Dragon-Stripping Dao Platform

Chen Lingxi waited patiently, wanting to see what the Emperor Daye intended to do with these two Dao Foundation Realm incarnations.

To his disappointment, Emperor Daye kept his eyes closed, regulating his breathing and healing his injuries.

And those two Dao Foundation Realm incarnations were thus trapped within that restriction.

Until much later...

The Sight-Roaming was shattered.

The two Dao Foundation Realm incarnations and the golden flames dancing in the eyes of Emperor Daye both vanished in an instant, turning into fragmented light and shadow, fading from Chen Lingxi's gaze.

He opened his eyes, and before him was still the dark stone wall of that desolate mountain cave. The night wind howled outside the cave, blowing in through the cracks in the rocks and causing his robes to flutter slightly.

Chen Lingxi sat cross-legged on the blue stone, remaining silent for a long time.

The overwhelming power of Emperor Daye, who single-handedly defeated four Dao Foundation Realm Incarnations, still lingered in his mind.

A desolate mist, like the Heavenly Decline Method, spread for hundreds of miles!

With every gesture, he could influence the very forces of heaven and earth!

"Emperor Daye Ying Xian the Great Ye Dynasty..."

"Dao Foundation Middle Stage..." he murmured to himself, his eyes gleaming.

The difference between the Twelve Levels of Qi Circulation and the Dao Foundation Realm seems to be only one step, but that one step is like an insurmountable chasm.

He killed the Daoist Fire Tuo in the Nanche Prefectural City, seemingly displaying great power and prestige. However, he knew in his heart that if the Daoist Fire Tuo had not been so arrogant and caught off guard by his "Palace-Knocking Finger strike, and if the Third Profound of the True Edict of Audience with the Dao had not been so domineering, the outcome of that battle would have been uncertain.

Even though he won, it wasn't an easy victory for him.

Daoist Fire Tuo was only ranked fourteenth on the Immortal Ranking, a figure Dao Platform had just been established and whose Profound Root had not yet been planted.

Compared to the might of Emperor Daye, who fought four Dao Foundation in a single battle and suppressed four Dao Foundation Realm incarnations, it was like a firefly compared to the bright moon.

"The gap is too big." Chen Lingxi shook her head, temporarily suppressing these chaotic thoughts.

He closed his eyes and focused his mind into his Qi Sea.

Within the Qi Sea, the spiritual energy descended from the Immortal Ranking hovered peacefully in the Qi Sea, radiating a gentle yet powerful light.

The light shone upon the surging Long River of Spiritual Qi within the Qi Sea, bathing the entire Qi Sea in a dazzling brilliance.

Chen Lingxi had previously refined the Immortal Ranking energy of the 40th, 32nd, and 23rd ranked immortals, and the spiritual energy in his Qi Sea had already reached an astonishing level.

The spiritual energy of this fourteenth- Immortal Ranking immortal being is several times more powerful than the previous ones combined.

If he can refine them all, his cultivation will surely rise to another level and reach the threshold of that Dao Platform.

"The seed of Dao has been formed. The next step is to nourish it with a massive amount of spiritual energy so that it can take root, sprout, grow branches and blossoms, and eventually transform into a majestic Qi Sea Dao Platform."

This divine inspiration from the Immortal Ranking is the best resource available right now."

Chen Lingxi a deep breath, stopped thinking, closed his eyes and focused his mind, circulating the Six-Qi True Method to begin refining the spiritual energy ranked fourteenth on the Immortal Ranking.

Time flies in the mountains; a season passes in the blink of an eye.

During this season, apart from Sight-Roaming Emperor Daye every day, Chen Lingxi remained seated cross-legged in that desolate mountain cave, motionless.

Outside the cave, the sun rose and set, the autumn wind rose and fell, and the winter snow fell and melted, but he was completely unaware, simply refining the spiritual energy of the Immortal Ranking day after day.

The spiritual energy contained within that inspiration was so immense that even with his current cultivation level, refining it was still quite difficult for him.

Using the Six-Qi True Method as a guide, he extracted the spiritual energy bit by bit, channeling it along the meridians into his Qi Sea, where it flowed into the rolling Long River of spiritual Qi.

The Long River had expanded several times over this season, its surface as wide as the sea, its waters surging and turbulent, its spiritual energy condensed to its extreme, radiating a deep and profound spiritual light.

The Dao Seed Realm suspended above the Spirit River underwent a remarkable change under the nourishment of this season.

The Dao Seed Realm has grown from the size of a grain of rice to the size of a fist.

