In a perfect world, you start by relying on your own strength.

"Little Red, come visit often when you have time!"

The little one waved vigorously toward the horizon, his clear shouts carrying far and wide.

Just as the Vermilion Bird was about to soar into the sky, it stumbled and almost fell to the ground. It turned around and glared fiercely at the little one before transforming into a streak of red light and disappearing completely into the depths of the clouds.

Shi Geng stepped forward, picked up the bright red Vermilion Bird feather from the ground, and gently stroked it with his fingertips, examining it carefully.

The Vermilion Bird feather was warm to the touch, not scorching, but it exuded an indescribable majesty. Even though its divine power had been drained, runes still faintly flowed between the feather strands.

Shi Geng focused his mind and sensed a faint yet extremely pure flame hidden within it. If it were to be activated, ordinary ferocious beasts, or even cultivators at the Blood Transformation Realm, would be instantly burned if they got close.

"Grandpa Clan Chief, I'd like to study it." Shi Geng looked up at Shi Yunfeng.

Shi Yunfeng nodded: "Research is fine, but remember to be careful, this thing is extraordinary."

The little one stroked his chin, looking regretful: "Why did Little Red walk so fast? I wanted to learn how to breathe fire from it."

Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they heard that.

Shi Gen smiled slightly, said nothing more, and carefully put away the Vermilion Bird Feather.

He is now only one step away from the ultimate level of the Blood Transformation Realm, possessing 100,000 jin of divine strength. It won't be too late to study this divine feather in detail after he has further refined and stabilized his cultivation and read the Original True Explanation.

A year passed quickly.

Shi Geng sat cross-legged under the Willow Tree, not deliberately activating his bone script, yet his body naturally radiated a crystalline luster, exuding a faint, hazy divine glow.

His body was glowing on its own, every inch of flesh and every cell was like an eternal furnace, frantically devouring the surrounding heavenly essence and earthly energy, constantly tempering and transforming.

Suddenly, Shi Geng opened his eyes wide, his gaze seemingly filled with the sun and moon, a golden divine lightning flash that was extremely awe-inspiring.

A vast and unparalleled surge of blood energy erupted from his body, sweeping across all directions.

"The Blood Realm has been moved—120,000 jin—successfully!"

His gains this year far exceeded his expectations. After a year of physical tempering, with the secret guidance of the Willow God and his own tireless cultivation day and night, he had already honed his physical body to a flawless state, breaking through the traditional limit of the Blood Moving Realm.

At this moment, relying solely on his physical strength, he could unleash a terrifying force of 120,000 jin with a single movement of his hand, a feat unprecedented in history.

All of this, apart from the guidance of the Willow God, is inseparable from the reliance on the True Spirit Space.

As the Yundao Fist was continuously improved, it became increasingly profound, allowing him to constantly break through his limits. This enabled him to surpass the Blood Removal Realm and achieve such terrifying combat power.

"It's getting harder and harder to improve physical strength. It seems that with my current foundation, I've reached my limit."

Shi Geng stood up, his blood energy slowly receding. With his current accumulation and foundation, he could only go this far in the Blood Transformation Realm. To advance further and continue to accumulate physical divine power was as difficult as ascending to heaven.

"Forget it, let's try to understand this original truth first. Once the Heavenly Dao has finished evolving, we can start working on breaking through to the Cave Heaven Realm."

As he spoke, Shi Geng carefully took out a piece of white, jade-like bone from his bosom.

In fact, half a year ago, the clan leader Shi Yunfeng had already given him the Primal True Explanation. However, whether it was due to a lack of comprehension or an insufficient level of understanding, he was never able to comprehend many of the profound mysteries.

The True Spirit Space has been unusually quiet for the past year. Tiandao Shigen has been preoccupied with driving the evolution of the world and has never shown himself.

Only Linglong Shigen and Longshe Shigen occasionally appear to exchange cultivation insights with him and participate in the original true understanding together.

The pure white bone fragments are densely covered with ancient runes, telling the origin of the runes of heaven and earth, explaining the profound mysteries of the original precious bones, and even providing detailed annotations on the strengths and weaknesses of ancient ferocious beasts and divine birds.

