The prehistoric infrastructure maniac

Chapter 184 Body Refinement and Qi Refinement

Xuanwu True God? That's the later Xuanwu Emperor, right? He was originally a Chaos True God, and the one who took the Sloppy Immortal as his disciple. He should be one of the top True God Ancestors.

The Qi cultivation methods of the Three Realms period all seem to involve cultivating the primordial spirit of the tortoise and snake. Of course, the Buddhist cultivation methods created by the Tathagata may be different.

The Qi refining methods created by other powerful beings and even ancestral gods were perfected and created based on the Xuanwu Qi Refining Chapter.

Listening to Yuan's explanation, Shi Mo was speechless. They were just too lazy and wanted to save time! Did they have no sense of innovation at all?
However, considering that the native powerhouses in a chaotic world have almost no contact with the outside world, it is indeed not easy for them to create their own cultivation methods.

Moreover, since the True God Xuanwu has already broken through the Qi Refining Method and has established inherent constraints, other powerful beings are naturally also affected. Apart from Tathagata, no one really bothers to create anything else recklessly.

The main reason is that they were all born from true gods, and when they discovered that Qi cultivation didn't offer much advantage, they naturally lost the motivation to put more effort into figuring it out.

Instead of figuring out Qi cultivation methods, they should focus on weapon crafting and supernatural abilities. Powerful magical artifacts and divine weapons, along with the assistance of certain supernatural abilities, can actually enhance their strength more.

“There are only a handful of Qi Refining methods here that can directly lead to the Dao Ancestor level. These include the Xuanwu True Scripture created by the Xuanwu True God, the Houtu Scripture created by the Houtu Ancestral God, the Qingmu Qi Refining Scroll created by the Jumang Ancestral God, and the Fire Scripture created by the Fire God,” Yuan continued.

True scriptures? False scriptures, indeed! These scriptures and all sorts of sutras—anyone who didn't know better would think they were Buddhist cultivation methods. Shi Mo was utterly speechless at these cultivation methods.

“Judging from your appearance, you should be on the path of earth. The Houtu Scripture created by the ancestral god Houtu should be the most suitable for you,” Yuan said, picking up an inconspicuous jade slip that looked like a gray stone and handing it to Shi Mo.

Shi Mo reached out and took the item, then closed his eyes and examined it for a while before frowning thoughtfully and putting it down.

Immediately afterwards, Shi Mo examined several other cultivation methods that could lead all the way to the Dao Ancestor level, and frowned and fell silent as he looked at them.

It appears to be a more systematic and detailed cultivation method than those in the primordial world, but in reality, it is a method based on the Dao, using the power of the Dao to condense magical power. In fact, what makes the Dao Ancestors truly powerful is their realm; magical power is merely an added energy.

This results in the Dao realm locking in the upper limit of the purity of magical power.

It can be said that magical power is static; magical power based on the Dao is almost identical at the same level because the levels of the Dao are completely the same.

In the primordial world, magical power was actually not very limited, much like divine power.

For example, even among gods, the purity of their divine power varies.

Their divine power becomes increasingly refined through cultivation, and only after reaching the peak of the Heavenly God realm can quantitative change lead to qualitative change, allowing them to step into the level of True God.

Pure Yang True Immortals are different. If they want to reach the top level among Heavenly God True Immortals, they can only rely on their understanding of the Dao, their cultivation level, and magical treasures as aids.

Of course, the realm of the gods and the power of their magical treasures will be even greater, and they may even be able to rival true gods.

However, it would be difficult for a Pure Yang True Immortal to rival a True God or Dao Ancestor, so the Divine Demon Body Refinement is indeed much stronger than the crude Qi Refinement.

Even later, during the Three Realms period, when Qi cultivation flourished, the body cultivation of gods and demons still held an absolute dominant position.

“Shi Mo, you’ve just come into contact with the Qi Refining Method. You can go back and try it slowly,” Yuan said with a smile, thinking that Shi Mo was a little confused about the Qi Refining Method.

"Thank you for your guidance, Lord Yuan," Shi Mo said with a smile and a nod. After reviewing and understanding all the divine and demonic body-refining and qi-refining methods, he curiously began to look at the supernatural power methods.

In the current Pangu world, supernatural powers are still rare, but basic supernatural powers such as the law of heaven and earth and the burst of divine power have appeared. Unfortunately, there are no three heads and six arms, nor are there any more exquisite profound transformation methods or body-refining supernatural powers.

So-called supernatural powers, simply put, are methods of utilizing divine power, how to unleash divine power to make strength, speed, and other attributes greater.
However, the supernatural powers and methods in the Pangu world are also very crude, lacking the more skillful or mysterious and complex techniques like Hou Yi's archery and the Buddha Kingdom in the palm of his hand.

However, the gods and demons also developed the awareness of using the power of fire and lightning to temper their divine bodies, and gradually the prototype of body-refining methods emerged.

In fact, many secret techniques for cultivating Qi in the later Three Realms period were similar to supernatural powers. In essence, they all allowed divine power and magical power to unleash power beyond their original level, which was a method of utilizing and unleashing energy.

Having reviewed and understood all the methods, Shi Mo, now fully informed, left the Daoist Hall and saw Jiu Feng waiting for him outside.

"You really know how to procrastinate. Have you finished reading? Come on, let me take you to arrange your accommodation first," Jiu Feng said, giving Shi Mo a disdainful look before turning and leaving.

With an awkward smile, Shi Mo could only bow to Yuan, who was watching him with a smile, and then follow Jiu Feng.

