Jin gathered into a core, internal power sublimated, Northern Darkness True Yuan, the Inner Core Realm!

Ling Yi stared inward at the azure pill within his Dantian, somewhat bewildered!

What is this? Did I somehow cultivate Golden Core?

Once I swallow Golden Core elixir, will my fate be in my own hands, not in the heavens?

But we haven't cultivated immortality yet!

Or did we somehow manage to create a cultivation technique for immortality?

Ling Yi tried to mobilize the power within the Azure Se Pill, and it went incredibly smoothly.

Upon activating the Northern Darkness Divine Art once more, Ling Yi instantly Perception the difference.

This energy actually traveled along the eight extraordinary meridians, circulating throughout the body, and then through the Ren and Du meridians, passing through the Heavenly Gate acupoint on the top of the head, forming a large cycle.

Originally, the Northern Darkness Divine Art only traversed 108 meridians, not including the Ren and Du meridians.

Now, with the addition of the Ren and Du meridians, this great cycle has become 110 meridians.

The Dantian underwent a transformation, forming the Azure Inner Core. The Northern Darkness Divine Art also underwent a transformation. After traversing the Ren and Du meridians extensively, the Northern Darkness Internal Jin converged at the Heavenly Gate acupoint, creating a completely new cyclical path.

In the new Internal Jin circulation process, with each completion of a major cycle, the Northern Darkness Internal Jin gains something, and at the same time, the Northern Darkness Internal Jin seems to be sublimated.

"This is... Spiritual Sense, Divine Sense, Divine Power?" Ling Yi felt it was very magical.

Yes, the extra power in the Northern Darkness Internal Jin is Divine Power, Divine Sense, Spiritual Sense —whatever you call it, that's roughly the idea.

This made Ling Yi's control over the Northern Darkness Internal Jin even more refined and perfect.

It seems that with a mere thought, one can master a skill.

It felt as if the Northern Darkness Internal Jin was no longer just simple energy, but rather an extension of one's thoughts.

When the Northern Darkness Internal Jin circulated through his internal organs, Ling Yi could clearly feel that his internal organs seemed to have been reborn, as if they had been cleansed.

Become stronger, and also cleaner!

Yes, it's clean!

Then it's the muscles, bones, spinal cord, and the whole body—all feel the same way.

After the Northern Darkness Internal Jin circulated through thirty-six Great Zhou Tian, Ling Yi felt as if his soul had been cleansed.

This feeling was wonderful, so much so that Ling Yi was almost completely immersed in it, unable to extricate himself.

However, it seemed that the "cleansing" effect had reached its Limit, and after thirty-six Great Zhou Tian, Ling Yi stopped cultivating.

He slowly opened his eyes.

At this moment, Ling Yi could see things more clearly, hear sounds from afar, and his Sense of Smell... ugh!

"Wo Cao, how can you be so ugly?"

Ling Yi almost vomited, only then realizing that his body and the bed sheets were covered in black stains.

Ling Yi jumped up and down and rushed into the bathroom!

Half an hour later, Ling Yi looked at himself in the mirror and twitched his lips.

"This Changes is quite significant!"

At this moment, Ling Yi's skin was fair and delicate, as if it had been filtered with a beauty filter.

"Hasn't this made Little White?"

With a flick of his wrist, Ling Yi produced a short, azure sword.

This is a short sword made from the condensed Northern Darkness Internal Jin.

Ling Yi tapped it with his hand, and it produced a clear clanging sound.

But it wasn't the sound of metal clashing; instead, it sounded like stones hitting each other.

"Damn, I've been searching for a way to Form Condensation Internal Jin energy using the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms, but I never expected it to be so simple."

Ling Yi threw the Qingse short sword into the air, but instead of falling, it hovered in front of Ling Yi.

Then, under Ling Yi's mental control, it began to rotate around Ling Yi.

"It's actually become a cultivation technique for immortality."

With a thought, the azure short sword transformed into azure mist and merged into Ling Yi's body.

