I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 661 Forcing Growth (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Thirty years have passed in the realm of mountains and seas, while more than three hundred years have passed in the Nine Provinces.

For Jiang Yi, these three hundred years were a tedious and long imprisonment, with nothing to do but cultivate every day.

The spiritual energy within the Heavenly Sound Platform is so pure and abundant that it is astonishing, far surpassing anything found in the outside world.

The Qin Emperor asked her to take in ten Qin disciples to teach her cultivation. These disciples were all masters of the Qin, with profound attainments, and they were also very familiar with the ancient Qi Refining system of the Nine Provinces.

Under their guidance, Jiang Yi cultivated using the "Qin Xin Jue" (Heart of the Qin) modified by the current Qin Emperor himself, replacing all his magical power with Xuanling Qi (Mysterious Spirit Qi) and embarking on the path of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation.

She followed the steps methodically and without distraction; when she felt really bored, she would play the piano.

Every few days, the Qin Emperor would suddenly appear like a ghost to check her cultivation progress and confirm that she had not made any unusual moves.

In the first few decades, Jiang Yi made slow but steady progress, but Qin Di's patience was clearly not that great.

One day, the Qin Emperor descended once more, followed by a Qin disciple. Without uttering a word, he simply waved his hand and imprisoned Jiang Yi in place.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Yi watched as the body of the zither disciple rapidly 'melted,' and the cultivation he had painstakingly cultivated throughout his life was forcibly stripped away by the Zither Emperor in an unparalleled and domineering manner, turning into a dazzling torrent that forcefully poured into Jiang Yi's body.

An immense and terrifying force instantly surged into Jiang Yi's limbs, bones, meridians, and dantian. His meridians were torn apart by excruciating pain, and his dantian was nearly burst open. The violent energy surged uncontrollably.

Jiang Yi groaned, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of her mouth, her eyes filled with resistance and anger.

"Your Majesty!" she managed to squeeze out, "You don't need to do this!"

"Hmph!" The Qin Emperor's voice was cold and ruthless, tinged with a hint of irritation. "Too slow! I don't have time to watch you dawdle. You don't need to feel burdened either. The physical body is just a shell; the soul will be reborn in the cycle of reincarnation throughout the Nine Provinces. Stop pretending and refine it quickly!"

Hearing the Emperor Qin say this, Jiang Yi could only forcibly suppress his surging blood and the resistance in his heart.

She knew that resistance at this moment was pointless and would only lead to more brutal repression.

Jiang Yi closed his eyes, focused his mind, and circulated his inner energy with all his might, like a small boat navigating a raging storm, trying his best to calm, suppress, and refine this external force.

The process was painful and lengthy, but Jiang Yi eventually tamed this power, and his cultivation level was forcibly raised by a large margin.

This is just the beginning!
After that, whenever Jiang Yi had completely digested the forcibly instilled cultivation and stabilized his foundation, the Qin Emperor would appear with the next 'voluntary sacrifice' Qin disciple to repeat the domineering and bloody instillation process.

One after another, the disciples of the zither transformed into pure cultivation before Jiang Yi's eyes, merging into her body.

Three hundred years have passed in this continuous process of infusion and refinement.

Jiang Yi's cultivation was also forcibly pushed to the limit of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation under this almost predatory and forced growth, reaching the threshold of entering the Spirit Refining and Void Transformation realm.

Emperor Qin personally led Jiang Yi to the quiet room, sat opposite her, and watched her break through.

The process of going from Qi Refining to Spirit Transformation to Spirit Refining to Emptiness is equivalent to breaking through from Nascent Soul to Spirit Transformation, but the process is completely different.

According to the methods of ancient cultivators, this step requires reaching the state of "Five Qi Converging at the Origin" and "Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown".

Guided by the mysterious spiritual energy of the Jiang Yi, five streams of essence of different colors rose from the five internal organs, like five agile dragons, following a specific trajectory, and finally converged at the middle dantian, forming a slowly rotating, harmonious five-colored vortex.

When the five elements return to their origin, the internal organs resonate, and vitality flourishes.

Jiang Yi, with his deep foundation and three hundred years of experience, made this step exceptionally smooth.

As the five elements returned to their origin, Jiang Yi's essence, energy, and spirit were stimulated to their peak. Three feet above his head, the swirling mysterious spiritual energy began to condense and manifest.

First, a fiery red 'essence flower' quietly blooms, symbolizing the vigor and purity of the origin of life.

