Natal Dharma Artifacts

As the three streams of spiritual light fused with their respective objects, Lin Le felt three profound and mysterious connections rise within his heart.

Summoning the golden light, Lin Le willed it into motion, and it unexpectedly transformed into a gleaming golden bracelet around his wrist.

"Should I call you the Diamond Sutra Grinding or the Universe Ring?" Lin Le spread his hand, and the golden ring abruptly enlarged, slipping off his wrist and becoming a golden hoop a meter wide.

"Universe Ring it is. That suits you better." Lin Le closed his hand, and the Universe Ring returned to his wrist like a bracelet.

Then came the blood qi. When he summoned it, it coiled around Lin Le's arm as though it were solid, looking exactly like a strip of red silk.

Without much thought, Lin Le named it. "You shall be called the Hun Tian Ling."

Last was the Sun Moon Spirit Nectar. It transformed into a pair of Yin Yang Fish that drifted around the lotus.

Lin Le's expression turned somewhat complicated at the sight. After all, the Sun Moon Spirit Nectar had been his trump card for preserving his life.

But Lin Le merely shook his head. Gone was gone. As his strength grew, this thing gave him less and less of a boost anyway. Becoming a natal Dharma artifact was not bad either.

Lin Le exhaled, and the Yin Yang Fish leapt out from his inner landscape, flying from his mouth as a pair of swords.

Lin Le grasped the twin swords with both hands and examined them. Their designs were both ancient and simple, resembling eight-sided Han swords.

One was white and radiated scorching heat; the other was black and gave off a bone-chilling coldness.

Moreover, compared to the Universe Ring and Hun Tian Ling, which had yet to develop any artifact restrictions, perhaps because the Sun Moon Spirit Nectar had been of higher quality and greater quantity to begin with, this pair of swords had naturally formed a minor restriction and become ranked Dharma artifacts.

Artifacts were divided into four tiers: Dharma, Spirit, Treasure, and Dao. Each tier was further divided into four grades: lower, middle, upper, and supreme.

The quality of a Dharma artifact was determined by the artifact restrictions it contained. One minor restriction marked the beginning, nine was the threshold, and thirty-six was perfection.

"I'll call you the Yin-Yang Sword." Lin Le named the pair of swords.

After organizing his natal Dharma artifacts, Lin Le circulated the Thirteen Revolutions of Fighting Heaven. The Hun Tian Ling wrapped around newly born true qi and circulated it through his body.

Lin Le felt as if his body were a sponge, ravenously devouring the true qi.

His strength began growing once more, while the Hun Tian Ling continued to develop during the process.

Lin Le circulated the Qi Gathering Art, causing the true qi within his sea of qi to circulate as well. This true qi was also continuously absorbed by his body.

Lin Le then tried cultivating the Golden Light Divine Mantra and discovered new golden light appearing within the Sea of Qi Secret Realm. The Universe Ring bathed in that light and received reinforcement.

Furthermore, as the golden light shone upon the earth, Lin Le felt the rate at which his true qi was generated speed up a little more.

This was not only reflected in the Huangting Secret Realm, but also in the Heavenly Gate Secret Realm and Spiritual Platform Secret Realm.

Cultivating both nature and life—it truly deserves to be one of Daoism's foundational divine mantras.

Lin Le marveled.

This saved him the time and resources needed to search for Qi Refining Realm cultivation methods for all three paths.

Wait, I still need to look for them. Lin Le suddenly remembered something: what kind of qi one refined in the Qi Refining Realm was also something that required careful consideration.

This was generally paired with the cultivation method.

None of his three cultivation methods had such a provision.

"I still need to ask Qingli for cultivation methods." Lin Le patted his head.

Leaping out of the inn, Lin Le arrived at Liu Manor and slapped the ancient well nine times. Soon, a white snake head emerged from the bottom of the well.

After giving him a glance, it said in surprise, "You broke through to the Qi Refining Realm?"

"Yes." Lin Le nodded.

"Then congratulations." Qingli congratulated him sincerely, joy evident in her voice.

