Recite the Scripture First!

The rising sun illuminated the Great Dao.

Far away in Martial King Manor, Shi Yi naturally had no idea that three great fools in the Great Wilderness were setting a trap for him, trying to lure him out and seize the so-called Great Wilderness Mountain Treasure.

At that moment, he sat cross-legged beneath a great tree. Warm, bright golden sunlight filtered through the leaves and fell across his face, making the scene look utterly harmonious.

Shi Yi was cultivating with complete focus. He cultivated for three shichen every day and had never missed a single day. It could not be called grinding, but neither could it be called laziness. At best, he was fairly diligent.

Over the years,

Shi Yi had always lived this way. He had grown used to such a quiet life, and the feeling of becoming stronger little by little truly fascinated him.

It was a feeling most people could never experience—the certainty that effort in cultivation would always bring rewards.

It was like playing a game: logging in every day to level up, with one's strength improving more or less each time.

But reality was not a game.

Limited by talent, natural aptitude, and opportunities, not everyone received rewards for cultivating. Many cultivated for an entire lifetime, only to remain stuck at their original realm.

But Shi Yi was different.

As long as he cultivated, he would receive something in return. Even if he simply sat there and cultivated for ten thousand years, he could forcibly cultivate his way to the Human Dao Peak.

Part of it came from his natural talent and aptitude, part from his Double Pupils, and the final part from the foundation forged by his Ten Celestial Passages.

The current Shi Yi

had a high floor and an even higher ceiling.

To say nothing else, before becoming immortal, he did not need to worry about anything. Whether cultivation methods, Treasure Techniques, or Dao Protectors, he already possessed everything.

Although the Original True Understanding in his hands currently contained only the first volume, the God Guiding Chapter, it was enough for Shi Yi to cultivate all the way to the Human Dao Peak and become the foremost person beneath True Immortals.

What was the Human Dao Peak?

The Human Dao Peak referred to experts of the Supreme Realm. They stood at the peak of the human path, only one step away from becoming immortal.

Merely releasing their pressure could make those of lower realms unable to lift their heads. With Longevity Substance, they could live for millions of years or even longer.

"Now that I have achieved Ten Celestial Passages, I can enter Spirit Transformation," Shi Yi mused.

It was not that he did not know how to undergo Spirit Transformation. With the Original True Understanding, he had never needed to worry about the direction of his cultivation. He was simply somewhat concerned about his own Spirit Transformation.

The Spirit Transformation Realm—its very name revealed its true meaning. It allowed one to evolve, reshape, and recreate. It was a crucial major realm along the path of cultivation.

All things possessed spirituality. Every blade of grass, every tree, every speck of dust, every grain of sand had its own spirit, let alone living beings.

The Spirit Transformation Realm involved transforming all kinds of spirituality, molding one's true spirit, recreating one's true self, and causing oneself to undergo transformation.

If the Celestial Passage Realm was the foundation, forging an unshakable base that represented a person's future, then the Spirit Transformation Realm was evolution and creation built upon the Celestial Passage Realm, giving one's future self wings to soar.

By molding the true spirit, recreating the self, and gathering the spirituality of heaven and earth into one's body, not only would the flesh undergo transformation, but if one comprehended it thoroughly, even the soul would ascend alongside the body. The acquired could return to the innate, and one could undergo nirvana to become an Innate Divine Embryo.

It sounded wonderful.

And in truth, it was.

Once Shi Yi advanced to the Spirit Transformation Realm and transformed the foundation of his Cavern Heavens, the acquired would return to the innate. His level of life would undergo a transformation, and his body would become an Innate Divine Embryo.

By then,

Shi Yi would no longer be a muddled acquired lifeform, but an Innate Being, pure and clear throughout.

It was worth noting that

not every cultivator in the Spirit Transformation Realm could return from the acquired to the innate, allowing their bodies to undergo nirvana and become Innate Divine Embryos and Innate Beings. Only those who had reached the limits of both the Blood Moving Realm and the Celestial Passage Realm had even a sliver of such a possibility.

Most Spirit Transformation Realm cultivators lacked sufficient foundation in the Blood Moving Realm and the Celestial Passage Realm.

Forget returning from the acquired to the innate—being able to become a few years younger was already something to celebrate.

