A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Since the five-colored Ruyi Pearl in front of him no longer emitted the light of touching the law, Duan Rong had a thought, and the pearl transformed into a ray of light, flying back to the center of his clear and glassy body's brow, where it coiled up.

Duan Rong then withdrew from the sea of ​​spiritual consciousness.

He has comprehended the power of all seventy-nine laws and completed the second stage.

Duan Rong opened his eyes on the futon and let out a slight sigh of relief.

He sat there motionless for four months. Moreover, his soul had entered the sea of ​​spiritual consciousness, which meant that his soulless body sat stiffly on the futon for four months.

Duan Rong could feel his throat was dry and his lips were chapped and peeling.

But he didn't get up immediately; he knew his body was stiff.

With a focused mind, the vital energy within the dantian circulates through the meridians, and the surge of vital energy causes the blood and qi to rise.

In just a few breaths, the stiff body became supple.

Duan Rong finally let out a long sigh, stood up from the futon, walked slowly to the wall on the other side, scooped up some water and drank it.

After drinking several handfuls of water, he felt much better about the dryness in his throat, so he sat down at the stone table and began to look through another book of sect techniques.

This volume is naturally the third hurdle, the condensation of the profound cultivation technique.

After devouring the digestive organ spirit, Duan Rong was already quite familiar with this technique.

But at this moment, he had his reasons for wanting to look through the techniques recorded in the booklet again.

Condensing a profound inner energy within the dantian is actually a rather complex and precise process.

While Duan Rong was drinking water, he had already been mentally reviewing the relevant content of the sect's cultivation techniques.

Just as he finished drinking the water and wiped his mouth with his sleeve, he noticed a problem.

In sectarian cultivation methods, the method of building a profound understanding within the dantian is based on the concept of a law. Therefore, the process is very slow, and the order of many parts is very important.

However, Duan Rong is now able to mobilize the power of seventy-nine laws.

The reason he sat down and looked through the records in that book was that he wanted to deduce a new method for condensing the Cavern of Enlightenment, in order to condense the Cavern of Enlightenment by mobilizing the power of the seventy-nine laws.

Duan Rong sat down abruptly, and three days passed in the blink of an eye.

He would often stare intently at the manual in his hands for hours, motionless and without turning a page. But then suddenly, he would flip through the pages rapidly, back and forth, before stopping at a new point.

Three days later, Duan Rong raised his head and gently closed the animal hide manual in his hand.

The deep light in his eyes gradually faded, and his eyes became clear and bright.

Over the past three days, by thoroughly studying the cultivation method again, he has come to understand the true principle of condensing the void.

Having comprehended the power of the laws, absorbed the artifact spirit that had devoured the manual, and conducted in-depth research over the past three days, he was even able to discern the intentions of the sect elders who created this technique in many details.

Based on this, he redesigned the process of condensing the Cavern by mobilizing the power of seventy-nine laws. According to the new design, the time will be greatly shortened.

Duan Rong stood up from the stone chair and turned to walk towards the prayer mat over there.

"The final hurdle!"

Duan Rong sighed, his eyes clear, and then sat cross-legged on the futon again, as if he were an old monk in deep meditation.

This time, he did not send his soul into his spiritual sea of ​​consciousness, but instead released his divine sense to perceive his body, especially his dantian and meridians.

The divine sense illuminates the internal organs and meridians with every detail.

At this moment, Duan Rong had a thought, and an invisible force of law entered his dantian.

While manipulating the vortex of Qi in his dantian, which was in a state of perfect perfection and kept spinning, Duan Rong used his mind to guide the power of the law into the center of the still spinning vortex.

That power of law was entrenched at the center of the cyclone. As the cyclone rotated, the cyclone, which had already reached its perfect state, began to slowly contract.

It's important to understand why it's called the Great Perfection of the Qi Cyclone Realm; it means that at this point, the Qi cyclone can no longer be further contracted and solidified.

But now, this already perfected cyclone is actually shrinking even more slowly.

Just as the vortex within his dantian began to contract, Duan Rong had a thought and summoned two more strands of law power, which swirled around the vortex.

Meanwhile, the two outer forces of law were actually squeezing the vortex, and it was as if the force of law was pressing the vortex into its center.

The vortex of energy seemed to be gradually swallowed up, slowly disappearing deep within the dantian.

Just as the cyclone disappeared, the five-colored Ruyi Bead that had been perched on the forehead of the clear and lustrous body within the spiritual sea of ​​consciousness suddenly melted away, like an ice sculpture turning to water.

