Chapter 114: Situation

  "Ah!"

  Qin Tianyi breathed a soft sigh of relief as he turned his head to gaze at the sunset that had completely dipped below the horizon, feeling a weight lift off his shoulders.

  "Finally climbed up before it got completely dark."

  During the climb, Qin Tianyi's entire body was mobilized, especially his spirit. He had to stimulate blood circulation in his body, activate the movement of his true yuan, and pay attention to subtle changes during the climbing process. Even though his spiritual energy had reached 2.7, after reaching the sixth platform, he still felt a sense of fatigue emanating from deep within him.

  "Time was too rushed, an hour from the fifth floor to the sixth floor, almost no good rest, if in between can rest a bit, it would not be so tired."

  After panting for a moment, Qin Tianyi looked at this empty platform and found it unexpectedly peaceful.

  The only regret is that the heaven and earth aura here is not much thicker than the outside world, otherwise, he can quietly cultivate here without worrying about being disturbed.

  "If my guess is correct... the unity of essence, spirit and vitality, condensing the golden elixir, is actually casting a spiritual instrument with Qi repair as its main function!"

  With this guess, Qin Tianyi quickly came to the stone wall filled with cultivation insights and reached out to touch the stone wall.

  Half an hour later, Qin Tianyi withdrew his right hand.

  "Refining essence to transform into energy, refining energy to transform into spirit... In the Federal World, there is also a related theory, however, in the Federal World, transforming into spirit is the ultimate form of this transformation method. Essence and energy are both serving the purpose of refining the spirit, therefore, that world has developed a spiritual cultivation system for Spiritual Ability Holders who specialize in spiritual refinement. The Golden Elixir Condensation Method... takes energy as the main focus, with spirit as the auxiliary, and all aspects including spirit, essence, and blood must be condensed into the True Origin to transform into the Golden Elixir."

  Everything on the stone wall has confirmed Qin Tianyi's conjecture.

  Jīndān is indeed a congenital spiritual instrument, an instrument that does not possess the kind of changes found in other spiritual instruments, but rather serves as their foundation and source.

  Any spiritual tool, any sword technique, and any means all require this "spiritual tool" to catalyze.

  "Refine the essence, nourish the true origin, spirit, merge into the true origin, making the true origin exist as the main body of the three... On the contrary, if I want to take the spiritual way as the main practice, can I also use the essence and energy to nourish the soul, making the soul increasingly strong, finally... possess all kinds of real spiritual powers."

  Qin Tianji pondered, his mind racing, as Number Two had already detailed the analysis of the changes in the Heavenly Man Boundary from the Wan Sheng Chao Yue Secret Technique.

  "The Primordial Spirit, the cultivators of the Spiritual Path also have a 'Spiritual Instrument' similar to the Golden Elixir of the Qi Refining Cultivators, that is, the Primordial Spirit! And it's only after reaching the Primordial Spirit realm that the Spiritual Path cultivators truly possess terrifying power, and thus have the qualification to formally communicate with the Qi Refining Cultivators... Unfortunately, the path of spiritual cultivation is too long, most people will choose to cultivate the Golden Elixir... And once the Golden Elixir is formed, even if they later discover the divine transformations of the Spiritual Path, they won't be willing to abandon the Golden Elixir and restart cultivating the Spiritual Path... From ancient times to the present, how many people have actually achieved the Primordial Spirit?"

  Qin Tianyi summarized the pros and cons of the two related techniques, and couldn't help but sigh.

  In fact, the Way of Gods is not weak, but this world has a suppressive effect on cultivators of the Way of Gods. This suppression, judging from Qin Tianyi's current understanding, is obviously not simply due to automatic power, and there are other unknown factors at play.

  If placed in the federal world, this world's sensory period has already possessed the ability to shock ordinary people, hypnotize ordinary people, and manipulate ordinary people, with self-preservation power. As a result, cultivators will naturally gradually increase, and it won't be difficult for them to advance alongside Qi Dao cultivation in the long run.

  "When I reached the third stage of the Great Sword Master, I had to face a choice: whether to take True Essence as the main and Spirit as the auxiliary, condensing into a Golden Elixir, or to take Spirit as the main and True Essence as the auxiliary, coalescing into a Primordial Spirit."

  Qin Tianyi nodded and took a glance at the world outside the platform.

  Shenxu Shengshan was once a mountain peak where a strong contender for the throne lived. Even at night, many places were brightly lit, and some places used special artifacts to condense daylight, releasing it at night, like a small sun, with a brilliant light that seemed to stretch for miles. Amidst this, one could faintly see a shadow of the Federal World.

  "Whether it's the Avenue of Air or the Avenue of Spirit, both are roads to the pinnacle. Why bother getting entangled in this? For now, whether it's refining the Golden Elixir or condensing the Primordial Spirit, both are still too early for me. When that day truly arrives, my horizons will broaden and my knowledge will be vast, and I'll naturally have a more precise view. By then, making up my mind won't be late."

  Thinking of this, Qin Tianyi closed his eyes and began to recover the spiritual energy he had consumed that day.

  The evening passed quickly.

