Cultivation Method

Chapter 4: Cultivation Method

"By the Nine Heavens' decree, all things return to the true; I command all thunder and punish in Heaven's stead!"

After seeing the opening of the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Scripture, Xiao Bai wondered if he had come to the wrong world. Cultivators on the Dou Qi Continent did not undergo heavenly tribulations, so who was he supposed to punish?

Pills did have to undergo a heavenly tribulation, but they had to be at least Seventh Grade Pills. Alchemists capable of refining Seventh Grade Pills were all at least powerful experts with Spirit Realm souls. Xiao Bai had no desire to die young.

Whatever. He would try cultivating it first. With the Divine Edict, surely there was no Lightning attribute cultivation method on the Dou Qi Continent more suitable for him than the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Scripture.

Although he felt that this cultivation method was somewhat incompatible with the world of the Dou Qi Continent—punishing in Heaven's stead. Did the Dou Qi Continent even have a Heavenly Dao? Xiao Bai did not know.

But even a crippled version was better than any cultivation method he could obtain. At most, he could get a Low-Grade Earth Rank method, and that would only be possible if he shamelessly went to ask Xun Er.

If it was not even as good as a Low-Grade Earth Rank method, then it might as well be renamed! It should not ruin such a grand and high-class name.

Thinking of the name of the Divine Edict in his Sea of Consciousness—Purple Firmament Divine Thunder, supposedly a Heavenly Dao Divine Thunder—even if he cultivated a crippled version of a crippled version, it was still high-end goods.

Suppressing his thoughts, he continued carefully examining the cultivation method's information in his mind. It was a cultivation method that unified the cultivation of law, body, and soul. However, Xiao Bai felt that the soul cultivation method was somewhat unreliable on the Dou Qi Continent, so he temporarily ignored it.

There was no need to explain the law and body. A Thunder Cultivator should naturally cultivate both law and body; otherwise, the body simply could not withstand the violence of thunder. Thunder governed annihilation, but after the ultimate annihilation, vitality would be born, just as yin produced yang and yang produced yin. Thus, thunder was the best aid for body refinement, with the two complementing each other.

After Xiao Bai examined the cultivation method until he had no more doubts, he formed hand seals as described and prepared to transform the attribute-less Dou Qi in his body into Lightning Attribute Dou Qi.

After circulating the cultivation method through one complete cycle, he felt the surrounding Lightning Attribute Dou Qi enter his body, circulate once along the method's route, and finally enter his Dantian, settling in the center of the qi vortex.

Silver light immediately flickered in the center of the qi vortex within his Dantian, with strands of electricity occasionally emerging. As more silver light entered his Dantian, the entire vortex gradually took on a silver hue, while the attribute-less Dou Qi within it slowly transformed toward Lightning Attribute Dou Qi.

In the end, the milky-white attribute-less Dou Qi in his Dantian disappeared, leaving only silver-white Lightning Attribute Dou Qi. Strands of electricity occasionally leaped from the entire vortex, making it look beautiful yet somewhat dangerous.

Xiao Bai's cultivation also reached the level of a Three-Star Dou Practitioner. This was the foundation he had accumulated during the five years he had remained at the Ninth Duan of Dou Qi. Although he had spent most of his energy nurturing his five viscera, he had never neglected cultivating his Dantian each day.

Five years of accumulation had been extremely substantial. Moreover, he felt that he had not yet reached his limit, and his cultivation would continue to rise in the short term.

This was probably thanks to the quality of the cultivation method. Although it had no stated rank, its level was definitely not low.

If the cultivation method's level were any lower, he felt that he could probably advance a few more stars. But that would be useless. It would mean trading his future for superficial strength in the present, and Xiao Bai would never make such a losing bargain.

After stretching, he had finally resolved the matter that had troubled him for five years, and had also settled the issue of his cultivation method. Feeling refreshed, he prepared to test the Lightning Attribute Dou Qi with the several battle techniques he had learned years ago and see how effective it was.

"Heavenly Frost Fist," "Cloud Dispelling Palm," and the movement battle technique "Wind God Leg." Of course, these battle techniques had nothing whatsoever to do with their attributes; they were merely names. After all, they were only High-Grade Yellow Rank battle techniques.

