Myriad Dao Pursuits

Ling Qing dismissed everyone in the Taoist temple, but remained seated calmly in his meditation room, not immediately taking over Hua Qingfeng's Abbot's Quarters.

As the saying went, cultivation was like a burst dam—once momentum formed, it swept through with the force of rotten wood being crushed. Another saying went: practice made perfect.

Ling Qing now sought to condense True Forms with the Five Qi. He already possessed the True Forms of the Five Talismans, Five Clouds, Five Thunders, Five Spirits, Five Peaks, and more.

Now, he was ritually refining the Five Emperor True Forms.

True Forms such as the Five Emperors, Five Kings, and Five Gods were the key to condensing the Yin Spirit in the future, and had to be refined with the mind and spirit.

Thus, the process was somewhat slower at the beginning than with other True Forms.

Yet once he grew proficient, it naturally sped up.

When Ling Qing had originally refined the Azure Dragon and Black Tortoise True Forms, he had followed the acupoint diagrams of the True Forms, and some of his mind and spirit had already gathered within them.

Moreover, he had long since finished refining the Azure Emperor True Form, giving him a foundation.

After these past days, he had also completed the Red Emperor True Form.

Next, according to the principles of the Five Elements' generation and restraint, he was to refine the Yellow Emperor True Form.

"Central Spirit of Unity, Yellow Sovereign of Heaven's Origin; first begetting the Five Elders, exalted lord of Central Yellow. Gather qi and oversee truth, command the host of immortals; record the mystic diagrams and lodge the jade writings, urge forth the upper qi and proclaim it to all myriad gods.

"The Suppressing Star aids the spleen, turns its course toward the Northern Origin.