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Chapter 1005 Major Breakthrough of the Primordial Spirit, the Water Monkey Wants to Recognize a Master!

Chen Yang quickly experienced the benefits of this technique.

Each cycle of the withering and flourishing of the Golden Lotus brings about an improvement in the primordial spirit.

Although it wasn't as exaggerated as Mo Yuan had imagined—the improvement from a single petal wouldn't reach half a grade of Nascent Soul cultivation—108 petals could still give Chen Yang a Nascent Soul improvement of around 20 grades.

His current cultivation level, Golden Lotus, has only experienced two cycles of withering and flourishing, barely reaching the second stage, and is still seven cycles away from achieving the ninth stage of mastery.

That is a substantial upgrade of the primordial spirit to grade 140.

If we add the tempering of heavenly lightning during the tribulation, this breakthrough to the Dao True Realm might bring him a 200-grade improvement in his primordial spirit.

Improving one's primordial spirit is inherently difficult, and a sudden increase of 200 grades is enough for him to raise his primordial spirit to over 500 grades.

With such a strong primordial spirit, he wouldn't be afraid of facing someone in the mid-stage of the Dao True Realm.

However, the Nine Revolutions Lotus Technique consumes far too much energy.

He didn't bring the Gluttonous Gu with him this time. Without the energy support, his true essence was quickly depleted. Ordinary pills simply couldn't support such a large consumption. So Chen Yang only had two choices: either directly expend his inner core or take out the immortal herb in his hand and expend it.

Since the immortal herbs are rare and I can't bear to consume them, I can only consume the inner elixir.

With his current physique, it would indeed be a bit of a stretch for him to consume the inner core of a Dao True Realm cultivator.

As soon as the inner elixir entered his stomach, Chen Yang immediately used the Five Observations of Food Preservation Technique to quickly digest it.

This is only a spirit beast inner core at the early stage of the Dao True Realm. Several inner cores at the late stage of the Dao True Realm have already been refined into prayer beads.

Although it is only the inner core of a spirit beast in the early stage of the Dao True Realm, the energy within it is incredibly vast and complex.

The Five Observations of Food Preservation Technique was powerful enough, but the speed of digestion still couldn't keep up with the speed of energy release. The violent energy rapidly surged into Chen Yang's meridians, entered his flesh and blood cells, and violently tried to tear Chen Yang's body apart.

Chen Yang was not unprepared; he multitasked and unleashed his Golden Body.

His physique suddenly strengthened, forcibly locking this energy within his body.

Activate the Five Observations of Food Storage Technique at full power to quickly digest this violent energy.

……

Chen Yang was radiant with golden light.

Supported by powerful energy, the golden lotus of cultivation hovering above its head regained its vitality and began to grow rapidly.

Mo Yuan stared blankly at this scene.

Can a golden statue be used like this?
This guy is ruthless.

Not only did it swallow the inner core of the Dao True Realm whole, it also locked up the energy, preventing any leakage or waste.

Seeing the golden lotus of cultivation above Chen Yang's head regain its vitality and all 108 petals grow back, Mo Yuan looked outside.

There is still no indication that a heavenly calamity will befall us.

His cultivation has reached the Golden Lotus stage, withering and flourishing three times. He has already broken through all three stages. Why hasn't the Heavenly Tribulation arrived yet?
Did this kid get some kind of back door? Or has fate simply forgotten about him?
Amidst the confusion, the petals of the golden lotus slowly unfolded, and the primordial spirit sat upright on the lotus platform, radiating golden light, having grown about an inch taller.

The petals are in full bloom.

A moment later, a scene that left Mo Yuan dumbfounded appeared.

The blooming petals have begun to wither and fall again...

"This……"

Mo Yuan was a little confused.

What's going on here? What kind of freak is this kid?

Wasn't he already at the late stage of the Creation Realm?
At the late stage of the Creation Realm, one must have already completed two cycles of withering and flourishing. What just happened should have been the third cycle of withering and flourishing, during which a heavenly tribulation would be attracted, and one should break through to the Dao True Realm.

What kind of move is that?

The fourth cycle of flourishing and decay?
Could it be because his primordial spirit was born prematurely?

Mo Yuan was a little confused. Having lived for hundreds of years, it had never encountered such a situation before.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through Mo Yuan's mind.

Could it be that martial arts technique?

Nine Revolutions Lotus Technique

Mo Yuan was certainly familiar with this cultivation technique, but he only knew that it was a cultivation technique for the Creation Realm, capable of cultivating an extremely powerful primordial spirit.

Mo Yuan did not know how to cultivate this technique, as it had never seen this divine skill in person.

