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"Do I still have the desire to return to the mortal world?" Yunhua asked himself, realizing that he himself found it difficult to reach such a state.
Since his true form possesses a Dao Fruit at the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level and has witnessed the power of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, what kind of power could possibly make him feel like "dust"?
"What happened to you just now? You looked a little scary!" Seeing Yunhua return to normal, the yellow-haired bear and the black ox came over at the same time. The yellow-haired bear was somewhat shocked and horrified when he saw Yunhua's eyes.
For a brief moment just now, Yunhua gave him the impression of having the demeanor of the Taoist Sanshou.
"It's nothing, I just gained some insights." Yunhua didn't say anything more.
"What you just comprehended was mental power? And you progressed so quickly? That kind of mental power is at least at the second level of the Ice Heart Realm. You really have the potential to become another peerless archer in the Three Realms after the great Hou Yi!" said the blond bear.
"I'm still a long way from that level. Right now, I just want a spirit-gathering array, a level 10 spirit-gathering array!" Yunhua said, looking at the yellow-haired bear.
"Don't worry, the spirit-gathering array you requested has already been prepared for you!" The yellow-haired bear waved his hand, and twelve array flags appeared in front of Yunhua.
"These twelve array flags, planted in the water vein nodes of Winged Serpent Lake, can further gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a radius of five thousand miles. With this array, combined with the previous human-level spirit gathering array, it may even be enough to form a spirit stone mine on the island in the center of Winged Serpent Lake!"
The yellow-haired bear explained the usage of the twelve array flags to Yunhua.
Yunhua nodded and took the array flags out to set up the formation.
In just half a day, twelve array flags were completely set up throughout the water veins of Winged Serpent Lake. These array flags quickly combined with the array plates that Yunhua had buried on the island, further enhancing the spirit-gathering effect.
"Whoosh!" As the double spirit-gathering array was set up, wisps of mist began to spread above Winged Serpent Lake. This mist was completely different from the previous water vapor, containing rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
The demons in Winged Serpent Lake were naturally the first to sense the change in the surrounding environment.
"The spiritual energy of heaven and earth has become even denser, and the changes are still ongoing. Has the master set up some kind of formation here?"
The great winged serpent felt an endless admiration for Yunhua, and he felt that the area around Winged Serpent Lake was about to become a new paradise.
At this moment, Yunhua returned to the wooden house on the island, his gaze fixed on a pool inside.
At this moment, tiny droplets of water are condensing in the pool; these are the liquefied essence of heaven and earth—primordial liquid.
"The rate at which Yuan Liquid is generated is more than a hundred times faster than before... It can generate about two catties of Yuan Liquid per day, and about seven hundred catties per year." Yunhua looked at the Yuan Liquid and silently calculated in his mind.
"The speed is barely acceptable; it can't compare to the formations of those major sects!" Yunhua shook his head.
The amount of primordial liquid gathered by the internal spirit-gathering arrays of some major sects is at least a hundred times that of Yunhua's Earth-rank spirit-gathering array.
In the original novel, the lowest-ranking disciples of the Black and White Academy, where Ji Ning studied, received ten catties of Yuan Liquid per year, which gives you an idea of their Yuan Liquid production.
"I'll be staying here in seclusion for the next period of time to cultivate diligently!" Yunhua decided to go into seclusion for a while to properly digest what he had learned.
The path of divine and demonic body refinement is currently at least at the early stage of the Purple Mansion realm, and the "Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram" still has two more levels to cultivate, the eighth and ninth. The path of Qi refinement is even weaker, currently only at the Innate realm.
Not only that, he also had many other things to deal with, such as items left behind by those who failed in their attempts to enter the Water Mansion. Among these items, Yunhua found a book called "Nine Scrolls of Formations," which was something Yunhua would need to spend a lot of time studying.
He has so many good things in his hands now, but they all need time to mature and improve.
As time passed, Yunhua did not directly use the Yuan Liquid to make rapid progress. Instead, he would carefully savor the wonders of each realm and meticulously refine the true essence within his body with each small step forward.
What he truly needs is not just the ultimate path of this world, but also its cultivation system, so he needs to spend a lot of time researching and refining it.
Inside the immortal abode, after watching Yunhua for two or three months, the yellow-haired bear and the black ox finally put their worries to rest.
