Ling Yi glanced at the room where Qi Yun was in seclusion.
Although the room of this cheap the Final Master was surrounded by a large number of Formation, they still could not block Ling Yi's Perception.
Although Ling Yi did not understand Formation, he possessed the Element Power, and this power was omnipresent. If Ling Yi wanted, everything could become his eyes, ears, and nose.
Qi Yun isn't in very good condition.
His Aura flickered, and black mist swirled between his brows.
The jade slip that Qi Yun gave him described this situation as a sign of Entanglement inner demons.
However, it's understandable when you think about it. Qi Yun's lifespan is coming to an end, and there's almost no hope of breaking through. This so-called seclusion is, to put it nicely, a desperate gamble, but to put it bluntly, it's a case of giving up entirely.
The Immortal Physique in this world is very complete and quite interesting.
Although the general cultivation stages are still Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, Dao Integration, Tribulation Transcendence, and Ascension!
However, he has a more unique understanding of the Nascent Soul.
To break through from the Nascent Spirit Transformation Realm to the Nascent Soul Transformation stage, one needs to merge thought with spirit, and spirit with the Nascent Soul. The so-called thought refers to intention, or consciousness.
The term "spirit" refers to the Primordial Spirit, Primordial Spirit, from a certain perspective, is the soul.
The process of merging the Nascent Soul into the Nascent Soul is roughly equivalent to the Nascent Soul moving from the Sea of Consciousness into the Nascent Soul.
What is Nascent Soul?
Based on Ling Yi's understanding of his own Colorful Golden Core, the Nascent Soul is the Body Integration Dao Rhyme cultivated by cultivators, and not simply true Yuan Spirit power.
Only when a cultivator's consciousness, soul, and nascent Nascent Soul Fusion into one can they truly break free from the shackles of the body. As long as the Nascent Soul remains, one can reshape oneself or be reborn through another body.
Before reaching the Spirit Transformation, a cultivator can still die if their body is severely injured.
After reaching the Spirit Transformation Realm, even if someone's head is chopped off, as long as their Nascent Soul remains, they can pick up their head and reattach it, and still live.
Isn't that awesome? It's just that awesome.
The lifespan of Nascent Soul Stage cultivator is one thousand years. Above the Spirit Transformation Stage, there is no such thing as a lifespan. As long as there is Spiritual Qi in the world, the Nascent Soul can survive.
At worst, I can just get a new body.
The saying "Those who do not understand the Spirit Transformation and attempt to become immortals are vainly cultivating immortality" perfectly illustrates this point.
When Ling Yi was a live streamer in his previous life, he studied Ancient Martial Arts, the Tao Te Ching I Ching, Zhouyi I Ching, divination, Eight Trigrams.
Although no concrete research was conducted, the theoretical knowledge is extremely rich.
Ling Yi often compared these things with the cultivation Dharma Manifestation in novels to study their feasibility.
It's definitely not feasible, but it's quite interesting to study this thing.
His fans also enjoy listening to him ramble on about these things.
After transmigrating, all of Ling Yi's theoretical knowledge was verified.
Especially after studying the pile of jade slips left to him by his cheap the Final Master, he gained a comprehensive understanding of the Body Refining.
Ling Yi now even suspects one thing: in the world before he transmigrated, there were most likely cultivators who once existed.
In Ling Yi's view, what is cultivation of immortality? It is the Dao, the ultimate principle of heaven and earth.
The Daoist Arts, the Daoist Arts, first there is the Way, then there is the Law.
The cultivators in this world clearly value the methods more than the path itself.
Humans are the source of the Way, Heaven is the source of the Way, the Law is the source of the Way, all things are the Way, which is also known as humans following the Earth, the Earth following Heaven, Heaven following the Way, Daoist Arts.
It's virtually impossible for his cheap the Final Master to break through the realm by force.
He lacks his own path.
If he can find his own path, perhaps there is still a chance for him to break through; otherwise, giving him another thousand years would be useless.
Ling Yi snapped out of his reverie, checked the time, and realized it was almost noon.