Back in the bedroom, Ling Yi glanced at the sheets on the bed and grinned, "This smell is really strong!"

The sheets were put into a plastic bag and then thrown into the trash can.

Then open the windows to let the smell dissipate.

A few minutes later, the smell in the room finally dissipated, and Ling Yi breathed a sigh of relief and sat back down on the bed.

According to Ip Man, the transformation of internal energy from light to An Jin is called hidden energy, and from darkness to light is called Hua Jin. If it transforms from light to darkness again, it becomes Dan Jin, which is also the Baodan Realm.

Ip Man naturally didn't know what "Hua Jin " or "Dan Jin " were; these were just levels of internal strength he had seen in ancient books.

He himself was merely at the Peak An Jin.

"Could it be that I've unknowingly developed Dan Jin? And that under the influence of Dan Jin, my Internal Energy has also been integrated into it, becoming a part of Dan Jin?"

"That doesn't seem right either!"

"The internal energy Baodan into the Core Formation Internal Energy sublimated; this seems to be a completely new path for martial arts."

A stronger path to martial arts.

That's practically equivalent to cultivating immortality! Isn't that an even stronger path of martial arts?

"Since this is a new path in martial arts, let's give it a proper name!"

"Let's call this azure pill in the Dantian the Northern Darkness Inner Core, and the Northern Darkness Force the Northern Darkness True Yuan."

Northern Darkness Inner Core, Northern Darkness True Yuan, Inner Core Realm.

It's just a name, something convenient to use; it doesn't really matter what it's called.

Next up is testing the Northern Darkness True Yuan and some new, imaginative skills!

This ordeal lasted until the next morning.

It was almost eight o'clock when Ling Yi came downstairs.

There was no one in the living room on the first floor, but the sounds of fighting could be heard coming from the courtyard.

Ling Yi's Ying Yi, and he appeared outside the door.

I happened to see Hong Qigong and Ip Man sparring.

"Hold head high!"

A white dragon shadow flew out from Hong Qigong's palm and rushed straight towards Ip Man.

Ip Man then threw a punch into the air, and a semi-transparent fist shadow flew out, directly shattering the white dragon shadow.

Immediately following was a series of punches, which came out with Lightning speed, aimed at Hong Qigong.

The movement, however, was the motion of Sun-Character Thrusting Punch.

"Haha, you've come at the right time!"

Hong Qigong leaped into the air, his arms swinging in the opening stance of the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms.

"Hold head high..."

A series of Dragon's Roar roars rang out, and eighteen white dragon shadows roared out, clashing with Ip Man's fist shadows.

"Boom!"

An explosion rang out, and the force spread outwards.

Even from a great distance, Ling Yi could feel the force emanating from the area.

The dragon shadow and the fist shadow disappeared simultaneously, and everything returned to calm.

Strange, why is the dragon shadow in Hong Qigong's Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms Dragon Palms white?

Could it be that Hong Qigong's Internal Energy also mutated after Fusion with other forces?

"Hahaha!" Hong Qigong laughed heartily.

Ip Man smiled, clearly very satisfied with his improved skills!

"Congratulations, the Final Master! Congratulations, Master Ye! Great Accomplishment your divine skills and are now invincible!"

"Hmph, brat, come here and spar with your master." Hong Qigong rolled his eyes.

" The Final Master, are you getting too cocky?" Ling Yi laughed.

"Alright, alright, brat, I think you've gotten too cocky. Come on, let's fight!"

" The Final Master, you can't beat me!"

"You'll only know once you've fought. Now, your the Final Master is so strong that even I'm afraid of him!"

Well, our the Final Master has really gotten too cocky.

With the successful Fusion Internal Energy and physical strength, Hong Qigong's power surged, making him feel terrifyingly strong.

However, Hong Qigong forgot one thing: his disciple was incredibly powerful.

" The Final Master, are you sure?"

