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Second Stage is still about profound insights, just with a different name.

It's simply condensing many profound mysteries into a new form called a 'Profound Seed.' However, to make this seed grow, you still need to comprehend the mysteries of the heavens and earth.

Furthermore, the Profound Seed is like the Golden Core in cultivation novels, both a condensation of profoundness and a concentration of magical power.

Having a Profound Seed greatly enhances both the comprehension of mysteries and the use of magical power.

The Profound Seed is like an amplifier, helping cultivators better understand more profound mysteries.

The Profound Seed is also like a source of magical power, allowing cultivators to unleash more powerful moves. Each move carries profound abilities, which is the biggest difference from First Stage cultivators.

For Second Stage cultivators to improve, previously the Profound Yellow used months, even half a year, as a benchmark, let alone these other cultivators.

After five years, Ji Zhongfu is still at the early Second Stage. His greatest achievement so far is merging his original Profound Seed into a Congenital Profound Seed.

Congenital Qi Seeds seem precious, but there are still opportunities to obtain them.

Ji Zhongfu made significant contributions, such as handing over the Heart of Space and leading people to join, so the Profound Yellow bestowed him a Congenital Qi Seed long ago.

In the past five years, this has been his greatest achievement.

Unlike the cultivators who started with the Profound Yellow, he's a latecomer.

When he first arrived, he spent nearly a year re-cultivating, changing to the Profound Yellow's Three Fundamental Laws.

Therefore, Sun Mingyue's perception of him is too harsh; he's not that bad.

Furthermore, because he knows more and has a broader perspective, he pays close attention to every word of the Profound Yellow.

This is what his experiences in two lifetimes have taught him.

The first lifetime was his time in the God-Demon Realm, and the second is since being rescued by the Profound Yellow and coming to the Main World.

He considers these experiences as two lifetimes, which isn't strictly accurate, but that's how he feels.

With the experience and insights of another lifetime, he cherishes everything more and is more knowledgeable.

For example, he always remembers the Profound Yellow's saying, 'Will is King'.

What everyone doesn't know is that he, not Luo Feng, is actually the number one in true will.

In these eight or nine years, besides switching tracks to catch up, he has been tempering his will because he can never forget that in the most difficult time for the entire clan, it was the suppression of the Heart of Space that kept him alive.

The suppression of the Heart of Space is the suppression of will, also called the suppression of a magic treasure by a magic treasure cultivator.

Only those who have experienced despair can truly cherish what they have. People can't learn from being taught, but they learn quickly from experience.

Unlike experiencing despair, only with a strong will... he always remembers and always puts it into practice.

It's just that since he no longer holds the position of clan leader in the God-Demon World, he's been living a carefree life, and no one has paid much attention to him.

Especially after the Four Super Sect Leaders and others reached the Second Stage and understood its mysteries, fewer people pay attention to him, the former number one master of True Cultivation.

Some people even mock him for it.

It's the kind of mockery in their hearts; so far, no one dares to mock him openly or say it out loud.

They mock him for making the wrong decision back then, regretting that they didn't keep the people of the God-Demon World together and stubbornly resisted the pressure from the Four Great Powers.

If they had, there wouldn't be the current 'dilemma' of being chased or surpassed by so many people. It's quite sad to think about.

This is the view of a minority of people.

"Grandpa, is it really that difficult to improve in the Second Stage?"

Seeing that Ji Zhongfu's face was smiling and didn't look disappointed, Ji Mingyue asked.

Although he had just lectured his granddaughter, and she still had some small emotions towards him, she was, after all, his favorite granddaughter.

Since his granddaughter asked, he naturally had to answer. This is the benefit of having an elder in the family, especially when that elder is a former expert.

"Of course, it's very difficult. Strictly speaking, the Second Stage is also divided into nine layers. Among them, a Profound Seed the size of an inch is the First Layer of the Second Stage, and so on. A Profound Seed the size of nine inches is the Ninth Layer of the Second Stage. The perfect limit is nine inches and nine points. When the Profound Seed reaches ten inches, it will generate its own profound meaning, which is the level of the Third Stage, Profoundly Mysterious Cave."

"Think about it. All the comprehension of profound mysteries in the entire First Stage can only condense into a one-inch Profound Seed, and each layer is a doubling of comprehension, or even more than doubling. How can it be easy?"

With such a simple and clear explanation, Ji Mingyue instantly understood.

She said, "The Body Refinement Daoists are called 'Deep Pool Reflecting the Moon,' the Qi Refinement cultivators are called 'Ancient Tree Hanging the Moon,' and the Spirit Refinement Daoists are called 'Divine Mountain Azure Moon.' Are they talking about the reflections of the Profound Yellow and the Qi Sea, Yellow Court, and Purple Mansion?"

