62: Chapter 62 Breakthrough to the Fifth Rank

Moonlight filtered through branches and leaves, removing all the noise and hostility. Tree shadows danced, casting mottled, scattered light on the ground. Occasionally, a few low whimpers of Yao Beasts could be heard in the distance, quickly swallowed by the boundless silence.

In the center of the valley, a pool of water was embedded. The water was not deep, clear to the bottom, and the smooth pebbles and slender aquatic plants at the bottom were clearly visible.

A full moon hung in the sky, its complete reflection settled in the heart of the pool. Circles of tiny ripples spread across the water's surface, and silver light floated with the waves, scattering like countless stars.

The water flowed slowly, imbued with a gentle Spiritual Qi under the moonlight, completely out of place with the surrounding wild and savage aura, like a pure land untouched by dust in these fierce mountains.

Looking in the direction from which the water ripples came, a figure was immersed in the water, long hair cascading like a waterfall, strands slightly lifted by the night wind, glistening softly under the silver moonlight.

The figure had smooth shoulders, a straight back, and a tall, well-proportioned physique. The exposed arms had firm, flowing lines. The side profile was distinct, with a jawline as sharp as if carved by a knife. Moonlight fell on his tightly closed eyelashes, casting a faint shadow.

This person was Lin Qing.

More than two months had passed since he was chased by the fifth-order Yao Beast that day.

During these two months, the Innate Mysterious Fetus continued to temper his Physical Body day and night. However, half a month ago, he felt that the body quenching milk had completely lost its effect on tempering the Physical Body. He now had about two hundred drops of body quenching milk left, temporarily unused.

Lin Qing slowly opened his eyes, and with a slight thought, a light blue panel appeared before him.

[Host: Lin Qing]

Realm: Pulse Opening Realm (Breakthrough Time: ∞)

Talent: Innate Mysterious Fetus

Integrated Cultivation Techniques: Solar Visualization Method, Lunar Visualization Method

Recorded Cultivation Techniques:

Body Control Rating: Profound Rank Advanced (Phantom Dust-Leaving Steps, Profound Mountain Slashing Wilderness Blade)

Collected Martial Arts:

After entering the Hundred Thousand Mountains, he would practice the two Visualization Methods whenever he had the chance.

However, the weather in the deep mountains was inherently changeable, and with the changes in time, it was not every night that he could see the moon, nor every day that he could encounter a suitable sun.

His cultivation progress was intermittent, taking more than five months to finally bring both Cultivation Techniques to Perfection just now.

Originally, the cultivation progress of the Solar Visualization Method was slightly slower than that of the Lunar Visualization Method.

But just as the Lunar Visualization Method reached Perfection, the required proficiency cap for the Solar Visualization Method significantly decreased, and it reached the Realm of Perfection together with the Lunar Visualization Method.

And at the same time as the two Visualization Methods reached Perfection, he gave birth to Divine Thought.

Logically, the birth of Divine Thought is not directly related to whether the Visualization Methods are at Perfection. Even at Minor Achievement of the Visualization Method, Divine Thought can be born, but it takes longer and the condensation speed is slower; at Major Achievement of the Visualization Method, the speed of Divine Thought's birth will be faster.

But whether it was due to some special quality of the two Visualization Methods or simply a coincidence, Divine Thought was born at the same time as both Visualization Methods reached Perfection.

It was a brand new perspective.

Everything around him appeared in his consciousness in a three-dimensional, transparent form. Without turning his head or opening his eyes, every blade of grass, every tree, every stone, and every drop of water within several zhang around him was clearly visible.

This was the consciousness transcending the Physical Body to overlook, the extension of Mental Energy transformed into perception.

However, his Divine Thought was, after all, newly born and still too weak. When fully unleashed, its coverage was only about ten zhang in radius, barely able to cover a small portion of this pool.

Moreover, Lin Qing also figured out some other characteristics of Divine Thought.

In air and water, Divine Thought passed unimpeded, without any hindrance, and perception was incredibly clear. But once it encountered solid objects, it would be greatly obstructed.

Facing trees and stones on the ground, Divine Thought could easily bypass them and perceive the scene behind; but if he wanted to use Divine Thought to penetrate the earth beneath his feet, he could at most only see the soil layer within one zhang beneath his feet.

At the same time, using his nascent Divine Thought, Lin Qing for the first time 'saw' the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi freely floating in the air.

No longer just the warm or cool sensation he could perceive before, from the perspective of Divine Thought, the Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth transformed into extremely faint, thin mist, flowing slowly. He could vaguely distinguish five different faint colors, shimmering slightly under the moonlight.

The Pulse Opening Realm displayed on the panel was precisely the name for fifth-order. At the same time as Divine Thought was born, his Realm also silently broke through.

However, he ultimately had not learned a proper fifth-order cultivation method. Although his Physical Body continued to strengthen, his Realm could not Breakthrough. After the fifth-order, it was already a completely new path of cultivation, and the previously learned Cultivation Techniques and Innate Mysterious Fetus could not allow his Realm to Breakthrough.

Lin Qing was not anxious about this; he knew that he was about to leave the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

The territory of the Xia Kingdom was only about ten thousand li in circumference, and he had already traveled approximately five hundred thousand li since entering the Hundred Thousand Mountains. And a month ago, he had already discovered traces of human activity in the forest.

However, Lin Qing did not actively approach them, instead deliberately avoiding their areas of activity. In this dense jungle, he could hardly guarantee that the people he encountered would be good.

More than five months of constant vigilance; tonight's Realm Breakthrough and the birth of Divine Thought were his only moments of rare leisure during this period.

He leaned against a bluestone by the pool, letting the cool night wind ruffle his long hair, feeling the gentle warmth of the moonlight on his body, and enjoying this moment of relaxation and tranquility.

But this tranquility did not last long.

"Ah"

A faint, timid cry of surprise came from the edge of the dense forest across the river.