At this moment, it remembered that Chen Yang had mentioned this technique, which was the legacy left by Ye Huai'an.

Given its expertise in cultivation, it's not hard to guess that Chen Yang's current situation might actually be that he is cultivating this divine skill, Nine Revolutions Lotus, undergoing a transformation of his primordial spirit. Could the so-called nine revolutions be the flower of cultivation that withers and flourishes nine times?

While Mo Yuan was calculating, the golden lotus petals on Chen Yang's head had completely withered, and then new petals began to grow.

Mo Yuan stared blankly.

Outside, thunder and rain raged. In the direction of the valley, the tribulation of lightning had not yet ended, and thunderbolts continued to fall intermittently, creating a deafening roar.

But this no longer aroused Mo Yuan's interest. It stared intently at Chen Yang, who was radiating golden light and looked like a god descending to earth.

Mo Yuan's eyes gleamed with golden light, and he could clearly see the golden lotus of cultivation above Chen Yang's head.

It starts again...

New petals of the golden lotus sprouted and soon bloomed. After a while, as expected, the petals withered and fell, turning into pure primordial energy, which was absorbed by the primordial spirit sitting on the lotus platform.

This is the fifth time!

Mo Yuan's breathing faltered slightly as he stared intently at Chen Yang.

It has a special talent: its eyes can not only find treasures and observe energy, but also have a powerful analytical ability. This ability allows it to identify the flow of true energy and the path of energy circulation within someone's body just by watching them practice their cultivation technique. It can then decipher the technique and, after analysis, modify it to suit its own cultivation method as much as possible.

This is why it claims that you can learn someone else's technique just by looking at it once.

It learned the Golden Body of Dharma Form technique that Chen Yang used back then because of this.

However, its learning is only superficial; the true techniques and secrets cannot be analyzed by its eyes alone.

Moreover, it had not learned the "Emei Body Tempering and Qi Cultivation Techniques," and its golden body form was entirely simulated by its strong physique. It was still somewhat different from the real golden body form, and could only reach 60-70% of its power at most.

……

At this moment, it was also trying to analyze the cultivation technique that Chen Yang was practicing.

The Nine-Turn Lotus Technique, where "Hua" means flower, describes how the golden lotus withers and flourishes nine times before the primordial spirit undergoes a transformation.

Its cultivation level has now regressed to the Creation Realm, and everything has to start over. Its primordial spirit also needs to be re-condensed. Now that it has a fresh start and has a better cultivation method, there is no reason to go down the old path again.

If Chen Yang can truly cultivate a stronger primordial spirit through this technique, then I can certainly cultivate it too.

Mo Yuan stared intently at Chen Yang, trying to analyze the flow of energy within Chen Yang's body, not missing a single detail.

……

The fifth cycle of growth and decay has ended.

Chen Yang's energy was once again completely depleted.

A single inner core at the early stage of the Dao True Realm can only sustain the consumption of two cycles of the Profound Technique.

Chen Yang did not hesitate; he still had two inner cores at the early stage of the Dao True Realm.

Without hesitation, I quickly swallowed another one.

A vast amount of energy burst forth, and Chen Yang pushed his golden body to its limit, using his physical body as a dam to firmly trap the raging torrent of energy within him.

The Five Observations of Food Storage Technique is fully activated, frantically digesting the energy of the inner elixir.

This kind of cultivation method is truly insane.

If a cultivator who is unaware of the situation were to see him, he would probably be judged as an evil cultivator at a glance.

Chen Yang was completely focused and undisturbed by external things.

With the infusion of massive energy, the cultivation continued.

The sixth cycle of flourishing and decay...

The seventh cycle of flourishing and decay...

The eighth cycle of flourishing and decay...

Upon reaching the eighth stage, the old flowers wither and new flowers bloom.

The petals had grown more than halfway, but the growth slowed down again.

Energy levels have run out again.

It seems that the energy consumption increases as you get closer to the end. Previously, one inner core could complete two cycles of cultivation of the profound technique, but now, the energy of two inner cores can only complete less than three cycles of cultivation.

Chen Yang busied himself searching through the system's inventory, trying to find something that could provide him with a large amount of energy in a short period of time.

The remaining few inner cores had already been refined into prayer beads, so there was no point in using them.

Only medicinal herbs of the highest grade, known as "immortal herbs," can quickly provide a large amount of energy.

Although he had collected a lot of high-quality medicinal herbs during this period, he didn't have a big enough mouth to swallow them all in a short time.

Four Udumbara flowers.

