Fifth Forbidden Grandmaster

Lin Jiufeng had actually comprehended the Nascent Soul Transcendence Method from reading a Daoist scripture. It was an unexpected delight.

The Feather Ascension Scripture itself contained a method for cultivating the Primordial Spirit. Following it, one could also condense a Primordial Spirit and send it out of the body.

But the process was rather slow.

Its advantage was a solid foundation.

Now that he had the Nascent Soul Transcendence Method, combining it with the Feather Ascension Scripture would surely yield twice the result with half the effort.

Lin Jiufeng immediately began cultivating.

He first lit incense, bathed and changed his clothes, then told Wen Xinyun and the other two not to disturb him.

Only then did he return to his room, sit cross-legged in meditation, empty his mind, and begin cultivating.

Using the Feather Ascension Scripture as the foundation and the Nascent Soul Transcendence Method as support, he began gathering his essence, qi, and spirit.

An ordinary person's essence, qi, and spirit were scattered. Even a Fourth Shackle cultivator could not control all of their own essence, qi, and spirit; they were merely stronger than ordinary people.

Thus, when a Fourth Shackle cultivator faced a Fifth Shackle cultivator, the Primordial Spirit alone was enough to make resistance impossible.

A Fifth Shackle cultivator could crush a Fourth Shackle cultivator's essence, qi, and spirit, leaving them muddleheaded, as though they had fallen into Hell, as if struck by a grave illness. They would be unable to concentrate, unable to control their own bodies, and unable to bring out even one-tenth of their strength.

Those who cultivated to the Fifth Shackle were also called Nascent Soul Grandmasters.

They had transcended the level of Martial Dao experts.

This time, Lin Jiufeng intended to devote himself wholeheartedly to breaking through. Unless he condensed his Primordial Spirit, he would never leave seclusion.

It was nighttime. Lin Jiufeng began gathering his essence, qi, and spirit. They emerged from every part of his body in countless threads, converging between his brows and slowly condensing.

For now, it was merely a formless mass of illusory consciousness. As Lin Jiufeng circulated the Feather Ascension Scripture and the Nascent Soul Transcendence Method, that shapeless illusory consciousness gradually became rounder, brought under the control of the two cultivation methods.

It was like molding a Mud Man, kneading a lump of clay into human form.

Condensing a Primordial Spirit was the same.

He gathered the shapeless essence, qi, and spirit, kneaded it, shaped it, and finally turned it into a tiny figure identical to Lin Jiufeng.

That was the Primordial Spirit.

Lin Jiufeng kneaded it bit by bit. As he did, dazzling starlight from the Sky Dome shone directly down, passing through the window lattice and falling upon him.

At once, an aura of serenity, profundity, and vastness radiated from the Primordial Spirit.

The starlight was soothing his Primordial Spirit.

This was the starlight drawn in by the Nascent Soul Transcendence Method.

The previously scattered, shapeless essence, qi, and spirit slowly began to take form.

It became a vast sea of stars, deep and resplendent. Within that sea of stars, a "Giant" was born.

The "Giant" stood with one foot upon the river of stars, its eyes closed in quiet slumber, while All Heavenly Stars revolved around it.

The sight was exquisitely beautiful.

That was Lin Jiufeng's Primordial Spirit.

With the aid of the starlight, it had finally condensed successfully.

The next moment, the fully formed Primordial Spirit, carrying the boundless sea of stars, surged into Lin Jiufeng's brow.

Boom!!!

Lin Jiufeng's brow split open, revealing his Sea of Consciousness, where the Primordial Spirit took residence.

His realm also smoothly broke through into the Fifth Shackle, making him a Nascent Soul Grandmaster.

At that moment, the power throughout Lin Jiufeng's body surged wildly. With every breath, it rose by one dragon and one elephant, and showed no sign of stopping.

The starlight entered his mind, making his entire body feel cool and refreshed, as though he were bathing in Immortal Spirit Qi. Every pore of his body absorbed Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, and he felt as though he might float away into immortality.

This state did not last long. When Lin Jiufeng's power soared to Thirty Dragons, Thirty Elephants, every Vision vanished.

Lin Jiufeng returned to his true self. He was still the Daoist seated cross-legged upon a meditation cushion, cultivating.

Within the starlight between his brows, Lin Jiufeng in his Primordial Spirit state was looking around curiously.

There was still one step left in the Fifth Shackle.

To open the Primordial Spirit.

In other words, for the Primordial Spirit to leave the body and roam across mountains and rivers.

