Ascending to the Twelfth Floor, the Third Palace-Knocking Mystique

Chen Lingxi fled far away and came to Long River Prefecture, where he fell into the deepest part of the riverbed, sat cross-legged, and refined the spiritual energy of the Immortal Ranking.

A season passed quickly. Chen Lingxi was in the Long River, deep at the bottom of the river, refining the twenty-third spiritual energy of the Immortal Ranking, and completely stepped into the Twelve Levels of Qi Circulation!

Twelve Levels of Qi Circulation signifies the pinnacle of the Qi Circulation Realm circulation!

As Chen Lingxi stepped into this realm, he felt the Spiritual Qi in his Qi Sea surging like a raging tide. What was originally a small lake in his Qi Sea was now like a great river.

Within the Qi Sea, the spiritual Qi had completely transformed into a vast and mighty spiritual river.

The river is wide and the water is turbulent!

"The Twelve Levels of Qi Circulation is indeed formidable."

Chen Lingxi felt that her spiritual energy was several times more abundant than it had been on the Eleventh Floor.

With a slight thought, the spiritual river surged as if controlled by his own arm, the rolling spiritual energy flowing smoothly through his meridians throughout his body without any stagnation.

"Upon reaching the Qi Circulation Final Realm, there are even more Mystery Mechanism."

As Chen Lingxi sensed the profound mysteries arising from Mystery Mechanism new realm, his heart became increasingly at peace.

This Mystery Mechanism is called the [Dao-Foundation Seed]. As one's cultivation level increases, the Dao Seed Realm will gradually transform into Dao Platform!

The Dao Seed Realm hovered no more than three feet directly above the Spirit River, slowly rotating.

It is no bigger than a grain of rice, and its whole body is a pale gold color, with countless extremely fine and mysterious patterns flowing on its surface.

Chen Lingxi probed it with his Divine Sense and felt that the Dao Seed Realm contained an indescribable profound Dao charm, as if it contained some profound and mysterious principle of heaven and earth.

"Moreover, with this Dao Seed Realm, a cultivator's spiritual energy will become more substantial and solid after passing through the Dao Seed Realm."

In addition, the Dao Seed Realm has replaced the Mystery Mechanism of the Dao, and can be used to deduce Divine Ability powers and techniques.

As Chen Lingxi pondered this, she tried injecting a wisp of spiritual energy into the Dao Seed Realm. The Dao Seed Realm trembled slightly, and its pale golden light suddenly intensified, turning the entire Qi Sea into a dazzling gold.

When that wisp of spiritual energy circulated within the Dao Seed Realm and then emerged, it was several times more solid than before, and the spiritual energy it contained was even more profound.

"This is the Dao Seed Realm." Chen Lingxi murmured to himself, his eyes filled with joy, feeling an unprecedented surge of power within himself.

However, he did not emerge from seclusion but continued his closed-eye cultivation.

"Upon entering the Twelve Levels of Qi Circulation, reaching the realm of 'True Edict of Audience with the Dao Palace-Knocking Realm,' the Third Profound will be born."

Before the realm of "True Edict of Audience with the Dao Palace-Knocking Realm," there are two Great Sage Breath-Absorption Mystery Mechanism. The first is Great Sage Sage's Breathing Exercise. Within the Inner Divine Palace, the Great Sage's illusory image slowly breathes in and out spiritual energy, allowing his spiritual energy to nourish his physical body and transform into surging Great Sage Essence.

Secondly, Heaven-Inviting Might, reflecting the Great Sage Aura, which is equally extraordinary.

Today, Chen Lingxi, with the help of his terrifying spiritual energy, cultivated the True Edict of Audience with the Dao, constantly visualizing the Great Sage's phantom in the Inner Divine Palace, merging the Heaven-Inviting Great Sage's aura into his own body, and thus causing his physical body to undergo even more profound changes.

The phantom of the Great Sage, sitting cross-legged on the high platform of the simple palace, slowly opened his eyes during his cultivation.

Those eyes were as deep as an abyss, with stars faintly swirling within them, exuding a terrifying pressure that sent chills down one's spine.

As soon as the Great Sage Sage's illusory figure opened his eyes, an indescribable surge of boundless energy erupted from the high platform, flowing into his limbs and bones.

Under the influence of this Great Sage Essence, Chen Lingxi finally cultivated the third Palace-Knocking Realm Mystery Mechanism.

He sensed that within the Inner Divine Palace, a brand-new, profound energy was slowly gathering, resonating with and complementing the Great Sage's Breath-Assimilation Mystique.

The Mystery Mechanism was not yet fully formed, but it already faintly exuded a majestic and fearless aura.

His eyes were intense, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

"Is this the Third Profound?"

Chen Lingxi a long breath, increasingly satisfied with the profound mystery of this True Edict of Audience with the Dao.

