Imperial Cultivation

He raised his white jade wine cup, looked up at the bright moon, and gestured slightly towards the east: "This cup I dedicate to the Twelfth Princess."

He drank it down in one gulp.

Setting down the cup, he glanced at Li Yuzhen again and shook his head: "Speaking of which, the one who cares most about my safety now is actually Her Highness the Twelfth Princess. How amusing! Heh, amusing!"

His tone was laced with immense sarcasm.

Li Yuzhen remained still and silent.

Yet, a surge of thoughts stirred within her.

This Ninth Prince was not the good-for-nothing fool that rumors painted him to be; his reactions were extremely sharp.

It was just a pity that he had wasted so much time, missing the opportune moment for cultivation. He was still only at the Qi Transformation Realm.

Furthermore, he was not one to be easily contented. Her assignment was not going to be easy.

Chu Zhiyuan turned his head and said, "Aunt, please settle Protector Li in properly."

"Yes, Your Highness," You Lan replied, smiling. "Miss Li, please follow me."

"Thank you for your trouble." Li Yuzhen cupped her fist in a salute and nodded to Chu Zhiyuan before retreating.

Chu Zhiyuan narrowed his eyes, watching Li Yuzhen's every move.

After You Lan returned gracefully, Chu Zhiyuan asked, "Aunt, do you think she's genuine?"

You Lan was taken aback, shaking her head. "She should be, right?"

Moreover, she also had the Twelfth Princess's token and name card, which had been carefully inspected and found to be without issue.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Aunt, I've become the target of everyone's arrows. If I'm not careful, I'll be harmed."

"Indeed, you must be careful," You Lan nodded solemnly. "Your Highness, you are indeed different now."

In the past, he was careless and paid attention to nothing.

He would never have been so meticulous.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "I have no choice. I don't want to die again, especially being schemed to death."

You Lan nodded solemnly. "I will have the people from the Surveillance Department help transmit the message."

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

The Surveillance Department had a means of communication called White Goose Transmission, which was extremely fast.

This white goose was a rare bird, excelling in speed and direction finding, never getting lost.

From the Jade Scenery Dynasty's Imperial City to the Phoenix Dynasty's Imperial City, one day was sufficient.

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After Chu Zhiyuan finished eating, he strolled outside.

As far as his Insight could see, Li Yuzhen had already followed him silently.

Li Yuzhen was shrouded in a layer of invisible power, as if she had dived into the depths of a lake, her form indistinct and unclear.

If he didn't use Super-Sense, he wouldn't be able to sense her presence at all.

This was clearly a unique skill.

A God Transformation Realm expert, and one who had joined the Spirit Guard at that, was indeed extraordinary.

He just didn't know what martial art she was most proficient in, which martial art she had entered the Spirit Realm with.

His own Great Radiance Fist had already entered the God Realm, but it hadn't yet entered the Spirit Realm, still lacking one layer.

Spirit, the soul.

What was the soul of the Great Radiance Fist?

Its essence was light. Where there was light, there was brightness; where there was no light, there was darkness.

Light was not just white light, but also all sorts of lights, and all sorts of lights could be combined into white light.

Therefore, Radiance was not just white light.

This was his understanding of the Great Radiance Fist, and also the essence of the Great Radiance Fist. So, what was the soul?

Was the soul of the Great Radiance Fist still light?

Radiance was not just white light, but the Great Radiance Fist only used white light.

If all light was Radiance, was the essence, then white light was its soul.

He vaguely felt that he still needed to trace it further, pursuing the origin of light.

How was light emitted?

He vaguely grasped the true key to martial arts comprehension: the process of comprehending and pursuing the martial arts realm was actually the process of comprehending and pursuing life.

God, the essence; Spirit, the soul; Emptiness, the origin.

What was the origin? The origin of life.

While others were unclear about the origin and end of life, to him, it was crystal clear.

He had Super-Sense and could see the birth of life clearly. He had cultivated the Yin-Yang Return to Emptiness Art and could see the cycle of life and death clearly.

