“Because even if one can’t cultivate to thousands or tens of thousands of Qi Refining layers, cultivating dozens or even hundreds of layers is entirely possible.”
“This allows cultivators to have more abundant spiritual power after advancing, a firmer foundation, and much greater strength.” The Terminal Ring answered.
So, tens of thousands of years ago in the Xing Ji Realm, the Infinite Dantian procedure became widespread.
For High Sect students in the Qi Refining stage, the competition is about the number of Qi Refining layers and the quality of Life Spring.
The deeper you dig into these two aspects, the more solid your Dao Foundation becomes, and the greater your future achievements after advancing.
This was worlds apart from Mu Yanxi’s cultivation in her previous life. In her past life, all she needed to do was keep improving upwards, and the faster she broke through realms, the more talented she was considered.
After all, every cultivator was racing against time, hurrying to reach the next stage and extend their lifespan before their natural life ran out.
But in the Xing Ji Realm, you actually need to deliberately open up the Infinite Dantian, cultivate to even higher Qi Refining layers, and also train the Life Spring.
Although Mu Yanxi clearly understood that the existence of Life Spring was a great benefit for future cultivation and would bring her endless advantages, it was still a big change.
Mu Yanxi also noticed a problem: “Wait a minute, High Sect is only three years, right? Can you really push Qi Refining to over a hundred layers in just three years?”
“Of course, Master. Those genius disciples of the Heaven-rank High Sect typically reach over a hundred layers of Qi Refining by graduation. As for disciples of the Earth-rank High Sect, their average is also above fifty layers by the time they graduate,” the Terminal Ring replied.
The pressure was immense! That was Mu Yanxi’s first reaction. She had originally thought that, relying on her insight and experience as a Nascent Soul cultivator, breaking through Dao Foundation and Golden Core would be a breeze. She never expected to encounter a challenge right at the Qi Refining stage.
She had never tried limitless Qi Refining before, nor paid attention to the quality of Life Spring. Those Heaven-rank High Sect disciples not only had talent, but their families were likely wealthy as well.
Meanwhile, she didn’t even have a spiritual root, and had only barely made it into the Earth-rank High Sect. How was she supposed to compete with others?
Now she understood why the original host would rather become a female cultivator, or even a ghost cultivator, just to get into the Earth-rank High Sect.
If you ended up in a Human-rank High Sect, there was a high chance you wouldn’t make it into a major sect, and you’d end up a wandering cultivator instead.
Faced with such a complicated cultivation system, they’d be left so far behind by those genius disciples that they might never become high-level cultivators in their lifetime.
This wasn’t just her own baseless speculation. Just last night, when Mu Yanxi first entered the city and encountered the Lin Family’s Immortal Vessel, she overheard a conversation between three Core Formation cultivators dressed in black uniforms.
“Only those rich young masters like them can afford to stay longer in the Body Refining and Qi Refining stages, steadily solidifying their Dao Foundation. People like us working stiffs have to rush to Core Formation and enter the Golden Core stage early, just to find a good job.”
At the time, Mu Yanxi hadn’t understood what those words meant, but now she did. Young masters of prominent clans would definitely dig deep into Body Refining and Qi Refining stages, making their Dao Foundation as solid as possible, and laying groundwork for the far future.
She also overheard another line: “Core Formation, Core Formation—form the core and start taking commissions. Haha, but at least in the Golden Core stage, we can finally get a stable job and slow down a bit, no need to rush into Nascent Soul.”
At the Golden Core stage, you could slow down and didn’t need to rush into Nascent Soul.
Mu Yanxi had a bad feeling and asked, “Terminal Ring, is it only the Qi Refining stage that has Infinite Dantian and Life Spring, or do the Dao Foundation, Golden Core, and even Nascent Soul stages have extra achievements too?”
“Yes. Over hundreds of thousands of years of expansion in the Xing Ji Realm, the essence of many other worlds’ cultivation systems has been incorporated into every stage. Every realm has its own additional cultivation. But for you, that’s a matter for the future.”