"With this Third Profound, my physical combat strength has reached a new level."

He took a deep breath and continued to breathe deeply with his eyes closed.

Within his Qi Sea, the surging spiritual energy was continuously refining several powerful spiritual energies, thus nourishing the Myriad-Nurturing Dao Lotus Qi.

That Myriad-Nurturing Dao Lotus Qi was like a small black snake, slowly swimming in the spiritual river, inhaling and exhaling the spiritual energy of the powerful beings.

Chen Lingxi could sense that the strange power contained within this mysterious black energy was becoming increasingly extraordinary, as if it were nurturing the Dao.

Deep within that black aura, there was a faint, subtle fluctuation of life, like a dormant seed slowly awakening.

At the same time, the connection between the mysterious black energy and his own Divine Sense grew stronger and stronger, and a faint, almost imperceptible, bloodline connection was even emerging between the black energy and him.

Chen Lingxi understood.

"This wondrous lotus energy is not far from giving birth to a brand new three souls and seven spirits."

He slowly opened his eyes.

"It took about a season to reach the Twelve Levels of Qi Circulation, and more than two months to cultivate the Third Profound the Palace-Knocking Realm and the Myriad-Nurturing Dao Lotus Qi."

Half a year has passed in a flash.

Chen Lingxi sighed, thought for a moment, and then his consciousness entered the Divine Chamber, activating his Wandering Sight Divine Ability.

Sight-Roaming Emperor Daye!

He then Sight-Roaming Emperor Daye, only to find that the Void-Disrupting Flower that had been floating above the Emperor Daye's head had disappeared.

The wondrous flower that once hung in mid-air above the palace, exuding profound Daoist charm, has now completely vanished, leaving only an empty Void.

Chen Lingxi a slight stirring in her heart.

"The Void-Disrupting Flower is Divine Ability artifact required for cultivating the Dao Foundation Grand Divine Ability power of the Heavenly Decline Method. Emperor Daye has possessed this flower for a long time, but now the Void-Disrupting Flower has disappeared..."

Could it be that it was completely refined by the Emperor Daye?

Chen Lingxi's mind raced.

If that's really the case, Emperor Daye is probably about to enter the Dao Realm Middle Stage.

He continued to look and saw Emperor Daye sitting cross-legged on the futon, his eyes closed. The pale golden Immortal-Husk Essence around him was several times more concentrated than before, like a solid golden veil wrapped around his body.

Countless extremely fine runes were faintly visible flowing across the gauze robe, each rune emanating a chilling sense of decay.

The sense of decay was extremely eerie, like the desolation that permeated the world when everything withered in late autumn, or the stench of decay that had settled in an ancient tomb for thousands of years.

However, the sense of decay emanating from Emperor Daye was firmly locked within three feet of his body by the Immortal-Husk Essence, without leaking out even a fraction.

Emperor Daye Daye's originally aged and withered body is recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Gray hair turned black, wrinkles disappeared, a hunched back became straight, and withered limbs regained their plumpness.

He was like a piece of raw jade that had been repeatedly refined, now shining brightly again under the nourishment of the Immortal-Husk Essence.

"Moreover... perhaps because of the extraordinary nature of that Immortal Husk, Emperor Daye seems to be on the verge of curing the chronic illness of the Sundial Reversal Divine Ability."

Chen Lingxi's eyes flickered.

"Emperor Daye's combat power was already unparalleled. Once he cured his chronic illness and cultivated to the Dao Foundation Middle Stage, he would be even stronger."

Little did they know how powerful their fighting force was; even Zhao Duanxuan might not be a match for them.

He sighed inwardly, feeling even more admiration for someone like Emperor Daye.

The Sight-Roaming was thus shattered.

Chen Lingxi got up, stepped out of the river, and looked up at the Immortal Ranking in the sky.

June passed in the blink of an eye, and various changes occurred on the Immortal Ranking.

Then one could see that on the golden list, numerous names were slowly circulating, emitting a breathtaking radiance.

On the Immortal Ranking, his own ranking had actually dropped from twenty-third to twenty-eighth.

Several more individuals joined the top ten, hailing from the Southern Heaven Domain and the Calamity Sea.

Chen Lingxi naturally knew the reason for this change.

When the Immortal Ranking was finalized, many powerful figures had not yet projected their names to the event.

After the rankings were finalized, new powerful figures continued to project their images.

These powerful individuals rarely make a move; if they haven't defeated someone on the Immortal Ranking, they won't be on the list.

Half a year has passed, and many powerful figures have revealed their presence, while many forces may have already begun to contend and wage war...

That's why the rankings on the Immortal Ranking have changed so much.

Having grasped this point, Chen Lingxi withdrew his gaze, thinking to himself, "The number of powerful individuals in this Cave Heaven is not to be underestimated."

