Chapter 1 Rebirth

  "Yuán Líng Dān, ten thousand pieces."

  The materials for refining equipment are enough to refine two spiritual instruments on their own, and there are also several thousand demon heads, as well as some martial skills and techniques. There are also some spirit stones, which not only provide spiritual energy for cultivators but also serve as good materials for refining equipment. The more spirit stones added, the better the spirituality of the refined instrument.

  Chen Xuan also came to realize that the Spirit Stone only existed in the Spiritual Veins, so most of what was circulating outside were Yuan Ling Dan. The Spirit Stone was still too rare, now he could safely break through to the Spiritual Martial Realm, and the spiritual energy he needed was sufficient.

  Ten thousand yuan ling dan is enough to absorb the spiritual energy when breaking through, Chen Xuan put all the materials into his ring and wore the largest capacity ring on his hand, throwing the other rings into it.

  Today I will start preparing to break through the day after tomorrow, and reach the spiritual martial realm. This is a leap from ordinary people to nobility. Only when you reach the spiritual martial realm can you be considered a formal cultivator. Even if your level is high in the secular world, you can only do some simple tasks at the outer gate, and even some secular seventh-grade can only do some chores in the sect. This is the difference between the secular world and the spiritual martial realm. Only when you reach the spiritual martial realm will the sect take you seriously, no matter how many secular people there are, they can't compare to one spiritual martial realm.

  Only by entering the spiritual martial realm can one enter the threshold of cultivation. The term "postnatal" is just a secular name for martial artists, and perhaps in the secular world, a postnatal ninth-rank expert can become a general, but in the cultivation world, postnatal martial artists are all insignificant existences.

  After a night's recovery, Chen Xuan adjusted his state to the best, and the true power of his dantian also recovered to its peak. When breaking through, there must not be any carelessness, which was also what Lao Li often reminded Chen Xuan, especially when crossing the great boundary, he had to do it with no room for error.

  Go out and search the surroundings, no one is allowed to disturb when breaking through. Chen Xuan went out and searched a mile away, didn't find anyone following Tianmo or the demon beast. Only then did he put his mind at ease, moved a large stone to block the entrance of the cave, now we can start, Chen Xuan thought to himself.

  Everything is ready, sit down with your legs crossed, mobilize the true energy in your dantian and let it flow slowly along your meridians back to the dantian.

  One lap, two laps...... twenty laps......

  Every time you walk around in a circle, the true energy in your dantian will expand once. The true energy in your dantian begins to convert all spiritual energy. When all the true energy is converted into spiritual energy, it is also when you break through. At this time, the true energy in your dantian starts from yellow and slowly turns deep yellow.

  Chen Xuan's inner vision of his own blood also began to change from its original yellowish-brown color towards a golden hue, and every time he broke through, his blood would deepen in color once again.

  Lui Lao said that when he completely reaches the pure golden color, his physical body will transform into a true Wanlong True Body, and even he can transform into a real dragon. Looking at the color of his own blood now, it seems that there is still a long way to go, but every step forward, the strength of his physical body is also constantly increasing, only the strong physique can bear more spiritual energy.

  One hundred and five rounds.

  Chen Xuan's forehead began to sweat, how come my true energy conversion is taking so long? Didn't Old Man Li tell me that after tomorrow, in Lingwu, I only need to circulate the 36 heavens for three days, and at most it won't exceed seven days. How come I've already circulated over a hundred times and my true energy still hasn't fully converted into spiritual energy?

  One hundred and six, the meridians start to feel a bit torn apart, the meridians have reached their limit of endurance.

  "No way, my true strength is too overwhelming, if I continue like this, my meridians will completely collapse."

  "Lao Li, hurry up and come out. I'm experiencing meridian rupture right now. Take a look at how to resolve it. If all the meridians are ruptured, all my cultivation will be wasted. From then on, I'll only be able to be a useless person."

  Lao Li was also watching Chen Xuan break through, his eyes were filled with an incredulous expression, he was also stunned by Chen Xuan's situation. He didn't expect this kid's true strength in his dantian to be so powerful, and it had been over a hundred cycles without finishing, which was the limit of three people. If things continued like this, this kid would definitely be exhausted.

  "Chen Xuan, I'm now mobilizing the energy of the Soul Stone to repair your meridians. The green energy of the Soul Stone can repair your meridians." Lao Li shouted loudly in Chen Xuan's Soul Sea.

  A thin stream of green energy flowed from Chen Xuan's brow into his meridians, beginning to repair the torn meridians. The injured meridians quickly recovered and became even more resilient and flexible than before. This process repeated itself, with the meridians tearing and repairing themselves over and over again, until Chen Xuan's meridians had become thick and robust.

  The speed of the true energy's circulation was getting faster and faster, Chen Xuan only put down his heart now, quickly transforming again, two hundred and sixty circles, already over two hundred circles. The true energy in the dantian had already transformed into spiritual energy by more than two-thirds.

  It's working, with persistence for a while, the energy of the Soul Stone is also constantly repairing Chen Xuan's meridians.

  Three hundred fifty... Three hundred fifty-five...

  The meridians began to feel torn apart again, and at this time Lao Li was completely stunned, not knowing how this little guy's dantian had so much true energy, more than a hundred demon spirits were all absorbed by him, and how he managed to fit them into his dantian.

  The energy of the Soul Stone is also slowly losing its effect, and the repair speed can no longer keep up with the tearing speed.

  Three hundred fifty-eight

  With each cycle of true power, Chen Xuan's forehead would be covered in a large amount of sweat, flowing down and soaking his entire clothes.

  Three hundred fifty-nine

  "It's no use, my meridians can't take it anymore." His body began to show signs of cracking.

