Chapter 3 Cultivation Advancement

  As the Yuanling liquid entered his stomach, Gu Chen only felt a refreshing air rising from his abdomen and rushing straight to his damaged internal organs. Gu Chen sat down on the ground, controlling the weak true energy inside his body, guiding the spiritual medicine to treat his injured internal organs.

  Gu Yang only had the boundary of the fifth layer of Houtian, and Pan Shi Zhang was just an ordinary technique. Gu Chen was only at the second layer of Houtian, but Gu Yang's full-strength blow landed right on Gu Chen's heart, causing him to suffer a fatal injury in one move.

  The healing effect of the spiritual liquid is more than a hundred times that of ordinary medicine. The ancient family's wound-healing sacred medicine is the ultimate in ordinary medicine, and it takes at least half a month to treat Gu Chen's injuries. However, the Yuanyuan Lingyao practiced by Gu Chen healed all his wounds in just half an hour.

  Although his wound had healed, Gu Chen still sat cross-legged, continuing to cultivate and refine his medicinal power.

  Jade Essence Liquid is a healing holy product, also a spiritual holy medicine. It heals Gu Chen's injuries. The liquid he just consumed has only been depleted by about half, and the other half has transformed into a powerful spiritual energy swirling inside Gu Chen's body. What Gu Chen is doing now is to refine this spiritual energy, convert it into his own true energy, strengthen his muscles and skin, and improve his cultivation level.

  Xiu Zhen is divided into seven realms: Houtian, Xiantian, Shenhai, Mingspring, Duoxu, Tianjie, and Zhenshen.

  The acquired state is the beginning of refining truth, practicing tendons and bones, strengthening skin and flesh, increasing strength. Every time you upgrade a level, your strength increases by one dan, one dan equals 100 catties. The acquired state is divided into nine levels, and when you practice to the ninth level, you can reach the strength of nine dans. The method of refining truth mainly focuses on practicing the body.

  Congenital boundary practice breathing, strengthening internal organs, the true energy inside the body is transformed into congenital true energy. With each upgrade of a level, the power increases by one tiger's strength, and one tiger equals ten stone's strength, which is 1,000 catties. The congenital is divided into nine levels. The biggest difference between congenital and acquired is not the rapid growth of power, but that the congenital true energy has approached magical power, can be used to practice and refine magical instruments, can ride on instruments and travel through the air, traveling thousands of miles in a day. A practitioner who reaches the congenital boundary is called a low-ranking practitioner, considered a true cultivator.

  The Divine Sea Boundary is divided into four levels: Building the Fetus, Summoning the Soul, Cultivating the Origin, and Golden Elixir. Each time a level is upgraded, one dragon's power increases, equivalent to ten tigers' power of 10,000 catties.

  When a cultivator reaches the Divine Sea Realm, their innate true energy transforms into magical power, allowing them to refine and create magical treasures. Their might is unfathomable, their magical power boundless. With their magical treasure, they can fly through the air, traveling thousands of miles in a single day. Cultivators who reach the Divine Sea Realm are known as mid-tier cultivators or immortal practitioners, only one step away from ascending to immortality.

  The Spring of Life is divided into four levels: Lingyin, Duoshe, Yuanshen and Mingkong. Each time a level is upgraded, the power of ten dragons is increased, and the lifespan is extended by 129.6 years.

  When a master reaches the realm of the fountain of life, he must understand the cycle of birth and death, transform the spiritual sea into a fountain of life that can prolong life, cultivate his soul into a tangible object in the fountain of life, a living spirit infant. The soul can leave the body, possess another body, the original spirit is indestructible, life cannot be extinguished, even if the physical body is destroyed, it can be reborn by possessing another body. It has the ability to move mountains and seas, and is called a high-ranking master or human immortal, meaning the ultimate achievement of spiritual cultivation.

  Mingquan Realm cultivators are already the strongest high-level cultivators on the ancient desolate continent, and those who reach Mingquan Realm can be counted on one's fingers.

  In his past life, Gu Chen had reached the level of Mingyuan period in his cultivation, and was already one of the top great masters on the ancient desolate continent.

  As for the three realms of Du Xū, Tiān Jié and Zhēn Xiān, they belong to the realm of immortals.

  The ancient desolate continent has never had a true immortal since ancient times. Whether the ultimate true immortal is the end point of cultivation or a new starting point, no one knows.

  The immortals of the Tianjie realm defy heaven's will, contending with fate, and are called Tianshen, also known as Jinxian, or Xuanshen. They only exist in ancient legends, to the point where even the names for these immortals vary across different stories, splitting them into three categories: Tianshen, Jinxian, and Xuanshen. Whether these ancient legends are mere human fabrications or if such fate-defying immortals truly exist is a topic of debate among cultivators, with each side holding their own views.

  The immortal who has crossed the void realm has comprehended the Tao, is one with heaven and earth, and is called a terrestrial immortal. It is said that Tian Chan Dashi, the abbot of Tian Chan Sect, one of the three great sacred places of ancient times, and Di Qingchun, the emperor of Bai Sheng Ge, another of the three great sacred places, have both entered the void realm, known as terrestrial immortals, and are now the two most powerful cultivators on the ancient desolate continent.

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  The spiritual energy was slowly refined into his own true energy by Gu Chen, transmitted through the meridians to every part of his body, tendons and flesh, constantly tempering them. The true energy in Gu Chen's body was quite weak, and the healing spiritual liquid that healed Gu Chen's wounds had already consumed half of it. Although the remaining spiritual energy felt strong to Gu Chen, there actually wasn't much left.

