Three thousand great Daos, eight hundred side paths (23)

"The Primordial Spirit Pill?"

Staring blankly at the silver pill, Qiwa fell into deep thought.

Qiwa certainly knew about the Primordial Spirit Pill Primordial Spirit Pill, and he even learned of its existence from Li Jingshu.

Just as practicing the "Breathing Method" can accelerate the process of "Refining Essence into Qi" by swallowing Qi and Blood Pill.

Li Boyang had been pondering this for a long time: couldn't the "Perception Method" take a shortcut?

This led to the creation of the so-called "Primordial Spirit Formula".

There is no need to cultivate the "Perception Method" to a certain extreme so that the Primordial Spirit will naturally manifest.

It is possible to awaken the Primordial Spirit and Cognitive Spirit ahead of time through certain fixed patterns and specific conditions.

However, this involves unorthodox and Demon Path methods.

Under normal circumstances, Li Boyang does not recommend that talented individuals copy the "Primordial Spirit Formula" verbatim.

After all, the gains and future achievements of calculating the answer according to the formula are incomparable to those of deriving the formula through one's own talent.

Even so, Li Boyang still helplessly discovered that not everyone could understand the Primordial Spirit Formula.

If the "Breathing Method" only requires physical strength and willpower...

So, the "Perception Method" requires both intelligence and mental fortitude.

Under the current circumstances, even though Li Boyang vigorously promotes and popularizes basic education in the Hundred Lands Mountain Range, there are still very few people qualified to practice the "Perception Method".

Not to mention cultivating the "Perception Method" to a certain level and then awakening the Primordial Spirit and Cognitive Spirit according to the Primordial Spirit Formula deduced by Li Boyang.

Therefore, under these circumstances, the Primordial Spirit Pill, which was refined based on the Primordial Spirit Formula, was naturally born.

If the Primordial Spirit Formula merely lowers the threshold for cultivating the Primordial Spirit...

So the Primordial Spirit Pill) is like throwing the answer directly in the face of the cultivator.

Once a cultivator swallows the Primordial Spirit Pill, their physical body will enter a near-death state of suspended animation, maximizing their spiritual awareness.

Following this, the Life Primordial Qi within the cultivator's body will spontaneously open the "Bridge of Heaven and Earth," resonating with the external Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.

In this way, cultivators can sense the existence of the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi before manifesting their Primordial Spirit.

Then the Primordial Spirit Pill will operate naturally, using specific Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi to continuously stimulate and awaken the latent spirituality of the human body.

From this perspective, this is actually Li Boyang artificially simulating the birth process of Innate Deity by using alchemy.

Of course, if that were all there was to it...

Yinjiao wouldn't even let Qiwa properly consider whether he should choose to swallow the Primordial Spirit Pill.

The Primordial Spirit Pill is a shortcut even more direct than the Primordial Spirit Formula Primordial Spirit Formula, but its costs and side effects are naturally also greater.

First, after consuming the Primordial Spirit Pill.

The type of Primordial Spirit a cultivator develops depends entirely on fate; they have no control or choice over it.

Afterwards, if one wishes to cultivate into Yin Deity or Yang God, the difficulty is comparable to ascending to heaven.

Secondly, after the "Bridge of Heaven and Earth" is opened, the resonance between the Life Primordial Qi and the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi is also random.

The cost may not be apparent in the short term.

It might even awaken some strange and supernatural Divine Ability as a result.

However, in the long run, if a cultivator wants to follow the path of "Pill Formation in Nine Revolutions Accomplishment," it will be a challenge.

The difficulty of transforming Life Primordial Qi into one's own unique Yuan Qi also increases significantly.

Obviously, in Yinjiao's eyes, Qiwa had no need to cut off his future path prematurely because of a temporary bottleneck.

"Give me the elixir!"

After a moment's thought, Qiwa made up his mind.

"But... Uncle Seven..."

He clutched the pill tightly, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back. Before Yinjiao could say anything, Qiwa had already burst into laughter.

"Yinjiao, I understand what you mean."

"But I'm different from your master and your uncle."

"I don't have the talent and wisdom of Non-Crying Child, nor the perseverance and vision of Big Girl..."

"For me, achieving what I have today is already a miracle."

"I've been studying just one Perception Method for over a year and I still haven't even grasped the basics..."

"If you make me learn any more of those divination methods, Yuan Qi combinations, or Primordial Spirit Formula, my brain will explode."

Reaching out to touch the Single Horn hair bun on Yinjiao's head, Qiwa took a deep breath and continued speaking.

"Most importantly, your seventh uncle is just a mortal, and both his lifespan and energy have limits."

"I still have many things to do; I can't be as carefree as you, only thinking about cultivation."

Flying Peak, the backyard of the Mountain God Temple.

"Are you so sure that Qiwa will swallow the Primordial Spirit Pill?"

Just like all felines, Xiluo lay lazily on the tree.

It only wags its tail occasionally when talking to Li Boyang, showing its attention to him.

"Because I know Qiwa; he's not the kind of person who can calmly retreat into seclusion to cultivate himself."

While turning the [Taiji Diagram] on the Imprisoned Soul Cauldron, he also diverted his attention to talk with Xiluo.

Li Boyang is undoubtedly refining elixirs right now.

However, this time he wasn't refining the Primordial Spirit Pill, but rather trying out a new kind of pill, a new Pill Formula.

For Li Boyang now, this is simply part of his daily routine.

"That's true. It's already quite surprising that that kid was able to patiently stay in Yunmeng Marsh for a year."

Xiluo nodded knowingly. Having listened to the old village chief's nagging for many years, she naturally had some understanding of the personalities of the troublemakers in Li Household Village.

"What a waste of that guy's talent in Breathing Method techniques..."

"Once he chooses to take the shortcut with the Primordial Spirit Pill, it will be almost impossible for him to achieve the Pill Formation in Nine Revolutions as you in the future."

Upon hearing this, Li Boyang simply smiled faintly.

Everyone has their own choices; there's never just one path to take in this world.

"The way to advance Life Primordial Qi is to refine it using the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi to create a unique Yuan Qi that belongs only to oneself..."

"The advanced form of the Primordial Spirit is the merging with the Cognitive Spirit, Yin-Yang Balance, and constructing Yang God independent of the physical body..."

As for the physical aspect?

Looking down at his own reddish skin, Li Boyang clenched his fist and said.

"Whether it 'Myriad Transformations or Vajra Indestructibility, once the path is chosen, all routes lead to the same destination."

"Moreover, I've recently had a new realization: the ultimate state of the physical body may not be as complicated as I thought, but rather a rather pure and primal life force."

"The physical body is the symbol of life, the material vessel through which all living beings walk in this world..."

"Myriad Transformations and Vajra Indestructibility, in essence, both lead to an end called immortality."

"However, this does not mean that the three paths I am currently exploring are the only correct ones."

Seeing Xiluo's confused expression, Li Boyang spoke even more bluntly.

"First comes Refining Essence into Qi, then Refining Qi into Spirit Transformation..."

"As long as the minimum requirements for essence, qi, and spirit are met, Qiwa might be able to achieve the Refining Spirit and Returning to Emptiness realm simply by perfecting his Qi Dao Perfection, just like Wu Yi."

"If all else fails, does that mean we can't reach the Refining Spirit and Returning to Emptiness realm without pursuing perfection in any of the three paths?"

"Heaven, Earth, Man, Gods, Ghosts, Ying, Scaled, Feathered, and Insects..."

"There are three thousand great paths and eight hundred unorthodox ones; every path can Dao Proving."

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