Its function is to assist cultivators in achieving enlightenment and entering the state of unity with heaven and man. Before the Heavenly Path is severed, it can even help cultivators open the Heavenly Gate, comprehend the laws and divine powers, and break through to the Heavenly Man realm.

Using it for the cultivation of the Nine Revolutions Lotus Technique would be a complete waste.

……

Two Cordyceps sinensis plants, also a rare and precious item, were a system reward that Chen Yang obtained from Jinjia Mountain.

It contains immense ice energy, which can be used to temper an immortal body.

This herb can indeed provide him with a lot of energy, but it's the herb he plans to use to temper his immortal body after breaking through to the Dao True Realm.

Using it here would be a complete waste.

Ten-leaf Water Bodhi?
Water Bodhi also possesses immense water-attribute energy, which can cleanse the primordial spirit, temper the physical body, and refine the mind.

It seems slightly more suitable, but after all, there are only two. If all the energy is used to cultivate the Nine Revolutions Lotus Technique, it is definitely impossible to fully exert the other medicinal effects, which is a bit of a pain.

……

Jade cabbage?
It is said that this place contains a vast amount of cultivation power from generations of highly skilled predecessors of the Shennong Sect.

But I don't know how to use it.

……

Oh right, I almost forgot about this.

Medicine Buddha statue!

A Buddha statue, about half a foot tall and resembling both wood and jade, appeared in Chen Yang's hands.

Some time ago, at Longtai Mountain, this Buddha statue was infused with a massive amount of earth and water vein energy, and the Medicine Buddha statue was able to refine this energy autonomously.

Over this period of time, I have refined quite a bit.

This energy was originally intended for future cultivation of the Xuanwu Heart Sutra, but now, there's no need to worry about anything else. Earth vein energy and water vein energy are much easier to find than immortal herbs.

Immediately, Chen Yang channeled a wisp of true essence into the Buddha statue. The next second, a vast amount of energy surged out from the Buddha statue and rapidly flowed into Chen Yang's body.

This energy has already been refined by the Medicine Buddha statue, making it much gentler for Chen Yang, requiring only simple refining.

The damage to the body is far less severe than that caused by the energy of the inner alchemy.

……

With the supply of energy, the petals of the Golden Lotus of Cultivation continued to grow.

The eighth cycle of the golden lotus's withering and flourishing finally ended, and 108 new petals grew, causing the lotus to bloom.

At this point, Chen Yang stopped.

Having completed the eighth stage of the profound skill, if one continues to cultivate, the heavenly tribulation will likely arrive very soon once one enters the ninth stage.

He still doesn't know if the water monkey's tribulation has passed. If the tribulation hasn't ended, he will still face the problem of the heavenly tribulation change he was worried about when he enters the ninth reincarnation.

The restless feeling I had been harboring was no longer there.

Above their heads, a 108-petaled golden lotus slowly rotated, and a small primordial spirit sat solemnly on the lotus platform, still with its eyes closed, quietly breathing in and out.

After cultivating the Nine Revolutions Lotus Technique, this primordial spirit figure has grown to a height of one foot and nine inches, and its golden light is clearly mixed with a trace of purple halo.

After repeated refinement, Chen Yang could clearly feel the changes in his primordial spirit.

It's as if it's been concentrated; the intensity is significantly greater.

I pulled up the system panel and took a look.

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Name: Chen Yang

Physical strength: 64567.

Mental power: 58120/58120.

Yuan Shen: 35580.

Experience value: 12550/3000000
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His physical strength and mental power have both improved slightly, but his primordial spirit has been directly upgraded by 120 grades.

Having only cultivated to the eighth level, he had already achieved a 120-grade improvement. This Nine Revolutions Lotus Technique had truly brought him a pleasant surprise.

If one cultivates to the ninth level and breaks through to the Dao True Realm, and is tempered by heavenly lightning, it is absolutely no problem for one's primordial spirit to exceed 400 grades; it might even be possible to break through to 500 grades.

"call!"

Chen Yang exhaled a breath of sword.

Although the consumption was indeed too great, compared to the improvement of his primordial spirit cultivation, these consumptions seemed insignificant to him.

Slowly opened his eyes.

What came into view were two pairs of eyes.

Mo Yuan and the water monkey Hong Li.

Mo Yuan was alright; you got used to him after a while. But the water monkey's face was truly terrifying. At first glance, it gave Chen Yang goosebumps.

Putting everything else aside, the mandrill and water goblin are all terrifying in appearance; their looks alone are enough to challenge one's psychological limits.

"Breakthrough?"

Chen Yang shook off the goosebumps on his body and asked the water monkey.

