Light Meridian Refining Method

Supreme Spiritual Liquid was a spiritual liquid that only Sovereign experts could condense, but the process of condensing it was extraordinarily difficult.

With the strength of a First-grade Sovereign alone, even spending an entire month might not be enough to successfully condense a single tiny drop.

Despite being difficult to condense, Supreme Spiritual Liquid was one of the most sought-after treasures in the Great Thousand World.

Even Sovereign experts could not cultivate without its assistance,

and breaking through to the Sovereign Stage also required vast amounts of Supreme Spiritual Liquid as support.

For this very reason, ordinary factions simply could not nurture true Sovereign experts.

Only colossal powers with deep foundations could rely on ample Supreme Spiritual Liquid to produce Sovereigns one after another.

Yet Futu Yun, who was merely at the Spirit Movement Stage, intended to use Supreme Spiritual Liquid for cultivation.

And in his plan, this spiritual liquid could only be considered an "auxiliary ingredient."

He took out another Ganoderma.

Ordinary Ganoderma had only one bloom, but this one had nine.

Moreover, its blooms did not resemble those of ordinary Ganoderma.

Instead, they had transformed into nine blazing spheres of light, each roughly ten feet across, radiating endless brilliance like nine blazing suns hanging high in the sky.

Terrifying radiance continued to bloom, while powerful spiritual energy fluctuations spread from within.

This Nine Yang Ganoderma was originally a supreme treasure that even Sovereign experts would covet.

Yet in Futu Yun's hands, it could still only be considered a "catalyst" or a supporting ingredient.

Suddenly, an incomparably dazzling light flared up, rising like a blazing sun as strange fluctuations spread outward.

Deep within the light, a fruit burning with milky-white flames flickered in and out of view, pouring forth endless radiance.

This item was called the Void Great Sun Fruit. If it could be refined, one could condense a Spiritual Sun within the Supreme Sea.

Under the illumination of the Spiritual Sun, the spiritual energy within the Supreme Sea would merge with the power of solar flames, greatly increasing the might of one's spiritual energy.

Treasures capable of directly strengthening the power of spiritual energy were already rare, yet Futu Yun had taken out nine at once!

He used the Nine Yang Ganoderma as a catalyst,

a large amount of Supreme Spiritual Liquid as "fuel,"

and fused nine Void Great Sun Fruits into the Nine Divine Veins separately.

This was his improved Nine Revolutions Saint Art, though it would be more appropriate to call it the Light Meridian Refining Method now.

The reason Futu Yun could withstand this power was precisely because of the support of the Primordial Dharma Body, the Endless Light Body.

From this insight, he had also created a simplified version of the Light Meridian Refining Method and given it to the Grand Elder, Futu Xuan.

During the early stages of cultivation, those with higher-grade Spiritual Veins generally cultivated faster.

However, once one's strength rose to a certain level, the concept of "Spiritual Veins" was gradually forgotten.

Many believed that Spiritual Veins were only useful during the early stages of cultivation, that their effects would grow weaker later on, or even vanish completely.

But in truth, the Spiritual Veins deep within the body were not useless; most people simply lacked the ability to truly refine them.

And anyone capable of doing so had to fulfill one prerequisite—enter the Heavenly Sovereign Realm and cultivate a Heavenly Sovereign Spirit Body.

Only after transforming one's physical body and spiritual body could one sense the Spiritual Veins deep within the body,

then refine them and bring one's spiritual body to a state of perfection.

Although Futu Yun's simplified Meridian Refining Method could not elevate Divine Veins any further,

it could raise the quality of Earth-grade Spirit Veins to Heaven-grade and allow Heaven-grade Spirit Veins to approach Divine Veins without limit.

This might not be particularly useful to high-level combatants,

but the Pagoda Ancient Clan had fewer than thirty Heavenly Sovereigns in total. The true backbone of the clan consisted of its Earthly Sovereigns.

Moreover, this Meridian Refining Method could greatly increase the potential of Earthly Sovereigns.

Possessing Divine Veins did not guarantee that one would become a Heavenly Sovereign, much less merely having Half-Divine Veins that were infinitely close to Divine Veins.

