Alien Science Cultivation

In a room atop the Linglong Tower, Zhang Qiang slowly opened his eyes, sensing the surge of spiritual energy within his lower dantian. He knew his Nascent Soul Tribulation was imminent! A month had passed in the outside world, while over 1500 days had already passed within the tower. Combined with the tower's rich spiritual energy, the spiritual energy within his lower dantian was now just one thunder tribulation away from reaching the Nascent Soul stage. At this moment, the lower and middle dantian had nearly merged into one. Zhang Qiang could clearly sense that once the Nascent Soul Tribulation was over, the two dantians would merge. He simply couldn't imagine how the two inner elixirs within his single dantian would coexist, and what changes would occur within him.

A moment later… above the mountains below Shadow Peak, golden lightning thundered down from the sky! Zhang Qiang's face showed a sneer as he looked at the rapidly approaching thunder. A black bamboo leaf lightly hovered above his head. He stood still, waiting for the thunder to descend.

Atop the peaks of the Qingshan Sect, disciples gazed at the thunderstorms emanating from the mountains, bewildered. They wondered what level of cultivation could trigger such a terrifying thunderstorm, and seeing the calm figure beneath the thunderclouds, they couldn't help but secretly worry. However, a strange scene unfolded: the seemingly terrifying lightning bolts seemed unable to harm the figure beneath the thunderstorm. The figure remained calm, barely moving, only occasionally throwing a few punches as the thunderstorms descended. For half an hour, the figure remained motionless, completely unmoved. The disciples and elders of the Qingshan Sect watched in astonishment and a touch of disbelief. Zhang Qiang, however, ignored their reactions and vanished in a flash. Inside the cave abode of Shadow Peak, Zhang Qiang sat cross-legged on a cushion, his spiritual consciousness probing his lower dantian. As expected, the middle and lower dantians had completely merged into a single dantian, hovering above the original lower dantian. Within the dantian, two inner cores, one gold and one black, orbited each other, slowly rotating. From the front, it resembled a Tai Chi diagram! Zhang Qiang showed no sign of joy, even uttering a curse: "Oh my god... Another Tai Chi diagram... It's endless, isn't it...!" Despite his irritation, Zhang Qiang carefully examined the differences between the Tai Chi diagram in his upper dantian and the one in his lower dantian. The Tai Chi diagram in his upper dantian consisted of a black and white fish, upon which he had added two fish eyes. This Tai Chi diagram wasn't formed naturally, but rather an accidental creation of Zhang Qiang. However, the Tai Chi diagram in his lower dantian, where the black and white fish were formed naturally by the entwined rotation of the black and gold cores, originated from the fish eyes, the exact opposite of the formation of the black and white fish in his upper dantian. When the upper Dantian was formed, the power of nothingness was generated, but when the Tai Chi diagram in the lower Dantian was formed, there was no reaction! Zhang Qiang studied for a long time, but ultimately could not find the answer. In desperation, he had to stop exploring the Tai Chi diagram and turn to studying the seven bamboo leaves in the golden elixir.

Zhang Qiang carefully examined the seven bamboo leaves in his hand, noting that each possessed unique characteristics due to the different energy they absorbed. The first leaf, having absorbed the power of golden thunder, had a golden lightning pattern appear on its surface, gleaming with a brilliant golden light. Inspired, Zhang Qiang renamed it the Golden Thunder Leaf. The second leaf, originally absorbing death energy, now had a white skull pattern emerging from its black surface. Wisps of white smoke emanated from the skull pattern, creating a terrifying appearance. Zhang Qiang then named it the Phantom Skull Leaf.

The bamboo leaf that absorbed the black lightning had a white lightning rune on its black body, flickering with a faint white light. Zhang Qiang looked at the white lightning rune with a puzzled look on his face, muttering to himself, "The ultimate black is white...? Hundred Thunder Leaf? Well... I'll just call you Dark Thunder Leaf!"

Two other bamboo leaves absorbed the karmic fire, one red and one black. Both had flame runes, one red and one white. Zhang Qiang's theory of "extreme black equals white" applied perfectly, so he named them the Red Fire Leaf and the Black Fire Leaf, respectively.

