Chapter 180: Chapter 132: Physique Transformation, Cangyun Secret Realm (Requesting Monthly Tickets!)
Chapter 180: Chapter 132: Physique Transformation, Cangyun Secret Realm (Requesting Monthly Tickets!)
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When the Fire Attribute Dao Foundation stepped into the ninth layer, Chu Zheng had a premonition that there was still room for further improvement above the ninth layer Dao Foundation.
The current situation just confirmed his previous speculation.
Under the massive supplement of spiritual objects, the Water Attribute Dao Foundation completed its transformation one step ahead of the fire, integrating directly into one.
The changes in the Dao Foundation directly affected the Immortal Bone behind his head.
In an instant, Chu Zheng only felt a numbness at the back of his head, followed by a clear qi flooding into his limbs and bones, and in a blink, the world in his eyes changed.
The Water Element Spirit Qi floated in the void, incredibly clear.
Even in Taixuan, a place bathed in Divine Fire and extremely fiery, Chu Zheng could still clearly sense the deeper hidden Water Attribute Spirit Qi in the surrounding world, which had increased several times over compared to before.
In the Cangyun Realm, there had been various types of spiritual bodies that appeared, just like the Fire Spirit Body of Ye Yulou and Zhao Tingxian in the past.
Those born with spiritual bodies practice cultivation techniques that match their own attributes and achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Chu Zheng did not know exactly how much this kind of spiritual body could enhance cultivation, but he knew that even if he was not on par now, he definitely wouldn't fall too far behind.
While Chu Zheng was lost in thought, a slight disturbance suddenly transmitted from the panel.
[Name: Chu Zheng]
[Cultivation: Qi Refining: Late Stage of the Jade Bone Realm, Immortal Path: Late Stage of Entry Dao Realm]
[Root Bone: Five Elements Immortal Bone (Superior Quality), Water Spirit Body]
[Cultivation Techniques: Taixuan Divine Fire Scripture (Eighth Order), Great Void Scripture (Eighth Order/Incomplete), Creation and Transformation Yanshen Scripture (Ninth Order/Incomplete), Glazed Glass Scripture (Seventh Order/Incomplete), Grand Circulatory Qi Guideline (Sixth Order/Incomplete)...]
[Divine Skills: Tai Yuan Dragon Sword Dance (Eighth Order), Five Thunder Righteous Law (Sixth Order), Slaughter Blood Descending Dragon Technique (Sixth Order), Xuan Tian Seal Third Form (Fifth Order), Space Condensing Art (Sixth Order), Riding the Clouds and Driving the Mist (Second Order), Heavenly Divination Technique (Second Order), Object Control (Second Order), Transmute Stone to Gold (Second Order), Invisibility Technique (Second Order)...]
[Repair Master: Third Order (1000/1000)]
[Remaining Repair Chances for Today: 5]
[Currently Repairable: Lower Part of Great Circulatory Qi Guideline (1250/2000)...]
A Water Spirit Body?
Seeing the changes on the panel, Chu Zheng's expression shifted slightly, wondering if such inborn spiritual bodies could also be cultivated later in life?
With that thought, Chu Zheng suddenly opened his eyes, stood up, and went to find Geng Yiyang; he had some doubts that needed confirmation.
Geng Yiyang had been in seclusion for the past few days, not seeing visitors, but he made an exception for Chu Zheng, who could freely enter and leave any place in Taixuan Holy Land, including Geng Yiyang's secluded dwelling.
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The clouds were thick, obscuring the sunlight falling from above the sky.
In a fiery red valley filled with rugged rocks, a figure sat cross-legged at the center, with a water pool not far away oozing magma and emitting an extremely rich smell of sulfur, reflecting a large expanse of crimson light, like flowing flames.
"Holy Master."
Chu Zheng stepped into the valley slowly and bowed respectfully.
Geng Yiyang was slightly puzzled by Chu Zheng's arrival:
"What's the matter?"
In recent times, he had been looking for a way to help Chu Zheng conceal his destiny and hide his identity after the Great Tournament of Ten Thousand Sects.
But deceiving the Heavenly Dao was not that simple, and the pressure was immense.
"I want to know, when the Senior Ye Yulou reached Dao Integration Perfection, how many layers was the Celestial Foundation within him?"
