Cultivating Immortality in a Family: I Prove Immortality Through the Chaotic Dao Realm

Chapter 57 Mid-stage Qi Refining!

Last night, Chen Qian absorbed the Ice Fiend in three separate instances.

It wasn't that he didn't want to continue absorbing, but three times was already the limit.

Upon internal inspection, Chen Qian discovered fine ice crystals in his meridians and promptly stopped.

The body must be given time to recover and adapt, to thoroughly refine the absorbed ice energy, thereby strengthening its origin, improving its physical cultivation, and replenishing its deficiencies before it can absorb more ice energy.

Everything in excess is as bad as deficiency. Whether it's physical training, qi training, or spirit training, rapid advancement will lead to a weak foundation, creating hidden dangers for later advancements.

After the Ice Fiend was refined, his body refinement cultivation naturally broke through to the late stage of the first rank.

The ice energy within Chen Yunyi's body decreased by about 10%, while her cultivation level rose to the ninth level of Qi Refining, and her total magical power increased by nearly 50%.

Although breaking through to a higher realm will increase the total amount of Ice Fiend, the two are still outweighed by one, allowing her to perfectly control the remaining Ice Fiend.

As long as it can be controlled, it won't have too many negative effects.

It won't affect her personality, nor will it affect her combat strength.

Chen Qian had been focusing on improving his magical power during this period.

Yesterday, being in such a rich spiritual vein environment for the first time, he absorbed spiritual energy freely and unrestrainedly, and his rapid improvement made him unable to stop.

His cultivation level also rapidly advanced to the peak of the third level.

Last night, when the evil energy was being moved, my magical power was constantly being consumed and replenished, just like a boatman pulling a boat.

Under special control, the Gray Pearl World filtered and absorbed a lot of chaotic and turbid energy, making Chen Qian's internal magic power increasingly pure. At this moment, the Qi vortex in his dantian had solidified like mercury, and he was only one step away from the fourth level of Qi Refining.

Sensing the paper-thin boundary between the early and middle stages of Qi Refining, which could be broken with a flick of the finger, Chen Qian still took out two Qi Harmony Pills.

When breaking through a realm, as long as you can absorb as much spiritual energy as possible, you can make your foundation more stable and your total magical power higher.

Most cultivators are limited by the strength of their physical body and meridians, as well as the absorption capacity of the mana vortex in their dantian. When breaking through realms, they are often unable to convert too much spiritual energy into mana.

But Chen Qian is clearly not among them.

His physical body is tough and strong, his meridians are wide and thick, and his magical energy rotation speed far exceeds that of ordinary cultivators, enabling him to accumulate enormous magical power.

Based on the descriptions of cultivation realms in many cultivation books, and comparing them with his own situation, he had no doubt that when he advanced to the late stage of Qi Refining, he would be able to initially condense liquid mana.

The two Qi-unifying pills were swallowed together, and a massive burst of spiritual power quickly erupted.

This is a pill that can improve one's cultivation level in the late stage of Qi Refining, far superior to Qi Gathering Pills.

Within the dantian and meridians, the already compressed magical power instantly erupted, carrying the spiritual power of the pill and the continuously absorbed spiritual power from the meridians, like a raging torrent that instantly shattered the boundary between the early and middle stages.

Deep within his body, a series of muffled thunderclaps resounded once more.

This advancement experience is completely different from the previous three levels. In addition to the fact that many small branches have been connected to the edges of the meridians, the biggest change is that it occurs near the Tanzhong acupoint.

When an ordinary cultivator advances to the mid-stage, with the expansion of their magical power, the Tanzhong acupoint is officially opened into the Tanzhong Dantian, and the Qi Sea of ​​the lower Dantian moves to the Tanzhong Dantian, resulting in a significant increase in magical power.

Chen Qian not only opened up his Dantian in the chest, but also, because his sea of ​​consciousness had already been opened, the three Dantian instantly formed a linkage. This not only further enhanced the suction force of the upward-moving magical energy vortex, but also greatly nourished his soul after the perfect combination of magical power and divine sense.

Outside Qingwei Hall.

The shockwaves caused by Chen Qian's breakthrough even subtly affected the outside world.

Chen Yunyi's understanding of cultivation was once again overturned. Is this the kind of commotion a cultivator should make when breaking through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining?
They might think they're breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage!

