Beginning with the Five Animals Fist to Become a Saint

Imperial Prefecture.

"Lord Dongling, why do you think our teacher made a move again after several days?" Li Tian asked.

"The Martial Saint's actions are intended to intimidate," Jiang Ning said slowly.

Then he continued, "The destruction of Xuan Yuan Blessed Land was a warning! The killing of this man in the East Sea was a declaration! A declaration that he always keeps his word and remains as domineering as ever. He is backing me up!"

Upon hearing Jiang Ning's analysis, Li Tianwen gave Jiang Ning a deep look.

He already had the answer in his heart.

His answer coincided perfectly with Jiang Ning's words at that moment.

At this moment, the tremor spread rapidly from the East China Sea to all thirty-six prefectures of the Great Xia Nine Provinces.

All the blessed lands, hidden lineages, and powerful clans—any force qualified to sense this battle—were terrified.

If the Martial Saint's destruction of the Xuan Yuan Blessed Land demonstrated unparalleled absolute power and domineering nature, then...

This time, arriving in the East China Sea from thousands of miles away and annihilating the enemy with a single blow, it demonstrates its insight into the thirty-six prefectures of the Nine Provinces, the range of its power, and its tough and domineering attitude.

He can still make a move!
And even in the East China Sea, they are so powerful! So swift!

"That guy from the East Sea, who's said to come from the 'Dragon Palace Great Grotto Heaven,' is incredibly strong and carries powerful treasures, yet he couldn't even withstand a single punch!!"

"He's drawing a red line, the final red line. As long as he lives, anyone who crosses that line—dies!"

"Is he supporting Marquis Jiang Ning of Dongling, or is he using this to attract our attention?"

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At this moment, many powerful forces and influential figures are communicating and exchanging information through special means.

More eyes were turned toward the capital.

Imperial Prefecture.

After a brief exchange with Li Tianwen, Li Tianwen lost interest in continuing the conversation and then bid farewell to Jiang Ning and left.

Standing at the entrance of the Imperial Preceptor's residence, Jiang Ning saw off Divine Might King Li Tianwen.

Watching the departing figure of the Divine Might King, and seeing the dense dark clouds overhead and the heavy snow falling like cotton wool.

He knew he would be safe during this time; no one would choose to be the first to stick their neck out at this time.

But the real dark clouds have not dissipated; on the contrary, they may gather even more towards him because of the Martial Saint's recent move.

He clenched his fist hidden in his sleeve, his resolve hardening at that moment.

"We must hurry!" He then turned to Hongmian and said, "Miss Hongmian, unless the sky falls, I will not see anyone. I am going into seclusion."

"Yes, Your Excellency!" Hongmian bowed respectfully to Jiang Ning.

When she looked up again, Jiang Ning was no longer in sight.

Meanwhile, Jiang Ning returned to his own courtyard.

The sudden outbreak of the East China Sea battle did not make him feel relieved; on the contrary, it made him feel even more anxious.

The shock and sense of urgency brought about by the East China Sea battle have completely transformed into his motivation to strive for the perfection of his cultivation technique and climb to a higher realm.

the other side.

Outside the Imperial Preceptor's residence, at the end of the street.

Li Tianwen glanced back at the direction behind him and stopped in his tracks: "Teacher, I can see that you favor him just as much as you favored Junior Brother Xiao back then, perhaps even more. I see the shadow of Junior Brother in him! You still favor him! You always think that only geniuses like them are qualified to walk alongside you, and you never believe that I have any hope of standing shoulder to shoulder with you!!"

Li Tianwen muttered to himself, but no sound came out.

Then, he vanished from the spot in a blur.

Xisha County.

Golden ears of wheat beside the wheat field bent the seedlings under their weight.

The sun shines brightly overhead, and in the distance, green mountains are reflected in the clear water.

The river flows eastward along the white sand beach.

In contrast, Zeshan Prefecture is freezing cold and snowbound.

Xisha County, on the other hand, is a place with a warm, spring-like climate and abundant resources.

"Teacher, that Martial Saint has made two moves in succession, why didn't he come here to attack us? With his strength, he should be able to suppress us!" A young man carrying a Bagua sword asked the Taoist in yellow robes.

“There are two possibilities!” the yellow-robed Taoist said, then glanced at his disciple and continued, “The first possibility is that he is not confident that he can defeat me in his current state! Both of his attacks were forceful suppressions, which may indicate that he is not in good condition and is not suitable for a prolonged battle! His intimidation is greater than his confidence.”

"The second possibility is that we are not important to him."

Upon hearing the second sentence, the man carrying the Bagua sword showed a strange expression.

“Teacher, now that our Yellow Heaven Sect has gained momentum, it is at its zenith, sweeping across three prefectures and one county. Give us some more time, and Nan’an Prefecture will be under our control.”

The yellow-robed Taoist shook his head: "This is nothing! We are nothing in the face of the real wave that is about to sweep across the Great Xia! With that Martial Saint dead, the real crisis will be the blessed lands and grotto-heavens that are spread throughout the thirty-six prefectures of the Nine Provinces."

