Daqin Zhentiansi

Based on Zhang Yuan's understanding of the Chaos Origin and guided by the Thirteen Arts of Destiny, he immediately saw the key point.

"So that's how it is..." Zhang Yuan realized, "These cultivation methods passed down by the Heavenly Palace seem grand and righteous, but in reality they are full of restrictions and are completely castrated versions!"

The meridians were deliberately bypassed, avoiding several hidden meridians and ancestral acupoints that are crucial for stimulating potential.

The efficiency of spiritual energy refining was reduced, and a large amount of pure primordial spiritual energy was wasted needlessly during the process.

The methods for overcoming key bottlenecks are vague and sometimes deliberately misleading.

The upper limit of cultivation techniques is locked. For example, the complete version of "Mysterious Jade Returning to Truth Technique" should be able to cultivate to the third stage of the Saint Realm, the Time Realm. However, after the first five levels, without further progress, it is difficult to even reach the Creation Realm.

"This is the method by which the Heavenly Palace controls human cultivators, making them appear to have a path, but in reality, it leads to their demise. The human race, with its innate Dao physique, should be the most suitable race to comprehend the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, with potential far exceeding that of so-called Celestials! These castration techniques are simply casting pearls before swine, a complete waste of heavenly resources!"

Deep within Zhang Yuan's sea of ​​consciousness, the "Golden Pearls of the Great Dao" trembled slightly, emitting a soft yet profound light.

Deduction!

Tracing the source and restoring it!

The golden pearl of the Great Dao shone brightly, and Zhang Yuan's soul seemed to be instantly sucked into a primordial world where chaos had just begun and was yet to be divided!

There were no directions, no past or present, only turbulent, chaotic air currents, like billions of ancient gods and demons roaring and fighting.

He stood alone at the source of this raging chaos, like a giant who created the heavens. With each step he took, countless illusory stars appeared and disappeared beneath his feet, becoming the foundation that propelled him forward.

"break!"

Zhang Yuan shouted, and the Chaos True Meaning condensed into an invisible giant axe, which fiercely cleaved down towards the void!

"Boom——!"

Chaos was torn apart, and the clear and the turbid were first separated!

The pure air rises, the turbid air sinks, and the rudimentary form of heaven and earth appears.

In this earth-shattering power, those cultivation techniques that had been deliberately distorted and deleted, like stars covered in dust, revealed their true forms.

He treads on the "ground" formed from fragments of laws, each step landing on a crucial point in the operation of his cultivation technique. Ignoring the raging chaotic winds, he forcefully opens up those hidden meridians and ancestral apertures that had been bypassed!

Like clearing a river in a newly created world, guiding the chaotic torrents back to order.

"The Secret of Returning to Truth with Mysterious Jade", "The Method of Refining Form with Heavenly Gang", "The Chapter on Guiding Qi to Profound Mystery"...

One by one, the "broken paths" of cultivation techniques were connected and restored under the great power of creation. The nine-layered mental cultivation method stood tall like the nine heavenly palaces in the light of the beginning of chaos!

The Nine Levels of the "Mysterious Jade Returning to Truth Technique" can be cultivated to the peak of the third realm of the Saint Realm, the Time Realm. The spiritual energy conversion rate is doubled, and the "Mysterious Jade Dao Body" can be condensed. The affinity for the primordial spiritual energy is greatly increased, and the magical power is pure and long-lasting.

The celestial phenomena are observed to gather and condense into warm, lustrous jade, forming the foundation of the Dao body. This jade absorbs the primordial spiritual energy like a whale swallowing the ocean, increasing efficiency exponentially.

After tracing the source and restoring the evidence, Zhang Yuan did not linger.

The golden pearl of the Great Dao hummed, and the phantom of the Chaos Furnace suddenly appeared deep within the sea of ​​consciousness!

The golden-red furnace flames roared, and the restored nine-layered cultivation technique was poured into it.

This time, the scene has changed!

He felt as if he were on a primordial battlefield!
Above their heads was a golden-winged roc with wings like clouds hanging from the sky, its sharp claws tearing through the heavens and bringing with them a world-destroying gale!
Beneath their feet lies a Xuan Turtle carrying a giant island, its breath freezing the void and turning the earth into an eternal ice abyss!
Ahead, the white-haired and barefoot Zhu Yan roared amidst the majestic mountains, its ferocious aura soaring to the sky, stirring up endless warfare!