He started with "Wind God Leg." It was said that Lightning attribute energy was quite fast, so Xiao Bai prepared to test it. A glimmer of electricity appeared beneath his feet, and he instantly shot out.

"Ah!"

A scream rang through the entire cavern. Xiao Bai was seen kneeling on the other side of the cavern, his body curled up and convulsing all over, his face deathly pale as if he were enduring immense agony.

Just after Xiao Bai rushed to the other side of the cavern, he sensed a disturbance in his Sea of Consciousness. When he immersed his mind within, he saw that the Divine Edict had grown considerably larger than before. A corner of its runic pattern glowed with green light. At that moment, the Divine Edict became a true Divine Edict.

That patch of green light occupied roughly one percent of the Divine Edict as a whole. Electricity flickered within the green runes, and suddenly, a bolt of green thunder shot out from the glowing area. It passed through his Sea of Consciousness without injuring Xiao Bai and headed toward the liver in his chest.

Only after the bolt of green thunder entered his liver did Xiao Bai feel an intense pain, forcing him to let out the scream from before.

At that moment, Xiao Bai felt that even breathing was difficult. Beneath his right ribs, it was as if someone had plunged a knife into him without pulling it out, continuously twisting the handle and churning the blade inside his body.

His hands repeatedly struck the ground. He clenched his teeth, his eyes bloodshot, while two trails of bloody tears slid from their corners and dripped onto the white lapels of his robes like blooming plum blossoms. Broken murmurs squeezed through his clenched teeth.

"I can't... pass out. I can't pass out, or... everything... will be over!"

Through his connection with the Divine Edict, he knew what that bolt of green thunder was.

It was Yi Wood Positive Thunder. Like Heavenly Flames, it was a Thunder Seed of heaven and earth, and also the gentlest Thunder Seed of all. He needed to immediately circulate the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Scripture and refine it into his liver. Otherwise, no matter how gentle the Thunder Seed was, it was still thunder, with astonishing destructive power.

"Ah!"

Xiao Bai endured the pain, sucked in a deep breath, and roared. With difficulty, he crawled up, sat cross-legged where he was, and slowly formed hand seals with trembling hands, circulating the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Scripture.

As the cultivation method circulated, strands of the Yi Wood Positive Thunder's origin within his liver entered Xiao Bai's meridians, making him suffer even greater pain. Before, the damage had been limited to his liver; now, even the meridians throughout his body were being ravaged by the violent Lightning attribute energy, while green arcs of electricity occasionally emerged from his Physical Body.

Xiao Bai gritted his teeth and endured it.

After those strands of origin completed one full cycle, the energy gradually became gentle and ceased its violence. As the Yi Wood Positive Thunder's origin softened, the Yi Wood Qi within the thunder began repairing Xiao Bai's damaged meridians and Physical Body, making them tougher and easing the pain considerably.

After three complete cycles, the Yi Wood Positive Thunder's origin within his meridians returned to his liver and formed a new bolt of Yi Wood Positive Thunder. After being refined by the cultivation method, this faint Thunder Seed came under Xiao Bai's control. It no longer damaged his liver; instead, it began repairing it.

Thus, the bolt of Yi Wood Positive Thunder bestowed by the Divine Edict gradually became smaller as the new Thunder Seed refined by the cultivation method continued to grow. Xiao Bai immediately felt the pain lessen considerably and let out a huge sigh of relief.

When the final trace of the Yi Wood Positive Thunder's origin had been refined, the Thunder Seed given by the Divine Edict disappeared, replaced by the Thunder Seed refined by the cultivation method.

A dense surge of vitality erupted from Xiao Bai's body. He instantly felt no pain anywhere. Instead, his entire body felt warm and comfortable, as though he had returned to his mother's womb.

The faint hidden injuries he had suffered during his past cultivation also seemed to have been completely cleansed, and a sensation of lightness arose as if all his shackles had been removed.

Although Yi Wood Positive Thunder was slightly weaker than other Thunder Seeds in terms of power, its ability to heal injuries was unrivaled among all thunder.

Xiao Bai sensed his cultivation, and immense delight immediately filled him. In an instant, he felt that all the suffering he had endured earlier had been completely worthwhile.