True Origin

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	True Origin
Alias(es)	真元
Status	Transcendent cultivation power formed after opening the Divine Gate. At the Divine Illumination Realm, it can be condensed into True Astral power through the fusion of spirit and qi. At the Returning to Truth Realm, a completed nine-aperture circulation can continuously replenish True Astral power; this foundation supports the breakthrough to the Supernatural Realm and the birth of an innate Divine Ability. 164 237 294
First Appearance	Chapter 142 142

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
True Seed Realm	164 180	The Divine Gate is opened, the Heaven and Earth Bridge and Divine Fire are formed, and Heaven and Earth Origin Power forges the initial True Origin seed and its innate nature.
Origin Flow Realm	180 192 197	True Origin establishes a complete internal circulation after the Ren and Du meridians are opened; its Nature Aspect becomes manifest and it begins recovering continuously. Qin Fang reached this realm after cultivating in the Cold Cave.
True Condensation Realm	180 227	Abundant True Origin is refined from qi into liquid, gathering in the dantian like a lake; the Nature Aspect becomes purer and more distinct. Qin Fang completed this transformation in the Cold Cave, where his liquid True Origin became more than ten times as vigorous as at Origin Flow.
Divine Illumination Realm	180 196 237	Divine sense merges deeply with True Origin, allowing spirit and qi to fuse. This stage is associated with refining True Origin toward gang and Astral Condensation, the seed of future divine abilities.
Astral Condensation / True Astral	237 239	The successful initial fusion of divine sense and True Origin transforms it into True Astral power, a spiritually infused power capable of carrying the cultivator's will and martial true intent. Qin Fang achieved this breakthrough while trapped in the Abyss World.
Returning to Truth Realm	180 241 291 293 294	Often described as a pseudo-realm, this stage completes the Nature Aspect as the body’s meridians and vital nexuses open fully; spirit and qi continuously generate anew. Its greatly enhanced recovery provides the foundation needed to sustain the consumption of divine abilities. Qin Fang reached Consummation, then opened all nine Cultivation Apertures and completed a reconstructed Heaven and Earth Bridge, making his True Astral regenerate automatically.
Supernatural Realm / Innate Divine Ability	294	Heaven and Earth Spiritual Light descends into the Other Shore Divine Fire after the bridge and nine-aperture circulation are completed. Qin Fang’s Divine Fire changed from white to black streaked with gold, giving birth to his innate Divine Ability, Eternal Tribulation Profound Radiance.

Nature and Formation

True Origin is the power that carries a martial artist beyond mortal cultivation. It is refined through the dantian and spirit, transforming the crude qualities of blood and qi into a spiritual power that permeates the meridians and marrow rather than remaining limited to the skin, flesh, tendons, and bones like Force. 142

The first breakthrough requires opening the Divine Gate, connecting the Heaven and Earth Bridge, and igniting the True Origin Divine Fire. This draws Heaven and Earth Origin Power into the body, cleansing marrow, tempering meridians, repairing hidden injuries, and breaking the limits of the mortal body. The cultivator’s accumulated bones, blood, vitality, and will are then forged into a True Origin seed whose innate Nature Aspect begins to emerge. 164 180

A cultivator’s True Origin develops a Nature Aspect, shaped by their bones, qi and blood, spirit, past cultivation, and any extraordinary resources they have absorbed. A compatible Root Method accelerates cultivation, while techniques that conflict with the user’s Nature Aspect can damage their foundation. 174

Known Nature Aspects

Aspect	Documented traits
Dark Water / Mysterious Water	A water-aligned aspect suited to the Mysterious Dark Return-to-Void True Water Canon and related Leaf Techniques. Along with Li Fire, Mysterious Water can affect the surrounding environment from the initial stages. 175 176 193
Netherworld / Dark Nether Aspect	A mutated, fourth-grade form of the water aspect cultivated by Qin Fang through extreme yin origin power; it is dark, cold, and capable of freezing targets. After Astral Condensation, its eternal-freeze manifestation can instantly freeze weaker transcendent aberrant species. 192 195 201 229 246
Li Fire	One of the two aspects capable of affecting the surrounding environment from the initial stages, raising ambient temperature and harming enemies. Qin Fang later used Li Fire True Astral power while concealing his Dark Nether nature. 193 292 293
Green Wood	Associated with vitality and used prominently by the Origin Return Lineage in building a stable foundation. 175 183
Kun Earth	Associated with heaviness and stability; the Nine Prisons Lineage favors it for body refinement. 175
Geng Metal	Associated with sharpness and killing intent; favored by the No Return and Slaughter War lineages. 175