Immediately afterwards, a golden and dazzling 'flower of energy' bloomed beside it, representing the condensation and sublimation of magical power. Finally, a pure white 'divine flower', seemingly containing infinite wisdom, slowly emerged, signifying the power and clarity of the divine soul.

The three flowers hung at the top, their light flowing and reflecting each other, exuding a profound and unfathomable Taoist charm.

Jiang Yi also successfully achieved this step, with the three flowers stable and the inner radiance shining forth.

The Emperor Qin could not contain his joy and became increasingly satisfied with Jiang Yi's body, nodding repeatedly.

The next step is to guide the nascent soul into the upper dantian and refine it into a pure yang spirit. This is the most crucial step.

Jiang Yin's Niwan Palace opened wide, and the nascent soul in her dantian, which was identical to her face, was shrouded in a faint silver halo and slowly rose from her body.

The nascent soul's face was solemn. Its hands formed a mudra, drawing upon the vast and profound spiritual energy and the pure and incomparable divine soul power within its body. It soared upwards along the central meridian of its spine, overcoming numerous obstacles, and finally sat steadily in the center of its Niwan Palace.

The Five Elements Gathering at the Origin provides an inexhaustible source of life, the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top shower down pure radiance to nourish the soul, and the Nascent Soul resides in the Niwan Palace, like a king sitting in the divine court.

Everything seemed to be falling into place, waiting only for the three to completely merge, triggering the laws of heaven and earth, and refining the nascent soul into a pure and immaculate 'Yang God', at which point Jiang Yi would officially enter the realm of refining the spirit and returning to emptiness.

But at this moment, a sudden change occurred!

The brilliant light within the Niwan Palace suddenly froze, and the nascent soul, which was about to condense into a pure Yang primordial spirit, suddenly became disordered, as if it were being interfered with and torn apart by an invisible force.

That grand and transcendent aura rapidly weakened, and a look of pain appeared on the Nascent Soul's small face. Its body trembled violently, and it not only failed to successfully condense its Yang Spirit, but also showed signs of falling from its Niwan Palace and becoming unstable in its realm.

"puff--"

Jiang Yi, who was sitting quietly, suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. His aura instantly weakened, the three flowers above his head swayed precariously, and the five qi vortex also fluctuated violently.

"waste!"

A furious roar, brimming with boundless rage, echoed in the quiet room, and the Qin Emperor's peerless face was covered in frost.

"Over three hundred years! I personally protected you, and you still failed at the last step?! I think you deliberately delayed and are courting death!"

Jiang Yi's face was pale, and there was blood at the corner of her mouth. She forcibly suppressed the churning blood and the shock in her mind, and struggled to look up at the furious Qin Emperor.

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger... This disciple... this disciple has truly done his utmost... but... but that final step, 'Concentrating the Spirit and Transforming into Emptiness,' requires the soul to be perfectly integrated and flawless, deeply in harmony with the Profound Spirit Origin. This disciple doesn't know why, but I always feel that there seems to be... seems to be an indescribable stagnation between the soul and this forcibly elevated cultivation level, as if... as if the foundation, after being forcibly raised, ultimately left behind an unbridgeable void. It's not that this disciple is unwilling to break through, it's just that... I'm powerless!"

Jiang Yi was panting, as if she had used up all her strength.

"Or, would you please go to the Azure Emperor or the Pill Emperor's place and find me a few... spiritual pills that can stabilize my foundation?"

"Unstable foundation? Fine! Very well!" The Qin Emperor laughed in fury, his eyes flashing with cold light. "Then I will give you time to 'stabilize' it. If you don't break through, you will never have to come out again. You will stay here until you die!"

With a sudden flick of his wide sleeves, the Qin Emperor unleashed an unparalleled force that swept Jiang Yi, along with the futon beneath him, deep into the meditation room.

Thick, millennia-old ice mixed with powerful restrictive runes instantly condensed at the entrance of the meditation room, forming an indestructible giant ice crystal gate that completely sealed Jiang Yi deep within the meditation room.

The ice gate blocked out the light and also blocked out the suffocating pressure from the Qin Emperor.

In the darkness, Jiang Yi slowly raised her hand and wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth.

The weakness quickly faded from her face, and her eyes became as calm as a deep pool.

Judging from the Qin Emperor's reaction, Jiang Yi was certain that as soon as she entered the Refining Spirit and Returning to Emptiness realm, the Qin Emperor's possession of her body would begin.

Now, it all depends on Hong Li!

(End of this chapter)