Imperial Cultivation

Every time Xiao Ruoling saw this scene, she would recall the situation when she first entered the Xuan Yin Palace in the secret realm.

It was exactly the same scene.

At that time, she was granted the Great Taiyin Body Transformation.

This time, however, she needed to comprehend the Taiye Marrow Cleansing Art.

Back then, she didn't find it difficult to comprehend the Great Taiyin Body Transformation through this scene.

She vaguely felt that this was not right.

Unconsciously, she was in a daze for a moment, feeling like a long time had passed, yet also feeling like it was just an instant. The scenery in front of her changed again, and she had already appeared outside the Myriad Manifestations Hall.

The entrance of the Myriad Manifestations Hall was in the south, and the exit was in the north.

Xiao Ruoling looked to both sides and saw Shen Hanyue with a bored and helpless expression.

When she walked over, Shen Hanyue was pouting and complaining to Zhou Linglu.

Zhou Linglu also sighed helplessly.

Every time the two girls finished their comprehension, they would complain for a while, feeling that it was impossible to comprehend.

The palace was really something, making it so troublesome. They could just pass down the mental cultivation method directly. Why make them comprehend it themselves?

After complaining for a while, they would angrily say that they would never come again, but they would still come the next day.

When Shen Hanyue saw Xiao Ruoling, she greeted her with a smile: "Senior Sister, have you gained anything?"

Xiao Ruoling shook her head gently: "Let's go, let's go back and practice Qi."

"Alas…" Shen Hanyue sighed: "In my opinion, we are wasting our efforts. With this time, we might as well practice a sword technique."

"Don't rush, let's practice Qi to the ninth cycle and then enter the Transformation Intent Realm," Xiao Ruoling said: "There is no need to compete with others in the palace, no need to fight."

They were still practicing the Inviting Moon Palace's palm techniques, not the Xuan Yin Palace's martial skills.

They only learned the fundamental mental cultivation method, the Lesser Taiyin Art.

The Lesser Taiyin Art was the Xuan Yin Palace's mental cultivation method for the Qi Refining Realm, and it was the top Qi Transformation Realm mental cultivation method in the entire Outer Heavens.

Practicing the Lesser Taiyin Art to the ninth cycle would lead to the Taiyin Art, which was a Transformation Intent Realm martial art.

Next was the Transformation Spirit Realm mental cultivation method, the Xuan Yin Art, and finally the Spirit Yin Art, which was a martial art of the Transformation Spirit Realm, the pinnacle of cultivation.

Qi Transformation, Intent Transformation, Spirit Transformation, and Soul Transformation, the four realms and thirty-six cycles, were the system of martial arts in the Outer Heavens.

Qi Transformation could be called a mortal expert, Intent Transformation Realm was called a True Person, Spirit Transformation was a Venerable, and Soul Transformation was a Spirit Venerable.

These inner palace disciples had all cultivated the Great Taiyin Body Transformation.

Only with the foundation of the Great Taiyin Body Transformation could they practice the Lesser Taiyin Art.

The mountain peaks below the palace were for the outer palace disciples, who were still practicing the Great Taiyin Body Transformation.

The outer palace disciples also practiced internal energy mental cultivation methods, which were the mental cultivation methods before the four realms. They were only mortal experts and not among the cultivators.

The threshold for being a cultivator was the Great Taiyin Body Transformation.

The spiritual energy of this Outer Heavens was abundant, and those born in the Outer Heavens had better aptitude and higher limits.

But not everyone could cultivate.

The mental cultivation methods that everyone could practice were only mortal mental cultivation methods with extremely low limits.

To embark on the path of cultivation, there was a very high threshold.

First, one had to undergo examination, join a sect, and learn the basic mental cultivation methods.

Only after completing it would one be included within the sect and truly begin the path of cultivation, starting from the Qi Transformation Realm and going all the way up.

Xiao Ruoling and the other saintesses from the Lesser Outer Heavens had all cultivated the Great Taiyin Body Transformation, and naturally became inner palace disciples, truly beginning the path of cultivation.

As for whether they were grandmasters or great grandmasters in their respective Lesser Outer Heavens, they were all mortal martial arts, not within the four realms.

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Xiao Ruoling returned to her small courtyard, waved her hand to dismiss the green-clad girl who came to greet her, and went to the quiet room. She sat cross-legged on the couch, preparing to practice the Lesser Taiyin Art.

Just at this moment, the small knife in her sleeve drilled out on its own and floated in mid-air.

She was stunned.

Chu Zhiyuan's voice sounded in her ear: "Ruoling."

