Cultivating at One Year Old, Saving Two Years of Detours!

The Chaos Heavenly Emperor Art floated above Ye Tian's little hand, manifesting divine light that illuminated the palace.

It exuded an ancient, sacred aura, as though he were gazing straight into the vast ages of antiquity.

Ye Tian's brows drew together slightly, nearly forming a single line. With his little face scrunched up, he looked just like a porcelain doll.

Somewhat uncertain, he asked inwardly, "Hey, System, can I really cultivate this Chaos Heavenly Emperor Art as I am now?"

"Rest easy, Host. The Chaos Heavenly Emperor Art offers you a hundred benefits without a single drawback."

"Please calm your mind, follow your heart, and try communicating with the Chaos Heavenly Emperor Art."

Ye Tian's bright, watery eyes gradually grew resolute. "All right, other people start cultivating at three, but I'll start at one and save myself two whole years of detours!"

He gingerly sat up on his big bed.

Then he tried to sit cross-legged. As far as he remembered, the Ye Family disciples all cultivated in that position, beginning by drawing in and releasing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Although he was still too young to draw in spiritual energy, he needed to focus instead on tempering his flesh and awakening his body.

"Damn it, it's just sitting cross-legged! Why is it so hard? You're making things difficult for this baby!"

"Hmph, once I win my bet with my cousin, I'm going right back to slacking off. I don't want to work this hard at cultivating."

Finally, after seemingly exerting the strength of nine oxen and two tigers, Ye Tian managed to sit cross-legged.

His posture was far from perfect and even looked a little funny.

After all, he was only a one-year-old child, and his limbs still had a long way to go before they were fully developed.

Looking at the Chaos Heavenly Emperor Art right before him, he opened it, revealing twenty large characters.

"Chaos is boundless, the vastness without end. Heaven and earth may overturn; only the emperor endures through the ages!"

Ye Tian looked at them and quietly read them aloud.

As though sensing Ye Tian's presence, the Chaos Heavenly Emperor Art immediately became surrounded by runes, with the power of laws flowing through it.

The multicolored runes resembled dancing sprites, brimming with life as they all streamed into Ye Tian's tiny body.

Ye Tian felt as though his flesh were transforming, undergoing a cleansing and transcending a mortal physique.

Runes flowed through his limbs and bones. Even his skeleton seemed on the verge of evolving, while the meridians throughout his little body shone with specks of brilliant light.

Ye Tian slowly closed his eyes, savoring the sensation. It felt even better than the top-tier VIP service at the foot massage parlor in his previous life.

"Mmm~"

Ye Tian let out a moan, his face flushing red.

The Chaos Heavenly Emperor Art radiated light, but after it finished delivering the runes to Ye Tian, the glow on its surface gradually dimmed.

It turned into a streak of divine light, shot into the space between Ye Tian's brows, and fused with him.

Ye Tian remained unaware, occupied with exploring and organizing the principles of cultivation that had suddenly appeared in his mind.

"To cultivate is to cultivate the Dao. What is the Dao?"

"The five elements and eight trigrams, heaven and earth, the dark and the yellow, all things and living beings—all may be called the Dao."

"A cultivator parts the clouds and sees the mist. By glimpsing the Dao within their heart, they may stand equal to heaven!"

"Upon first setting foot on the path of cultivation, one must make the flesh the cornerstone and forge a supreme Dao foundation!"

“So-called Super Physiques merely possess stronger Dao foundations, with limitless potential for development!”

"Even a mortal physique can attain the Dao! But its Dao foundation must be honed and developed by its owner!"

Reading the words in his mind, Ye Tian nearly became lost in them.

So... this was cultivating the Dao, and he had merely touched its threshold.

What happened next would also overturn his ingrained understanding of traditional cultivation.

"First level of the Chaos Heavenly Emperor Art: build the Dao foundation, temper the flesh, and achieve an invincible body that survives myriad tribulations!"

"Perfecting the first level grants the indestructible golden body, impervious to all arts and undying through myriad tribulations. Within the same cultivation realm, your flesh will be invincible. With your body alone, you will be able to crush your opponent!"

