Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Under the introspection of his divine sense, Liu Qing's bones had all turned into a crystal-clear jade color, faintly radiating divine light.

The blood, like a beautiful molten mercury, flows with a rushing sound; the muscles are tough and strong, the whole body is like crystal; and the other organs, with each beat, exude a tremendous power.

The innate five elements circulate throughout the body, clearing away all the acquired impurities and leaving only the most fundamental innate energy to nourish the physical body.

Liu Qing opened his mouth and spat out a jet of gray-black gas, which corroded the flowers and plants along the way.

These impurities are the residues left in Liu Qing's body from his cultivation, where he devoured and refined the flesh and blood of powerful demons and spiritual pills.

Now that we have reversed our innate nature, all these acquired impurities must be completely removed.

In the future, if Liu Qing wants to preserve the purity of his physical body, he must never again engage in the act of devouring and refining great demons, otherwise, it will damage his innate body.

His body was spotless, all impurities removed, and his breath was as fragrant as orchids, a natural fragrance. Moreover, the five elements circulated and were perfectly integrated. At this moment, Liu Qing's body had completely evolved to the innate level, becoming an innate being.

Having achieved the status of a primordial being, Liu Qing's future path in the Dao will hold immense potential.

The five elements of primordial energy had completed their cycle and continued to circulate within his body. Seeing that the time was right, Liu Qing shouted, "Break—"

With a faint cracking sound, Liu Qing broke through from the Dharma Realm to the Five Qi Realm.

This process was as natural as water flowing into a channel, and I experienced an unprecedented level of comfort, feeling even more at ease than when I used the Heaven and Earth Source Qi to add points.

The breakthrough in cultivation level was a natural progression, but it wasn't over yet. The innate five elements continued to circulate within the body, propelling the cultivation level to soar even higher.

Early stage of the Five Qi Realm, Middle stage of the Five Qi Realm.
Only when one reaches the late stage of the Five Qi Realm does one's cultivation level cease.

[Realm Level: 85% of the Five Qi Realm]

The cultivation of this realm mainly involves nurturing the five elements within the chest. The more of the five elements are nurtured, the more stable the five-element cycle becomes, and the higher the realm.

Before Liu Qing broke through, he had already generated a rich amount of Five Elements Qi, and the Five Elements rotation formed could be carried out automatically without him having to divert his attention to control it.

This allowed Liu Qing to quickly advance past the initial and middle stages of his breakthrough. Furthermore, since Liu Qing used the innate five elements as the foundation for his breakthrough, he received an additional boost, directly bringing his realm to the Great Perfection of the Five Elements Realm, just half a step away from perfection.

For this half-step, Liu Qing only needs to add the accumulated Heaven and Earth Origin Qi to it, and he can break through from the Five Qi Realm to the Three Flower Realm in an instant.

However, Liu Qing was unwilling to make a breakthrough immediately.

Having tasted the sweetness of breaking through by replacing acquired Qi with innate Five Qi, Liu Qing also had new ambitions for the Three Flower Realm that followed.

He didn't want to break through to the Three Flowers Realm by forming the most ordinary three flowers of essence, energy, and spirit, like others.

He wanted to emulate Yang Yong, the former City God of Xianyang, and ingeniously use wine, poetry, and sword as his spiritual sustenance.

It's not about simply learning, but about copying Yang Yong's "Three Flowers" of wine, poetry, and sword. Yang Yong was able to make a breakthrough by replacing the "Three Flowers" of essence, energy, and spirit with something else, and with immense power.

Why wouldn't I dare to try something new with the three flowers?

The three flowers of essence, energy, and spirit are too ordinary, with only average potential and power, which will affect Liu Qing's future path. Not wanting this to happen, Liu Qing prepared to use other methods to ignite his three flowers.

As for what kind, Liu Qing already had a plan in mind.

