I'm already a Great Luo Golden Immortal, how come you're only Martial Saints?

Ning Chen returned to the disciples' quarters, calmed his mind, and attempted to refine the Sun and Moon Pearl according to the art of manipulating creation taught by Patriarch Bodhi.

He sat cross-legged, holding the bead in his palm, and slowly circulated his magic power, exhaling breaths of essence into white vapor onto the bead.

Initially, the Sun and Moon Pearls only emitted a faint glow, without much change.

However, as Ning Chen continued to inject his essence, the golden and white luster on the surface of the bead became increasingly intense, and some minor cracks on the bead even showed signs of healing under the nourishment of his essence.

He exhaled a full eighty-one breaths of vital energy, and the Sun and Moon Pearl trembled, unleashing a powerful spiritual aura that instantly shone brightly!

Golden and white light shot into the sky, illuminating the entire Fangcun Mountain as if it were daytime.

Many disciples who had already fallen asleep were awakened by the sudden bright light. They came out of their quarters and looked toward the source of the light, their faces showing surprise and doubt.

Deep within the Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars, the Bodhi Patriarch on the cloud bed sensed this fluctuation, and his white eyebrows twitched slightly.

With a gentle wave of his whisk, the patriarch created an invisible barrier that silently enveloped the hut where Ning Chen was, completely obliterating the strange phenomenon that had illuminated the heavens and earth.

The outside world immediately returned to darkness, as if the strange phenomenon just now was merely an illusion.

The patriarch pondered for a moment, then summoned the attendant standing beside him and gave him instructions.

"Go and summon Wukong, and teach him the art of supernatural communication. Instruct him to meditate and comprehend it in the back mountain tonight. If he does not succeed, he shall not return to the hut, so as not to disturb Wuchen's peace."

The boy accepted the order and left, calling for Wukong without further ado...

Ning Chen was completely unaware of the external changes, as he was fully immersed in the ritual.

The Sun and Moon Pearl slowly rotated in his palm, and with each rotation, it became more connected to him.

After an unknown amount of time, the bead suddenly transformed into a stream of light and plunged straight into Ning Chen's chest, hovering there quietly in his middle dantian.

The moment the Sun and Moon Pearls returned to their places, Ning Chen felt a jolt throughout his body as a warm and vast Daoist aura emanated from his central dantian, flowing through his limbs and bones.

The vital energy he had previously exhaled was returned a thousandfold, and prompts kept popping up in front of his eyes.

[Constitution +1, Physique +1!]

[Constitution +1, Physique +1!]

In just a short while, his physical attributes, including his innate constitution and physique, soared under the subtle influence of the Daoist essence of the Sun and Moon Pearl.

But the bigger change wasn't displayed on the attribute panel at all. Ning Chen only felt the barrier between himself and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth suddenly disappear. With each breath, the spiritual energy flowed as smoothly as his own arms and legs.

Only now did Ning Chen truly realize that although his previous aptitude had been improved by techniques such as the Tai Xuan Shang Qing Jing, the Tao Te Ching, and the Yi Jin Jing, it was still worlds apart from that of innate spiritual beings like Sun Wukong, or even ancient demon saints like the Turtle Spirit Mother.

Fortunately, under the guidance of his ancestor, he used the Sun and Moon Pearl to slightly improve his innate foundation, thus achieving a perfect foundation and truly qualifying him to seek immortality.

Three days later, at the summit of Fangcun Mountain.

Ning Chen sat cross-legged on the bluestone where he usually cultivated, his aura harmonious and his mind clear.

After his previous descent from the mountain to slay the tiger demon, and the fierce battle he had fought, the tribulations of his inner demons had quietly vanished.

Furthermore, he obtained the Sun and Moon Pearls, refined them into his natal magic treasure, and completed his own Dao foundation.

At this moment, the barrier that had stood between him and the peak of Qi Refining was as thin as a cicada's wing.

He silently circulated the Purple Heaven Profound Truth Enlightenment Technique, and the light spots in his dantian, like the Purple Star, accelerated their rotation. The accumulated cultivation was transformed into pure magical power, surging like a river and flowing along the meridians of the body.

The time has come!

With a thought, Ning Chen stopped suppressing himself. He focused all his attention on his Purple Mansion, contemplating the profound mysteries of the second stage of the "Purple Heaven Profound Truth Enlightenment Technique," refining his Qi into spirit.