Behind them stood nine ferocious-looking Xiangliu heads, spewing out poisonous miasma that corroded the heavens and earth!
Even more extraordinary are the Kui Niu, treading on thunder and wielding immense power; and the Phoenix, bathed in fire, burning away the eight directions and six realms!
The development of each cultivation technique is a life-or-death battle with a primordial mythical beast; each level of cultivation technique is a cycle of reincarnation!
The tenth level of the "Mysterious Jade Returning to Truth Technique" condenses the Chaotic Mysterious Jade Body.

Zhang Yuan bravely confronts Kui Niu's thunderous power!

Billions of purple lightning bolts struck him, but instead of destroying him, they were devoured and refined by the Chaos Jade Body!
The Xuan Yu Dao Body underwent a transformation under the baptism of thunder, taking on a trace of chaotic color, becoming more profound and resilient, and faintly able to absorb and exhale chaotic energy!

Bathed in the thunderous marsh, its jade-like body shone brightly, and it withstood the might of the Kui Niu's stomp.

The eleventh floor symbolizes returning to one's true nature!

Faced with the Xiangliu drug crisis, Zhang Yuan did not retreat but advanced!

Mysterious runes appeared around him, and fragments of time flowed around him.

The wounds corroded by the venom were rapidly restored under the light of the runes, as if time had reversed!

It is not a true law of time, but a forced restoration of "state"!

The poisonous sea churned, Zhang Yuan's body glowed with a clear light, his wounds healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the poison dissipated.

Twelve layers, the indestructible light of the Mysterious Jade!
The world-destroying gale of the Golden-Winged Roc and the fierce, warlike aura of the Zhu Yan attacked simultaneously!
A ring of jade-colored light, refined to the extreme, suddenly erupted from Zhang Yuan's body. The light flowed endlessly, containing an indestructible true meaning.

The gusts of wind and weapons struck the halo, producing a metallic clang, but they could not shake it in the slightest, and the power of the curse's corrosive influence was also blocked.

With fierce winds and sharp claws, and the aura of weapons and killing intent surrounding him, the jade light remained as steady as a rock, impervious to all magic!
Thirteenth level, the Mysterious Jade Return to Truth Seal!
Zhang Yuan let out a long roar and formed a hand seal!
The power of the Chaos Jade gathered, and a huge, ancient and majestic Dao seal condensed in the sky above the battlefield!
The Dao Seal descended, carrying the will to suppress all ages and return to the origin!

The ferocious beast phantom struggling beneath it had its power forcibly suppressed and sealed, and its form even began to blur, showing a tendency to be reduced to its original energy form!

The Dao Seal soared through the sky, suppressing all evil spirits; all beasts howled in despair, and heaven and earth fell silent. A single layer of cultivation, a lifetime of battles, ultimately culminating in the seal of the Great Dao!
This is the true and perfect cultivation method of the "Mysterious Jade Returning to Truth Technique," which can lead directly to the realm of heaven!

This is the true path of human inheritance!

Each of these Qi cultivation techniques, when refined to its peak, carries within it a battle as if the heavens and earth were created, a lifelong struggle against primordial divine beasts and the shattering of star shadows.

After completing the deduction of the "Mysterious Jade Returning to Truth Technique", Zhang Yuan's external aura had already turned into an illusion.

Although he had not yet mastered the technique to the thirteenth level, his understanding of it had reached its peak.

Given time, he can reach the pinnacle using this method.

A glint of light flashed in Zhang Yuan's eyes, and the golden light of the Great Dao surged once more in his mind.

The Heavenly Gang Refining Form Method begins its deduction!
Tenth level, Star Astral Battle Body!
A phantom image materialized as Zhang Yuan clashed with the Xuan Turtle's chilling breath!

He drew upon the projection of countless stars, his body radiating brilliant starlight. His figure transformed into a blurry streak of starlight amidst the extreme cold, his speed increasing dramatically as he weaved through the ice shards, his chilling breath instantly dissipating upon contact!

Within the icy abyss, starlight twinkled, and the creatures moved swiftly, their breaths of the Xuan Turtle proving futile.

Eleventh layer, the will of the ancient stars.