There is another reason why Liu Qing is unwilling to break through to the Three Flowers Realm immediately. The sudden increase in his cultivation level will bring a surge in strength. Liu Qing needs time to adapt to this surge in strength and solidify his foundation so as not to leave any hidden dangers for the future.

Thanks to Liu Qing's breakthrough in cultivation, Liu Qing's physical body also grew, from a hundred-zhang three-clawed azure dragon to a two-hundred-zhang long one.

As the evolution of the main body progresses, the main body becomes increasingly larger. Liu Qing intends to follow the path of strength, therefore, the larger the main body, the better.

As its physical form grew larger, Liu Qing's physical strength increased once again. Without the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique, the Law of Heaven and Earth, or the power of a strongman, the Azure Dragon's physical body alone now possessed the strength of a million jin.

If you add the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique, the Law of Heaven and Earth, and the power of a strongman, Liu Qing's full power would probably give him a force of three million jin.

Looking across the Three Realms, there is absolutely no one else in the Five Qi Realm who possesses the strength of three million jin.

Even the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, Sun Wukong, as well as Erlang Shen, Yang Jian, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, the Bull Demon King, and the Giant Spirit God, could not reach that level.

Speaking of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique, Liu Qing recalled that after cultivating to the third revolution, he wanted to continue cultivating to the fourth revolution, but he stopped because it was too painful.

Now is the time to break through to the fourth stage of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique.

Without hesitation, Liu Qing immediately manifested his true form as a two-hundred-foot-long, three-clawed azure dragon. It was a magnificent creature with prominent horns, a robust body, sharp claws and teeth, and scales as golden as jade.

He summoned the divided spirits from the Divine Treasury, and had them enter his body in groups of three to five, carving out the Five Elements Formation, a special technique for breaking through to the fourth stage, on various organs.

Gradually, the hundreds of divine beings imprinted the Five Elements arrays on all the organs in his body. Liu Qing's true consciousness drove the innate Five Elements Qi within his body to activate all the Five Elements arrays. In the process, there was no need to draw Five Elements Qi from the outside world as in previous cultivation. Instead, he directly used the innate Five Elements Qi that he already had in his body to refine it. Therefore, he experienced much less pain when external Five Elements Qi entered his body.

This reduced the excruciating pain of the fourth stage of cultivation by half.

Furthermore, with hundreds of divine beings taking turns to bear the burden, the fourth stage of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique, which was originally extremely difficult to break through, proceeded smoothly.

Then, small Five Elements arrays lit up, and the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth took turns tempering the body and organs.

In addition, since Liu Qing already possesses a naturally gifted physique, the tempering process is quick, and unlike before, there is no need to remove acquired impurities; he can directly strengthen his physical body.

Under the power of the Five Elements, Liu Qing's internal organs became stronger at a visible speed.

Several days later, the power of the five elements flashed suddenly and then dissipated. When they looked again, Liu Qing had already completed the fourth stage of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique.

At this moment, Liu Qing's physical strength was enhanced once again, and his physical defense was sufficient to ignore the attacks of a mid-grade acquired spiritual treasure.

The two-hundred-foot-long azure dragon's body did not grow any larger, simply because it had just broken through to the Five Qi Realm and would not grow any further in the short term unless it molted again.

However, Liu Qing's true form has already become a Azure Dragon, and it will no longer shed its skin in its life. Moreover, it has already become a primordial being, with a pure and flawless body and crystal-like bones, so how can it shed its skin?

So, if Liu Qingruo's physical body grows again, from now on, the possibility of molting will be eliminated, leaving only breakthroughs in realm, evolution of the physical body, and the next stage of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique.

The next stage is the fifth stage. According to the introduction of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique, the next stage requires the use of the Six Harmony Formation to refine the blood and bone marrow in the body.

Bone marrow is the foundation, and blood is inexhaustible. The key to the fifth stage of cultivation lies not in the blood throughout the body, but in the bone marrow. Liu Qing only needs to refine all of his bone marrow once to break through to the fifth stage.