Its molten liquid is multicolored, flowing over the surface of the clear glass body and gradually seeping into it...

This is the first step in condensing the void, namely, devouring the vortex.

This step is actually the simplest, because the power of laws is essentially a dimensional reduction attack when facing a vortex that originates from the power of intent.

Next comes the crucial second step: condensing the Dongming (洞冥) within the Dantian (丹田).

The so-called "Dongming" is actually a kind of connection between the space of the Eye of Law or the power of the law and the cultivator's body.

This is also the most difficult step, and the one that requires the most care, because a cultivator's body is very fragile, especially the dantian.

Now, the goal is to allow the power of the laws to reside within the dantian, and to establish a connection and mutual recognition between the dantian and the body, much like a biological organism. This process involves many intricate details.

Duan Rong let out a long sigh and began this step, which was also the key to the three days he had spent conceiving the plan while sitting at the stone table...

This process lasted for nearly twenty days.

Duan Rong's body trembled slightly that day, but he quickly regained his balance.

Just as he trembled slightly, the Cave of Darkness within his dantian had already condensed.

Unlike when he condensed the vortex, which also stirred up the tides of the primordial energy of heaven and earth.

The solidification of the void was silent, and all things in the universe remained unresponsive.

The power of laws is inherently silent and vast... The so-called primordial energy of heaven and earth is not even on the same level as it.

At this moment, Duan Rong's dantian was like a black hole, a celestial body shaped like an abyss, deep and surging with black light...

Duan Rong could clearly sense with his own divine sense that in the deep, dark, and surging cave, there were seventy-nine eyes of law that were still flickering on their own.

However, he could only perceive it through his divine sense, and could not detect it through the Dongming Cave within his dantian, which was enveloped by his divine consciousness.

The depths of the Cavern are so profound that divine sense cannot fathom or penetrate it. It can only linger on the outer perimeter of the Cavern.

Twenty days later, the condensation of the cave was completed.

Duan Rong used his divine sense to perceive the deep, dark, and surging cavern within his dantian, which resembled a celestial body, and a faint joy rose in his heart.

However, he quickly suppressed his joy.

Although he has already condensed the Cave of Clarity within his dantian, he cannot yet be considered a cultivator of the Cave of Clarity realm. There is still a third step to take: using the Cave of Clarity as a guide, he must use the power of laws to permeate and temper his body.

Tempering the body and refining the marrow thoroughly purifies and removes impurities from the body.

Through this process, not only will the mind and the body become completely adapted, but the practitioner's physical lifespan will also approach the thousand-year mark.

Duan Rong then began using his sect's techniques, borrowing the power of the Cave of Clarity, to slowly seep out the power of the laws, starting by tempering his dantian...

As the power of the laws was tempered, fine black threads began to seep out from the walls of his dantian, like blackheads being squeezed out.

The moment the black threads seeped out, they were pulverized and reduced to nothing by the penetrating power of the laws...

It took Duan Rong three whole days to temper his entire dantian. After all, the dantian is very fragile and is the foundation of cultivation, so he couldn't be careless.

After the dantian is tempered, the tempering begins on the other internal organs, then the meridians throughout the body, and finally the bone marrow...

It seems that during the three days of tempering the dantian, the power of the laws and the body have gradually adapted to each other.

The tempering speed of other internal organs was significantly faster...

The entire internal organ was completely tempered in less than a day.

As Duan Rong was gradually tempered, some yellow and black pus began to emerge from the pores all over his body, starting to lean towards yellow and eventually becoming increasingly black.

In just five days, Duan Rong had completed the tempering of his entire body. It took him three days to temper his dantian, and only two days to temper his internal organs, meridians, and bone marrow.

On this day, Duan Rong suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes brimming with joy.

At this moment, he is already a cultivator in the Cave of Enlightenment Realm.

The power of the laws, the changes in his body, and his way of perceiving the surrounding world were all completely different; it was a completely new world.

"So, in the eyes of a cultivator at the Cave-Nether Realm, all things in the world are simply illusions." Duan Rong muttered to himself, his eyes brightening. "No wonder Zhu He could pass through walls and over rooftops as if he were using a wall-passing technique. In fact, he didn't pass through any walls at all. Before the power of the laws, all things are like dust. Walls simply don't exist."

"You think the wall is real, but that's just the obsession of a vulgar mortal."

"This arises because that arises; this perishes because that perishes."

“Saints and mortals live together, but the world they see is completely different.”

