I really was cultivating immortality!
Coming back to his senses, Zhou Qing sensed the Soul Power within himself—
Within this Abyss, he could not accurately determine how many levels he had advanced, but his surging, boundless Soul Power resonated with the Qi and Blood in his body and the spirit in his mind. He was likely close to the realm of a Soul Emperor.
This made Zhou Qing sigh. So long as one found the correct path for practicing the various cultivation methods of Daoism from his previous life and attained clarity of mind, one could become an Immortal or a Buddha where one stood.
Just like Sun Wukong in Journey to the West, who cultivated into a Heavenly Immortal in three years—was it because of his birth, which had caused vast quantities of spiritual energy to accumulate within him from the start?
In his previous life, Zhou Qing had read quite a few cultivation novels and had thought so too. But given his current circumstances, he understood that it was because Sun Wukong had mastered the correct cultivation method!
Cultivation also emphasized accumulation, but it was not simply about endlessly accumulating Internal Energy, Soul Power, Magic Power, and the like. One had to connect the small world of the human body with the great world beyond during cultivation, using the Inner Scenery of the human body to reflect the world outside, taking the form of heaven and the intent of Earth.
Thus, while cultivating and circulating one's cultivation method, one also had to follow the four seasons, the twelve earthly hours, and specific points in time, corresponding to particular climates and even the movements of the stars, in order to perceive heaven and earth.
Such cultivation was indeed cumbersome, but the time required to achieve success was a hundred