With a slight Divine Thought, Lu Guan felt countless insights well up from the bottom of his heart, as if an invisible door was slowly opening before him.
Then--
"Panel!"
[In the first year, the so-called Inner Landscape refers to the inner world. Although you concentrate your Divine Thought, you are limited by your comprehension and hear things in a fog, knowing what but not why.]
In short, it looks easy, but you'll fail when you try to practice it.
[You try to visualize your body and spirit as described in the Daoist scriptures, but your mind is completely blank.]
[In the third year, you realize that "Heaven and Earth are born together with me, and all things are one with me." When you empty your mind, the Dao naturally fills the space within. The emptiness and stillness of the mind is the foundation for the opening of Inner Landscape.]
[Your confidence has greatly increased, and you believe that opening up the Inner Landscape is now a sure thing.]
[Seventh year! Damn it, cultivating immortality is this difficult? What kind of trash cultivation is this? Let me go back, I still want to continue practicing martial arts!]
[In your twentieth year, you still haven't made any progress, remaining stuck on the step of visualizing the Five Viscera Gods and constructing the inner world's circulation.]
[You discover that while diligence can compensate for lack of talent in martial arts practice, the profound and mysterious aspects of visualization require exceptional comprehension, which you unfortunately lack.]
[In the fifty-sixth year, who says one cannot cultivate immortality without comprehension?]
[You have successfully visualized the Five Viscera Gods.]
[The mind, named Danyuan, styled Shouling, resides at the uppermost point of the body, and is the master of the five internal organs. It is shaped like Vermilion Bird, red in color, and governs the blood vessels and stores the spirit.]
[The Lung God, named Haohua, styled Xucheng, resides to the right of the Upper Jiao, shaped like White Tiger, white in color, and governs Qi and respiration.]
[The Liver Spirit, named Longyan, styled Hanming, resides on the left side of the lower burner. It is shaped like Azure Dragon, and its color is green. It governs the free flow of Qi and the storage of the soul.]
[The Spleen Spirit, named Changzai, Hunting, resides in the middle Jiao, is shaped like a phoenix, is yellow in color, and governs transformation and storage of intention.]
[The Kidney Spirit, named Xuanming, styled Yuying, resides to the right of the lower burner, its shape resembles the Black Tortoise, its color is black, and it is responsible for storing essence and controlling water.]
[When the Five Viscera Gods are each in their proper place, the root of the Inner Landscape is established.]
However, there is a crucial point here: the Five Viscera Gods are not inanimate objects, but are transformed from the cultivator's own essence, energy, and spirit.
Visualizing the Five Viscera Gods is actually using one's divine will to gather, condense, and manifest the essence and energy scattered throughout the five internal organs.
Therefore, the depth of one's visualization directly reflects the degree of control a cultivator has over their own internal organs.
If the visualization of the mind is not genuine, the mind will be restless; if the visualization of the lung spirit is unclear, the Qi mechanism will be disordered.
The more clearly one observes the Five Viscera Gods, the more thoroughly one can gather one's own essence and energy, and the more solid Inner Landscape foundation will be.
[In the sixty-ninth year, you coordinated the Five Viscera Gods and successfully constructed an internal cycle of heaven and earth, with each of the five spirits performing its function within your body.]
The five streams of energy converge in the Dantian, twisting into one, becoming tighter and tighter, and brighter with each twist.
[At a certain moment, the energy suddenly contracted inward, shrinking into a pill the size of a chicken egg, suspended in the very center of the Dantian, its entire body radiating five-colored light.]
[From this point on, the True Spirit Grotto-Heaven was revealed.]
[Introduction to the True Spirit Indestructible Dao Scripture: You have successfully broken through to the Inner Landscape Realm ]
[Remaining Cultivation: 1,187 years]
The text appearing on the panel stopped abruptly.
The next second, a flood of knowledge and insights poured into Lu Guan's mind.
at the same time.
"Boom!"
Before Lu Guan could fully comprehend these insights, he quickly circulated his Divine Thought and examined his internal body.
Suddenly, a point of bright light appeared in the empty space of the Dantian.
The five vital organs—heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys—circulated continuously, and finally, a pill the size of a chicken egg slowly floated above the Dantian.
This is the [ True Spirit Grotto-Heaven ]!
Lu Guan explored it with his Divine Thought and found that the Grotto-Heaven, which was the size of a chicken egg, was actually like a world in itself.
Yin, yang, wind, rain, darkness, and light—all are present.
