This martial saint is too cautious.

Chapter 368 The Grotto Heaven (Please read further and vote with monthly tickets)

Inside the stone chamber, Lin Yan sat cross-legged in front of the Taiqing Pagoda.

Before he could condense his clones, he needed to cultivate the Taiqing Heart Sutra.

Although Senior Cui and his group cultivated the Taiqing Incarnation Technique and could condense clones, their clones were completely incomparable to those condensed after cultivating the Taiqing Heart Method.

Cultivating only the Taiqing Incarnation Technique results in a limited number of clones, with only three types to choose from.

Moreover, even these three are considered "crippled" versions.

In today's parlance, its attributes, data, and even its function have all been significantly weakened.

Lin Yan formed hand seals and began to circulate the Taiqing Heart Sutra. As the hand seals changed, the Taiqing True Qi in the Taiqing Pagoda surged out and flowed into his chest.

These pure energies surged into his body from his chest and headed straight for his divine palace.

The power of the Dharma within the Divine Palace gradually changed from its original golden color to cyan.

Time passes little by little.

When the final power of the Dharma image within the Divine Palace completely turned cyan, Lin Yan loosened his hand seal.

The first level of the Taiqing Mind Method: the entry level.

"Change!"

Lin Yan whispered something, and this time he switched to using the Taiyi Divine Technique, and the power of the Dharma Image within his Divine Palace returned to its golden color.

Most Dharma Aspect martial artists can only cultivate one main cultivation technique after entering the Dharma Aspect realm. Different main cultivation techniques correspond to different true qi attributes, and the color of their Dharma Aspect power is also different.

However, Lin Yan benefited from the Five Elements he cultivated in the True Gang Realm, which did not require any energy from heaven and earth, including true qi. His Dharma Aspect power did not belong to any attribute and could be changed at any time.

"I usually display my Taiyi True Qi when I'm out in public, so that my cultivation of the Taiqing Heart Method won't be exposed."

Having obtained the Taiqing True Scripture, he was met with so many powerful figures trying to kill him. Lin Yan knew that once the news of his Taiqing True Scripture spread, he would never have a peaceful day in his life.

Those who had grudges against the Taiqing Sect back then, needless to say, would not allow him to grow unchecked.

Even those who have no grudges against the Taiqing Sect will inevitably be tempted by a true scripture of the True Law level.

The other true scriptures all have a powerful force behind them, so many powerful people dare not have any wicked thoughts, but now the Taiqing Sect is left with only himself.

In the eyes of those powerful people, he was nothing more than a child swaggering around with gold.

He possessed a great treasure, but lacked the ability to protect it.

"Change!"

Lin Yan activated the Taiqing Heart Method again, absorbing the Taiqing True Qi.

In an instant, the Taiqing True Qi from the pagoda in front surged in wildly. This Taiqing True Qi entered the Divine Palace, causing the Dharma Aspect Power, which had already reached its limit, to begin to grow again.

"Um?"

This discovery made Lin Yan raise an eyebrow slightly. He had just wanted to test the efficiency of the Taiqing Heart Method in absorbing the energy of heaven and earth, but he not only measured the absorption efficiency, but also reaped an unexpected surprise.

"Efficiency has indeed increased fivefold. If I add that my Divine Palace is already stronger than that of ordinary Dharma Aspect warriors, my speed in the Void Aspect Realm is more than ten times that of ordinary Void Aspect Realm warriors. It's a pity that I'm about to reach the Cave Heaven Realm."

Lin Yan felt a little regretful. If the Cave Heaven Realm could be like this, then one day of cultivation in the Cave Heaven Realm would be equivalent to ten days of cultivation for others.

Of course, the prerequisite is that it must be a place with abundant energy from heaven and earth, where one can absorb it frantically.

Dispelling his reverie, Lin Yan began to focus on absorbing the Taiqing True Qi, transforming it into more Dharma power.

The higher the ceiling, the greater the advantage in breaking through to the next level.

Lin Yan understood this principle without anyone having to explain it to him.

Most importantly, as Senior Cui said, the Taiqing Pagoda contains enough Taiqing True Qi, so he doesn't need to worry about not having enough Taiqing True Qi to condense his clone in the end.

One hour, two hours.

One day, two days.

On the third day, Lin Yan could no longer suppress the power of his Dharma form.

His entire body radiated the power of his Dharma form like waves, rippling outwards in concentric circles.

clap clap!

clap clap clap!

The power of the Dharma form crashed against the stone chamber walls like a wave, making a sound.

"Is a breakthrough imminent?"

Lin Yan's eyes flickered. He had been so focused on absorbing the power that he hadn't realized that the power of his divine abode's dharma form had reached a critical point.

He is now like a balloon inflated to its limit.

