The Five Viscera Nourish the Five Elements

The moment the panel popped up.

Jiang Tian's consciousness felt as if it had been violently yanked out of his body by an invisible hand, plunging into an infinite void.

It was not the starry sky from last time.

This time, there was nothing.

No up or down, no left or right, no front or back.

No light, no sound, nothing to serve as a reference point.

It was as if he had fallen into a black hole.

He drifted in that nothingness for an unknown amount of time.

Perhaps it was a fleeting moment, or perhaps it was an eternity.

Then.

"Hum!"

A low hum resonated, like the first clap of thunder at the dawn of creation.

A ball of light ignited in the void.

The light did not come from anywhere; it was the void itself.

It slowly expanded, like a drop of ink falling into clear water, or a pebble tossed into a lake, sending out ripples in concentric circles.

Wherever the ripples passed, the nothingness receded, space manifested, time flowed, and all things came into being.

Jiang Tian saw it.

He saw the formation of mountains and rivers, the birth of flora and fauna, the movement of the sun, moon, and stars, and the cycle of the four seasons...

He saw the laws of this world.

Why a river flows east; why a leaf falls in autumn; why a seed grows into a towering tree...

"World-Shocking Wisdom..."

Jiang Tian muttered to himself.

He slowly opened his eyes, a flash of brilliance appearing in his pupils before quickly receding into their depths.

In addition, he had gained a new trait.

[For every golden trait the host possesses, a new trait will be acquired.]

[Sword Heart Clarity (Purple)]

Jiang Tian slowly pushed open the door to the second-floor attic and stepped onto the open-air terrace. More than half of the setting sun had already dipped below the horizon.

The brilliance ignited deep within his pupils once more, his gaze fixed directly upon the sun.

In his eyes, the sinking sun was no longer a simple golden disc, but a massive sphere woven from billions of golden threads, layered and intertwined.

And at the very center of the sun, a giant heart seemed to be beating, "thump, thump, thump," each pulse causing countless golden threads to vibrate in unison, casting light and heat upon the world.

Jiang Tian took a deep breath and began to adjust his breathing according to the records in the Sun Heaven-Burning Qi Gathering Method.

His breath gradually became long and deep, and with every inhale and exhale, it achieved a strange synchronization with the rhythmic pulse at the heart of the sun.

"Hum—"

The sun, far away on the horizon, seemed to take notice of him.

The sunlight shining upon him suddenly intensified several times over! The air in front of him instantly turned into a vast expanse of golden-red.

He opened his mouth and took a deep, sharp breath.

That massive cluster of golden-red air was drawn into his abdomen.

"It worked..."

Just as a smile curled the corners of his lips, his expression shifted abruptly, and he couldn't help but let out a curse.

"Damn it!"

The Sun Qi gathered using the Sun Heaven-Burning Qi Gathering Method had barely entered his abdomen before it began to rampage!

What made Jiang Tian curse was that it had dissolved a small portion of the Metal Qi within him.

That bit of Metal Qi was something he had painstakingly gathered from two small gold mines.

His face twitched in agony.

Jiang Tian's complexion turned pale and green, and he gritted his teeth, forcing himself to steady his mind.

The Sun Qi needed to be channeled into his Dantian, but this energy was far too overbearing; it refused to coexist with Metal Qi of a different grade.

A flash of brilliance crossed his eyes as World-Shocking Wisdom began to take effect.

In the span of a single breath, he had already devised a solution.

The Five Elements correspond to the five viscera.

The liver governs wood, the heart governs fire, the lungs govern metal, the kidneys govern water, and the spleen governs earth.

Storing qi of different attributes into their corresponding internal organs, using the organs as a furnace, would allow the five elements to coexist without interfering with one another.

However, the Sun Qi was far too scorching and violent; he dared not rashly move this substance toward his heart.

The heart is the master of the five internal organs; if something were to go wrong, it would be no laughing matter.

With this thought in mind, he first suppressed the mass of Sun Qi inside his body that was baring its fangs and brandishing its claws at the Metal Qi, then slowly moved the Metal Qi toward his lungs.

The process went unexpectedly smoothly, and he did not encounter any obstacles.

But once the Metal Qi had completely entered his lungs, the situation changed.

The Metal Qi seemed dissatisfied with this new environment and began to rampage within his lungs.

Every collision caused Jiang Tian's lungs to ache with intense pain.

"Subdue!"

Jiang Tian's eyes flashed with a ruthless glint as he mobilized a tiny wisp of Sun Qi, carefully moving it toward his lungs.

My body—how could I let a mere wisp of Metal Qi run wild?

The moment the Sun Qi entered his lungs, the Metal Qi acted as if it had encountered a natural predator, its arrogant aura instantly suppressed.

