The Shackles of the Past Vanished Like Mist

"Being outside the Five Elements inevitably requires transcending the Three Realms!"

Just as the world Zhang Xuezhou and others lived in had no name, 'Zhou' also did not know the name of his world.

It wasn't until he reconciled accounts with Zhang Xuezhou that he realized he was in the ' Three Realms '.

Zhang Xuezhou's cultivation method is very strange. Many cultivators try every means to gain a sense of the five elements in order to possess stronger Technique Method power, but Zhang Xuezhou cultivates against the five elements, making his body completely isolated from them.

This kind of spiritual practice is unlikely to have a direct connection with the origin of the world.

In Zhou's view, Zhang Xuezhou had almost no chance of becoming a god or saint.

The way 'Zhou' said didn't have a negative psychological impact on Zhang Xuezhou. After all, his cultivation wasn't aimed at achieving sainthood or ascending to a higher dimension, so this kind of thing wasn't a big deal.

But he was very interested in the fifth element mentioned by 'Zhou'.

This refers to the part beyond the four elements that constitute the world: wind, fire, water, and earth. It involves the time and space in which the world operates.

If one can reach the ultimate level, a cultivator can freely travel through time and space.

A single moment for such a cultivator might be decades for others, or perhaps decades have passed while others have only experienced a fleeting moment.

They may travel thousands of miles themselves, or they may make others feel as if they are worlds apart, forever confined to a small space, unable to leave.

Cultivation involving the fifth element is extremely strange and powerful.

This was not Zhou's subjective conjecture, but rather the fact that a cultivator had already succeeded, and Zhou, who was wandering in the void, had heard about it.

Zhang Xuezhou's cultivation was considered terrible and eccentric by orthodox cultivators. 'Zhou' kindly comforted him, mentioning that Zhang Xuezhou Zhang Xuezhou could develop towards the fifth element, and even encouraged him to transcend the Three Realms and pursue the elements belonging to time and space.

"Although these elements of time and space are strange and hard to find, their power is unpredictable. Even if one has not reached the Saint level, the possessor will be extremely powerful for a time, and few cultivators can restrain them," Zhou comforted him.

"That's right!"

"I've heard that there are supreme gods in higher realms who are involved in the elements of space and time. This fortuitous opportunity to attain sainthood must be hidden in the void," Zhou joked. "If you ever become successful in the future, don't forget to give me a hand."

"We are all fellow sufferers, and only by banding together can we move forward. Whoever takes the first step forward should help those who follow, for who knows, they might in turn help us, the leaders at this moment!"

Zhang Xuezhou responded seriously.

His response made the joking Zhou stop teasing.

"I've heard that traces of the Time-Space Dragon Sridio linger in the distant darkness. If you can find those traces, you might be able to come into contact with the Fifth Element, thus gaining the power over time and space!"

"Srideo, the Dragon of Time and Space?"

Zhang Xuezhou nodded and made a note of this cultivator, whose race and name were both quite peculiar.

He answered in the void for a long time until "Zhou" began to remind him, at which point he quickly checked the time he had used for his words in his mind.

This was slightly different from Zhang Xuezhou's calculations, but he didn't doubt it, after all, 'Zhou' had been in the void for much longer than he had.

If it weren't for concerns about potential conflict, Zhang Xuezhou might even have mentioned 'Donghua'.

He could vaguely sense that Donghua and 'Zhou' seemed to be connected, and that the latter had even competed with Donghua in fishing.

After sensing the farewell sound, Zhang Xuezhou quickly faded away.

"In the end, the latecomer, Donghua, emerged victorious in his struggle against Zhou!"

Zhang Xuezhou didn't mention Donghua, and Zhou also tacitly avoided mentioning Donghua.

A bright light shone from his soul, illuminating two different faces, one old and one young. These two faces eventually overlapped and slowly formed the likeness of Zhang Xuezhou.

"The Three Realms... The Three Realms are the territory of that Sage Hongjun. He understands the methods of spacetime and relies on the Three Realms to continuously supply him with the power of spacetime elements. How could he allow another cultivator who has reached the Sainthood of the Fifth Element to appear in the Three Realms? If I am like that, he will be too!"

Zhou finally sighed.

Zhang Xuezhou was right; they were both fellow sufferers in the same boat.