If I don't break through, the power of the Dharma Form will become uncontrollable, and I won't be able to conceal my aura.

"My master told me to wait until the Taiyi Sword Sect refines the great medicine before breaking through, for the sake of safety. But I have fifty great medicines here now, so breaking through to the Cave Heaven Realm is not a problem."

Lin Yan's face showed a resolute expression. His master told him to break through later so that his breakthrough to the Cave Heaven Realm would be more stable, and the first Cave Heaven would be larger. But with fifty great medicines here, Lin Yan believed that his Cave Heaven would definitely not be small.

With a flick of his right hand, the jade box appeared in Lin Yan's palm.

Upon opening the jade box, one finds a row of Taiqing Cave Heaven Pills.

The pills were entirely blue and emitted a rich medicinal fragrance. Lin Yan took a deep breath, raised his hand, and put three Taiqing Cave Heaven Pills into his mouth.

As soon as the pill entered his stomach, a powerful medicinal force exploded instantly. The three streams of medicinal force converged at the same time, rushing straight towards his divine palace like a torrent.

boom!

Within the Divine Palace, the power of the Dharma Form, which had already reached its limit, developed its first crack as the medicinal power surged in.

To enter the grotto, one must first transform into a divine abode.

Lin Yan swayed slightly, but his brows furrowed.

Three Taiqing Cave Heaven Pills failed to break through the Divine Palace and open the Cave Heaven.

The fourth, the fifth, the sixth —

Once you start making a breakthrough, you can't give up halfway. That's why his master told him to wait a little longer in order to be on the safe side.

His own divine palace was too large; the energy required to break through and open the cave heaven was incomparable to that of ordinary Void Realm martial artists.

In the master's words, others only have a few square meters of water in their pools, so the dam doesn't need to be too thick to enclose that water.

But it is a thirty-foot-deep pool; the more water there is, the thicker the dam must be, otherwise it will easily collapse.

Breaking into the divine palace is more difficult than for others, but that's not a bad thing.

The energy consumed in breaking through the divine palace will not disappear, but will be transformed into the energy for opening up the grotto heaven.

When a Void Realm martial artist enters the Cave Heaven Realm, they rely on accumulating energy to break through the Divine Palace in one fell swoop, and then use this energy to create their first Cave Heaven.

The difficulty in breaking through the Divine Palace is not a good thing for those who lack martial arts resources.

It is highly likely that the breakthrough will fail due to insufficient prepared resources. In that case, the Divine Palace will automatically recover, and not only will all previous efforts be in vain, but the energy will also be wasted because the Divine Palace is full and cannot be absorbed.

But for Lin Yan, the fact that the Divine Palace was difficult to break was a good thing.

Fifty large pills were laid out here; he had never fought such a rich battle before.

If possible, Lin Yan would love to absorb as much powerful medicine as possible.

The seventh, the eighth, the ninth —

As Lin Yan kept stuffing Taiqing Cave Heaven Pills into his mouth, the cracks in his Divine Palace increased.

By the twentieth one, the Divine Palace was like a shattered mirror, seemingly about to shatter completely at any moment.

But the Divine Palace is always on the verge of shattering, seemingly just a little bit short.

"This... this divine palace of mine, could it be something that Duoduo researched? First it was missing a crack, then it became a crack that was just a foot short, and then that foot was also an inch short..."

Twenty pills in a row failed to break through the Divine Palace. A glint flashed in Lin Yan's eyes. His master and he himself had miscalculated. If it weren't for the large number of Taiqing Cave Heaven Pills this time, they would have truly failed when they returned to the Taiyi Sword Sect.

The sunk costs were too high, and at this point, Lin Yan could no longer give up.

Twenty-one —

Thirty-one pieces —

At the moment of the forty-third stone, Lin Yan's eyes gleamed, and his divine palace suddenly trembled. The inner wall of his divine palace, which had been shattered beyond repair, finally could not withstand the pressure and shattered with a crash.

The Divine Palace exploded!

The moment the Divine Palace exploded, Lin Yan's consciousness was instantly annihilated by a terrifying energy. In that instant, he felt as if a star had exploded inside his body, and he completely lost his five senses, plunging into endless darkness.

However, this feeling of losing all five senses only lasted for a moment. In the second moment, Lin Yan regained his clarity and immediately examined his own body.

Where the divine palace was originally located, a vortex of Dharma form has now appeared, and the power of the Dharma form is slowly rotating like a vortex of stars.

"Is this the grotto-heaven?"

With a thought, Lin Yan's gaze passed through the chosen Dharma power and entered the inner world of the cave.

From within his body, the cave appeared to be only three inches in size, but upon closer inspection, it became clear that there was another cave within.

These Dharma powers are frantically expanding the cavern within, at a speed that leaves Lin Yan speechless.

Ten zhang!