  Three hundred and sixty cycles, at this time the true energy has already been walking in the meridians slower than a snail's pace, and the pores on the body have begun to seep out blood water bit by bit.

  Leyi was also making his greatest effort to mobilize the soul stone to repair Chen Xuan's physical body, but still couldn't stop his body from slowly cracking. When the last thread of true energy in the meridians flowed into the dantian, a black whirlwind suddenly appeared in the dantian. The spiritual energy of the entire cave rushed wildly into Chen Xuan's body. The cracks on his skin recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye and became even more solid than before. A thin protective membrane could be seen under his muscles, constantly protecting Chen Xuan's skin.

  A vacuum zone suddenly appeared around the cave, and all the spiritual energy was swept away by Chen Xuan. The spiritual energy around the cave was also rushing towards this side frantically. How could there be such a huge influx? Lao Li's mouth was wide open, as if he could swallow an egg.

  Yuán Líng Dān came out, Chen Xuan took out all the Yuán Líng Dān from the ring, and poured a thousand grains into his belly. Before even one second had passed, they were sucked empty by the black whirlwind in his dantian.

  It's not enough, Chen Xuan poured another 4,000 grains into his mouth, but it was still swept away by the dantian. Chen Xuan's dantian is now like a bottomless pit, no matter how much he fills it, it can't be filled. He took out the Yuanshen Dan again and poured all the remaining 5,000 plus the previous 2,000 Yuanshen Dans into his belly.

  The black whirlwind in Dantian slowly slowed down, but the black whirlwind began to evolve towards solidification, slowly turning into a tripod furnace existence. The tripod furnace was bottomless, like a black hole, forever devouring the external spiritual energy and feeding it back to Chen Xuan's Dantian.

  The lower abdomen is expanding bit by bit, getting bigger and bigger. The spiritual energy of the lower abdomen has begun to liquefy, which is a manifestation that only appears in the middle stage of spiritual martial arts. This must be related to this cauldron, through the transformation of the cauldron, the quality of the spiritual energy has also been improved accordingly. There are also impurities in the spiritual energy, which need to be refined by the practitioner themselves, but there are some that cannot be refined by humans.

  "How did I suddenly break through the Lingwu boundary and have this thing appear in my dantian? Is this really the transformation of the Tianyun Decree that Lao Li spoke of? If it's like this, then doesn't that mean I can directly use the tripod furnace to absorb other people's spiritual energy for myself from now on, without needing to refine it again?"

  Chen Xuan's momentum was rising bit by bit, and the spiritual energy within a radius of three or four miles around him had been swept away by Chen Xuan. Even the surrounding trees became withered, without the nourishment of spiritual energy, they all turned yellow, and some spiritual grasses even withered. The spiritual energy on them was all absorbed by Chen Xuan.

  The true energy in his dantian had completely transformed into spiritual energy. He hadn't expected to reach the 360th cycle of a year, which was a yearly cycle. His current spiritual energy was at least ten times that of an ordinary Lingwu realm cultivator. In other words, he could simultaneously take on ten people of the same level as himself. This was still Chen Xuan's most conservative estimate, after all, he had just broken through and once his realm stabilized, there would be even more room for improvement.

  Chen Xuan didn't rise, but instead solidified his realm, and his body fully recovered. His meridians became as tough as steel, and he no longer worried about being torn apart again. His physical body had improved several times compared to before, and now when he clenched his fists, a burst of air would explode, which was a sign that his body had reached the state of indestructibility.

  Now ordinary swords and sabers can no longer pose any threat to him, which means that Chen Xuan standing there would allow people to take ordinary swords and sabers to kill him, but he couldn't even kill Chen Xuan. Now ordinary swords and sabers can't even break through his skin, fortunately, he has the Soul Stone, otherwise, this Devouring Heaven Technique really couldn't be cultivated. If it weren't for the Soul Stone helping him repair his meridians, he might have become a useless person by now.

  I had considered passing on the Tianxu Decree to my father when I have the ability to protect myself, but it seems that's not possible now. Without the energy of the soul stone to repair the meridians, no one can withstand the consequences of their tendons and veins being torn apart.

  When the boundary was completely solidified, Chen Xuan finally stood up from the ground, changed out of his wet clothes and put on a clean outer disciple's uniform. This time when he went back, it seemed that he had to change his clothes again.

  Chen Xuan dispersed his divine consciousness outward.

  One meter... Ten meters... Five hundred meters... One thousand five hundred meters...

  It's still not extreme, and the divine consciousness seeps out again.

  Two thousand two hundred...

  It seems that my divine sense can cover a maximum distance of 2,200 meters.

  Ordinary Lingwu realm divine sense can only extend up to 500 meters, while I am four times that, even surpassing the true Wu realm by 200 meters. Since breaking through the Lingwu realm, my soul power has also increased greatly, and my divine sense has entered my own Soul Sea.

  "Lai Lao was able to break through this time and thank you, timely mobilizing the energy of the soul stone to repair his own tendons." Chen Xuan thanked.

  "Don't be polite, kid. If you're gone, I'll be stuck in your spiritual sea for the rest of eternity. Helping you is also helping myself. In the future, I'm counting on you to help me find my physical body."

  Chen Xuan was grateful despite knowing that Lao Li didn't want to be bothered with his personal affairs. If it weren't for the Soulstone's repair this time, he would probably be a cripple by now.

  "Lai Lao, I've now reached the Ling Wu realm. Can I start refining spiritual equipment? Also, Lai Lao, can you help me with something? There's a thing in my dantian that looks like a tripod furnace." Chen Xuan said.