Losers band together like stray dogs seeking warmth. Their future is clearly visible, but taking a single step forward is incredibly difficult. They can only wander in endless void and darkness for the rest of their lives until their souls can no longer bear the loneliness and collapse.

Zhou was quite certain that Zhang Xuezhou would have difficulty moving forward and that his final fate would be to die of old age, after which his soul would return to the void to reunite with him.

"He's very young and should have decades more to live. I'll wait for him here, so I'll have someone to keep me company!"

Zhou muttered to himself for a while, then slowly fell into a mental pause, quietly waiting for time to pass.

"With continuous advancement in Yin-Yang School cultivation, reaching the True Self Realm is indeed a natural progression!"

Zhang Xuezhou failed to experience the feeling of entering the True Self Realm in the Three Realms, but he still managed to complete the 'copying homework' in the end.

His simulation of the external environment was almost identical to that of the Three Realms, and his physical cultivation was also quite similar, ultimately leading him to also break through to the True Self Realm.

Feeling the consistent circulation of energy within his body, and with the 'infantification' guided by Ren Anran, Zhang Xuezhou felt that his physical condition was almost exactly the same.

Relying on bodily instincts means unconsciously letting the body take the lead, thereby avoiding interference from one's own thoughts in spiritual practice.

Although he had entered the True Self Realm, Zhang Xuezhou actually didn't quite understand the feeling of breaking through to this realm.

His encounter with the King of Huainan when he broke through to the True Self Realm in the Three Realms was purely coincidental, and although he had the ability to take the lead in reality, he chose to give it up.

"So that's how it is!"

Unlike his counterpart in the Three Realms, Zhang Xuezhou was unaware of what his physical body experienced during the battle, while in reality, there were recording devices filming it.

He could see the various changes in the Yang Soul Body, and because his physical body was like an empty shell, the Yang Soul Body eventually slowly entered the lower Dantian of his body, transforming into an inner infant, thus revealing the aura of the three flowers on the top of his head gathering ultimate Law Power.

If his consciousness exists within his body, the Yang Soul Body forged by the Realm Technique might not be able to enter, let alone adjust his body to adapt according to his needs.

In Zhang Xuezhou's normal consciousness, he must have believed that the subject of cultivation service is himself, and that the transformation of the Yang Soul into an infant body must adapt to its own requirements. In fact, Ren Anran's transformation was based on the growth of the 'infant' as the main body.

Just as the embryos constructed by Turcorando grow until they meet the required specifications, consciousness returns to fit the body at this time, thus completing the fusion of soul and body.

"Our method of cultivation is quite interesting!"

Zhang Xuezhou felt that the cultivation of infant transformation had a sense of both internal and external cultivation. As one of the pioneers, they undoubtedly lacked experience in this cultivation method and had not formed a unified and feasible theoretical procedure. They relied purely on years of long-term cultivation pursuit, which allowed their bodies to form instinctive memories and ultimately reach the True Self Realm.

It's no wonder that Ren Anran mentioned, "Once you attain enlightenment, you see your True Self; all the shackles of the past vanish like smoke."

Only then did the Yin-Yang School's Realm Technique, which had bound them, finally escape the risks of being uncontrollable and difficult to improve.

Zhang Xuezhou reached out and drew in Spiritual Qi, causing the Law Power within his body to continuously transform.

In the real world, what propelled him to achieve Divine Ability three times was the Poison Avoidance Instruction, not the Grain Avoidance Instruction.

He didn't have Spiritual Qi energy stored in his body, but Zhang Xuezhou discovered that his body seemed to have undergone another change.

He had previously used the Grain Avoidance Instruction to refine the origin of the world, but the hasty and indiscriminate refinement meant that Zhang Xuezhou did not feel any benefit. However, at present, he discovered the residual effects of refining the origin of the world.

As if the poison of 'Feng, Shui, Huo, and Tu' had been removed by the Poison Avoidance Technique, and the residual poison of the world's origin had been stripped away, Zhang Xuezhou felt his domain power constantly merging and growing.

He was aiming for Realm Technique, and the resulting change in his body's circulation was unaffected by any domain.

At this time, his domain had grown rapidly, and Zhang Xuezhou felt that the range of its influence had more than doubled compared to before.

The effects of the world's origin are so evident that the power of the Tiger Feather Domain is not surprising.