Nine Revolutions Viscera Refining Secret Record

"Identity Jade Token."

At the entrance of the Myriad Scrolls Pavilion, a gray-robed elder with hair and beard as white as snow sat half-lidded behind a mottled Black Ironwood Desk, his voice lazy.

Qin Jue stepped forward and handed over his token.

The elder didn't even lift his eyelids. He took the token casually and placed it onto an Array Plate on the desk.

"Whew—"

The Array Plate let out a soft hum, and a few lines of text materialized in midair.

The Old Steward's half-closed eyes suddenly cracked open a sliver. His gaze swept over the numbers on the Array Plate, and a hint of surprise crept into his tone: "Oh? Qin Jue, one hundred and eighty-six Battle Merits?"

Only then did the elder raise his head, truly looking at Qin Jue for the first time. Seeing that the youth, though plainly dressed, had a steady aura and eyes so calm they held not a single ripple, he nodded inwardly.

"Per academy rules, those with over one hundred and sixty Battle Merits may borrow two Mortal Tier High-grade cultivation methods or martial techniques from the first floor of the Myriad Scrolls Pavilion this month."

The Old Steward tossed the token back onto the desk and resumed his languid demeanor. "Two hours to browse. No damaging the Jade Slips, no private copying. Go on in."

"Thank you, Steward."

Qin Jue retrieved his token and stepped into the Light Screen.

The first floor of the Myriad Scrolls Pavilion was vast, spanning several hundred zhang in every direction. A faint scent of ink lingered in the air.

Hundreds of bookshelves stood in neat rows, packed with all manner of Jade Slips and beast-hide tomes. Faint restrictive glows coiled around each Jade Slip.

Many Outer Court Disciples were already in the hall, selecting cultivation methods with bated breath and focused expressions.

Qin Jue swept his gaze over them without pausing, walking straight through the crowd toward the Premium Area deeper in the hall.

He knew exactly what he wanted—a Mortal Tier High-grade cultivation method.

In Skywind Martial City, most methods circulating on the market were Mortal Tier Low-grade. Mortal Tier Mid-grade was already worth a fortune, and Mortal Tier High-grade was the limit an Outer Court Disciple could access.

Such methods were often profound and vast, each containing several completely different, mysterious variations. An ordinary person could spend a lifetime mastering just one to great success and already dominate the Outer Court.

As for those peerless geniuses with godlike comprehension and vast resources backing them, they could naturally attempt to cultivate multiple paths simultaneously.

Though the resources consumed were several times that of an ordinary person—a terrifying bottomless pit—once they succeeded, they would forge a perfect foundation!

When the time came to break through to the legendary Nascent Core Realm, that perfect foundation would become the firmest stepping stone, helping them ascend in a single bound.

Qin Jue took a deep breath. He knew well that a cultivation method determined the foundation of one's martial path. Choose wrong, and endless trouble would follow!

He walked to a row of bookshelves and casually pulled out a crimson-red method.

Crimson Whale Devouring Sea Record.

Qin Jue opened it and immediately felt his mind shaken.

What a domineering method! It devoured vast resources, converting them into surging blood and qi.

It had three mysterious variations: cultivating a pure foundation, refining domineering blood and qi, and comprehending momentum—making the body like a mountain, unstoppable.

But what truly stirred Qin Jue's heart was the blood-red text at the end of the method—

"Cultivate all three paths simultaneously, devour all things. On the day of success, the cultivator's body itself becomes a sea of blood and qi, with total blood and qi over ten times that of a peer!"

Ten times the blood and qi! What a terrifying number! Such temptation would drive any martial artist mad!

Yet Qin Jue only shook his head and put the book back.

The method was strong, but it was a bottomless pit! "Devour all things" required having "all things" to devour first! With his current wealth, if he forced himself to cultivate it, within three days he'd be drained into a dried-up corpse!

"A good method, but not for me right now."

Qin Jue swept his gaze and picked up a jade booklet beside it.

Three Treasures Jade Marrow Skill.

Searching for the title yields no results—try searching by author instead. Perhaps it's just been renamed!

In response to readers' requests, a VIP membership ad-free feature is now available.

Click to view.

"Wash the marrow, refine the impurities, endless vitality?"

This method specialized in tempering bone marrow. By refining the marrow to absolute purity, it produced precious blood brimming with immense life force, completing a transformation of one's life level.

The book recorded three kinds of treasure-light mysteries. If the three lights could be unified, the flesh would be flawless, and affinity with heaven and earth's primal qi would reach an inconceivable level. Any future method cultivated would progress by leaps and bounds.

"Pity—too gentle, lacking killing power."

