Before daybreak the next morning, Ji Wuchang rose and sat cross-legged on the roof, facing east!
In his previous life, Ji Wuchang had also encountered a fortuitous opportunity and obtained a cultivation method called the "Purple Qi Heaven-Burning Art"!
It was this cultivation method that had allowed Ji Wuchang to break through to the Soul Splitting Realm.
Unfortunately, the injuries to his meridians had lingered too long to heal, leaving him with a lifelong regret!
The Purple Qi Heaven-Burning Art had eleven layers, corresponding precisely to the eleven major realms of the Heavenly Chen Continent.
The Postnatal Realm, Qi Refining Realm, Foundation Establishment Realm, Purple Mansion Realm, Soul Splitting Realm, Six Spirits Realm, Dao Severing Realm, Celestial Phenomenon Realm, Supreme Realm, Saint, and Supreme Great Emperor!
In his previous life, Ji Wuchang had stopped at the fifth layer, and had only scratched the surface of even that layer.
Now that he had been given another life, Ji Wuchang's first thought was to forge an unparalleled foundation for himself.
The Purple Qi Heaven-Burning Art became Ji Wuchang's first choice!
Ever since his rebirth, Ji Wuchang had been considering this matter. Last night, upon breaking through to the peak of the fifth layer of Qi Refining, he had made up his mind!
The cultivation method he had originally practiced was the Longevity Sect's Evergreen Art. Brimming with vitality, this method was certainly good for someone who had just entered the gates of immortal cultivation.
But even the Longevity Sect's strongest ancestor was only at the peak of the Soul Splitting Realm, and the Evergreen Art had only four layers.
This was also why Ji Wuchang had switched to cultivating the Purple Qi Heaven-Burning Art in his previous life.
Given another life, he abandoned the Evergreen Art outright and turned to cultivating the Purple Qi Heaven-Burning Art.
Ji Wuchang's cultivation was not high, making this the best time to begin cultivating the Purple Qi Heaven-Burning Art. Once he reached Foundation Establishment, things would become somewhat troublesome!
Ji Wuchang circulated his cultivation method, his eyes fixed on the gradually brightening clouds along the distant horizon. He knew the sun was about to rise!
A red sun leaped out of the clouds, appearing in the distant sky.
Ji Wuchang drew a deep breath and circulated the Purple Qi Heaven-Burning Art. A peculiar suction arose within his body.
An immense surge of purple Qi gathered toward Ji Wuchang, all of it entering his body through the pores across his skin.
The purple Qi reassembled within Ji Wuchang's body, its countless strands seeming about to form a great purple sun.
Ji Wuchang let out a muffled grunt. As the purple Qi reassembled inside him, the temperature soared, and he felt as though his entire body were being tempered in raging flames.
Ji Wuchang was not worried in the slightest. Instead, a hint of delight appeared on his face.
In his previous life, he had only experienced this sensation on the fifteenth day of cultivating the Purple Qi Heaven-Burning Art.
Now, this sensation had appeared on his very first attempt at cultivation, showing that this cultivation method truly suited him.
With his meridians intact, vast purple Qi surged ceaselessly through his body before finally gathering in his Dantian and reassembling there. The sensation was truly wonderful!
Sunlight fell upon Ji Wuchang, making him gleam with golden light.
Together with his solemn expression, he looked like a golden Buddha seated cross-legged on the roof.
Wisps of black Qi drifted out of Ji Wuchang's body before vanishing without a trace.
These were the impurities contained within Ji Wuchang's meridians, continuously expelled from his body as the purple Qi flowed.
Of course, Ji Wuchang himself knew nothing of this. He only felt his whole body growing hotter and hotter, as though he had entered a furnace.
At first, the scorching heat had been confined to his meridians, but as purple Qi continued entering his body, he felt as though all his flesh and blood were beginning to burn.
Yet Ji Wuchang was delighted rather than alarmed, because the first layer of the Purple Qi Heaven-Burning Art tempered the body, corresponding to the Postnatal Realm.
In his previous life, he had never enjoyed this body tempering, but he knew very well how important it was.
In the martial world of the Heavenly Chen Continent, there was a saying that the Postnatal Realm could grant bronze skin and iron bones.
Once someone cultivated bronze skin and iron bones, ordinary blades could not harm them in the slightest. Such a person already counted as an expert in the martial world.
But to immortal cultivators, such a person had not even crossed the threshold.
For immortal cultivators, the Qi Refining Realm still actually tempered the body, though here, the body referred more to the internal organs.
Compared with the Postnatal Realm, the Qi Refining Realm was more comprehensive and thorough, while also converting True Qi into spiritual power.
In the eyes of immortal cultivators, the strongest attainment in the Qi Refining Realm was golden skin and jade bones, a level beyond bronze skin and iron bones.
In his previous life, Ji Wuchang naturally could not have reached this level, but in this life, he had to!
With an unstable foundation, the earth would quake and the mountains would shake!
If he could not cultivate the Postnatal Realm and Qi Refining Realm to their utmost limits, then he, Ji Wuchang, could never achieve perfect Foundation Establishment.
After all, the Foundation Establishment Realm was the touchstone that tested whether an immortal cultivator's foundation was solid.
Some people could forge five Dao Platforms within their bodies, or even more, while others could forge only three, or even fewer.
When Ji Wuchang had established his foundation in his previous life, he had formed five Dao Platforms in total. But in this life, he would forge ten Dao Platforms, something others could not achieve!
This was Ji Wuchang's ambition!
Nine was the utmost limit, but only ten represented perfection.
If he could forge ten Dao Platforms within his body, then he, Ji Wuchang, would one day be qualified to contend with all the heavenly prodigies of this continent!
Boyun Province was too small. It had trapped him for most of his previous life!
In this life, he would leave earlier and see the vast world outside!
Time passed. The surging purple Qi gradually weakened, and the temperature within Ji Wuchang's body gradually fell along with it.
None of this surprised Ji Wuchang in the slightest. Everything was within his expectations.
At this moment, a fist-sized glowing mass of purple Qi floated quietly within Ji Wuchang's Dantian.
Ji Wuchang looked at that mass of purple Qi, his eyes exceptionally bright. This single day of cultivation equaled more than half a month in his previous life!
Ji Wuchang slowly opened his eyes. Both were purple, but after only a moment, they returned to normal!
Below the roof, Ji Ping and Ji Cheng were already waiting.
Ji Wuchang had long since known of their arrival, but he had paid them no heed. His own cultivation mattered more than anything else.
Ji Wuchang leaped down and landed beside the two men, his expression as calm as still water!
"Wuchang, how did it go?"
Although Ji Ping had already sensed the change in Ji Wuchang's presence, he still asked. After all, this was a major matter concerning the Ji Family's next twenty years!
Ji Ping swept his gaze over the surroundings. Sure enough, he spotted Xiao Mei not far away, seemingly indifferent to what was happening here, yet straining her ears to listen.
"I haven't let you down. I've broken through to the fourth layer of Qi Refining!"
A smile touched Ji Wuchang's lips. Then his presence steadily rose, unmistakably revealing the bearing of the fourth layer of Qi Refining.
Ji Ping and Ji Cheng exchanged a glance, smiles appearing on both their faces. At this moment, they were completely reassured!
Ji Ping then patted Ji Wuchang on the shoulder and chatted with him with a smile, almost exactly as Ji Wuchang remembered from his previous life.
As Ji Wuchang watched Xiao Mei's retreating figure, a cold smile involuntarily curled his lips!