116: Enlightenment in the Red Dust

Time is like a river, flowing eastwards.

In the White Space, a hundred years passed in the blink of an eye.

A hundred years felt like a dream.

Xu Qi'an had been immersed in cultivation.

He had always been a person who liked to Cultivate.

If trouble didn't always find him, forcing him to act.

Otherwise, he truly wished he could keep cultivating forever.

However, cultivation is cultivation, and the ultimate goal is to improve one's cultivation base, raise one's Realm, and seek longevity.

And even to no longer be bound or threatened by others.

And strength is everything.

During these hundred years, Xu Qi'an first successfully used the gathering treasure basin to upgrade his spirit root to the Nether Spirits root level.

Xu Qi'an had already figured out the rules for upgrading spirit roots using the gathering treasure basin.

When Xu Qi'an's cultivation reached the Refining Void Stage, his spirit root could be upgraded to a Yang spirit root.

And upon reaching the Combined Body Stage, perhaps it could even advance to an Immortal spirit root!

This originated from the Omnipotent Treasure Basin gaining new patterns every time Xu Qi'an advanced to a major Realm.

Now that Xu Qi'an's Realm had reached the Divine Transformation Stage, the patterns had reached five.

Let's talk about Xu Qi'an's current Realm.

Currently, Xu Qi'an's spiritual energy Realm had reached the sixth layer of Deity Transformation, which is the Peak of the mid-Divine Transformation Stage.

Although he had the help of time profound stones, the Time Domain truly lived up to its reputation as one of the ten most difficult Domains to Cultivate in the cultivation world.

Although the Time Domain is powerful, it is also very difficult to Cultivate.

Although the Nether Spirits root and ling stones could easily help with his spiritual energy cultivation, they offered little assistance in comprehending the Time Domain.

Besides using external objects for observation and comprehension, cultivating the Time Domain also requires entering the Mortal World for enlightenment.

This was the method of enlightenment Xu Qi'an saw in the Time Profound Void Spirit Art.

Indeed, cultivating behind closed doors is not feasible.

Xu Qi'an is still some distance away from mastering the Time Domain, and it is precisely because of this that he has encountered some Bottlenecks in his spiritual energy Realm cultivation.

He is temporarily unable to break through to the late-Divine Transformation Stage.

However, this speed is already quite fast.

Other Transforming God cultivators might be stuck in the early-Divine Transformation Stage for hundreds of years.

Yet Xu Qi'an only spent a hundred years to Cultivate to the Peak of the mid-Divine Transformation Stage.

And it's the Time Domain, one of the Domains considered most difficult to Cultivate.

Other Transforming God cultivators, upon hearing this, would undoubtedly be filled with envy.

Other improvements were mainly in his Divine Soul.

With the help of Soul Infant Pills, his Divine Soul was already comparable to the Peak of the Divine Transformation Stage.

However, having taken too many Soul Infant Pills, Xu Qi'an felt he was developing a tolerance, and their effect on his Divine Soul cultivation was now negligible.

Therefore, Xu Qi'an urgently needed to refine new types of Divine Soul pills.

But Xu Qi'an guessed that the main reason was likely that Divine Soul Spirit Medicine like soul essence fruit was no longer effective for him.

After all, he had been using this Spirit Medicine for cultivation ever since the Core Formation Late Stage.

Next up is weaponry.

Xu Qi'an spent some time refining two Heaven-reaching Spirit Treasures within the Immortal Palace.

One is called the Time Profound Void Spirit Sword, which perfectly complements Xu Qi'an's Time Domain.

The other Heaven-reaching Spirit Treasure is a defensive Spirit Treasure called the Black Tortoise Void Spirit Armor.

Xu Qi'an put this spirit armor on himself; he only needed to slightly activate it when using it to unleash its effects.

Even without activating it, this spirit armor could automatically provide excellent defense during combat.

As for the Immortal Palace's treasury, there were no items similar to Talismans.

He didn't know if they had been used up long ago, or if Divine Transformation Stage Talismans were difficult to refine.

Of course, for Xu Qi'an, these were better than nothing.

Xu Qi'an packed his things and left the cave dwelling.

He planned to follow the cultivation method's requirements and go into the Mortal World to comprehend the Time Domain.

At the same time, he would look for new Spirit Medicine that could help with Divine Soul cultivation if the opportunity arose.

"Walking the Mortal World, comprehending the mundane."

"Seeking the Dao day and night, the Domain is mastered."

This is a passage about comprehending the Time Domain from the Time Profound Void Spirit Art.

Xu Qi'an had never had such an experience before.

Even before transmigrating, he was at least a Spiritual Farmer in the Qingzhu Market.

But why does mastering a worldly Domain require comprehension in the Mortal World?

Xu Qi'an was puzzled.

Since he couldn't figure it out for the time being, Xu Qi'an decided not to dwell on it.

It was a good opportunity to experience the life and experiences of Mortals.

Comprehending in the Mortal World had no destination, only one purpose: breaking through the Realm.

So Xu Qi'an left the mountain range.

However, he didn't fly; instead, he concealed his cultivation and walked along the mountain path on his own.

This was the first time since becoming a Cultivator that Xu Qi'an observed his surroundings without relying on spiritual energy, like a Mortal.

This feeling was very strange.

It was just like when he walked alone on the road in his previous life.

At that time, he always fantasized about whether he could become a Cultivator from novels, possessing the ability to ascend to the heavens and escape into the earth.

And now he truly did.

And he had experienced a lot.

Unconsciously, Xu Qi'an cleared his mind, casting aside all thoughts of cultivation.

He inexplicably felt exceptionally relaxed.

He kept walking like this, traversing the mountain path; as the sky gradually darkened, he arrived at a small village.

Smoke curled up from the village chimneys, and many villagers were returning to the village from the distant fields.

Some villagers saw Xu Qi'an and called out to him.

"Hey! Young Master, what are you doing in Xiao Cui Village!"

Xu Qi'an was slightly startled, and following the direction of the voice, he saw a dark-skinned man waving at him from a distance.

Before long, the dark-skinned man came up to him, touched the back of his head rather honestly, and smiled.

"Young Master, it's so late, who are you looking for?"

"If you need help, I'll take you."

Xu Qi'an smiled.

He was currently wearing a clean white robe, and his skin was fair and clean, which was quite similar to the image of a Young Master from a noble family in his mind.

He then shook his head and laughed lightly: "My friend, I am no Young Master; it's just that it's too late, and the county town is too far, so I'm just looking for a place to stay for the time being."

The dark-skinned man instantly understood, revealing a mouthful of large yellow teeth, and chuckled foolishly: "Oh, I see. Well, if you don't mind, come to my place."

"My house is quite big, and there happens to be a spare room."

Xu Qi'an nodded, clasped his hands in a salute, and gratefully said: "Then I thank you very much, my friend!"

"May I ask your surname, my friend?"

The dark-skinned man immediately lowered Xu Qi'an's hand and smiled: "My surname is Niu, and my name is Niu Li. I have quite a bit of strength."

"We Spiritual Farmers don't bother with these rituals and rules. When you're away from home, everyone encounters some difficulties. Helping each other and looking out for each other is what should be done."

"Oh, right, Young Master, what is your name?"

Hearing how kind and simple the man in front of him was, Xu Qi'an also smiled slightly.

He then said: "My surname is Lu, and my given name is Chen."

"You can just call me Lu Chen."