Refining Mother Qi

The Total Perception Divine Chamber shattered like glass falling to the ground, piece by piece.

That ancient line of poetry echoed through these broken gaps.

"Stealing the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, and drawing inspiration from the past and present."

At this moment, Chen Lingxi's gaze was fixed on the pure energy deep within the clouds of Divine Sense.

Ancestral Mountain Mother Qi.

Chen Lingxi a deep breath, the surging excitement in her chest almost uncontrollable.

Total Perception ends, the Mother Qi is right before your eyes.

He raised his hand and silently recited those ancient verses in his heart.

Then, he chose that stream of pure energy.

In an instant, the Total Perception Divine Chamber vanished completely.

The remaining traces of light and the churning mist vanished into nothingness at that moment.

Chen Lingxi felt her consciousness being swept away by an unimaginable force, pulled back from this shattered Void, and finally falling back into her body.

He suddenly opened his eyes.

Before us lies the Eastern King Palace at Inlaid Gold Mountain.

Chen Lingxi's consciousness had just returned, and he didn't care about anything else. He simply closed his eyes and sank his consciousness into the Divine Chamber deep in his mind.

The Divine Chamber Void, and the thick fog churned as usual.

The line of golden tadpole-shaped characters continued to flow slowly in the Void, radiating a warm and bright glow.

But Chen Lingxi's gaze was not on the words.

His gaze fell upon the very center of the Void of the Divine Chamber, upon the churning clouds.

There, a wisp of pure air hung suspended.

That pure air was like a small, bright moon, quietly suspended in the clouds.

Its radiance illuminated the surrounding mist, making it crystal clear, as if someone had lit an inextinguishable lamp in that gray, foggy sea.

Chen Lingxi stared blankly at the clear energy for a long time before finally exhaling a long breath of stale air.

"The Ancestral Mountain Mother Qi is finally in our hands."

He reached out and took the Mother Qi from the Divine Chamber.

The moment the pure energy landed in his palm, Chen Lingxi felt a sudden clarity throughout his body.

The Spirit Pool in the Qi Sea rejoiced under the nourishment of this pure energy, and began to circulate on its own, greedily devouring the few strands of spiritual energy that surged in.

His 108 acupoints seemed to be welcoming a long-awaited rain.

He looked down at the wisp of pure energy in his palm, stared at it for a long time, and then slowly closed his five fingers, holding it in his palm.

The touch of the air is warm and smooth like jade, yet light as a feather, like holding a wisp of cloud soaked in moonlight.

"Absorb the Mother Qi to form the Spirit-Aperture Physique!"

Without further hesitation, he put the Mother Qi into his mouth.

The moment the Mother Qi entered her throat, Chen Lingxi trembled violently.

That inspiration was so powerful, like swallowing a raging, roaring river of inspiration.

The inspiration flowed straight down from his throat, surging into his Qi Sea, his meridians, his limbs and bones, and into every acupoint of his body.

His Qi Sea suddenly surged at that moment.

The spiritual liquid in that Spirit Pool surged and churned, and the boundaries of the Spirit Pool expanded outward again and again under the impact of that spiritual energy. Each expansion was accompanied by a piercing pain, as if someone was hammering his Qi Sea inch by the Qi Sea, widening and solidifying it.

Yet, amidst that excruciating pain, there was also an indescribable sense of pleasure.

Just as a long-silted riverbed is finally opened up by the spring flood, the mighty spring water rushes down, washing away all the old silt!

"So profound!" Chen Lingxi couldn't help but exclaim.

With his eyes closed, he circulated the Six-Qi True Method, gathering, refining, and incorporating the spiritual energy surging into his body into his Spirit Pool, bit by bit.

This training lasted for a full day.

Throughout the day, Chen Lingxi remained motionless, sitting cross-legged in the Eastern King Palace.

His breathing was extremely long, and with each inhale and exhale, his chest rose and fell like the tides, and his spiritual energy surged like a river in his meridians, emitting extremely subtle and long sounds.

Outside the palace, the sun rises and the moon sets.

Chen Lingxi finally let out a long breath.

Then he stood up.

Beneath his skin, there was a faint, soft, jade-like luster that flowed, more profound and restrained than before, like a piece of unpolished jade that had been polished countless times, finally revealing its true texture on this day.

"The Ancestral Mountain Mother Qi transformed my physical body, and I didn't even need to circulate my Qi and Blood to break through to the Jade Qi Perfection realm. Moreover, I will soon be able to break through to the Qi-Blood Nine Revolutions."

