Qiu Zu: From an apprentice in a medicine shop to an immortal ancestor.

Qiu Zhen was overjoyed.

Indeed, it was just as he had guessed.

After breaking through in his cultivation, his Nascent Soul Dharma Body had undergone a transformation, further unearthing its hidden potential.

"Could this treasure pearl be the legendary Nascent Soul Dharma Treasure of Destiny?"

Many images of the Dharma Bodies of Immortal Buddhas and Honored Gods couldn't help but surface in Qiu Zhen's mind, and he vaguely had some conjectures.

The most classic were the statues of the Three Pure Ones.

The Dharma Body of the Primeval Lord of Heaven also held a spirit pearl in his hand, as large as a grain of millet, suspended five zhang above the ground in the void.

It is said that this spirit pearl contained "Chaos."

Before the Primeval, the universe was a mass of primordial chaos. The Primeval symbolized the starting point of the evolution of all things. The Primeval Lord of Heaven holding the "Chaos Pearl" symbolized the "state of Limitlessness" when "heaven and earth had not yet taken shape, chaos had not yet opened, and all things had not yet been born."

This millet-sized spirit pearl represented the "time of chaos, when yin and yang were not yet separated," and possessed boundless divine power.

The Dharma Body of the Lord of Numinous Treasure held a jade Ruyi scepter in his hand. The treasure was named "Jadeite Luminous Ruyi," and it was formed from the pure and ultimate essence of the void.

The Dharma Body of the Lord of the Way and its Virtue held a fan in his hand. This fan treasure was named "Yin Yang Fan," and a Yin Yang Mirror was embedded within the fan. It was formed from the Yin and Yang energies of heaven and earth.

Without exception, the Dharma Bodies of the Three Pure Ones all held "Innate Dharma Treasures of Destiny," which were the foundation of their enlightenment.

Qiu Zhen had cultivated the "Leakless Body" and completely finished the Hundred Days Foundation Establishment. His "Immortal Foundation of Seeking the Dao" also germinated accordingly, giving birth to this spirit pearl treasure surrounded by countless numbers and mysterious symbols.

Of course, compared to the treasures formed from the origin of the Great Dao in the hands of the Three Pure Ancestors, the "Dharma Treasure of Destiny" born from Qiu Zhen's hundred days of achievement was leagues apart and incomparable.

However, in essence, they belonged to the same category, all being "Innate Dharma Treasures of Destiny" conceived and born from the Innate Nascent Soul.

"I wonder what changes there will be with the Dharma Body Treasure Pearl."

Qiu Zhen's heart stirred, and his consciousness sank in, beginning to attempt to use the Nascent Soul Dharma Body, trying to deduce something.

"The 'Qingwei Dan Jue' Refining Essence into Qi Chapter [Dragon Tiger Intercourse Method], [Night Roaming God] six years to complete, [Day Roaming God] seven years to complete, [Qi Controlling Roaming God] eight years to complete, totaling twenty-one years."

After the Grand Completion of Acquired Body Tempering and cultivating the "Leakless Body," he finally officially began cultivating immortality, entering the realm of "Refining Essence into Qi."

In fact, "Refining Essence into Qi" should more accurately be called "Refining Essence into Qi (炁)."

"Qi (炁)" is the combination of essence and qi.

When heaven and earth are in harmony, all things become pure; when male and female copulate, all things are born.

Heaven and earth give birth to things through the intercourse of Yin and Yang, and the alchemical method gives birth to the medicine through the intercourse of Dragon and Tiger.

This [Dragon Tiger Intercourse Method] is a method of combining the Three Primordials, joining Qian and Kun, exchanging Kan and Li, gathering Yin and Yang, true water descending, true fire ascending, capturing Kan and filling Li, Dragon and Tiger intercourse, refining the essence and qi among the "Three Treasures" of essence, qi, and spirit into "Innate True Yang Qi (炁)."

"With the Nascent Soul Dharma Treasure of Destiny, the art of deduction is indeed becoming more detailed and complete."

Qiu Zhen sighed in his heart.

He could glimpse a bit of this just from deducing his cultivation progress.

Previously, when he deduced the Acquired Body Cultivation and Tempering功, he could only deduce it layer by layer.

But now, deducing the more profound and mysterious "Refining Essence into Qi" method is not only faster than before but also more complete.

In the "Refining Essence into Qi" stage of cultivating the Yin God, there are three small realms—Night Roaming God, Day Roaming God, and Qi Controlling Roaming God.

The entire cultivation progress of the "Refining Essence into Qi" grand realm is clear at a glance, understood in his heart.

Of course, this is not the most crucial point.