The so-called dwelling was a cave in the mountainside, empty and primitive. There seemed to be some array formations and restrictions on the stone walls, but Shi Mo thought they were all a bit rough. The main feature was that the space was large.

“There are many caves in this area, and Pan’s cave is also nearby, but he has already returned to Pan City. You can cultivate here for now, and come find me if you need anything,” Jiu Feng said before leaving without a word. As soon as she left, Shi Mo, who had just closed the stone door of his cave, felt relieved and sat cross-legged on a stone platform the size of a basketball court, and began to close his eyes and meditate on his cultivation.

In this world, Shi Mo, who was born a god, already possesses highly refined divine power, surpassing that of the vast majority of gods.

In addition, he had a profound understanding of the Great Dao and a high level of attainment, so Zhu Rong believed that he had a good foundation and high talent, and had the hope of becoming a true god and ancestor.

The essence of the Divine Demon Body Refinement is to absorb and refine various energies in the world to transform them into divine power, making the divine power increasingly pure and powerful.

The more advanced and powerful the divine and demonic body-refining method, the higher the quality of the energy absorbed and refined during cultivation.

Take the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram from the Three Realms period as an example. Created by the Chaos True God Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor, it is a divine and demonic body-refining method that can be cultivated all the way to the True God level. Every breakthrough in a major realm requires the descent of the power of the Sun Star and the Moon Star.
In fact, many powerful gods and demons are born from energies such as true fire and true water, like the three-legged golden crow born on the sun star, which is powerful from birth.

As one of the most powerful forces in the Pangu World, the Fire God Kingdom possesses a divine and demonic body-refining method that, while still crude, is of very high quality.

"The fire element energy here is abundant, so let's try the 'Fire God Body' divine and demonic body-refining method created by Zhu Rong first!"

With a thought, Shi Mo caused the flames to appear on his body, quickly drawing in pure fire-attribute energy from the surrounding area, which then transformed into blazing flames.

Bathed in the flames, Shi Mo absorbed and refined the flame energy, transforming it into divine power. He soon discovered that although the fire-attribute divine power was difficult to integrate with the earth-attribute divine power in his body, it could temper his divine body, making the earth-attribute energy in his body gradually become purer.

"This cultivation speed is a bit slow! If I continue cultivating like this, how long will it take to reach the peak of the Heavenly God level in terms of divine power?"

After some attempts, Shi Mo frowned and thought to himself, "It seems I still need to figure out a suitable method for cultivating divine and demonic body refinement. Why separate the cultivation of divine power and the tempering of the divine body when I can cultivate them simultaneously?"

So, Shi Mo then began to ponder and try out the body-refining method he had envisioned.

Shi Mo, who recklessly absorbed the pure and surging fire attribute energy to temper his divine body, saw his divine power begin to grow stronger and purer even without deliberately converting it.

Then, on a whim, Shi Mo directly used divine power to temper his physical body. While the body tempering effect was better, the divine power also became stronger and purer as it was constantly consumed and restored.

Gradually, Shi Mo discovered that the divine body was like a container; the stronger the divine body, the more divine power it could hold, and the faster the divine power accumulated and grew.

A powerful divine body is like a foundation; with a strong foundation, one can become a true god faster and easier.

At the same time, while perfecting the Divine Demon Body Refining Method, Shi Mo was also pondering the Qi Refining Method.

He naturally wouldn't cultivate the Qi-refining methods created by the Xuanwu True God, such as opening up the Purple Mansion and the Tortoise-Snake Primordial Spirit, thus solidifying his own Qi-refining path.

Frankly speaking, the idea of ​​opening up the Purple Palace is ridiculous. The Dantian is already a very good foundation with infinite possibilities, and the energy it can hold is also limitless.

The Chaos Immortal transformed his dantian into a chaotic world, didn't he? Then the true method of Qi cultivation should be to continuously accumulate magical power in the dantian in preparation for creating a world.

The capacity of the dantian actually depends on the strength of the physical body; only a sufficiently strong physical body can control more powerful and refined magical power.

Therefore, in Shi Mo's view, if one wants to achieve great success in the path of Qi cultivation, one must first cultivate the Divine Demon Body Refining Method and temper one's divine body to be strong enough.

This is why the Qi cultivation methods created by the powerful beings of the Pangu world have such great drawbacks.

If one doesn't cultivate the body of gods and demons and only cultivates qi, the only way to achieve great success is through shortcuts.

When true body-refining methods were not widespread or difficult to popularize, powerful beings would never have considered the issue that a strong divine body was the foundation of Qi refining when they created Qi refining methods.

From the very beginning, the powerful beings were wrong in creating the Qi Refining Method.

The reason they created the Qi Refining Method was that as the number of living beings in the Pangu World increased, and even acquired beings like humans appeared, it became more difficult for gods and demons to cultivate their bodies. Therefore, they created the Qi Refining Method, which was easier to learn.

Shi Mo's method of refining Qi is undoubtedly more perfect and more suitable for him, but it is difficult to popularize in the Pangu World because the cultivation conditions are much more demanding.

To cultivate the Divine Demon Body Refinement technique on the basis of having already refined one's divine body to a sufficiently strong level, it is likely that the Eight-Nine Arcane Technique will only be able to spread among a small number of elite Divine Demon Body Refinement experts after its emergence.

At least those celestial gods who had already embarked on the path of Qi Refining and become Pure Yang True Immortals, as well as those true gods who had become Dao Ancestors, could no longer cultivate. The Qi Refining methods they used were not the same as the ones Shi Mo had figured out.

(End of this chapter)