Night of Despair

Chapter 513: 511 Cultivation One

Inside the loft.

Yu Hong looked at the Qingyuan Heavenly River Miao Technique he had brought back. The booklet hadn’t changed at all and was still in the eerie state he saw at first glance.

He pinched the booklet and gently opened the first page.

‘The universe and everything within it have life and death, beginnings and ends. If the source represents the absolute end, then we, as beings, represent the crystal of life.’

‘If Star Disaster is infinite, is life also infinite?’

This passage was written prominently at the beginning, and Yu Hong immediately understood the core of this cultivation technique.

“If Source Disaster is infinite, is this method trying to expand vitality to infinity as well?”

He continued to turn the pages.

‘If vitality can also become infinite, flowing into a river, it forms a Heavenly River, pure and untainted, gathering myriad spirits.’

Below was a general outline for basic entry-level practice.

‘This technique is the way to ascend into an immortal realm, from Qi Cultivation, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Divinity Transformation, Returning to Void, Mahayana, Ascension, to the Immortal Realm. From a mortal to the Immortal Realm, one needs to go through nine major stages, with a total of thirty-one minor stages. It is as difficult as climbing to the heavens, as the saying goes. Cultivators require immense resources, time, and effort. They must endure twenty-two Heavenly Tribulations, transforming from the mundane.’

‘Here is recorded the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer Cultivation Technique, the Nine-layered Inner Viewing Map, and the various required resources and elixirs. For leaving the booklet…’

The next part was about the essentials of the first layer of Qi Cultivation.

‘Everything in the world, all living things contain vitality. Vitality means growth, resilience, and readiness to act, turning nothing into something. In the initial stage of the first layer, one must gather life into oneself…’

Following that was a discussion about daily life, on what things possess vitality and can be used as resources for Qi Cultivation, and which cannot.

‘Vitality is divided into three categories: Heavenly, Earthly, and Human. Heavenly Vitality is the moment of vitality that arises when chaos intersects and everything is infused with spirit, making it the hardest to gather.

Earthly Vitality is the instant vitality that springs forth on earth, mostly found in natural plants and microorganisms, making it moderately difficult to gather.