"That's right, it's talking about the reflections of each other. You need to know that the comprehension of Second Stage mysteries is only one aspect. There's also the cultivation of the Three Fundamental Laws for the Qi Sea Divine Spring, the Yellow Court Dao Tree, and the Purple Mansion Divine Mountain, as well as the tempering of will and the comprehension of the Three Obsessions. This is the complete Second Stage cultivation path. The comprehension of mysteries alone is so difficult, let alone the others, so the speed won't be fast."

Ji Mingyue nodded in understanding.

Even though the Profound Yellow isn't at Qingyun Mountain, Qingyun Mountain is still operating normally.

The Second Stage cultivators have created many new names belonging to the Second Stage.

And, like the saying 'poor students have a lot of stationery,' the Second Stage is also divided into nine layers. There's really no way around it.

'Deep Pool Reflecting the Moon' is the name for Body Refinement cultivators. It means that the condensed Profound Seed sinks into the spring in the Bitter Sea, beginning the initial fusion.

Slowly, after the Profound Seed and the spring are completely fused, it's as if one's comprehension of mysteries has taken root in one's source of magical power. Not only will the connection become close and inseparable,

but qualitative changes will also occur due to the fusion.

For example, after the Third Stage Profound Seed gives birth to profound meanings, it's as if the spring in the Bitter Sea has also given birth to its own profound meanings, a transformation from simple numbers to addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, to formulas.

'Ancient Tree Hanging the Moon' is a name for the Profound Seed used by Qi Refinement cultivators. The Profound Seed is like a bright moon hanging above the Dao Tree,

illuminating the path of cultivation and also marking the beginning of fusion with the Dao Tree.

'Divine Mountain Azure Moon' is the name for the comprehension of the Second Stage Profound Seed used by Spirit Refinement cultivators. The Profound Seed is like a bright moon hidden in the Divine Mountain, also slowly beginning to fuse with the Divine Mountain.

It's just that the cultivators of the three major systems have all come up with nice-sounding names.

This is the privilege of the pioneering monsters. The Profound Masters don't like to do this, so we have to do it ourselves.

The Profound Masters always preach and impart the Dao in a concise and profound way. The details don't need to trouble the Profound Masters; we disciples can handle them.

Therefore, with the birth of the Second Stage at Qingyun Mountain, many new terms and names were also born.

Then, they slowly spread and became the conventional names and modifiers for the entire cultivator community.

The Four Super Powers and the Listening Tower are the ones who do this. They love this kind of standard-setting behavior, and they always argue endlessly over a modifier.

After all, this is fame, this is luck.

It's impossible not to compete.

"What you said is really difficult. You have to comprehend mysteries, comprehend the fundamental laws, comprehend the Three Obsessions, and temper your indispensable will... Also, the Second Stage requires learning corresponding spells and secret techniques... Uh, there are no Second Stage secret techniques and spells; you have to create them yourself. It's really difficult."

Ji Mingyue frowned deeply. It's so difficult after summarizing it.

Especially second-tier spells, secret techniques, myriad arts, ultimate moves, and the like.

Because they didn't exist before, these cultivators have to create them themselves, which is too difficult.

"Heh heh, not only that, even if the fundamental law itself is correct, everyone will still walk a different path. Therefore, it still needs to be adjusted and modified to suit oneself, which also requires time and comprehension," Ji Zhongfu added.

Ji Mingyue frowned even deeper, she had really forgotten about this.

Isn't learning the Xuan Master's fundamental law a good thing?

Why modify it to better suit oneself? Could it be that one's own modifications are better than the Xuan Master's?

That's not the case. A law that suits oneself is always a downgrade compared to the Xuan Master's fundamental law.

No one can create a law stronger than the three great fundamental laws. That's overestimating them.

They are no good at addition, but they can achieve something with subtraction.

It's because the Xuan Master's fundamental law is too difficult. If they really followed it, then...

Unthinkable, would there still be any progress? They would be overwhelmed.

They can only constantly subtract, focusing on cultivating what suits them, so that they can choose their own path from the vast fundamental law.

The Xuanhuang fundamental law is a large and complete cycle. Their so-called 'self-creation' is a small and beautiful path that suits them.

There is a saying that fits perfectly: Subtract from what is excessive and supplement what is lacking.

The Xuanhuang fundamental law is the definition of the Heavenly Dao here. Humans cannot be as perfect and vast as the Heavenly Dao, so they can only remove the 'excess' and supplement what suits them.

No mistake, one head, one hair, one inside, one appearance, one existence, one look!

"Don't worry too much, don't you still have Grandpa?" Ji Zhongfu said.

Once his granddaughter enters the second tier, it will be much simpler, at least there will be his own insights to refer to.

His granddaughter Mingyue and he are walking the same path, with the Qi Refining Method "Jianmu Huanzhen Method" as the foundation, and the Xuan Seed condensed is the family's inherited Space Xuan Seed.

As descendants of the Space God Ancestor, their understanding of space surpasses others.

"That's right!" Ji Mingyue's eyes lit up, there's still Grandpa, but then she seemed to think of something and said, "I, I don't want that."

