Trading the heavens starting from immortality

Feathered City, [Hidden Immortal Academy].

One of the courtyards covers several acres.

A majestic and handsome young man dressed in feathered robes was sitting cross-legged in the "cultivation room" in the courtyard. The young man's aura had already reached the ninth level of the Physical Body Secret Realm, the Spirit Connection Realm.

Spiritual power can also be called "spiritual awareness," "perception," etc. In the realm of spiritual communication, one can already project it outwards and also engage in introspection. In the secular world, this level of attainment can already be considered that of a "Grandmaster."

Among the hundreds of thousands of outer disciples of the Feathered Immortal Sect, only a small number, about one percent of the total, can reach this level. A significant portion of these are seasoned veterans who have experienced numerous inner disciple assessments...

The boy in the Spirit Realm was none other than Fang Han.

After breaking through to the "Spiritual Communication" realm, Fang Han began to plan his next stage of cultivation.

"In the original work, after the Spirit Connection Realm comes the 'Divine Transformation' Realm, which is also the last realm of the Physical Body Secret Realm. To break through to the Divine Transformation Realm, one needs to strengthen their spiritual power and perceive and control the location of the 'Divine Transformation Acupoint' in the brain. However, before that, one still needs to continue to strengthen their spirit to have any chance of achieving it."

Fang Han pondered.

The so-called "divine transformation acupoint" can be said to be a "hub" that controls the secretion of hormones throughout the body. Once you master it, you can control this "hub" and change your body in the most perfect direction.

Finding the "Divine Transformation Acupoint" requires an immense expenditure of mental energy, making it difficult for those with weak spirits. To break through to the Divine Transformation Realm, one needs sufficiently strong mental energy, meaning a solid foundation and well-trained spirit must be established even in the "Spiritual Connection Realm." The inner disciples of the Feathered Ascension Sect cultivate the techniques "Chaotic Breathing Exercise," "Primordial Spirit Technique," and "Heaven and Earth Vast Qi"—these three methods are for honing mental energy.

As for further breakthroughs and stepping into the realm of supernatural powers, this process requires sufficient qi and blood. At that time, the spirit guides the qi and blood to impact the "Gate of Supernatural Powers" located in the brain, which may be the only way to break through to the realm of supernatural powers.

The "Gate of Supernatural Powers" is not a specific organ or part of the body, but rather refers to the collection of countless acupoints and infinite secrets within the brain. It is also an innate barrier that isolates the human body from the external energy of heaven and earth.

The human brain is the carrier of spiritual power, both bearing and limiting its dissemination. Only when the body is sufficiently nourished by Qi and blood, and the spirit is abundant, can one hope to open the "gate of supernatural powers," break through the "innate barrier," and escape the "imprisonment" imposed by the physical body, directly merging with the external Qi of heaven and earth. Only then can one be considered to have formally stepped into the realm of supernatural powers.

Although Fang Han possesses great talent and comprehension, he cannot directly increase his spiritual power and blood energy out of thin air; he still needs to cultivate step by step.

However, his cultivation method is somewhat different from others.

Taking only the degree of use of the mind as an example,

Ordinary "foolish people" are born only capable of doing one thing at a time, and it is difficult or even impossible for them to do two things at once, such as drawing a square with their left hand and a circle with their right hand.

Those with some talent are naturally gifted at multitasking, such as multitasking or even multitasking. For example, they can draw a square with their left hand and a circle with their right; or they can play a game while drawing a square with their left hand and a circle with their right. If they are fully focused on thinking about the same thing, they can concentrate two, three, or even more times the attention of an ordinary person, and can easily achieve the so-called "flow" state.

Those with average aptitude can focus on a hundred things at once; those with superior aptitude can focus on a thousand things at once; geniuses can focus on ten thousand things at once; unparalleled prodigies can focus on a hundred thousand things at once; born saints can focus on a million things at once, and so on...

It can be said that the higher one's aptitude, the more formidable their learning ability and comprehension become. Besides multitasking, these exceptionally gifted individuals may also possess abilities such as photographic memory, super thinking, mental arithmetic, super memory, mental capacity far exceeding that of ordinary people, and a surge of inspiration. What are considered incredibly rare "talents" by ordinary people are simply natural abilities for them.