"So he's quite shrewd after all. If he continues to cultivate like this, his foundation will be...deep!" The yellow-haired bear couldn't help but exclaim in admiration upon seeing Yunhua's cultivation method.
"In the path of Qi Refining, he cultivates the top-tier 'Burning Immortal Manual,' but even so, he is not arrogant in the slightest, relying on his high realm to make rapid progress. Instead, he cultivates step by step, stabilizing his realm and solidifying his foundation." The black ox couldn't help but nod its huge head.
"When I first saw his arrogant attitude, I thought he would be greedy and reckless, but I didn't expect him to be so cautious. This is a good thing!"
The blond bear continued, "He doesn't really look down on others, but rather... he's confident!!"
The same sentence can sound confident to some, arrogant to others, and simply frivolous to others.
The most important difference between arrogance and confidence lies not in what they say, but in how they do it.
To put knowledge into practice and take steady steps forward is called self-confidence, a symbol of steadfastness; to look down on this and that, and to prefer taking shortcuts, is arrogance, a symbol of foolishness.
"Haha, it's confidence!! Even if he refines his internal energy every day, his cultivation speed will far surpass that of other geniuses. Such talent, such confidence, and such a cautious approach to the path of cultivation."
Chapter 957 Successive Breakthroughs
"It has to be said that he is a born cultivator. In terms of temperament, Ju Hua Immortal is far inferior to him!" The black ox nodded as well.
Such a stunning performance has already won over the Black Ox, who even went so far as to slander the Juhua Immortal who created him.
Although the yellow-haired bear standing to the side didn't say it aloud, he had already acknowledged in his heart that Yunhua's talent and Dao heart surpassed those of the Three Longevity Daoist, and that perhaps only the legendary Nuwa could compare to her.
Time flies, and a year has passed in the blink of an eye.
Over the past year, Yunhua's cultivation has been very regular. He spends two hours every day cultivating the "Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram," and the Crimson Bright Divine Power within his body is becoming increasingly profound. At the same time, he also spends an equal amount of time every day cultivating the "Burning Immortal Manual" or refining the true essence within his body.
Aside from practicing these two fundamental cultivation techniques, he spent most of his time in a rather scattered manner.
In his spare time, he practiced swordsmanship, and when the mood struck him, he would brandish his sword wildly. Occasionally, when he was inspired by the waves of the lake and the misty clouds, he would casually create some fist techniques, sword techniques, or something similar.
Occasionally, when encountering difficulties, he would return to the Star Palace of the Immortal Abode to seek answers from the Great Dao traces left behind by the Daoist of Three Longevities.
During this year, everything he did was largely unpredictable, coming and going as he pleased, emphasizing a smooth and natural flow.
However, although there was no deliberate progress, the "Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram" had already reached the ninth level of perfection, and his Qi Refining realm had finally reached the Great Perfection of the Innate Realm, which was even enough to open up the Purple Mansion.
"It's been a year, and I've figured out the path of Qi Refining pretty well. It's about time to start breaking through realms and break through in one go!" Yunhua sat cross-legged beside the pool in his small house.
The pool was filled with more than two thousand catties of primordial liquid. The primordial liquid, which had a faint green tint and possessed endless vitality, was the accumulation of the past year.
According to the formation Yunhua set up here, there should only be a little over 700 catties of Yuan Liquid in a year. However, in the past year, Yunhua has refined the art of formations and has further improved the Spirit Gathering Formation here, expanding the range of Spirit Gathering by more than double and increasing the efficiency of Yuan Liquid production by three times.
That's how more than two thousand catties of primordial liquid accumulated.
"Let's begin the breakthrough!" Yunhua sat down cross-legged and slowly adjusted the true essence in his dantian.
"Crash!!"
The golden-red true essence surged and raged, like a blazing sea of fire, which Yun Hua mobilized and gathered wildly.
This is the fire-type true essence cultivated from the "Burning Immortal Manual." This cultivation method is the most advanced Qi-refining cultivation method in the Three Realms. The true essence cultivated from it far surpasses other cultivation methods in both quantity and quality.
Yunhua opened his mouth and inhaled, and a stream of vital energy directly entered his body.
"Boom!!"
