Visualization Method

Although the Xuan Yuan Emperor was not very ethical, one point had to be admitted: his explanation of the "Xuan Yuan Casting God Method" within the illusion was meticulous and thorough. Even someone like Huang Huai, who had no prior cultivation foundation, could understand it immediately.

Xuan Yuan is Qi and Blood, and Spirit!

Although it is one cultivation method, it contains two cultivation directions.

One is to refine one's spirit through visualization methods to achieve the goal of purifying and strengthening one's spirit. Once visualization is successful, one can use their powerful spirit to open a Divine Court in the Sea of Consciousness and invite a god into their body.

The other is to strengthen the physical body and refine the Qi and Blood Power of the physical body. When the physical body is strong and the Qi and Blood are abundant, one can open a Divine Palace in the Dantian and invite a god into their body.

Those with strong spiritual talent can walk the path of strengthening their spirit and opening the Divine Court of the Sea of Consciousness. Those with strong physical bodies can walk the path of strengthening Qi and Blood and opening the Divine Palace of the Dantian.

A strong spirit can nourish the physical body, and a strong physical body can also nourish the spirit. The two paths are not mutually exclusive; in fact, they complement each other.

Due to his premature birth, Huang Huai was congenitally weak. It was only through years of recuperation that he avoided any problems stemming from his congenital weakness.

Although he had received the divine blessing of the Seventh Elder of the Great River Sect previously, which replenished some of his physical deficiencies, his congenital weakness was an unchangeable fact.

Perhaps in the future, he might obtain some heavenly treasures that could allow him to undergo a complete transformation, change his tendons and marrow, and alter his roots. However, for now, Huang Huai's best choice was clearly to walk the path of strengthening his spirit and opening the Divine Court of the Sea of Consciousness.

Coincidentally, Huang Huai had entered Xunzhen Temple on the mountain since he was young. Xunzhen Temple was also of the Daoist lineage, and the Great Daoist Master was learned and talented. He had guided Huang Huai in the methods of meditation, breathing, and visualization early on.

Years of meditation and visualization had made Huang Huai's mental strength considerably stronger than that of ordinary people. The most obvious manifestation was that Huang Huai spent nearly half the year at Xunzhen Temple, leaving him with not much time for school.

Despite this, Huang Huai's academic performance had always been among the best, and he learned anything he encountered with ease.

In the "Xuan Yuan Casting God Method," the first step on the path of opening the Divine Court of the Sea of Consciousness is to strengthen the spirit through visualization methods, then condense the True Spirit and Primordial Spirit to reside in the Sea of Consciousness. Only then, after inviting a god into the body, can the True Spirit and Primordial Spirit suppress the Sea of Consciousness, preventing the mind from being disturbed and falling into demonic deviation by the Gods and Demons. This is the first step of cultivation, known as Foundation Establishment.

Huang Huai had also practiced Daoist visualization methods, such as the Pagoda Visualization Method, the Lotus Visualization Method, and the Tai Chi Diagram Visualization Method, all of which were top-tier visualization methods commonly practiced by eminent figures of both Buddhism and Daoism.

The visualization methods Huang Huai practiced with the Great Daoist Master were the Internal Landscape Visualization Method and the Tai Chi Diagram Visualization Method. Among these, the Internal Landscape Visualization Method was divided into the Five Viscera Visualization Method and the Bone Visualization Method. Both of these methods involved visualizing one's own bones and internal organs to expel internal diseased Qi, nourish Qi and Blood, and strengthen the internal organs, with a greater emphasis on health preservation.

As for the Tai Chi Diagram Visualization Method, it involved visualizing the Tai Chi diagram, with its flowing Yin and Yang, and focused more on the path of refining the spirit.

Given Huang Huai's congenital weakness, he naturally focused on the Internal Landscape Visualization Method, while also practicing the Tai Chi Diagram Visualization Method. Over ten years, Huang Huai was no novice in the art of visualization; he was skilled and practiced, able to meditate and visualize at any time.