What should we eat today? It's been so long since we had a barbecue, how about we make one?
But eating barbecue, like having to have beer, is only fun with a lot of people.
Eating alone doesn't taste very good.
Ling Yi now finds himself missing the days when Yuan Xiaolei and the others were around.
Without their noise around, Ling Yi felt a little unaccustomed.
"Fine, I'll just keep sunbathing," Ling Yi rolled over and lay flat again.
The Wind and Cloud Immortal Sect can barely be considered a medium-sized Immortal Gate.
The sect leader, Fengyunzi, is at the Spirit Transformation Stage, while the peak masters of Thunder Cloud Peak, Cloud Sword Peak Investigating Things Peak, and Gewu Peak are all at the Nascent Soul Stage.
Each peak is further divided into four levels: outer peak disciples, central peak disciples, inner peak disciples, and true disciples.
Outer Peak disciples are new disciples recruited each year, mostly at the first or second level of Qi Refining. After the annual grand competition, the top ten can enter the Central Peak.
The center forward is in the Qi Refining Stage Middle Phase, which is between the fourth and sixth levels of Qi Refining Stage. They receive better treatment and can receive some resources from the sect each month.
After the annual competition, the top three teams can enter the inner peak.
Inner peak disciples are generally at the Qi Refining Stage Late Phase, and their treatment is better than that of central peak disciples. They are already considered key disciples for cultivation by each peak.
After the annual grand competition, only the first-place winner can become the peak master's true disciple.
True disciples are generally at the Qi Refining Stage Great Perfection stage or the Foundation Establishment Realm.
Similarly, there is a grand competition among the disciples of each peak every year. The top three will receive a large amount of resources from the sect and will also have the opportunity to enter the Inheritance Tower.
This Inheritance Tower is probably similar to a scripture repository or a hall for transmitting skills.
Each time, you can only choose one technique from it, and you cannot take it out; you can only learn it inside the Inheritance Tower.
Not only that, but Restriction must also be placed within the disciple's soul to strictly prohibit the transmission of the cultivation technique.
Despite its many limitations, it's important to understand that a complete, high-grade cultivation technique can potentially change a cultivator's entire life.
Most cultivators practice incomplete or flawed cultivation techniques.
Cultivation techniques aren't as common as cabbages. Do you really think they're like in novels, where you can just buy them with a few Spirit Stone?
Let alone independent cultivators, even within the Wind and Cloud Immortal Sect, the vast majority of people's cultivation techniques are incomplete versions.
Even the cultivation techniques within the Inheritance Tower can only be cultivated up to the Golden Core Stage at most.
Cultivation techniques for those at the Nascent Soul Stage and above are all closely guarded secrets of the peak masters, including the sect leader Fengyunzi. Those who can cultivate to the Nascent Soul Stage would never casually pass on their techniques to outsiders.
Want to cultivate immortality without a complete cultivation method? What a joke!
Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment is relatively straightforward; you can simply rush through it by spending time and resources.
But from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core, without a cultivation method, wanting to Core Formation is almost impossible.
The value of cultivation techniques, even incomplete versions, is far greater than one might imagine.
In the Legend of the Condor Heroes, a single copy of the Nine Yin Manual can unleash a bloody storm in the martial arts world.
The value of a cultivation technique can be thousands or even tens of thousands of times greater than that of the Nine Yin Manual.
Unless you can cheat like Ling Yi.
The sect competition was held at the main peak, Wind and Cloud Peak.
Starting with the outer peak disciples, then the central peak disciples, the inner peak disciples, and finally the true disciples, the ceremony will proceed in that order.
When Ling Yi arrived at the main peak, the competition among the outer peak disciples had already begun.
The competition uses a points system, with 3 points for each win, 1 point for a draw, and no points deducted for a loss, but each person only has three chances to lose.
Challengers can attempt to challenge more than once, but the same person cannot be challenged more than three times consecutively within one Shichen.
Match-fixing is strictly prohibited. Anyone found doing so will have their cultivation abolished, their memories erased, and will be expelled from the sect.
The competition system was fairly fair, I'd say...?
