Imperial Cultivation

"Elder brother, you..." Chu Zhen sensed something different about Chu Zhiyuan.

His aura was more refined, eyes were piercing, quite different from before.

She immediately recognized this difference as having stepped into the Transformation Realm.

"The Transformation Realm?!" Chu Qiao exclaimed in delight.

Consort Hui and You Lan also appraised him.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled proudly, "Such a minor Transformation Realm is as easy as pie!... How long did it take?"

"Almost an hour, I think." Chu Zhen said, "Is this Heavenly Intent Pavilion truly so miraculous?"

Chu Qiao said, "It’s also because elder brother has great insight... Brother, what does it look like inside?"

"Hmm..." Chu Zhiyuan pondered, about to speak, yet found his mind blank.

There seemed to be an invisible force preventing him from saying more.

"Pop!" The Heavenly Intent Jade Token at his waist suddenly cracked and turned to powder.

Chu Zhiyuan examined the powder, shaking his head.

It contained a strange power, precisely this power that led him into the Heavenly Intent Pavilion.

Now that the jade pendant was gone, the power was no more.

He seemed to comprehend something.

It seems this power is what limits the number of people in the Heavenly Intent Pavilion.

This power probably isn’t ordinary, and not everything can be as desired.

It likely requires a great cost.

He looked up and smiled, "As for what it’s like inside the Heavenly Intent Pavilion, it’s hard to say, you have to experience it yourself."

"Brother—!" Chu Zhen playfully complained, "Just tell us."

Chu Zhiyuan spread his hands, smiling, "Can’t say, mustn’t say."

Consort Hui glanced at the two girls, "You two, stop chattering."

Chu Zhiyuan laughed, "When you reach the Ninth Transition, find a way to enter once, and you’ll know."

The Heavenly Intent Pavilion is mysterious and wondrous, beyond imagination, indeed underestimated it initially.

"Alas..."

The two girls sighed immediately.

They had no such extravagant hope, the slots for the Heavenly Intent Pavilion are too rare, impossible for them to obtain.

Not to mention them, even the princes, only the Eldest Prince, Second Prince, and Third Prince got it.

The remaining princes haven’t gotten such a slot.

The Fourth Prince, Fifth Prince, and Sixth Prince have all entered the Ninth Transition of the Qi Transformation Realm, still bitterly comprehending, unable to enter the Heavenly Intent Pavilion.

Without outstanding performance, no merits, even princes can’t enter the Heavenly Intent Pavilion.

Consort Hui said, "Alright, Zhen’er, Qiao’er, we should return to the palace, let your brother rest."

"Mother—!"

The two girls didn’t want to leave.

Consort Hui scolded gently, "Hurry up!"

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"Alas—, alright!"

They reluctantly agreed, unwillingly parting from Prince Nine’s Mansion.

——

Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Chu Zhiyuan closed his eyes, tracing the little white snake at his Shan Zhong point.

The little white snake, pure as jade, quite adorable though lacking a bit of spirituality.

It formed a circle, chasing its own tail yet never catching up.

With the little white snake’s rotation, strands of spiritual energy descended from the void, entering his body, drilling into the little white snake’s body, making it clearer.

Inside him, the glow was fuller and more solid.

Ten meters above his head in the void, a Yin Yang Fish with a diameter of one zhang was swirling.

It seemed like the void was his original Dantian, absorbing nature’s spiritual energy from the stars.

He carefully felt the spiritual energy within the little white snake and compared it to the spiritual energy of the previous Yin Yang Fish.

Purer and more fluid.

More importantly, it wasn’t just pure spiritual energy, it contained a unique aura.

This aura came from the mental state.

He already understood, this aura could manipulate more of nature’s spiritual energy, purer spiritual energy of nature.

This was the power of the Transformation Realm.

Indeed it’s a qualitative difference.

He practiced until exhausted, and just before sleep, he thought of the Spiritual Abyss Body Cleansing Record.

Thought of the divine inscription.

