Extracting all things: My attributes grow infinitely.

Within the celestial palace lies a hidden paradise.

After passing through that immortal gate, the scene before everyone's eyes suddenly opened up. It was not the interior of any palace at all, but clearly a small cave world that was its own!

Five spiritual peaks of different colors stand in five directions, forming a five-element configuration that embraces a vast valley.

Beneath the eastern green peaks, ancient trees reach for the sky, vines grow like dragons, and hanging among the branches and leaves are fruits that are neither green nor red, like unrefined elixirs.

Chifeng in the south has transformed into a majestic furnace, with its mouth facing the sky and the earth fire surging like a dragon.

The western golden peak is covered with countless broken swords, standing like sections of broken bones, their sharpness soaring to the sky.

Beneath the northern Ink Peak lies a bottomless, icy pool, upon which float ice coffins.

At the summit of Central Yellow Peak, a mystical platform is built of five-colored divine jade. A long river of spiritual energy rushes from the surrounding peaks and flows into the platform, forming a perfect cycle of the five elements.

The four who were the first to enter the immortal gate now stood at the edge of the valley, each gazing at the wondrous sight before them.

One of them was a tall, handsome young man with his hands behind his back.

His name was Xu Qingzhi. At this moment, his gaze slowly swept over the five spiritual peaks, and an undisguised expression of admiration appeared on his face:

"When a cultivator falls, all their cultivation will be scattered to the heavens and earth, and the divine abilities they cultivated in their lifetime will gradually dissipate over time."

"But Tianxu Sect truly lives up to its reputation as a Daoist temple for Golden Core True Monarchs."

"Abandoned for tens of thousands of years, it still retains such a complete and wondrous existence. The very structure of its five elements cycle is enough to make any sect in the world envious!"

Standing next to him was a short, stout man with a friendly face.

His name was Meng Pingzhong.

Hearing this, he continued, "If it were just about preserving the divine power, it wouldn't be anything special. But as you've all seen along the way, the ancient restrictions on the outer perimeter are still operating on their own, and even the immortal light here shows no signs of waning. To maintain such a massive Daoist temple for tens of thousands of years, the spiritual energy required is simply astronomical."

"This is not simply a matter of maintaining spiritual energy."

Ye Wanxia suddenly spoke. She was dressed in a long blue robe, with a face like that of a celestial being and an ethereal temperament.

She pointed to the ever-flowing spiritual energy veins between the five spiritual peaks: "Look, the five elements of spiritual energy flowing here are not independent, but are connected by some extremely sophisticated formation. The five elements generate each other, forming a unified whole, just like a complete and flawless small cave heaven. This allows the entire dojo to form a self-sufficient closed cycle, which can continue to operate without any external spiritual energy replenishment."

Upon hearing this, Meng Pingzhong suddenly realized, then gasped in shock: "Using five spiritual peaks as the base of the array, to refine the entire cave heaven into an eternally inextinguishable Primordial Chaos Array... to set up an array of this scale, it would probably require emptying the foundation of a fourth-level sect!"

Ye Wanxia nodded slightly, without denying it.

Just then, the oldest of the four, the cultivator who had been silent all along, finally spoke.

He looked to be in his early thirties, with a serious face and a composed demeanor.

Zhou Yuanhui slowly raised his hand and pointed to the central valley surrounded by the Five Elements Spirit Peaks: "You only saw the wonder of this Daoist temple in front of you, but you didn't think about why that True Lord went to such great lengths."

The other three turned to look at him at the same time.

Zhou Yuanhui continued, "I have read about the name of the Crimson Blaze Fire True Lord in the ancient books of the sect. He was a Golden Core True Lord who attained the Primordial Chaos in ancient times, and his domineering Fire Divine Power dominated the world."

"But, the Golden Elixir is ultimately just a Golden Elixir, and even the longest lifespan will eventually come to an end."

"Recorded in ancient books."

