Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 451: Chapter 448: Shipwreck

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”As you wish.” Chu Qingfeng beckoned: ”Let’s go, and take a look at the core secret of our Purple Sun Scripture.”

He led Chu Zhiyuan towards the main hall and entered the grand hall.

He then stood in the center of the hall and pointed to the painting on the north wall: ”This is the core secret of the Purple Sun Scripture, the Sunrise Visualization Diagram.”

Chu Zhiyuan had suspected as much when he first saw this painting.

Just as he expected.

The Sunrise Diagram is indeed the visualization diagram of the Purple Sun Scripture.

Chu Zhiyuan asked, ”Uncle Master, what exactly is the use of the visualization diagram?”

”In the Grandmaster Realm, you can sense your spiritual power, can’t you?”

”Yes.”

”You’ve felt it for a long time, but now you can manipulate it more clearly, along with the spiritual energy.”

”Yes.”

”Being a Grandmaster, you have an additional power compared to a Master, which is spiritual power. However, this spiritual power merely relies on the spiritual energy, which seems a bit wasted, so the visualization diagram was created.”

”It’s specifically for training spiritual power?” Chu Zhiyuan asked. ”Can it aid in a breakthrough?”

”...The visualization diagram cannot directly lead to a breakthrough; it can indirectly assist in breaking through.”

”How does it work indirectly?”

”By using the visualization diagram to condense spiritual power, preventing it from settling on the Golden Tower, thus lowering the difficulty of breaking through.”

Chu Zhiyuan pondered thoughtfully.

”Moreover, the visualization diagram can manipulate spiritual power to form a domain, in which you can interfere with the opponent’s spirit.”

”Spiritual power cannot directly harm the opponent?”

”It cannot.”

”Is its power too weak?”

”Yes, it can only interfere. Defeating the enemy still requires spiritual energy.”

”Uncle Grandmaster, which layer are you currently in?”

”The First Layer.”

”Is there anyone beyond this layer?”

”...My elder brother should be beyond it.”

”Aside from our Imperial Grandfather?”

”That, I do not know,” Chu Qingfeng shook his head. ”There should be others.”

Chu Zhiyuan thought for a moment and said, ”Uncle Grandmaster, why did the Flying Sky Sect stop practicing the sword technique? They should have cultivation methods for Grandmasters, right?”

”In the Flying Sky Sect, continuing to practice the sword technique as a Grandmaster would lead them to self-destruction.” Chu Qingfeng gradually explained, ”That’s why they abandoned sword training.”

”Because of spiritual power?”

”Due to the changes in heaven and earth, practicing the sword technique can easily lead to loss of control over spiritual power,” Chu Qingfeng said. ”To control spiritual power, one can only rely on the visualization diagram.”

Chu Zhiyuan, in contemplation, asked, ”Could our Imperial Grandfather, with his extraordinary talent, create a breakthrough method for Grandmasters?”

Chu Qingfeng laughed, ”Haven’t you practiced it?”

Chu Zhiyuan felt a surge of energy: ”Jade Lock Gold Barrier Skill? Right, Jade Lock Gold Barrier Skill!”

The Jade Lock Gold Barrier Skill has always been the best cultivation technique for breakthroughs, but it’s not used in the late Master stage to ensure a more solid foundation.

Now, having reached the Grandmaster Realm, the Jade Lock Gold Barrier Skill can be of use again.

Chu Qingfeng laughed, ”You’re the first to complete the Jade Lock Gold Barrier Skill. To see if it works, you’ll have to try it yourself.”

Chu Zhiyuan asked, ”What if I haven’t mastered the Jade Lock Gold Barrier Skill?”

”Then you’ll have to make the breakthrough on your own,” Chu Qingfeng said. ”Take it slow; you won’t reach the pinnacle anyway.”

No one in the world has perfected the Grandmaster Realm; most can’t even break through the First Layer.

Even breaking through the First Layer Heaven won’t increase lifespan.

So Grandmasters begin to live carefree lives, no longer fixated on cultivation.

Years of rigorous cultivation and not cultivating yield the same result, making the former a waste of time, truly not worth it.

Chu Zhiyuan laughed, ”Then I’ll give it a try.”