The jade pendant at his forehead flickered, instantaneous coolness spreading all over his body.

The completely depleted spirit unexpectedly recovered quickly.

He was momentarily stunned.

The next moment, a Jade Gate appeared, he got off the bed and stepped through it.

He appeared at the Spiritual Abyss First Peak.

In front of that middle-aged statue, surrounded by boundless clouds and mist.

Standing at the peak, he felt a refreshing breeze.

He dared not easily practice the Spiritual Abyss Body Cleansing Record, just looking up at the statue of the middle-aged man.

Observing the surroundings while pondering.

The Spiritual Abyss Body Cleansing Record is too intense for him to endure.

But there’s always a way to overcome this point.

How to make the power of the Spiritual Abyss less violent, less intense?

Is it like before, cultivating in Yujing Cave Heaven rather than in the Spiritual Abyss?

Is it about adjusting posture?

Or adjusting the divine language?

All in all, the simplest method is not to cultivate in the Spiritual Abyss.

Just don’t know, if not in Yujing Cave Heaven, whether the power of the Spiritual Abyss can still appear.

He thought of this, leaving the Spiritual Abyss, reappearing in his own room.

In front of the bed, he assumed the First Form of the Spiritual Abyss Body Cleansing Record.

Soft power began to sweep across the soles of his feet, filaments of power entering through the soles.

He felt this power was similar to when he performed the Earth Origin Technique before.

Unfortunately, the martial arts of Little Outer Heaven can’t be used here.

The inheritances of the Taiqing Primordial Sect, Dragon Subduing Sect, and Yu Xu Sword Sect can’t be performed in Outer Heaven either.

As the strands of aura were injected, his feet began to heat up, undergoing subtle changes.

Chu Zhiyuan remained in insight, discovering that after these strange auras entered his feet, they started forming strange routes.

They flowed along strange routes unceasingly, causing subtle changes in his feet.

He felt his feet had grown much larger, seemingly doubling in size all of a sudden.

The feeling of having feet twice the size was quite peculiar.

When he released the posture, stopped practicing, and tried to take a few steps.

The doubly enlarged feet seemed very stable yet very agile, making the body feel lighter.

In advance and retreat, more nimble, more dexterous, more at will.

This was indeed a very wonderful feeling.

This time, he finally was utterly exhausted, thus collapsed into bed and slept.

——

Early next morning, he awoke early.

You Lan, together with three girls including Xiao Zhu, was already waiting outside the room, hearing movement, entered to assist him with washing and meal.

A Light Gate appeared before him, stepping through it, he entered the Great Bright Peak.

Upon entering, he discovered two middle-aged Imperial Guards solemnly watching him.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled slightly, tossing two small exquisite boxes from his sleeve, which flew towards them respectively.

The two started, hastily catching them.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Gifts for you, coming from Yujing Cave Heaven."

"...Thank you very much, Your Highness.".

They didn’t recognize the strange flowers and exotic fruits of Yujing Cave Heaven, but knowing they came from there, they must be extraordinary.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "It’s Tourmaline Fruit, from Third Grade, it should push you from the Sixth Transition to the Seventh Transition, but only for the Qi Transformation Realm."

The two spirit immediately lifted.

Advancing from the Sixth Transition to the Seventh Transition in the Qi Transformation Realm can save at least one or two years of time.

Chu Zhiyuan then said, "Shall we?"

Chu Zhiyuan arrived at Qingfeng Cliff, just sat down for a while and hadn’t started cultivating when Chu Honglin arrived.

He gave a glance at him, "Achieved the Transformation Realm?"

"Yes, Uncle," replied Chu Zhiyuan.

"Let’s go." Chu Honglin said, "We don’t need to cultivate here anymore."

Chu Zhiyuan smiled, "I can enter True Martial Institute too?"

Chu Honglin snorted, "Off course you can, I’ll have a word with Elder Brother."

"Let’s go!" Chu Zhiyuan said, standing up, "To the True Martial Institute!"