Within the celestial gourd shrouded in five-colored divine light, Feng Bingwen floated in a chaotic sea, no longer paying attention to the outside world's disturbances. His mind was completely immersed in his own transformation, and he had forgotten the passage of time.
At first, Feng Bingwen was somewhat panicked as he looked at the rapidly expanding crack in the immortal gourd, because he was not prepared.
Normally, for matters concerning future advancement in the immortal path, one should bathe and purify oneself, burn incense and pray to the patriarch, and recite Taoist scriptures to ensure mental tranquility.
But none of that happened. In a rather disheveled state, he was thrown into the immortal gourd by an entity whose true nature was completely unknown. As he entered the gourd through the crack, a warm "qi" enveloped him.
Almost instantly, everything before Feng Bingwen's eyes changed. At first, it was all darkness, but then a dazzling, radiant light flashed by, and the darkness was torn apart. Endless chaos surged forth and engulfed him.
He floated in the chaotic sea, sensing the primordial, boundless energy that existed before the creation of heaven and earth.
At this moment, Feng Bingwen couldn't even feel the existence of his body. He only felt that his consciousness was so clear and free, able to roam freely in this chaotic sea.
But soon, accompanied by flashes of five-colored divine light, Feng Bingwen saw one character after another rising and falling in the chaotic sea, like flying dragons leaping, colorful phoenixes soaring, and qilin coiling...
It was an incredibly ancient script, containing the divine will of the Great Dao. Just seeing it gave Feng Bingwen a powerful shock, and he uncontrollably entered a profound state of enlightenment.
Before being forced into a state of enlightenment, Feng Bingwen realized what these hundreds of ancient characters, seemingly written by innate gods and demons, were. They were a scripture, an incomplete ancient scripture.
However, this scripture is inherently flawed, and practitioners need to supplement it through their accumulated knowledge and skills, transforming it into a scripture that best suits them.
A tremendous opportunity!
Feng Bingwen finally understood just how terrifying the effect of his nearly 500,000 merits had been.
A half-finished innate scripture? No, it's not. It's a framework of an immortal scripture that can be perfectly integrated into all the knowledge and understanding of a cultivator.
In theory, if one has enough knowledge, one could even deduce a peerless scripture that would shake the world on the spot during this wondrous state of enlightenment.
Unfortunately, that's impossible.
Although Feng Bingwen has worked very hard over the years, he has only managed to go through the Taoist scriptures given to him by his master and comprehend a small part of them. Most of them are like a cow chewing on a peony, he has memorized them by rote but has not yet grasped the key points.
However, under this special condition, the key points that Feng Bingwen had been struggling to understand on ordinary days suddenly became clear, and everything before became clear. A whole new world unfolded before his eyes.
However, Feng Bingwen quickly realized that now was not the time to study the Daoist canon under the guise of enlightenment.
He now realized that creating his own scriptures was only suitable for his cheap master, a peerless genius with extraordinary talent. His aptitude was only considered above average, so he should honestly take shortcuts and find easy ways out.
Using the semi-innate scripture as a framework, and incorporating many other essential meanings of the scripture, I do not aspire to deduce a scripture that can directly lead to immortality. I only hope to deduce a foundational cultivation method that allows for formal cultivation.
The main problem is that he couldn't deduce it. Although his master was generous and gave him 100,000 Daoist scriptures, the truly crucial texts were incomplete, with only the basic parts remaining.
If he wants to see the whole thing, he'll probably have to find that master, locate the sect of the Supreme Dao, and then become a disciple and obtain a seat as a true disciple.
"If I were to gain any benefits, I would likely transform into this kind of physique. Therefore, the direction in which I deduce the scriptures should be closer to the Five Elements."
Feng Bingwen hadn't forgotten what the young man in blue had told him before he was thrown into the magic gourd. Once he understood his starting point, the direction of his deduction became clear.
“I’ll look for scriptures related to the Five Elements.”
"I've got it."
"The Five Spirits and Five Emperors: The True Scripture of the White Emperor of the Bright Spirit, The True Scripture of the Green Emperor of the Primordial Spirit, The True Scripture of the Mysterious Emperor of the Five Spirits, The True Scripture of the Red Emperor of the Crimson Spirit, and The True Scripture of the Yellow Emperor of the Primordial Spirit."
"There are also the *Taiyuan Dragon Transformation True Scripture*, the *Eight Desolations Overturning the Sea True Method*, the *Crimson Bright Primordial Yang True Scripture*, and the *Heaven and Earth One Qi Suppressing Primordial Golden Chapter*..."
As Feng Bingwen searched, he became even more engrossed in the text. There were simply too many scriptures related to the Five Elements, or rather, there was almost nothing in the universe that was not connected to the Five Elements.
Those so-called things that transcend the Five Elements, have they really transcended them? Originating from the Five Elements, as long as the origin remains unchanged, they will always belong to the Five Elements, at most they are not considered acquired Five Elements, but can they escape the innate Five Elements?
