To comprehend all laws and attain immortality

"May I ask, Master, what caused the Qionghua Realm to shatter?"

The weapon that was said to be able to destroy the world in my past life memories was actually only capable of destroying the surface of the earth, and caused negligible damage to the world itself.

Gu Fan could not imagine what kind of power could shatter a realm.

Upon hearing this, Master Xuanji chuckled and shook his head: "What else could it be but a struggle for the Dao!"

"Sects with different lineages have always been locked in a life-or-death struggle. These people have only survived the struggle for the Dao, and they are truly afraid and do not want to fight anymore."

"With the Qionghua Realm shattered, the remaining cultivators cannot even break through the realm to leave. If this only place of refuge is also destroyed, they will perish."

"Therefore, after the great war, a group of powerful cultivators signed an alliance to divide the territory into six kingdoms. These cultivators were the founders of the sects of the six kingdoms, and Ancestor Yunxiao was one of them."

Mentioning the Cloud Soaring Ancestor, Gu Fan suddenly felt something was amiss, tilting his head in confusion and asking:

"Didn't Patriarch Yunxiao say he ascended to heaven on a cloud?"

The deeds of Master Yunxiao are not only recorded in "Lingxiao Baijie", but also in many books on the first floor of Chenxing Pavilion. Master Yunxiao is also a powerful and mysterious figure.

Master Xuanji smiled and nodded: "That is true, but strictly speaking... Ancestor Yunxiao only broke through the boundary and left, not ascended to heaven."

"According to the information left by Ancestor Yunxiao, after the Qionghua Realm was shattered, it was no longer able to support Nascent Soul cultivators. Ancestor Yunxiao was at the late Nascent Soul stage at the time. He had no hope of breaking through, so he tried to leave this realm. He is also the only person in three thousand years to successfully leave the Qionghua Realm."

Gu Fan immediately asked, "Could it be that the Ancestor has found the path to ascension?"

But as soon as he said it, Gu Fan himself didn't believe it.

If there truly were an ascension passage, the Lingxiao Sect would have already broken through the boundary in their Cloud Dream Boat; they wouldn't have waited until today.

Sure enough, the next second Xuanji Zhenren confirmed his guess.

"That's not the case."

Master Xuanji said quietly, "Ancestor Yunxiao did so because he practiced a certain cultivation technique."

"Huh?" Gu Fan's eyes widened immediately. "It's just..."

"It's the one I want you to cultivate!" Master Xuanji said first.

After speaking, Master Xuanji took out a purple jade slip from her sleeve and placed it in her palm. .

"This technique is called 'The Great Luo Inner Landscape Heaven-Connecting Mysterious Chapter,' a true immortal sect's wondrous method. Unfortunately, only a fragment exists, but it can still be cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage. More importantly... it contains a sliver of opportunity to leave this world."

At this point, Xuanji Zhenren's tone was full of regret.

Upon hearing this, Gu Fan's gaze toward the jade slip also burned with fervor.

The pinnacle of cultivation in the Qionghua Realm is the Nascent Soul stage, but this technique can actually lead directly to the Divine Transformation stage!

But recalling what was said before, that this skill often carries the risk of severing one's path to immortality, he solemnly asked, "Master once said that this skill is extremely difficult to cultivate and carries the risk of severing one's path to immortality. Please explain further, Master."

Master Xuanji nodded: "There are three difficulties in this skill."

"Firstly, one must possess extraordinary comprehension and have sufficient understanding of the Dao of Combat; otherwise, it is absolutely impossible to succeed in cultivation."

"This must be the reason for setting up the array-based assessment," Gu Fan thought to himself.

"Secondly, although this skill makes one extremely powerful in combat after mastering it, it makes one extremely weak in battle when one's cultivation level is low."

As Gu Fan listened, he pondered: "If that were all, it wouldn't be so bad. Not to mention the diverse methods of combat, talismans and magical artifacts can serve as supplements, and those skilled in cultivation can rely on sects to cultivate, avoiding direct combat with others."

"Thirdly, and most importantly," Master Xuanji said, his eyes narrowing slightly. "When practicing this technique, one must use various spiritual objects to enlighten the acupoints of the body. These acupoints depend on the meridians for their existence. If the enlightenment fails, the meridians will be damaged. If the enlightenment fails several times, one will stop progressing."

