A Year to Break Through to Spirit Transformation
After leaving those words, Li Yunjing turned and left.
Zhi Qianshu stayed where he was and did not choose to go with them.
In the end, he could only sigh and choose to give up following Li Yunjing.
Li Yunjing returned to his cave abode.
After returning to his cave abode, Li Yunjing did not choose to rest.
He took out the bottle of Spirit Transformation Pill left behind by the Pill Sage.
Li Yunjing is currently at the Nascent Soul Peak, and he achieved this through a process similar to enlightenment.
Therefore, Li Yunjing can attempt to break through to the Spirit Transformation Realm at any time.
With everything temporarily settled, Li Yunjing plans to use this free time to go into seclusion and break through to the next level.
Li Yunjing took out a Spirit Transformation Pill from the pill bottle and then put it in his mouth.
Using the "Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture," Li Yunjing began to slowly refine the elixir.
Before we knew it, a year had quietly passed.
Nothing major happened in the entire Azure Jiao Marsh during that year.
Under Li Yunjing's prior planning, Luozhen Sect steadily progressed.
Li Yunjing did not go out during this year, but stayed in seclusion in his cave abode to seek a breakthrough to the Spirit Transformation.
Inside Li Yunjing's cave abode, he sat cross-legged with his eyes closed.
The Spiritual Qi around him had become so dense as to be almost tangible, transforming into a pale blue haze that swirled around him. With each breath, he drew upon the pure spiritual energy of heaven and earth, forming a slowly rotating vortex of Spiritual Qi above his head.
Within the Dantian, a three-inch-sized Nascent Soul sat cross-legged, its face identical to Li Yunjing's, its entire body radiating a warm, jade-like light—the ultimate state of Nascent Soul Perfection.
Over the past year, he has practiced the Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture no less than ten thousand times, and has long since engraved the Qingwei Daoist rhyme contained in the scripture into his very bones.
At this moment, he slowly opened his eyes, his gaze devoid of any emotion, only a clear and calm like crystal.
"The time has come."
Li Yunjing formed the Qingwei seal and softly recited the scripture. "Taiyi gives birth to emptiness, Qingwei emerges from darkness, the Dao transforms into all phenomena, the spirit condenses in the Great Void..."
As the chanting of scriptures resounded, the Nascent Soul within his Dantian suddenly burst forth with a dazzling, clear light.
The light was not dazzling; instead, it carried a warm and sacred quality, illuminating the entire dantian.
The Nascent Soul's body began to melt away little by little from between its eyebrows, breaking down into countless tiny, shimmering Golden Light runes.
Each rune contained a trace of Li Yunjing's divine soul imprint, and they danced, collided, and recombined in the sea of qi as if they were alive.
These runes are arranged into an incredibly profound array.
This is the Taiyi Divine Diagram recorded in the Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture, which is a necessary stage for cultivators who have broken through to the Spirit Transformation stage.
After an unknown amount of time, when the last fragment of the Nascent Soul transformed into runes and merged into the divine diagram, a beam of clear light pierced through heaven and earth, soaring from the top of Li Yunjing's head, breaking through the roof of his cave abode, piercing the clouds, and reaching the heavens.
In the square of the Luozhen Sect, Fang Hexuan and Nangong Chengyu were talking.
The moment that beam of light pierced through the roof of the palace, Fang Hexuan and Nangong Chengyu simultaneously looked up at the sky.
"Yunjing is about to break through!" Fang Hexuan's voice trembled.
On the side, Nangong Chengyu could no longer contain his joy.
As Li Yunjing's mentor, Li Yunjing's breakthrough was no less significant than his own.
"Great! Yunjing is about to reach the Spirit Transformation! Our Luozhen Sect finally has another Spirit Transformation cultivator!" Nangong Chengyu said with a beaming smile.
On the training ground, hundreds of disciples were practicing their swordsmanship, sweating profusely.
Amidst the clashing sword lights, a beam of clear light suddenly illuminated the entire training ground, causing everyone to freeze in place.