"Congratulations to you as well." Lin Le exchanged the pleasantry, then went straight to the point. "Do you have Qi Refining Realm cultivation methods for the three paths?"

"I do, and I've already picked one out for you." Qingli's eyes curved into crescents.

"What is it?" Lin Le asked curiously.

"Dao Induction," Qingli said. "This is the most widely spread cultivation method in the Great Mystery. It can take one directly into the Nascent Soul Realm, and all three paths can use it."

"If you cultivate with it to the Nascent Soul Realm, you could even go to the renowned sacred land, the Tai Hao Immortal Sect, and become an outer sect guest elder or disciple."

A Nascent Soul cultivator was only qualified to become an outer sect guest elder? Lin Le could not help clicking his tongue. Great Yan Kingdom did not even have many Nascent Soul cultivators.

"But I can only pass you the Qi Refining Chapter for now. I don't have the later parts yet." Qingli spoke with some embarrassment, then hurriedly added, "But it won't affect you if you switch to another cultivation method later. It can be called the best transitional method."

"The Qi Refining Chapter is enough for now." Lin Le said. "Go ahead. I'm listening."

"Then listen closely." Qingli began, "The three grades of supreme medicine: spirit, qi, and essence. Vague and hazy, distant and obscure. Preserve nothingness, guard existence; it is accomplished in an instant. Returning wind mingles together; in a hundred days, the work becomes numinous."

Lin Le listened attentively and quickly memorized the entire Dao Induction Qi Refining Chapter.

"Did you memorize it all?" Qingli asked.

"I did," Lin Le replied.

He then consumed an ordinary lotus seed and entered One thought, three years to comprehend its true meaning and cultivate it.

However, after returning to his senses, Lin Le frowned. True qi could not actually appear within One thought, three years.

Can one pattern only correspond to one realm?

Lin Le pondered.

After spending one hundred Human Dao merit to condense a one-pattern lotus seed, Lin Le consumed it and entered One thought, three years once more.

No, it was One thought, three years.

During those three years, Lin Le continuously practiced the Dao Induction Qi Refining Chapter and successfully crossed the threshold into Minor Accomplishment.

Lin Le could not help muttering inwardly, It's quite difficult to comprehend.

He had thought three years would be enough to bring this qi refining method to perfection, yet he had only reached Minor Accomplishment.

Seeing Lin Le frown, Qingli could not help asking with concern, "What's wrong? Is there a problem with the cultivation method?"

"Not at all. Just a small problem. I can solve it soon enough." Lin Le shook his head.

"Oh." Qingli nodded.

Lin Le began formally attempting to cultivate Dao Induction in reality.

As his breathing rhythm changed, Lin Le drew in the spiritual qi of heaven and earth. The three secret realms abruptly became like ravenous beasts, swallowing the surrounding spiritual qi in great gulps.

"So this is Three Paths Cultivation? It's an even greater commotion than I caused back then." Qingli could not help muttering.

She had only become a demon after pushing Form Transformation to its limit, and her bloodline had been extraordinary, reaching the Spirit grade—enough to rival a human spiritual body.

Yet in truth, the commotion from her cultivation back then had not even been half of Lin Le's.

Lin Le continued cultivating. Wisps of milky-white true qi were born within all Three Great Secret Realms, condensing into blocks of white jade bricks that settled three feet in from their edges.

However, after cultivating for only a short while, Lin Le had no choice but to stop because there was not enough spiritual qi.

I'm short on resources. Lin Le let out a long inward sigh.

His physical body now needed true qi, and building towers in his secret realms also needed true qi. The little bit of qi produced by his body and spiritual roots alone was simply nowhere near enough.

Fortunately, Lin Le had long grown used to this situation. If there was none left, he would just go seize some.

He opened his eyes and looked at Qingli. When Qingli saw him look over, she understood what he meant. "Whose house?"

"The Lu Family. I'll settle accounts with them first," Lin Le said.

He had asked around at the restaurant. Steward Lu was a Second Layer cultivator who cultivated the Spiritual Platform Dao.

That level of combat power should pose no problem for him.

"Alright." Qingli blew bubbles and carried Lin Le away.