Jade Pot Island.
Jade Cover Mountain.
Chen Jichuan sat cross-legged in the cave mansion, channeling his mana.
Mana surged like a mighty river.
His Dantian was vast like the four seas.
All two hundred and six bones had been fully refined, breaking free from their shackles. Pure energy naturally arose, his body beca light and full, as if ascending to the Mysterious Realm.
The large apertures within his body stored mana, and when the apertures were full and spirit complete, the Qi ridian opened, bloodline solidified. Thus, this third stage of Qi Refinent, the ’Foundation Establishnt Realm,’ could also be called the ’ridian Opening Realm,’ ’Bloodline Realm,’ or ’Ancestor Realm.’
"Foundation Establishnt Realm."
"Qi Refinent Seventh Layer."
Chen Jichuan completely opened the first major aperture in his body, filled it with mana, and created the first Qi ridian before halting his cultivation.
Repeated practice.
He had long been skilled at this.
Even reaching late-stage Qi Refinent again didn’t stir his heart.
Late-stage Qi Refinent?
It was nothing special!
"With the Immortal Sect backing , and Secret Realms and treasured lands available for cultivation, this speed of progress truly can’t be rivaled by others."
After retreating from Refining Demon forty years ago, and cultivating hard for twenty years, Chen Jichuan advanced steadily. Before today, he had already reached Qi Refinent Sixth Layer, Core Formation Fifth Layer, and Night Travel Fourth Layer.
Such rapid progress.
Firstly, it relied on his previous cultivation experience.
Secondly, it depended on the various Pills he crafted himself.
Lastly, it benefited from the many Secret Realms controlled by the Nine Refinent Immortal Mansion.
"Immortal Dao and Life Dao should advance side by side."
"In fact."
"Because my Life Dao has already broken past the second order, the progress of its rebuilding should technically be faster."
"But due to the abundance of Secret Realms within Nine Refinent Immortal Mansion that assist Qi Refinent cultivators, my progress in Qi Refinent far outpaces that in Life Dao cultivation."
This clearly demonstrated the importance of Secret Realms controlled by the Immortal Sect for cultivators.
The forr, Immortal Dao, had already reached Qi Refinent Seventh Layer.
The latter, Life Dao, was still at Core Formation Fifth Layer.
The disparity was stark!
"The Immortal Sect is populous and powerful, its foundation deep—this is no coincidence."
"I should contemplate joining an Immortal Sect in Panlong Mountain, leveraging its resources for cultivation."
"Not just for myself."
"Also for Shaohe. Without ’Dao Fruit,’ his cultivation is even harder. Staying with at Fire Dragon Cave Market would likely only delay him."
In the past, I hadn’t considered this much.
But after entering this new world and joining the Nine Refinent Immortal Mansion, Chen Jichuan could personally experience the benefits of an Immortal Sect.
Previously, he believed his many secrets made him resistant to joining an Immortal Sect.
Now that mindset had finally shifted.
...
After so casual thoughts about real-world plans.
Imdiately.
Chen Jichuan stood up.
"Nine Refinent Immortal Mansion only has four high-level techniques, and among its mbers, there’s only Master Baiyun as a second-order True Person."
"It is far inferior to Heaven nding Sect."
Having now reached late-stage Qi Refinent, he already qualified to enter Heaven nding Sect.
Chen Jichuan had long desired to join Heaven nding Sect. Now, having reached late-stage Qi Refinent, he wasted no ti delegating matters on Jade Pot Island. Without delay, he soared into the sky, heading straight for Radiant Light Island.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Wind Thunder Wings erged behind him. With wind and thunder swirling, each flash carried him a hundred feet forward, far exceeding ordinary Qi Refinent Seventh Layer cultivators.
The altitude climbed continually, reaching forty miles above the ground.
At this height, there was hardly any water vapor, the sky was clear, and weather changes were rare. Phenona such as rain, snow, hail, frost, dew, clouds, and fog were almost absent. This ensured smooth flight without interference.
His speed was noticeably faster compared to flying close to the ground or at lower altitudes.
"A hundred and fifty ters per second."
"A speed of five hundred and forty kiloters per hour."
Chen Jichuan harnessed wind and thunder, calculating his speed as he executed the ’Little Four Nine Wind and Thunder Escape thod.’
One hundred and fifty ters per second.
It seed very fast.
