Practice starts with skill points.

Chapter 199: Extraordinary Spiritual Essence
He waved his hand to send away the palace maid sent by Jiang Feng, and his innate true energy circulated, and in an instant the smell of alcohol in his body dissipated completely.

"Master."

Zhong Lin shouted respectfully.

"Why, are you so anxious?"

Chen Jia's teasing voice came, and then continued: "Zhong Lin, do you know why the practice of martial arts in the Black Turtle Continent is cut off and can only be practiced to the Xiantian realm?"

"I don't know, Master, please enlighten me."

"Alas! Back then, your master achieved perfection in his innate cultivation, and later found the subsequent methods of cultivation in ancient books. However, after sixty years of hard work, he still could not break through. The main reason is that the vitality of heaven and earth in the Xuangui Continent is too thin to meet the needs of cultivation. Therefore, even if your master gave you the method of cultivation in the Lingyuan Realm, you still could not break through." Chen Jia explained.

Zhong Lin was dumbfounded for a moment. He didn't expect this to be the result.

However, it can also be imagined that the nine grades of martial arts before the innate stage do not involve the vital energy of heaven and earth, but follow the path of the essence of the human body. After the bridge of heaven and earth is opened, one begins to absorb the vital energy of heaven and earth. It takes a hundred years of accumulation to fill up the 360 innate acupoints, let alone a breakthrough.

"Haha, don't be anxious. Let me first tell you about the realm after the innate state!" Chen Jia said with a smile.

Zhong Lin sat upright and listened carefully.

"The so-called ninth level of martial arts actually has another name, the acquired realm. The so-called body forging, blood coagulation, and Qi refining are nothing more than constantly strengthening the body in the hope of being able to withstand the influx of the vital energy of heaven and earth. You must know that the vital energy of heaven and earth is extremely explosive. Without a strong body to support it, the only consequence of rashly drawing the energy into the body is explosion and death."

Zhong Lin nodded. He still remembered the excruciating pain of his body being torn apart when he broke through to the innate realm that day. If he were an ordinary person, he would have died long ago.

"When the acquired qi is perfected, one uses the true qi to break the bridge between heaven and earth, drawing the vital energy of heaven and earth into the body, shedding the turbid qi and condensing the innate true qi. This is the innate realm."

"Cultivation in the Xiantian realm involves constantly absorbing the vital energy of heaven and earth, strengthening the Xiantian Zhenqi, and then nourishing and opening the acupoints, opening up these 360 Xiantian acupoints one by one. Every time an acupoint is opened, the connection with heaven and earth becomes closer, and the use of the vital energy of the weather becomes more powerful. Moreover, these Xiantian acupoints can also store Zhenqi like the Dantian. Therefore, the more Xiantian acupoints are opened, the stronger the Xiantian Zhenqi becomes."

"Then, you will connect these 360 major innate acupoints, just like you are now. This is innate perfection."

Zhong Lin suddenly asked, "Master, to cultivate in the Xiantian realm, one must first fill all the Xiantian acupoints with true qi, and then connect them with one thread?"

"That's not the case. There is no order in the process. It's just that after all the innate acupoints are filled with true qi, the subsequent practice will be easier." Chen Jia said.

Zhong Lin nodded secretly. It seemed that there was nothing wrong with his practice. There was no particular order in the process, as long as the result was the same.

"After the Xiantian realm comes the Lingyuan realm. Lingyuan is a force even more powerful than the Xiantian Zhenqi. Zhenqi is ethereal and invisible, while Lingyuan is the liquid form of the compressed Zhenqi. Therefore, the Lingyuan realm is also called the Zhenyuan realm."

"When we return to the Falling Star Islands, I will teach you the secret method of compressing your true energy. With the help of the richer heaven and earth energy of the Falling Star Islands, it won't be long before you can break through the Spiritual Yuan Realm."

"Thank you, Master. Master, what is the realm after the Spiritual Origin Realm?"

Zhong Lin asked curiously. He had not forgotten the three realms of Lingyuan, Chaofan and Xuandan that Chen Jia mentioned.

"Transcendent, transcending the mundane. The Transcendent Realm is the true realm of martial arts. Remember I told you that martial arts practice is about constantly breaking through oneself, pushing past one's limits, ultimately ascending to the divine realm and becoming an immortal, omnipotent deity? The Transcendent Realm is the first major transformation of one's life." "The Transcendent Realm is divided into three levels. The first is the Spirit Sea Realm. If one can break through, their Dantian will become like the sea, a sea of liquid spiritual energy forming within their expanded Dantian. A single gesture will allow them to summon divine might. At that point, a martial artist could break mountains with a single punch and split rivers with a single palm."

Zhong Lin's eyebrows twitched at this moment, and a sense of horror surged in his heart.

He did not feel much about what Chen Jia said about ascending to become a god. After all, it was too far away, just like a farmer thinking that the emperor worked with a golden hoe. It was not on the same level and was simply unimaginable.

But it’s different when you say you can break a mountain with one punch or split a river with one palm. It’s so touching.

This is definitely Gao Wu!
"The second realm of transcendence is the Spirit Embryo realm. In this realm, spiritual essence nourishes the physical body, inviting heavenly tribulations to temper the body, and forging a supreme spiritual body.

Once the spiritual body is forged, the physical body will not only become stronger, but also more in tune with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and the combat power will also increase exponentially.

In fact, the true essence of a cultivator in the Lingtai realm is not much stronger than that of a cultivator in the Linghai realm who has reached the great perfection. The reason why their combat power is far superior to that of a cultivator in the Linghai realm is because their physical bodies are extremely strong.

At the same time, once a spiritual body is condensed and activated, the quality of the attribute spiritual energy in the body will increase exponentially, and the power of martial arts with the same attributes will also increase dramatically.

Under such a surge, a cultivator who has reached the Great Perfection of the Spiritual Sea Realm will naturally be like an ant and will be easily crushed to death."

"As for the third realm of the Transcendent, it's called the Soul Condensation Realm. Besides the physical body and internal energy becoming stronger, the most important thing about this realm is that the Soul Palace is opened, which can continuously generate soul power. When you perform martial arts again, it will be a soul attack. Even those in the Soul Embryo Realm will find it difficult to defend against it, and will only become a sitting duck. At the same time, because of the soul power, the brain will become increasingly clear and the understanding will be improved."

Chen Jia explained all three sub-realms of the Transcendent Realm in one breath, which also made Zhong Lin deeply feel why this realm is known as the first leap of life.

The ocean of spiritual energy, the spiritual body, and the soul palace.

Isn’t this what Taoists in previous lives talked about as essence, qi and spirit?
It's simply outrageous.

Zhong Lin did not continue to ask what the Xuandan realm was. The extraordinary realm had already left him a little confused. Even if Chen Jia explained the later realms, he probably would not understand.

However, when Zhong Lin thought about the fact that Chen Jia was an almighty master in the Xuandan realm who had surpassed the extraordinary realm during his lifetime, he felt like he had found a treasure.

Although I don’t know whether this portable grandfather is good or bad, at least in the early stage, I will definitely gain more.

"How's it going? What do you think?"

Chen Jia asked with a smile.

Zhong Lin pondered for a moment and said with emotion: "Amazing! This is the true way of martial arts. I am just sitting in a well and looking at the world."

"Sitting in a well and looking at the sky? This phrase is well used. The innate warriors on the Black Turtle Continent are already the limit. They seem powerful, but the sky in their eyes is just the wellhead above their heads. Only by really jumping out of it, can you know how big the world is and what the true martial arts are." Chen Jia said in a deep voice.

(End of this chapter)