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Chapter 159 My own way

Shi Chen was aware that his spiritual roots were not strong, but he considered himself quite capable of understanding. He could understand many spells, techniques, and miscellaneous texts at once, and gain a deeper understanding with repeated readings.

Therefore, even though Qian Xue's teachings were detailed and complicated, Shi Chen could understand about 70% of them after listening to them once.

Returning to his thatched hut, Shi Chen sorted out methods of cultivation, spell practice, spiritual cultivation, and physical cultivation.

Comparing and verifying it with the method he exchanged for in Qingxuan Sect, as well as the Five Elements Secret Book and Wood Magic, Shi Chen found that the difference between them was indeed huge.

What Qian Xue taught was a complete and systematic practice inheritance, while his own past practice seemed to be pieced together, and he even added some unnecessary content.

Shi Chen spent five days organizing it, and gained some inspiration and insights from it.

After Qian Xue's visit and persuasion, Lu Le, Jian Ming and Huo Yi all passed on their inheritance to Shi Chen.

They were full of hope, hoping that Shi Chen could continue their legacy and not let it be cut off in their hands.

What Lu Le practiced was the gold-attributed technique - Taiyi Jin Jue.

Huo Yi practiced the earth-attributed technique - Tu Xuan Hou Jue.

Jian Ming is a sword immortal, and his attack and killing skills are invincible among the same level. He can break all laws and kill demons with his sword-controlling skills.

Situ Xiaoran practiced wind-attributed skills, which Shi Chen could not learn. However, many of her spells, such as wind control and wind escape, were more sophisticated than the five elements spells, so Shi Chen could still learn them.

The Five Elements Cultivation Technique still lacked water and fire attributes, so Shi Chen didn't hold out for much. He could obtain the inheritance of the three elements of gold, wood, and earth. If he had sufficient resources, he could at least reach the Earthly Immortal realm and cultivate to the Perfect Fusion in the Cultivation Realm. If he could reach the Mysterious Immortal Realm, cultivating to the Earthly Immortal level wouldn't be impossible.

The inheritor of the water-based skills is Ji Mo Ran, and the true spirit cultivator who inherited the fire-based skills has died and disappeared, but left behind a jade slip of inheritance, which is now in Ma Min's hands. She does not agree to let Shi Chen practice it.

Shi Chen did not beg them, nor could he tell them the truth because it concerned the Xuanhuang Pearl.

Shi Chen had no idea of the Xuan Huang Pearl's rank. He only knew that a treasure like this, capable of creating its own small world, possessed countless magical uses. Having never been exposed to a series of spiritual traditions, he found it difficult to discern its rank.

Although Qian Xue's miscellaneous essays on the inheritance of cultivation mentioned the classification of treasure grades, they only discussed the level of innate spiritual treasures, which was far behind the Xuanhuang Pearl.

Shi Chen's cultivation level improved rapidly. In just three months, he reached the ninth level of the Golden Core. It would take less than ten days to achieve the perfection of the Golden Core.

However, Shi Chen was not in a hurry. He knew very well that it was important to have a solid foundation. A weak foundation caused by improving cultivation too quickly was a big taboo for a cultivator.

If the foundation is unstable, the power of the magic will be greatly reduced, the risk of breaking through the realm will be greatly increased, and the breakthrough will usually fail, especially when advancing to a higher level of cultivation.

During the several months of practice, several seniors not only taught their own skills, but also mentioned things that happened a hundred thousand years ago.

One hundred thousand years ago, the current cultivation world was just a region in another world called Lingzhou.

After the war, there must be a scene of devastation. It can be seen from the ancient battlefield outside that the center of the battlefield must be the Chaotic Sea, and the ink vortex should be the Hunyuan Formation they mentioned.

In that melee, some monks who were injured or escaped struggled to survive around the battlefield.

After the whole melee was over, the Lingzhou region, which had been beaten beyond recognition, was separated by powerful people and became an independent small interface, and then became a world of cultivation.

The cultivation tradition of the cultivation world originated from those monks who escaped from the battlefield.

Because of this, the inheritance of the cultivation world has experienced varying degrees of interruptions or omissions.

During these 100,000 years, the world of cultivation has seen a constant flow of cultivators, and there have always been some exceptionally intelligent individuals who have supplemented and improved the traditions of cultivation.

As Shi Chen knew, the Five Elements Sect, which was destroyed ten thousand years ago, had only existed in the cultivation world for thirty thousand years.

As a wood-attributed cultivation tradition, Qingmu Xianshu can be cultivated to the point of transcending tribulations and ascending to immortality. It is said that it can reach the realm of earthly immortals.

According to Qian Xue, there was not even a single earthly immortal in the Xuanxian Realm a hundred thousand years ago. After reaching the perfection of tribulation and going through heavenly tribulation, one can ascend to a higher realm.

Heavenly tribulation, hehe! Shi Chen thought about the existence of several seniors who changed color when they heard about it and found it incredible.

Shi Chen secretly wondered what kind of terrifying existence this heavenly tribulation was that could have so terrified several of the elders. He suspected that the heavenly tribulation might be a judgment from the laws of heaven and earth, the ultimate test of a cultivator's cultivation and state of mind.

Perhaps the calamity will be accompanied by lightning and thunder, the endless force of the thunder surging like a raging wave, madly impacting the person undergoing the calamity. Each lightning bolt contains the power to destroy heaven and earth, and the slightest carelessness will result in annihilation.

Or perhaps, the heavenly tribulation is not just an external attack, but also a torment and test of the heart. The inner demon may take advantage of this opportunity to sneak in, evoking the cultivator's most fearful and painful memories and desires, causing them to fall into endless struggle and confusion.