Nature Aspects may be graded according to their quality. A third-grade aspect is ordinarily the limit for cultivators at Qin Fang’s stage, while his Dark Nether Aspect is identified as a rarer fourth-grade variant. 206 229

Properties

Transcendent Body

The first infusion of Heaven and Earth Origin Power strengthens the entire body, including the meridians, organs, muscles, skin, and bones. Qin Fang’s breakthrough restored old injuries, removed scars, and raised his physical strength to at least fifty-eight thousand jin. 164

• True Origin can nourish the body in small quantities. 164
• Concentrating too much True Origin in one body part creates intense pressure on that area. 164
• Qin Fang’s breakthrough also revealed a dense layer of fish-scale-like armor beneath his skin, which ordinary blades could barely damage. 164
• At its peak, True Origin cultivation is described as enabling external protective aura, resistance to heat, cold, and disease, prolonged lifespan, and a youthful body. 142
• True Origin continuously alters the body’s cells and reduces a transcendent cultivator’s dependence on ordinary food. 227
• The quality of True Origin directly determines the resilience of True Origin-based body-protection techniques. Qin Fang’s increasingly dense Dark Nether True Origin eventually allowed his Ninefold Abyssal Water Armor to resist astral winds that had initially bypassed it. 232 234
• After Qin Fang condensed True Astral power, further body tempering raised his pure physical strength beyond four hundred thousand jin. 239

External Release

True Origin can be condensed, circulated, and released outside the body. Early-stage external True Origin remains diffuse and cannot maintain a stable form for long, while refined gang is denser, sharper, and able to take lasting forms such as weapons, shields, and clones. 164 196

• Qin Fang condensed newly formed True Origin in his palm, causing it to glow white and harden beyond ordinary weaponry. 164
• At the Origin Flow Realm, Qin Fang could project Mysterious Underworld True Origin through leaves, freezing both the Erosion Venombeast and a hostile True Origin martial artist. 200 201
• The Netherworld Aspect’s freezing effect can incapacitate an enemy even when the initial wounds are not fatal. 201
• True Origin techniques can create afterimages during high-speed movement, though such constructs may be shattered by sufficiently powerful attacks. 200
• True Astral power can be used to reinforce advanced Leaf Techniques. Qin Fang reconstructed a layer of Ninefold Abyssal Water Armor with True Astral after reaching Astral Condensation. 239
• Qin Fang’s Eternal Freeze-grade Dark Nether True Astral power froze several Returning-to-Truth Bear Demons and four powerful Bull Demons; its suppressive effect was much less effective against a light-shadow guardian approaching the peak of Returning to Truth. 252 261 274
• A martial artist with sufficient control can change the apparent aspect of their True Astral power. Qin Fang made his Dark Nether power appear to possess a Blazing Fire Aspect when leaving the sect. 292

Astral Condensation and Clones

At the Divine Illumination Realm, divine sense must merge with highly condensed True Origin so that spirit and qi achieve their initial fusion. The resulting True Astral power possesses spiritual charm and can carry its user’s true intent rather than functioning as mere energy. 180 237

• Divine Astral Profound Shadow — A nine-level clone Leaf Technique. Its first level forms a weak thought-anchored clone, while later levels produce Battle Essence Clones with progressively greater portions of the original’s power. 241
• Battle Essence Clones consume True Astral continuously and cannot replenish their own reserves. Their self-destruction also damages the creator’s soul through the spiritual imprint connecting them. 241
• Qin Fang’s early clone had an operational range of roughly one hundred meters. Its Dark Nether Aspect was substantially weakened, reducing eternal-freeze to a minor spark and making it most useful for reconnaissance or self-destruction. 241 246
• Astral-Extending Stone can improve the resilience and toughness of True Astral power, but it is costly and rationed even within the Heavenly Dipper Boundless Sect. 241
• After cultivating the second level of Divine Astral Profound Shadow to Consummation, Qin Fang’s clone could fight independently with roughly one-tenth of his own strength. Opening Cultivation Apertures and absorbing more Astral-Extending Stone helped strengthen the True Astral sustaining it. 293

