158: Chapter 158 Transformation into God

"A name? I haven't thought about it yet."

Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao immediately became excited.

"How about I come up with one for you?"

"Whatever."

Lin Qing shrugged, then walked over to the low table, sat down, and poured himself a drink without waiting for anyone else.

Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao bit her right index finger and lowered her head, deep in thought.

"Silver-white, capable of teleportation..."

"I've got it! How about Yaoshuang?"

Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao clapped her hands and looked at Lin Qing with an expectant expression.

"Anything works."

"By the way, Grand-Masters Aunt, what are the conditions for breaking through to the God Realm?"

The conditions for breaking through to the God Realm were not exactly a secret, but they weren't common knowledge either.

Lin Qing had been far from the God Realm previously, so he hadn't bothered to ask about it.

When the time actually came, it wouldn't be too late to ask—like now.

Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao picked up a slice of red sashimi, put it in her mouth, and said while chewing:

"Didn't you just reach the eighth stage? Are you already thinking about the God Realm?"

Lin Qing picked up a piece of Mapo Tofu.

"Just preparing in advance."

In reality, Lin Qing wasn't just preparing; he was genuinely ready to prepare for the Breakthrough to the God Realm. His Realm was different from others; it had no distinction between early, middle, or Late Stages.

The reason ordinary people further divided their Realms into smaller stages was to have a clear reference point. In reality, these small stages were extremely smooth; strictly speaking, there was no such thing as a "Breakthrough" between them, as the same Cultivation Technique was used throughout the entire Realm.

For example, the seventh stage, the Spirit Pill Realm, was just about continuously absorbing Spiritual Qi and condensing it into a solid state.

For ordinary people, there were minimum standards to meet before entering the next Realm. Reaching this standard meant reaching the Peak of that Realm, allowing them to attempt a Breakthrough to the next.

But Lin Qing was different. His Foundation far exceeded that of ordinary Cultivators. Often, as soon as he achieved a Breakthrough, he had already met the minimum standard, and sometimes he even met the Breakthrough standard for the next Realm while still in the previous one.

Therefore, this System of small stage divisions didn't apply to Lin Qing, because his Breakthrough was the Peak, and further Cultivation just led to the Great Perfection of the Peak limit.

Furthermore, with the System, he didn't necessarily need to be stuck at the strongest stage to advance. Both his Origin Spirit Body and his Innate Mysterious Fetus were continuously enhancing his Foundation, so even if he broke through to the God Realm now, he wouldn't have any issues with an unstable Foundation.

When it came to matters of Cultivation, Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao immediately straightened her posture; after all, she was Lin Qing's Grand-Masters Aunt!

"It's much like the Breakthrough from the Mortal Realm to the Spirit Realm. Breaking through to the Spirit Realm requires releasing Mental Energy, which is opening Divine Thought. Breaking through to the God Realm, however, requires further transforming Divine Thought into a Primordial Spirit, becoming capable of completely detaching from the physical body to exist independently."

"And this process is called Soul Transformation."

Soul Transformation, like opening Divine Thought, was something achieved in an instant, so it wasn't considered a separate Realm.

"Then how does one achieve Soul Transformation?"

Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao picked up her chopsticks again, grabbed a slice of cold seaweed salad, and took a sip of wine.

"Just like in the Spirit Realm—Visualization Method!"

"It's that simple!"

Pfft—!

"Simple? You really are a naive youngster who doesn't understand anything!"

"Let me tell you, the further you go in Cultivation, the more talent is required. This Soul Transformation hurdle is known as the Prodigy Quality Inspection Gate."

"It's different from opening Divine Thought. Before opening Divine Thought, you can clearly feel the improvement of your Mental Energy; in other words, there is feedback of your results."

"But Soul Transformation offers no feedback. There are countless people who have practiced visualization for a lifetime and still failed to successfully condense a Primordial Spirit."

"Moreover, starting from this Realm, the time required for Cultivation will see a leap-like increase. Many people gradually lose their drive after failing for a long time."

"Your Master, Jue Chenzi, was considered incredibly talented back in the day, reaching the eighth stage before the age of one hundred. Yet, it still took him over a hundred years to successfully break through to the God Realm."

Lin Qing nodded silently. No wonder his Visualization Methods hadn't fused; it turned out he truly hadn't cultivated them enough.

In other Realms, he could fuse and Master his five Cultivation Techniques because those were just single small stages.

But Visualization Methods spanned the entire Spirit Realm and would even be used in the subsequent God Realm. The 'Lunar Visualization Method', 'Solar Visualization Method', and 'Origin Meditation Method' he had comprehended were undoubtedly among the top-tier in the world, but it still wasn't enough.

To reach the level of complete mastery in the Dao of visualization, he needed to collect more, more Advanced Visualization Methods; the kind used for breaking through to the Spirit Realm was clearly insufficient.

Back in the Chuyun Immortal Sect, the lower-level Visualization Methods were all in the Qi-Enlightenment Hall, that beginner training camp. The higher-level ones were in the Yunyin Sequence area. Plus, Lin Qing hadn't known, so he hadn't deliberately collected them.

However, it wasn't too late now. He remembered the many eighth-stage Prodigies accompanying the team; surely they would have Visualization Methods on them, right?

The two drank in the room for two full days. At first, it was just normal drinking and chatting, but later, Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao started competing with Lin Qing, drinking jar after jar. Lin Qing didn't mind playing along.

In the middle, Ling Shu woke up a few times to join the fray, but she was a lightweight—waking up to drink, then drinking until she slept. In the end, they drank all of Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao's stock, and the competition was temporarily called off.

"You just wait!"

Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao patted the low table, then turned and walked out of the room. Lin Qing also got up and went to the deck, pretending to stroll around.

"Senior Brother Lin Qing."

A female Disciple of the Chuyun Immortal Sect greeted Lin Qing.

"Hmm, soaking up the sun? By the way, what is your name, Junior Sister?"

Ah? Senior Brother Lin Qing is taking the initiative to talk to me, and even asking my name. You have to know that when facing Mu Yao and Xue Ling, Lin Qing always has a cold face. Could he be interested in me?

The young woman's pretty face flushed red.

"Replying to Senior Brother, my name is Shu Ning."

"So it's Junior Sister Shu Ning. You're already at the Peak of the eighth stage; have you started attempting the Breakthrough to the God Realm?"

A look of distress appeared on Shu Ning's face.

"I won't hide it from you, Senior Brother, I started attempting the Breakthrough to the God Realm thirty years ago, but I haven't had any results to this day."

The smile on Lin Qing's face became even more kindly.

"Ah? Don't worry, Junior Sister. Could it be that you and your Visualization Method aren't compatible? Come, take it out, and let this Senior Brother take a look for you!"

Thus, the two went to a corner of the deck and began to Cultivate using a visualization map.

Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao also strolled slowly onto the deck.

"Greetings, Old Ancestor."

"Hmm, what is your name? Have you encountered any difficulties in your Cultivation?"

"Me? I ran out of wine, so I came to the deck for a stroll!"

"How could I be so embarrassed? I'd rather buy it!"

And so, Lin Qing and Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao, one was on the deck buying wine, and the other was collecting visualization maps.