After an unknown length of time, the visions vanished, becoming a torrent of information that poured into Gu Yuanqing's consciousness.
The new cultivation technique instantly became clear to him, as though he had practiced it for countless years.
Gu Yuanqing sorted through and absorbed the new cultivation technique, then began cultivating.
In the past, he would have first entered the Spiritual Mountain Trial to test it, but there was no need this time.
It seemed that, with the North Spring Grotto-Heaven becoming a world, the Dao Derivation method had grown even more wondrous.
All the cultivation experience within the visions had merged into that torrent of information. Scenes of both failure and success within the illusory realm had been preserved, providing experience he could draw upon in his cultivation.
Of course, it might also have been because his cultivation had grown more profound. Even the vast information produced by Dao Derivation no longer jolted his consciousness or memory when it poured into his mind, rendering the original safeguards unnecessary.
The new cultivation method actually involved relatively few changes, all of them subtle adjustments: the order in which he passed through his acupoints, the time he lingered at each, and the merging and separation of Yin-Yang qi at every point along the way. Through these interwoven transformations, his true essence became purer and acquired a stronger immortal resonance.
The patterns governing the circulation of the Great Dao within the Heavenly Human World also changed slightly, becoming more profound and unfathomable. The flowing waters of the Great Dao river felt less contrived and more natural.
These changes might have seemed minute, but an ordinary cultivator might have needed years to complete them.
After all, some involved alterations to the very foundations. Tugging a single hair could move the entire body.
But within