Returning to Truth and Divine Ability

At Returning to Truth, the Heaven and Earth Bridge becomes essential to the ceaseless generation of True Astral power: it must be broad enough to absorb Heaven and Earth Origin Power automatically. Its quality also affects later cultivation, including perception of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Light, expansion of a Martial Domain, and the opening of a Grotto-Heaven. 291

• The fifth layer of Qin Fang’s Mysterious Dark Return-to-Void True Water Canon provides a method for reconstructing the Heaven and Earth Bridge. Both that reconstruction and the refinement of his Dark Nether True Astral required high-quality Extreme Yin Origin Force. 291 292
• Opening the nine Returning-to-Truth Cultivation Apertures progressively purifies True Astral power and improves its resilience, flexibility, and recovery. Once Qin Fang completed their circulation, the apertures continuously drew in and refined Heaven and Earth Origin Power. 293 294
• Completing the bridge and aperture circulation allowed Heaven and Earth Spiritual Light to enter Qin Fang’s Other Shore Divine Fire, producing Eternal Tribulation Profound Radiance. This innate Divine Ability can freeze techniques, shatter astral power, suppress spells and protective barriers, obscure spiritual perception, and imprison vitality. 294
• Qin Fang’s completed circulation could replenish True Astral faster than he expended it during ordinary travel through the scarlet world. His innate Divine Ability, however, remained too costly to use as a routine means of fighting stronger enemies. 297 303

Root Methods and Leaf Techniques

Root Methods cultivate and refine True Origin itself, while transcendent Leaf Techniques provide specialized means to circulate and apply it. Unlike Mortal Realm techniques, True Origin Leaf Techniques require precise meridian routes, divine sense, medicinal aids, and sometimes special materials. 176

• Mysterious Dark Return-to-Void True Water Canon — Qin Fang’s Root Method; it uses the Mysterious Underworld Realm-Breaking Awl to stabilize cold radiance in the dantian and alter True Origin toward a profound water nature. Qin Fang perfected the method upon entering True Condensation and later acquired its fourth level for the Returning to Truth Realm. He subsequently obtained its fifth layer to reconstruct the Heaven and Earth Bridge. 176 177 227 241 291
• Mirror Flower, Water Moon — A movement technique that circulates water-aspect True Origin through the body to create afterimages and achieve flight. Qin Fang later cultivated it to Great Accomplishment. 176 177 182 242
• Ninefold Abyssal Water Armor — A defensive technique that constructs layers of True Origin armor between the skin and flesh while strengthening the physique. Qin Fang developed it to Great Accomplishment and could maintain five layers after advancing to True Astral. 176 183 242 246
• Heavenly River Reversed Surge — An offensive technique that uses overlapping True Origin surges to reinforce and amplify attacking body parts. 176 183
• Void-Piercing Spirit Eye — A perception technique that lets Qin Fang observe origin-energy flows, including the sect-protecting array, other cultivators’ qi, and the nature of their True Origin. 197 199 241
• Deep-Flow Return-to-Hiding Formula — A Leaf Technique exchanged by Qin Fang for concealment; he later acquired its second level. 197 241
• Void White Mirror Observation — An observation technique perfected by Qin Fang during his True Condensation seclusion. 227
• Nine Tribulations Soul Refining Chapter — A supreme soul-cultivation inheritance. Qin Fang began cultivating its first refinement after entering the Supernatural Realm, reaching Minor Accomplishment and forming an early Blazing Fire Mark that strengthens his soul-based illusions. 300 302