Duan Rong then slowly stood up, and the next moment, his figure appeared suddenly by the wall like a ghost.

Although it was fast, a black light still flashed by, but it was not as fast as the divine power he obtained in the ruins of gods and demons. The speed of the Red Light Divine Shadow Escape was also faster at close range. If the distance were greater, the speed of the Red Light Divine Shadow Escape would be even more obvious.

Duan Rong's eyes flickered, and suddenly a bizarre scene unfolded: he emerged naked from his clothes.

The clothes fell to the ground by themselves after he came out.

Duan Rong was covered in yellow and black pus. He stood there and with a wave of his hand, the stream that had been flowing along the wall rushed towards him like a water dragon.

The water dragon swam around him, washing away all the yellow and black pus covering his body.

Then Duan Rong pointed, and the water dragon darted back into the stream, flowing gently away along the wall.

Throughout the entire process, not a single drop of water splashed at Duan Rong's feet.

Duan Rong was now completely refreshed. He bent down to pick up his clothes from the ground, put them back on, and fastened his belt.

At that moment, he suddenly glanced at the wooden box on the stone table.

The wooden box was enveloped by Chu Wushang's spatial barrier, but Duan Rong was very curious about what kind of sect techniques were inside.

The spatial barrier contained the power of laws, which he was powerless to deal with before, but now that he has advanced to the Cave Realm, perhaps there is a way.

Thinking this, Duan Rong slowly walked over and stared intently at the wooden box in the center of the stone table.

Actually, he wasn't looking at the wooden box; he was looking at the light curtain of laws surrounding it.

Unlike before, when he was completely unaware of it, now he can clearly perceive the existence of that law-based light barrier.

Duan Rong remained unmoved, reaching out towards the light barrier of the law. Upon contact, a faint light barrier appeared, rippling gently where his hand touched.

In that instant of contact, Duan Rong had already discerned what kind of law it was.

Chu Wushang is a cultivator in the mid-stage of the Cave of Enlightenment Realm, and his power of laws is naturally far superior to Duan Rong's in depth.

However, this light screen was clearly something he created casually, and he did not fully unleash his power of law.

Even so, the power of laws contained within this light curtain, in terms of the depth of the laws, far surpasses the power of laws mastered by Duan Rong, a cultivator who has just advanced to the Cave of Enlightenment Realm.

In principle, even if Duan Rong advanced to the Cave of Enlightenment Realm, he still wouldn't be able to break through this light barrier.

However, there is one exception: Duan Rong has mastered the power of seventy-nine laws.

However, among the seventy-nine laws of power he possessed, one seemed to be incompatible with the laws of power contained within this light screen.

Duan Rong keenly perceived this.

At this moment, he was not only curious about the sect's cultivation techniques inside the wooden box, but he was also even more curious about whether he could use the principle of mutual restraint of laws to break through the light barrier in front of him.

In fact, the principle of mutual restraint is very rare.

After all, the laws are ever-changing and are the gateway to all wonders. Occasionally, one law can restrain another, which is as rare as finding a needle in a haystack.

That's why Duan Rong was so excited.

Of the seventy-nine laws he comprehended, one happened to be the one that countered the law contained within the light screen, which was the same law power that Chu Wushang had comprehended.

"Mr. Chu, what a coincidence!"

Duan Rong smiled to himself, and suddenly tapped his finger on the light screen in front of him.

The instant he touched the button, the light screen covering the wooden box suddenly revealed an oval-shaped hole the size of a human face, centered on Duan Rong's fingertip.

The moment the void appeared, Duan Rong flipped his hand and took out several animal hide manuals from the wooden box.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye; Duan Rong's methods were so fast that they were almost impossible to detect.

After the manual was taken out, the light screen that had been covering the wooden box immediately returned to normal.

Although the two laws of power are mutually exclusive, it wouldn't be difficult for Duan Rong to destroy the light barrier. However, he exercised great restraint, using only a small amount of the law's power to break a corner of the light barrier and take out the secret manual from the wooden box.

Duan Rong flipped through the books and was greatly disappointed. The remaining few manuals were all about methods to overcome inner demons.

He flipped through some of them, his brow furrowing involuntarily, because there were even methods to counteract illicit relationships. He glanced at them a few times and found the methods utterly disgusting.

However, he wasn't surprised, since the White Bone Contemplation and Life and Death Contemplation he himself cultivated didn't seem like proper methods of treatment.

Inner demons are the evil obsessions hidden deep within the human heart; the only thing that can subdue them is another kind of demon. (End of Chapter)