With the breakthrough in his cultivation realm and the shift of his Qi Sea, Chen Qian found his newly opened Dantian in the chest to be quite empty, requiring more magical power to fill it. He began to absorb massive amounts of spiritual energy, causing the Three Talents Gathering Spirit Array set up in Qingwei Hall to rapidly accumulate spiritual energy within a radius of several dozen feet.

Miniature funnels of magical energy even appeared in the sky above Qingwei Hall.

Fortunately, this is a second-tier high-grade spiritual vein, with a very abundant supply of spiritual energy, and there is still plenty to spare.

However, Chen Qian did not feel well.

He discovered that the cultivation technique limited the speed at which he could absorb and refine spiritual energy.

His main cultivation technique, the Five Elements Primordial Chaos Technique, is an advanced technique. Normally, its efficiency in absorbing and refining spiritual energy is sufficient to meet the cultivation speed of a peak Qi Refining cultivator.

However, Chen Qian now clearly felt that the speed at which he was refining spiritual energy had reached the limit that the cultivation technique could withstand. A continuous stream of massive spiritual energy was gradually accumulating in his meridians and dantian, unable to be converted into mana.

This won't do. Chen Qian could only pour as much of the spiritual energy he hadn't had time to refine into the Gray Pearl World so that the Chaos Pool could absorb it.

After the breakthrough, the Dantian in the chest was empty, and the magic power was constantly being transformed into seawater in the sea of ​​consciousness, which was then consumed to nourish the soul and consciousness.

Chen Qian secretly calculated that if he wanted to complete the entire breakthrough process as perfectly as possible and then stabilize his realm, he would need to stay in seclusion for at least three to five days.

Normally, spending a few days wouldn't be a big deal, but because the cultivation method's efficiency in refining spiritual energy is not keeping up, the process of opening the Dantian in the chest and nourishing the soul cannot be perfected.

That's a real shame.

The only thing we can do is communicate with the Gray Pearl World to see if we can deduce the Five Elements Primordial Chaos Technique and upgrade its grade from advanced to standard grade.

A few dozen breaths later, the feedback from the Gray Pearl World arrived as expected. Based on the rules and resources currently available to the world, it was indeed possible to evolve the Five Elements Primordial Chaos Technique to the highest grade.

However, a one-time investment of three thousand spirit stones is required.

Do you really think I'm some rich swindler?!
All told, I only have 402 spirit stones right now!

Besides, I'm currently undergoing a breakthrough, Brother Gray Pearl! Where am I supposed to get spirit stones?
It seems I need to prepare more spirit stones in the future, otherwise I'll be at a loss when I encounter such special situations.

Just when Chen Qian was at his wit's end, he suddenly remembered Chen Yunyi, who was still outside Qingwei Hall and had not left.

After advancing to the mid-stage of Qi Refining, his spiritual power indeed increased significantly, but the breakthrough was not yet complete. The strength of his spiritual power was still slowly increasing, currently at about 13 feet.

Although they couldn't directly scan Chen Yunyi, due to the fact that they had refined a significant amount of Chen Yunyi's Ice Fiend, a subtle connection developed between them because of their cultivation techniques.

When Chen Yunyi left after her seclusion, she left behind a seed of the Water Mirror Technique beside Chen Qian, which had not yet dissipated.

Chen Qian cast a spell and tapped the seed.

Outside Qingwei Hall, Chen Yunxi and Feng Momo were whispering to each other, while Chen Yunyi sat cross-legged to the side, closing her eyes to regulate her breathing and further solidify her realm.

Suddenly, she frowned slightly, pointed with her jade finger, and the ice mirror in the void reappeared, reflecting Chen Qian's figure in Qingwei Hall.

Chen Yunxi and the other two women standing nearby were confused. At that moment, Chen Qian, reflected in the mirror, also saw the two women, smiled and nodded at them, then turned to Chen Yunyi and slowly mouthed a few lines towards her...

Chen Yunyi, intelligent and perceptive, understood Chen Qian's meaning with just a glance.

Chen Yunyi stood up gracefully, brushed her skirt aside, waved away the water mirror in the air, and said to the two women, "It seems he has encountered some minor problems. I'll go in and take a look."

(End of this chapter)