A Shortcut Found by Chance

For a moment, Ji An could not decide whether this counted as breaking through the Immoveable Wisdom King Art to the Body Sarira realm.

Judging by the intensity of his Qi and Blood Power, he had reached it. His physical strength also met the requirements, yet there was no sarira shining with golden light.

However, determining whether a cultivation method had broken through was simple. As long as one could cultivate the methods of the Body Sarira realm, the breakthrough was successful.

The damp medicinal mud had already hardened and fallen away. Ji An cast the Spring Breeze Rain Transformation Art to wash himself, then donned his robe, refreshed and clear-headed.

Returning beneath the Gathering Origin Tree, he sat in a wicker chair and retrieved the Cultivation Method Jade Slip from the Void Stone. Pressing it to his forehead, he carefully examined the cultivation method beyond the Body Sarira realm.

After reading through it, half of Ji An's heart turned cold.

Leaving aside the portion on meditative visualization, the method required the circulation of qi and blood to construct void passages and use the sarira for energy tempering. But he did not have a sarira at all.

"Heh heh."

Ji An slapped his forehead and gave a bitter laugh. It seemed he had gone astray in cultivating the method, though fortunately, it had caused no adverse effects.

But since things had come to this, he had to at least see whether there was any possibility of advancing further.

Physical cultivation was merely auxiliary anyway. It all relied on bitter self-cultivation, and Stone Turtle could not help him. If he could not continue cultivating it, he would only feel regret; it would not shake him to the bone.

He closed his eyes, adjusted his breathing, and calmed his mind. Very quickly,