But it could at least raise the chances of success.

If some Earthly Sovereign Great Perfection experts stuck at a bottleneck could improve their talent through the Meridian Refining Method, they might naturally break through it.

And lacking Divine Veins did not mean one could not enter the Heavenly Sovereign Realm.

Some Heavenly Sovereigns had no veins at all, yet they still reached the summit through fortuitous opportunities and hard work.

If such people could cultivate this Meridian Refining Method, they would likely be able to rise another level as well.

As for the cost of cultivation?

Not to mention that this was only the simplified version,

even the original Light Meridian Refining Method required no more than one Nine Yang Ganoderma, nine Void Great Sun Fruits,

and some Supreme Spiritual Liquid.

At most, all those items combined would cost only several hundred thousand drops of Supreme Spiritual Liquid.

A First-grade Sovereign expert would often need to cultivate arduously for an entire month just to have a chance of condensing a single drop of Supreme Spiritual Liquid.

However, as one's Sovereign grade increased, the efficiency of condensing spiritual liquid would also rise.

To the Pagoda Ancient Clan, such consumption was nothing at all.

Compared to the value of allowing Earthly Sovereigns and even Heavenly Sovereigns to rise another level,

or even enabling some Earthly Sovereigns to break through into Heavenly Sovereigns,

this tiny cost was simply not worth mentioning.

Furthermore, the cultivation cost of the simplified Meridian Refining Method had been reduced even further.

This was undoubtedly an excellent opportunity to strengthen the Pagoda Ancient Clan.

There was no need to worry about the Meridian Refining Method leaking out—there would be no harm even if it did.

The full name of the Meridian Refining Method was the Light Meridian Refining Method, and its cultivation foundation was the Primordial Dharma Body, the Endless Light Body.

Without the suppressive power of the Endless Light Body, forcefully cultivating it would only result in cultivation deviation.

Even Heavenly Sovereigns were no exception.

Heavenly Sovereigns might barely endure it during the early stages, but once they reached the later stages, they would inevitably explode and die!

After finalizing the plan with Futu Xuan, Futu Yun went to find Qing Yanjing.

At this moment, Qing Yanjing was squatting barefoot on the ground, holding a bright red fruit in both hands and nibbling at it in tiny bites.

She looked both pitiful and helpless.

"Is it good?"

"It is—pah!" Qing Yanjing hurriedly hid the fruit behind her back and looked coldly toward the source of the voice.

"You haven't bathed?" Futu Yun did not approach her. He merely asked casually.

Qing Yanjing nearly choked with anger at his words—she had already been locked in this confinement area, so where could she possibly bathe?

With her original cultivation, she had not needed to bathe at all.

But Futu Yun had sealed her cultivation.

As a result, the aura Futu Yun had left on her that day still lingered on her body.

At this thought, a blush spread across her exquisite face, and her beautiful eyes were filled with disgust.

"You want to use the Meridian Refining Method to control me?"

The Pagoda Ancient Clan was divided into three main branches: the Qing Lineage, Xuan Branch, and Mo Branch.

After the Qing Lineage's branch leader had fallen and Qing Yanjing was imprisoned, it had suffered suppression and gradually lost power, falling into decline.

Now that Futu Yun had invented the Light Meridian Refining Method, he could completely exclude the Qing Lineage.

At that point, the gap between the Qing Lineage and the other two main branches would inevitably grow wider and wider, until it ultimately fell from a main branch into a subordinate branch.

"Hehe~" The moment Qing Yanjing finished speaking, her perky backside was struck heavily.

A sensation of numbness, softness, pain, and shame instantly overwhelmed her. Her face flushed crimson as a powerless roar escaped her lips.

"I don't need threats or inducements to do anything to you. I need you to do something for me."

"The Pagoda Ancient Clan ranks last among the Five Great Ancient Clans. On one hand, that is because the Grand Elder is its only Saint-grade Heavenly Sovereign."

"On the other hand, it is because the Xuan and Mo Branches have monopolized resources for years and allowed the clan's geniuses to drain away."

"So I need a reason."

"A reason to release you and let you lead the Qing Lineage against the Xuan and Mo Branches."