  Gǔ Chén only had the cultivation of the second layer of the day after tomorrow, and the speed of practicing and transforming spiritual energy was quite slow. However, as the true energy in his body increased, it gradually reached all parts of his body, including his four limbs and eight meridians. Gǔ Chén clearly felt that his tendons, bones, skin, and flesh were becoming stronger, and his strength was increasing.

  Suddenly, like a flood bursting through the dam, a smooth feeling burst out from Guchen's heart and instantly spread throughout his body. Guchen felt that his whole body was warm and comfortable, as if he were soaking in a spiritual spring.

  The day after tomorrow three layers...

  Gu Chen's eyes lit up, and under the impact of that spiritual energy, his cultivation actually improved by one level in just this short moment, reaching the third layer of the Post-Heaven stage.

  Although he had expected it, the improvement in his cultivation level still brought out an inexplicable sense of surprise in Gu Chen's heart.

  In this life, he has the Supreme Law Decision in his possession, and there are many techniques in his heart that can quickly improve his cultivation in different realms. Coupled with the identity of a Dan Medicine Master, he will surely rise to prominence in the Cultivation Realm, and the regrets of his past life will never happen again in this life.

  A surge of unprecedented confidence burst forth from Gu Chen's heart, this life

  Who dares to be unscrupulous towards Gu's family, kill...

  Who dares to be unfilial to his father and kill...

  Who dares to be disrespectful to their master, kill...

  Who dares to be disrespectful to Shifu's sister, kill...

  Even if Gu Huang has a rare and unparalleled genius who hides his true abilities for thousands of years, Gu Chen still has absolute confidence: kill him.

  Gu Chen suddenly stood up, and his cultivation rose from the second layer of the Post-Heaven to the third layer. He felt that his whole body was filled with power, but he had nowhere to vent it.

  He picked up the strong bow on the wall, and with one pull, he pulled the strong bow into a full moon shape. He let go, and then again used force to pull the strong bow into a full moon shape. If repeated, he had pulled it more than twenty times before feeling any fatigue, and then hung the strong bow back on the wall.

  This is a two-stone-force paulownia bow. In the past, when Gu Chen was in the second layer of the Post-Heaven realm, he only had two stones of force and could barely pull this paulownia bow open five times with all his might. Now, he pulled it open more than twenty times in one breath. Although his strength has only increased by one stone of force, the number of times he can pull the bow has increased by nearly fivefold.

  He put down the strong bow, Gu Chen felt that his strength was not exhausted, and he immediately walked out of the room and started a set of fist techniques in the courtyard. It could be seen that Gu Chen's fists were wide open, his eyes were staring, and every punch had an unstoppable momentum, as if the god of war had arrived.

  This set of fist techniques is the Buddhist Mahayana Vajra Fist, which is the most effective technique in the post-heavenly realm among all Taoist and Buddhist sects. Although the Ding Tian Jue is a supreme technique, the Tai Xu Gong is a sacred place for Taoists, while Buddhists cultivate their physical bodies to become strong, calling themselves Buddhas, using their own strength to transcend heaven and earth.

  Buddhism and Taoism, one emphasizes the external, the other internal. In terms of post-heavenly realms, Buddhism focuses on physical practice, making it superior to Taoist methods. However, in the later stages of spiritual cultivation, Taoist practices can surpass Buddhist ones, earning the name "Supreme Ultimate Decision". In contrast, during the early stages of spiritual cultivation, Taoist practices are inferior to Buddhist ones.

  In his past life, he was a high-ranking Grandmaster in the Realm of Life Spring, and also a master alchemist. He had obtained countless cultivation techniques from the Postnatal Realm to the Realm of Life Spring, many of which were top-notch techniques in their respective realms. Now, he didn't have to worry about not having any techniques to cultivate.

  Vajra Subduing Evil Spirits, Vajra Iron Head Collision, Vajra Elbow Strike, Vajra Taming the Dragon, Vajra Furious Eyes...

  Gu Zhen finished a set of powerful Diamond Fist, already drenched in sweat, as if he had just crawled out of the water. His entire body's muscles were sore, and the whole set of powerful Diamond Fist exercises had worked every muscle and bone in his body.

  After taking a bath and changing into clean clothes, Gu Chen was already refreshed and invigorated.

  The day after tomorrow, the three layers are again behind, and the four, five, and six layers belong to the middle of the acquired boundary. The difficulty is much greater than the previous three layers. The spiritual liquid made from spiritual medicine over 50 years old has little effect on the promotion of the boundary, and it must be a spiritual medicine over 100 years old.

  Gu Chen planned to go to the city market to take a look and buy some spiritual medicine back. Now that his injury had healed, he couldn't let his father run errands for him anymore.

  Gu Chen bid farewell to his father and left the yard. Gu Cang saw that Gu Chen had indeed recovered, and was overjoyed about the heavenly connection he had made with Gu Chen in his dream. He didn't say much, only reminding Gu Chen to be more tolerant when meeting the young masters of the Gu family, so as not to have any more conflicts with them.

  Gu Chen was also a 500-year-old man, his vision was across the entire ancient wilderness continent. He couldn't talk about any resentment towards these young masters of the ancient families, because they didn't even exist in Gu Chen's eyes. If he were to consider them as his opponents, it would be beneath him.

  But some things aren't that easy to avoid, Gu Chen just wanted to go to the market to buy some spiritual medicine, but before he even left the Gu family's courtyard, he ran into five or six young men from the Gu family, one of whom was Gu Yang, who had severely injured him during the clan trials.

  "Stop right there, you piece of trash." Gu Chen didn't even glance at them with his eyes, quietly walking away, when Gu Yang's angry voice came over.

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