Inside the Quiet Chamber of Dao Sea Palace.
Xuanming opened his eyes, worlds taking shape in his gaze as Primordial Unity Dao Intent rose and fell.
Once the wondrous manifestations faded, he did not immediately leave seclusion. He remained seated in meditation, digesting his gains until a month had passed.
Awakening again, Xuanming raised his hands. Thirty-six streams of clear qi surged in his left palm, while seventy-two streams of turbid qi swirled in his right.
This seclusion had lasted two months. As expected, his gains were remarkable. Not only had he perfected the Primordial Unity Qi Formula and resolved the issue of its subsequent stages, allowing him to cultivate safely and without worry to the half-step mighty being realm,
he had also created the latter half of the Heavenly Circuit Spirit-Nurturing Method. It could condense star deities for the Stars of the three hundred and sixty-five principal acupoints. In particular, the Nine Luminaries corresponding to the nine apertures could receive focused tempering. When the principal star deities assumed their places, the Divine Path Dharma Body of Great Emperor Ziwei would be born.
Furthermore, Xuanming had comprehended the complete thirty-six Heavenly Stems and seventy-two Earthly Fiends Divine Powers:
By observing the creation and evolution of all things, he had comprehended Revolving Creation. By observing living beings cursing heaven and earth, combined with what the Underworld Lord had told him about the Nail-Head Three-Arrows Book, he had comprehended the Nail-Head Seven-Arrows Book. By experiencing the passage of time and the revolutions of the sun and moon, together with the Law of Time he had already grasped, he had comprehended Blossom in an Instant and other divine powers.
Only after completing the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Fiends Divine Powers did Xuanming realize that the Heavenly Stems were the origin of clear qi,