Chu Zheng was puzzled by this; perhaps above the nine-layer Celestial Foundation, there were cases like his own within the Immortal Alliance.
"Nine-layer Celestial Foundation, the qualification of an Immortal King, and because of this, the Immortal Alliance bestowed upon him the Fire Seed of the Indestructible Sky Kirin Fire."
Geng Yiyang sighed softly, remembering the old friend: "If it weren't for the outbreak of war in the Cangyun Realm, and the need for Taixuan, he might have already joined the Immortal Alliance long ago, but fate was not kind..."
Nine-layer Celestial Foundation.
Chu Zheng pondered thoughtfully; a natural-born Fire Spirit Body also crystallized a nine-layer Celestial Foundation, but did not melt into one entity.
After some deliberation, Chu Zheng finally understood the peculiarity about himself; he had inverted the cause and effect.
Initially, it was using Qi-refining techniques to forcibly pursue cultivation, first compiling a Dao Foundation, and only afterward did he stimulate the growth of a flawed spiritual root, which he repaired into a complete Immortal Bone with the help of the Repair Master panel.
Now that the Dao Foundation was fully perfected, he had evolved into a spiritual body.
This path was untraceable for ordinary people; not to mention transforming a flawed spiritual root into Five Elements Immortal Bone, just the sheer amount of spiritual objects would be hard for an ordinary Divine Infant Cultivator to digest. If not for the Repair Master panel, his physical body would have burst countless times by now.
It's extremely rare for someone to condense an eight-layer Celestial Foundation, and a precious spiritual object like Ten Thousand Stars Heavenly Dew which could aid one in reaching Tongxuan would not be wasted on an Entry Dao Realm cultivator.
The conditions for cultivating an innate spiritual body were exceedingly strict.
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According to such deduction, once the Five Elements Celestial Foundation were all perfected, he might be able to evolve into a true Five Elements Spiritual Body, and even further, through the transformation of the Five Elements into Yin and Yang.
"Is there anything higher than a Ninth Layer Celestial Foundation?" Chu Zheng's gaze flickered slightly.
"Yes," Geng Yiyang nodded, "I have seen from an ancient book that in the Ancient Era, Cangyun had produced more than one. Above the Ninth Layer Celestial Foundation, the foundation will melt into one entity, which helps the cultivator transcend tribulation; the Immortal Alliance calls it 'Immortal Root'."
"Immortal Root?" Chu Zheng's heart stirred, and as he had suspected, there must have been people who had reached beyond the Ninth Layer Celestial Foundation.
"In the Immortal Tribulation Realm, heaven and earth will bring down Heavenly Tribulations according to the cultivator's talent, helping the cultivator purify the Immortal body. Ordinary cultivators, after passing nine thunder tribulations, can become Immortals, but those with exceptional talents are different; those with the Immortal Root in their possession will face more tribulations."
"To my knowledge, these tribulations are divided into 'Five Elements Great Tribulation,' 'Yin Yang Half Tribulation,' and 'Chaos True Tribulation' three categories."
"True Immortals are divided into ranks; the more tribulations one endures in the Immortal Tribulation Realm, the stronger their cultivation naturally becomes. Surviving the Five Elements Great Tribulation, upon entry into the Immortal Sect, starts as a Five Tribulation True Immortal."
As he spoke of this, a barely concealed fervor flickered through Geng Yiyang's somewhat cloudy eyes:
"If one consecutively survives the Five Elements Great Tribulation, the Yin Yang Half Tribulation, and the Chaos True Tribulation, they can even ascend directly to the position of Celestial Lord, almost at arm's reach from that of an Immortal Venerable."
To ascend in one step and become a Celestial Lord is something not even ordinary True Immortals dare to contemplate.
After a moment, Chu Zheng finally digested this information and then asked, "Is there hope for the Fire Spirit Body to be cultivated later on?"
"Spiritual Bodies are innate, naturally impossible to cultivate later on; however, it is possible to enhance one's Dao Foundation. Just like you, with the help of spiritual objects, there is hope to elevate to the Ninth Layer, but at least a Superior Immortal Bone's talent is needed."
"After all, spiritual objects can only help you further unleash the potential you haven't yet tapped into, not change your innate talent."
