" Lingyuan."
"Disciple is here."
As Patriarch Dejing spoke, Jiang Sheng turned and bowed to this sixth-generation patriarch of her own sect.
The vast Dao wheel formed from resplendent water and fire shone with brilliance across ten thousand li. At its very center, Patriarch Dejing, wearing the Water-Fire Purple-Gold Crown and a glittering golden Yin-Yang robe, looked at the finest disciple among Penglai's thirteenth generation—and perhaps the finest disciple from the eleventh through thirteenth generations. Though his expression was stern, warmth was hard to conceal in his eyes.
"I will not ask about your Dao Heart, nor test your comprehension."
"I only wish to discuss Void Refinement and Integration with you."
Hearing this, Jiang Sheng saluted with a Dao bow, then sat cross-legged. "Patriarch, please enlighten me."
Patriarch Dejing nodded. Raising his hand, he drew a wisp of Void Refinement aura from the void and gently twisted it between his fingers. The aura immediately collapsed, transforming into layer upon layer of forms.
Patriarch Dejing said, "The Dao of Void Refinement lies in the transformation of essence, qi, and spirit."
"After the Golden Core's water and fire temper the life-fruit, the Nascent Soul gives birth to the Dao Embryo, Spirit Transformation forms the True Spirit, and then comes ascension and attainment of the Dao, using the essence, qi, and spirit to combine with and refine the Void Refinement fruit."
"What, then, are essence, qi, and spirit?"
Essence, qi, and spirit?
Without hesitation, Jiang Sheng answered decisively, "This disciple believes that the transformation of essence, qi, and spirit manifests as wind, thunder, and fire; is completed through true nature and life; and combines with the forms of the void."
"Qi and spirit unite, essence and nature become one. They take shape like Yin and Yang, clear and turbid settling into harmony. Without