Treating each martial art as a living being to comprehend made it much simpler.

Others couldn't see through it, but he had Super-Sense and could see through the birth and death of all things.

The Great Radiance Fist was about comprehending Radiance. Entering Intent and transforming Intent was about conforming to the Radiance mindset and mobilizing the power of Radiance.

Entering God and transforming God was about understanding the essence of Radiance.

Entering Spirit and transforming Spirit was about understanding the characteristics of Radiance.

Entering Emptiness and transforming Emptiness was about understanding the source of Radiance.

It was like understanding and tracing the ultimate nature of the human body.

The human body entered the womb from a point of primordial yang, then evolved into the soul, then had flesh and bones, and finally evolved into the human body, forming a unique personality and living in the world.

Understanding the human body was a reverse tracing process, tracing its unique personality from the human body, then tracing the soul, and finally tracing the point of primordial yang.

Suddenly, a great light burst forth before his eyes, and thousands of thoughts surged together.

Immediately, he turned and darted into an alley, stopping in the alley and falling into contemplation.

All his mental energy was used to capture and comprehend these flashes of inspiration, not letting go of any of them.

His body began to emit light, like the radiance when he used the Great Radiance Fist.

A soft light emanated from his body, enveloping him.

Li Yuzhen appeared at the alley entrance not far away, frowning and staring at him, her white robe fluttering, her hand on the hilt of her sword.

This situation didn't seem like someone was attacking, but the world had countless unique skills, and one couldn't know what strange methods they had, so one had to be cautious.

She scanned her bright eyes around, sensing intently.

The clearest feeling was of Chu Zhiyuan.

She clearly felt the surging power expanding within him, growing stronger and stronger.

The power was like a spring gushing forth, accumulating on his body.

More and more, in the blink of an eye, he was like a small sun falling, bursting with dazzling light, impossible to look at directly.

Her face showed surprise.

Could this be the Great Radiance Fist?

The light around Chu Zhiyuan rapidly converged, finally solidifying into a ball of soft light in front of his outstretched fist.

After the soft light, it continued to condense, finally transforming into a light fist.

The size of the light fist was comparable to his fist. As his fist rushed towards the alley entrance in the distance, the light fist instantly arrived in front of Li Yuzhen.

Li Yuzhen didn't expect this fist to be so fast. She drew her sword and thrust.

The sword tip carried a point of red light, piercing into the light fist.

"Chi!"

A gale howled, her white robe rustling, her temples fluttering.

"Spirit Realm!" She uttered two words softly.

Even if she had never seen the Great Radiance Fist, she could feel the power of this fist.

The fist force contained a powerful spiritual force, pure and warm.

She felt warm and fuzzy, as if everything in the world had become beautiful.

The shadows originally hidden deep in her heart were actually melted away a little.

The heart yearns for light.

Her bright eyes flickered, shining brightly, as she looked at Chu Zhiyuan in amazement.

This was clearly a Spirit Realm level fist technique.

A fist technique that entered Intent and transformed Intent was powerful.

A fist technique that entered God and transformed God was not only powerful, but could also affect the mind, interfering with and disrupting the opponent's state of mind.

And a fist technique that entered Spirit and transformed Spirit could directly shake the spirit.

This was clearly already a Spirit Realm level fist technique, a Spirit Realm level Great Radiance Fist!

And this Ninth Prince was only at the fifth rotation of the Qi Transformation Realm.

This was truly bizarre.

It seemed that no one had ever heard of anyone being able to comprehend a martial art or technique to the Spirit Realm level while in the Qi Transformation Realm.

This Ninth Prince was actually a martial arts genius!

Chu Zhiyuan looked down at his fist, then looked up at Li Yuzhen in the distance: "This is Entering the Spirit Realm, right?"

Li Yuzhen withdrew her excitement and the amazement in her eyes, returning to her cold demeanor: "Your Excellency Consort, congratulations, a Spirit Realm level fist technique."