Cultivation begins with harvest.

"Chunyuanju requires disciples of the Earth Hall to have at least one day of meditation time before they can enter."

"A single day of meditation is not sufficient; three, five, or ten days are more suitable for meditation. Before entering this stage, please prepare by consuming fasting foods or elixirs."

"Confirm your redemption for the one-day access to the Spring Inn - Inheritance Steps?"

The reminder on the autumn leaves scroll was quite thoughtful, but Chen Guang only intended to test the waters for one day. He wouldn't go back for one day. The Ice Armor Turtle was fine, but the Ice Tail Shrimp might be a different story. In the end, he only chose one day.

After Chen Guang made his choice, the time for comprehending the Autumn Leaf Scroll decreased by one day. After that, all the information disappeared, and it flew forward, keeping pace with Chen Guang's steps and maintaining a suitable flight speed, leading Chen Guang to the one of the thirty-six exits of the Autumn Leaf Pavilion that was not occupied.

Unbeknownst to Chen Guang, he had entered a completely dark hall. The autumn leaf scroll had long since disappeared, and only a bright blue light shone ahead.

"I actually followed along and forgot everything, like I took a nap?"

While marveling at the uniqueness of Chunyuan Residence, Chen Guang couldn't help but walk towards the place with light.

After walking only a dozen steps, everything suddenly opened up before him, as if he were in a cave. A series of blue, glazed steps, seemingly endless, unfolded before him. Each step was thirty-six feet long, three feet wide, and one foot high, as if they were steps prepared for some kind of giant.

There are nearly seven hundred steps, almost seventy feet high, stretching all the way into the deepest darkness.

From Chen Guang's position, he could only see a few scattered figures standing on the steps, but he couldn't make out their faces or figures clearly. Only a completely blue figure stood on it.

Ahead of the steps stood two disciples of the Sage Hall, dressed in white robes that shimmered with golden light. Their powerful auras made Chen Guang hold his breath, far surpassing any Qi Refining cultivator he had ever seen. Only when he first joined Ziling Peak did he encounter a Ditang Cansi, a Foundation Establishment cultivator. The two Sage Hall disciples before him gave Chen Guang the exact same feeling.

"Greetings, senior." Chen Guang hurriedly bowed.

The cultivator from Xiantang waved his hand and said softly, "You can still back out now. Once you step onto the inheritance steps, your physical body, dantian, and soul will be bound by an inviolable contract, preventing you from passing on the Nine Husbands inheritance. If you return now, your time for comprehension will be refunded."

"Thank you for the reminder, senior. I have made my decision," Chen Guang said earnestly.

"Alright, take this with you," the Xiantang cultivator handed Chen Guang a jade pendant. "Don't fight inside. You should already know about all the taboos, so I won't go into details."

"Yes." Respectfully accepting the jade pendant, Chen Guang felt a surge of spiritual energy. It was a high-grade spiritual artifact. After wearing it, he bowed to the Foundation Establishment cultivator of Xiantang and stepped onto the inheritance steps.

Like walking barefoot in the freezing water of deep winter, the first step onto the stairs sent a shiver down Chen Guang's spine. A strange force, ignoring Chen Guang's clothes and everything else, entered the depths of his body.

"The first 58 steps are the inheritance marks," Chen Guang said in a low voice, as if that could dispel the chill, before continuing to ascend.

With each step, Chen Guang experienced that intense cold again. Gradually, he felt himself enveloped by this intense chill from the inside out, including his own consciousness...

"hiss--"

Suddenly, the warm stone steps beneath his feet jolted Chen Guang awake. It seemed as if some mysterious, illusory mark had appeared within his body, reminding him not to pass on the Nine Husbands' inheritance, or there would be absolutely undesirable consequences. Not to mention his life safety, even his ethereal and invisible soul would be obliterated.

Actually, the stone steps underfoot were just at room temperature, but after walking up the 58 steps marked with the mark of heritage, even that room temperature became warm.