In an instant, turbulent waves surged within his dantian. As soon as the primordial liquid entered his body, it was immediately assimilated by the true essence cultivated through the "Burning Immortal Manual" technique, and then rapidly merged into his original true essence.
The true essence, which was already at its innate limit, received such tremendous support again, and immediately reached its peak. All the true essence began to be squeezed frantically, and a terrifying pressure appeared in the dantian.
Now his dantian felt like it contained an extremely compressed flame, incredibly hot, almost about to explode.
"Again!" Yunhua opened his mouth and inhaled once more, refining several more kilograms of Yuan liquid.
The innate true essence, which had already reached its limit, reached an extreme once again, and then exploded with a deafening roar—
"Boom!!" Just like Pangu splitting the heavens and earth, the dantian, which had already reached its limit, exploded with a loud bang.
At this moment, a large amount of flames began to burn on Yunhua, who was sitting cross-legged by the pool. The flames seemed to be coming out of the pores and skin all over his body.
"This feeling!?" Yunhua seemed to be touched, and her mind and spirit fell into a strange state.
The creation of any cultivation method contains a corresponding Dao. Every breakthrough is a touch of the "Dao", which can naturally guide the cultivator to understand the Dao corresponding to the cultivation method.
Of course, this is only "guidance." Whether one can truly enter a state of enlightenment depends on the cultivator themselves.
The "Burning Immortal Manual" that Yunhua cultivates was created by the first golden crow born on the Sun Star after the creation of heaven and earth. The true essence cultivated by this technique is scorching hot and the yang energy soars to the sky. Its corresponding Dao is the Dao of Pure Yang and the Dao of Fire.
The state of enlightenment that Yunhua is currently in is a completely new understanding of the Dao of Fire.
He sat quietly here for seven days before finally emerging from his state of enlightenment.
"So that's how it is. The Way of Fire is getting more and more powerful... I guess my Way of Fire is already very close to the so-called 'Heavenly Way of Fire'!" Yun Hua said without any joy or sorrow.
In fact, he didn't know how strong his understanding of the Great Dao had become over the past year, because he had always cultivated freely and hadn't deliberately cultivated any particular Dao.
This moment of realization made him understand that he was already very close to the "Heavenly Way" in the Way of Fire.
“However, the Purple Mansion is now complete!” Yunhua looked inward at his dantian.
The original location of the dantian had transformed into a vast and endless void, filled with boundless purple energy. This was a place between the real and the unreal, known as the Purple Mansion.
The purple mansions opened by each cultivator are basically the same, but how far they can cultivate depends on their individual destiny.
"I have already thoroughly understood the mysteries of the Purple Mansion during this year of comprehension. I don't have that much time to waste. Let's continue to break through!" Yunhua plans to break through to the Myriad Manifestations Realm in one go this time.
Because of the year of reflection he has accumulated, he has become much more mature.
If it were anyone else, it would be impossible to accomplish these things within a year, but Yunhua is different.
Yunhua opened his mouth and inhaled, and a large ball of primordial liquid flew out of the pool, which he swallowed in one gulp.
The primordial liquid, upon entering the body, instantly transformed into a vast amount of primordial energy that surged directly into the Purple Mansion.
"Wow!"
Within the Purple Mansion, a golden-red lake had been resting peacefully, but soon, as a massive amount of天地元气 (heaven and earth energy) entered it, the entire lake began to boil and started to expand rapidly.
The scorching lake was constantly boiling, like magma, expanding its breadth and depth.
"Boom!!"
With a loud bang, a golden-red "bead" suddenly appeared in the center of the Purple Mansion, above the golden-red lake. It was like the sun, constantly radiating light and heat. This light and heat were quickly absorbed by the lake below and transformed into new elemental energy.
This is the source of the primordial energy formed by cultivating the "Immortal Burning Manual"!
"I've reached the mid-stage of the Purple Mansion realm, let's continue!" Yunhua didn't stop, continuing to absorb and refine the Yuan Liquid.
"Boom!"
After reaching the mid-stage of the Purple Mansion realm, Yunhua's Yuan Power was much stronger than before, and the speed of absorption and refinement was naturally several times faster. The Yuan Power transformed from the light and heat emanating from the "sun" at the center of the Purple Mansion became increasingly pure and vast.