The punch unleashed a phantom image of an ancient star crashing down!
He threw a punch at Zhu Yan, and it seemed as if stars were collapsing on the surface of his fist, carrying the power to destroy the starry sky!
The fist drew down a falling star, clashing head-on with the ferocious fist of the Zhu Yan, causing mountains to collapse and the earth to split.

The twelfth floor represents the pinnacle of power.

Zhang Yuan's body condensed golden light as he wrestled with the Xuan Turtle carrying the giant island on its back!

The invisible shackles of the primordial world seemed to groan unbearably from Zhang Yuan's body.

He roared, his arms bulged with muscles, and the chaotic true essence and star power merged and erupted, actually lifting up a portion of the "giant island" that symbolized the suppression of the primordial rules!
With feet firmly planted on the earth, shoulders supporting the sacred mountain, and strength reaching the heavens, the shackles of rules are about to break.

Thirteen levels, Heavenly Divine Form!

Behind Zhang Yuan, vast star power converged, and a towering celestial spirit dharma image rose from the ground!

The Dharma Image's face was blurred, it was clad in star armor, and it held a giant star-light axe. Its power far exceeded that of its true form!
The giant roared and swung its axe, cleaving through the void and striking the golden-winged roc!
The giant spirit manifested, cleaved the heavens with a star axe, and the roc retreated in fright, its wings broken and feathers flying away.

The ultimate power, the Dharma form destroys the world!
This is the true Heavenly Refinement Technique! When this technique is cultivated to its ultimate level, it can shatter divine beasts and destroy heaven and earth!

Who says the human race doesn't have ultimate cultivation techniques?

Who says humans can't contend with divine beasts?
At this moment, Zhang Yuan felt the power within his bloodline boiling.

He took a deep breath and began his next deduction.

The ten levels of the "Guiding Qi to Profound Mystery Chapter" condense the primordial chaos aperture.

Zhang Yuan sat cross-legged in the center of the Chaos Furnace, with a chaotic vortex quietly opening above his Baihui point on his head.

The raging chaotic energy was forcibly absorbed and transformed through the vortex into strands of the purest and most primal spiritual power, trickling into the limbs and bones.

Within the eye of the chaotic storm, the ancestral aperture is like a black hole, devouring and refining the chaos.

Eleventh level, profound spiritual awareness.

His thoughts spread, penetrating the poisonous miasma and revealing the core nodes of the Xiangliu poisonous energy flow; he passed through the ice, sensing the trajectory of the frozen Dao principles of the Xuan Turtle's breath.

The flow of energy between heaven and earth is clearly visible in every detail.

Spiritual awareness, like a net, covers the battlefield; energy pathways are all under its control.

The twelfth layer, the microcosmic orbit.

The 365 acupoints and hidden acupoints in the body are completely connected, forming a flawless internal circulation universe.

In the fierce battle with Zhu Yan, his blood and qi surged like a galaxy, and his true essence flowed like a nebula, endlessly regenerating, as if he possessed an inexhaustible source of power.

The acupoints are like stars lit up, forming a universe within the body, with a long and endless flow of energy.

Thirteen levels, where all energy returns to its source!

Facing the Phoenix's Heaven-Burning Flames, Zhang Yuan neither dodged nor avoided, but simply spread his hands out in a gesture of nonchalance!

A terrifying devouring force field erupted from him!
The surging Southern Ming Fire, the pervasive poisonous miasma, the dissipated star power, and even the Zhu Yan's violent evil energy, like hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea, were forcibly torn apart and plundered!
Some of the flames were instantly decomposed and absorbed, transforming into his earth-shattering punch that blasted towards the phoenix!
It can gather all energy, reverse the sea of ​​fire, bring all streams back to their source, and nourish itself!

A single thought can devour the heavens and the earth!
"boom--!"

The final illusion shattered amidst the roar of all energies returning to their source and the mournful cries of the divine beasts!
Zhang Yuan's aura was extremely restrained, like a bottomless chaotic vortex.

He slowly opened his eyes, his pupils filled with a chaotic halo, as if countless stars were being born and dying, and the Great Dao runes flashed by.

The Scripture Cave remained silent, but in his mind, the thirteen-level perfected cultivation technique, which had given birth to the rudiments of an astonishing divine power, shone brightly.

Deduction complete!

The three golden beads of the Great Dao appeared slightly dull.

But for Zhang Yuan, the gains were immense.

