Innate Geng Metal Qi, "Innate Skill"

"Done!"

Dai Chengfeng was overwhelmed with joy, but he did not stop circulating his technique. Instead, he began guiding his Soul Power and Geng Metal Qi slowly downward.

After all, there was still one final step: completing a Heavenly Cycle.

Only by allowing his Soul Power and Geng Metal Qi to complete a Heavenly Cycle within his body would the creation of this method truly count as a success.

With that thought, Dai Chengfeng began moving the two streams of qi from the top of his head down along the front of his body, passing through his spleen and stomach...

At that moment, with the support of Microscopic Perception, he could clearly sense the Acquired Qi within his spleen and stomach, like lively little fish, swirling around the two streams of qi as they blended together.

From Zi Time to Yin Time, nearly four full hours.

Dai Chengfeng had spent all that time allowing the Innate Qi and Acquired Qi to fully merge, then dispersing the fused qi throughout his Five Viscera and Six Bowels.

Everywhere it went, he could feel his organs being visibly nourished and tempered.

For example, his heart beat with greater force, his lungs breathed more smoothly, and his kidneys were filled with vitality...

It was not until the sky outside the carriage brightened and the first wisp of Morning Sun purple qi rose that Dai Chengfeng once again felt a sense of blockage appear between the Lower Tail Vertebrae Gate and the Middle Kidney Spine gate.

However, this time, the situation was somewhat different from before.

Perhaps because he already had those wisps of innate dual qi cultivated on their own, although the circulation of the two streams of qi through the Lower Tail Vertebrae Gate and Middle Kidney Spine gate was extremely slow, they had not completely closed.

However, Dai Chengfeng did not plan to continue any further.

After all, he had already cultivated for nearly a full day and night. He still understood the principle that haste made waste.

"Hoo~"

Dai Chengfeng let out a long breath of turbid air and slowly drew the two faint streams of qi he had cultivated, weak to the extreme, back into his Dantian.

With that, the Heavenly Cycle was complete.

Dai Chengfeng opened his eyes. A golden light suddenly flashed in his tiger-like pupils, appearing and vanishing in an instant, while the joy in his eyes was utterly impossible to conceal.

"First Soul Skill, Geng Metal Qi!"

A small wisp of Geng Metal Qi rose from Dai Chengfeng's fingertip, like a tiny flickering flame.

It was obvious at a glance that this wisp of Geng Metal Qi was completely different from before!

Its sharpness was incomparably distinct, as if it could directly slice through space.

"Perhaps calling you Innate Geng Metal Qi would be more fitting!"

Dai Chengfeng smiled. He wanted to test the power of this Innate Geng Metal Qi, and immediately turned his head to look at the pig iron wrapped around the small table not far away.

He raised his hand slightly and cautiously brought it closer to the pig iron.

But in the next second—

"Hiss!"

Dai Chengfeng drew in a sharp breath, his face full of disbelief. "This... This is the power of Innate Geng Metal Qi?"

Before his fingertip had even touched that piece of pig iron, the pig iron seemed to have been sliced by an invisible sharp blade, and a deep cut instantly appeared on it.

"This strength has increased by far more than double!"

After all, although his previous Geng Metal Qi could also easily cut through pig iron, it had to actually make contact and slice into it.

But now...

This wisp of Innate Geng Metal Qi could easily cut pig iron with just the aura it leaked.

Its degree of sharpness was simply unimaginable!

The corners of Dai Chengfeng's mouth lifted slightly, revealing a smile he could hardly suppress.

"And this is only a single wisp!"

For a moment, Dai Chengfeng simply did not dare imagine it...

When he converted all the Geng Metal Qi in his body into innate qi, just how powerful would his First Soul Skill become?

That bullshit White Tiger Protective Barrier would surely collapse at the first touch!

A surge of lofty pride rose in Dai Chengfeng's heart!

"Laughing up at the sky as I stride out the door—how could one such as I be a common weed?"

"Imperial Father!"

"The next time I return to Star Luo City, I will surely rule the world in the name of the White Emperor!"

And most importantly...

The gains Dai Chengfeng had made from this cultivation session were far from limited to that single wisp of Innate Geng Metal Qi.

He had also created a powerful cultivation method unprecedented in the world of Douluo Continent, and perhaps never to be surpassed, one capable of making Soul Power undergo Acquired Returning to Innate and shattering the most fundamental understanding of the world of Douluo Continent!

He could even use Soul Power to activate the Shangguan Yuzhen Gate and enter the state of Microscopic Perception.