Twenty zhang!

Thirty zhang!

Forty zhang!

Fifty feet!

In just a few breaths, the cave had reached a diameter of fifty zhang before it stopped expanding.

"Even larger than the original divine palace?"

Lin Yan's eyes gleamed. According to his master, a martial artist's first cave heaven is usually smaller than their divine palace. Being able to have a cave heaven that is equal to a divine palace is already considered quite good.

Like himself, his grotto-heaven surpassed that of a divine palace.

However, before Lin Yan's joy could subside, another burst of Dharma power emerged from another part of his body.

There, a vortex appeared.

Upon sensing the second vortex point, Lin Yan's pupils suddenly contracted.

"This is... the second grotto-heaven?"

When a cultivator breaks through from the Dharma Aspect Realm to the Cave Heaven Realm, under normal circumstances, they can only open one Cave Heaven.

Lin Yan didn't know if anyone in the Qinghua Domain could open up a second grotto-heaven while breaking through, but in the Great Zhou Dynasty, absolutely no one could do it.

At least he hadn't seen any records of it from his master or in the Taiyi Sword Sect's collection of books.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Cave Heaven Realm is divided into the Realm of Reality and the Realm of Divine Power, precisely because the Cave Heaven is difficult to open.

The Realm of Reality is equivalent to the first to third levels of a grotto-heaven.

The peak of the Realm of Reality is only three grotto-heavens.

If two grotto-heavens could be opened up at once, then the Great Zhou would not need to separate a Reality Realm; it could simply use the Grotto-Heavens Realm of the Qinghua Domain.

Just as the thought flashed through Lin Yan's mind, his body suddenly trembled.

The second cave has been successfully opened.

The power of the Dharma Image slowly rotated, and within that cave heaven, just like the first cave heaven, it was expanding wildly.

Ten zhang!

Twenty zhang!

Fifty feet!

The second grotto-heaven was still fifty zhang in length.

Lin Yan was so shocked he was speechless. Two grotto-heavens at once—each fifty zhang tall—

But before Lin Yan could even be shocked, a third vortex appeared in his heart.

"The third grotto-heaven?"

However, this third vortex was rotating at a slightly slower speed than the previous two.

Without hesitation, Lin Yan raised his right hand and swallowed the remaining ten Taiqing Cave Heaven Pills from the box.

As the pills entered his stomach, the medicinal power of the ten Taiqing Cave Heaven Pills instantly surged towards the third vortex, accelerating the rotation of the entire vortex. Lin Yan also observed the expansion speed within his inner cave heaven.

Ten zhang, twenty zhang, thirty zhang —

Five breaths later, another grotto-heaven, fifty feet in size, appeared.

Three Heavenly Caves!

Inside the body, three grotto-heavens occupied the original location of the divine palace, each grotto-heaven vortex no more than three inches in size.

But this is only the outside of the grotto-heaven; the true power of the grotto-heaven lies within.

The inner and outer parts of a grotto are two completely different concepts.

Upon entering the Cave Heaven Realm, Lin Yan can absorb more energy from heaven and earth. This energy doesn't need to flow into his body; instead, it will be directly absorbed into his Cave Heaven as long as it's within a certain range.

The inner cave directly connects to heaven and earth.

"Months of arduous training—"

"Ahem, no, that's not right—"

Lin Yan felt incredibly happy as he experienced his three grotto-heavens. He couldn't help but say, "After hundreds of days and nights of hard work, I have finally stepped from the illusory realm into the grotto-heavens. Hard work pays off. After a hundred days of honing my skills, I have achieved amazing results in one day. I have reached three grotto-heavens at once. The martial path has finally lived up to my expectations."

The third level of the Grotto Heaven, the late stage of the Reality Realm.

He was just one step away from reaching the Divine Power Realm.

Devouring Sword Dao Mark —

Lin Yan's eyes were filled with anticipation; now he could finally put the matter of absorbing and devouring the sword imprints on his agenda.

This time, it took Lin Yan a full hundred breaths to calm down.

There was nothing he could do; the speed of this breakthrough had even shocked him.

The third level of the Grotto Heaven, the late stage of the Reality Realm.

What others take ten years or even longer to achieve, I accomplished in a single day.

"Next, it's time to create clones."

For his first clone, Lin Yan chose the Taiqing Yun Shen.

In the Taiqing Incarnation Chapter, there are a total of twelve clones, but he can currently only condense two clones.

One type is the Taiqing Yunshen, which is an avatar capable of autonomous cultivation. When the avatar is summoned back to the main body, the avatar's cultivation will be absorbed by the main body.

When Lin Yan first read about the twelve incarnations in the Taiqing Incarnation Chapter, he immediately chose the Taiqing Body Essence. Now, for him, improving his cultivation level is always the most important thing.