However, exceptional talent has both advantages and disadvantages. If one's mental energy is depleted, one's vital energy will spontaneously transform into mental energy to compensate for the deficiency. Because of the limitations imposed by the physical body, a person's total mental energy is finite. Since mental energy is transformed from vital energy, if vital energy is insufficient, the more talented one is, the more prone one is to depleting vital energy due to excessive thinking, making it extremely easy for one to die prematurely due to poor health—this is what is meant by "heaven being jealous of talent."

However, once these highly gifted individuals embark on the path of cultivation and overcome their deficiency in qi and blood, the upper limit of their innate spiritual power and their achievements will far exceed what ordinary people can imagine.

Fang Han's aptitude is described as "a peerless genius, with 5% of the innate sage potential," naturally granting him exceptional comprehension. However, although he can multitask, even think about ten things at once, or even more things simultaneously, his physical constitution prevents him from doing so. He can only think for a short time before being forced to stop, which is his body's self-protection mechanism.

Under normal circumstances, Fang Han can still multitask. For example, when he is refining his spirit, he can simultaneously cultivate three completely different spiritual techniques: the Chaotic Breathing Technique, the Primordial Spirit Technique, and the Vast Qi of Heaven and Earth, without feeling any pressure.

The Chaotic Hole Breathing Technique simulates the phenomena of a black hole devouring matter and a white hole spewing matter. Each practice session tempers and strengthens one's spiritual power. The Yuan Chen Spiritual Technique involves imagining the "Heavenly Gate" acupoint on the top of the head as a dark world, with a gate of supernatural power deep within. One imagines their spiritual power surging upwards into the Heavenly Gate, dispelling the darkness and opening the gate. The Vast Qi of Heaven and Earth requires cultivating a boundless and limitless Qi within one's heart, filling the space between heaven and earth…

These three secret techniques for cultivating the spirit can temper and strengthen one's own spirit. They achieve this by consuming and restoring spiritual energy (through the consumption of Qi and Blood). They directly consume one's own spirit. ("Blue" decreases, "Blood" decreases, "Blue" increases.)

About an hour later, Fang Han stopped cultivating his spiritual power, carefully sensing the surroundings, his sword-like eyebrows furrowing slightly.

"It seems I'll need to find a way to obtain a batch of pills to restore my qi and blood or my mental energy!"

Fang Han discovered that while his total spiritual power hadn't increased much, he could clearly feel a decrease in his internal energy and blood, even experiencing a slight weakness. Simultaneously cultivating three spiritual techniques also tripled the consumption of his energy and blood. Even he couldn't sustain this level of consumption for long.

Elixirs are generally classified into five levels from low to high: Human, Spirit, Earth, Heaven, and Immortal. Each level can be further divided into four qualities: Low-grade, Medium-grade, High-grade, and Supreme-grade. Generally speaking, elixirs used for consumption to nourish the body are "Human-grade elixirs"; elixirs that can increase magical power are "Spirit-grade elixirs"; elixirs that can increase lifespan are "Earth-grade elixirs"; and those that can break through realms, increase lifespan, increase magical power, and temper the physical body—possessing all these functions—are "Heaven-grade elixirs."

The Feathered Ascension Sect also has pills to replenish energy and blood, called "Essence Pills." These are mid-grade human-level pills formed from the essence of primordial energy, and are considered "miracle pills" even in the secular world.

He's currently just an outer disciple, and to obtain "Essence Pills" through conventional means, he must excel in sect missions. Since sect missions haven't been issued yet, obtaining pills within the Feathered Ascension Sect is extremely difficult, unless he shamelessly asks Fang Qingxue for them, but Fang Qingxue is currently in seclusion...

"It seems the only way to get Essence Pills or Qi and Blood Pills is by asking the members of the trading group!"

Fang Han thought to himself.

He knew nothing about the worlds where most of the group members lived, nor did he understand their timelines; he could only rely on luck.