99: Divine Conception

Excellent Contribution, Divine Will Pill, Divine Intent.

After listening to Master, Qin Yue summarized the three directions he needed to work on to Breakthrough to the Divine Intent Realm.

To obtain a Divine Will Pill, one must first achieve Excellent Contribution.

To use a Divine Will Pill, one must first comprehend Divine Intent.

These three directions are all mutually reinforcing.

Regarding achieving Excellent Contribution, to be honest, Qin Yue had plenty of methods.

Whether it was participating in a Descent Mission again or extensively Medicine Refining for the Sect, neither would be difficult for Qin Yue.

However, comprehending Divine Intent presented a major problem; Qin Yue didn't even have a direction to work towards for such an ethereal concept.

"Master, is there any secret to comprehending Divine Intent?

It can't be that you want us to just sit here and imagine things, can it?"

Hearing Qin Yue's question, a smile appeared on Yan Zhongyi's face. "You're absolutely right, the most important thing about comprehending Divine Intent is imagination."

"It's really just imagination?"

Qin Yue's expression was somewhat taken aback.

Seeing Qin Yue's puzzled look, Yan Zhongyi continued,

"At its root, the Divine Intent Realm primarily requires comprehending what 'I' is.

Whether it's Martial Peak's Extreme Intent, Sword Peak's Sword Intent, or Pill Refining Peak's My Intent, they are all a form of understanding 'I'.

However, these understandings are, after all, too abstract, and relying solely on imagination is truly too difficult.

Although the Three Sages of the Human Race entered the Divine Intent Realm through imagination, when they saw that later generations found it difficult to Breakthrough, they created a more direct path to imagination.

This path is the Visualization Technique.

Martial Peak's Visualization Technique involves visualizing everything in one's body into the Sea of Consciousness, then discarding all non-self matters, achieving a state of 'extremes' where there is nothing external besides oneself.

Sword Peak's Visualization Technique involves visualizing all the divine swords under heaven, then using one's own Divine Soul sword to break through all the divine swords under heaven. Finally, only one's own Divine Soul sword remains in the Sea of Consciousness. This Divine Soul sword is both oneself and the sharpest sword in the world; this is Sword Peak's Sword Intent.

Our Pill Refining Peak's Visualization Technique is the most complex. The first step of the Visualization Technique is the same as Martial Peak's: visualizing one's body into the Sea of Consciousness.

From the second step, it's the exact opposite of Martial Peak's; instead of eliminating external objects, it's about Fusion with them.

Allowing the visualized self to transform into other external objects. The faster the transformation speed, the closer one is to the success of the Visualization Technique.

Until the visualized body can instantly transform into the desired external object and can change back with a thought, then your 'My Intent' will be Cultivated to Perfection.

Of course, the external objects we Pill Refining Peak choose to transform into are mostly poisonous smoke and poisonous Qi. Since you chose differently during Guiding Poison into the Body, you will need to carefully consider the external objects you wish to transform into."

After he finished speaking, Yan Zhongyi took out another piece of parchment, wrote a few words on it, and placed it in a black box with his identity token. When the black box opened again, Yan Zhongyi retrieved his token.

"I have already authorized you to the General Affairs Hall to exchange for the Visualization Technique at the Martial Repository.

You can also exchange for some experiences of other Senior Brothers Cultivating the Visualization Technique, but don't exchange for too many.

A general understanding of others' Cultivation processes is enough.

Everyone's Cultivation method is different, and the situations encountered are different. The Cultivation of the Martial Dao still depends on oneself."

After thanking Master, Qin Yue descended the mountain and arrived at the Holy Sect's Martial Repository.

The Martial Repository was the same as when Qin Yue last visited; the gatekeeper was still the white-bearded old man.

Qin Yue was still as respectful to the old man, handing over his identity token while saying:

"Senior, Junior is here on Master's orders to exchange for Pill Refining Peak's Visualization Technique."

The old man looked up at Qin Yue,

"You, Junior, Cultivate very quickly!

This old man remembers that when you last came, you had just Broken through to the Ninggang Realm. In just two short years, you have actually Cultivated to the Perfection of the Ninggang Realm!

Truly a heaven-sent genius!"

Saying this, the white-bearded old man took Qin Yue's identity token. After inspecting it, he said to Qin Yue, "This time, you have permission to exchange for Pill Refining Peak's Visualization Technique and permission to exchange for three books of Visualization Technique Cultivation experiences.

The Visualization Technique is worth 50,000 Contribution Points, and the Cultivation experiences range from 8,000 to 15,000 Contribution Points. How do you wish to exchange?"

Qin Yue knew that this exchange was different from the last time. The last time was a mission reward; this time was a self-funded exchange.

So, Cultivation Techniques also cost money.

The prices of the Cultivation Techniques were all the same, so Qin Yue naturally had nothing to say.

The prices of the experiences varied, and Qin Yue had to ask about that.

"Senior, why aren't the prices of these Visualization Technique experiences uniform? Is there a reason for it?"

"A reason?

Of course, the more expensive ones are of higher value.

It will be the same if you want to sell your Cultivation experiences after you Breakthrough.

After evaluation by the Martial Repository, you will be given a reasonable price."

The more expensive the price, the higher the value, so Qin Yue naturally wanted to buy the best.

Qin Yue had frantically Medicine Refined to earn Contribution Points before embarking on the Descent Mission, and now they were finally being put to use.

"Senior, I'd like to ask, when exchanging for Pill Refining Peak's Visualization Technique, can I also exchange for Martial Peak's and Sword Peak's Cultivation experiences?"

Listening to Qin Yue's question, the gatekeeper old man was visibly stunned for a moment.

He had never seen such a request!

However, after thinking about it, he still agreed to Qin Yue's request.

"There's no rule against it; it just says that you must exchange for a Visualization Technique to exchange for Cultivation experiences."

Hearing this, Qin Yue was overjoyed. He placed his identity token on the gatekeeper old man's table,

"Then I want to exchange for Pill Refining Peak's Visualization Technique, plus one copy each of the Visualization Technique Cultivation experiences from the three peaks, all the best ones."

The gatekeeper old man said nothing more. He placed Qin Yue's identity token back into the black box, and after deducting the Contribution Points, four Secret Manuals appeared in the black box.

The old man handed the four Secret Manuals to Qin Yue and said, "Young man, I offer you a piece of advice.

The Dao of Cultivation is best followed step by step.

Innovating on the basic Cultivation path will only bring unnecessary twists and turns to one's Cultivation journey.

So, just read these two Cultivation experiences, but do not easily change your Cultivation Foundation because of other things."

Qin Yue knew that the old man's words came from his heart, but he was unaware of Qin Yue's own situation.

If he didn't innovate on the basic Cultivation Technique, then the Cultivation Techniques of the three peaks would all be dead ends for him.

To Breakthrough to the Divine Intent Realm, he had to absorb the strengths of all three peaks and find his own Dao.

Returning to Chaoyang Cave, Qin Yue placed the four Secret Manuals on his table.

Setting aside the three experience books for now, Qin Yue opened Pill Refining Peak's Visualization Technique.

Qin Yue first roughly browsed through the Complete Manual. What it described was basically consistent with what Master had said, but with more detailed specifics.

It clearly explained how to visualize one's body, how to transform visualized objects, and the steps involved.

Following the Visualization Technique, Qin Yue lit incense, relaxed his body, lay on the bed, and gradually constructed his body in his mind.

For a Martial Artist of Qin Yue's level, visualizing one's body was extremely easy.

Because Martial Dao Cultivation requires understanding one's body from the very beginning.