BXBX NOVEL Chapter 316 - 316: Difficult to Compensate
“I must reach the Void Refinement stage soon.”
Qin Changqing thought.
Now, he and the Sect Leader had established a substantive relationship. Although they were not married and she hadn’t borne his child yet, she was already Qin Changqing’s woman.
Her matters were Qin Changqing’s matters too.
Qin Changqing himself had also entered the sight of the holy lands, albeit currently only one.
But Qin Changqing needed stronger power too.
So, he further intensified his efforts to accept more concubines.
Now, most of the women he took as concubines came from the Central State.
Most of them were still primarily Golden Elixir stage practitioners.
Occasionally there would be ones with a Nascent Soul.
His descendants began to be born in an unending stream, and descendants
with a spiritual root were also constantly being born.
A few years later, there was still no activity from the woman in the Sect Leader’s family.
Qin Changqing guessed correctly, she would not make any major moves for the time being, nor did she have the energy for any major moves.
There was also no news from the Heaven Scholar, which suited Qin Changqing just fine.
He didn’t want too much contact with holy lands at the moment.
The Master of the Butterfly Cloud Peak didn’t bother Qin Changqing either. There was still some time left before the centennial agreement.
Occasionally, Qin Changqing visited the Mysterious Heaven Academy and the other second-grade immortal sects.
From time to time, he would even deftly “kidnap” one or two female disciples from the Mysterious Heaven Academy. Sect Leader Lu couldn’t do anything about Qin Changqing, but she was quite happy for him to come over, because she could discuss array formations and magic arrays with him.
Several years later, at the age of 360, Qin Changqing reached the stage of
Perfect God Transformation.
“Perfection!”
Qin Changqing said softly.
After Perfect God Transformation, the next step was Void Refinement.
“Void Refinement.
Qin Changqing looked at the system panel.
At first glance, there was not much difference between Void Refinement and
Deifying.
The nascent soul was still the nascent soul.
However, after reaching the stage of Void Refinement, the Nascent Soul could engage in battle outside the body, that is, it could leave the body to fight for a certain period of time.
So, the stage prior to the Void Refinement period was also called the “Soul-leaving Period.”
The biggest enhancement of the Void Refinement period was not the ability of the Nascent Soul to battle independently, but the use and control of the rules of Heaven and Earth, and their power and majesty.
Every attack of a practitioner in the Void Refinement period could mobilize the power of Heaven and Earth to enhance its strength.
With the help of certain magical treasures, it was even possible to mobilize the power of Heaven and Earth to a greater extent.
For example, Elder Jing’s Virtual Sun Mirror, which could gather sunlight from thousands of miles around, condense it into a single beam, and generate immense power.
Therefore, the next realm after Deifying was transformed from the
“Soul-leaving Period” to the “Void Refinement Period.”
The word “void” can be understood as emptiness or nothingness, generally referring to heaven and earth.
Refining the energy of Heaven and Earth for personal use.
With the Spiritual Qi from the Heaven and Earth continuously nourishing one’s body, theoretically, it would grant them an endless lifespan.
This was the Void Refinement.
Breaking through to Void Refinement from Deifying was not easy.
After Qin Changqing reached the stage of Perfect God Transformation, he could also attempt a breakthrough on his own.
Qin Changqing discovered that if he tried to breakthrough on his own, it would likely take a relatively long time.
Breaking through to the stage of Void Refinement required his Nascent Soul to resonate with Heaven and Earth and achieve a state of celestial-human-induction, which alone would take quite a bit of time.
Moreover, Qin Changqing encountered another bottleneck.
Ahead, an invisible barrier seemed to have appeared once again. Fortunately, the feeling of this bottleneck was not as intense as the last one for Qin Changqing.
The emergence of bottlenecks was truly unpredictable. Actually, Qin Changqing’s comprehension was quite exceptional; he encountered two bottlenecks just after reaching the peak of Deifying.
However, Qin Changqing felt that this was a good thing because he could continue to explore the nature of this new bottleneck.
He was not afraid of bottlenecks, as Qin Changqing could rest easy.
However, Qin Changqing’s concubines, and the descendants of Qin Changqing’s spiritual roots, were fearful of it.
With Qin Changqing’s current proficiency in alchemy, he could continually research the bottlenecks and then refine targeted elixirs.