This method sounded impressive, but in the early stages, it had almost no offensive capability. It was pure, slow grinding work. Who knew how many years it would take to master! For scions of noble families with clan protection, it might be a supreme method for laying a foundation, but Qin Jue couldn't afford to wait!

Qin Jue's eyes swept rapidly across the bookshelves.

There, placed on a shelf, was a black metal scroll.

Nine Revolutions Viscera Refining Secret Record!

Qin Jue's heart stirred. He reached out and picked up the iron scroll. It was ice-cold to the touch and unusually heavy—he couldn't tell what metal it was forged from.

He opened the first page. A line of dark red characters met his eyes:

"The five viscera are the furnace; heaven and earth are the fuel! This art has nine revolutions; nine revolutions, nine deaths! Without great perseverance, without great boldness, dare to cultivate this method, and the five viscera will surely be burned to ash!"

Qin Jue flipped through page after page, his eyes growing brighter and brighter.

Ordinary techniques all tempered the body from the outside in, without exception.

But this Nine Revolutions Viscera Refining Secret Record actually went against the grain, starting directly with the human body's most core and most perilous organs—the five viscera!

Such a technique was practically unheard of! Overbearing! Truly overbearing to the extreme!

According to the record, it used an extremely overbearing breathing method to draw heaven and earth's primordial energy into the body, repeatedly scouring the five viscera and six bowels like forging iron, thereby driving the tempering of skin and bones from the inside out.

Continuing to read, Qin Jue discovered that this technique possessed five profound transformations of the Divine Treasuries—

Refining the heart like a pump, the heartbeat like war drums pounding, instantly compressing the blood throughout the body to a boil, erupting with terrifying monstrous strength that surpassed all limits.

Fortifying the liver like wood, locking in all vitality, making a hundred poisons hard to invade, with wounds healing at a visible speed, like a withered tree meeting spring, endlessly regenerating.

Consolidating the kidneys like the sea, kidney water abundant, the smoke of vital energy shooting straight to the crown, endurance unmatched among peers, never knowing what fatigue meant.

Moistening the lungs to birth thunder, the viscera harboring the roar of tigers and leopards. With a single shout, sound waves spread like a tide, capable of shattering an enemy's courage.

Strengthening the spleen like a furnace, anything that entered the mouth was instantly drained of its essence, transformed into a rolling torrent of heat to replenish the body, making one a human-shaped Fierce Beast.

For an ordinary person cultivating this technique, choosing even one of these paths would already be the best of the best.

But at the very end of the scroll, there was recorded a final path that made Qin Jue's breath catch—

"The five viscera correspond to the five elements, mutually generating and restraining each other. Heart fire generates spleen earth, spleen earth generates lung metal, lung metal generates kidney water, kidney water generates liver wood, and liver wood generates heart fire. If one can refine all five viscera simultaneously and forge a five-element cycle, that is 'Five Elements Unity: Inner Heaven and Earth'!"

"When this path is perfected, the cultivator's body forms a perfect cycle within, the flesh becoming an unending ring of life, with recovery power, explosive power, and endurance all reaching inconceivable levels! Without needing to actively circulate the technique, the body can automatically heal injuries and increase blood and qi! This is the strongest foundation for breaking through to the Nascent Core Realm!"

"However—this path consumes resources five times greater than specializing in a single path! Those without great perseverance, great wealth, or great comprehension must never attempt it lightly!"

When Qin Jue read this, his hands even began to tremble slightly.

This method of cultivation was extremely perilous.

Mortal viscera were the most delicate; the slightest mistake and they would be torn apart by the violent primordial energy. At best, one would suffer massive hemorrhaging of the five viscera and severed meridians; at worst, one would fall into qi deviation and die on the spot.

Let alone refining all five viscera simultaneously—the difficulty was more than five times greater!

But in Qin Jue's eyes, this was a supreme, tailor-made method for him.

"Ordinary people don't dare to practice it because their perception is blurry, unable to precisely control that thread of incoming primordial energy. The slightest deviation means utter ruin. But I've awakened the 'Void Clarity Sword Heart,' my perception several times that of an ordinary person, my control over primordial energy and blood and qi meticulous to the smallest detail. This greatest risk simply doesn't exist for me!"

"Moreover, although refining all five viscera simultaneously consumes enormous resources, once the first revolution is complete, the functions of the five viscera are strengthened in sync, and the speed of blood and qi generation will be several times that of a martial artist at the same level! Whether it's endurance, recovery power, or instantaneous explosive power, I will crush those at the same level!"

Qin Jue understood very well that in this world of the strong preying on the weak, explosive power and recovery power often marked the distance between life and death.

"This is the one."