In just a short while, the golden-red lake in the Purple Mansion expanded once again, its depth, breadth, and purity far exceeding those before.
"You've reached the late stage of the Purple Mansion realm, continue!" Yunhua still didn't stop.
The Purple Mansion Realm is actually a process of accumulation. As long as the cultivator's own understanding of the Dao reaches the standard and there are enough resources, it is entirely possible to break through in one go. Therefore, Yunhua does not plan to spend too much time in this realm.
Chapter 958 Surpassing the Limits of Cultivation Techniques
The Yuan Liquid that Yunhua accumulated over the past year exists for this purpose.
"Boom!"
The Yuan Power Lake within the Purple Mansion was still boiling, even surging with towering waves. In particular, the "sun" at the very center of the Purple Mansion was reaching an extreme temperature.
Naturally, the Yuan Power generated by Yunhua's refining of the Yuan Liquid became even purer.
"Boom!!"
An hour later, with another tremor in the Purple Mansion space, the originally vast Yuanli lake underwent another transformation, and the purity and quantity of Yuanli soared once again.
"This is the perfection of the Purple Mansion!" Yun Hua looked inward and saw that the Yuan Power accumulated in his Purple Mansion had reached its limit in terms of "quality". The only thing missing before breaking through to a higher level was "quantity".
After reaching the Purple Mansion Perfection stage, Yunhua looked at the pool in front of him and thought to himself, "From the Innate Perfection stage to the Purple Mansion Perfection stage, I consumed a total of two hundred catties of Yuan Liquid. The remaining one thousand nine hundred catties of Yuan Liquid should be just enough for me to barely break through to the Myriad Manifestations stage."
Reaching the peak of the Purple Mansion realm essentially means one can break through to the Myriad Manifestations realm, but this Myriad Manifestations realm is the lowest level, and one will have no chance of becoming a Celestial Immortal in the future.
The Myriad Manifestations Realm is a very special realm. In this realm, a Dharma Image will be manifested, and the Dharma Image will also be one of the important attack methods of the Myriad Manifestations True Person.
Generally speaking, the realm of myriad phenomena has three levels of Dharma forms. The first level is the starlight Dharma form, in which countless brilliant stars appear.
The second level is when the bright moon and starlight appear together, allowing one to unleash the Moonlight Hand, whose power far surpasses that of starlight; the third level is the ultimate Dharma form, where the sun, moon, and stars coexist.
This form can simultaneously manifest billions of stars, the bright moon, and the blazing sun.
Only a Dharma form of this level can nurture the ultimate Dharma form, "In the bright moon, the moon rabbit emerges; in the blazing sun, the golden crow appears," when the Myriad Manifestations Realm is perfected.
The appearance of the Moon Rabbit and the Golden Crow signifies a complete foundation, which is essential for advancing to the Celestial Immortal realm. Without achieving this, advancing to the Celestial Immortal realm is merely wishful thinking.
As for how this supreme Dharma form was formed?
Naturally, it is the "Lake of the Purple Mansion" that is constantly accumulated and expanded when one reaches the Purple Mansion level.
The lake in the Purple Palace is the root of everything. The deeper and wider this lake is, the more astonishing the Dharma forms it produces will be.
"With the 'Immortal Burning Manual' that I cultivate, it is definitely the top-tier method in the Three Realms. Even if I cultivate it to the perfection of the Purple Mansion, the Purple Mansion Lake can continue to expand. The remaining Yuan Liquid should be barely enough." Yun Hua looked at the Yuan Liquid and made some calculations in his mind.
According to the records in the "Burning Immortal Book", after the Purple Mansion is perfected, one can absorb and refine 800 catties of Yuan Liquid to possess the Sun and Moon Dharma Image.
"Absorbing 1,500 jin of Yuan Liquid allows one to possess the Dharma Image of the Sun, Moon, and Stars upon breakthrough; and this is not the limit, one can continue to absorb another 3,000 jin of Yuan Liquid," Yun Hua thought to himself.
After the Purple Mansion is perfected, the amount of Yuan Liquid that can be absorbed to the limit is the indicator for judging the quality of a cultivation technique.
Of course, not everyone can reach the theoretical limits of a martial arts technique.