"When True Monarch Chiming was nearing the end of his lifespan, he frantically plundered spiritual materials from a region. Now it seems that it was all for the purpose of building this Five Elements Dojo before us."

Meng Pingzhong was puzzled: "Since True Lord Chiming's lifespan is already nearing its end, why go to such lengths? Could it be that he wanted to preserve his extraordinary abilities from his lifetime so that future generations could comprehend them and continue the sect's path?"

Zhou Yuanhui shook his head slightly: "The True Lord has a lifespan of ten thousand years, transcending the mortal world. Why would he care about future generations? He is probably seeking a breakthrough to an even higher position!"

Ye Wanxia's eyes flickered slightly, and she almost blurted out, "Attaining the Nascent Soul stage?"

Zhou Yuanhui nodded slowly.

Upon hearing this, the other three fell silent.

Proving the Dao and attaining the Nascent Soul stage.

The weight of these four words can only be truly understood by those who have stepped into the threshold of cultivation.

Although they had all cultivated flawless immortal bodies, they only needed to refine a strand of innate energy to officially enter the Qi Refining Realm.

But above Qi Refining is Foundation Establishment, above Foundation Establishment is Golden Core, and above Golden Core is Nascent Soul.

Between each major realm.

A chasm, more insurmountable than any natural barrier, lies between them.

Among ten thousand Qi Refining cultivators, it is a stroke of luck to have one Foundation Establishment cultivator; among a thousand Foundation Establishment cultivators, it is exceptionally talented to have one Core Formation cultivator.

As for the transition from Golden Core to Nascent Soul, that's a threshold that can't be crossed simply by diligence and talent.

It requires great opportunity, great fortune, and great luck.

Indispensable.

Nascent Soul Heavenly Lord.

That is the existence that truly stands at the pinnacle of all heavens.

With a single thought, one can create a small world; with a mere gesture, one can stir up galaxies. These juniors, still struggling in the Qi Conversion stage, are nothing more than ants in front of a Nascent Soul Heavenly Lord.

That is why the phrase "attaining the nascent soul" sounded so absurd and shocking when spoken by Ye Wanxia.

Looking at the expressions of the three, Zhou Yuanhui sighed slightly: "You don't need to think too far ahead. The Nascent Soul realm is indeed unattainable for us, but this True Monarch's Daoist temple may not be unrelated to that realm. If True Monarch Chiming really attempts to prove his Dao here, whether he succeeds or not, he will inevitably leave some traces. These traces may be more precious to us than any rare treasure!"

Upon hearing this, everyone's hearts stirred, and they quickly composed themselves and continued walking forward.

……

at this time.

Jiang Chuan is still undergoing the body tempering stage of cultivation while guiding the immortal light.

According to the description in "The True Fire of the Sun".

This stage is called body tempering.

It is truly a transformation from the mortal realm.

It is about transforming one's mortal body into a true immortal being.

To achieve perfection in this stage, one must cultivate a truly "untainted" body.

"Those who leak are those whose seven orifices, eight meridians, and three thousand six hundred pores in the body are constantly stealing and leaking their innate Qi."

An ordinary cultivator can absorb ten measures of spiritual energy in a hundred years of breathing exercises, but seven measures will be lost.

Only three dou remain to temper the body and spirit.

Therefore, life has an end.

The law has its limits.

Even with boundless spiritual power, one's achievements are but fleeting moments, like a flower in the morning dew.

The absence of leakage does not mean closing the doors and blocking the orifices, but rather that the body becomes a perfect, round void, and the internal breath arises and transforms on its own.

External evils cannot enter, and internal truth cannot leave.

"When the body is without leakage, there is no distinction between inside and outside; I am heaven and earth, and heaven and earth are me."

...Jiang Chuan only had a vague understanding of this description, but there was one thing he understood: as long as one cultivated a flawless body, one could increase their lifespan by two hundred years!

If one attains enlightenment through breath control, their lifespan can be extended to five hundred years!

This,

It is the true method to achieve immortality!