The Great Qin: Starting with marrying Jingni, I began my quest for immortality.

"lady!"

Jiang Chuan turned his head and looked at Ru Shuang, who was holding Yan'er, and spoke softly.

Although they had already used this form of address the night before, Ru Shuang's cheeks still flushed slightly when she heard Jiang Chuan use it again. Fortunately, she quickly recovered and looked at Jiang Chuan, saying, "Husband, won't you sleep a little longer?"

Jiang Chuan stood up and shook his head. "No need. I'm full of energy now."

Jiang Chuan wasn't lying; it was a fact that he was indeed very energetic.

Despite having fought hard all night and only taking a short break, Jiang Chuan should have felt weak during the day, but he didn't. In fact, he felt a warm current flowing through his body.

"No way?"

These warm currents led him to some speculations.

Then, he activated the internal energy cultivation method that Ru Shuang had taught him.

Jiang Chuan immediately realized that the warm current in his body was internal energy.

He already possessed internal energy.

This is an incredibly incredible thing.

Although with the help of that mysterious space, he could quickly master and comprehend any skill.

However, cultivating internal strength is different from mastering the techniques of those moves.

This requires a process of constant dripping to wear away stone. Unless one consumes some rare and precious herbs, under normal circumstances, cultivating internal strength can only be achieved through diligent practice and accumulating internal power over time.

Jiang Chuan developed a sense of Qi in a very short time, thanks to his easy mastery of many secrets of internal energy cultivation. However, even so, it was still a long way off before he could cultivate his first strand of internal energy.

Ultimately, it's because he's old; his bones, meridians, and other physical structures have long been fixed, and the power of heaven and earth flows through his meridians at an extremely slow pace.

Furthermore, once the physical structure is established, the effect of the power of heaven and earth in nourishing it is not significant.

However, Jiang Chuan now discovers that he possesses internal energy.

Why is that?

Jiang Chuan was puzzled. Then, he thought of the giant yin-yang fish he had seen when he entered that mysterious space last night.

Is it related to that yin-yang symbol?

So how did the yin-yang symbol come about?

In the past, when he comprehended the Dao in that dream space, there were always traces to follow, all of which were due to the fact that Ru Shuang had taught him martial arts during the day.

But yesterday, he did not learn any martial arts.

He was busy preparing for the wedding.

Yesterday, the thing I did most was fight with Ru Shuang.

Could it be related to that?

Double cultivation?

Jiang Chuan couldn't help but let his mind wander. Then he realized he was overthinking it. Dual cultivation, after all, required a set of techniques to combine the mind and body and achieve mutual progress.

He had absolutely no idea about dual cultivation techniques.

However, Jiang Chuan did not hide the fact that he had developed internal energy from Ru Shuang.

"What? You've cultivated internal energy?"

Ru Shuang was also extremely surprised when she heard Jiang Chuan's words.

Then, she grasped Jiang Chuan's wrist and carefully examined it.

"It is indeed internal strength, and not weak at that. In the martial arts world, it could be considered bottom-tier."

"Second-rate?" Jiang Chuan was very curious about Ru Shuang's statement.

"Could it be that in the martial arts world, there are different levels for martial artists?"

Ru Shuang explained, "Although the various schools of thought in the Hundred Schools of Thought had different classifications of their respective realms due to differences in their cultivation methods, the highest realm of Taoism is called Wuwei, which means doing everything. Confucianism calls it Wuju, which means doing whatever one pleases and ignoring all rules. Mohism calls it Jian'ai, which means loving all under heaven and embracing everything..."

Because it was once the top-ranked organization in the Luo Wang (Net of Heaven), the Luo Wang's influence spread throughout the world, and it naturally collected information from various schools of thought. Ru Shuang recounted these secrets in detail.

"However, these are mostly internal accounts from the various schools of thought during the Hundred Schools of Thought period. In fact, whether they were really that powerful, no one can say for sure."

"Within the Net, they divide the world's top experts into nine ranks."

Chapter Nineteen Celestials

"First, the lowest level are the unranked. These are martial artists who have mastered a few moves but do not understand internal energy."

"Wait a minute, if someone is considered second-rate if they don't understand internal martial arts, then what about a sect like the Great Liang Armored Sect, which is proficient in external martial arts?"

Ru Shuang glanced at Jiang Chuan, her tone somewhat amused, "My husband knows quite a lot, even about the Armored Sect."

Jiang Chuan gave an awkward smile.

Ru Shuang did not delve into the question further, but continued, "Whether or not one possesses internal energy is one of the criteria for evaluating whether a martial artist is up to par, but it is not mandatory. Ultimately, the strength of a martial artist must be judged by their true abilities."

"Being able to fight is the only true measure of success."

Although these words were somewhat crude, they were concise and to the point. Jiang Chuan nodded in agreement after hearing them.

Indeed, realm is realm, and combat power is combat power.

