Poor Taoist Qiu Chuji

Chapter 328 Five Elements Destroyed Together
Having tried so many different kinds of demonic arts, Qiu Chuji had gained some insights into them.

The so-called demonic arts... refer specifically to the demonic arts practiced by martial artists. They can be roughly divided into two categories, which are related to each other, but basically one is primary and the other is secondary. Most of them are just going down one path to the end.

The first type is self-destructive, which includes reversal of true qi, rushing backward to acupoints, destroying meridians and shattering blood vessels, damaging the five internal organs, and even mental madness.

This method utilizes the human body's survival instinct, stimulating pain or activating the body's last-ditch effort to achieve a surge in strength.

Furthermore, due to differences in means, methods, and approaches, chronic suicide and violent suicide are distinguished.

Slow suicide is relatively better. If one obtains the right and restraining divine power, the combination of the two can still save one. This achieves the goal of greatly increasing one's power without significantly harming one's health.

For example, Linghu Chong first learned the Star Absorbing Skill, and then learned the Shaolin Yi Jin Jing.

Of course, the fact that it can be combined in this way is also related to the fact that the Star Absorbing Technique is not actually that 'demonic'.

For those committing violent suicide, once they use it, they will die suddenly in no time. If there is no extremely powerful life-saving drug to help prolong their lives, then basically whoever uses it will die.

Secondly, there is the forceful plundering of external forces, such as seizing internal energy, absorbing blood and vital essence, or even extracting memories. This type of demonic art is actually more sophisticated from the perspective of demonic art alone. Among a dozen or so demons who practice this type of martial art, there will always be one or two who can stand out and become world-renowned demons in the martial arts world, dominating an era.

However, this type of magical skill has very little value to be learned from.

Because Qiu Chuji was already in a higher position, what he wanted was to stimulate potential, not simply improve skill.

If Qiu Chuji wanted to fully activate the potential of this lotus root body and integrate it into his own true qi, he needed to unleash an even more powerful destructive force. However, during this destruction process, his will could not be scattered.

That's not difficult, since he has cultivated into a Yang God, and his primordial spirit cultivation is actually far stronger than his physical cultivation.

"Nezha's lotus root body broke through and evolved, relying on his innate fire power, the incantation of the Boundless Immortal Elder to dismember his body, and the refinement brought about by the Heavenly Origin Cauldron. These three factors combined together."

"If I want to achieve a similar goal, I can't just copy it. Instead, I have to make arrangements based on my own circumstances."

Qiu Chuji's primordial spirit emerged from behind his body. With the assistance of the Five Elements Wheel, the five primordial spirit dharma forms condensed one by one. Among them, only the last metal primordial spirit was in a rough form and not yet completely complete.

The five elemental spirits manifested, each occupying a corner, and the formation of the five elements naturally formed in this small, quiet room.

As the five elements in the room were fixed, the true qi in Qiu Chuji's body split into five streams. Then, starting from his heart, the five qi became disordered, and the five elements disintegrated.

As his entire body erupted with an astonishing aura, his internal organs were almost completely shredded, and his body was in complete chaos. In no more than three to five seconds, even with Qiu Chuji's current strong vitality, such a severe injury would likely destroy his physical body.

Under this stimulation, the lotus root squeezed out the strongest burst of vitality, which perfectly merged into Qiu Chuji's true qi, striving to help heal the wounds in his body.

But Qiu Chuji destroyed it so thoroughly this time that even the restoration of this vibrant life could not keep up with the withering of life.

The primordial spirits and dharma images behind Qiu Chuji all made their moves. In an instant, a celestial pill shattered and transformed into abundant five-element energy. This energy then twisted the external five-element energy in the meditation room. The perfection of the external five elements brought about the harmony of the internal five elements. The restless energy was immediately stopped, and the shattered internal organs were rapidly repaired with the help of the powerful life force.

A moment later, Captain Qiu exhaled, and his entire body shone with a crystalline light.

