Imperial Cultivation Chapter 1504 - 1500: Fourth Transition

The Heaven-Reaching Hall was empty.

Zhang Ji Yuan and Ning Dongge had rarely stayed in the hall for bitter training lately.

After losing their pressure, they vented by wandering around freely, relaxing their minds.

Chu Zhiyuan came to the open area in the center of the hall, slowly raised his hands, and began practicing the Cloud Dragon Fist.

The Cloud Dragon Fist moved slowly, his expression calm, focused inwardly.

Divine Essence flowed smoothly, circulating repeatedly, neither fast nor slow, moving with the rhythm of the Cloud Dragon Fist.

Chu Zhiyuan began slowing down the Cloud Dragon Fist.

As the Cloud Dragon Fist slowed, the circulation of Divine Essence also started to decelerate.

He finally halted the Cloud Dragon Fist, holding the last stance motionless.

"Hah!"

He suddenly let out a loud shout.

His eyes burst forth with golden light.

Divine Essence began to surge violently within him, like rushing waves, making his entire body glow with golden light.

The golden light quickly illuminated the entire hall, growing stronger.

He looked as if he had transformed into a sun.

A moment later, the golden light suddenly converged, all returning to him, and the hall returned to normal.

A fierce wind rose.

Spiritual Essence surged like a flood.

Yet he seemed like a bottomless abyss, swallowing up the flood all at once.

He gradually floated upwards, reaching a height of two meters, sitting cross-legged in the Void.

His clothes began to slowly billow.

Growing more and more inflated.

Eventually, the surrounding fierce wind formed a tornado, while he sat steadily at the eye of the storm.

The fierce wind grew stronger, making the hall seem to lightly sway.

The divine light in his eyes grew increasingly bright.

"Haha..."

Suddenly, he let out a long laugh, completely satisfied.

The fierce wind around him instantly stopped, and everything returned to calm.

The previous scene seemed like an illusion.

He floated slowly to the ground, stabilized his feet, smiling broadly.

Spirit Venerable Fourth Transition!

This is the wonder of Divine Essence.

Since becoming a Spirit Venerable, he has been pondering the path of advancement for Spirit Venerables, wanting to thoroughly understand how to advance in the Spirit Venerable realm.

Most Spirit Venerables cultivate naturally, continuing to cultivate while waiting for their realm to improve.

But he wanted to understand the mysteries behind it.

Now he had some insights.

Advancement as a Spirit Venerable requires two criteria.

First is understanding, spiritually harmonizing with heaven and earth.

The second is purity, with pure Spiritual Essence.

Combining these two allows for further progression.

And this understanding and purity are slow and laborious work.

Especially the first, which is the most troublesome.

Many Spirit Venerables have never given up on cultivation, practicing diligently to purify Spiritual Essence, yet are still unable to progress further.

This is being stuck on understanding.

This understanding is said to harmonize with heaven and earth, to be of one mind with them.

But how exactly to harmonize, how to become one with heaven and earth, everyone’s comprehension and insight differ.

The same understanding and insight do not apply to others, and may even be an obstacle.

So, everyone must explore and understand for themselves, and other Spirit Venerables cannot help.

Through the Heavenly Yuan Technique, he strengthened his spiritual power, and through the Three Elements Technique, he enhanced his understanding of heaven and earth.

In the Jade Sea and Sky, he is the Lord of Heaven and Earth; this experience gave him a far deeper understanding of heaven and earth than others.

As he advanced in the Heavenly Yuan Technique, this understanding became increasingly profound.

What he lacks now is purity.

The purity of Spiritual Essence also requires time, but the existence of Divine Essence changes the speed of purifying Spiritual Essence.

Divine Essence expels Spiritual Essence from the body, circulating within it, yet can purify Spiritual Essence.

This is not because Divine Essence is mysterious, but because it is a higher level.

Under its circulation, subtle changes occur in the body.

Thus, when Spiritual Essence circulates again, it becomes instantly pure.

Thus, he stepped into the Fourth Transition.

Even as his laughter stopped, golden light burst from him again, with Spiritual Essence once more expelled from his body.

Divine Essence circulated again.

He shook his head.

As Divine Essence circulated, he felt no different, as if the Fourth Transition and the Third Transition, Divine Essence was the same.