There are mountains and water, clouds and mist, but everything is shrunk to the size of a sesame seed, making it look like a sand table model at a glance.
Moreover, it has a kind of illusory and unreal feel.
Above the sky, two celestial talismans came into view.
[ Mountain-Bearing Bones ]!
[ Drink the Long River!]
The wondrous uses of these two Mystery Grotto-Heaven immediately entered Lu Guan's mind along with his Divine Thought.
Even though he had gained a preliminary understanding of these two Mystery from the introduction of the Cultivation Method, how could it compare to the thorough transmission of True Intention?
[ Mountain-Bearing Bones ], taking the image of the Five Sacred Mountains guarding the earth, can bless the physical body of the Mystery Master and add the power of the Five Sacred Mountains to it.
In short, it means adding a value.
With just the Mystery of this [ Mountain-Bearing Bones ], if it were casually bestowed upon an ordinary person who has never practiced martial arts, it would be enough for that person to kill a Body Refining Martial Artist who has reached the Perfected Gang Condensation Realm with a single punch.
How exaggerated!
"No wonder the ultimate goal of martial arts training is cultivating immortality..."
Lu Guan was filled with mixed emotions. Compared to that, what future did practicing martial arts offer?
Even if you work yourself to death to reach the pinnacle of Qi Condensation, someone can still kill you instantly with a single, Mystery strike.
[ Drink the Long River ] is derived from the idea of an endless river. Physical strength is like a long river flowing into a ravine. As long as there is still a breath left, the fatigue in the muscles and bones will be continuously drawn away.
In short, it permanently adds a continuous health regeneration buff to yourself.
As long as they're not killed, they can get up on their own after resting for a while and continue fighting.
The combination of these two Mystery perfectly aligns with the principle of the immortality of the True Spirit Grotto-Heaven.
I have everything I need now!
Upon entering the Inner Landscape, Lu Guan felt a sense of boundless freedom.
Besides his dramatically increased strength, the most noticeable change is his lifespan.
He glanced at the panel:
[Name: Lu Guan ]
[Age: 18]
[Remaining lifespan: 21 years]
[Realm: Inner Landscape Realm First Heaven ]
[ Cultivation Method: Inner Landscape - The True Spirit Indestructible Dao Scripture (Beginner)]
[ Divine Ability: Inner Landscape - Celestial Person One Saber Slash (Beginner)]
[ Law Technique: Enlightenment into a Spirit (Beginner)]
[Cultivation Level: 1187 years]
The Tenth Heaven of the Inner Landscape, and each additional layer adds twenty years to one's lifespan.
In other words, upon achieving complete spiritual cultivation, one's lifespan will be extended by a total of two hundred years!
Lu Guan slowly stood up and took a deep breath.
In an instant, a massive surge of energy from heaven and earth rushed in, seeping into the body through the mouth and nose, like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, endless and continuous.
For the first time, he felt that breathing itself was a form of cultivation.
After breaking through the Inner Landscape Realm, he no longer needed to eat to maintain his vital signs.
From then on, they no longer ate grains, but could live forever by drinking dew and breathing in the wind.
He truly deserves the title of "spiritual practitioner".
Lu Guan was simply curious; the difference between the Gang Condensation Realm and the Inner Landscape Realm seemed too great.
Only by truly taking this step can he experience the power of the Inner Landscape Realm.
The energy of heaven and earth moves with Divine Thought. If one cannot grasp the energy of heaven and earth, no matter how many Gang Condensation Realm cultivators there are, they are nothing more than ants that a cultivator can wipe out in a single thought.
'... Did the old ape hold back that day?'
'No, impossible. It wants nothing more than to get rid of me; how could it possibly hold back?'
'So it can only be that Chen Jingchou helped me in a way that I didn't realize at the time.'
'Of course, besides that, there's also the fact that the old ape was too trash.'
Take himself as an example. He possesses the Mystery [ Mountain-Bearing Bones ], and if he stands still, even if he were to use the Celestial Person One Saber Slash before his breakthrough, he would not be able to break through his defense.
'Logically speaking, cultivation should proceed gradually, even when jumping from martial arts to immortality. Why is there such a stark divide between the two realms?'
He always felt that there was a transitional stage between the two realms.
It was as if it had been forcibly erased by some force.
The moment this thought crossed Lu Guan's mind, even under the blazing sun, a chill ran down his spine.
"Creak--"
Just then, the courtyard gate was pushed open.
Chen Jingchou stared in disbelief, speechless:
You broke through?!