But how was he supposed to send his Primordial Spirit out of his body?

Lin Jiufeng could not help recalling the Daoist scripture he had read before.

Step on the right foot with the left, and leap out of the Mud Ball Palace.

Lin Jiufeng immediately gave it a try.

Within his Sea of Consciousness, a vast sea of stars surrounded his Primordial Spirit.

The next moment, the Primordial Spirit stepped on its right foot with its left foot and suddenly lifted itself upward.

It did not fall.

Lin Jiufeng was greatly startled, then overjoyed.

Sure enough, the Primordial Spirit was not something that could be judged by common sense.

Thus, within his Sea of Consciousness, Lin Jiufeng's Primordial Spirit stepped on its right foot with its left foot, rising higher and higher as though climbing a ladder to heaven, until it reached the deepest part of the Mud Ball Palace.

Then, gathering all its strength, it leaped with all its might.

Boom!!!

It was as though he had shattered through the world. At that moment, the stars in the sky flickered, refracting endless rays of light from unimaginably distant voids into Lin Jiufeng's Primordial Spirit.

Starlight entered his body, dreamlike and illusory, making Lin Jiufeng's Primordial Spirit stronger.

Only after a while did Lin Jiufeng grow accustomed to the feeling. Looking carefully, he discovered that his Primordial Spirit had already left his body. As he looked at his own physical body sitting in meditation with a composed expression, he was filled with wonder.

This was the first time Lin Jiufeng had seen himself so directly. He circled around his physical body, experiencing himself in the state of a Primordial Spirit.

It felt entirely different from a real physical body. In the Primordial Spirit state, everything felt light and airy, as though a gust of wind could blow him away.

"My Primordial Spirit has only just condensed. It is still far too fragile and needs continual strengthening. The Daoist scripture said that some people's Primordial Spirits are even stronger than their physical bodies. At the peak of cultivation, the Primordial Spirit must even undergo a Thunder Tribulation. How powerful must that be?" Lin Jiufeng murmured.

After circling around, Lin Jiufeng's Primordial Spirit pressed close to the edge of his physical body, likewise sitting cross-legged in meditation and breathing as it cultivated.

Nascent Soul Transcendence Method

Lin Jiufeng activated the cultivation method he had comprehended and absorbed the dazzling river of stars in the night sky.

With each inhalation and exhalation, the Radiant Milky Way flickered in the same rhythm. Between breaths, endless starlight entered his body and settled within his Primordial Spirit, strengthening the Primordial Spirit that had only just condensed.

At that moment, his Primordial Spirit was like an empty bottle, while the starlight was like mercury, pouring into the bottle and gradually filling it.

At that moment, both Lin Jiufeng's physical body and Primordial Spirit were surrounded and cleansed by starlight.

His body and Primordial Spirit were both as pure as glazed glass, free of the slightest speck of dust, like a bright mirror that could reflect the heavens.

As he cultivated, the range of Lin Jiufeng's consciousness continued to expand.

It spread from the study to the entire Scripture Pavilion.

He saw Wen Xinyun, Zhou Tianzi, and Yue Dashan cultivating diligently.

He saw green grass breaking through the soil and growing tenaciously. He saw river water rushing onward and spiders catching silkworms.

Nothing was too trivial. So long as Lin Jiufeng wished to see it, he could see it.

Wen Xinyun and the other two had no idea. This was the power of the Primordial Spirit, surpassing the realm of the physical body.

Just how far can my perception reach? Lin Jiufeng suddenly wondered. He continuously expanded his perception, extending it outward, wanting to learn its precise range.

After leaving the Scripture Pavilion, his perception enveloped the entire Feather Transformation Sect.

Yet he still had not reached his limit.

Lin Jiufeng continued expanding the range.

He saw mountain ranges, saw wild beasts, and saw three people...

Lin Jiufeng was suddenly startled. The people he saw wore the robes of the Supreme Dao Sect. They lounged together, chatting.

All three were disciples of the Supreme Dao Sect, with cultivation at the Fourth Shackle or Fifth Shackle, yet they could not sense Lin Jiufeng's consciousness at all and simply continued talking among themselves.

Lin Jiufeng had intended to withdraw, but their next words made him stop.

"We've surrounded the Feather Transformation Sect for over a year now. Why not just wipe them out directly? There are barely any of them anyway."

"Exactly. I say we should just destroy the Feather Transformation Sect. It would save us from wasting our time here."