One had to know that Tang San's Purple Demon Eyes were divided into four realms. The first realm: Panoramic View; the second realm: Microscopic Perception; the third realm: Mustard Seed; the fourth realm: Vastness.

He had to painstakingly start cultivating from the first level, the Panoramic View realm.

In contrast, Dai Chengfeng's cultivation method had allowed him to skip straight past the first realm, Panoramic View, and step instantly into the second realm, Microscopic Perception. From such tiny details alone, it was not hard to see how powerful this method's potential was.

And Microscopic Perception was likewise not Dai Chengfeng's limit.

Most likely, even the fourth realm, Vastness, was not either.

"This was definitely an unexpected joy!" Dai Chengfeng said with a smile.

When he created this cultivation method, Dai Chengfeng had only been thinking of making his Soul Power and Geng Metal Qi undergo Acquired Returning to Innate. He had never imagined he would gain such an extra benefit as well.

"But since it's a cultivation method, it needs a name in the end..."

Dai Chengfeng rubbed his chin. "Since this method can allow a person's Soul Power to undergo Acquired Returning to Innate, then call it the 'Innate Skill'?"

"Few words, simple, and easy to understand."

Dai Chengfeng nodded slightly and stopped fussing over the name.

"The only regret this time is that the White Tiger Spirit didn't undergo any change..."

However, Dai Chengfeng was not discouraged either.

After all, right now he only possessed a single wisp of Innate Geng Metal Qi. It would not be excessive at all to say it was pitifully little.

It was only natural that the White Tiger Spirit had not changed.

He believed that as long as he continued to transform more Innate Geng Metal Qi, there would come a day when the White Tiger Spirit would definitely shed its "mortal shell" and reveal the majesty a Holy Spirit of Heaven should possess.

What Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon?

A mongrel dragon thought it deserved to stand above the White Tiger, one of the four innate Holy Spirits?!

As he thought this, Dai Chengfeng stepped down from the carriage.

"Uncle, is there anything to eat?"

After all, the current Dai Chengfeng was only a tiny level-13 Soul Master and could not go without food. After cultivating for a full day and night in one stretch, he was already so hungry his chest was sticking to his back.

Zhu Fan had been guarding outside the carriage the whole time.

Seeing that Dai Chengfeng had finally finished cultivating and wanted to eat, he hurriedly nodded. "Yes, yes, the rations I prepared total nine... huh?"

As Zhu Fan spoke, he suddenly let out a soft sound of surprise.

He discovered that Chengfeng Your Highness before him seemed somewhat different from the one in his memory.

It was clearly still that same young face...

Yet around him there seemed to be an indescribable majesty, a sacred aura, as if he were shrouded in a layer of invisible radiance.

Zhu Fan even felt that, for a fleeting instant, his own martial soul, the Hell Spirit Cat, had actually shivered faintly in fear beyond his control!

Zhu Fan's eyes widened as he stared fixedly at Dai Chengfeng, as if wanting to spot something abnormal.

But in the blink of an eye, that aura vanished without a trace, and his own martial soul returned to normal.

"What's wrong, Uncle?"

At this moment, Dai Chengfeng noticed Zhu Fan's odd behavior and asked in puzzlement.

Zhu Fan smiled awkwardly. "N-nothing. Maybe I'm too tired and had an illusion."

He muttered inwardly, What kind of change could there be in a six-year-old child? Let alone one that could make my martial soul feel afraid?

I must have been too tense.

Zhu Fan stopped thinking too much about it and hurriedly rummaged through his storage ring for the rations he had prepared in advance, then handed them to Dai Chengfeng.

Dai Chengfeng accepted the rations and began eating. As he ate, he asked, "Uncle, how long will it take us to reach Wu'an City?"

Zhu Fan likewise took out a portion of rations and began eating, replying at the same time, "Chengfeng, our carriage really isn't up to much, and the horses His Majesty gave us are the very poorest kind."

"So I estimate it will take two months to get there."

At this point, Zhu Fan carefully advised, "Actually, Chengfeng, His Majesty deliberately gave us poor horses because he doesn't want us to go too far."

"As long as you're willing to admit your mistake to His Majesty, we can return to Star Luo City."

"What do you think?"

Dai Chengfeng merely smiled and shook his head.

Go back?

How could he possibly go back now!

He was still thinking of reaching Wu'an City and absorbing the Slaughter Power on the battlefield to nourish his White Tiger Spirit...

Only after he had finished an entire portion of rations

did Dai Chengfeng jump back onto the carriage. "Uncle, let's set off."