The Way of Returning to Simplicity, Primordial One-Qi Method

In the days that followed.

The entire Chen Family entered an unprecedented state of cultivation.

In every corner of the Purple Star Domain, figures seated cross-legged in cultivation could be seen.

Some entered seclusion to comprehend the Emperor Scripture, while others sparred to temper their divine abilities.

Even the younger clansmen who had only recently stepped across the threshold of cultivation were brimming with drive, unwilling to waste this once-in-eternity opportunity.

Amid this craze of frenzied cultivation throughout the clan, the strength of the Chen Family's members soared at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Almost every day, someone broke through a bottleneck, and every day, someone successfully comprehended a Lesser Divine Ability of their own.

Though most were merely Lesser Divine Abilities, they were enough to bring a qualitative transformation to their strength!

Watching the thriving Chen Family, Chen Changqing nodded in satisfaction.

The facts proved that his previous line of thinking had been correct!

Rather than forcibly enhancing the clansmen's comprehension directly, it was better to create an environment where they could constantly be bathed in Dao resonance.

A gentle stream that flowed on was the plan for the long term.

While the clansmen cultivated madly, Chen Changqing naturally did not remain idle.

Although he mainly cultivated the Divine Ability Path-Proving Method, the original cultivation system of the Great Desolate Realm was not entirely useless.

After the earlier exchanges between the clansmen, Chen Changqing discovered that one's cultivation realm could likewise enhance the power of divine abilities.

A divine ability of the same level, when wielded by an ordinary person or by a Great Sage Realm cultivator, possessed powers that could not be mentioned in the same breath.

Therefore, Chen Changqing had no intention of abandoning the Great Desolate Realm's original cultivation methods.

Only—

If it were to suit his Longevity Divine Art and produce a "blessing" effect for his divine abilities, ordinary cultivation techniques were simply unfit for the task.

Whether it was the Chen Family's ancestral Emperor Scripture or the techniques he himself had improved, none could bear the vast Dao resonance of the Dao Tree within his sea of consciousness.

He needed a cultivation technique that belonged to him alone!

A cultivation method founded upon the Chaos Body, with the Longevity Dao Tree as its core.

Thus, Chen Changqing entered seclusion.

Within the quiet chamber, he sat cross-legged, his eyes neither fully closed nor fully open.

The terrifying comprehension that had accumulated over a million years within his sea of consciousness began operating madly at an unprecedented speed.

All kinds of cultivation techniques continuously surfaced within his sea of consciousness.

Whether they were every technique he had ever cultivated or the various Emperor Scriptures he had created for the Chen Family's clansmen, all of them fused together at this moment!

He was going to deduce anew a cultivation technique most compatible with his Divine Ability Method!

The first day!

The second day!

The third day!

Only three days passed.

When gray mist condensed around Chen Changqing's body.

He suddenly opened his eyes.

The Primordial One-Qi Method was complete.

All things in the world had evolved from chaos. Thus, this Chaos Qi could transform into every kind of energy, devour every kind of energy, and was the source of all energy.

This was the cultivation method he had tailor-made for himself.

With the Chaos Body as its foundation and the Longevity Dao Tree in his sea of consciousness as its guide, it returned all the true essence and laws from his past cultivation to their origin, refining them into the most primordial Chaos Qi.

However—

This Chaos Qi appeared no different from the Chaos Qi innate to his Chaos Body, yet it was fundamentally different.

The Chaos Qi innate to the Chaos Body was merely Chaos Qi, no different from spiritual qi.

Yet the Chaos Qi cultivated through this method appeared to be Chaos Qi, but was actually a path of returning to simplicity.

It broke apart and reassembled countless cultivation techniques, laws, and true essence, returning them to the most primal state of chaos from before heaven and earth had opened.

This Chaos Qi had, in essence, already acquired Chen Changqing's "Dao"!

Rather than calling it Chaos Qi, it would be more accurate to call it Chen Changqing's "Dao." He had manifested his own "Dao" in the form of Chaos Qi.

"Three days of deduction, and I finally have a cultivation technique of my own."

Chen Changqing let out a long breath, a satisfied smile appearing at the corners of his lips.

With a thought.

The Primordial One-Qi Method quietly began to circulate.

Boom—

At that instant, the entire Purple Star Domain began to shake violently.

Within the Purple Star Domain, the Chen Family clansmen who were cultivating or comprehending the Dao opened their eyes in shock.

They could clearly sense that the heaven-and-earth spiritual qi permeating every inch of space in the Purple Star Domain seemed to have received some irresistible summons and began flooding madly in a single direction.