The moment you step into the normal temperature zone, a flood of information comes rushing in.

"This is the legacy of the Nine Husbands, passed down from Changyun Peak..."

This is the first step in the formal inheritance, but its content is about the origin of the Nine Husbands inheritance and some miscellaneous talks about its creators and perfecters. It includes the initial establishment and the vision after completion. Even before formally accepting the inheritance, Chen Guang already had some vague outlines and feelings about the Nine Husbands inheritance.

At the same time, wisps of peculiar, plant-like energy slowly seeped out from the steps and entered Chen Guang's body, specifically his palm, and were absorbed by him in an instant.

This first step also taught Chen Guang a lot of common knowledge about the steps of inheritance.

The inheritance steps have a special feature: they are connected to the cultivator's consciousness. Only when the system detects that the cultivator has understood the knowledge will it release the restriction and allow them to step onto the next step. It is not enough to simply memorize the knowledge; otherwise, one can only remain on the current step.

Each step provides a tiny amount of plant essence to aid comprehension. Those with exceptional talent may even be able to open up special, tiny meridians here. If progress is slow, a tiny amount of plant essence will seep out again every quarter of an hour, repeating this process until the cultivator's time for comprehension or enlightenment is exhausted.

Furthermore, upon meeting the requirements for advancing to the next level, records will appear to help cultivators recognize their talent in the path of spirit plant mastery and the effort required for continued progress.

"Interesting." Chen Guang took a deep breath, and after digesting and understanding all the information, he successfully stepped onto the second stage.

"The cultivation of spiritual plant masters cannot be separated from the essence of plants. Incorporating the essence of plants and connecting the special tiny meridians in the hands is the beginning of cultivation."

"The best method for unblocking the meridians is the 'Special Meridian of Wood'..."

The second stage is about how to open up the special meridians of a spiritual plant master. It begins to explain the location of several special micro-meridians suitable as the first step, as well as their significance and methods.

This was the first time Chen Guang had encountered this kind of knowledge. Although he had opened up many tiny meridians in his palms, it was like a person knowing that he had internal organs, but not yet knowing what shape they were, where they were, or how they worked.

Having acquired this knowledge, Chen Guang only needed to compare it with the special tiny meridians in his palm to immediately understand.

For other cultivators, the essence of plants and trees can be helpful to some extent, but the amount is too small, especially for the second level. It is extremely difficult to open up even a tiny meridian in a day.

But Chen Guang is different. He has already opened up hundreds of special micro-meridians. Now, as soon as these plant essences appear, they are absorbed by these meridians and used for nourishment.

"So this is how the essence of plants is utilized. Before, when I came into contact with it, I was only passively using it; otherwise, I should have opened up more meridians."

Chen Guangda has gained a lot.

After just over ten breaths, the barrier on this step loosened, and Chen Guang also saw some data, such as that 99% of cultivators were unable to open their first special micro meridian on the first day.

Chen Guang was the 239th person to be born within a century.

Since the establishment of the succession staircase, Chen Guang is the 3716th person to inherit the mantle.

The average time taken to leave the second step was 104 hours, but the average time was only 22 hours. Clearly, the average was dragged down by a group of cultivators without the talent of spirit plant masters. Chen Guang could imagine the embarrassment and anger of the group of cultivators who took 100 hours when he saw this data.

Twelve hours is equivalent to a whole day. Time for comprehension is extremely precious. Wasting more than a hundred hours here would absolutely drive some cultivators crazy.

The inheritance steps provide the essence of plants and trees, which lowers the threshold by several levels. Otherwise, if only a written description were given and cultivators had to comprehend and apply the essence of plants and trees themselves, who knows how many more people would have been eliminated.

There are always people more capable than you. Chen Guang, who had just felt a little smug, put away his excitement and continued to walk down the next step. Having already opened up hundreds of special and tiny meridians, Chen Guang was like an experienced old worker. When he first learned some knowledge, he quickly connected it with his own experience and digested and understood it rapidly.