Mortal's Journey: Reborn as Xin Ruyin, she begins by possessing Qi Yun's body.

After putting everything into his storage bag, Qi Yunxiao sat cross-legged on the futon. His mind gradually calmed down, but there was a hint of barely suppressed eagerness in his eyes.

After taking stock of his assets, he had already outlined a clear path for cultivation in his mind.

The first priority is to accelerate arduous cultivation and push one's cultivation level to the seventh level of Qi Refining as soon as possible.

When he was rebuilding his cultivation, he lacked spirit stones and pills. Although his foundation was solid, his progress was slow. He had no confidence in when he would reach the seventh level. But now that he had more than a thousand low-grade spirit stones in his storage bag, he was much more confident.

"However, if you want to improve your cultivation level quickly, you will still have to rely on pills."

Qi Yunxiao got up, pushed open the door, changed into an ordinary blue robe, put on a bamboo hat that could cover most of his face, and then left the nameless hill and flew towards the Tianxing Sect market.

The market was under a no-fly zone, so he landed on the ground as he approached and walked closer.

Upon reaching the misty area at the edge of the market, he took out a communication talisman and activated it. The mist slowly dispersed, creating an opening, which he quickly slipped into.

Qi Yunxiao headed straight for the Star Dust Pavilion.

This is a store directly operated by Tianxing Sect, with a full range of goods and a more reliable service.

He planned to buy more pills, preferably enough to sustain him until he reached the seventh level of Qi Refining, so that he wouldn't need to go out to buy them so frequently.

After all, constantly traveling back and forth in the market is too risky. He is only at the fourth level of Qi Refining, and his sense of security is too low.

The process of purchasing the pills went quite smoothly, without any dramatic incidents of being robbed by other cultivators.

While robbery can be very profitable, it is also extremely risky. Unless one is desperate or inherently vicious, most cultivators will not easily dabble in this path.

Time flies, seasons change, and almost a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

Inside a room on an unnamed hill, Qi Yunxiao sat cross-legged, his body surrounded by swirling energy that made the medicine bottle on the table vibrate loudly.

His hands formed a Qi-guiding incantation, and the veins on his forehead throbbed slightly. His originally steady flow of magical power was now like a raging fire dragon, fiercely impacting the barrier of the seventh level of Qi refinement.

"break!"

A low shout escaped from between his teeth, and the invisible barrier shattered instantly. Vast magical power swept through his limbs and bones, and the vortex of energy in his dantian expanded several times over, making his consciousness clearer as well.

Qi Yunxiao slowly opened his eyes, a hint of joy flashing in them. He raised his hand to feel the surging power within his body, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up slightly.

"Seventh level of Qi Refining... It took less than a year to go from the fourth to the seventh level."

He murmured softly, his tone full of emotion.

This cultivation speed is something even the inner disciples with dual spiritual roots in the sect would probably be far behind.

Although he had never stopped taking pills to aid him throughout the year, the power of the pills was ultimately just an external force. What truly enabled him to make rapid progress was his own ability.

A previous guess became even more certain, and Qi Yunxiao's eyes suddenly sharpened.

"The Dragon's Roar Body... I see."

He possessed Qi Yunxiao's body partly because it was more convenient and safer.

They also coveted the body's three spiritual roots: fire, wood, and earth, especially the fire spiritual root.

He remembered that in the original story, after Han Li advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, he met another female cultivator with the Dragon Roar Physique who was also proficient in formations. In the end, he took her as his disciple and helped her resolve the hidden dangers of the Dragon Roar Physique.

Han Li guessed that the person was Xin Ruyin reincarnated, but Qi Yunxiao knew that she definitely was, because the world of Mortal Cultivation did indeed have the law of reincarnation.

Therefore, he vaguely guessed that special qualities such as the Dragon Roar Body were definitely not only related to the physical body, but also closely related to the soul.

Otherwise, if he were to possess another body and rely on the three spiritual roots for cultivation, how could he possibly pursue the Great Dao?

His soul originated from the Dragon Roar Body, and even if he were to take on a different body, the imprint deep within his soul would not disappear.

This body happens to have a fire elemental root, and the soul slowly modifies the body.

Combined with his primary fire-attribute cultivation technique, the two complemented each other, resulting in such a terrifying cultivation speed.

That's why when he broke through to the seventh level of Qi Refining, there was no bottleneck at all, as if that barrier didn't exist at all.

The Qi Refining Realm is divided into early, middle, and late stages. The first three stages are the early stage, where one only knows how to guide Qi into the body.

Only at the fourth level can one project one's divine sense outward and introspect one's own body, which can be considered as stepping into the threshold of the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

Once one breaks through to the seventh level, their magical power will experience a qualitative leap, allowing them to join the ranks of late-stage Qi Refining cultivators. They can even attempt to consume Foundation Establishment Pills to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

"Even the cultivation speed of a Heavenly Spiritual Root isn't this fast, is it?"

Qi Yunxiao clenched his fists, his heart filled with excitement.

While the aid of elixirs is important, even without the added benefits of elixirs, his cultivation speed far surpasses that of ordinary dual-spiritual-root cultivators.

What concerned him even more was that, as his cultivation level improved, his cultivation speed not only did not slow down, but actually showed a tendency to accelerate.

Qi Yunxiao's gaze fell on his palm, his eyes filled with joy.

"This body is indeed being influenced by my soul, transforming into the Dragon Roar Body!"

"You bet right!"

The moment the thought crossed his mind, his heart began to pound.

Qi Yunxiao stood up and looked at his reflection in the bronze mirror.

Touching his face, which had become somewhat fairer, he murmured, "However, there are side effects. His skin is getting whiter and whiter, and his appearance is becoming more and more like Xin Ruyin's original appearance."

"Won't I turn into a hermaphrodite like the Old Demon Yunlu of the Hehuan Sect?!"

Thinking of this, Qi Yunxiao felt a chill.

"Fortunately, there's no trend yet; he's just gotten slightly more handsome!"

Qi Yunxiao was helpless; he couldn't change the transformation that the soul was influencing the body.

I've already reached the seventh level of Qi Refining, and there are still more than half a year until the Seven Sects of Yue Kingdom Ascension Conference.

He had already inquired and learned that this year's Ascension Ceremony was being held in Tainan Valley.

It should be the year that Han Laomo participated in.

Qi Yunxiao also plans to enter Huangfeng Valley through the Ascension Ceremony.

This is mainly because most of the plot in the original work revolves around the seven sects of cultivators in the Yue Kingdom, where they have the advantage of being prescient.

It allows one to gain opportunities and improve cultivation more quickly, while also preventing one from inadvertently offending high-level cultivators and being easily eliminated.

"This means we'll have to participate in the tournament!"

Qi Yunxiao stroked his chin, pondering.

Then, from the depths of his right hand, the Eight Trigrams Furnace appeared in his hand.

He put all the failed magical artifacts from his previous storage bag into it.

Now only two tiny things, no bigger than sesame seeds, remain inside.

Qi Yunxiao was shocked after reading it.

He was busy cultivating before and didn't care about the abandoned magical artifacts inside. He only wanted the Eight Trigrams Furnace to extract the materials inside.

He hadn't expected the Bagua Furnace to have such a powerful refining function.

These discarded magical artifacts were not only broken down into their original materials, but these original materials were then refined again.

Those ritual implements were originally made of refined iron and copper, but now they have become a little bit of refined iron and copper.

Iron essence and copper essence are materials that can only be refined by Core Formation stage cultivators using alchemical fire, and they are extremely precious.

They are generally used to refine magical artifacts.

If a small amount of something is mixed into a magical artifact, its power will increase significantly.