Chen Lingxi smiled and said, "This Jade Qi Perfection is merely a facade; the truly earth-shattering transformation lies within my body."

He closed his eyes and looked inward.

Within the Qi Sea, the Spirit Pool had grown several times larger than it had been a day before.

The spiritual liquid was as clear as jade, and its depths were unfathomable.

Each drop of spiritual liquid was condensed to the extreme, like fine needles suspended in the pool, emitting a chilling light.

Ninefold Return Spiritual Mechanism.

His spiritual energy, refined by the Mother Qi, had unknowingly undergone several compressions.

Each drop of the spiritual liquid had undergone numerous refinements, eliminating impurities and reaching a purity that even he found hard to believe.

What alarmed him even more was the speed of his cultivation.

Chen Lingxi tried to circulate the Six-Qi True Method, stimulating the Spirit Pool in his Qi Sea.

The moment the thought arose, spiritual energy surged forth from the Spirit Pool as easily as if it were an extension of one's arm, flowing through the meridians with astonishing speed and smoothness.

"After Ninefold Return... it finally becomes the Seventh Floor."

A glint of light flashed in Chen Lingxi's eyes.

This Ancestral Mountain Mother Qi not only transformed his body, but also forcefully pushed his spiritual energy cultivation to the Qi Circulation Seventh Floor.

He had only been at the Qi Circulation Sixth Floor for a few dozen days.

This speed is unbelievable. If Chen Lingxi were to cultivate on his own, even with sufficient Spiritual Qi, it would still take him one or two years.

Qi Circulation Seventh Floor.

The threshold to the Upper Three Floors.

Lin Suri, Lu Baizhong, Xi Yuan, these prodigies who stirred up trouble in Ancestral Mountain, were only at this level.

And he, a local cultivator with no one to rely on, actually stepped into this level.

He took a deep breath, suppressing the excitement in his heart, then closed his eyes and focused his mind, carefully sensing the various changes brought about by the Qi Circulation Seventh Floor.

In the Qi Circulation Seventh Floor, besides the qualitative change of spiritual Qi, the most important things are those two Mystery Mechanism.

Its name is [Consciousness Sea].

This means opening up the Consciousness Sea and cultivating Divine Sense.

Divine Sense is formless and intangible, yet it can detach from the physical body to perceive the outside world. Within a radius of several dozen feet, the swaying of every blade of grass and the chirping of every insect and bird cannot escape the perception of Divine Sense.

Chen Lingxi her eyes and tried to activate the newly formed Divine Sense.

He felt a slight warmth between his brows, and then an invisible wave spread out from there, rippling outwards.

The ripples penetrated the Eastern King Palace, clearly imprinting everything around him in his mind.

Everything was clearly visible, as if he had seen it with his own eyes, even clearer than if he had seen it with his own eyes.

Chen Lingxi slowly withdrew her Divine Sense, opened her eyes, and a hint of understanding flashed in them.

"With this Mystery Mechanism, he will have an invisible pair of eyes when facing enemies in the future. Those enemies hiding in the shadows and those spells attacking from behind will no longer be able to escape his perception."

The second Mystery Mechanism is called [Fine Thought].

The so-called "Fine Thought" refers to the extremely precise control of Divine Sense.

The Divine Sense can attach itself to an object, like an invisible hand, capable of simultaneously controlling dozens of flying needles and knives to perform precise movements.

With a slight thought, Chen Lingxi's Divine Sense emerged from between her brows, transforming into an invisible thread that landed on a small pebble not far away.

The pebbles were about the size of a thumb, grayish and inconspicuous.

But when his Divine Sense attached itself to it, the pebbles trembled slightly and then slowly floated up from the ground.

One piece, two pieces, three pieces.

His Divine Sense split and attached itself to several pieces of rubble.

The pebbles simultaneously lifted off the ground and hovered in the Void in front of him, forming a neat row.

"In the past, it could be done using spiritual energy, but it was never as easy as it is now."

As soon as he had a thought, the pebbles moved simultaneously.

They dart through the air, intertwining and colliding rapidly, their trajectories complex and intricate, yet never actually bumping into each other.

He tried arranging them into a tiny circle, then into a tiny square, and finally made them land at the same time, landing precisely in a straight line at his feet.

Chen Lingxi looked down at the straight line of pebbles at her feet, and a smile finally appeared on her lips.

"Weaving, embroidery, carving, setting up formations, dismantling formations—all done with ease," he murmured to himself, his eyes gleaming with even greater delight. "Such precision is enough to set up the second layer of the Pure Marvel Qi-Pivot Formation."

He had already set up the first layer of the Clear-Mystery Pivot-Qi Formation several times and knew it by heart.