A mere wisp of Sun Qi was enough to force that mass of Metal Qi into complete submission.

"Cough, cough!"

Jiang Tian coughed violently, spitting out a mouthful of blood. His face turned pale, and a thin layer of cold sweat seeped from his forehead.

Although the Metal Qi had been suppressed, the earlier rampage had still caused some damage to his lungs, and his lung tissue had also been slightly scorched by that wisp of Sun Qi.

"If the Metal Qi can remain in the lungs, it proves that 'storing the five elements in the five organs' is feasible..."

Jiang Tian's eyes flickered slightly, a look of contemplation appearing on his pale face.

However, according to Elder Long-Brow, the qi gathered via the Sharp Metal Brilliant Qi Gathering Method was of low grade.

If low-grade qi was this arrogant when leaving the Dantian for the lungs, what about the other four types of supreme-grade qi?

Thinking of this, Jiang Tian felt a headache coming on.

He shook his head, casting aside distracting thoughts, and while the sun still held its final glimmer of twilight, he circulated the Sun Heaven-Burning Qi Gathering Method to gather a few more wisps of Sun Qi.

Golden streams of qi drifted from the horizon, burrowing into his nostrils and merging into his Dantian, becoming one with the mass of Sun Qi.

After the sun had completely set, a full moon slowly rose into the night sky. The cold, clear moonlight poured down like liquid silver, shrouding the entire Heavenly Fire Sect in a silver-white halo.

Jiang Tian's gaze shifted.

He really wanted to try using the Lunar Profound Heaven Qi Gathering Method to gather a wisp of Lunar Qi and move it into his kidneys; if he put it into his Dantian, the two would inevitably clash!

He circulated the Lunar Profound Heaven Qi Gathering Method and took a deep breath toward the full moon.

A wisp of silver-white Lunar Qi separated from the moonlight like a silver thread and drifted into his mouth.

Then, he moved it toward his kidneys.

"Hiss—!"

Jiang Tian gasped, his entire waist turning ice-cold and bone-chilling, as if it had been frozen solid!

Even though his Martial Dao Sacred Body was sufficiently powerful, it struggled to withstand this wave of cold.

Veins bulged on Jiang Tian's forehead as he gritted his teeth and roared, "Get out!"

The kidneys were the second most important organ after the heart; he dared not let this thing run amok inside them.

He forced that wisp of Lunar Qi out of his kidneys, opened his mouth, and spat it out.

"Phew—"

Jiang Tian clutched his waist, breathing a sigh of relief while lingering fear remained. Wisdom flickered in the depths of his eyes as he muttered to himself, "Could it be... that my physical strength is not yet sufficient to support it?"

Perhaps because his body had suffered some internal injuries and his energy was overly depleted, he drifted into a deep sleep as he pondered.

The next day.

After waking up, Jiang Tian sat cross-legged and circulated the Sun Heaven-Burning Qi Gathering Method to continue gathering qi.

The Sun Qi was inexhaustible; within just a morning's time, he had filled his entire Dantian.

The golden-red Sun Qi surged in his Dantian like a golden-red ocean, every wisp containing scorching and violent power.

According to Mu Sining, he could now begin the process of compressing this Sun Qi into a liquid state.

However, Jiang Tian did not act rashly.

Because he had a premonition—no, he was certain—that if he compressed it into a liquid state, moving this Sun Qi into his five organs would likely become even more troublesome, with the difficulty increasing exponentially.

But he also had a premonition that if he upgraded his Martial Dao Sacred Body to the golden level, the problem of "storing the five elements in the five organs" would be easily solved.

In addition, he also took the time to cultivate the few fire-attribute techniques he had purchased to the perfection level.

He didn't know if it was because these techniques were of too low a grade or if his World-Shocking Wisdom was simply too heaven-defying, but after practicing for only a short while, he had already mastered Flame Bullet and Magma Armor to perfection.

However, he had not yet begun to cultivate the Nine Heavens Sword Control Art, because this technique required purchasing a Sword Pellet before one could control a sword.

Soon, the time arrived in the afternoon.

Jiang Tian arrived at the foot of Sky Cloud Peak and looked up at the mountain that towered into the clouds.

The peak pierced straight into the heavens, with everything above the mountainside shrouded in mist, making the summit impossible to see.

His eyes flickered as he muttered, "Can you give me a few more red-tier traits... I hope you don't disappoint me!"

As his voice faded, he lifted his foot and stepped onto the stone stairs leading up the mountain.

(I just realized the "Real Person" title in the previous chapter wasn't noted, it has already been fixed.)

(These two chapters are transitional, please keep the updates coming! Today is the seventh day of verification, everyone please don't skip any chapters.)