Only then did he realize that outside the cave, the weather was sunny and calm, the thunderstorm had long since stopped, and it was already daylight.

The water monkey nodded, its body weak, but its voice was unusually excited, "Although the process was a bit dangerous, the pills you gave me were really effective. The heavenly lightning didn't do much damage to my body. Towards the end, I even came out of the water and directly withstood the lightning with my bare body..."

Chen Yang nodded slightly.

He quickly took out his phone to check, and thankfully, only one night had passed.

For him, time is precious, and he's afraid that he'll lose track of time once he starts cultivating.

It was only 10 a.m. the next day.

Chen Yang said, "I've done what I promised you, so we're even now. Now, you can go back to your Bailongjiang..."

Upon hearing this, the water monkey paused slightly, appearing somewhat awkward.

"What's wrong?" Chen Yang looked at it strangely.

The water monkey looked at Chen Yang with its whitish eyes and said, "I want to follow you."

"Follow me?"

Chen Yang was somewhat taken aback when he heard this.

"Yes, I want to follow you and, like this fellow rat, acknowledge you as my master!"

A resolute gleam shone in his white eyes.

These words left Chen Yang completely bewildered.

Mo Yuan rolled his eyes. This water monkey must be stupid. Who would willingly become a slave?

Chen Yang stared at the water monkey in front of him for a long while, "Why do you have such thoughts? Now that you have broken through to the Dao True Realm, with your cultivation, if not invincible, you should have no problem dominating the entire White Dragon River, right? Why do you want to follow me? Isn't it better to be free and unrestrained?"

The water monkey said, "My ambition is not to become king or conqueror. I've stayed in Bailongjiang for too long. I don't want the freedom of solitude. Besides, I can feel that following you will give me a brighter future..."

It's quite insightful.

Chen Yang said, "If you want to follow me, I will definitely have to leave some methods inside your body. Can you accept that?"

"can!"

The water monkey agreed without hesitation.

After considering it for a moment, Chen Yang said, "You don't need to rush to give me an answer. During this time, you can follow me. If you are still firm in your decision before I leave the secret realm, then we can talk about it."

This water monkey has already broken through to the Dao True Realm. Chen Yang is quite aware of how ferocious the battle power of a Dao True Realm deity is.

Chen Yang was naturally happy to have such a henchman by his side. However, he did not want to force it. After all, it was different from Mo Yuan. Mo Yuan's cultivation had declined, and Chen Yang could suppress him with one hand. But after the water monkey broke through to the Dao True Realm, its strength was not to be underestimated. Such a being, if it did not sincerely submit, would bring great hidden dangers to him even if he planted the Life and Death Curse Seal on it.

Therefore, Chen Yang gave it enough time to consider. If it still wanted to follow him when he left the secret realm, it wouldn't be impossible for him to take it in.

The water monkey nodded repeatedly.

"You've just broken through, so you'll probably be weak for a while. Go and rest in the Azure Pearl first."

Without saying anything more, Chen Yang put it into the Azure Profound Pearl.

Mo Yuan leaned closer and said, "Congratulations, Master, on mastering your divine skill!"

Chen Yang ignored it; this rat was always sweet-talking and good at flattery.

Mo Yuan grinned. "If I'm not mistaken, the cultivation technique Master practices is the Nine Revolutions Lotus Technique, right?"

"What? You want to learn?"

Chen Yang glanced at it.

Mo Yuan nodded, "I want to!"

Chen Yang said, "Aren't you supposed to be so capable? You think you can learn it after watching it once? What, you didn't watch it last night?"

Mo Yuan said awkwardly, "I can only get a general idea; I don't have the key techniques or secrets. I've grasped the form but not the essence..."

"If you want to learn, then do your best."

Chen Yang gave a perfunctory answer, neither saying he would give it to them nor that he wouldn't.

He got up, went to the cave entrance, and looked at the sky.

Clear skies.

Last night's torrential rain washed the entire mountain forest clean, and the air was exceptionally fresh.

“After last night, quite a few spirit beasts came to check on the situation, including two Dao True Realm cultivators. Their master was cultivating, so I didn’t dare to provoke them…”

Mo Yuan came up behind Chen Yang and said, "If Master also wants to break through to the Dao True Realm, I'm afraid he will have to choose another place. The commotion that water monkey caused last night was quite big. Many beings will definitely come to check the situation. It's no longer safe here."

"Ah."

Chen Yang nodded slightly.

He originally planned to wait until the water monkey finished its tribulation before undergoing his own, thinking that the power of the heavenly tribulation would be less.

But for now, we can only wait and see!
(End of this chapter)