Another bamboo leaf absorbed the metallic element, and a small golden sword emerged from the black leaf. Upon closer inspection, it bore a striking resemblance to the Human Emperor Sword! After a moment, Zhang Qiang gave it a resounding name: Red Gold Leaf. Zhang Qiang surveyed the six rune-marked leaves with satisfaction, but when his gaze fell on the last, motionless leaf, he was speechless. Zhang Qiang tried numerous elements, but none could awaken this leaf, as if it possessed an innate rebellious streak. Zhang Qiang reasoned that since he had already activated six leaves, saving his life wouldn't be a problem for now. He let go of the hesitation, smiled, and silently recited the names he had chosen for the six leaves: "Golden Thunder Leaf, Phantom Skull Leaf, Red Fire Leaf, Mysterious Fire Leaf, Red Gold Leaf, Dark Thunder Leaf... Hmm...? Dark Thunder Leaf doesn't sound as appealing as Mysterious Thunder Leaf. So, let's call it Mysterious Thunder Leaf. "Mysterious" means black and mysterious... Wonderful!"

Zhang Qiang nodded with satisfaction, then gathered up the bamboo leaves and prepared to return to the Linglong Pagoda to continue his cultivation. At this point, he had already cultivated the Divine Soul Technique to the third level, and his goal was to cultivate it to the state of great perfection. He knew that only the Guixu Qi at the entrance to the Yin-Yang Realm Cave within the Life Forbidden Zone, combined with the spiritual energy there, was the most suitable environment for his cultivation. Therefore, he planned to wait until he had mastered the Divine Soul Technique before heading there.

However, just as Zhang Qiang stood up, an unusual sensation suddenly surged within his lower dantian. "Huh... what is this...?" Zhang Qiang couldn't help but exclaim. He saw the black and white fish within his lower dantian slowly spinning. As the spiritual energy and the Guixu Qi mixed, a purple gas slowly emerged. The amount of this purple gas was extremely small, and the rate of its production was extremely slow, but Zhang Qiang could still clearly sense the powerful energy contained within it.

As the wisps of purple gas gradually merged into his dantian and meridians, Zhang Qiang clearly felt that his dantian and meridians were being strengthened at a faster rate. Although it was only slightly faster, Zhang Qiang firmly believed that as his cultivation continued to improve, the speed at which this gas was produced would inevitably increase gradually.

After half a day, Zhang Qiang reluctantly stood up. He still couldn't figure out what this gas was! Since he couldn't figure it out, he would go to the Qingshan Sect's Sutra Pavilion or the Tianji Pavilion to find the answer! However, regarding the issue of cultivation, Zhang Qiang was more inclined to believe the Qingshan Sect's Sutra Pavilion.

A quarter of an hour later… On the second floor of the Sutra Library, Zhang Qiang was eagerly searching for information about the purple gas among a pile of crystal balls! He checked hundreds of crystal balls but still found nothing! Just when Zhang Qiang was about to give up, Chen Ying’s figure flashed in front of him! Zhang Qiang was delighted. After all, Chen Ying came from a level 7 technological civilization planet and knew much more about the world than he did! But when Zhang Qiang looked at Chen Ying again, he found that Chen Ying was looking at him jokingly! Zhang Qiang was shocked. He knew very well that every time Chen Ying teased him like this, something bad was bound to happen! Seeing Chen Ying slowly approaching him, Zhang Qiang couldn’t help but get nervous! “Hey… Isn’t this the Pavilion Master of Tianji Pavilion! You left without a word with your sister Lin, and you’re back so soon. Did you bully your sister Lin? And your fiancée Wang Yuyan seems to be on her way back with Wang Wei… The Pavilion Master is so charming…”

Chen Ying walked over to Zhang Qiang, laughing and whispering. Zhang Qiang was speechless. Just as he was about to quibble, he felt a sharp pain in his foot! He saw that Chen Ying's foot had been pressing down on Zhang Qiang's toes! As if she was still not satisfied, she used all her strength to squeeze and knead Zhang Qiang's toes with her foot! Zhang Qiang's face flushed red, but he didn't dare to scream. After all, he didn't want these rumors about him to reach the ears of the Qingshan Sect disciples! As a last resort, Zhang Qiang had to endure the pain and whispered to Chen Ying: "Oh... It's broken... It's broken... Listen to my quibble, no, listen to my defense..."