Having said this, Geng Yiyang paused slightly before adding, "However, I have heard that in ancient times, there was a clan in which a Spiritual Body was born generation after generation, seemingly with a method to graft by bloodline and pass down the Spiritual Body."
"Thank you, Holy Master, for resolving my doubts."
Chu Zheng nodded his thanks, and after a moment's thought, he spoke again, "I need a Divine Fire Seed of the Sixth Order or higher."
Now that his Water Attribute Dao Foundation was complete, and with the foundational stability of his Fire Attribute, he could proceed with its further enhancement. Without spiritual objects, using a Fire Seed as a substitute was equally valid.
"A Sixth Order Fire Seed with your current cultivation…"
Geng Yiyang's words trailed off, as he swallowed the second half of the sentence and with a flip of his hand, produced a Jade Box and tossed it to Chu Zheng:
"Take it."
Back when Chu Zheng was in the Spirit Spring Realm, he had already refined the Fifth Order Heavenly Star Flame, and without anyone else's assistance at that, which was undoubtedly miraculous.
Since he had now asked for it, he clearly had some degree of confidence, and there might be methods involved related to other Taoist Orthodoxies that need not be questioned too deeply.
The one thing Taixuan Holy Land was not short of was Divine Fire. The fallen Taixuan cultivators, before their death, often fed all their cultivation and flesh back into the Divine Fire, leaving it for their successors. Presently there are still many ownerless Divine Fire Seeds left.
Were it not for his current inability to leave the Divine Fire, he would have even considered passing his own Flame Aura Dragon Flame to Chu Zheng.
Given Chu Zheng's talent, the Flame Aura Dragon Flame could only accompany him for a very short part of his journey.
Chu Zheng took the Jade Box, glanced at it, and soon a prompt appeared on the faceplate.
[Phoenix Flame (Sixth Order): True fire cultivated within the body of the Phoenix Clan, obtained from a shape-shifted Great Demon who had devoured the essence of a Tongxuan cultivator in its prime.]
With this Sixth Order Fire Seed, he should be able to bring his Fire Attribute Dao Foundation to perfection, using acquired essence to revert to innate quality, inducing the birth of a Fire Spirit Body. At that time, cultivating the Taixuan Divine Fire Scripture would undoubtedly be much faster.
"Thank you, Holy Master."
Chu Zheng bowed and turned to leave.
"Wait a moment."
Geng Yiyang called out to him, his expression somewhat solemn:
"After perfecting your Dao Foundation, condense your soul as soon as possible. Once you've condensed your soul, I can send you into the Cangyun Secret Realm. There, you may find even greater opportunities."
"What exactly is the Cangyun Secret Realm?"
Upon hearing this, Chu Zheng was somewhat puzzled. Geng Yiyang had already mentioned to him that some had found fragments of Immortal Treasures within, and even witnessed the remains of Immortals with their own eyes.
However, for the current him, even if he obtained fragments of Immortal Treasures, he could not repair them. Entering would be a waste of time, far less beneficial than to cultivate peacefully and enhance his cultivation.
"It is a realm sealed by an Ancient Immortal King, with an environment that still remains as it was in the Ancient Era of Cangyun Realm."
"Shang Cangyun was the first to discover this place; from there, he brought back the inheritance of an Immortal King on his first visit. After clinching the title in the first Great Tournament of Ten Thousand Sects, he rose to prominence."
At this point, Geng Yiyang casually added, "The environment is still of the Ancient Era, and there are remains of other Taoist Orthodoxies."
He knew that Chu Zheng cultivated the other Taoist Orthodoxies.
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In today's Cangyun Realm, already thoroughly purged again and again, aside from the Immortal Path, a hundred paths do not survive. This Cangyun Secret Realm should be of substantial help to Chu Zheng, at the very least providing some guidance.
Remains of the other Taoist Orthodoxies...
Chu Zheng's eyes suddenly sharpened. The Great Circulatory Qi Guideline was only up to the Sixth Order, containing only cultivation methods up to the Returning to Void Realm. He had no clue about the subsequent Dao Integration or about post-Immortal cultivation methods.
"What are the conditions for entering the Cangyun Secret Realm?"
Coming back to his senses, Chu Zheng couldn't help but wonder. Such secret realms should have been fully explored by the Holy Lands over the years; those remains should not still be there.