"What's going on? Why is all the spiritual qi rushing over there?"

"That direction... is where Ancestor Changqing is in seclusion!"

"What enormous disturbance is the ancestor causing this time?"

Just as everyone stood uncertain and alarmed, a scene that made their scalps tingle unfolded.

It was not merely the heaven-and-earth spiritual qi. Even the invisible laws of heaven and earth within the void seemed to have been gripped by an unseen giant hand, forcibly peeled out of the void and sent surging madly toward Chen Changqing.

Spiritual qi, laws, Dao resonance, and even every form of energy drifting between heaven and earth all poured into Chen Changqing's quiet chamber at this moment.

And within the quiet chamber.

The aura surrounding Chen Changqing began rising level by level at an almost berserk pace.

Peak Transcendent Realm!

First level of the Saint Realm!

Second level of the Saint Realm!

Third level of the Saint Realm!

At this moment, the realm shackles of the Great Desolate Realm's cultivation system were as fragile as thin paper before him.

The barrier of every realm shattered with a thunderous crash at the slightest impact from Chaos Qi, unable to offer even a shred of worthy resistance.

Seventh level of the Saint Realm!

Eighth level of the Saint Realm!

Ninth level of the Saint Realm!

Great Sage Realm!

When Chen Changqing's aura broke through that Great Sage Realm threshold which countless cultivators could never cross even after exhausting their entire lives.

The spiritual qi of the entire Purple Star Domain had already been devoured by him almost completely!

The star domain, once thick with spiritual qi like mist, had become incomparably sparse. Even the spiritual herbs and immortal roots that had grown for untold tens of thousands of years appeared somewhat wilted due to the sharp decline in spiritual qi.

Chen Changqing sensed the state of the Purple Star Domain and frowned slightly.

First level of the Great Sage Realm!

All the spiritual qi in the Purple Star Domain, together with the heaven-and-earth laws drifting through the void, could only barely raise his cultivation to the first level of the Great Sage Realm.

"As long as I devour enough energy, the Great Desolate Realm's cultivation system will have no bottlenecks whatsoever for me."

Chen Changqing muttered to himself, already understanding the power of the Primordial One-Qi Method.

But soon.

He shook his head helplessly. "However, the energy I need to break through realms is a little too outrageous."

The Purple Star Domain was a cultivation paradise for the Longevity Imperial Clan. Its spiritual qi was far denser than that of the outside world, enough to support hundreds of thousands of clansmen cultivating at once.

Yet even such an ocean of spiritual qi, combined in its entirety, was only enough for him to break through to the Great Sage Realm.

If he wished to break through to higher realms, then how vast an amount of energy would he need?

"As expected, a cultivation system that relies on devouring external energy to improve has far too obvious a drawback!"

"Once the resources of heaven and earth are insufficient, one's realm will cease advancing!"

Just as Chen Changqing was sighing inwardly.

The figure of the old ancestor, Chen Haotian, arrived before him.

Chen Haotian had originally been comprehending divine abilities when he suddenly sensed the spiritual qi throughout the Purple Star Domain draining away madly.

By the time he reacted, only a tiny bit remained.

After sensing further, sure enough, it was this brat Chen Changqing stirring things up again.

"Good brat..."

Chen Haotian stood before Chen Changqing. Sensing the Great Sage Realm aura emanating from him, he could not help shaking his head and saying with a bitter smile, "I never expected that even the spiritual qi of the entire Purple Star Domain couldn't satisfy you!"

He had lived for so many years and seen countless prodigies, yet he had never seen anyone break through to the Great Sage Realm by draining dry the spiritual qi of an entire Longevity Imperial Clan's star domain.

But on second thought.

This brat could even create the Divine Ability Method and construct such an outrageous formation as the Dao-Comprehension Heavenly Net. Draining an entire star domain while breaking through to the Great Sage Realm suddenly did not seem like anything worth making a fuss about.

Chen Haotian thought for a moment, and a smile suddenly appeared on his lips.

"If that's the case... hehehe..."

Grinning wickedly, Chen Haotian looked toward the vast, boundless starry sky beyond the Purple Star Domain.

Beyond the Purple Star Domain lay countless star domains, races, and prodigies, among which there were no shortage of places with spiritual qi even denser than that of the Purple Star Domain.

"Then it is time for our Purple Star Chen Family to reappear in the world."

The Purple Star Domain did not have enough spiritual qi?

Then they would go to other star domains.

The Chen Family had lain dormant for a million years.

It was time for the heavens of the Great Desolate Realm to change.