Those who possess profound spiritual attainments may not necessarily have outstanding combat abilities.

Under the right conditions, even a single poisonous insect can kill a Celestial Emperor.

Ru Shuang continued, "After the lowest level, one becomes like my husband, a low-level practitioner who has mastered some internal energy."

"So I'm just a weakling after all!"

Jiang Chuan felt that his internal strength was not small, and with the Tianluo Sword Technique and the exquisite sword move taught by Ru Shuang, he thought he was at least a minor expert in the martial arts world. He did not expect that Ru Shuang's evaluation of him would be so low, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Ru Shuang said softly, "Husband, there's no need to belittle yourself. I'm just making this assessment based on your internal strength. If we include all the sword techniques you've mastered, you'd at least be considered a second-rate martial artist."

"That's more like it." Jiang Chuan nodded in satisfaction. Although "second-rate" sounded similar to "hooligan," he had only been learning martial arts for a short time.

In such a short time, it has become second-rate.

Give him a few years, and he should have no problem becoming the best in the world.

Ru Shuang returned to the main topic and explained to Jiang Chuan the classification of martial artists within the Luo Wang (Net of Heaven): "Unranked, low-ranking, third-ranking, second-ranking, and first-ranking. These are the five levels of the acquired realm."

"After the completion of the acquired stage, the internal energy flows through the inside and outside, opening the bridge between heaven and earth. One can use one's own internal energy to control the power of heaven and earth. This is the innate stage."

"After the Innate Realm, there are four levels: Innate, Grandmaster, Great Grandmaster, and the final realm..."

"The final realm?" Jiang Chuan raised an eyebrow upon hearing Ru Shuang's words. He was quite familiar with the terminology used for the previous realms, as it appeared in many martial arts novels he had read in his previous life.

But Ru Shuang didn't reveal the name of the final realm, whether because she didn't know it or didn't want to.

"Yes, because different sects have different classifications of realms. Even the Luo Wang sect can only roughly classify the earlier realms. As for the final realm, they really don't know how to name it."

"Since they haven't named it, I'll come up with a name for it."

Jiang Chuan spoke up.

He was extremely interested in naming things.

"What does my husband plan to name it?" Ru Shuang asked curiously.

Jiangchuan said: "Heavenly Man!"

"Let's call this final realm the Celestial Being."

"As far as I know, five hundred years ago, the Yin-Yang School broke away from the Taoism and established its own school in order to pursue the so-called ultimate limit of the Heaven and Man. It can be seen that the concept of the Heaven and Man already existed in the Yin-Yang School or Taoism. The Heaven and Man is their name for the final realm."

Ru Shuang's eyes flickered slightly. "Celestial Being, that title is quite fitting."

Jiang Chuan then said to Ru Shuang, "Alright, Madam, you've already told me about the names of each realm, so why don't you also tell me about the mysteries of the realms after the Innate Realm?"

Ru Shuang hadn't expected Jiang Chuan to be interested in these things, but since he had asked, she didn't hide anything. "Bridging the bridge between heaven and earth allows one to use one's own power to control the power of heaven and earth. This is the Innate Realm. Those who have just become Innate Realm practitioners cannot use too much of the power of heaven and earth. But once their foundation is solid and they can use the power of heaven and earth in a harmonious and unrestrained way, they become Grandmasters."

"After the Grandmaster comes the Great Grandmaster. This title comes from Zhuangzi of Taoism and is also called the True Man. After reaching this state, one can climb high without fear, enter water without getting wet, and enter fire without feeling hot."

"Unfortunately, even I, as a first-class member of the Luo Wang, have only just stepped into the Grandmaster realm. The Grandmaster realm is still something I can only look up to but never reach."

"According to the Luo Wang (Net of Heaven) organization, to reach the Grandmaster level, one must find one's own path."

“Every grandmaster is a unique figure throughout history, and they have all forged their own path.”

"As for the realm beyond Grandmaster, which is what my husband called Celestial Being, it is even more legendary."

Jiang Chuan carefully digested the information Ru Shuang had shared.

Ru Shuang's tone shifted again, and she looked at Jiang Chuan with a playful expression, "But speaking of which, my husband really surprised me. He mastered the sword technique so quickly back then, which could be attributed to his extensive knowledge and excellent memory, making him a rare sword prodigy."

“But now that you have developed internal strength so quickly, if you give your husband time, you might become a grandmaster in the future.”

"Taoism has a saying that great talents mature late in life. My husband, perhaps you are one such person who can achieve great things."

Jiang Chuan felt extremely uncomfortable being stared at like that by Ru Shuang. "Madam is joking. In fact, even I don't know how I acquired internal energy. To this day, I'm still completely baffled. Otherwise, I wouldn't be asking you these questions."

Ru Shuang said, "Since you can't figure it out, then don't think about it anymore. In any case, it's a good thing that my husband was able to develop internal strength."

Jiang Chuan also agreed with this statement.