Qi Cultivation Starting from the Repair Panel

The sect Mu Xin belonged to was called Yunhua Palace, whose founder was honored as 'Yunhua True Man', who had passed away more than ten thousand years ago.

Yunhua Palace's strength was not considered strong. Currently, within the sect, the stabilizing Supreme Elder had only just entered the Seventh Order of cultivation.

In the Tianwu Realm, various Taoist orthodoxies intertwined like interlocking teeth, and territories were divided in extreme complexity, with power structures deeply rooted and tangled.

However, although there were constant minor frictions between the various Taoist orthodoxies, there had never been a full-scale conflict over the Tao. A force like Yunhua Palace could maintain its long existence, which was clearly somewhat contrary to common sense.

After obtaining the Heavenly Fate Technique, Chu Zheng's perception of the existence of Heavenly Fate became more acute. He could sense that the Heavenly Fate within the Tianwu Realm was extremely chaotic, obviously lacking restraint, allowing various living creatures to divide it among themselves.

The Heavenly Dao of the Tianwu Realm clearly had some issues.

In such a powerful world, the autonomous consciousness of the Heavenly Dao should have been extremely strong. If the Heavenly Dao wished, it could at any time rectify the chaos and cleanse the Tianwu Realm.

The current situation might very likely be related to that cross-realm Heavenly Wutong.

Near the Heavenly Wutong, there were living creatures from the Vast Universe active, and Chu Zheng wanted to understand more information about the Vast Universe.

Whether it was the shackles on the bodies of the Immortal Path Cultivators of the Cangyun Realm, or facing an insurmountable adverse trend like Shang Cangyun in the future, having another way out would be beneficial.

Initially, when he was in the Cangyun Realm, the evil Qi leaked out from the space passage to the Vast Universe, and Chu Zheng had had contact with it.

The evil Qi from within the Vast Universe could also serve as replenishing energy to support the operation of the repair panel.

Just this point alone was enough to ensure Chu Zheng could survive in the Vast Universe.

The problem was, when he first attempted to autonomously absorb the evil Qi within the Vast Universe, the result was not as he wished.

The evil Qi amplified the killing intent in his heart. In that instant, his inner demons surged, and he nearly lost his mental fortitude, almost turning into a walking corpse.

If he was unable to cultivate using the evil Qi, even with the repair panel, he would only be able to barely protect himself in the Vast Universe, unable to continue cultivation. It was a dead-end.

However, at that time, his cultivation was weak, only at the Third Order. Now, his body had stepped into the late stage of the Immortal Tribulation Realm, about to touch the threshold of the Eighth Order. The gap was like heaven and earth. Perhaps a different result would be found if he tried again now.

Moreover, with the examples of Zhao Tingxian and Shang Cangyun before him, it was enough to prove that there indeed existed in the Vast Universe a path rarely known by others; that was Chu Zheng's hope.

Chu Zheng took Mu Xin and left the location of the Great Tomb. On their way, he didn't rush to Mu Xin's master's sect but instead turned back to Fire Rock City, where he had first arrived in the Tianwu Realm.

It was there that a wisp of his Divine Sense had been drawn into this Yin Corpse's residual body. If it weren't for the fortuitous encounter with Yin Corpse Dao, having Heavenly Tribulation as an aid, he didn't know how much effort it would take to think of ways to erode the Tribulation Qi to have now reached such a Cultivation Realm.
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Since Chu Zheng's trip to the Great Tomb, more than a century had passed, and today's Fire Rock City had changed greatly compared to his memory, having expanded more than tenfold, with an even more flourishing population.

After sending out his Divine Sense to scan the area, Chu Zheng knew of the changes that had occurred in Fire Rock City over the past hundred-plus years.

When he had helped the Gu Family take control of the entire Fire Rock City, he left behind some resources and cultivation techniques before departing. Relying on this, the Gu Family swiftly grew stronger. Over the past hundred-plus years, their strength and foundation had surged by more than a hundredfold, and within tens of thousands of miles, they had become a prominent and influential family.

Chu Zheng's primary purpose for returning to Red Rock City was to retrieve a Melting Bead he had left behind.

At that time, it had been a casual act; he thought to let the Gu Family help him collect and accumulate Blood Qi. Now, after more than a hundred years, there should be a considerable accumulation.

As his cultivation rose and with the existence of Qi-refining Techniques, the Blood Qi was gradually losing its effect on Chu Zheng. He came to reclaim this Melting Bead, also to spare the Gu Family the effort, as, after all, it required the depletion of many people's blood and Qi.

Today in Fire Rock City, the Gu Family reigned supreme, and their residence was easy to locate. Chu Zheng used the Invisibility Technique and took Mu Xin straight into the core region of the Gu Family's territory, into a secret chamber, where they found the current Family Head, Gu Zhenxun.

Lately, Gu Zhenxun had rarely made public appearances, spending most of his time in closed-door cultivation. His cultivation had made no small progress, having already stepped into the Fourth Realm.

The secret chamber was enveloped by an Array, but for Chu Zheng, it didn't pose any hindrance.

He went directly through the Array, taking Mu Xin with him into the secret chamber.

A middle-aged man, clad in blue robes, sat cross-legged at the center of the chamber. Sensing the disturbance, he abruptly opened his eyes. Seeing the two people who suddenly appeared before him, a flicker of alarm passed through his eyes, but he then composed himself and rose to his feet, tense as he spoke,

"Who might you two be?"

Gu Zhenxun's tone was evidently lacking in confidence. To be able to reach him without a sound meant that this manner of cultivation was simply beyond what he could resist.

"I've come for the Melting Bead."

Chu Zheng was concise, directly revealing his purpose.

Gu Zhenxun paused for a moment, then quickly realized, a flash of elation crossing his eyes as he hurriedly bowed,

"Congratulations to the senior, your cultivation has advanced greatly!"

Chu Zheng now appeared indistinguishable from an ordinary person. With such cultivation, even if he was not the fabled Corpse King, he must be not far from it.

For a moment, Gu Zhenxun's heart was filled with even more reverence. In just over a hundred years, the cultivation had grown to such an extent. The wisp of residual soul he had invited back then was far more terrifying than he had imagined.