"In terms of personal combat strength, Zhao Duanxuan is still number one. Perhaps this Zhao Duanxuan... is very likely to be able to unleash the power of Dao Foundation Middle Stage cultivator."

Chen Lingxi silently made a calculation in her mind.

He had seen Zhao Duanxuan in the Total Perception Divine Chamber.

The man walked out from the afterglow of the setting sun, each step he took causing the entire ocean to tremble.

The overwhelming pressure and the terrifying aura that prevented anyone from even having the will to resist are still vivid in my mind.

At that time, he vaguely felt that the strength Zhao Duanxuan had displayed had far exceeded the scope that a Dao Foundation Early Stage incarnation should have.

"I Twelve Levels of Qi Circulation and the True Edict of Audience with the Dao, which may seem powerful, but I must still proceed with caution," he murmured to himself, his gaze growing increasingly solemn.

As he finished speaking, another spirit jade tablet appeared in his hand.

It was the Slaying-Force Cauldron, the Enemy-Slaying Spirit Jade.

The spirit jade in his palm exuded a chilling, ancient aura.

Chen Lingxi gazed at the Enemy-Slaying Spirit Jade, pondering silently.

"Although the Enemy-Slaying Spirit Jade is powerful, it will still take five or six hours to draw the enemy's energy into it."

It cannot be accomplished in an instant...

In that case, I need to plan ahead.

Chen Lingxi's eyes flashed as he took out the Three-Mystery Mirror and drew out the auras of Bai Lingze and Zhao Duanxuan, channeling them into the Enemy-Slaying Spirit Jade.

Several hours passed.

On the spirit stone, two brand-new names are slowly emerging.

Zhao Duanxuan!

Bai Lingze!

As soon as the two names appeared, an even stronger murderous intent emanated from the spirit wall.

A slight smile appeared on Chen Lingxi.

He looked down at the Enemy-Slaying Spirit Jade in his palm, which still exuded murderous intent aura.

"I've entered the Twelve Levels of Qi Circulation, but I'm still extremely far from the Dao Foundation Realm," he murmured to himself. "Yet my combat strength now is more than double what it was when I was at the Eleventh Floor."

"With this foundation, even if I'm no match for Bai Lingze, I should still have a chance to escape if I insist on fleeing using this Enemy-Slaying Spirit Jade." He muttered to himself, "And I probably don't have any Spirit Artifact or treasures."

"He won't die immediately," he added, feeling somewhat relieved.

He put the Enemy-Slaying Spirit Jade back into his Hongdong Bag, closed his eyes and concentrated, and then used the Dao Seed Realm to evolve the Thunder-Hiding Sword Canon.

Chen Lingxi infused a wisp of spiritual energy into the Dao Seed Realm, and then, using his Divine Sense as a guide, transformed the various sword techniques, sword stances, and sword intents of the Thunder-Hiding Sword Canon into swords of Divine Sense, which he then infused into the slowly rotating Dao Seed Realm.

The mysterious patterns on the surface of the Dao Seed Realm lit up simultaneously at that moment.

Chen Lingxi felt that the sword scriptures and profound principles, which were originally somewhat obscure, suddenly became clear under the golden light of the Dao Seed Realm, as if the clouds had parted and the sun had appeared, bringing sudden enlightenment.

But just as he was about to touch that threshold, as if he had already stepped inside and was only one push away from entering the main hall, the speed of the evolution of the Dao Seed Realm suddenly slowed down.

The threshold hung right in front of him, within reach, yet he was always just a hair's breadth away.

Chen Lingxi frowned.

"This Thunder-Hiding Sword Canon indeed profound; the threshold for the Mystic Realm is far too high."

Chen Lingxi wanted to deduce this sword scripture to the Mystic Realm, so as to unleash the Jade Tiger Sea-Reversing Sword Light.

But that Mystic Realm was like a tightly closed door; no matter how he tried to deduce it with the Dao Seed Realm or question it with his Divine Sense, it remained unmoved.

Chen Lingxi shook her head and stopped insisting.

He then remembered that his Thunderlight Treasure Sword had already shattered.

"This Cave Heaven is lacking in spiritual treasures..." he muttered to himself, a hint of helplessness in his voice. "As a local cultivator, I'm just too poor."

Chen Lingxi with emotion.

At the moment, he didn't have many treasures, except for the Delayed Light Flying Dagger.

"But thinking about it carefully, Qiu Yue, who ranks twenty-third on the Immortal Ranking, has already discovered the mystery of my Delayed Light Flying Dagger." Chen Lingxi frowned.

"Non-Self Twelve Heavenly Drum Peals and the terrifying physical body of the True Edict of Audience with the Dao sealing the Void, he probably could have easily dodged the Delayed Light Flying Dagger," Chen Lingxi thought to himself.