If this move goes wrong, it won't be utterly disastrous, but the losses will still be substantial.

But if used properly, it really leads to significant improvement.

The vitality that I managed to squeeze out after using dozens of demonic techniques was less than one-fifth of the vitality brought by the simultaneous destruction of the five elements.

As this vibrant energy merged into his true qi, Qiu Chuji finally saw a glimmer of hope for the qualitative change he had been waiting for.

At the fingertips, a wisp of true qi was activated, visibly dispersing into a cloud of white mist.

This white mist, under Qiu Chuji's mental control, underwent countless transformations.

This change refers not only to a transformation in form, but also to a fundamental internal transformation.

It can be a gust of wind, a bolt of lightning, a ray of light, or even something more mysterious.

Take time, for example. Although we don't fully understand it yet, and there's still a long way to go before it can be practically applied, the changes it brings are surprisingly positive.

In the past, if Qiu Chuji wanted to stir up a gust of wind, he needed to borrow the power of heaven and earth; if he wanted to unleash thunder, he needed to conform to the rules of the world; if he wanted to burst forth with light, he needed to borrow some kind of light.

Now, he can be the source of these forces himself, without needing to borrow power or conform to any rules.

If he were to travel to the future world of that special Condor Heroes world, he would no longer be bound by the unique extraordinary rules of that world, and he could use his power whenever he wanted.

He doesn't need anyone's rules; he is the very embodiment of the rules.

This is a kind of sublimation, a breaking of shackles.

Even if it is weak and its practical application is not effective, it is a real beginning, a process of gradually and completely bringing great power back to 'me'.

Qiu Chuji began to understand the concept of 'physical sainthood'.

The primordial spirit is based on the will to manipulate the rules and power of heaven and earth. Its highest pursuit is to unite the primordial spirit with the Dao and become the spokesperson of the Dao. The more Daos it represents and the more worlds it controls, the more powerful, majestic, and immortal the primordial spirit becomes.

This is also the path most practitioners take.

And 'physical sainthood' means that 'I' am the world, and the origin of the rules.

This was destined to be a long and arduous road, and Qiu Chuji initially summarized it into three steps.

But how difficult it is to actually complete these three steps!
Every step you take to truly cross is an insurmountable chasm.

"Unfortunately, the same methods cannot be used again in the short term."

"Moreover, I am also taking advantage of the special nature of the lotus root, so I have been somewhat unscrupulous. If the potential of the lotus root is completely exhausted, then we must find a more sustainable development path."

"Or is it time to start paying attention and looking for and collecting other innate spiritual roots and spiritual treasures similar to the Five-Colored Golden Lotus Root?" Qiu Chuji pondered, putting away the furnishings in the room.

He also needed to give the lotus root some time to recover; otherwise, if he forced it too hard without the special environment of the Heavenly Origin Cauldron, it would easily break completely, which would be a loss.

After all, the lotus root is still quite brittle right now!

Ao Bing damaged one of them.

As soon as I stepped out of the room, I heard Xu Xuan and Xu Xian chirping crickets under the paulownia tree.

"Senior! My skills are shallow, and now that monk Fahai has escaped, I'm afraid it will become a handle against me. How about you take over the house calls this month?" Xu Xian bowed deeply with a pleading expression.

After hesitating, Xu Xuan replied, "But... my medical skills are not as good as yours. I still need to visit Granny Huang and Old Man Li this month. Their illnesses cannot be delayed!"

"That's two lives!"

Qiu Chuji walked past the eaves without changing his expression or blinking, without looking at the two men.

Who would have thought they would 'evolve' so quickly?

As expected, Bai Suzhen's level is too high.

Not only should a thousand-year-old fox not be underestimated, but a thousand-year-old snake demon should not be underestimated either.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the story, Fahai escaped from the Taoist temple and returned to Jinshan Temple. He tried every method but could not restore his magical power. He was meditating in front of the Bodhisattva and Buddha statue.

Although he saw a Bodhisattva, he was thinking of someone else.

(End of this chapter)