Upon hearing this, the man carrying the Bagua sword immediately understood.

"Teacher, so we still can't catch His eye?"

"I think he's in a very bad state right now and doesn't dare to fight me! Or rather, he doesn't need to waste his last bit of strength on me!" As he spoke, the yellow-robed Taoist revealed a faint confidence on his face.

Imperial Prefecture.

The thin ice on the lake reflected the snow, and the world was shrouded in a desolate silence.

"Time waits for no one," Jiang Ning murmured to himself, sitting cross-legged in the lakeside pavilion, his mind now free of all distractions.

Having reached this point, I am only two hundred points away from accumulating the experience points for the Lingtai Cave Illumination of True Self Method.

With just a few more hours of arduous practice, he will be able to complete the final step of his accumulation.

Enter the realm of perfection in a natural way.

With a thought, two bottles of Dragon's Nest Elixir flew out of his storage space and hovered in front of him.

As the bottle cap was opened, dragon-shaped clouds and mist rose and swirled, emitting a clear and melodious dragon roar.

He opened his mouth and inhaled, and two long, cloud-like dragons seemed to be drawn in, transforming into an incomparably pure torrent of spiritual energy that surged into his body through his mouth and nose.

In an instant, he felt a cool and comfortable sensation in his soul, as if sweet rain was falling on his mind, nourishing his soul. The true spirit mark hidden in his soul, which was still shining brightly, now emitted a dazzling light.

Without hesitation, he immediately focused all his mind and immersed himself in the deepest state of cultivation.

[Lingtai Cave Illumination of True Self Dharma Experience Points +30]

[Lingtai Cave Illumination of True Self Dharma Experience Points +31]

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The prompt flashed quickly across the edge of his consciousness, only to be immediately dismissed by him.

At this moment, all his thoughts were focused on the evolution of the inner landscape.

Inside the Lingtai, the scene changed again.

It's no longer just about the birth and death of stars and the cycle of the seasons.

At this moment, the vast emptiness of the spiritual platform seemed to transform into a true prototype of the universe.

Countless thoughts, as fine as dust, collided, combined, and evolved within the mind.

Some coalesced into blazing fireballs, mimicking the rising sun, bursting forth with endless light and heat.

Some of it subsided into the thick earth, bearing the illusory shadows of mountains and rivers, and evolving the withering and flourishing of vegetation.

Some transformed into the phantom image of rushing rivers, flowing with the source of life.

Furthermore, the pure and turbid energies naturally separate, creating a scene of creation and recreating the earth, wind, water, and fire.

……

A variety of magnificent scenes unfolded in his mind, too numerous to mention.

Everything in the world is constantly decaying and being reborn.

And he is amidst all the changes.

No matter how the external world changes, he remains eternally unchanged.

At this moment, the true self's consciousness is like the Way of Heaven, high above, transcending everything, quietly observing all the changes.

He no longer actively creates or deduces, but instead lets various scenarios evolve and collide.

Sparks of inspiration kept blooming in my heart, and my mind became increasingly clear and empty.

Each destruction and rebirth of the vision made the light of his soul shine ever brighter, and the mark of his true spirit ever more luminous. At this moment, he felt the mark of his true spirit, which had been integrated into his soul, constantly evaporating and merging into his soul.

[Lingtai Cave Illumination of True Self Dharma Experience Points +30]

[Lingtai Cave Illumination of True Self Dharma Experience Points +31]

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The experience points are also steadily increasing at this moment.

Each notification signifies a further advancement in this skill.

This indicates a higher degree of integration between the true spiritual imprint and his soul.

The moment the True Spirit Imprint is completely integrated into the soul signifies the true perfection of this cultivation technique.

The growth rate reached its peak under the continuous nourishment of the Dragon's Nest Elixir and in this state of deep "visual evolution".

Time had lost its meaning in his mind.

He forgot the wind and snow outside, forgot the storms in the East China Sea, and even temporarily forgot the imminent crisis.

At this moment, his entire mind was immersed in the realization of the Lingtai Cave Illumination True Self Method.

At this moment, he realized more and more what it means to reflect one's true self.

True refers to the mark of the true spirit.

The mark of the true spirit is the true origin of life.

No matter how many times you reincarnate, the mark of your true spirit will never change.

"I" refers to the true self, to this life, to oneself.

The Lingtai Cave Illumination Method is to reflect one's true self, merging the true spirit imprint representing "truth" with the divine soul representing "self".

This represents absolute control over oneself.

Completely take control of yourself, no longer like duckweed on the water, drifting with the tide.

Within one's own world, reflected in the mind's eye.

As he watched the magnificent scenes flash by, he became increasingly enlightened.

In my own world, my heart is the heart of heaven, and my thoughts are the will of heaven.

One's own world and one's own thoughts are the absolute masters.

A sudden realization flashed across my mind like lightning.