The longswords in their hands fell uncontrollably, and they stared in disbelief at the divine image slowly unfolding in the sky.
The divine map covered the sky for hundreds of miles around, with countless stars twinkling within it, scattering starlight.
The ethereal celestial music drifted from the heavens, clear and melodious, cleansing the soul.
The stream at the foot of the mountain stopped flowing, the birds in the branches stopped singing, and the Demon Beast in the forest all prostrated themselves on the ground, bowing respectfully in the direction of Li Yunjing's cave abode.
Hundreds of cranes trained by the Luozhen Sect soared into the sky at the same time, circling and dancing around the divine diagram, emitting joyful cries.
"What is that?" a young disciple who had recently entered the inner sect asked in a trembling voice.
"It's the Sect Master!" A senior inner disciple beside him exclaimed, his voice trembling with excitement, "The Sect Master is breaking through to the Spirit Transformation Stage!"
These words exploded like a thunderclap in the training ground.
After a brief silence, deafening cheers erupted.
At this moment, the sky changed color, and three beams of light of different colors descended from the sky, which was the unique Qingwei Three Lights Tribulation the Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture.
Fang Hexuan's expression changed slightly as he considered helping Li Yunjing.
However, the anticipated cataclysmic destruction did not occur.
The first ray of golden light slowly descended, like the gentlest flowing water, softly enveloping Li Yunjing's figure.
Fang Hexuan felt the pure Daoist energy emanating from it, and let out a long sigh of relief, his heart finally at ease. "It's the Qingwei Heavenly Light! This isn't a heavenly tribulation, but a gift from the Dao!"
A second beam of azure light surged from the depths of the earth and merged into Li Yunjing's body.
The entire Grand Profound Grotto-Heaven trembled slightly, and the Earth Vein Spiritual Qi deep within the Grotto-Heaven was stirred, continuously converging towards Li Yunjing's cave abode.
A third beam of white light rose from Li Yunjing's body, resonating with the power of merit in the world.
After the Three Lights Calamity, the divine image in the sky slowly dissipated, and the clear light that pierced through heaven and earth gradually receded.
Inside Li Yunjing's cave abode, he slowly opened his eyes.
"Is this the Spirit Transformation Realm?"
Li Yunjing felt the surging power within him, and he was full of vigor.
He could feel the immense power within him, a power so great it gave him the feeling of being able to destroy the world.
Li Yunjing closed his eyes again, absorbed and refined the remaining energy, and consolidated his cultivation.
Not long after, Li Yunjing opened his eyes again.
"My strength is greater than that of an ordinary Spirit Transformation. I might be able to fight against a Late Spirit Transformation now," Li Yunjing thought to himself.
Previously, in the Myriad Spirits Ruins of Return, a sage refined the great demon within the Divine Treasury Space, turning it into the purest form of energy.
When Li Yunjing broke through, he used this energy.
This energy has now been completely refined by Li Yunjing, which means that even though Li Yunjing's current cultivation level is only at the Spirit Transformation Early Stage, his actual combat strength far exceeds that of Spirit Transformation Early Stage.
I got up and stretched.
Li Yunjing muttered to himself, "It's time to go out and see the world. I wonder how long I've been in seclusion."
Upon leaving his cave abode, Li Yunjing immediately encountered Fang Hexuan and Nangong Chengyu.
"Good, good, it seems you've not only broken through to the Spirit Transformation, but also had other extraordinary encounters. Even I can't see through your true strength!"
Fang Hexuan looked at Li Yunjing, his eyes gleaming.
As a cultivator at the Dao Integration Realm, he couldn't even see through Li Yunjing's true nature.
In his eyes, Li Yunjing at this moment was a complete mystery.
If Fang Hexuan hadn't known that Li Yunjing was at the Spirit Transformation Early Stage, he would have definitely thought that Li Yunjing might be at the same cultivation level as himself, or even that his cultivation level was higher than the Dao Union.