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Ling Yi chuckled, pointed at the air, and a hundred cyan short swords materialized out of thin air, whistling as they flew towards Hong Qigong.

"Hmm? All flashy tricks, mere child's play!"

" Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms!"

Eighteen white dragon shadows roared as they charged toward the short sword, and then, nothing more.

The hundred Flying Sword spun once, shattering the eighteen dragon shadows.

Then the hundred Flying Sword began to circle around Hong Qigong.

"What is this thing?" Hong Qigong was dumbfounded.

" The Final Master, the Fusion Internal Energy and physical strength is only the beginning. The next step, Core Condensation Inner Core Realm, is true sublimation. Right now, the Final Master, you still have a long way to go!"

" The Inner Core Realm?" Hong Qigong and Ip Man were both very curious.

They've never heard of it before!

So, Ling Yi told the two about the Changes in her body.

"So, according to you, it's because of the power of Baodan that Internal Energy is used to condense the Inner Core?" Ip Man asked.

That should be the case.

"So, the Legend Baodan Realm is real. Then Seventh Master and I should be at the Hua Jin Realm now, but after Fusion Internal Energy, Hua Jin is no longer appropriate."

"Then let's call it the Form Transformation Realm!" Ling Yi said casually.

"The Form Condensation, Form Transformation Realm, is quite fitting!" Hong Qigong nodded.

He then added, "If what you say is true, to achieve the Inner Core Realm, one must connect the Ren and Du meridians, open the Heaven and Earth Bridges, and pass through the Heavenly Gate acupoint, right?"

"I'm not sure either. After all, I 'Taiyi from ordinary Martial Practitioner. Or perhaps for you, you need to open up your Ren and Du meridians to Core Condensation and achieve the Inner Core Realm."

Ling Yi's situation is indeed different, because his Ren and Du meridians are already open, so this cannot be used as a basis for judgment.

"It seems I still have to overcome this bottleneck and enter the realm of the Innate!" Hong Qigong murmured.

"However, now that we can Form Condensation our energy and open up our Ren and Du meridians, it's not difficult."

He paused, then looked Ling Yi up and down again. "The marrow cleansing and meridian tempering do seem to have transformed you, but your appearance is rather effeminate."

Ling Yi rolled his eyes. "It'll be the same when the Final Master undergoes his marrow cleansing and meridian tempering."

"The chubby, fair-skinned Hong Qigong, hehe, he's actually kind of cute!"

"You brat, you're asking for a beating." Hong Qigong was both amused and exasperated.

The three exchanged ideas for a while longer, and each gained something, especially in terms of having a clearer direction for their future cultivation.

"By the way, where are Huang Rong and the others?" Ling Yi asked.

" Huang Rong, A Zhu, and Wang Yuyan left early this morning, but we don't know where they went," Hong Qigong said, shaking his head.

They had just finished their cultivation and only knew that the three women had gone out, but they didn't know what they were doing there.

" A Zhu and Wang Yuyan have many unresolved issues. Rong'er taking them out for a walk will help them better integrate into this world."

Ling Yi nodded.

I'm going to work.

There are still a few outdoor scenes to film today. After that, we'll do some additional scenes tomorrow or the Acquired, and then his role as " Murong Fu " will be finished.

He's also planning to film a short drama as a test, so naturally the sooner it's finished, the better!

"I'll go find Rong'er and the others. Ouyang Feng should have arrived today. Let's make sure nothing unexpected happens," Hong Qigong said.

"I'll also go home and bring my wife over," Ip Man said.

Ling Yi nodded, and then they each went out.

Ling Yi wasn't worried at all about whether Hong Qigong and his group could defeat Ouyang Feng.

Their Internal Energy merged with their physical strength to form True Yuan, making their combined Li Qiang than ten or a hundred times greater.

However, Hong Qigong's True Yuan leans towards Internal Energy, while Ip Man's True Yuan leans towards external force.

They each have their own strengths, but their abilities are now roughly equal!

Ouyang Feng, it's just a matter of one slap.