But in reality, even high-speed trains in his previous life could reach speeds of two to three hundred kiloters per hour. Civil aviation aircraft typically had speeds of 900 kiloters per hour. Fighter jets could reach about 1200 kiloters per hour.
In comparison.
His current speed was still far from enough.
"But I am rely at Qi Refinent stage right now."
"If I were a second-order cultivator, my speed would certainly rival fighter jets."
"If I were a third-order or fourth-order cultivator, perhaps I could reach the first or second cosmic speed, breaking free from Earth’s gravitational pull, leaving the Earth and entering outer space."
Chen Jichuan gazed towards the heavens, aspiring and curious.
Curious whether the outer space of this cultivation world was the usual cosmos or held extraordinary mystery.
Above forty miles in altitude.
Clear skies, endless horizon.
With a wide view, Chen Jichuan maintained high-speed flight, relying more on the horizontal movent of air currents to conserve mana. This allowed him to keep himself in a state of ample mana, avoiding being caught off guard by danger en route.
Fortunately, this journey was uneventful.
On the fifth day, Crown Lion Mountain ca into sight.
...
"Immortal Master Dai."
"Brother Dai."
"Junior Brother Dai."
Chen Jichuan descended from his escape light outside the mountain gate, heading straight to Fanglan Valley.
Along the path.
Nurous disciples and Immortal Masters of Nine Refinent Immortal Mansion greeted Chen Jichuan, so deferentially, others cheerfully.
This wasn’t because Chen Jichuan had particularly good relationships.
In truth.
For forty years, he rarely returned to Crown Lion Mountain, rushing in and out every ti, and apart from a few senior brothers and sisters under Master Baiyun, he had little interaction with others.
Yet, being highly cultivated, strong, and exceptionally talented, progressing swiftly in cultivation, his future was undoubtedly limitless, so everyone sought to ingratiate themselves rather than offend him.
Being outstanding naturally draws admiration.
"Brother Wang."
"Junior Brother Zhang."
Chen Jichuan nodded to each one, responding with a smile.
During his walk.
Others chatted with Chen Jichuan casually, ntioning a recent event where he had gone to Fengchi Island and slew the ’Doom God.’ They complinted him sincerely.
After he left.
Behind his back, people still discussed—
"He’s advanced to late-stage Qi Refinent!"
"That makes sense. The ’Doom God’ possessed an ancient Magical Treasure and was himself at late-stage Qi Refinent. If Junior Brother Dai could slay him, his cultivation couldn’t possibly be low."
"Late-stage Qi Refinent!"
"Isn’t Junior Brother Dai not even a hundred years old yet? Looks like our Nine Refinent Immortal Mansion will soon produce another True Inheritor!"
Surprised and envious, they watched Chen Jichuan leave.
...
Fanglan Valley.
Chen Jichuan strode forward. As he arrived outside Master Baiyun’s cave mansion, voices could already be heard from inside.
"Disciple Dai Zong requests to et Teacher."
Standing outside the cave mansion.
Chen Jichuan bowed and spoke.
As soon as his voice fell, laughter erupted from within the cave mansion: "I was just talking about you, and here you co. Get in here quickly."
"Talking about ?"
Chen Jichuan’s mind stirred, and he walked into the cave mansion.
Inside.
He saw quite a few people gathered.
Senior Brother Zhu Qian.
Second Senior Brother Cao Wan.
Sixth Senior Sister Li Yunyuan.
These three were closest to Chen Jichuan, their interactions frequent over the years.
But apart from these three and Teacher Baiyun within the cave mansion, there were also a man and a woman cultivator, smiling as they looked at him.
Chen Jichuan took one look and deduced their identities.
At this mont.
Senior Brother Zhu Qian spoke, introducing them to Chen Jichuan: "You and Sixth Junior Sister joined later, so you haven’t t these two. They are True Inheritors from the upper echelon of Heaven nding Sect. This one is ’Cheng Beixuan,’ and this one is ’Xue Xiao,’ both renowned figures."
"Senior Brother always exaggerates."
Cheng Beixuan and Xue Xiao looked sowhat helpless at Zhu Qian’s introduction.
Cheng Beixuan turned to Chen Jichuan and said, "This must be the youngest junior brother Teacher has recently accepted, the ’Jade-faced Judge’ Dai Zong."