It remained a deep blue-green color, but the mysterious patterns on its surface, which had previously been faintly flowing, had become much clearer.

What shocked Chen Lingxi even more was that the Dao essence contained within that Dao Seed Realm was several times more concentrated than before.

He probed into it with his Divine Sense and knew that the Dao Seed Realm contained a mysterious power about to emerge.

"The Dao Seed Realm has reached its peak." Chen Lingxi looked inward at the fist-sized, shimmering blue-green Dao Seed Realm, a flash of enlightenment appearing in his eyes.

"Going further up, a certain opportunity is needed to trigger the Dao Seed Realm to break free from its shell and transform into a true Dao Platform."

This is my current bottleneck; it's no longer something I can break through simply by accumulating spiritual energy."

With these thoughts in mind, he slowly opened his eyes.

The sunlight streaming in from the cave entrance shone on his increasingly handsome face.

"Twelve Levels of Qi Circulation... reaching the Dao Platform."

He muttered to himself, but there was little joy in his voice.

At this moment, the spiritual energy in his Qi Sea had reached its limit, and the Dao Seed Realm had been nourished to its fullest extent.

But the threshold of the Dao Platform remained blocking his way, like a tightly closed door, unmoved no matter how much he knocked.

"The Dao Platform Realm can no longer be broken through simply by accumulating spiritual energy."

"A foundational Dao method is needed as a guide to completely integrate the Dao seed in the Qi Sea with one's own essence, Qi, and spirit before the Dao seed can break free and transform into a true Dao platform."

As Chen Lingxi thought of this, a thought flickered in her mind, and a Cultivation Method immediately appeared in her mind.

It was the Dao Foundation Realm Method that he had obtained from the mysterious middle-aged man in the Black Banner a long time ago.

[The Dragon-Stripping Dao-Transformation One-Qi True Formula].

He had long been familiar with this method, but at that time his cultivation was still shallow, his Qi Sea was not yet formed, and his Dao Seed Realm had not yet condensed, so he was simply unable to cultivate it.

Now, the time has come.

Chen Lingxi closed her eyes, and many mysterious characters appeared in her mind.

"The Dragon-Stripping Dao-Transformation One-Qi True Formula: Cultivating the Dao Platform with this method is unlike anything else."

The common methods of the Dao Foundation Realm are to proceed step by step, using spiritual energy as bricks and tiles, and the Dao Seed Realm as the foundation, to build the Dao Platform layer by layer.

However, the True Technique of Stripping Dragons does the opposite; it emphasizes not "construction" but "stripping"!

He strips away the essence of heaven and earth, seizes the opportunity of creation, uses "spiritual energy" as fuel and his own Qi Sea as a furnace to devour, refine, and transform the creations of heaven and earth into his own use.

"There are countless Cultivation Method in the world, and I imagine there are many that devour all things to cultivate themselves."

It was like cannibalism.

They devour powerful cultivators to gain spiritual energy and cultivate themselves.

However, this Dragon-Stripping Dao-Transformation One-Qi True Formula is different from these methods that devour all things to cultivate oneself."

Chen Lingxi's eyes flickered, her mind racing.

"This Cultivation Method does not devour the spiritual energy of ordinary cultivators, unlike the Life-Devouring Method."

The true essence lies in stripping away the essence of heaven and earth and seizing the opportunity of creation!

"The reason it is called 'Cut Off the Dragon' is actually because it uses 'dragon' as a metaphor, since the true dragon of heaven and earth is the essence of heaven and earth and the mechanism of creation."

Besides, according to this method, there are also real creations of heaven and earth, such as celestial Spirit Artifact or miraculous medicinal herbs...

Chen Lingxi's eyes were burning.

"Moreover, even without such essence of heaven and earth, such a mechanism of creation... it is perfectly acceptable to simply treat this method as a Dao Foundation Realm method."

"Now, in this Weiji Grotto-Heaven, there are no such creations of heaven and earth, yet I can already switch to this method of cultivation, attempting to achieve the Dao Platform!"

Chen Lingxi a deep breath, closed his eyes and concentrated, and began to circulate the first level of the Dragon-Stripping Dao-Transformation One-Qi True Formula.

Within his Qi Sea, the Dao Seed Realm suspended above the Spirit River suddenly shone with golden light.

It was as if a mysterious and powerful force tightly enveloped the Dao Seed Realm, compressing, condensing, and transforming it in an extremely domineering way.

Chen Lingxi felt his Qi Sea churning violently at that moment.