Now, having obtained the White Bone Visualization Method within the Xuan Yuan Casting God Method, Huang Huai instinctively compared it to the Internal Landscape Visualization Method and the Tai Chi Diagram Visualization Method he practiced. In Huang Huai's opinion, both the conception and artistic conception of the White Bone Visualization Method were far inferior to top-tier Daoist visualization methods like the Internal Landscape Visualization Method and the Tai Chi Diagram Visualization Method.

Now that he had obtained the method for condensing the True Spirit and Primordial Spirit from the Xuan Yuan Casting God Method, Huang Huai could naturally cultivate it without any instruction.

Even in another world, it would take at least several years for new disciples to successfully achieve Foundation Establishment. Of course, for those with innate extraordinary talents, it was naturally difficult to judge them by ordinary standards.

To be safe, Huang Huai dared not act recklessly during his first cultivation. Instead, he followed the White Bone Visualization Method in the Xuan Yuan Casting God Method in a conventional manner.

It had to be said that Huang Huai's ten years of life in the Daoist temple were not in vain. This was immediately evident. In just the time it takes for a cup of tea to steep, a white bone skeleton figure gradually took shape in Huang Huai's mind. Initially, due to unfamiliarity, the formation of the white bone skeleton figure was somewhat slow. However, as Huang Huai found the feeling of practicing the Internal Landscape Visualization Method and the Tai Chi Diagram Visualization Method, the visualization of the white bone skeleton rapidly took shape.

At this point, Huang Huai felt quite nervous and expectant. According to the Xuan Yuan Casting God Method, reaching this stage meant one foot was already on the threshold of condensing the True Spirit and Primordial Spirit. As long as he crossed the final step, causing the visualized white bone skeleton to make the ultimate leap, transforming from a mental visualization into the Sea of Consciousness and evolving into his own True Spirit and Primordial Spirit, he would have successfully achieved Foundation Establishment and thus entered the ranks of the extraordinary.

Feeling the white bone skeleton visualized in his mind, Huang Huai couldn't help but think: It seems this visualization method isn't that difficult!

However, Huang Huai also knew that the ultimate leap, the transformation of the white bone into the Sea of Consciousness to generate the True Spirit and Primordial Spirit, was the most crucial step. If he failed to grasp the method, it would ultimately remain just a visualized white bone skeleton. He had been able to do this easily years ago.

With a thought, following the ultimate leap method described in the Xuan Yuan Casting God Method, the white bone skeleton in his mind suddenly leaped into the Sea of Consciousness. However, at this moment, illusory chains suddenly appeared around the white bone skeleton. Faintly, one could hear the sound of chains vibrating. The white bone skeleton touched the chains, as if struck by lightning, and instantly collapsed.

At the same time, Huang Huai's mind trembled violently. He let out a muffled groan and slowly opened his eyes. His once bright and spirited eyes were now dim and lusterless, clearly having suffered a significant mental shock.

After a while, the feeling of dizziness, drowsiness, and splitting headache gradually subsided. With immense willpower, Huang Huai steadied his mind. Recalling the experience of the past moment, Huang Huai couldn't help but look up at the night sky outside the side hall.

The stars had retreated from the night sky. A faint, nascent red sun was about to break through the night curtain on the horizon, bringing light to the world. A new day was about to begin. However, at this moment, Huang Huai felt an inexplicable sense of oppression and restraint.

"Could those suddenly appearing chains be the root cause of the lack of extraordinary power in the current world?"

The Xuan Yuan Casting God Method never mentioned any chains appearing during the ultimate leap. It could be said that as long as one could perfectly visualize the white bone skeleton, the ultimate leap would be a natural progression.

Since it was not a problem with the Xuan Yuan Casting God Method he practiced, there was only one possibility: the current world he was in had locked down the path to the extraordinary, prohibiting anyone from mastering extraordinary power through cultivation.

He exhaled a breath of pent-up frustration, but Huang Huai was not discouraged. If the current world wouldn't work, there was still the other world. He wanted to see who could stop him from stepping into the extraordinary once he recovered his spirit and broke through in the other world.