Furthermore, the power of a heavenly tribulation may vary depending on the cultivator's level of cultivation, cultivation techniques, and accumulated karma. The higher the level of cultivation, the more powerful the cultivation techniques, and the heavier the karma, the more terrifying the heavenly tribulation will be.

Shi Chen even thought that the heavenly tribulation might have multiple layers of tests, each more difficult than the previous one. Only by passing each layer of tests could one truly successfully overcome the tribulation.

Yet, despite such dangers, the cultivators continued to pursue higher realms, eager to successfully overcome the tribulation and ascend to higher realms. Shi Chen couldn't help but sigh, this was the cultivators' perseverance and courage.

Thinking of this, Shi Chen took a deep breath. He understood that the heavenly tribulation might be a huge obstacle he would have to face in his future cultivation. But at the moment, he still had to solve the current dilemma and improve his strength step by step.

After repeatedly asking several seniors about the scene of the heavenly tribulation, they were vague. In the end, Qian Xue blushed and told the truth.

Those who experienced the heavenly tribulation eventually lost all contact. The legend of the heavenly tribulation was only spread through the Xuanxian world and passed on by people.

Shi Chen has five elements spiritual roots and can also practice wood-attributed exercises. Qian Xue also gave him a wood-attributed spiritual vein, which is a top-grade wood spiritual vein!

In the Xuanxian Realm, spiritual veins are divided into only four types: low-grade, medium-grade, high-grade, and top-grade.

Shi Chen took out the spiritual vein he had obtained in Chenyue Fairy City and showed it to Qian Xue. Qian Xue only said that it was a low-grade spiritual vein and had been damaged by six layers.

From this we can see that the grade of the spiritual veins in the cultivation world is graded according to the degree of loss of the lower-grade spiritual veins in the Xuanxian world.

The top-grade wood spirit vein is truly powerful. If the base number of spirit veins obtained before is one, then this intact top-grade wood spirit vein can be regarded as ten thousand.

While practicing on the top-grade spiritual veins, Shi Chen's cultivation level grew exponentially every day. In less than ten days, he broke through the sixth level of the Golden Core, entered the seventh level of the Golden Core, and entered the late stage of the Golden Core.

In addition to practicing every day, Shi Chen also studied the techniques inherited from the Qingmu Immortal Art, as well as some miscellaneous books from the Xuanxian Realm.

Shi Chen spent twenty days consolidating his cultivation, studying magic, alchemy, and swordsmanship, before returning to practice again.

After waking up from his training, his cultivation had already reached the perfection of the Golden Core stage, and the next step was to advance to the Nascent Soul stage.

Shi Chen knew that every time he advanced to a new realm, he would be struck by lightning. He must not rashly attempt to advance before being fully prepared, otherwise he would die.

Under the bombardment of heavenly thunder, if one cannot withstand it, even his soul will be struck into nothingness.

This is the tribulation mentioned in many traditions.

However, the heavenly tribulation will only occur when they have cultivated to the point of completing the tribulation and ascending to earthly immortals.

But every time Shi Chen advanced, thunder would strike from the sky, hindering his progress in cultivation.

I really can't understand why every time I advance, I am blocked by heavenly thunder.

Shi Chen had not been able to study in depth the several inheritances he had practiced before, but now that he had achieved the Golden Elixir, he finally had time to study these inheritances.

Shi Chen had no intention of changing his main cultivation technique. He felt that the Five Elements Secret Book was still suitable for him. If he switched to practicing other Five Elements techniques, he would not be able to fully utilize his spiritual roots.

The single-system exercises are only used as reference and research to see if the exercises of the Five Elements Secret Book can be deduced to the Earthly Immortal Realm.

Although this idea is quite crazy, it is not impossible.

Creating something from nothing is the most difficult step.

Creation is the most meaningful thing in the world, and it is also the most challenging limit.

The birth of all things in the world is a kind of creation, and the origin of all things is also a process from nothing to something.

The so-called Tao is like nothingness. Tao follows nature and thus creates all things.

Tao produces one, one produces two, two produces three, and three produces all things.

Man follows Heaven, Heaven follows Earth, Earth follows the Tao, and the Tao follows nature.

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Shi Chen had no idea that while studying various martial arts techniques and drawing on the inheritance of martial arts techniques, he had unknowingly entered a state of enlightenment.

The so-called practice is not only about cultivating one’s abilities, but also about cultivating one’s mind.

Only when you know your limits can you be determined, only when you are determined can you be calm, only when you are calm can you be at peace, only when you are at peace can you think, and only when you think can you achieve.

Shi Chen felt that this retreat seemed to have lasted for a century, yet it also seemed like just a moment. Everything he thought, imagined, and gained was engraved in his heart.

After waking up from his enlightenment, he also understood his own path.

Eons ago, chaos originated from nothingness, and the Tao was born from nothingness. The Tao was transformed into the realm through eternity, and the realm gave birth to all things in the world.

Kung Fu, techniques, and supernatural powers are all born from Tao, and Tao can interpret chaos.

Whether it's a technique, a spell, or a magical power, it must suit oneself to be considered one's own path. No one is born perfect; one can only rely on oneself to remedy flaws, and the way to do that is through practice. The methods created by predecessors are only suitable for those who came before them, and while they may be similar to one's own, practicing their path may be easy, but they may not be the most suitable for oneself.

Only you know what you truly need. The best option is to find your own path, your own method, and to create your own unique Dao, method, and magical powers.

If you don't have a foundation, you have to learn from others. There are countless methods in the world, and you can always learn from them and create your own methods.