The second layer is even more complex, with more array points and more intricate hand seals, requiring an extremely high level of Divine Sense control from the array setter.

He had studied it for a long time, but always felt that he was not up to the task. The connection between the hand seals and the response between the array points were always a bit lacking.

But now that I have this Fine Thought Mystery Mechanism, those obstacles that I used to find obscure and difficult to overcome have suddenly become clear.

He had a strong premonition that, given a little more time, he would be able to set up the second layer of the Clear-Mystery Pivot-Qi Formation.

At that time, the array's ability to gather spiritual energy will be further enhanced, and his cultivation speed will experience another qualitative leap.

Chen Lingxi a deep breath, suppressing these thoughts for the time being, and finally remembered four words.

Spirit-Aperture Physique.

The reason he was able to enter the Qi Circulation Seventh Floor, and the reason he was able to open his Consciousness Sea and cultivate his Fine Thought, was all thanks to the Ancestral Mountain Mother Qi.

The spiritual energy contained within that Mother Qi was so astonishing that it not only propelled his cultivation to the Qi Circulation Seventh Floor, but also completely transformed his Root Bone and natural talent.

At this moment, he felt his spiritual energy become incredibly rich and profound, and his understanding of the Six-Qi True Method and many other techniques became even more profound.

He raised his right hand, his index and middle fingers joined together like a sword, the azure light of the Azure Edge Method flickering uncertainly at his fingertips.

He tried to refine that sharpness, making it more refined and resilient, just like a real sword.

In the past, when he activated the Azure Edge Method, although its sharpness was keen, some of it would always dissipate, just like a sword blank that had not yet been sharpened, which was sharp enough but lacked refinement.

But now, the azure light emanating from his fingertips had completely solidified, like an ice sword forged from millennia-old ice—sharp, fierce, and refined.

"With my Mysterious Qi and such enlightenment, I only need to study it for a while longer, and I should be able to attain the sublime Mystic Realm of the Azure Edge Method and the Dragon Roar Technique."

At that time, these two techniques will be considered truly wondrous, and few in the same realm will be able to rival them."

As Chen Lingxi pondered, his Divine Sense entered the Hongdong Bag.

The Dragon-Qi Treasure Talisman and the Xi Yu Talisman both returned safely to his Hongdong Bag.

"Qi Circulation Seventh Floor, I should be able to refine those two treasures."

Chen Lingxi took out the ring she had obtained from Xi Mu, infused it with spiritual energy, and then frowned at me. "The array in this ring is rather complex. It will take four or five days to fully refine it."

"The Ancestral Mountain is about to open; there's no time to refine it."

He immediately had a thought and took something out of his Universe Bag.

It was a stone.

The stone was shaped like a throwing knife, about the length of a palm, and was icy cold to the touch, as if holding a piece of ice.

The stone was so smooth that it was without a single flaw, as if it had been washed away by the river for millions of years, leaving only the rough shape of this unsharpened throwing knife.

This was the mysterious stone he had acquired long ago in the antique market of Yuan River Prefecture for a few coins.

At that time, when he tried to probe the stone with his spiritual energy, it was like a mud ox sinking into the sea, without the slightest feedback.

Later, he entered the Fourth Floor of Qi Circulation and tried to explore again, but still found nothing.

The inside of that stone was like an abyss, making it impossible for his spiritual energy to move freely within it, and he could not fathom its depths.

He has now reached the Qi Circulation Seventh Floor.

Chen Lingxi held the stone in her palm and examined it for a moment.

The stone was like a piece of rotten wood buried in an ancient tomb for who knows how many years, showing no sign of anything extraordinary.

But he knew this was no ordinary thing.

Among all those antiques, the one that can cause a Total Perception increase in the progress of Essence Replenishment is definitely not an ordinary item.

He slowly infused a wisp of spiritual energy into the stone.

The moment the spiritual energy entered the stone, Chen Lingxi shuddered.

This time, his spiritual energy did not simply vanish into thin air.

Those invisible barriers that had previously prevented him from exploring had all vanished.

The spiritual energy flowed along the intricate patterns within the stone with astonishing speed and smoothness.

The stone trembled slightly, emitting a very faint sound.

As the sound rang out, a very faint, soft luster began to emanate from the surface of the stone.

The light, which was initially just a faint glimmer, quickly intensified and burst forth from every crevice of the stone.

Where the light touched, the grayish stone skin on the stone began to peel away inch by inch, like a snake shedding its skin, revealing the true face hidden beneath for countless years.

"Indeed, there is something extraordinary about it."