"Moreover, the mysterious light emanating from Delayed Light Flying Dagger landed on him, but he broke free in just a few moments."

"It seems... this throwing knife is indeed wonderful, but if it were to be used against someone who has cultivated Dao Foundation Grand Divine Ability Qi Circulation Realm power at the foundation level but has not yet condensed the Profound Root Dao Platform or planted the profound root, it would already be insufficient."

Chen Lingxi sighed, "I'm too poor..."

He sighed inwardly, feeling both moved and somewhat helpless.

He was all alone in this Cave Heaven, without a master or sect.

"Moreover, there are far too few Spirit Artifact Law Treasure in this Weiji Grotto-Heaven."

But then Chen Lingxi reconsidered, and a hint of composure appeared in her eyes. "Fortunately, these powerful figures arrived alone, projected from their projections..."

"However... if the various sects' Guiding Passage Formation are fully completed, they might also ferry treasures here, such as Daoist Shurong's jade ruyi."

At that time... I will naturally be at a disadvantage when competing with them."

Chen Lingxi sighed for a moment.

After thinking about it, Sight-Roaming in the Lin Suri again.

After Twelve Levels of Qi Circulation, his Sight-Roaming range expanded to 40,000 li in both horizontal and vertical directions, encompassing almost half of the Cave Heaven.

Such a vast Sight-Roaming allowed him to keep track of Lin Suri's movements at any time.

Then, he saw the Nanche Prefectural City in the far distance.

He saw Lin Suri standing in front of a large formation within that luxurious building.

At the very center of the great formation, a spiritual jade disc was half-exposed, seemingly about to descend.

Chen Lingxi was overjoyed to see this.

His gaze fell on Lin Suri, Lin Suri pale face showed a rare hint of a smile.

"More than a month ago, Brother Lin told me that Daoist Mingzhu of Pool-Soul Institute had already succeeded in seeking great Divine Ability at Thunder Pool."

Chen Lingxi silently recited it in her heart, the surprise in her eyes growing even stronger.

Daoist Mingzhu was an elder of the Pool-Soul Institute of the Dao-Below Academy. According to Lin Suri, he had extremely high cultivation and a deep connection with Thunder Pool.

In order to obtain the Profound Thunder-Bearing Divine Ability for him, Pool-Soul Institute Pool-Soul Institute not hesitate to sacrifice Chu Spirit Mountain, which had been vacant for a long time, and also incurred a favor with Thunder Pool.

Then Daoist Mingzhu personally went to the Thunder Pool to seek that great Divine Ability from a great figure within Thunder Pool.

"At that time, they were already constructing Guiding Passage Formation to guide the [Divine Ability Jade] and the Divine Ability [Thunder-Prison Spirit Branch]."

Chen Lingxi was deeply grateful to Lin Suri and to the Dao-Below Academy Pool-Soul Institute.

"This is truly unexpected, given how dedicated the Dao-Below Academy has been."

Pool-Soul Institute naturally also possesses other Divine Ability Jade.

However, according to Brother Lin, these great Divine Ability are also extraordinary, but if we're talking about what's suitable, we still need the great Divine Ability of thunder.

That's why Pool-Soul Institute went to Profound Repository Institute and to Thunder Pool to seek great Divine Ability.

"I will remember the kindness of the Dao-Below Academy and Brother Lin."

Chen Lingxi's eyes flickered as she made her plans.

"Once I nourish the Dao Seed Realm with spiritual energy, and the Dao Seed Realm sprouts into the Dao Platform, I can cultivate the Dao Foundation Grand Divine Ability and plant it into the Mystic Entry Realm Root."

For a Dao seed to transform into a Dao platform, it needs to be nourished day and night with one's own spiritual energy, just like a seed falling into fertile soil. It needs to go through the stages of sprouting, branching, flowering, and bearing fruit before it can finally transform into a majestic Qi Sea Dao platform.

At that time, he can use the Thunder-Prison Spirit Branch as a guide to cultivate the Profound Thunder-Bearing Divine Ability, transform that Divine Ability into the first Profound Root, plant it in the Dao Platform, and completely step into the Dao Foundation Realm.

"However, my current cultivation level is still somewhat lacking compared to the stage of the Dao Platform." He thought for a moment and suppressed the excitement in his heart.

The Dao Seed Realm has just been formed and is still in its infancy. To nurture it to maturity and transform it into Dao Platform, a large amount of spiritual energy and Dao essence are still needed.

He had already refined the spiritual energy of the twenty-third-ranked immortal on the Immortal Ranking. Although the spiritual energy in his Qi Sea had become incredibly abundant, it was still insufficient to nourish his Dao Seed Realm.

More Immortal Ranking is needed, and more fortuitous opportunity need to be accumulated.