  When he felt that his spirit, energy and physique had all reached their peak, Qin Tianqi stood up from the platform, looking at the seven-layered platform above.

  "In the middle of the Sensing period, corresponding to the Great Sword Master realm, the Sky Sword Master. Corresponding to the late Sensing period, my current realm is not yet at the late Sensing period, but in terms of spiritual intensity, I have already far surpassed the spiritual level of a Sensing period cultivator."

  Thinking of this, Qin Tianyi has already stepped out of the platform and headed straight for the seventh floor to climb.

  However, as he stepped out of the platform and began to climb upwards, a terrifying aura suddenly descended from the summit.

  Compared to the previous two, this wave of oppression contained a power that combined essence, energy, and spirit as one. It was as if it had undergone some kind of transformation, not only targeting Qin Tianyi's body, blood, and true yuan, but also his soul. With just one impact, Qin Tianyi's spiritual world was already shaken.

  At this level of shock, with his 2.7 spiritual magnitude, condensing it would normally be able to withstand it, but his spirit is not just used to stimulate the flow of blood and energy, he also needs to separate a part to drive the true yuan, only one-third of which truly remains in the spiritual world. This momentum was impacted, and the spiritual world immediately became unstable, also affecting his control over his own blood and energy, as well as his true yuan, greatly reduced.

  Without any hesitation, Qin Tianyi had already retreated back onto the platform, his expression somewhat solemn.

  "I never truly grasped the subtlety of refining blood, qi and spirit to merge into one, nor did I comprehend any of the mysteries of the fifth or sixth layers. Instead, I relied on clever tricks to climb up, otherwise, if I had grasped even a single mystery, I could have used a third of my spiritual energy to withstand this oppressive aura. But now...this method of taking shortcuts has also reached its limit."

  Qin Tianyi shook his head, he understood that with his current state, he couldn't withstand the might of the mountain top descending upon him. He didn't think much more about it and looked at the location of the fifth layer platform, already planning to go down along this position.

  From top to bottom, it's easier because there are platforms as rest points.

  However, just as Qin Tianyi was about to head down to the fifth floor, his footsteps suddenly stopped: "Wait a minute, that aura earlier wasn't just targeting my physical body, but also my mind. Just one touch and it's already made my mind unstable. But at the same time, I can feel that the spiritual pressure contained within isn't strong, at most equivalent to a spiritual energy of 1.5. How could a spiritual energy of 1.5 possibly achieve this kind of spiritual impact similar to a secret technique by releasing their spirit externally?"

  The greatest attack method of the Spirit User, Spiritual Secret Technique, has become completely useless in this world. As long as the opponent has a bit of defensive awareness, it is impossible to cause any actual effect.

  But amidst this seemingly crushing momentum, Qin Tianyi seemed to have seen a new glimmer of hope.

  The spiritual impact mixed in this momentum, with a spiritual degree of 1.5, can be achieved, but the shock it causes almost makes Qin Tianyi, this sword master's spirit unstable, perhaps because he was distracted and used too much of his mind, but what if he were to use this spiritual secret technique with his spiritual degree of 2.7?

  At this point, a sharp light flashed in Qin Tianyi's eyes, and the next moment, he continued to climb towards the direction of the seventh floor.

  "Boom!"

  Just as he was about to climb to the top of the mountain, that momentum struck down again, and soon, Qin Tianyi was forced back to the sixth layer platform.

  "The fundamental of aura comes from a cultivator's essence, energy and spirit. Essence is the momentum of blood and energy, like a massive object that can exert great pressure just by its physical presence. Energy refers to the true energy, the majestic and powerful energy that even includes the momentum of heaven and earth. Spirit is the manifestation of a cultivator's mind, and the strength or weakness of their will determines how much power this aura can unleash. Often, two people with equal strength may have different outcomes because one has a desperate heart while the other is timid and weak. This is because the latter's spirit was intimidated, which is one way that spirit manifests itself. Now, this aura in front of me combines essence, energy and spirit, targeting my blood and energy, true yuan, and spirit... If I can also condense my own essence, energy and spirit into an aura to counterattack..."

  At this thought, Qin Tianyi's pupils lit up quickly.

  "The aura, although it is a power that only the strong can wield, obviously cannot be the full extent of a strong emperor's might, not even a fraction of it. After all, the purpose of the Emperor's Peak is to benefit the students of the Divine Void Academy, to temper them, and every year, students are sent to the Divine Void Sect once a year. In just one year, no matter how terrifying the genius, it's impossible to advance to the rank of Great Swordmaster. Therefore, the aura above will not exceed this limit... This gives me an opportunity, my divine sense has already reached the level of a Sky Swordmaster, although my vital energy is slightly weaker, I can make up for it with my divine sense... Three aspects evenly distributed, three aspects combined... Using the Spiritual Secret Technique to stimulate one's own qi and blood, true yuan condenses into a precise aura, then using this aura to support the spirit, forming a spiritual secret technique. Once successful... perhaps, it may not be able to reach the level of power as the aura before my eyes..."

  At this point, Qin Tianyi had already stepped forward again, meeting the momentum above his head and moving against it.