The second level involves using pure magical power as fuel to ignite the inner fire, refining a wisp of undimmed true spirit, and giving birth to divine consciousness. From this point on, one can introspectively perceive the microscopic world, sense the heavens and earth, and control objects and communicate with the mysterious.

boom!

It felt as if thunder was exploding inside Ning Chen's body, yet the sound did not escape from his body.

The rapidly spinning purple light spot suddenly collapsed inward, and after being extremely condensed, it exploded with a roar!

In an instant, purple energy emanated from Ning Chen's body, no longer in its usual misty state, but transformed into a thick purple pillar of light that shot up from the top of his head and pierced through the clouds!

Within the pillar of light, faint phantoms of dragons and tigers swirled and chanted. A pale purple auspicious cloud formed from Daoist energy emerged from above his head and rapidly spread to a radius of ten zhang. Within the auspicious cloud, phantoms of jade palaces, celestial birds, and exotic beasts flashed by.

The spiritual energy of Fangcun Mountain was drawn in, forming a visible vortex of spiritual energy that converged wildly around Ning Chen.

The scale of the spiritual energy vortex far exceeded that of when he first established his foundation, covering almost half of the mountain peak.

The spiritual energy, so dense it was almost liquefied, was swallowed up by the purple pillar of light, refined through the cultivation technique, and continuously injected into Ning Chen's body.

Ning Chen looked inward at himself. In the center of his dantian, the purple elixir pearl was covered with countless intricate and profound Dao patterns under the combined impact of the vast spiritual energy and his own mind.

The Dao patterns flickered, and the magical power merged with Ning Chen's mind and will, eventually condensing into a swirling, ever-changing mist beside the purple elixir.

In the center of the fog, a bright spot, like a morning star, slowly lit up.

That was the rudimentary form of divine consciousness, the core of the nascent divine thought!

At the same time, Ning Chen felt that his own senses were undergoing a tremendous change.

Wherever the mind goes, every meridian, every acupoint, and even the finest structure of bones and muscles in the body is clearly presented in the mind, with every detail visible.

This was also the first time he had seen the mysteries of his own body so clearly.

Ning Chen didn't need to open his eyes; he had complete control over everything within a hundred feet.

Countless pieces of information flooded into his senses; it was a panoramic insight that transcended the five senses and directly affected his soul.

Ning Chen immediately understood his current state: communion with the heavens!

He tried to concentrate his mind on a small tree about the size of a bowl a few feet away. With a slight thought, the tree trunk moved without wind, and a few leaves gently fell!

This means that he has officially developed divine consciousness and possesses the basic ability to control objects with his divine power.

Although this force could not kill a person instantly, ordinary martial artists could no longer get close to him, and even sniper rifles from Blue Star could not cause him any real damage.

Ning Chen's changes went far beyond that. The total amount of mana in his dantian was temporarily reduced due to the high degree of condensation, but each strand of mana was purer and more spiritual, with power and control far exceeding that before.

The magic power circulates faster, circulating throughout the body, and its efficiency is doubled.

The Dao foundation within his body was like refined gold that had been forged through countless trials, perfectly round and flawless, incredibly solid, and its compatibility with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth had significantly improved.

A surge of vitality welled up from the depths of the bone marrow, and the blood and qi seemed to have been cleansed and renewed, with the sound of wind and thunder hidden in its rushing flow.

The unusual phenomenon lasted for about fifteen minutes before gradually subsiding.

The towering purple beam of light retracted back into the body, the vortex of spiritual energy subsided, and the auspicious cloud illusion dissipated.

Ning Chen slowly opened his eyes, his gaze gleaming with a sharp light. Deep within his pupils, a purple galaxy slowly swirled, before receding completely, returning to a gentle and peaceful state.

But his otherworldly, ethereal, and divinely radiant temperament was completely different from before.

With a slight thought, the attribute panel automatically appears.

[Divine Realm Walker: Ning Chen]

[Realm: Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation Realm]

[Cultivation Level: 16 years]

[Bone Structure: 684]

[Physical Strength: 798]

[Comprehension: 999]

[Lifespan: 18/365]

[Techniques: Purple Cloud Mysterious True Enlightenment Technique Level 2, Yi Jin Jing, Golden Bell Cover, Ladder Cloud Leap, Ape Strike Technique, Subduing Dragon and Tiger, Manipulating Creation]