Upon seeing the introduction to the first level of the Chaos Heavenly Emperor Art, Ye Tian's little face wore such a goofy, dumbstruck expression that anyone would have wanted to pinch it.

It was not that Ye Tian had failed to understand. Rather... it was simply too astonishing.

The Chaos Heavenly Emperor Art had ten levels in total. Mastering the first alone would let him build an unparalleled Dao foundation, forge an indestructible golden body, and achieve physical invincibility.

True physical invincibility within the same cultivation realm—it was staggering.

Even the immortal antiquity sacred physique and azure heaven sacred physique dared not boast of absolute physical invincibility.

That alone showed how terrifying this cultivation art was, and this was only its first level. How terrifying would the second, third, or even final tenth level be?

With the Chaos Heavenly Emperor Art, why would he need to forge some Super Physique? There was simply no need.

Even those top-tier Super Physiques probably could not compare to him.

Why should his Older Cousin rack her brains and toil so hard? There was no need anymore.

He could only blame himself. It seemed he would have to pay more attention to the good things the system gave him from now on.

He had actually left something this wonderful gathering dust in the system space for an entire year.

Ye Tian promptly berated the system. "Pah, pah, pah! You damned system, this is all your fault."

The system thought, I'm getting shot even while lying down! Weren't you the one who told me to put it in the system space?!

But the system could only swallow its anger, not daring to speak. After all, he was the host.

Heaven was great and earth was vast, but the host ranked above them all. Everything the host said was correct, and no objections would be accepted.

Ye Tian stopped grumbling at the system and began cultivating according to the first level of the Chaos Heavenly Emperor Art.

He tried circulating the runes within his body to open his meridians.

Through this, he would build his Dao foundation and temper his meridians, then draw in and release the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to strengthen his flesh.

But to an outside observer, Ye Tian had simply sat cross-legged and formally entered a state of cultivation.

Seen from the outside, Ye Tian's entire body was now translucent as jade, enveloped in a faint glow. His little face had relaxed, looking so adorable and fresh that anyone would have wanted to scoop him into their arms.

Runes flickered and flowed around Ye Tian's tiny body, encircling him and making him appear all the more extraordinary.

The sun sank behind the western mountains, and a host of stars shone in the deep night sky.

Dressed in a red gown, with her crimson hair loose, Huang Ruoxi slowly returned to Ye Tian's Sleeping Palace, her graceful steps accentuating her slender waist.

She had only recently finished cultivating herself. Su Qinglian, meanwhile, had gone to the Sky-Reaching Tower to pursue a higher ranking and would probably return very late.

Huang Ruoxi changed her clothes and headed straight for Ye Tian's room. Night had fallen, and she needed to help her little master wash up and go to sleep.

She had to make sure the child got enough sleep. Otherwise, how could he grow up quickly?

However... the instant Huang Ruoxi strolled into Ye Tian's Sleeping Palace, she froze.

She even thought she was hallucinating. The scene before her was so fantastical that it felt unreal.

"Is... is... is this real?"

Huang Ruoxi asked herself, shaking her head, yet the shock in her phoenix-like eyes refused to fade.

There on the soft, spacious bed sat Ye Tian, cross-legged, wreathed in misty spiritual energy like the son of a god.

Runes enveloped him, flowing around his little body as though cleansing his flesh.

Her Young Master was actually cultivating!

Heavens, absurd! Utterly absurd! No matter what, she could not believe what she was seeing.

A one-year-old child was actually cultivating.

Throughout the Eternal Immortal Domain and the Myriad Heavens and Worlds, even children knew one common truth.

Children could only formally embark on the path of cultivation at the age of three.

Before three, their bodies were not fully developed, and their limbs and bones were still far too weak to withstand the strain of cultivation.

Forcing cultivation before the age of three would damage one's Dao foundation at best, and at worst lead to death and the destruction of one's Dao.

At this sight, Huang Ruoxi's anxiety reached its peak. She desperately wanted to rush over and stop her little master from cultivating.

If anything happened, even ten lives would not be enough for a maid like her to pay for it.