Douluo: Law of Heaven and Earth

Chapter 999 Redefining Cultivation Realms
After the punch, both of them staggered backward and leaped into the air, transforming into two streaks of light. As they collided, white halos spread and the sound waves rolled, almost echoing throughout the entire Star Dou Great Forest.

Who do you think will win?

Zhou Qing asked Tang San, "Xiao Wu? Or Romantina?"

"Romantina, perhaps."

Tang San did not hesitate.

Although Romantina is restricted from using soul skills and weapons, her physical strength is not bad—powerful mental strength also requires a strong body to bear it.

Admittedly, in terms of physical strength, Romantina is still slightly inferior to Xiao Wu. However, Romantina has extremely strong calculation ability and is assisted by eight sub-consciousnesses. Especially under the control of Na Liu, before her main consciousness can react, the sub-consciousnesses may take control of her body to fight first.

Xiao Wu had only recently opened her inner realm, and although she had experienced some of her abilities with Zhou Qing, it would take her time to truly master them on her own.

Therefore, her chances of winning are slim.

However, we also need to rule out another possibility: that Romantina made a mistake during the fight, wanting to "enjoy" being beaten up a little more...

"I think so too." Zhou Qing's thoughts were similar to Tang San's. As long as Romantina didn't deliberately "enjoy" it, the chances of her losing to Xiao Wu were extremely small.

"Speaking of which, perhaps we can redefine cultivation."

Afterwards, while watching the two people collide in the sky, Zhou Qing talked about the new definition of the cultivation system, "Soul power is the source of power for us to use skills and continuously evolve our own life level, but after establishing the inner vision of the human body, soul power becomes a relatively pure energy source."

If we compare a person to a soul tool, the cultivation of an ordinary soul master is to continuously add the functions that the soul tool should have, as well as expand the capacity of the soul pool that stores soul power.

Our cultivation focuses on perfecting the structure of the soul tool, while simultaneously integrating the soul pool with the core soul tool array within, establishing a system capable of autonomous growth.

Tang San asked, "How is it defined?"

"The most basic meditation method's human meridian diagram simply uses the Ren and Du meridians as the basis for circulating soul power to form a cycle, which is called the Small Heavenly Circuit."

Zhou Qing said, "This realm includes the cultivation between Soul Warrior and Great Soul Master. When a Soul Master reaches the Soul Venerable realm, because their body is fully developed and they have also cultivated and transferred Soul Power, their mental power is enhanced. They can perceive more meridians in their body and control Soul Power to circulate and connect them. When Soul Power and Qi and Blood have all passed through the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and the Twelve Regular Meridians to form a cycle, it is the Great Circulation."

After that, the next step is to establish the Martial Cauldron and Soul Furnace, which can be divided into two steps: repairing the Martial Cauldron and establishing the Soul Furnace.

The Cultivation Cauldron uses a specific method of soul power circulation to stimulate the meridians and activate the spatial power brought about by the fragments of the Soul Palace that are integrated into the Eight Extraordinary Meridians when the Martial Soul awakens.

The Soul-Establishing Furnace uses the power of Qi and blood to circulate the twelve meridians, combining it with the power of space to stabilize the activated spatial power.

At this point, the quality of one's Martial Soul will no longer be the fundamental limitation to a Soul Master's cultivation talent; as long as one understands the method of reverse cultivation, the quality of their Martial Soul can be improved.

Tang San laughed and said, "When we first established the Martial Cauldron and Soul Furnace, we didn't have such detailed divisions."

“After all, you have the Mysterious Heaven Skill, and my Martial Soul is of the highest grade, so it’s much easier for you.” Zhou Qing also sighed, “The others don’t have our advantages. Even if they know the system, without the corresponding knowledge, it would take them a lot of time to figure it out.”

Afterwards, Zhou Qing talked about the next realm: "After constructing the Martial Cauldron Soul Furnace, the next realm is what I call the control of fire."

Cultivation is not simply about making soul power circulate in the body at a constant speed. It requires constant attention to changes in the external environment and continuous adjustment of the speed and frequency of soul power circulation so that one is in the best state in any environment.

Reaching this level can also help Soul Masters perceive the existence of 'aura'.

However, to control the power of aura, one must first possess conviction; otherwise, it's merely a matter of perception. Tang San also offered his perspective: "Normally speaking, Soul Masters who can cultivate to the 'Fire Control' realm according to our proposed system are all of strong will and certainly possess conviction, even if they don't necessarily agree with our ideals."

"That's true."

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Qing nodded and continued, "The next stage is to open up the inner realm, to control everything about oneself, and to create a true world based on the Martial Cauldron and Soul Furnace."

This region has immense potential!

It allows the interior landscape to blend completely with a part of the natural world, achieving longevity equal to heaven and life as long as the earth exists. As long as the planet exists, I will be eternal.

This is the path the old monster took.

In addition, it can continuously allow one's own physical world to imitate the external world, thus mimicking the operating rules of the entire universe, and even potentially including endless parallel universes.

This is the path I've chosen.

Tang San naturally wanted to follow this path as well, but he also had concerns: "Although one's inner vision is strong, without great perseverance and determination, it may be difficult to succeed."

"When I returned from Seagod Island, I told you about Tang Chen's Asura form, didn't I?"

Zhou Qing chuckled and said, "Bibi Dong has constructed the Inner Core Soul Core method within the three major Dantians—upper, middle, and lower—that you once envisioned but abandoned because of my reminder."

She may have obtained the Soul Core technique from Huo Zhanji back then...
But it is not important.

The key point is that during his battle with her, Tang Chen learned about the wonders of the Soul Core. Based on his heart, he integrated the Asura Domain, inscribed Asura Demon Runes, and created an alternative Soul Core—the Heart Core.

Based on this, he was able to evolve his Martial Soul True Body once again, forming an image similar to the "Heaven and Earth Manifestation" technique I used on the Five Elements Continent.

"Perhaps it can be called a Dharma Form." Tang San had seen Tang Chen's Asura Form through the images recorded by Romantina.

Its appearance was similar to the images of the deities he had seen in various temples in his previous life... It wasn't exactly the same, but it was quite similar.

Moreover, the mental image that Zhou Qing displayed was 80-90% similar to the so-called Mingwang Dharma image.

Therefore, Tang San believed that it was a Dharma Image, but the difference in appearance was due to the different Martial Souls.

“Dharma Form? Okay, that’s certainly a good name for this upgraded version of the Martial Soul True Body.” Zhou Qing agreed. “However, this path is different from the Inner Realm, so the name of the realm shouldn’t be called that. How about calling it the Heart-Forging Core?”

"Core casting?"

Tang San felt that this was completely different from the definitions he had previously set for Small Heavenly Circuit, Great Heavenly Circuit, Martial Cauldron, Soul Furnace, Fire Control, and Inner Landscape, so he shook his head in denial and blurted out, "Why not call it Golden Pill Forging?"

"also."

Zhou Qing silently recited it twice, and then defined this cultivation path, which could be parallel to the Inner Realm, as the Golden Elixir Forging.

Forging the Golden Elixir (heart core) lays the foundation for becoming a god, thus earning the title of "immortal".

(End of this chapter)