Moreover, the martial arts resources that Senior Cui prepared for him were also intended for him to refine the Taiqing Body Essence.

There aren't enough materials to create other clones.

Lin Yan closed his eyes and went through the method of body condensation in the Taiqing Incarnation Chapter in his mind.

To cultivate inner strength, three requirements must be met.

Firstly: Sufficient Taiqing True Qi.

Lin Yan was already satisfied with this, as there was still a considerable amount of Taiqing True Qi inside the Taiqing Pagoda.

Secondly, one's own soul must be strong enough to separate it and endow the clone with spirituality, enabling it to cultivate autonomously.

Lin Yan also met this requirement. According to the requirements of Taiqing Body Nourishment, one's soul strength would be sufficient once one entered the Void Realm.

Thirdly, it requires a special sealing object.

The Taiqing Body is essentially a container, but this container can autonomously cultivate and absorb the energy of heaven and earth. Since it is a container, it is necessary to ensure that this energy of heaven and earth will not be absorbed or leaked by the Taiqing Body itself.

As for the sealing item, Senior Cui had already prepared it for him.

Sealing Stone.

Suppressing the Dharma Beads.

By merging the two sealed items into the Taiqing Body, the Taiqing Body can be guaranteed to remain condensed and unyielding.

Adjusting his posture, Lin Yan began to form hand seals. As the hand seals changed, the Taiqing True Qi inside the pagoda surged out continuously. However, this time it did not rush towards Lin Yan, but instead hovered in the air, constantly changing with Lin Yan's hand gestures.

After a long time!

These Taiqing True Qi had already transformed into the form of a human. Lin Yan raised his right hand, and a bead flew into the human-shaped Taiqing True Qi, quickly merging with it.

One hour later.

The first Taiqing Body Formation was successfully condensed.

However, Lin Yan only glanced at the Taiqing Body and did not stop there, but continued to condense.

The two sealed items can condense two Taiqing bodies, while I am currently at the third level of the Cave Heaven, and can at most condense three Taiqing clones.

"I guess Senior Cui didn't expect that I could directly step into the third realm of the Cave Heaven, so he only prepared two sealing items for me."

Lin Yan murmured something, but he knew he was being too casual. The Sealing Spirit Stone and the Suppressing Law Pearl were not things that the Great Zhou could possess. They must have come from the Qinghua Domain. It was already quite good that Senior Cui was able to find two of them.

Of course, the Great Zhou also has spirit-sealing stones.

However, they only share the same name; their value and function are completely incomparable.

Two hours later, the two Taiqing beings stood quietly in front of him.

"What an amazing clone."

Lin Yan looked at the two Taiqing bodies, but even with all his senses released, he could not detect their existence.

This means that, unless seen with the naked eye, one cannot perceive the existence of Taiqing Yunshen through divine sense.

His aura was completely gone, and even his cultivation level was completely gone.

These two spirit vessels are purely for cultivation, serving as containers for absorbing the energy of heaven and earth.

"Cultivation!"

Lin Yan whispered something, and the two clones sat down cross-legged. As the two clones circulated the Taiqing Heart Method, the Taiqing True Qi in the Taiqing Pagoda continuously flowed into the two clones.

even----

In Lin Yan's perception, all the energy of the heavens and earth in Laoshan was surging towards Taiqing Shuiyue.

"This speed is only about 10% slower than when I was cultivating myself."

Lin Yan had a satisfied look on his face; it was only a tenth of a second slower, nothing to worry about.

Most importantly, he essentially had three people cultivating at the same time.

The only problem is that his own efficiency in absorbing the energy of heaven and earth is already terrifying, so the Taiqing Body cannot be placed by his side, otherwise the energy of heaven and earth will not be enough for his main body and his clone to absorb.

"receive!"

With a thought, Lin Yan sent one of his Taiqing clones into the first cave, while the other Taiqing clone remained seated in the same spot.

"Yun Da, you continue to absorb here. Come back when you're finished."

Yun Da and Yun Er were the names Lin Yan gave to his two Taiqing Yun bodies.

He couldn't sense the surroundings of the Taiqing Body, but he could feel the progress of its cultivation. The slowing down of the progress meant that the Taiqing True Qi in the pagoda and the energy of heaven and earth in Laoshan had been almost completely absorbed.

Within three thousand miles, as long as one has a thought, Taiqing Yunshen will return to his body.

Even when the distance exceeds three thousand miles, he is still able to notify Taiqing Yunshen to rush back to the area where his main body is located.

If the Taiqing Heart Sutra breaks through to the second level, its range will expand to ten thousand miles.

However, Lin Yan did not plan to let Taiqing Yunshen return on his own initiative. He would come back to retrieve it when he left Shandong Road.

"Yun Da, thank you for your hard work."