"The Blood Moving Realm's limit is one hundred thousand jin, perfect. The Celestial Passage Realm's limit is Ten Celestial Passages, and my Ten Celestial Passages can even contain my true body. It is perfection beyond perfection. But reaching the limit of the Spirit Transformation Realm will be somewhat difficult!" Shi Yi mused.

The Blood Moving Realm, the Celestial Passage Realm, and the Spirit Transformation Realm.

These three major realms were all foundational realms. The realms beyond them mostly involved integrating external objects to push one's cultivation higher.

Therefore,

the Blood Moving Realm, Celestial Passage Realm, and Spirit Transformation Realm were also known as the three foundational realms.

What one achieved in these three realms had already determined one's future.

The Blood Moving Realm tempered the body, forging the flesh and blood into a furnace, using one's own vital blood to shake heaven and earth and thereby open Celestial Passages.

The Celestial Passage Realm built the foundation, forging one's own base. One step, one Cavern Heaven; Ten Celestial Passages could forge a supreme foundation.

The Spirit Transformation Realm molded and shaped, molding the true spirit and self, transforming the foundation of one's Cavern Heavens, flesh, and soul, allowing them to transform and ascend.

Without reaching the limit in the Blood Moving Realm, it would be difficult to open Ten Celestial Passages in the Celestial Passage Realm. Without the foundation of Ten Celestial Passages, nirvana in the Spirit Transformation Realm and returning from the acquired to the innate would naturally be empty talk.

In short, each link was connected to the next.

No realm could be lacking.

Shi Yi had already reached the end of the Celestial Passage Realm. He had even walked an entirely different path, opening Ten Celestial Passages filled with Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, as well as Yin Yang Chaos.

But transforming them was not so simple. If no one suppressed Earth, Water, Fire, Wind and sorted out Yin Yang Chaos, he might very well remain trapped in the Ten Celestial Passages realm for the rest of his life.

But now,

after the Willow Deity personally entered Shi Yi's Tenth Celestial Passage, suppressed Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, sorted out Yin Yang Chaos, and used the power of the Five Elements Eight Trigrams, she had cleared away the shackles blocking Shi Yi's breakthrough into the Spirit Transformation Realm.

Shi Yi now fully possessed the ability to break through the shackles of the Celestial Passage Realm and advance into the Spirit Transformation Realm. But the problem was that it would be difficult for him to reach the limit within the Spirit Transformation Realm.

This was because ordinary people merely used their own Cavern Heavens and cultivated Treasure Techniques to undergo Spirit Transformation, thereby transforming their bodies and souls.

Normally, as long as they did not court death, there would not be much of a problem. Both body and soul could undergo a certain degree of transformation.

But

Shi Yi was somewhat obsessive and disliked asymmetrical things.

Since he had reached the limit in both the Blood Moving Realm and the Celestial Passage Realm, and both could be considered perfect, if he failed to reach the limit and perfection in the Spirit Transformation Realm, another of the three foundational realms, he felt that it would torment him to death.

He had to undergo nirvana!

He had to return from the acquired to the innate!

At this thought,

Shi Yi glanced at the Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, Yin Yang Chaos, and Five Elements Power within his Cavern Heavens, which had already begun to settle down, and could not help but shudder.

Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, Yin Yang Chaos, Five Elements Power.

Were the powers within his Cavern Heavens a little too high-end?

During Spirit Transformation, he should not accidentally transform himself out of existence.

Three shichen passed.

After finishing his daily cultivation, Shi Yi did not immediately attempt to transform his Cavern Heavens. Instead, he drilled into the Tenth Celestial Passage.

Mm!

That word, drilled, was quite important.

In theory, Cavern Heavens could store objects, so naturally they could also hold living people. But at present, Shi Yi was the only special existence who could freely enter and leave his own Cavern Heavens.

The reason was simple. The Cavern Heavens opened by others all depended on their owners to exist. It was like how, no matter how strong you were, you could not lift yourself up.

Shi Yi's Ten Celestial Passages, however, were precisely the opposite. They had long ceased to be ordinary Cavern Heavens and had become a Small World and small universe filled with Earth, Water, Fire, Wind.

"Teacher, I want to ask—"

Shi Yi had just wanted to ask the Willow Deity something when she interrupted him before he could finish.

"Recite the scripture first! This is your daily homework. You must not be lazy."

The Willow Deity naturally knew what Shi Yi wanted to ask, but before that, she wanted to verify something: whether the Script of Salvation that Shi Yi recited with devotion had any effect on her.