The most crucial point is that not only can he deduce the cultivation progress of the Acquired Body Tempering hard work and see it clearly, but he can also clearly deduce the progress of profound and mysterious immortal cultivation methods.

Immortal cultivation methods are not like Acquired body cultivation功. As long as one is willing to work hard and has enough martial arts resources, the five Acquired stages are a step-by-step process, clearly visible.

Not only can Qiu Zhen have a clear idea, but anyone from an aristocratic family, a wealthy clan, or a large sect with elders watching over them can do the same.

However, immortal cultivation methods, or the "Innate Realm" of martial masters, are profound and mysterious with many bottlenecks. Progress in cultivation is not achieved just by working hard; it depends on comprehension and opportunities.

Now, Qiu Zhen can also have a clear idea of the "Refining Essence into Qi" stage.

What does this mean?

It means that with the blessing of the Innate wisdom of the Nascent Soul Dharma Body, he can cultivate from the initial stage of "Refining Essence into Qi" to Grand Completion without bottlenecks, smoothly sailing through.

This is something countless cultivators dream of.

In fact, the difficulty in the path of immortality lies precisely in the various profound barriers and bottlenecks.

The hard work of absorbing the essence of heaven and earth and seizing the creation of heaven and earth, when viewed from a long-term perspective, is not a big deal. Step by step, one can always cultivate to success, perhaps a bit faster if one has good roots.

Many people's cultivation speed is not slow in ordinary times, but often a small bottleneck can trap them for several years, making no progress.

Some even find it difficult to break through the bottleneck in their lifetime, wasting away their years and regretting their failure in the Dao.

Qiu Zhen had no such worries at all.

"Conservatively estimated to reach Grand Completion of Refining Essence into Qi in twenty-one years, [Golden Sinews and Jade Bones] is indeed a top-tier root bone, the cultivation speed is quite good."

In twenty-one years, he would be around thirty-six or thirty-seven years old.

As far as Qiu Zhen knew, Apothecary An achieved "Innate Grand Completion" in his thirties, and Wei Tanzhi, the commander of the Town Demon Division in Changle Prefecture, also achieved "Innate Grand Completion" in his thirties.

Both of these were top-tier martial arts geniuses famous in Changle Prefecture. They didn't encounter many bottlenecks and also reached "Innate Grand Completion" in about twenty years, some even less than twenty years.

It seemed they were a bit faster than Qiu Zhen.

This is because the current martial arts evolved from "immortal cultivation methods" and can be considered a simplified version of "Refining Essence into Qi."

Immortal cultivation is more difficult.

In terms of cultivation speed, [Golden Sinews and Jade Bones] is completely on par.

Of course, the twenty-one years he will spend is a conservative estimate, not accounting for other opportunities.

During actual cultivation, he has no bottlenecks and the assistance of precious medicines, spirit pills, and refined demonic energy essence. He probably wouldn't even need twenty years to cultivate the [Dragon Tiger Intercourse Method] to Grand Completion.

"With the Nascent Soul Dharma Treasure, the deduction ability has indeed transformed."

After deducing his own cultivation progress, Qiu Zhen began to try deducing other things.

Without exception, the speed and depth of deduction showed significant changes, becoming more profound.

Soon, Qiu Zhen frowned slightly.

Clearly, he hadn't truly unearthed the marvelous uses of the Nascent Soul Dharma Body.

In fact, the Innate wisdom of the "Nascent Soul Dharma Body" before was sufficient for him.

Whether it was any immortal功, marvelous method, spell, divine ability, immortal or martial art, or other mysterious things, relying on "Innate wisdom," he quickly comprehended them and basically didn't encounter any difficulties. It was completely sufficient.

Now that the Nascent Soul has conceived a treasure and the Innate wisdom has greatly increased, although it is a good thing, it seems he can't fully utilize it.

It's like in his previous life, he bought an RTX 4090 graphics card to play Minesweeper, and the fan didn't even move.

"I wonder what divine abilities and marvelous uses the Nascent Soul Treasure Pearl has."

He was expectant in his heart, and his consciousness sank into the Dharma Body Treasure Pearl to explore its depths.

After a long while.

Qiu Zhen withdrew from his meditation, opened his eyes, and shook his head.

At present, the "Nascent Soul Treasure Pearl" has just formed and is still in the process of transformation. Its specific divine abilities and marvelous uses are not yet known.

He was not in a hurry about this matter.

Seeing the morning light just beginning to dawn outside the window, he immediately left his seclusion.

As soon as he came out, Bai Zhu and Little Zaozi, who were protecting him outside the room, greeted him.

"Young Master, you've finally come out of seclusion! Look quickly, Little Zaozi is ripe, completely ripe."

"You're the one who's ripe."