Five Emperors True Qi (3,000 words)

Among the astral-refining methods of the Five Viscera Temple, gathering the five elements' astral qi and smelting it into the body was considered superior.

And among the five elements' astral qi, using the Five Emperors Astral Qi for refinement was superior still.

The specific names of the so-called Five Emperors Astral Qi were azure emperor true astral, black emperor true astral, vermilion emperor true astral, yellow emperor true astral, and white emperor true astral qi.

Rumor had it that these five forms of true astral energy each had an even more specific name.

For instance, azure emperor true astral was called "everlasting verdant astral." But as they had been passed down to the present day, the names of the other four had either been lost or become impossible to distinguish from fabrications. Multiple accounts existed, and determining which were genuine was difficult.

These five forms of astral qi were called true astral energy and bore the names of the Five Emperors because, according to legend, they had been refined by five exalted emperors in ancient times. All five emperors had used them to form what were known as "first-grade heavenly immortal golden cores."

In other words, any one of these forms of astral qi was a resource for forming a heavenly immortal golden core. Their origins were extraordinary, and an ordinary person who obtained just one would possess the potential to become an immortal!

When Fang Shu heard this account, he was momentarily stunned.

He had never imagined that the Five Viscera Temple's astral-refining method had such an illustrious origin. For a moment, he even wondered whether the temple's predecessors had exaggerated too much.

Fortunately, after making repeated inquiries within the temple, he discovered that this was not merely the Five Viscera Temple singing its own praises.

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