She was immediately stunned, turned her head to look around, and finally her gaze landed on the small knife.

The small knife flickered with a clear, bright light.

Chu Zhiyuan's voice sounded in her ear again: "I am in the knife."

"This…?" Xiao Ruoling looked at the flying knife with surprise and curiosity.

"I have already practiced a miraculous skill, and my mind can be projected here."

Xiao Ruoling immediately smiled like a flower, radiant and dazzling: "You can come over?"

"It's still no problem for my mind to come over."

"This is already very good!" Xiao Ruoling had a bellyful of longing to tell, but didn't know how to start.

No matter what, as long as he could come up, even if it was just his mind, it would be good.

"Using the Son of Heaven Sword to ascend will take another ten years. I don't want to wait that long. I have already practiced a miraculous method that allows me to directly ascend with my primordial spirit, find a body, and be reborn in it."

"Won't this be discovered?" Xiao Ruoling hurriedly said: "After all, this Outer Heavens is different from our place. There are Venerables and Spirit Venerables, and I don't know what abilities they have."

Chu Zhiyuan said: "I plan to use the Heaven Stealing Reincarnation Method, bear a lifetime of karma, and break the mystery of the womb, so that it will be seamless."

"No flaws?"

"Foolproof… The conditions for using this method are harsh, but I can just do it."

"What should I do?"

Chu Zhiyuan said: "Look for a body for me to reincarnate into. It must be a man, and the age is best similar to mine."

"Anything else?"

"You can look for the rest. The more noble the identity, the better, and the higher the aptitude, the better."

"Unfortunately, my Xuan Yin Palace only has female disciples, no men," Xiao Ruoling shook her head.

If the Xuan Yin Palace had male disciples, he could directly reincarnate into the Xuan Yin Palace.

The Xuan Yin Palace was one of the four great sects of the Jade Scenery Imperial Dynasty, with a noble identity. If he could become a true disciple, it would be even more noble.

Chu Zhiyuan said: "It's best if the cultivation is not strong. The stronger the cultivation, the more troublesome it will be."

"Hmm… Let me look for one, but I am in the inner palace and cannot go out. I can't see people outside the palace."

"I can go over myself," Chu Zhiyuan said.

The small knife suddenly gradually disappeared into the void, as if it had merged into the void.

She concentrated her senses, but couldn't sense it. She reached out and touched it, but it was empty.

The small knife reappeared, with a clear, bright light.

Xiao Ruoling lightly frowned: "So magical… I just don't know if it can avoid the Spirit Venerable."

Chu Zhiyuan said: "Are there any Spirit Venerables around?"

Xiao Ruoling shook her head: "There are none in the inner palace. Only Divine Venerables guard the palace, and Spirit Venerables are only in the Heavenly Palace."

"Heavenly Palace…"

"Outer Palace, Inner Palace, Heavenly Palace, each palace is a layer of heaven," Xiao Ruoling said: "The upper layer can enter the lower layer, but the lower layer cannot enter the upper layer."

"…Let me help you comprehend the Taiye Marrow Cleansing Art first, and the others can come slowly."

"Taiye Marrow Cleansing Art?"

"It's actually not difficult," Chu Zhiyuan said. The small knife floated lightly closer to Xiao Ruoling.

Xiao Ruoling didn't dodge and let it stick to her brow.

As soon as the small knife stuck to her brow, a scene immediately appeared before her eyes, the scene she saw in the Myriad Manifestations Hall.

A graceful and slender woman danced alone under the moon. In the silence, it seemed as if there was ethereal music accompanying her.

She was extremely familiar with it, and originally her heart was without ripples, but at this time, as she watched, she vaguely discovered something different.

Her mind unknowingly entered a strange state, and she seemed to have transformed into this woman under the moon, alone, desolate, and standing apart from the world.

This feeling was very similar to the situation when she first ascended to the Outer Heavens.

After leaving her family and Chu Zhiyuan, when she looked at the bright moon in the sky at night, she would feel inexplicably lonely.

This feeling of loneliness grew stronger and stronger, and her body couldn't help but dance along, like the woman under the moon.

These were the movements of the Great Taiyin Body Transformation that she had practiced back then.

But unlike the Great Taiyin Body Transformation, a strange, scorching aura was born out of thin air, rapidly circulating in her body, becoming faster and hotter with her movements.

When a set of movements was completed, this scorching aura suddenly drilled into her brow.

This scorching aura suddenly condensed at her brow, turning into a drop of sweet dew.

The sweet dew seemed to explode, turning into a cloud of water mist.

Her brain instantly cooled down, and her thinking became clear. The world seemed to brighten by a point.