The Three Sovereigns

The moment the panel popped up!

Jiang Tian felt his body sink into a void of chaos and nothingness.

Then—

The light arrived.

It was not light shining in from the outside, but light surging from within his own body.

His body was like a burning sun, illuminating the entire chaotic void.

That light erupted from the depths of his bone marrow, piercing through his bones, meridians, flesh, and skin, rendering his entire being translucent, like a lit lantern.

His body began to undergo changes.

It was not a violent, painful transformation, but a gentle, slow one, like a seed breaking through the soil in spring.

Every cell was cheering, and every inch of flesh was singing.

His bones became denser, his meridians wider, like a parched riverbed receiving a torrent; his qi and blood surged like a river, and his internal organs felt as if they had been infused with something, becoming far more powerful.

A faint golden luster emerged on the surface of his skin, flowing restlessly like ripples on water before sinking back into his body and vanishing a moment later.

"Chaos Dao Body..."

Jiang Tian murmured, slowly opening his eyes.

He looked down at his hands, clenched his fists, and then relaxed them.

He could feel that his body had undergone a qualitative change; his bones, flesh, and internal organs were all more than a level stronger than before.

However, he vaguely sensed that the changes brought by this [Chaos Dao Body] went far beyond this.

Otherwise, as a golden-tier trait, the performance of this [Chaos Dao Body] would be far inferior to [World-Shocking Wisdom].

Yet, no matter how he sensed it, he could not pinpoint exactly where these changes manifested.

Besides this, he had also gained a new purple-tier trait.

[Amplification (Purple)]

He tested it, and this trait was different from the previous ones.

The previous traits were more like passive skills, while this one was active; it could be used once every three days for a quarter of an hour each time.

During this quarter of an hour, the power of any of his methods would receive a certain boost; he sensed it carefully and estimated it to be about fifteen percent.

It was, at least, another trump card to keep in his pocket.

Jiang Tian shook his head, calming the distracting thoughts in his mind, and looked up at the sun in the sky.

The golden sun hung in mid-air like a burning millstone, casting light and heat upon the earth.

He adjusted his breathing and, following the steps of the Sun Heaven-Burning Qi Gathering Method, opened his mouth slightly. The radiance of the sun fell into the air before him, and that patch of air was instantly ignited, transforming into a mass of golden-red Solar Qi, which he inhaled into his abdomen in one breath.

By the end of the afternoon, the Solar Qi stored in his Dantian had reached a considerable scale. The golden-red mass of qi churned in his Dantian like a miniature golden-red ocean.

At this rate, in another two or three days, he would be able to condense the qi in his Dantian into a liquid state.

However, his [World-Shocking Wisdom] told him that he must collect the qi of all five elements into his body before condensing them into a liquid state together.

This was because once condensed into a liquid, the qi would undergo a qualitative change; the transition from "qi" to "liquid" was a leap in quality from quantitative change.

If he condensed the Solar Qi first, the qi within his body would become unbalanced, with the fire attribute dominating and suppressing the other four, making it as difficult as ascending to heaven to harmonize the five elements later.

He needed the five elements to rotate and balance.

As night fell, the moon rose into the night sky, and the silvery moonlight spilled over the ground like mercury.

Jiang Tian sat cross-legged on the platform and began to absorb the Lunar Qi, storing it directly into his kidneys.

After his physical body became stronger, the Lunar Qi was much more docile upon entering his body.

When it first entered his kidneys, he could feel a crisp, cool sensation spreading through his waist and abdomen, accompanied by a slight stinging pain, but after a moment, that coolness subsided.

With this test, he finally dared to slowly move the Solar Qi into his heart.

After all, fire was the most tyrannical of the five elements, and Solar Qi was the most potent among them.

Even though his physique had been upgraded to [Chaos Dao Body], he still dared not be careless.

The heart was the master of the five internal organs; if something went wrong there, it would be no laughing matter.

Only after testing the Lunar Qi in his kidneys and confirming that his body could withstand it did he dare to move the Solar Qi.

Jiang Tian focused his mind, and under his guidance, the Solar Qi slowly moved from his Dantian toward his heart.

The golden-red mass of qi crawled slowly along his meridians like a docile little snake, passing through his chest cavity, bypassing his lungs, and inching closer to his beating heart.

"Hmph—"

The moment the Solar Qi entered his heart, Jiang Tian let out a muffled groan, and his whole body shuddered violently.