Now, he can be considered a true Qi cultivator!
Primordial Qi Refiner.

These thirteen layers of cultivation techniques, which originated from the shackles of the Heavenly Palace and were born from the battles with primordial beasts at the beginning of chaos, not only provided him with a more perfect disguise, but also allowed him to freely unleash the power of the "ninth layer".

Furthermore, without using the original Great Qin martial arts, it greatly enriched his combat methods, and the infinite potential of the Qi Refining path began to emerge here!

They are like seeds buried in the primordial heavenly order, quietly waiting for the moment to sprout and resonate.

The power of the ninth level is already comparable to that of a Venerable Realm expert!

In this primordial world, Zhang Yuan, with his supreme saintly body formed from the Nine-Hong Body, can easily display the combat power of a Venerable!
His confidence grew even stronger.

“Kui Niu… the Heavenly Palace’s scheme…” Zhang Yuan recalled the abbot’s words, his eyes gleaming. “The muddier the water, the better. Perhaps, this Thunder Swamp Overlord will be a good opportunity.”

He concealed his aura, reverting to his original appearance as a pure Qi cultivator, and then got up and left the Scripture Cave.

A new storm is brewing, and he has quietly grasped an even more powerful key.

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As Zhang Yuan stepped out of the third level of the Sutra Cave, his aura became increasingly restrained and profound.

Although those three days of deduction and absorption did not immediately raise his cultivation level, they allowed him to fully integrate his understanding of the Primordial Qi Refining Path with its own system.

Under the suppression of the primordial rules, the Chaos True Essence operated even more smoothly and flawlessly, faintly revealing a profound and weighty resonance with heaven and earth.

Qing Xuanzi was already waiting not far away. When he saw him come out of seclusion, he quickly went to greet him, his face showing worry: "Junior Brother Zhang, it's just the right time for you to come out of seclusion."

"Three days ago, the abbot received an urgent order from the Heavenly Palace and personally led people to the lower reaches of the Chensha River to suppress the escalating conflict between the Crimson Scale Python Clan and the Black Armor Crocodile Clan."

"It is said... that it may also involve the border dispute of the Kui Niu territory." He lowered his voice, "Before the abbot left, he designated Senior Brother Zhao Kun to temporarily take charge of the affairs of the abbot."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yuan remained calm and composed.

Zhao Kun, the old garrison commander with white hair and beard who was quite distant from him, had always disagreed with Qing Xuanzi on principles.

But he didn't care at all, and just nodded slightly: "Thank you for informing me, senior brother."

In the days that followed, Zhang Yuan continued his daily routine, practicing meditation and sitting in stillness as usual.

He simulated the "Mysterious Jade Returning to Truth Technique" and "Heavenly Gang Refining Form Method," which had been deduced to the thirteenth level, using the realm of a beginner cultivator, deliberately suppressing their astonishing power.

It only reveals a deep foundation and a profound understanding of the Great Way.

This calm and composed demeanor, as steady as a mountain and as profound as the ocean, secretly alarmed the other garrison commanders who happened to pass by.

The Qi cultivators who remained at the town's gate felt that this new junior brother Zhang was like a hidden, solitary peak, whose depths were unfathomable.

A few days later, a report came from the mountain gate that Yan Feng, the young chieftain of the giant ape clan of Nuyan Peak, had brought his clansmen to see Zhang Yuan, the garrison commander.

The disciple who delivered the report spoke with a strange mix of envy and bewilderment.

Soon, the news spread, and buzzes of discussion filled the training ground and the corners of the corridors.

"Those big monkeys again? Tsk tsk, they're really respectful to Junior Brother Zhang, coming to pay their respects and give gifts every few days."

"Hmph, they're just a bunch of uncivilized savages. I don't know what methods Garrison Commander Zhang used to make them submit to him."

“I think it might be beneath my dignity as the guardian of the temple.”

Li Xuan, a middle-aged garrison commander who was close to Zhao Kun, said sourly.

“That’s not how it works,” someone countered. “Young Clan Chief Yanfeng is much more composed now, and his staff skills are more refined. I heard he received guidance from Junior Brother Zhang.”

"Being able to educate other races is also a skill."

"That's right, what they send are all genuine spiritual materials. Every time they exceed the tribute, they're better than some who just talk the talk."

Someone gave Li Xuan a meaningful glance. (End of Chapter)