In that instant, the myriad scenes that were evolving wildly in the spiritual realm suddenly stopped and then shattered like a mirror!

But it was not destruction; rather, all the sights—the sun, mountains and rivers, vegetation, and the pure and turbid air—transformed into the purest light, surging and crashing towards the true spirit mark between the eyebrows of the soul, like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea.

The True Spirit Mark also burst forth with unprecedented brilliance at this moment.

Like a great sun rising high in his mind, becoming ever more brilliant and radiant.

next moment.

Boom——

The mind trembled, and the sun exploded with a deafening roar.

He saw countless streams of light fall from between his soul's eyebrows.

Like shooting stars, they fell into various parts of the body and then merged into it.

As the ball of light merged into the mark, the mark between the eyebrows completely disappeared.

[Lingtai Cave Illumination of True Self Dharma Experience Points +100]

The moment this notification appeared before my eyes.

boom--

It was as if a silent roar exploded from the deepest part of my soul.

His entire body trembled violently at that moment.

At that moment, he felt his soul undergo a fundamental transformation from top to bottom, inside and out.

at the same time.

Suddenly, he was standing in the lakeside pavilion when his whole body shone with brilliant light.

Bathed in the radiant light, he appeared divine and holy at that moment.

A gentle breeze suddenly blew through the courtyard.

Then Su Qingying appeared on the snow.

At this moment, Su Qingying stood barefoot, as light as a goose feather.

The contrast between her fair feet and the snow beneath her feet made it impossible to tell which was whiter.

"The Divine Lord truly lives up to his name!" Su Qingying exclaimed in amazement.

After a while.

Jiang Ning's aura returned to calm. He slowly opened his eyes, and in the depths of his eyes, it seemed as if cosmic nebulae were being born and dying in a cycle.

The perfection of the Lingtai Cave Illumination True Self Method brings not only inner transformation and sublimation, and a complete transformation of the soul, but also a qualitative change in self-control.

He clearly felt that his mental processing speed, comprehension, and control over his physical state had reached an unprecedented level of clarity.

The spirit within the mind is now highly concentrated and incredibly clear, with the lines of the facial features clearly visible.

His spirit, having undergone the baptism of the Lingtai Cave Illumination True Self Method, had become incredibly solid, reaching a strength far exceeding his current realm. This caused the divine light in his eyes to shine uncontrollably.

Through nine blood transfusions, he forged a legendary body in martial arts, his blood and qi flowing like a vast ocean, his foundation unparalleled.

Qi, through internal alchemy and health cultivation, has repeatedly broken through its limits and has long reached an extraordinary level, pure, continuous, and inexhaustible.

In terms of essence, energy, and spirit, they have all reached the true peak of the second rank, and have even surpassed it.

But at this moment, he could clearly sense that the three were completely unbalanced.

The spiritual strength, already comparable to that of a Nascent Soul expert, has been further enhanced by the perfect blessing of the Lingtai Cave Illumination True Self Method.

A cultivator at the Yuan Shen level is equivalent to an immortal.

This level of strength is incredible!

Although the two pillars of strength, essence, and energy are indeed majestic, they seem somewhat insufficient to fully support and match this divine pressure.

The power of God caused an imbalance among the three, making it impossible to naturally achieve that harmonious and perfect state of unity.

At that moment, his gaze swept across the panel.

[Skill]: Lingtai Cave Illumination of True Self Method (Perfect 28/10000)

On the panel, the Lingtai Cave Illumination of True Self Method has reached a perfect level.

The True Spirit Mark was completely integrated into his soul, becoming inseparable from him.

He thus achieved absolute control over his true self and over himself.

After closing the panel.

The terrifying glint in his eyes was gone, replaced by a gentle, profound tranquility, a tranquility like a deep well, yet seemingly capable of reflecting the subtle details of all things in the world.

Snow falling in the courtyard, water flowing beneath the ice, and the crackling of firewood in the distance.
All perceptions were clearer and more distinct than ever before.

He gently raised his hand, and a snowflake drifted into his palm, not melting immediately. With a slight thought, he gently lifted the snowflake with his divine sense, and contrary to common sense, it floated up and slowly rotated around his fingertip.

From a microscopic perspective, it can be seen that ice crystals are constantly separating and recombining.

However, from a macro perspective, no change can be seen at all.

The snowflake in my hand seemed unchanged.

"The Lingtai Cave Illuminates the True Self Method, and it has finally been perfected." Jiang Ning murmured to himself, feeling a powerful sense of control over his own strength.

He knew that this was not just an improvement in his cultivation level, but also that his mind was now complete and he was on the verge of opening the door to the first-grade Hunyuan Realm.

Next, to enter the first rank, one only needs to push one's essence and energy to a level that matches the "spirit" at this moment, find that mysterious "balance point," and one can enter the primordial state in one fell swoop.

A variety of thoughts flashed through his mind before he finally looked up at the front.

Su Qingying, dressed in a simple white dress, stood barefoot on the snow, her figure as light as a feather, seemingly weightless. (End of Chapter)