There was a difference between the Nascent Soul Stage and Deifying Stage.
Qin Changqing could forge a first-grade golden core; his Nascent Soul was a top-tier Nascent Soul, and his Primordial Spirit was even more powerful, the Purple Gold Primordial Spirit.
However, in the Nascent Soul Stage, Qin Changqing’s Purple Gold Primordial Spirit remained as it was, it would not undergo qualitative change due to the breakthrough in the Nascent Soul Stage.
That is to say, the talents of the Deifying Stage could continue into the Nascent Soul Stage.
But even with the same Primordial Spirit, after breaking through the Nascent Soul Stage, there were still significant differences.
This difference lay in the communication and sensing of heaven and earth, and the disparity when experiencing the resonation between man and nature.
Of course, this difference was not as apparent as that of the Primordial Spirit.
The strength of the Primordial Spirit still played a key role in determining how much power of heaven and earth a cultivator in the Nascent Soul Stage could mobilize.
In short, the strength and weakness of the Nascent Soul Stage was still determined by the Primordial Spirit.
And the strength and weakness above the Nascent Soul Stage also had a significant relationship with the Primordial Spirit.
Above the Nascent Soul Stage was the Integration Period, the realm where the Sect Leader could give birth to a child for Qin Changqing.
The Integration Period mainly involved the fusion of the Primordial Spirit and the physical body, which was like the unity of all methods, thus becoming more powerful.
This was also understandable.
That’s why the Deifying Stage was considered the starting point of becoming an Immortal.
If we look at it from a higher level, everything before the Nascent Soul Stage was actually foundational.
Foundation Establishment, Golden Elixir, Nascent Soul, then Deifying Stage.
Each step was a foundation.
If the foundation is not well established during the Establishing Foundation Stage, there would not be a first-grade golden core.
Without a first-grade golden core, it would be difficult to have a top-tier Nascent Soul, and there wouldn’t be a Purple Gold Primordial Spirit.
In the Deifying Stage, based on what has been established previously, the grade and strength of the Nascent Soul will directly determine the breadth or narrowness of the path after Nascent Soul cultivation.
These foundations, although they can be remedied to some extent once they become strong, the time and effort needed are excessive.
Moreover, the things that can be remedied after the fact are actually limited.
The intensity can be remedied.
But the essential qualities or grade are hard to compensate for.
It’s just like Quentin Changqing’s Purple Gold Primordial Spirit, or the Sect Leader’s Building a Fairy Base. After refining the Void, building a Fairy Base again is naturally unrealistic.
1000 points of Void -Breaking Energy.
Qin Changqing whispered softly.
On the system panel, his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Stage required at least 1000 points of Void-Breaking Energy.
The upper limit, however, was 2589 points of Void-Breaking Energy.
Void -Breaking Energy included the energy Qin Changqing needed to break through the bottleneck, and this part of the energy requirement was not small.
The amount didn’t seem much, but the exchange ratio of Void-Breaking Energy was different.
The exchange ratio was 10 years of cultivation to exchange for 1 point of Void-Breaking Energy, and there would be some fluctuation in the latter par of the exchange.
Another difference from previous breakthroughs in Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Deifying stages is that this Void-Breaking Energy allows Qin Changqing to sense heaven and earth, study the rules of heaven and earth, and if he gains insights, he can save some Void-Breaking Energy.
This is also a change in the system when breaking through the Nascent Soul Stage.
If he had tried to break through on his own during the Golden Core stage, Quentin Changqing would not have had the first-grade golden core.
But now that he is in the Nascent Soul Stage and possesses the Purple Gold Primordial Spirit, which won’t undergo any qualitative changes, he could also break through on his own.
Breaking through on his own, compared with accumulating the maximum Void -Breaking Energy in the system and then entering the Nascent Soul Stage, still has a certain gap.
But still.
Quentin Changqing could balance it out by spending time on his own to understand and realize the rules of Heaven and Earth.
Once he gained insights, he could save some Void-Breaking Energy.
As it turned out, Qin Changqing discovered that he already had nearly three hundred points of the Void -Breaking Energy he needed.
These nearly three hundred points of Void -Breaking Energy came from Qin Changqing’s current understanding and insights into the forces of heaven and earth, and the rules of heaven and earth..