Xue Xiao also smiled and said, "Indeed, remarkably handso—’Jade-faced Judge’ lives up to the na!"
"Dai Zong greets Third Senior Brother and Fifth Senior Sister."
Upon hearing their titles, Chen Jichuan imdiately recognized their identities.
Under Master Baiyun, there were seven disciples.
Among them, the fourth disciple had passed away.
The third and fifth disciples were exceptionally talented, having attained late-stage Qi Refinent early, becoming True Inheritors of Heaven nding Sect.
In previous years, their fa across the Radiant Light Domain rivaled that of Chen Jichuan, the ’Jade-faced Judge.’ When Chen Jichuan joined Nine Refinent Immortal Mansion, he had often heard stories of these two.
Now upon eting them.
Cheng Beixuan had already reached Qi Refinent Tenth Layer.
Xue Xiao was at Qi Refinent Ninth Layer.
"The two advanced to late-stage Qi Refinent at seventy-two and seventy-six years old respectively—the forr has been with Heaven nding Sect for eighty-four years, the latter for seventy-seven years."
"They’ve both cultivated well."
Chen Jichuan secretly used the ’Insight Skill’ to examine them, noting their age and cultivation silently.
One was a Qi Refinent Tenth Layer cultivator at one hundred fifty-six years old.
One was a Qi Refinent Ninth Layer cultivator at one hundred fifty-three years old.
Both had good potential to advance to second-order in this lifeti.
However.
Chen Jichuan, having lived through it, understood the difficulty of reaching the second order.
From the Nine Refinent Immortal Mansion perspective, during Master Baiyun’s several hundred-year rule over Crown Lion Mountain, including Cheng Beixuan and Xue Xiao, a total of eleven True Inheritors had erged. Among them, seven were either deceased or aged out, leaving only four active.
None of the deceased or living had advanced to second-order.
During Master Baiyun’s lifeti, if Nine Refinent Immortal Mansion failed to produce a second-order True Person, the sect would either face decline or have a True Person parachuted in from Heaven nding Sect to take over leadership.
Originally.
Master Baiyun had pinned his hopes on Cheng Beixuan and Xue Xiao.
But now—
"Seventh disciple."
"You’ve reached late-stage Qi Refinent?!"
As Chen Jichuan exchanged pleasantries with his senior brothers and sisters, Master Baiyun’s gaze fixed upon him, his eyes blazing, his expression brimming with joy.
"Late-stage Qi Refinent?"
"Junior Brother—"
Zhu Qian and Cheng Beixuan abruptly turned to stare at Chen Jichuan.
"Just recently broke through."
"I was about to report to Teacher."
Chen Jichuan answered directly, addressing Master Baiyun.
"Truly broke through?"
"Junior Brother is only—"
"Only sixty-eight years old!"
"By the heavens, wasn’t Third Senior Brother seventy-two years old when he advanced to late-stage Qi Refinent?"
"Indeed. Third Senior Brother at seventy-two, and Fifth Senior Sister at seventy-seven."
"Splendid! Looks like our Nine Refinent Immortal Mansion will soon produce another True Inheritor!"
Zhu Qian, Xue Xiao, and others stared at Chen Jichuan in astonishnt and delight.
Being under Master Baiyun’s tutelage, they were naturally close. Seeing Chen Jichuan achieve a breakthrough and ensure a bright future cheered them imnsely.
"Good!"
"Marvelous!"
Master Baiyun also exclaid repeatedly with joy.
He thoroughly understood Chen Jichuan’s potential—
Although he advanced to Core Formation at twenty-one years old.
In reality, it wasn’t until twenty-eight that he began actual Qi Refinent cultivation.
aning he achieved late-stage Qi Refinent in just forty years!
Such talent was truly remarkable.
Moreover, not only was this disciple extraordinarily gifted in cultivation, but also in Alchemy and Artifact Refining, displaying exceptional aptitude. Over the years, he had delved into Nine Refinent Immortal Mansion’s related texts and had already begun crafting second-order Spirit Pills and second-order Magical Treasures.
"Sixty-eight years old at Qi Refinent Seventh Layer."
"Sixty-eight years old as a second-order Alchemist."
"Sixty-eight years old as a second-order Artifact Refiner."
Master Baiyun’s heart surged with passion: "Looks like our Nine Refinent Immortal Mansion will finally produce an unparalleled prodigy!"
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