Qi Refining Realm, Achieved!

Seeing Ran Hua utterly shocked.

Chen Changqing smiled faintly. "Just a small breakthrough."

Ran Hua froze for a moment, then narrowed his eyes and gave Chen Changqing another careful look, muttering inwardly:

Senior Brother Chen's breakthrough speed seems a little too fast.

Could it be that he accumulated deeply before erupting all at once?

After thinking briefly, he did not dwell on it.

Even if Chen Changqing had broken through again, he was only at the middle stage of Body Refining, while Ran Hua had already been at the late stage of Body Refining for some time.

He was currently working toward breaking through to the Qi Refining Realm.

"Senior Brother Chen, I'll take my leave first!"

Ran Hua cupped his hands in salute. Without thinking further, he rose and left directly.

After Ran Hua departed, Chen Changqing stood guard at the sect gate.

At the fourth quarter of the hour of the Rooster, he closed the sect gate on time, then got up and returned to his residence.

Time passed.

In the blink of an eye, ten days had gone by.

At this moment, Chen Changqing sat cross-legged within his little wooden cabin.

His consciousness sank into the system space.

"System!"

Very soon, the system's prompt sounded:

[Ding!]

[AFK time: 10 days.]

[Practiced Primordial Posture Technique ×350 times!]

[Extract AFK cultivation results?]

"Extract!"

Chen Changqing did not delay and directly chose to extract the reward.

Boom! Boom!

In an instant, strands of golden light drifted from the Little Golden Man and shot into Chen Changqing's body.

At that moment, Chen Changqing felt the qi and blood within him roil like an enraged dragon, while his muscles and bones rang in unison.

His muscles were tempered and strengthened once more.

Every inch of flesh and blood throughout his body seemed to have undergone another thousand hammerings and hundred refinements.

Before long, a vast force suddenly erupted from within him.

The space inside the little wooden cabin rippled in waves beneath the impact of the invisible air currents.

The next moment, Chen Changqing suddenly opened his eyes, golden light flashing through his pupils.

He clenched his fist and threw a straight punch forward.

As his fist shot out, immense fist force surged like a river, striking the air until it boomed.

After retracting his fist, Chen Changqing sensed the surging power within his body, the corners of his lips lifting slightly.

"My strength has surpassed two thousand jin!"

"The late stage of Body Refining—achieved!"

Chen Changqing was overjoyed.

He discovered that as his cultivation continued to rise, the effects of AFK cultivation also increased.

Previously, ten days of AFK cultivation had only allowed the Primordial Posture Technique to be practiced three hundred times.

But now, after ten days of AFK cultivation, it could already be practiced three hundred and fifty times.

"With this AFK Cultivation System..."

"My cultivation speed is like riding a rocket, shooting upward again and again!"

"Next, I'll strike at the Qi Refining Realm!"

"But..."

At this point, Chen Changqing narrowed his eyes slightly, wearing a thoughtful expression.

Upon first entering the early stage of Body Refining, one could surpass three hundred jin in strength.

Upon reaching the middle stage of Body Refining, one could surpass one thousand jin.

As for the late stage of Body Refining, one could reach two thousand jin!

Generally speaking, by this point, many cultivators would begin preparing to strike at the Qi Refining Realm.

Yet Chen Changqing was in no hurry to break through to the Qi Refining Realm.

Because he knew that surpassing two thousand jin was not the limit of the Body Refining Realm!

Among ordinary disciples, two thousand jin was considered the limit of the Body Refining Realm.

But through studying the Little Golden Man, Chen Changqing discovered that it was still cultivating AFK, which meant there was still room for improvement in the Body Refining Realm.

"With an AFK System, why not attempt the Ultimate Realm of Body Refining?"

Having made up his mind, Chen Changqing continued his AFK cultivation.

Just then, footsteps sounded outside the room.

Immediately afterward, a voice called out:

"Senior Brother Chen, your cultivation resources for this month have arrived."

Hearing this, Chen Changqing quickly gathered his thoughts, got up, and went outside, accepting a small pouch from an outer sect disciple.

"Thank you for the trouble, Junior Brother!"

After offering his thanks, Chen Changqing returned to the room. Opening the pouch, he saw two low-grade spirit stones inside.

Back when he was still in the Qi Nourishing Realm, his monthly cultivation resources had only consisted of one low-grade spirit stone.

Earlier, Chen Changqing had sought out Elder Liu Mu and changed his cultivation information.

This month's cultivation resources had increased to two low-grade spirit stones.

"Now that I can cultivate AFK, there's no rush to use these spirit stones."

"I'll save them for when I break through to the Qi Refining Realm."

Chen Changqing muttered to himself, then put away the two low-grade spirit stones.

Time passed, and another ten days went by in the blink of an eye.

"System, extract the AFK results!"

Boom!

Streams of golden light suddenly emerged from the Little Golden Man's body and flowed into Chen Changqing's body.

Afterward, Chen Changqing's strength reached the level of surpassing three thousand jin.

But even so, he found that he still had not reached the limit of Body Refining.

Chen Changqing did not mind and continued his AFK cultivation.

Without realizing it, a month had passed.

"System!"

As Chen Changqing sent out the thought, the system responded:

[Ding!]

[AFK time: 30 days.]

[Practiced Primordial Posture Technique ×1200 times!]

[Extract AFK results?]

"Extract!"

Chen Changqing did not think much about it and directly chose to extract the AFK reward.

Boom!

Streams of golden light violently burst from the Little Golden Man's body and rushed straight into Chen Changqing's body.

In that instant, Chen Changqing felt the qi and blood within him erupt like a volcano, his muscles and bones tremble, and even his flesh and blood seem to be restructuring.

Golden light blazed around his entire body, dazzling as the scorching sun!

"My strength has surpassed four thousand jin!"

At this moment, Chen Changqing clearly felt that his physical strength had reached an ultimate limit.

At the same time, the Little Golden Man before him stopped cultivating AFK.

"I've finally reached the Ultimate Realm of Body Refining!"

"Ordinary late-stage Body Refining cultivators can only surpass two thousand jin."

"But I am at the Ultimate Realm of Body Refining, with strength surpassing four thousand jin—twice as much."

"My more than a month of AFK cultivation was not wasted after all."

Chen Changqing murmured to himself.

More than a month ago, he had already reached the late stage of Body Refining and could have begun striking at the Qi Refining Realm.

But he chose to walk the path of the Ultimate Realm.

After a brief pause, Chen Changqing took a deep breath and sighed.

"Next, it's time to break through to the Qi Refining Realm!"

Chen Changqing took out the several low-grade spirit stones he had accumulated and placed them before himself.

After closing his eyes, he began drawing spiritual qi from the spirit stones to make his breakthrough.

Streams of spiritual qi flowed from the spirit stones, pouring into Chen Changqing's body and traveling through his limbs and bones.

As the spiritual qi flowed in without end.

It was as though thunder boomed within Chen Changqing's body, while chaos filled his dantian.

Buzz!

At one moment, a wisp of pure aura was born within his dantian.

Like the newborn morning sun, it was faint yet brimming with vitality!

Refining essence into qi meant refining the spiritual qi of heaven and earth into one's own vital essence, storing it within the dantian!

Chen Changqing's mind became tranquil as he guided the spiritual qi through cycles within his body, continuously condensing it.

Very soon, the first strand of vital essence condensed successfully!

Then came the second, the third...

When the tenth strand of vital essence floated within his dantian like stars, Chen Changqing's tightly shut eyes suddenly flew open.

The sharp light in his eyes shone brilliantly!

"The Qi Refining Realm—achieved!"