One person: I, Daoist Master, am a cultivator of immortality!

"I came here with Sect Master Zuo this time. Firstly, I want to see just how unparalleled the talent of this disciple that Sect Master Zuo went to such lengths to obtain truly is. Secondly, I would like to ask you for a favor."

"Oh? Celestial Master, just give your orders. Why use the word 'beg'?"

"Then I'll swallow my pride and say it: my eldest disciple is named Zhang Zhiwei. To be honest, he's quite good at all his subjects, but he's only lacking in the sect's protective techniques..."

"How is it? Somewhat unsatisfactory?"

Zuo Ruotong, who was very satisfied with taking Sun Yao as his disciple, immediately chimed in. Although there was no sarcasm in his words, his smiling face suggested otherwise.

"No, he's a bit too strong. He's been too successful on his path of cultivation. I'm worried he's getting too arrogant, so I've given him pointers several times. Although he says he's humble, he hasn't changed at all. That's why I always want to find someone to give him a little nudge."

"Is it really a good idea to entrust such family matters to outsiders?"

"Hey, didn't I already say that he's beaten up all our own disciples? If the masters were to step in, wouldn't that be giving him credit?"

"But how does the Celestial Master know that I can defeat him?"

"You are the disciple whom the Left Sect Leader was willing to swallow his pride to beg for. If even you can't punish that wicked child, where else can I find a better candidate?"

"Then I will take the liberty of accepting the challenge. As for whether I can win, I dare not say. If I am defeated, I will certainly fight with all my might. I hope the Celestial Master will not blame me."

"Of course, young friend, just do your best in this battle, and I will have no other objections." The old master was a reasonable person. He was the one who needed his help, so if Sun Yao couldn't do it even with all his might, he naturally had no reason to blame him.

After everything was over, the three returned to their rooms, leaving only Sun Yao inside to study the secret manual of the Three Ones Sect, "Reverse Rebirth Triple Level." However, after Sun Yao finished reading "Reverse Rebirth Triple Level," he discovered that the path forward was blocked.

The ideal state of the Reverse Rebirth Triple Stage is to cultivate oneself into innate Qi, where any injury can be healed through one's own Qi. In the original work, Zuo Ruotong's junior brother quickly recovered from a severed arm using Qi, a feat akin to divine intervention. However, for Sun Yao, this clearly means his path forward is blocked.

The final stage of this Reverse Rebirth Triple Technique doesn't lead to ascension to immortality; instead, it involves returning one's primordial energy to the universe. In other words, practicing this technique is tantamount to suicide. Sun Yao's current Fire Element Technique draws spiritual energy from the universe, while this Reverse Rebirth Triple Technique transforms oneself into the primordial energy of the universe, returning it to the universe—it's completely contrary to the natural order.

In the original story, Zuo Ruotong once used Wugensheng's divine spirit to reach the third level of the Reverse Life Triple Realm, but he did not ascend to immortality as in the legends of the Reverse Life Triple Realm. Instead, he died a few years later. In Sun Yao's view, he completely dissipated into Qi.

In Sun Yao's view, the Reverse Life Triple Stage should be practiced in reverse. It doesn't mean turning the state of innate Qi into acquired Qi, but rather using the third stage as a means to continue to delve deeper based on the second stage.

Thinking of this, Sun Yao immediately began to deduce using the One Thought Heaven and Earth Measurement technique. He had great confidence in this Reverse Rebirth Triple Level, and perhaps he could deduce some extraordinary cultivation method through it.

This time, when he was deduce the Reverse Life Triple Stage, he didn't spend a whole day and night like he did with the Fire Element Technique. This time, he only spent an hour, but the gains in that hour were no less than when he spent a whole day and night to obtain the Fire Element Technique.

Because what he deduced through the Reverse Life Triple Transformation was the Qi Refining Technique, the most fundamental method on the path of cultivation. When he deduced the Qi Refining Technique, he almost couldn't help but shout, "I'm going to cultivate immortality!"

Although he deduced the Fire Element Technique, fundamentally, it wasn't a true cultivation method. It was more like a combined method of combat, stealth, and fire control, and was actually the weakest link in terms of cultivation. Essentially, it followed the same pattern as the Fire Virtue True Scripture, only with the addition of absorbing the primordial energy of heaven and earth. This absorbed energy needed to be converted into fire energy in the dantian and used to circulate the Fire Element Technique, constantly refining the primordial energy and slowly tempering the soul.

It's actually the most rudimentary method, but it's far superior to the current Fire Virtue True Scripture. However, things change after he obtains the Qi Refining Technique. Upon reaching the fourth level of Qi Refining, a spiritual consciousness will emerge, allowing him to manipulate magical artifacts in combat. The level of this spiritual consciousness is actually quite high, no less than the Yang Spirit Emergence of the Quanzhen Dragon Gate. Their Yang Spirit Emergence is based on a distorted world setting; if they were in another world, the moment their soul leaves their body would be the day their divine consciousness extinguishes.

To truly achieve the so-called "Yang Spirit Awakening," one must at least reach the Nascent Soul stage. Once the Nascent Soul stage is reached, one's spiritual consciousness and physical body are complete, allowing one to walk in the world using the Nascent Soul body. However, the Nascent Soul stage is merely a minor achievement in Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation; only by reaching the Spirit Transformation stage can one truly complete the Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation process.

After deducing the Qi Refining Technique, Sun Yao began cultivating in his room. He simply circulated the Qi Refining Technique, gathering all the spiritual energy within a ten-mile radius of the Lu family's residence. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth continuously flowed into his body, accumulating from the middle dantian to the lower dantian.

His cultivation level also began to transform into the first level of Qi Refining, marking the first appearance of the first level of Qi Refining in this world. He successfully changed history, redefining the cultivation realms. The Qi Refining realm thus began, and the so-called Grandmasters in the original work could probably only barely compare to the cultivation of the sixth or seventh level of Qi Refining. The entire Qi Refining realm has a total of thirteen levels, with Foundation Establishment following the thirteenth level. Due to the limitations of the Reverse Life Triple Stage, this Qi Refining Technique has no further progression up to Foundation Establishment.

If he wanted to deduce the subsequent realms, he would probably need to read more cultivation techniques, using them as supplementary materials to innovate and develop new techniques. Although he had a general idea of ​​how to progress to the next realm based on the cultivation novels he had read, without a foundation, knowing only a concept was not enough to deduce further.

Casting all these distracting thoughts aside, Sun Yao focused wholeheartedly on his cultivation. It wasn't until noon the next day that the youngsters from various sects gradually woke up. There was no way around it; not only had their fathers been drinking heavily the night before, but they had too. They had all drunk too much and were all suffering from hangovers. The fact that they were able to get up at noon today was a testament to their good physical condition.