"What?" Ji Zhongfu was stunned. What did he just hear?

His granddaughter doesn't want to learn his law?

"Are you bewitched? No, no evil can come to Qingyun Mountain to show off its power. What's wrong with you?"

Ji Zhongfu was quite frightened, thinking his granddaughter was possessed, but then he thought, what kind of evil could enter Qingyun Mountain? It's impossible.

"I, I want to be self-reliant like Brother Fan," Ji Mingyue said somewhat infatuatedly.

It would have been better if she hadn't said that. As soon as she did, Ji Zhongfu felt heartache.

His little cotton-padded jacket is in love, and it's unrequited love. My heart is cold.

He intended to have her learn from Lin Fan, Zhu Zishan, and other geniuses, and befriend them, hoping that his granddaughter would be inspired to improve after seeing their abilities.

Who would have thought that this would happen?

"No, you don't want to," Ji Zhongfu said.

"Uh?" Ji Mingyue was both shy and annoyed.

"Am I, am I not worthy?" she said, gritting her teeth.

"It's not that reason, but a more complicated one. Your identity, my identity, that kid Lin Fan's identity, and the identity of the Martial Dao Alliance behind him, you understand," Ji Zhongfu said.

Hearing this, Ji Mingyue seemed to understand.

"Then, then I..."

Ji Zhongfu interrupted directly, "Stop with the 'you, you, you'. If you want to achieve your own ideas, you first need the strength to not care about anyone. Only then will no one dare to object, and you don't have that strength yet."

He added, "Of course, I might be exaggerating a bit. I don't even have that kind of strength. What I mean is, only when you are strong, only when people look at you differently, will you have the right to choose, understand?"

Ji Mingyue nodded, understanding her grandfather's meaning.

"I understand, Grandpa. I will cultivate diligently, I will work hard to learn from you," Ji Mingyue wasn't stupid.

She knew her grandfather's intention was not to stop her, but for her own good.

He was also telling her that love is possible, but it must be built on a foundation, especially with identities like hers and Brother Fan's, it's even more difficult.

"Girl, don't be so unwilling. Is Grandpa really that bad? Grandpa is still a second-tier, third-level, innate Space Xuan Seed great cultivator. How did teaching you become something you're unwilling to do?"

Ji Zhongfu knew that too much was as bad as too little, so he immediately changed the subject.

Sure enough, Ji Mingyue's thoughts were diverted by this.

"Second-tier, third-level? Grandpa, does that mean you are at the late-stage perfection of the early stage of the second tier?" Ji Mingyue said.

"Uh, second tier, early stage, late stage, perfection? Don't say it so complicatedly, I'm just second-tier, third-level," Ji Zhongfu said somewhat awkwardly.

Speaking of this, there is a joke that has been circulating in the cultivation world for a long time.

Once again, the Four Sovereigns were arguing fiercely over the right to define terms, and the dispute even reached the Merit Hall.

Sun Tong was also depressed, because there were many such disputes at that time, so he simply called all the prominent figures, and those who couldn't come participated in the live broadcast in the dream world.

Since it was a live broadcast, naturally some experts and seniors took the opportunity to have their juniors and younger generations observe, so that they could broaden their horizons.

They argued fiercely over a definition, and Sun Tong directly interrupted the Four Sovereigns' argument and asked others for their opinions.

Whether they were present or watching the live broadcast in the dream world, they were all silent.

Suddenly, the voice of a young man whose face could not be seen appeared: "Grandpa, why not follow the Dao Ancestor's old way of calling it? That would be so simple, and we wouldn't have to argue."

A very innocent voice also said: "Elder, I think so too, that would be great."

The two childish voices completely tore apart the faces of all the big shots present and in the live broadcast.

Then came:

"Bastard, didn't I tell you to just watch and not talk? Bastard, shut up."

"You shut up, don't talk, what did I tell you?"

What followed was the fury of 'Grandpa' and 'Elder', they had lost face, and even caused trouble.

"Haha... haha..."

Fortunately, at the moment of embarrassment for the big shots, a hearty laugh rang out, it was Sun Tong.

"To be honest, I asked the Xuan Master, and the Xuan Master said that poor students have more stationery, so they can do whatever they want... Now it seems that we are really poor students with more stationery, haha..."

Sun Tong's words completely made everyone in the live broadcast or present unable to hold back, it was so embarrassing.

Who were those two damn little guys? They really deserve a spanking.

Fortunately, at the end, Sun Tong specifically instructed that children speak without malice, don't be petty and blame the children, I will be watching.

This made the two 'Grandpas' and 'Elders' who almost had myocardial infarction shout: Long live Chief Steward Sun.

But this joke has been passed down.

Poor students have more stationery, is the Xuan Master's rebuke to them.

Dividing into so many levels, isn't that just poor students having more stationery?

Very embarrassing.

Ji Mingyue's 'early stage, late stage, perfection of the second tier' made Ji Zhongfu a little embarrassed, recalling the past.

… (End of this chapter)