Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather Chapter 1615 - 994: Dual Cultivation of Immortal and Martial Arts (Part 2)

"Your eyesight is impressive, but it’s already too late!"

The hunched figure suddenly burst into dazzling golden light, and in an instant, the thousands of sword Qi that had just disappeared gathered again, enveloping his body like a long river.

Dual cultivation of Immortal and Martial is actually a paradoxical existence.

Because whether it’s the True Yuan of a Martial Artist or the Mana of an Immortal Cultivator, their essence is nature’s spiritual energy.

The difference between True Yuan and Mana is only that Mana contains Divine Soul Power, while True Yuan is merely pure spiritual energy, hence Immortal Cultivators have more flexibility in controlling Mana.

Normally, a Divine Soul Realm Martial Artist would gradually transform their True Yuan into Mana, but this transformation does not refer to turning their current True Yuan into Mana; it requires adjusting the meridians and dantian to withstand Mana.

Since Martial Artists cultivate True Yuan, their meridians and dantian have already adapted to the presence of True Yuan. Changing this requires constantly using Mana to nurture the meridians and dantian.

This process is how a Divine Soul Realm Martial Artist gradually leans towards Immortal Cultivation and then utilizes the method of Immortal Cultivation to form the core.

Hence, there’s talk of Divine Soul Realm Martial Artists being able to form a Golden Core.

Therefore, Divine Soul Realm Martial Artists can actually be considered as dual-cultivated in Immortal and Martial Arts.

But the problem is, Jing Shui is clearly an Immortal Cultivator, how did he become dual-cultivated in Immortal and Martial Arts?

Not only does cultivating Martial Arts offer him no benefits, but it also slows down his Immortal Cultivation progress.

Zhang Mo was somewhat puzzled, and he had no time to dwell on these thoughts.

Jing Shui’s sword Qi had already arrived close, Zhang Mo’s eyes suddenly turned blood red, and in the next instant, his hand unexpectedly caught the Geng Metal Sword Qi bare-handed.

His hand firmly grasped the sword Qi.

The sharp sword Qi didn’t harm him even a bit.

"No matter what you are, it’s useless in front of this old man!"

Jing Shui’s gaze sank slightly, and the sword Qi around him became more dazzling as he took out a bamboo rod and struck it hard towards Zhang Mo.

He was indeed dual-cultivated in Immortal and Martial Arts, but he was different from those Divine Soul Realm Martial Artists.

Divine Soul Realm Martial Artists transition from Martial Arts to the Immortal Path, while he cultivated the Immortal Path while simultaneously cultivating Martial Arts.

Focusing on the Immortal Path with Martial Arts as a supplement, this is his path of cultivation.

However, this path of cultivation was not a pre-existing one; he began it when he sensed that his lifespan was running short.

This started more than twenty years before he met Yang Zhenshan.

As for why he suddenly began to cultivate Martial Arts after reaching mid-stage Foundation Establishment.

The reason is simple: with little lifespan left and no hope for a Golden Core, he whimsically thought he could first cultivate as a Martial Artist, for if his Martial Arts cultivation could reach the Divine Soul Realm, he could extend his lifespan by two hundred years.

Compared to forming the Golden Core, achieving the Divine Soul Realm is undoubtedly easier.

Moreover, with his Foundation Establishment cultivation, dual cultivation in Martial Arts was even more effective, starting at the Innate Realm, reaching the peak of the Innate Realm in just twenty years.

He sought Yang Zhenshan to refine a Turtle Breath Pill, not to break through to late-stage Foundation Establishment, but to break through to the Divine Soul Realm.

This method of extending lifespan isn’t that easy, as it involves two difficult problems to overcome: one is how to condense True Yuan while possessing Mana.

Simply put, Mana is a combination of True Yuan and Divine Soul Power, and the meridians and dantian of a Divine Soul Realm Martial Artist cannot adapt to Mana, the reverse being that the meridians and dantian of an Immortal Cultivator are filled with Divine Soul Power and Mana.

Under such circumstances, if one wants the meridians to bear only True Yuan.

Normally, Immortal Cultivators cannot achieve this.

Unless someone can construct another full cycle within their body of meridians and dantian.

Jing Shui reconstructed a new full cycle within his body, allowing him to cultivate Martial Arts as well.

The second problem is how to break through Martial Arts cultivation to the Divine Soul Realm without affecting Immortal Path cultivation.

Breaking through is a process that alters the entire body, and breaking through Martial Arts cultivation will inevitably affect Immortal Path cultivation, even with two distinct cycles of meridians.

Hence, the need for the Turtle Breath Pill, which can put one into a turtle-like breathing state, where both the body and Divine Soul enter an extremely slow state.

In such a state, Mana within nearly halts, and the True Yuan also settles into a dormant state.

Thus, Jing Shui can slowly, bit by bit, breakthrough, gradually changing himself.