The first person to reach a perfect score of 100 is ranked first, and the other rankings are ranked in descending order.
In other words, to achieve first place, you not only need to win, but you also need to be fast.
When Ling Yi arrived, the competition among the outer peak disciples had already begun.
There are a total of fifty arenas, and Combat are taking place on each one.
Ling Yi didn't move forward, but stood in a corner, acting as a bystander.
Needless to say, Combat between cultivators are much more elaborate and unpredictable.
Magical artifacts, talismans, Formation, immortal techniques, and even bringing pets onto the stage—the methods were incredibly diverse.
Although cultivation techniques are scarce in the Immortal Cultivation Realm, offensive methods are plentiful.
Ling Yi has certainly broadened his horizons.
Ling Yi was particularly interested in magical artifacts, talismans, and Formation.
Ling Yi saw one of the outer peak female disciples take out a Combat puppet that looked very much like Transformers from her storage bag.
Once equipped with Spirit Stone, they can aid their master in Combat.
Although this Combat puppet was extremely weak, it was cleaved in two sword strikes by its opponent.
But Ling Yi's eyes lit up.
The storage bag Qi Yun gave him contained a wide variety of jade slips, including many cultivation techniques, Sword Control Dharma School, as well as jade slips on alchemy, weapon crafting, and array crafting.
It could be said that Qi Yun practically gave Ling Yi a small library of scriptures.
In addition, there were mountains of Spirit Stone and a large amount of materials, as well as countless magic weapons, Spirit Treasure, talismans, and array plates.
Qi Yun has given all his wealth to Ling Yi.
This is the culmination of a thousand years of experience from Nascent Soul Stage Big Shot!
Ling Yi felt that he had enough resources to start his own sect.
If people knew he possessed such a vast amount of resources... tsk tsk, even the sect leader would probably be tempted.
The competition between the outer peak disciples did not last long. It ended abruptly after the top ten disciples appeared, as the subsequent competitions were meaningless.
The competition between the center-front disciples and the inner-peak disciples is faster; the center-front disciples only need to be in the top three, while the inner-peak disciples only need to be in first place.
Basically, whoever gains the upper hand has a greater chance of succeeding, since everyone's cultivation level is roughly the same.
The competition between the outer peak, center peak, and inner peak was completed in just one morning.
This speed was somewhat beyond Ling Yi's expectations.
In his view, these thousands of disciples would need to fight for at least two or three days, right?
Ling Yi hadn't seen enough yet.
However, the real highlight was the grand competition among the true disciples.
This is not only a contest of strength between the peaks, but also determines the allocation of resources among them.
The competition format is different between true disciples.
Every match is crucial, so the true disciples fight one match at a time.
You can only start the next match after you've finished the previous one.
The two teams will be determined by drawing lots; the winner will advance, and the loser will be eliminated.
Of the three peaks, Thunder Cloud Peak has the most true disciples, a total of thirty. The strongest among them is a woman at the third level of the Foundation Establishment Stage, while the others are all at the Qi Refining Stage Peak.
There are only seven true disciples of Investigating Things Peak, all of whom are at the Qi Refining Stage Great Perfection.
Ling Yi belongs to Cloud Sword Peak, and he is the only one there.
Sect Master Fengyunzi glanced at Ling Yi and chuckled, "Your name is Ling Yi, right? It's been a long time since I've seen anyone Ascension from the lower realms."
"You should already know about your the Final Master's situation. Although it's a bit unfair that you've just joined the sect and are already participating in the grand competition among true disciples, rules are rules."
"Do you know that if you fail to make it into the top three, you and your the Final Master will have to give up Cloud Sword Peak?"
Seeing Ling Yi nod expressionlessly, Fengyunzi added, "Don't be resentful. The sect's development depends on its disciples."
"Your the Final Master is eccentric and dislikes crowds. He has monopolized Cloud Sword Peak for three hundred years, yet he has not trained a single disciple for the sect. This is against the rules."
That seems to make some sense. My cheap the Final Master is a classic example of someone who's just taking up a position without contributing anything...