Gu Fan looked at Zhou Furui and Fang Linghe, who were standing beside Xuanji.

"So, that's why you two senior brothers are like this..."

"That's true." Zhou Furui knew what Gu Fan was going to ask and said without any concealment, "The Foundation Establishment stage requires the activation of twelve acupoints, and I failed when I was trying to activate the twelfth acupoint."

Fang Linghe lowered his head and sighed, "I failed when I tried to activate the tenth acupoint."

"Then Master...?" Gu Fan asked tentatively.

"My comprehension is second to none since Ancestor Yunxiao, but I have only enlightened thirty-two acupoints, which is still a bit short of the thirty-six acupoints required to break through the core and form an infant."

Elder Xuanji stroked his beard and looked at Gu Fan with admiration: "Your performance in the array formation was no less than mine back then. Perhaps you really can master this skill."

Gu Fan frowned and pondered, "Since Master has already enlightened thirty-two acupoints, why did my two senior brothers still fail at the last moment?"

Logically speaking, if the two of them simply followed the path Elder Xuanji had taken, they shouldn't have perished at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Zhou Furui explained, "The practice of the 'Great Luo Inner Landscape Heavenly Profound Chapter' is not, as my junior brother believes, about opening acupoints in a fixed order."

"Junior brother has cultivated for many years and should know the principle that talismans have no fixed form and formations have no constant shape."

Gu Fan nodded slightly.

The principle of array formations is to achieve incredible effects by interfering with the flow of spiritual energy, and even to interfere with the laws of heaven and earth.

When setting up a formation, one must consider the environment, timing, location, geography, and so on.

For example, the Taiyi Golden Light Array is much less powerful in places where there is insufficient metal spiritual energy, and the Thick Earth Array cannot be set up in places with barren earth energy.

Seeing Gu Fan nod, Zhou Furui continued, "The acupoints revealed in the 'Great Luo Inner Landscape Heaven-Connecting Profound Chapter' are not specified in the cultivation method, but rather a calculation method is given, which must be analyzed through the understanding of array formations."

"During the calculation, the content of the calculation will change due to the location, the timing, and even the cultivator's spiritual root and cultivation level. Once the preparation for opening the acupoints begins, it cannot be stopped. The acupoints must be opened within nine cycles of the cultivation technique. Otherwise, the backlash from the cultivation technique will be more severe than if the acupoint opening is failed."

"Therefore, the higher one's cultivation level in array formations, the easier it is to practice this method."

Gu Fan stroked his chin, lost in thought.

"In other words... each time an acupoint is activated, it's like cracking a dynamic password within a time limit. Success grants the location of the acupoint to be activated, while failure destroys the foundation of one's Dao."

"If it happens once or twice, that's fine. But to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, you need to activate thirty-six acupoints, which means you need to successfully break through them thirty-six times in a row."

"This cultivation difficulty is simply outrageous!"

Gu Fan looked up and clicked his tongue, saying, "This cultivation method... is it too difficult? It's hard to imagine what kind of comprehension Master Yunxiao possessed."

After she finished speaking, Master Xuanji gave a few bitter laughs.

"Master Yunxiao did not rely solely on his enlightenment when he was cultivating."

"According to the jade slip, each time you practice the Great Luo Inner Landscape Heavenly Profound Chapter, you can take one 'Primordial Divine Sand'. This item can slow down the speed of the cultivation technique by more than ten times, allowing more time for calculation."

"When Ancestor Yunxiao obtained the cultivation technique, he also obtained some Yuan Chen Divine Sand, which he used up during his cultivation."

"After the Qionghua Realm was destroyed, many rare and precious materials disappeared completely, including the Yuan Chen Divine Sand."

"After Ancestor Yunxiao broke through the boundary and left, there was no news of him. I, an old man, am confident that my comprehension is the best in the world. After discovering this cultivation method on Wendao Peak, I made up my mind to cultivate it. Firstly, I want to see the scenery at the end of the immortal path, and secondly, I want to find a way to save Qionghua Realm."

"Even if neither of these can be done, at least the Lingxiao Sect's lineage can be preserved."

"Alas, the Great Dao is merciless!"

Xuanji Zhenren closed his eyes, looked up at the sky, and sighed deeply.