However, the excruciating pain of this process far exceeds that of the fourth stage; just looking at the excruciating pain that "penetrates to the bone marrow" is enough to tell you its extent.

Liu Qing was only trying it out; before he could even inscribe a Six Harmony Array into his bone marrow, the overwhelming pain almost overwhelmed his mind.

It hurts too much. I'll wait until I break through to the Three Flowers Realm before trying to break through again. Once I reach the Three Flowers Realm, with Liu Qing's unique Three Flowers, I'm sure I can reduce the pain of the fifth revolution of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique.

The Nine Revolutions Profound Technique is the core technique for cultivating the Great Dao of Power, but the process is extremely painful, and only those with great perseverance can embark on this path.

However, if one cultivates it to perfection, its power will be the greatest in the Three Realms. Just look at Liu Qing now, who can defeat enemies across two realms, and you will know its power.

Liu Qing estimated that when he cultivated to the sixth level of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique, he would be able to fight Erlang Shen Yang Jian. If Yuan Hong, who had only cultivated half of it, were to be born, he would be able to suppress him.

The reason is simple: Liu Qing cultivates the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique, while Yang Jian and the others cultivate a castrated version of the Eight-Nine Profound Technique.

The Eight-Nine Arcane Arts has one less revolution than the Nine Revolutions Arcane Arts, and at most it can achieve the Great Luo realm. The enhancement of strength and defense by the art itself is also much weaker than that of the Nine Revolutions Arcane Arts.

If we make a comparison, Liu Qing's first stage of the Nine Revolutions Profound Skill is equivalent to Yang Jian's second stage of the Eight-Nine Profound Skill, and when Liu Qing's sixth stage of the Nine Revolutions Profound Skill is reached, it is equivalent to Yang Jian's seventh stage of the Eight-Nine Profound Skill.

It is said that Yang Jian has only cultivated the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts to the seventh level, but even so, he has already earned the title of God of War of Heaven.

The abridged version of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, where Yang Jian could earn the title of God of War in Heaven by the seventh revolution, serves as a stark contrast to the terrifying power of Liu Qing's complete Nine Revolutions Arcane Arts.

Having broken through his cultivation realm and successfully completed the fourth stage of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique, Liu Qing now focused his mind on the Heavenly Power Cave.

The innate five elements of Qi that constantly evolved and grew within his body were each portion that Liu Qing invested into the Power Cave Heaven.

As time went on, more and more innate Five Elements Qi were poured into the Power Cave Heaven.

Several days later, the Power Cave suddenly trembled and expanded outwards with a rumbling sound, doubling in size at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Today, the Quanbing Cave Heaven has expanded to a radius of a thousand miles.

Regardless of other factors, just considering its size, it is already comparable to the minor worlds of other powerful beings at the Divine Realm level.

Liu Qing is only at the Fifth Qi Realm now. If people knew this, they would probably be shocked.

After the Quanbing Cave Heaven expanded to a radius of a thousand miles, its height and underground depth both increased to a certain extent, and the cave heaven's walls became even more solid. Even a powerful being above the Divine Realm level could not break through these cave heaven walls with a full-force attack.

As for the innate five elements that are generated later, Liu Qing will keep enough in his body to form the five elements cycle, and the rest will continue to be invested into the Power Cave Heaven.

Using the innate five elements, the five elements of the grotto-heaven are derived, allowing it to stride forward towards a true minor world.

Now, Liu Qing's Power Cave Heaven is only missing the Three Powers (Sun, Moon, and Stars) to become a true Lesser Thousand World.

Liu Qing came out of the meditation room in Yangxin Garden and calculated the time. Half a year had passed since this meditation retreat.

After enjoying several days with Hong Gu and Bai She'er, while having a good time, he didn't forget to deal with the intelligence sent by some of his accomplices left in Li Shimin's army. (End of Chapter)