The Terrifying Path of Immortal Cultivation

Refining Essence, according to different cultivation methods, the extracted Essence Qi also varies.

There are also different directions in the practice of various Dao traditions.

For example, the well-known Demon Dao mostly focuses on blood and bone Essence Qi.

Different cultivation methods result in different manifestations of perfected Essence Qi.

Some Essence Qi is stored in the body's organs, and reaching the perfected state implies that the Essence Qi completely fills a certain organ.

There are also cases where the extracted Essence Qi is infused into the meridians, circulating through them and causing a certain transformation of the Essence Qi, ultimately returning to the organs.

Li Qing is currently at this level.

The 2nd level of the body state.

This level is quite special. If it is the first type of cultivation method, where the Essence Qi is stored in the organs, the organ will gradually undergo changes as the Essence Qi fills it.

This change will originate from the organ and spread to all the organs in the body, ultimately making the entire body different from that of an ordinary person.

It seems that the Essence Qi will merge with the organs, undergoing a certain qualitative change, and the amount of Essence Qi integrated varies with different cultivation methods.

If it is the second type, where the Essence Qi circulates along the meridians, gradually radiating throughout the body, it will trigger bodily changes on a broader scale.

The strength becomes boundless, endurance greatly increases, and the recovery ability surpasses that of an ordinary person, leading to the disappearance of all diseases and the possibility of living a disease-free life until old age.

The 3rd level, the Human Calamity.

This is a very peculiar level, and practicing in this world seems to go against the natural order.

Plundering the Essence Qi of sentient beings for one's own use will trigger an inevitable calamity.

Upon reaching the perfected body state, one will sense an inevitable karmic calamity.

If one can overcome this calamity, an unimaginable transformation will occur, and the Essence Qi will gradually undergo a metamorphosis into another kind of power.

Once the transformation is complete, one can step into the next level - the True Law Realm.

Li Qing carefully reads Wang Dexiu's diary and gains some understanding of cultivation.

At this moment, he also understands what that transparent spherical object is.

It is a type of object called Essence Qi Stone, formed by the bizarre transformation of sentient beings' Essence Qi.

These objects are known as anomalies.

Many terrifying legends from ancient times are caused by these anomalies.

The source of anomalies comes from the Essence Qi of sentient beings and imagination.

The more prosperous a city, the more anomalies there are, and they appear from time to time.

Once they appear, the Dao traditions or Independent Cultivators will take action to slay these anomalies and seize the Essence Qi Stones.

In this vast land, there are quite a few forbidden areas for humans. It is said that incredibly terrifying anomalies live inside.

However, most of these powerful anomalies are created for some reason under special conditions and usually do not leave those terrifying restricted areas.

However, as Li Qing continues to read the diary, he finds that Wang Dexiu's diary begins to show signs of confusion.

There are some strange words.

"He came again today, he has been watching me all along."

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"He has no face, but he seems to know me..."

...

"So noisy, his voice is so muffled, he seems to want to tell me something..."

...

One strange sentence after another. It seems that Wang Dexiu has begun to have hallucinations.

This has been going on for a few days, probably starting about seven days ago.

Li Qing furrows his brow silently. "Seven days ago, was it when I started practicing the 'Blood Essence Art'?"

A hint of surprise appears in his eyes, and his expression changes.

"No way, could it be related to me?"

In this bizarre world, Li Qing is extremely cautious about any small coincidences.

Taking a deep breath, he shakes his head and dismisses the thought in his mind. "It shouldn't be that unlucky."

He opens his eyes and gazes at the Essence Qi Stone. "This is a good thing."

"The Essence Qi in the Essence Qi Stone is usually very pure and can be used for refining treasures, elixirs, or even used directly."

He reaches out and takes the Essence Qi Stone. Suddenly, the Jade Tablet in his mind trembles slightly.

The Essence Qi in the Essence Qi Stone is instantly devoured, and an extremely pure Essence Qi surges out, completely merging with the Essence Qi of the 'Spirit Blood Art'.

The originally one-fifth of the total bloodline's Essence Qi is directly increased by another one-fifth.

"Two-fifths of the bloodline's Essence Qi has already merged with the Essence Qi. Once it reaches 100%, it will start to affect the blood."

Li Qing ponders, "There are two directions for practicing the Foundation Building Realm."

"One is to integrate the Essence Qi into the organs, and the other is to channel the Essence Qi into the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and the Twelve Regular Meridians."

"As for the True Law Realm, it is unknown."

"However, there is a high probability that they will converge. The Essence Qi may eventually spread throughout the body."

"But the body can only accommodate one main type of Essence Qi."

"Practicing different types of Essence Qi may pose a danger in the True Law Realm."

Li Qing ponders, as he has come to a world with mysterious cultivation methods, he naturally wants to find ways to reach the peak.

It is both for self-protection and to understand what exactly is happening in this mysterious world.

"I need treasures. I can try to purchase various cultivation methods at the Scripture Pavilion and use the Jade Tablet to optimize the fusion ability, creating an invincible cultivation method for the Foundation Building Realm."

After reading Wang Dexiu's diary, Li Qing is very clear that he definitely cannot reach the end by simply practicing an ordinary cultivation method.

What he needs to do is to make the most of the Jade Tablet's ability to create a method that can adapt to all types of Essence Qi.

"Practicing a single type of Essence Qi will definitely result in a very low absorption efficiency for the Essence Qi in the air."

"I need to create a method that can absorb all types of Essence Qi and maximize the efficiency."

"Furthermore, more profound cultivation methods clearly have independent lineages, which I cannot find at all."

"I can only pave my own path."

"However, these shops almost exclusively accept treasures, and the currency is of no use to them."

"So it can be inferred that the lineages behind these shops do not use currency for cultivation."

"There may be traps within the currency."

As a person from Earth, who has witnessed countless conspiracies and experienced an information explosion, his innate talent is to be skeptical of everything.

Although the currency known as 'fa qian' is widely circulated among Independent Cultivators, they use it for cultivation, defense, and trade, forming a simple financial system.

These powerful lineages, however, do not accept this currency, clearly indicating a problem.

No one would refuse wealth unless it is not actually wealth.

Looking at the ten fa qian left on the table, Li Qing's eyes narrow slightly. "I'll spend it tomorrow and see if I can buy some cultivation methods from the Independent Cultivators."

"I want to see if my idea of creating a method using the Jade Tablet is correct."

His gaze falls on a black mushroom-like object, which is the Black Profound Mushroom, one of the items for practicing the 'Black Water Technique'.

"It happens to be a necessary medicinal ingredient."

"The rest can be collected by Wang Kuohai, which should be more convenient."

His gaze then falls on a black iron ball about the size of a thumb, but weighing a pound.

He picks up the black iron ball and injects a strand of Essence Qi into it. However, the iron ball shows no change, and all the Essence Qi is devoured.

"It seems to be of no use? Could it be that the injected Essence Qi is not enough?"