared without a trace, leaving only her undergarments barely covering her body, revealing her graceful figure and delicate bones underneath.

Her abdomen was flawless. The ferocious wound at the Dantian had healed as if new, without leaving any traces behind, except for the absence of the Life Soul within her body, and a faint sense of unease lurking deep within her soul, there were no other abnormalities.

Regaining her composure, Miao Luan clenched her fists, her expression somewhat dazed. She was unsure whether to feel joy or anger, experiencing a sense of being a survivor of a catastrophe from another lifetime.

After a while, she gathered her thoughts, circulated her mana, and waved her hand gently towards the mouth of the cave.

Countless fallen leaves rushed into the cave, crushed by mana, woven into brocade, mixing with the streams pouring out from the void, and in a few moments, they transformed into a long green water-patterned dress.

It could only cover her body, with no protective effect.

While manipulating her mana, Miao Luan was somewhat surprised to find that her mana had seemingly increased slightly, as if she had undergone several exhaustive heavyweight battles.

Miao Luan donned the dress, decided not to think further, and slowly walked out of the cave.

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Days later, Miao Luan found a Sect under Tai Xu Holy Land and made contact with Tai Xu Holy Land.

Only then did she learn that during the time she was missing, several major Holy Lands had once again experienced upheaval.

On the Hidden Dragon List, Chu Zheng's ranking had once again leaped forward, crossing over a thousand places to break into the top five hundred,

ranking alongside the Pride of other Holy Lands in the early Soul Condensing Realm, with his cultivation in the early Dao Entry Realm.