Limitations and Risks

• Opening the Divine Gate is highly dangerous. Failure can cause severe injury and damage a cultivator’s foundation. 164
• Advancing from True Seed to Origin Flow requires opening the Ren and Du meridians to establish a Greater Heavenly Circuit. Failure can damage the cultivator’s cultivation, meridians, or soul. 197
• True Origin cultivation is resource-intensive; True Origin Pills can improve cultivation efficiency by two or three times. 199
• Flight through Mirror Flower, Water Moon consumes substantial True Origin. Even after reaching Great Accomplishment, Qin Fang could fly for only about an hour before exhausting himself. 190
• A cultivator’s strength is strongly affected by the purity, quantity, and Nature Aspect of their True Origin. 174 179
• Divine Illumination requires divine sense to merge into True Origin. This fusion of spirit and qi is the principal difficulty of Astral Condensation. 237
• Tiangang sharp qi can temper and improve True Origin, but astral winds carrying it can directly harm the body and initially bypass conventional True Origin defenses. 232 234
• Advanced clone techniques impose continuing True Astral expenditure, limited range, and potential soul damage if a clone is destroyed. 241
• Divine abilities are expected to consume enormous amounts of power; without the self-regenerating circulation of Returning to Truth, a cultivator may be unable to sustain them. 241
• Even a large supply of True Origin Pills cannot replace the specific origin force needed to refine an unusual Nature Aspect. Qin Fang’s Returning-to-Truth progress was limited by insufficient high-quality Extreme Yin Origin Force. 291
• Closely visualizing the patterns within Qin Fang’s transformed Divine Fire consumes the soul itself, rather than merely divine sense. He stopped after recognizing the danger. 294
• In the scarlet world, a martial artist’s circulating True Origin or astral power can crush and expel invasive flesh sprouts while refining incoming Origin Power. Exhaustion that leaves the body without this protection permits infection and mutation. 303

Story Role / Major Arcs

• A manual recovered from Chen Shanhe identifies True Origin as the foundation for transcending mortal martial arts and reaching divine abilities. 142
• Qin Fang opens the Divine Gate and enters the True Origin Realm, gaining a major leap in strength, speed, resilience, and combat power. 164
• His status as a twenty-year-old True Origin cultivator secures his dominance in the Martial Examination, as True Origin-level examinees historically take first place. 167
• After joining the Heavenly Dipper Boundless Sect, Qin Fang studies True Origin Nature Aspects, selects a water-aspect Root Method, and begins mastering transcendent Leaf Techniques. 174 175 176
• Qin Fang advances to Origin Flow in the Cold Cave, where his True Origin fully transforms into the cold Mysterious Underworld aspect. 192
• Qin Fang demonstrates the practical lethality of his Dark Nether Aspect by freezing an Erosion Venombeast and a hostile True Origin cultivator during his return from Old Ox Ridge. 200 201
• His prolonged cultivation in the Cold Cave lets him enter True Condensation, converting all of his gaseous True Origin into liquid and vastly increasing its density. 227
• While trapped in the Tiangang Secret Realm’s Abyss World, Qin Fang tempers his True Origin against Tiangang sharp qi and extreme yin power before achieving Astral Condensation. 232 237
• Qin Fang returns from the Abyss World after nearly six years, having transformed his True Origin into True Astral power and demonstrated the severe physical and psychological risks of prolonged isolated cultivation. 239 240
• He obtains Divine Astral Profound Shadow, strengthens his True Astral using Astral-Extending Stone, and develops an early clone for scouting and combat applications. 241 246
• During the expedition to Golden Mist Prefecture, Qin Fang uses his command of True Origin circulation and Leaf Techniques to guide fellow disciples and improve their readiness against aberrant species. 249
• In the Golden Mist Grotto-Heaven, Qin Fang’s Dark Nether True Astral overwhelms Returning-to-Truth demons. A light-shadow guardian later resists its usual freezing suppression, forcing him to rely on sustained combat and technique refinement. 261 274
• Qin Fang reaches Consummation in Returning to Truth with the aid of True Origin Pills, then returns to Old Ox Ridge for the Extreme Yin Origin Force needed to refine his power and rebuild his Heaven and Earth Bridge. 291 292
• After three years of seclusion, he completes the bridge and nine Cultivation Apertures. The resulting self-regenerating True Astral circulation precedes his entry into the Supernatural Realm and the birth of Eternal Tribulation Profound Radiance. 293 294
• During the later scarlet-world upheaval, Qin Fang’s continuous True Astral recovery helps him travel through contaminated territory while transporting supplies for the sect. 302 303