He felt as if a small sun had been stuffed into his heart; the scorching air current rampaged through his heart chambers, and his heart rate surged tenfold, like someone beating a drum inside his chest—"thump, thump, thump, thump"—so fast it almost blurred into a single sound.

His face turned deathly pale, and cold sweat poured down his forehead.

Fortunately, this situation lasted only for a brief moment before returning to normal.

His heartbeat gradually calmed, and that scorching current of energy also turned docile.

"Success."

Jiang Tian let out a long breath, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.

However, at this moment, another dilemma stood before him.

"Solar Qi, Lunar Qi..." Jiang Tian frowned, lost in deep thought.

These two types of Qi were easy to gather; he could simply fleece them from the sun and the moon.

There was the sun in the sky and the moon at night—inexhaustible and convenient to access.

But the Everlasting Wood Qi Gathering Method and the Primordial Earth-Bearing Qi Gathering Method, these two earth and wood attribute techniques, gave him a headache.

The Everlasting Wood Qi Gathering Method required him to collect Wood Qi from an ancient tree that had lived for ten thousand years and possessed sentience.

But if it had lived for ten thousand years and possessed sentience, it might have already become a spirit!

Would it be willing to let him gather Qi from its body? How was that any different from plucking its hair?

The Primordial Earth-Bearing Qi Gathering Method was also hard for him to swallow.

It required him to go ten thousand meters deep underground to collect Essence Qi from the depths of the earth.

Ten thousand meters... could even a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment realm dig that deep into the earth?

He feared even a master at the Purple Mansion realm might find it difficult. He wasn't sure, but he certainly couldn't do it with his current Qi Gathering Realm cultivation.

Moreover, this Sharp Metal Brilliant Qi Gathering Method also had to be replaced.

The other four were top-tier, but the Qi gathered by this Sharp Metal Brilliant Qi Gathering Method was only considered low-grade.

The metal attribute Qi also needed to be top-tier, otherwise, he wouldn't achieve the balance of the five elements.

If earth and wood were already this difficult, how could metal be any better?

The more Jiang Tian thought about it, the more his head ached.

"So difficult..." he lamented with a bitter, distressed face.

Heavenly Fire Sect.

Heavenly Fire Peak.

The sea of clouds surged and churned beneath his feet, resembling a silver ocean under the moonlight, with waves rising and falling, never ceasing.

The starry sky above was like a massive chessboard, with the moon at the center and stars scattered like pieces.

In a pavilion at the peak, a man in white with a Water-Fire Mark between his brows sat cross-legged on a cushion, eyes slightly closed, breathing rhythmically.

Interestingly, even though he was the only one there, three cups of tea were placed before him.

Three celadon cups were arranged in a triangle, with wisps of white steam rising from the tea.

Just then, a figure appeared out of thin air within the pavilion.

He had white hair and a white beard, a withered and thin frame, sunken cheeks, and deep-set eye sockets. Holding a horsetail whisk in his arms, he looked like a transcendent being.

"Sect Master."

The newcomer first glanced at the three cups of tea on the table, a flash of surprise crossing his eyes, before his expression returned to calm and he bowed slightly.

The man in white gave a soft "Hmm," and the old man with white hair and beard sat down at the table of his own accord.

"Taste my tea," the man in white said, still not opening his eyes, his voice faint. "Tender leaves from a thousand-year-old tea tree; only three taels are harvested each year."

The old man with white hair and beard picked up the cup before him and took a gentle sip.

He closed his eyes to savor it for a moment, weighing his words internally, then spoke: "Sect Master, I wish to take a disciple from our Heavenly Fire Sect who is currently in the Qi Gathering Realm."

The man in white smiled slightly, still not opening his eyes, merely sipping the tea in his cup, neither agreeing nor denying.

"This child has extraordinary talent." The old man with white hair and beard paused, and seeing the Sect Master did not interrupt, he continued, "If he were to join the Master-Disciple Lineage, then with the Master-Disciple Lineage's..."

He suddenly realized that the Sect Master before him also hailed from the Master-Disciple Lineage.

Although the Sect Master had remained neutral and impartial since taking the position, some things still shouldn't be said too harshly.

"Barren soil cannot nurture a towering tree..."

Before he could finish his sentence, a voice like a thunderclap exploded in his ears.

The person had not yet arrived, but the voice had already reached them. The voice was clearly a woman's, yet it was as deep as a bell, shaking the entire sea of clouds and causing the churning layers of clouds to be stirred by an invisible hand, kicking up waves several zhang high.

"Old Man Zhu!!!"

"Screw you!"

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