Chu Xuan lay on a soft velvet chair, introspecting his inner being. Over the boundless Sea of Qi, his small Nascent Soul sat quietly in ditation. Threads of Spiritual Qi, fine and slender, wound around the Nascent Soul, gradually enhancing its strength. The Nascent Soul, after all, was the ultimate condensation of Spiritual Qi.
At the mont of breaking the core to form the soul—the Nascent Soul—the soul had moved from the sea of consciousness into the Nascent Soul. This transition provided the soul with a more robust safeguard.
From then on, the Nascent Soul beca Chu Xuan's second life. Should his physical body perish, he could escape by releasing his Nascent Soul. As long as he found another body, he could rise anew.
"Currently, I lack a cultivation technique suitable for the Nascent Soul stage. Although my Nascent Soul is considerably strong, aside from teleportation, it hardly possesses any other abilities.
For now, I might as well continue to cultivate my physical body. After all, having reached the Nascent Soul stage, I've gained an additional five hundred years of life; there's no need to rush."
Chu Xuan quietly formulated his plan. Upon returning to Heavenly Sword City, he would seek an opportunity to acquire a Nascent Soul stage cultivation technique, thereby elevating his strength. Otherwise, he would remain as he was now—possessing great strength but lacking the skills to properly wield it.
It is said that brute force can break any spell, but only if the force reaches a truly terrifying level. Among cultivators of the sa realm, unless one is a prodigy among the common, the notion of brute force breaking all spells rarely holds. Without powerful spells, how could one compete against others?
"Immortal, Wang Zhenxu greets you! The Enlightennt Institute has made significant advancents!" A slightly familiar voice ca from the transmission jade hanging on the wall.
Chu Xuan raised an eyebrow and promptly cleared the mist, allowing Wang Zhenxu to enter.
Soon, Wang Zhenxu was kneeling before him. The chief of the Black Blade Council, now with a head full of white hair, seed spirited despite his age. His body was still robust, likely to last another fifty or sixty years. Indeed, Psionic cultivation had a much more profound effect on the physical body than Spiritual Qi.
Wang Zhenxu sneaked a glance at Chu Xuan, marveling inwardly. Decades had passed, many things had changed, but the immortal before him remained the sa as ever.
"Speak, what advancents has the Enlightennt Institute achieved?" Chu Xuan asked casually.
With great respect, Wang Zhenxu presented a stack of bound papers. "Immortal, this is a body-cultivation technique researched by Liu ng. He believes it might be of use to you."
Chu Xuan took the papers and browsed through them, genuinely surprised. Although the technique seed fantastical, a closer examination revealed its grounding in reality. This thod seed to combine the martial arts of this world.
Now Chu Xuan was at the thirty-first level of body refinent, possessing boundless and formidable strength. However, he still lacked the martial techniques to fully utilize this power.
While body cultivation thods were sowhat accessible, martial techniques for advanced body cultivators had long been lost to the sands of ti. Most techniques available in the market were only suitable for cultivators between the first and tenth levels of body refinent. Techniques for levels eleven to twenty were exceedingly rare.
Previously, when facing enemies, he had relied solely on his imnse physical strength, striking with simple and unadorned force—a true testant to the saying that brute strength can work miracles. Now, with this new martial technique, he had acquired another thod to defend himself.
"Does this technique have a na?" Chu Xuan asked with a smile.
Wang Zhenxu replied respectfully, "Liu ng believes that the honor of naming it should be yours, Immortal."
Chu Xuan nodded, smiling, "This fist technique is as swift as lightning and possesses boundless strength; let's call it the Great Extinguishing Thunder Fist."
Wang Zhenxu praised, "Worthy of an Immortal, such a powerful na!"
After a mont of thought, Chu Xuan added, "Within the Enlightennt Institute, we should establish divisions such as the Body Cultivation Institute and the Qi Cultivation Institute to focus specifically on researching body cultivation thods and qi cultivation thods respectively.
The Body Cultivation Institute could be further divided into a section for cultivation thods and another for martial techniques. Similarly, the Qi Cultivation Institute could be divided into a section for cultivation techniques and another for spells. Such categorization will ensure everyone can utilize their skills to the fullest.
Liu ng has made significant contributions this ti; according to the Enlightennt Institute's reward system, he should be comnded. Tell him to continue his research, as more rewards will co."
Chu Xuan produced a large blood pearl and handed it to Wang Zhenxu.
Wang Zhenxu nodded vigorously, "Yes, I will convey your ssage, Immortal."
Chu Xuan nodded and waved his hand, dismissing him.
As Wang Zhenxu left, Chu Xuan mused, "This Great Extinguishing Thunder Fist is indeed worth practicing. While the Qi cultivation research at the Enlightennt Institute has not been very fruitful, the results in body cultivation are quite impressive."
It was understandable. After all, Blue Star's Spiritual Qi was incredibly sparse. Psionic energy was most suited for body cultivation. It was a remarkable achievent for the Enlightennt Institute to develop martial techniques that far exceeded their own levels in such conditions.
Chu Xuan considered that, had Liu ng been on Mystic Azure Star during the golden age when powerful elixirs were plentiful, he might have been considered a top-tier prodigy, potentially creating nurous body cultivation thods that could be passed down through generations.
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In the blink of an eye, another five years had passed. Chu Xuan spent each day refining the Great Extinguishing Thunder Fist. His lungs worked like furnaces, his heart like an engine. With each inhalation, his chest would rise sharply; each exhalation could scorch vegetation with its heat.
Now, his body was muscled and his strength surged—his mastery of the fist technique was near perfection. While not yet at the ultimate level, he had certainly reached a state of great refinent.
"Eh, is Hu about to break through?" Chu Xuan sensed so unusual activity within the corpse tower, and joyfully, he imdiately released Hu.
He observed Hu's body, now densely covered in blood cocoons—a clear sign of an impending breakthrough to the Corpse King stage. Evidently, consuming the bodies of two Nascent Soul cultivators, Yun Zhongyu and Shangguan Hao, drastically accelerated Hu's growth.
Chu Xuan had originally planned to head to the outer domain battlefield. But with Hu's impending advancent, he decided to wait until after the breakthrough before departing.
As Hu was about to ascend, Chu Xuan suddenly sensed that his two life-bound gu insects were also showing signs of advancent. The Blood Steel Wire and the Blood Bee Queen had both ford cocoons, evidently influenced by his own ascension to the Nascent Soul stage. Such was the power of life-bound entities.
A year later, the blood cocoon around Hu shattered successfully. A towering figure over six ters tall burst forth from the cocoon, emitting an exhilarating roar towards the heavens. The sound was earth-shaking, audible even to the superhumans in surrounding cities.
However, for the superhumans at the Black Blade East Lake headquarters, such phenona had beco quite common. They knew the sound ca from the residence of the immortal, presumably just his beloved little pet. What was there to fear?
"Master!" Hu shrank his body and quickly transford into a two-ter-tall man. He dashed to Chu Xuan and knelt respectfully.
Chu Xuan nodded in approval, "Very good, very good. Take care of Long and Bao, and see that they too advance to the Corpse King realm soon."
"Yes!" Hu responded respectfully. Now as a Corpse King, his speech was smooth and fluent, no longer hesitant.
At that mont, the cocoons of the Blood Steel Wire and the Blood Bee Queen also shattered. The Blood Steel Wire erged affectionately from Chu Xuan's palm, and the Blood Bee Queen peeked out before shyly retreating back into her cocoon.
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