He couldn’t wait to go back and try the effect of the Jade Lock Gold Barrier Skill.

He then looked at the visualization diagram again.

”You already know the cultivation method of the visualization diagram; practice here by yourself.”

”Yes.”

Chu Qingfeng exited the grand hall and shut the hall doors.

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Only Chu Zhiyuan remained in the grand hall, standing quietly beneath the north wall.

With insight, the entire visualization diagram was vividly reflected in his mind.

He then visualized it in his mind.

As it condensed in his mind, strands of power drifting towards the Golden Tower flowed into the visualization diagram.

The visualization diagram gradually became clear.

He slowly developed a strange feeling, as if he had transformed into that rising sun.

The sun rose into the sky, ascending from his mind to the void, positioned above his head.

Strands of purple light descended from the void, falling into the sun, making the sun gradually solidify.

The combination of spiritual power and the purple light from the void gave the sun heat.

Anyone nearby could sense the sun’s presence in the sky.

This merging of reality and illusion made the power of spiritual strength stronger, with a greater sensory impact.

This is the Purple Sun Scripture.

The purple light not only made the body stronger and more complete but also enhanced the power of the visualization diagram.

He retracted his mind, ceasing to visualize.

The sun slowly sunk back into his mind, appearing in the mind’s void.

The spiritual power drifting towards the Golden Tower was drawn to the mind’s void sun.

The sun silently devoured the spiritual power, becoming a reservoir for spiritual power.

The spiritual strength of the Golden Tower no longer increased, indeed reducing its solidity and easing the challenge of breaking through.

The Heavenly Yuan Technique was activated.

An unending drizzle descended from the sky, partly towards the Golden Tower, partly towards the sun.

With a shift in thought, all spiritual power fell towards the sun.

The sun grew increasingly bright, eager to rise from the mind’s void.

But Chu Zhiyuan suppressed it.

The Heavenly Yuan Technique ceased.

The Earth Origin Technique was deployed, drawing endless spiritual energy from the earth into the meridians.

Just as he expected, directly extracting spiritual energy from the earth.

The Earth Origin and Heavenly Yuan Techniques are indeed mysterious.

With the rise in realm, he increasingly felt the power of the Taiqing Primordial Sect.

He then attempted to activate the Jade Lock Gold Barrier Skill, to see if it could aid in breaking through.

Binding Dragon Ropes were formed, hidden within the meridians. When ten ropes were forged, he sensed a danger and stopped.

Ten Binding Dragon Ropes simultaneously entered the governor and conception vessels, surging towards the Nine-layered Golden Tower.

”Boom!”

A flash of golden light appeared before his eyes, shaking the earth and reversing heaven and earth.

Moments later, everything returned to normal.

He observed the Golden Tower, and it was completely intact, unharmed.

The Golden Tower was extraordinarily sturdy; ten Binding Dragon Ropes couldn’t harm it.

But exceeding ten ropes, the meridians could no longer bear the burden.

In a daze, he felt as if he had returned to the Master Realm and Innate Realm.

The same Jade Lock Gold Barrier Skill breaking through, the same meridians buckling under the Binding Dragon Ropes’ pressure.

Yet now his body had evolved to its limit, making it difficult to further enhance the meridians’ strength.

Could he only use ten Binding Dragon Ropes repeatedly, using a clumsy approach?

That would mean continuing to refine spiritual energy.

If he condenses sword intent into the spiritual energy, could it enhance its power?

He thought and tried, blending his mind with the spiritual energy, condensing sword intent within it.

The spiritual energy underwent an inexplicable change, enveloping his body like a drawn treasure sword, extremely sharp.

”Boom...”

Golden light flickered, heaven and earth overturned.

Upon regaining clarity, he found the Golden Tower still firm and intact.

The two small sword gangs in the Heavenly Pond Acupoint had unknowingly changed, becoming clearer and more realistic.

They collided with the Golden Tower, yet could not damage it.

Chu Zhiyuan once again felt a sense of despair.

No wonder almost every Grandmaster in the world stays at the First Layer Heaven.

They were all geniuses, surely having tried every method, yet unable to break the Golden Tower.

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