In the eerie, ghost-haunted dark chamber, a ceaseless sound of "whimpering" filled the air.
Chen Jichuan staggered three steps at a time, forcing himself to reach the Yin Altar and sit cross-legged upon it.
He calmed his mind and regulated his breath.
In this life of his,
his physical body was strongest, having attained the Transformative Force Realm. His internal cultivation came next, having reached the Later-Heaven Realm. His Dao Arts came third, still some distance from Spirit Projection.
And Qizhenzi's Plowhead Curse targeted Chen Jichuan's soul directly.
Visualization level.
His soul was robust, and his Transformative Force body served as its foundation, yet he still could not withstand the Plowhead Curse.
"Transformative Force."
"Later-Heaven."
"Visualization."
Chen Jichuan sorted through his own attainments, then recalled the three paths of cultivation he had encountered—
The first was external cultivation.
It encompassed both external and internal martial arts.
Take the Seventy-Two Chen Sect Arts, for instance. From Manifest Force to Hidden Force to Transformative Force, one advanced step by step. First came the tempering of skin, flesh, sinews, and bones; then the training of the five viscera and six bowels, until one cultivated into the marrow.
As for what came after that,
Chen Jichuan did not yet know. Even now, he remained stuck at the initial stage of Transformative Force, unable to temper his marrow freely.
The second was internal cultivation.
The Divine Pounce Blade and Ghost-Fall Sword Chen Jichuan had obtained in reality, as well as the Tiger-Subduing Fist cultivated by Ban Zhua and Ban Ya in the Liang World, were all internal cultivation methods.
It was divided into the three stages of Embryonic Breathing, Later-Heaven, and Third Innate Stage, corresponding to the Manifest, Hidden, and Transformative stages of external cultivation.
Each had its own strengths and weaknesses, and neither stood