He spent more than thirty years, slowly completing the breakthrough, becoming a Divine Soul Realm Martial Artist.

Thus, now he’s both a mid-stage Foundation Establishment Immortal Cultivator and a Divine Soul Realm Martial Artist.

And his lifespan has also been extended by over two hundred years.

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The bamboo rod, like a sword, struck ferociously onto Zhang Mo.

Zhang Mo was not to be taken lightly, not only did he have cultivation at the peak of Foundation Establishment, but he had also mastered the Devouring Spirit Body.

Moreover, his Devouring Spirit Body differed from Yang Zhenshan’s. Yang Zhenshan practiced the Devouring Spirit Body primarily to enhance his physique, whereas Zhang Mo’s goal was to increase his strength.

Zhang Mo devoured Blood Evil Qi and Evil Qi, similar to the Ghost Soldiers’ puppets.

Simply put, he trained himself into a Ghost Soldier, but his Divine Soul remained intact, without any restrictions in his Sea of Consciousness.

As a result, his body could change size and was as hard as iron, impervious to swords and spears.

Zhang Mo raised his hand to block Jing Shui’s bamboo rod, and the next moment, the two figures constantly intertwined, with sword Qi and ghost Qi repeatedly clashing.

One had a formidable body and numerous dark arts, while the other was dual-cultivated in both Immortal and Martial Arts, possessing both the spell control of Immortal Cultivation and close-combat abilities of a Martial Artist.

The two were evenly matched, hard to distinguish the winner for a time.

Meanwhile, Yang Shenwu and Yue E’s battle also entered a stalemate.

Yue Qing stood on the Moon Viewing Tower’s pavilion, gazing at the battle above the lake, her resentment finally eased considerably.

"Sect Master, what do we do now?" Yue Su returned to her side and asked.

Neither Divine Soul Realm Martial Artists nor Foundation Establishment Cultivators were opponents she, a Golden Body Realm Martial Artist, could contend with.

Earlier, she charged in with a death wish, not expecting Jing Shui to appear.

Now, although the battle between the two sides was evenly matched, it was challenging for them to intervene.

"Wait, reinforcements should arrive soon!" Yue Qing murmured.

Indeed, reinforcements came quickly.

Not long after the struggle continued, two Tunneling Lights flew in from the Sea of Spirit.

"What’s going on?"

Under the bright moonlight, Jian Qingxiao looked at the battle below, asking in puzzlement.

"I don’t know!" Liu Yue slightly shook her head.

With Yang Zhenshan in seclusion and Yun Xiao missing, only Jian Qingxiao, Yun Xi, and Liu Yue remained as Foundation Establishment Cultivators in Mianyun Continent.

The three of them were enough to guard Mianyun Continent.

"Who should we assist?" Jian Qingxiao asked.

Liu Yue focused on the stooping figure, "First aid the Supreme Elder!"

She felt the figure was very familiar but couldn’t discern who it was.

Compared to before, Jing Shui seemed to have changed greatly, not only did his appearance become more withered, but even his aura had transformed.

A Cultivator’s aura is difficult to change, but Jing Shui’s transformation from an Immortal Cultivator to a Divine Soul Realm Martial Artist naturally altered his aura.

The two wasted no time, flying towards Yue E.

The next moment, the sword Qi surged to the sky, heading straight towards Yang Shenwu.

"My lord!"

Yang Shenwu immediately called out.

He was barely managing against Yue E, and now two more Foundation Establishment Cultivators arrived, driving him into a disadvantage.

Zhang Mo also noticed Liu Yue and Jian Qingxiao, his expression turned grim as he gritted his teeth and said, "Retreat!"

Things have reached this point; it was evident they wouldn’t gain any advantage.

If they didn’t leave now, even he might not escape later.

Regardless of Yang Shenwu, Zhang Mo first transformed into Tunneling Light to escape Jing Shui’s sword Qi.

Yang Shenwu reacted swiftly, closely following Zhang Mo.

"Trying to escape!"

Jing Shui’s bamboo rod swiftly blocked Yang Shenwu’s path.

His thought process was simple: capturing both of them was nearly impossible, but leaving one behind was entirely feasible.

Actually, Jing Shui chose the wrong target; he should have aimed to capture Zhang Mo, but he didn’t know Zhang Mo’s identity and found Yang Shenwu more despicable.

After all, the Wuxiang Sect and Illusion Moon Sect were once allies, and Yang Shenwu was previously an ally of the Illusion Moon Sect.

Yet now, Yang Shenwu was attacking the Illusion Moon Sect, which in Jing Shui’s heart, equated to betrayal.

Thus, he bore more hatred towards Yang Shenwu.

"Wait, I..."

Yang Shenwu couldn’t finish his sentence before he was surrounded by the four attackers.

His strength was formidable, but he couldn’t withstand the assault from four individuals.

Especially with Yue E and Jing Shui among them, both Divine Soul Realm Martial Artists.