This is also the difference between Divine Essence and Spiritual Essence.

The golden light on him condensed again, and Divine Essence re-entered the Jade Sea and Sky.

So once again, Spiritual Essence surged back into his body.

The next moment, he disappeared, appearing in his courtyard in the Profound Yin Palace.

In the courtyard, Meng Yunyin and others were still discussing whether he was successful or not.

Seeing him suddenly return, they breathed a sigh of relief and warmly received him.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Madam, let’s take a trip to that restaurant."

"Ha?" Shen Hanyue said curiously, "Weren’t you going to the restaurant earlier?"

Chu Zhiyuan laughed, "Without you to guide me, I still went too slowly on my own."

Shen Hanyue pointed to the six floating red-brown small finger joints in the air, "Could it not be tracked by that aura?"

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head, "First, let’s go to the restaurant, then we’ll talk about other things."

"Then let’s go." Xiao Ruoling laughed.

She waved her hand, "Junior Sister, take good care of Senior Sister Hu and the others."

"Yes." Shen Hanyue replied.

...

Chu Zhiyuan and Xiao Ruoling boarded the Spirit Shuttle, transforming into a stream of light that broke through the sky.

Within the Spirit Shuttle was a ship.

On the thick white carpet, the two sat together.

Xiao Ruoling sat in his embrace, steering the Spirit Shuttle along the way while speaking softly.

"In a few days, I’d like to visit the State Duke Mansion; Father’s birthday is coming."

"Mm."

"And about my little brother’s marriage..." Xiao Ruoling furrowed her brows lightly, "I’m extremely opposed to this marriage."

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Madam, your brother’s marriage is alright, no?"

"My little brother is not clear-headed and doesn’t know good from bad."

"Ruoyu is very smart; he has a good eye."

"That woman she..."

"Madam, they will grow old together." Chu Zhiyuan interrupted her, smiling, "The future days will be simple and smooth without much upheaval."

"But..."

"Do you feel Ruoyu is being wronged and should find a more gentle woman?"

Chu Zhiyuan chuckled inwardly.

Ruoyu’s wife is a smart, formidable woman, actually quite similar to Xiao Ruoling.

Not as beautiful as Xiao Ruoling, but sharp and capable, also quite renowned.

But as they say, like poles repel.

Xiao Ruoling felt that her brother marrying such a woman would make him completely suppressed, managed tightly, with no escape for a lifetime.

She felt heartache, feeling it was not a good match.

Xiao Ruoling nodded lightly, "Ruoyu is so honest, so clumsy, he should find a gentle and soft woman to live more comfortably."

Ruoyu, as the Young Master of the State Duke Mansion, should be a defender of the realm.

With her Ascension, the family still has the support of the Prince Qing Mansion, even at worst, the State Duke Mansion wouldn’t decline.

There’s really no need to find a clever and capable woman.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled, "Madam, it’s not Lord State Duke’s decision; it’s Ruoyu who is infatuated with her. While you feel bitterness, he finds it sweet."

"But..."

"No matter how much you interfere, breaking them up, Ruoyu might even resent you." Chu Zhiyuan shook his head, "He’s grown up now and can make his own decisions."

"I’m just afraid he’ll regret it later." Xiao Ruoling sighed.

Chu Zhiyuan laughed, "If he regrets it, let him say it again. With us around, he can afford to make mistakes."

Xiao Ruoling was stunned for a moment, and then her bright eyes flickered, nodding lightly while smiling.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "I think Miss Zhong is fine, with a very righteous mind."

Xiao Ruoling sighed softly, "I didn’t say she was bad, just think she has too strong a personality."

Chu Zhiyuan laughed, "She’s a clever woman, strong in front of others, but maybe not in front of Ruoyu."

"Sigh... hopefully that’s the case." Xiao Ruoling showed a worried expression.

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head with a smile.

No matter how strong his cultivation, it is of no use in such matters.

Xiao Ruoling is also a top-level expert in front of others, but it’s of no use facing Xiao Ruoyu.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Are we almost there?"

"Yes, that’s the place there." Xiao Ruoling pointed to a huge city in the distance.

From afar you could see several extremely high buildings in the city, with flags flying high in the wind.