I fabricated myths to guide the revival of spiritual energy.

[Changsha, five-star hotel, late at night]

All the lights in the room have been turned off.

Only moonlight filtered through the cracks in the broken French windows, spilling onto the dark carpet and forming a chilling white frost.

Gu Qing sat cross-legged in the moonlight, his eyes slightly closed, his breathing long and even.

Deep within his consciousness, the "Primordial Qi Ancestral Origin Scripture," radiating a chaotic gray light, was quietly suspended.

"30,000 faith points can be exchanged for a key to unlock the backstage of the universe."

Gu Qing's consciousness touched that book.

Whether it's worth it or not depends on how things go now.

"System, loading."

[Ding! Confirmed loading of the core cultivation technique "Primordial Qi (First Level)".]

[Neuron writing is in progress...]

[Meridian matching is in progress...]

[Compatibility: 100% (with innate Daoist physique bonus)]

boom!

There was no dazzling golden light as I had imagined, nor any extraordinary phenomena.

Gu Qing felt a "buzz" in his mind, as if an ancient bell from the primordial era had been struck.

The voice was loud and deep, yet devoid of any emotion.

Immediately afterwards, countless obscure and incomprehensible runes, symbols, and ideas, like a rushing river, forcibly poured into his mind.

If it were an ordinary person, even a soldier as determined as Zhao Feng, they would instantly overload their brain and become an idiot when faced with this level of information overload.

But Gu Qing is different.

His soul underwent multiple enhancements by the system, coupled with the natural affinity of his [Innate Dao Body] to the Great Dao, making him like a dry sponge, greedily absorbing this knowledge.

"The Tao gives birth to One, One gives birth to Two, Two gives birth to Three, and Three gives birth to all things."

"All things carry yin and embrace yang, and achieve harmony through the interaction of these energies."

Gu Qing had read this passage countless times in the Tao Te Ching before, and thought it was just profound philosophical nonsense.

But now, as these words flow through his mind as tangible "mantras," he sees their true nature.

That's not philosophy.

That's physics.

The "Tao" is the singularity.

"One" represents an energy burst.

"Two" refers to matter and antimatter.

"Three" refers to elementary particles.

And "Primordial Qi" is that "one".

It is the purest and most primordial energy at the beginning of the universe, before it differentiated into Yin and Yang and the Five Elements. It has no attributes because it contains all attributes.

"I see……"

Gu Qing suddenly opened her eyes.

A fleeting gray light flashed in his pupils.

"The so-called cultivation of immortality is actually the process of reversing the evolution of life forms, returning from 'all things' to 'three,' then to 'two,' and finally mastering 'one.'"

He raised his hand, palm up.

"Induce Qi".

As those two words were uttered.

The surrounding space seemed to distort.

That's not air moving; it's some kind of energy at a more microscopic level being forcibly extracted from the air.

In the context of the "spiritual energy revival" after the second level of access is enabled, although the spiritual energy on Earth is still pitifully thin, for Gu Qing, who cultivates the "Primordial Qi", even stones contain that kind of primordial energy.

call--

A gray stream of energy, like a swimming fish, converged from all directions, entered Gu Qing's palm, and flowed along the meridians of his arm straight to his dantian.

pain.

It wasn't a tearing, excruciating pain, but rather a tingling, numb, and throbbing pain, like being gnawed by countless ants.

That was the domineering "Primordial Qi" forcibly expanding his meridians, which originally belonged to a mortal.

Even those with an innate Dao body appear somewhat immature in the face of this ancestral energy.

"Place it for me...!"

Gu Qing gritted his teeth, cold sweat beading on his forehead, and forcibly controlled the raging airflow, guiding it according to the route of the Ancestral Origin Scripture in his mind.

One small cycle.

Two small cycles.

……

Thirty-six small cycles.

As time went on, the gray airflow became smoother and smoother, and the originally sore meridians began to adapt, producing a strange rhythm.

That's the meridians cheering.

They were stretched out, becoming more resilient and wider.

finally.

The energy flow gathered in the dantian (lower abdomen).

It did not form a vortex, nor did it condense a golden elixir.

Instead, it turned into a drop of... gray water.

[System Prompt:]

[Congratulations, host, you have successfully condensed your first drop of "Innate True Essence".]

[Current Realm: Qi Refining Level 1 (True)]

[Feature Unlocked: Simulation of All Laws.]

Gu Qing slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

This breath was no longer white, but carried a faint gray hue. When it was sprayed on the ground, it corroded a small hole in the expensive carpet before quickly dissipating as if it had never existed.

"This is... the primordial Qi."

Gu Qing looked at her palm.

On the surface, nothing seemed to have changed, but he could sense that beneath that skin, what flowed was no longer simple bioelectricity, but a kind of "universal energy" that could be defined at will.

"Give it a try."

Gu Qing's mind stirred.

He recalled the "Leifa" he had previously created using special effects packs.

"Lei Lai."

Zizi!

A blue-white arc of electricity instantly appeared at his fingertips.

But this is no longer a texture effect provided by the system; it is a real electric current transformed from his innate true essence through the rules of simulated electron transition.

Although it's only as big as a lighter's spark, the essence is completely different.

"Fire, come!"

The electric arc extinguished, and a crimson flame ignited at the fingertip. The temperature was extremely high, distorting even the air.

"Ice, please."

The flames disappeared, and a layer of white frost quickly covered the fingers.

"Is this what they call 'root server privileges'?"

Gu Qing finished her practice, her eyes brimming with undisguised elation.

Other cultivators (in a normal cultivation world) with fire spiritual roots can only cultivate fire, and those with water spiritual roots can only cultivate water.

Once he understands the rules, he can use "Primordial Qi" to simulate spells of any attribute.

He is the one who possesses the "source code".

"That's why I dare to fabricate such a colossal lie in this world without magic."

Gu Qing stood up.

Because I had been sitting cross-legged for too long, my joints made a cracking sound.

He glanced at the system panel.

The remaining credibility value is 5,600 points.

"The 30,000 points were totally worth it."

"However, although this body is an innate Dao body, it is still a mortal body after all, with mortal bones and mortal blood inside."

"It's like putting a supercar engine on a tractor frame."

"Just now, I only condensed a drop of true essence, and my meridians are already aching slightly."

Gu Qing touched his chest.

"In the next chapter, we'll completely transform this 'tractor' into a 'Star Destroyer'."

He looked at another item in the system's online store.

【Marrow Cleansing Pool (One-time Trial Card)】

[Effect: Removes mortal bones and allows for blood transfusion and rebirth. Transforms the body into a perfect vessel capable of holding high concentrations of spiritual energy.]

Price: 5,000 Credits.

"Just enough."

Gu Qing's lips curled into a cold smile.

"Spend the last of your money."

"Put yourself in a desperate situation, and you will survive."

"System, prepare to activate... Body Remodeling."