The once calmly flowing Long River of spiritual energy began to spin wildly under the pull of this force, transforming into a massive vortex.

At the center of the vortex was the Dao Seed Realm, which was being continuously compressed by the golden light.

The spiritual energy converged madly on the Dao Seed Realm of Dao like hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea. With each wisp of energy that entered, the golden light on the Dao Seed Realm of Dao intensified, and something within the Dao Seed Realm grew stronger.

This process is extremely painful.

Chen Lingxi felt as if her Qi Sea was about to be torn apart, and the wildly spinning vortex of spiritual energy was like countless sharp blades, constantly cutting and tearing within her Qi Sea.

A fine layer of cold sweat appeared on his forehead, and his face turned pale.

But his gaze remained firm, unwavering in the slightest.

He gritted his teeth and pushed the Dragon-Slaying True Technique to its limit.

The spiritual energy in the Qi Sea surged towards the seed of the Dao Seed Realm like moths to a flame, and under this relentless nourishment, the Dao Seed Realm of Dao finally began to undergo a qualitative change.

The azure light on the surface of that Dao Seed Realm began to grow increasingly intense.

The Dao Seed Realm, originally the size of a fist, began to shrink at a visible rate under this frantic compression.

It shrank from the size of a fist to the size of an egg, then from the size of an egg to the size of a longan, and finally to the size of a grain of rice.

However, the power contained within that rice-grain-sized Dao Seed Realm was several times more terrifying than the fist-sized Dao Seed Realm from before.

At that very moment, the rice-grain-sized Dao Seed Realm suddenly trembled.

An indescribable, immense power erupted from the depths of the Dao Seed Realm seed.

Then...

Explode!

The instant the Dao Seed Realm exploded, an indescribable light suddenly shone in Chen Lingxi's Qi Sea.

The light lasted for several breaths before slowly dissipating.

When the light faded, a new Dao Platform had appeared in Chen Lingxi's Qi Sea.

The Dao Platform hung directly above the Spirit River, its entire body still a bluish-green color.

At the very bottom of the Dao Platform, on the azure base, a fierce aura could be faintly seen brewing.

This is the Dao Platform condensed from the first level of the Dragon-Stripping Dao-Transformation One-Qi True Formula Dao Platform into One Qi.

[The Dragon-Stripping Dao Platform].

Chen Lingxi slowly opened her eyes and exhaled a long breath.

He could clearly sense that the power contained within his Dao Platform was completely different from that in his Qi Sea before.

Once the Dao Platform was established, the spiritual energy within his body underwent a qualitative change.

Although it has not yet transformed into true Dao Origin, it is already several times more refined than when Twelve Levels of Qi Circulation.

"This is the Twelve-Floor Dao Platform Realm," Chen Lingxi murmured to himself, a hint of undisguised joy flashing in his eyes.

"Although the Profound Root has not yet been planted, the refinement and richness of the spiritual energy alone far surpasses that of the time when Twelve Levels of Qi Circulation."

With a slight thought, he tried to activate the Dragon-Stripping Dao Platform.

At that moment, the Dao Platform suddenly lit up, and the mysterious patterns on Dao Platform simultaneously emitted a dazzling golden light.

At this moment, the ferocious power that had been looming atop the Dao Platform also unleashed its Mystery Mechanism, and an indescribable, terrifying suction force surged forth from the Dao Platform, spreading wildly in all directions.

Wherever the suction force passed, the remaining Spiritual Qi in the cave abode, the faint spiritual energy contained in the rocks, and even the traces of spiritual energy emanating from Chen Lingxi himself were forcibly seized by the suction force and flowed into the Dao Platform like rivers flowing into the sea!

"As expected of the Dragon-Stripping True Technique." Chen Lingxi exclaimed sincerely, slowly reducing the suction force of the Dao Platform.

He felt an unprecedentedly powerful force surging and flowing within him with every movement he made.

"The Dao Platform is now complete. The next step is to plant the Profound Root and fully enter the Dao Foundation Realm."

To plant the Profound Root, one must cultivate a great Divine Ability, transform that Divine Ability into the Profound Root, and plant it within the Dao Platform."

Thinking of this, Chen Lingxi flipped his palm and took out the communication jade pendant that Lin Suri had given him from the Hongdong Bag.

He infused a wisp of his Divine Sense into the jade pendant, closed his eyes, concentrated, and sent a message to Lin Suri.

"Brother Lin, I have emerged from seclusion."

"I wonder if the Thunder-Prison Spirit Branch and the Profound Thunder-Bearing Divine Ability Thunder have already arrived?"