On The Path Of Cultivation To Become God

Advancing from the Body Refinement realm to the Qi Refinement realm is a major step forward in cultivation. This transition signifies a significant progression in one's practice.

In the Body Refinement realm, cultivators focus on strengthening their physical bodies and laying the foundation for further cultivation.

This stage involves tempering the body, refining the bones, and enhancing physical strength.

The Qi Refinement realm, on the other hand, involves cultivating and refining Qi within the body.

It marks the beginning of harnessing and controlling Qi to enhance one's abilities. The leap from Body Refinement to Qi Refinement is considered substantial, resulting in a power increase of approximately twofold.

The progress from the Qi Refinement realm to the Meridian Opening realm is significantly more challenging and demanding compared to the previous transition.

In the Qi Refinement realm, cultivators continue to refine their Qi, cultivate internal energy, and strengthen their meridians, which are the energy channels in the body.

However, opening the meridians to a higher degree and reaching the Meridian Opening realm is a much more intricate process.

It involves breaking through the limitations of one's meridians and expanding and widening them to accommodate more Qi flow and higher levels of energy.

This process is much more time-consuming, requires more cultivation resources, and demands a deeper understanding of Qi manipulation techniques.

The power increase from the Qi Refinement realm to the Meridian Opening realm is approximately fivefold, indicating a substantial growth in strength and capabilities.

That's why it's difficult for a cultivator at the Qi Refinement to defeat a cultivator at the Meridian Opening Realm. However, this is true only for ordinary cultivators.

Chen Tian has an unusual dantian that gives him a big advantage in cultivating spiritual Qi. His dantian can hold more and better quality Qi, allowing him to accumulate and refine his energy more effectively than other cultivators.

This means he can gather and purify his energy with greater ease.

This allows him to potentially reach higher realms of cultivation.

However, defeating a Meridian Opening cultivator still presents a challenge.

Meridian opening cultivators have successfully opened their meridians, allowing for a smoother flow of Qi throughout their bodies.

This enables them to access more powerful techniques and abilities compared to cultivators who haven't reached that stage yet.

Fortunately for Chen Tian, the golem he encountered was a simple-minded rock creature that operated solely on instinct.

And now that the golem had its attention elsewhere, Chen Tian saw an opportunity and decided to seize it.

In addition, Chen Tian possessed another ability that could easily help him overcome the golem without any difficulty.

"Chaos Insight!"

A golem's weakness typically lies in its core, which is the source of its power and vitality.

By targeting and damaging the core, one can weaken or potentially disable the golem.

It's important to understand that golems can be constructed differently and have various characteristics. Because of this, their weaknesses may vary depending on the specific type or material used to make them.

That's why it was challenging for others to locate the golem's core, but Chen Tian had no trouble finding it.

He gathered the minimum amount of spiritual Qi needed to inflict maximum damage to the golem's core.

Taking a deep breath, Chen Tian concentrated his energy, getting ready to unleash his most powerful technique—the first style of the Eternal Celestial Sword.

"Celestial Radiance Slash!"

Chen Tian's sword started glowing with a brilliant golden light, illuminating the surrounding area.

The radiance intensified, enveloping the entire blade and casting a warm glow on Chen Tian's face. The golden light seemed to pulsate with energy, hinting at the immense power contained within.

As the celestial radiance emanated from the sword, Chen Tian's stance became more focused and determined.

He channeled his Spiritual Qi, allowing it to flow through him and into the blade. The golden light extended further, creating a mesmerizing aura that captivated all who witnessed it.

The first style of the Eternal Celestial Sword Art is called "Celestial Radiance Slash." To use this style, one must have achieved the level of Sword Aura and be able to use it.

Sword aura has different levels, starting from beginner level 1 and progressing up to level 10. The higher your level of sword aura, the stronger your sword technique becomes.

Chen Tian, a sword cultivator, was capable of using sword aura up to level 10 without any difficulty. However, he decided to limit himself to the first level to avoid revealing too much.

He was aware that the Elders of the Immortal Sect and everyone else were observing from outside.

Having attained a basic understanding of sword aura, merely participating in qi refinement was already considered impressive, so it was advisable not to reveal too much.

Reaching the first level was sufficient to finish this issue.

"Heavenly Lightning's First Step!"

As he activated Heavenly Lightning's First Step, a surge of energy coursed through his body, heightening his senses and reflexes.

He felt a surge of electric power enveloping him, crackling and sparking with intensity.

With Heavenly Lightning's First Step technique, Chen Tian's speed and agility increase dramatically.

"Time to move," Chen Tian murmured as he prepared to finish the golem.

******

The golem was still looking at the place where he destroyed those two disciplines of the Immortal Sword Sect.

BOOOMM

Suddenly, a loud boom echoed from behind the golem, catching its attention. The golem turned its head towards the noise, curious about its source.

In the area where the explosion occurred, there was a lot of smoke and chaos, making it difficult to see clearly. However, the golem managed to make out the silhouette of a person amidst the haze.

"GHAAAA!!"

The golem quickly leaped at the dark figure, acting on its natural urge to remove any possible threats.

With each big step, the golem moved closer to the figure, swinging its enormous stone fists through the air.

BAM

The golem's fist struck the mysterious figure lurking in the shadows.

The golem was really surprised when its stone fist hit the shadow figure, but then the figure disappeared as if it wasn't even there.

The golem didn't have a face, but it could show its feelings in its own unique way. Right now, it looked confused and frustrated.

HOSHHH!!!

Before it could fully process what had just occurred, a sound rang out behind it, alerting the golem to imminent danger.

Reacting with instinctual swiftness, the golem attempted to retract its fist and turn around, but it was too slow.

/Crack/

A shiny sword cut through the air, hitting the golem's core located on the right side of its chest. The force of the blow made the enormous stone creature shake, and its hard exterior started to break apart.

With its core destroyed, the golem collapsed to the ground, its lifeless body reverting back to a pile of rocks and dust.

Chen Tian quickly withdrew his sword into his storage ring and looked at the place the golem was.

He moved really fast, leaving blurry images in his wake.

Using the smoke to his advantage, he tricked the golem.

In a split second, while the golem attacked the remaining traces of Chen Tian, he was already positioned behind the golem.

Well, that wasn't that hard, but I still used too much spiritual Qi" Chen Tian thought to himself,

"Let's keep moving. I have a long way to go before I finish this trial."

He had used too much Spiritual Qi for this attack, it would be bad if things continued this way.