In this special state of enlightenment, Feng Bingwen filled the ancient innate scripture with all the essential meanings of the scriptures in his mind, almost like a hodgepodge, and began to try his first steps in cultivation.
The foundation of spiritual practice is "Qi".
Whether it's the path of immortality or the martial arts that humanity has developed through trial and error, one can only be considered to have stepped into the threshold of cultivation when they cultivate the first wisp of "Qi".
The first breath of "qi" in martial arts is born from the essence of blood and flesh in the human body.
However, the first breath of "qi" in Taoist cultivation is introduced from the outside world.
Although it may seem simple and easy, requiring only external input, the dangers involved far surpass those of martial arts training. A slight misstep could result in the complete loss of one's skills.
Because martial arts cultivation only requires a certain amount of perseverance, coupled with long-term persistence and external supplementation, even the most mediocre person can cultivate a breath of "qi" over several decades.
However, the path of immortality is different. Compared to the myriad kinds of spiritual energy that roam the heavens and earth, the human body is far too fragile. Most cultivators can only carefully and cautiously draw upon a small portion of the relatively gentle spiritual energy.
Even so, it often takes years or even decades to prepare, using breathing techniques or taking elixirs to make one's body more compatible with the spiritual energy one wants to receive.
Simply put, ordinary cultivators, when they first begin their practice, can only try their best to transform their bodies into the most suitable form for spiritual energy, so as to facilitate the introduction of spiritual energy into their bodies.
Only after cultivating to a higher level can one further refine and extract spiritual energy, operate the corresponding methods, and transform the spiritual energy into one's own form.
But that applies to ordinary practitioners.
For Feng Bingwen, who obtained unparalleled immortal destiny with the help of the Heavenly Book, cultivation was not so troublesome.
Using that half of the innate scripture as the core, and integrating all that he had learned over the past three years, he immediately deduced a foundation-building method that Feng Bingwen considered perfect.
He was only using the True Method for the first time when he felt the "Qi" that had always enveloped his body enter his body smoothly through his 108,000 pores, and transform into a breath of innate Five Elements Immortal Spiritual Qi as the True Method was activated.
This is not any kind of spiritual energy existing in the world, but true energy that can only be cultivated according to the true method that Feng Bingwen has deduced.
In other words, Feng Bingwen achieved in just the first step what thousands of cultivators had to spend half their lives to attain—the ability to transform the spiritual energy entering the body into any shape they desired and control it at will.
Once ordinary cultivators reach this stage, what they need to do is naturally increase the quantity and quality of their internal energy according to the cultivation techniques they practice.
The purity and quantity of true qi will determine the next realm, the opening of meridians, and the types of meridians that can be opened, which directly determine how far one can go on the path of cultivation.
A cultivator with exceptional talent who has reached this stage can condense different amounts of true energy, depending on the cultivation techniques they practice, as well as their own comprehension and physical constitution.
Ordinary rogue cultivators, if they practice inferior techniques, can only condense loose and chaotic true energy, and the quantity of true energy is usually only a few strands, rarely more than ten. The resulting pulse patterns are naturally the lowest of the low.
If a cultivator has a lineage from a major sect and possesses decent aptitude, they can generally condense a dozen or so strands of true qi. If there are no unforeseen circumstances, they can open a mid-grade pulse. If they have a special physique and cultivate over a hundred strands of true qi, it is not impossible for them to open a high-grade pulse by chance.
However, if we're talking about lineages that can consistently cultivate high-grade pulse patterns, only the top-tier orthodox sects of the Xuanmen are capable of doing so, because they possess cultivation methods that lead to immortality.
The best training methods, plus the cultivation of the mind and character of disciples... As for comprehension and physique, they are screened before entering the sect, and those who are not good enough will not be able to join the sect.
Under various favorable conditions, top-tier Daoist sects like the Supreme Dao and the Profound Heaven Dao can produce several or even more than ten disciples in each generation who can cultivate hundreds of strands of true qi during the Qi Condensation stage and thus open up superior-grade pulse patterns.
Feng Bingwen was naturally unaware of these things. Although his master had explained a lot about cultivation to him, he hadn't mentioned these things, in order to prevent him from developing a competitive mentality and losing his composure.
However, precisely because of this, Feng Bingwen did not have any random thoughts at this moment. He focused solely on circulating his "self-created" immortal scripture, absorbing the seemingly inexhaustible innate energy surrounding his body.
With the innate energy surging in, Feng Bingwen's five elements of immortal spiritual energy, refined through the immortal scriptures, increased in quantity, directly transforming into a vast sea of energy within his abdomen, filled with swirling clouds and five-colored radiance.
As for how many strands of immortal spiritual energy were in this sea of qi, Feng Bingwen didn't have the mind to pay attention to that at the moment. After a rough scan, he estimated there were eight or nine hundred strands, which was not yet the limit, and he could continue to refine.
Even though his cheap master didn't explain in detail, he knew that to open up a celestial meridian, the more true qi the better.
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