Mynovel Chapter 373 - 237: Ascending to the 11th Realm, Ascension to Immortality, The Reflection in Mr. Qi’s Jade Hairpin, The Truth Behind the Demoness Case
Chapter 373 - 237: Ascending to the 11th Realm, Ascension to Immortality, The Reflection in Mr. Qi’s Jade Hairpin, The Truth Behind the Demoness Case
Lu Mingyuan stared at the dazzling golden title of the Fate Grid before him.
True Dragon Emperor.
He felt a little dazed. For the first time, he had the distinct feeling that he had left the Cold Palace long ago.
The signs were there all along.
A hidden dragon in the abyss is destined to soar to the nine heavens.
Today, the Hidden Dragon was no longer dormant. It had absorbed enough Dragon Fortune to escape the abyss and become a true dragon in its own right.
With his greatest threat, Lu Yunqing, now dead, the Nine Dragons Struggle for the Throne had finally come to an end.
He hadn’t even felt this way when he ascended to the position of Crown Prince.
It wasn’t until Lu Yunqing died and his "Trapped Dragon in the Abyss" Fate Grid transformed.
Only then did Lu Mingyuan feel a sense of victory.
This Fate Grid was telling him that he was the sole victor, the one who had truly received the Celestial Mandate.
Lu Mingyuan clenched the letter in his hand. He suddenly realized that Lu Yunqing’s Confucian Dao Fortune was still surging into his body without pause.
The Vajra Realm wasn’t the end.
The bottleneck to the Tenth Realm was showing signs of loosening.
"There’s no time to lose. I should use this opportunity to refine the insights from my first life’s reincarnation. My cultivation might see a huge improvement," Lu Mingyuan murmured.
Without hesitation, he quickly sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes.
’In my first life within the Grand Thousand Canglan Map, I must have cultivated beyond the Twelfth Realm. If I merge the memories and Dao insights from that life now, my understanding of various cultivation techniques will surely reach a new level.’ No longer dwelling on it, Lu Mingyuan immediately took action.
As he undid the seal on his first life’s memories, a torrent of memories and Dao insights washed over him like a tidal wave.
When he had emerged from seclusion, the sheer volume of memories he received in that instant was too overwhelming, so Senior Sui Yuqing had temporarily sealed most of them away.
Now that he needed to break through to the next realm, these memories were exactly what he required.
As the chains of the seal broke away one by one, numerous scenes flooded Lu Mingyuan’s mind.
In his first life, Lu Mingyuan had started as a common refugee. He became a foot soldier and gradually rose to become the National Martial Saint. He and Yun Qinghe had shared many experiences, many of them life-or-death struggles.
His talent in that first life had been immense, allowing him to cultivate the Martial Dao with incredible efficiency. The insights and experiences from the First Realm to the Tenth Realm, which he had previously overlooked, were all exceedingly precious now and could perfectly compensate for his current deficiencies.
Among the memories was the scene of him breaking through to the Eleventh Realm.
He had followed the Grand Ancestor of Great Yan on campaigns across the land, searching everywhere for Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects. Finally, in a Grotto Heaven, he found the place where an Arhat had once fallen. There, he discovered the Bitter Sea Dao Lotus the Arhat had left behind. With this item, he broke through to the Eleventh Realm in a single stroke.
The key to breaking through to the Eleventh Realm was to temper one’s Dharma Body, consolidate the Great Dao, and harness the Power of Heaven and Earth.
For a Vajra Realm Martial Artist, after opening all the acupoints in their body, their flesh body is already approaching perfection.
Once the Sea Gazing Acupoint between the eyebrows reaches Great Success, a Martial Artist must use immense Spiritual Power to break through their body’s Xuan Pass and resonate with the world. Their Qi Sea Dantian will then form the "Heaven and Earth Bridge."
Guiding the Power of Heaven and Earth into the body is the mark of the Feather Transformation Realm.
Upon reaching the Feather Transformation Realm, one can mobilize a small amount of the Power of Heaven and Earth. This allows them to hover in the air and ride the wind, granting them flight capabilities comparable to an Earth Immortal.
Those in the Feather Transformation Realm can absorb and expel the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi corresponding to their own acupoints. They use this to condense the acupoints related to their Dharma Aspect, thereby giving it physical form.
An Eleventh Realm Martial Artist can command the Power of Heaven and Earth with every movement. They can alter the weather, summon wind and rain, fly through the sky, and burrow through the earth. A full-power strike can devastate an area with a radius of a hundred li. As their Dharma Aspect solidifies, the amount of worldly power they can command increases, making them akin to a demigod.
The practical effect is the same as the Dharma Aspect nurtured by Qi Cultivators.
The only difference is that Qi Cultivators project their Nascent Soul via their Primordial Spirit, refining it into their Dharma Body.
Lu Mingyuan reviewed all the experiences of his first life one more time. After browsing through them, he couldn’t help but sigh with emotion.
’If the Lu Yunqing of this life had been able to let go of his obsession with the Emperor’s Throne, perhaps he wouldn’t have died by my hand.’
Their grievances had been entangled for decades, and much had happened. Interspersed with these were memories of his own diligent study of the Martial Dao.
Breaking through to the Eleventh Realm this time was like doing something for the second time—the first time is practice, the second time is mastery.
He already knew all the steps by heart. The process was foolproof; he just needed to go through it one more time.
The Feather Transformation Realm was beckoning.
After fusing the memories and Dao insights from his first life, Lu Mingyuan’s Fist Technique, Palm Technique, Saber Technique, and Sea of Consciousness Spiritual Power had all improved to varying degrees.
Both his Great Wilderness Mountain-Shaking Fist and Desolate Dragon Elephant Force reached a more profound state of the Perfection Realm, erupting with even greater power.
The Black Tortoise Breathing Method and the Thunder Prison Saber Scripture, the two cultivation techniques Zhao Xuanwu had taught him, were now approaching Perfection.
He had achieved Great Success in their final Chapters: the Divinity Transformation Chapter and the Returning to Purity Chapter, respectively.
With his current breathing technique, Lu Mingyuan could kill a Vajra Realm Martial Artist in a single breath. He could even stop the flow of a great river with a turn of his hand.
With his Thunder Prison Sword Qi at the realm of Returning to the Essence, he could shatter a mountain peak with a finger flick and slay a Nascent Soul cultivator with a wave of his hand.
In terms of saber techniques, he had honed his Sword Intent to an extremely high level. Of course, he was still some distance from the state of Perfection.
Although Martial Artists weren’t skilled at Refining Spirit, his Sea of Consciousness Spiritual Power had still made some progress. Every little bit helps, as they say.
’Fusing the memories and Saint Dao Insights from my first life has resulted in a qualitative leap in my combat skills. The benefits of this Grand Thousand Canglan Map for a cultivator are truly immense.’
In just a quarter of an hour, Lu Mingyuan felt as though he had lived through another cycle of reincarnation.
The hundreds of years of insights into saber techniques, martial arts, and divine techniques he had gained as the National Martial Saint in his first life were a priceless treasure.