The bone fragments contained no specific cultivation methods or earth-shattering powerful techniques, yet they pointed directly to the origin of cultivation, explaining the fundamental meaning of cultivation in the most thorough way.

This book of bones starts from the most fundamental and original source, pointing directly to the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. Its content is vast and comprehensive, encompassing all things, and can be regarded as the supreme foundational secret manual on the path of cultivation.

Shi Geng was completely immersed in the mysteries of the original true explanation, losing his appetite and becoming as if he were in a deep meditation.

Ancient runic principles flowed continuously in his heart, corroborating the laws of heaven and earth of Tiandao Shigen and the internal martial arts principles of Longshe Shigen.

This enlightenment took several days, during which I almost forgot myself.

He sat cross-legged under the willow tree, holding the bone fragments in his arms, his mind completely immersed in those ancient characters, oblivious to the rustling of the wind, the chirping of birds and beasts in the outside world.

The original true explanation does not talk about techniques, but only about the fundamentals—what is the origin of runes, what is the root of qi and blood, what is the resonance between the physical body and heaven and earth, why can the grotto heaven contain the sun and moon, why can the precious technique summon divine power... All the most basic logic of cultivation is slowly unfolded on this small piece of bone.

Many of the confusions, barriers, and points of misunderstanding that I had encountered during my previous cultivation are now being washed away layer by layer by the fundamental principles.

It wasn't until a fluctuation came from within the True Spirit Space that he suddenly came to his senses, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.

"Hmm? Is Heaven finished with its business?"

Shi Geng narrowed his eyes slightly, and his consciousness instantly entered the True Spirit Space.

The place remains unchanged. The aura of the Dragon-Snake Stone is becoming increasingly refined and pure, like a flawless crystal, clear and substantial; the Spirit Cage Stone has changed dramatically, its complexion is rosy, its blood and qi surge like a stream, and its physique is several times stronger.

The most eye-catching of all is the Heavenly Dao Stone.

It seemed to be undergoing a fundamental transformation, with the light of the Heavenly Dao illuminating the entire void around it, and its aura increasing more than tenfold compared to before, exuding majesty and profundity.

The group exchanged glances, understood each other without saying a word, and instantly started sharing.

The vast amount of insights Tiandao Shigen gained over the past year in deducing the origin of the world and sorting out the rules of heaven and earth, including the original true understanding of the Great Dao, the Mind Crystal Method deduced by Longshe Shigen, and the flawless physical body of the Blood Transformation Extreme Realm...

The memories of different Shi Gen merged violently in the True Spirit Space, causing the perfect Shi Gen's understanding of cultivation, the physical body, and the world to soar at an alarming rate.

"Heavenly Dao, you've finally arrived. Perfect timing, help us analyze our idea."

Perfect Stone slowly opened his eyes, his gaze seemingly reflecting the movement of the sun and moon.

"Ordinary cultivators open up their own grotto-heavens by drawing in the essence of heaven and earth, but my physical body has already reached the pinnacle of the Blood Transformation Realm, and I also possess the Primal True Understanding of the Great Dao, plus your comprehension of the rules of the world..."

Longshe Shigen's eyes lit up: "Use your body as a seed to break through the void..."

The Heavenly Dao Stone trembled slightly, as if it were deducing the feasibility of the situation, and after a long while, it gave its final confirmation: "Feasible."

"Then I'll have to trouble you."

A glint flashed in Perfect Stone's eyes.

"We are one, so there's no need to talk about trouble. Besides, the original true explanation you gave me has been a great help to me. Just wait patiently, and I'll help you deduce it after I've finished dealing with things on my end."

As Tiandao Shigen finished speaking, the light of the Heavenly Dao trembled and disappeared directly into the True Spirit Space.

Perfect Stone nodded, then looked at Spirit Cage Stone beside him.

This guy has now undergone a complete transformation. In just one year, on the resource-scarce and harsh Ling Cage Wasteland, he has honed his physical strength to a force of 30,000 jin.

When the other party came here last month, his strength was only 3,000 jin, but now, after a month, it has soared to 30,000 jin.