Chapter 252: Half-Saint Cultivation

Chapter 252: Half-Saint Cultivation

November 4th, 2024.

- Name: Gu Qingfeng

- Age: 56/6000

- Realm: Dao palace realm, sixth level

- Martial Arts: Tianmai Zhenjing (second level), Tian Dao (perfect), Dahuang Quanjing (perfect), Shenyang jing (Dao Palace Chapter, fourth level), Hugu Tian Dao (great success), Zijidao dian (Perfect), Lifu Zhenjing (not initiated), Niepan Daojing (not initiated), Tian Feng Shen Shu (not initiated)



- Enhancement Points: 3424

- ...

- Over three thousand four hundred enhancement points.

- Hugu Tian Dao has reached great success.

- Without hesitation.

- Gu Qingfeng directly upgraded Hugu Tian Dao to perfection.

- A flood of memories surged, and the supreme sage's legacy was finally fully revealed before Gu Qingfeng.

- In an instant.

- A terrifying and ancient blade intent arose and then vanished.

- Gu Qingfeng's aura was restrained, but his star-like eyes seemed to harbor boundless blade energy. If any cultivator dared to meet his gaze, they would be injured by the blade energy.

- However.

- This blade energy did not last long and was reined in by Gu Qingfeng.

- With Hugu Tian Dao perfected, Gu Qingfeng immediately began to enhance the Shenyang Jing.

- ...

- Consuming five hundred enhancement points, Shenyang Jing broke through to the seventh Level of the Dao palace chapter!

- Consuming five hundred enhancement points, Shenyang Jing broke through to the Eighth Level of the dao palace realm!

- ...

- In a short time.

- Gu Qingfeng had upgraded Shenyang Jing by two levels, breaking through from the sixth level to the Eighth Level of the dao palace realm.

- As his cultivation advanced, the Dao Palace Essence Spirit in his dantian grew to seventy-two inches.

- A seventy-two-inch Dao Palace Essence Spirit!

- This was the limit of the Eighth Level of the dao palace realm that Gu Qingfeng could accommodate.

- He had a premonition.

- This Essence Spirit was not his limit.

- If he could break through to a higher realm, his Essence Spirit could grow further.

- "The power of the Eighth Level of the dao palace realm is twice as strong as my Sixth Level of the dao palace realm. With Hugu Tian Dao perfected, I wonder how much my current strength has grown!"

- Gu Qingfeng thought to himself.

- But one thing was certain.

- If he faced the Sheng family's holy weapon again, Gu Qingfeng could easily suppress it.

- In other words.

- His current strength was at least as powerful as an average sage.

- If he used a great holy weapon, whether he could contend with a true great sage was still unknown to Gu Qingfeng.

- After all, he had never truly encountered a great sage realm cultivator.

- However.

- Just the terrifying aura of a great holy weapon made Gu Qingfeng feel that he would find it difficult to be an opponent.

- But this was normal.

- He was currently at the Eighth Level of the dao palace realm, not even having stepped into the sage realm, let alone the great sage realm.

- At this moment.

- Gu Qingfeng noticed that his attribute panel's enhancement points were being reallocated.

- The original four hundred plus enhancement points had directly broken through to one thousand points.

- ...

- "Your offspring, 'Gu Xuan,' has consumed heavenly treasures in the secret realm and broken through to the advanced stage of the grandmaster realm!"

- "Reward: 200 enhancement points!"

- "Your offspring, 'Gu Xuan,' has consumed heavenly treasures in the secret realm and broken through to the peak of the grandmaster realm!"

- "Reward: 200 enhancement points!"

- "Your son, Gu Shengqing, has been secretly taking a special medicine to enhance his natural talent and has spontaneously broken through to the initial stage of the Skin Tempering realm!"

- "Reward: 1 enhancement point!"

- "Your son, Gu Shengxi, has secretly consumed a medicine to enhance his physique, improving his natural talent and inadvertently breaking through to the initial stage of the Skin Tempering Realm!"

- "Reward: 1 enhancement point!"

- "Your offspring, 'Gu Shengqing,'..."

- "Your son, 'Gu Shengxi,' has secretly consumed a medicinal concoction to enhance his innate talent and spontaneously advanced to the initial stage of the Blood Tempering Realm!"

- "Reward: 20 enhancement points!"

- "Your offspring, 'Gu Shengnan,' has slain 69 ferocious Beasts!"

- "Your offspring, 'Gu Shengnan,' has gained enlightenment in battle and broken through to the intermediate stage of the marrow washing realm!"

- "Reward: 50 enhancement points!"

- "Your offspring, 'Gu Shengxing,' has broken through to the advanced stage of the bone tempering realm!"

- "Reward: 30 enhancement points!"

- "Your offspring, 'Gu Shengan,' has broken through to the advanced stage of the bone tempering realm!"

- "Reward: 30 Enhancement points!"

- ...

- A series of breakthroughs.

- Left Gu Qingfeng somewhat caught off guard.

- Immediately.

- A smile appeared on his face.

- "The advantages of the Gu family's bloodline are becoming increasingly evident. I thought breaking through to the Ninth Level of the dao palace realm would still require a lot of time and accumulation, but I didn't expect to receive such benefits this time."

- It seemed as if his offspring had agreed to break through together, causing a brief surge in his enhancement points.

At this moment.

Gu Qingfeng did not hesitate and immediately used all his enhancement points to boost his cultivation.

In an instant.

His cultivation rapidly increased, and his original Eighth Level of the Dao Palace Realm directly broke through to the Ninth Level of the Dao Palace Realm.

Terrifying blood qi surged like an angry ocean within his body, enveloping the entire Smithy Hall in a formidable blood qi force. The divine weapons trembled, and the Ten Thousand Souls Banner emitted rolling black mists, as if strange entities were emitting mournful wails.

Blood qi is a great nourishment for strange entities, but if it is too powerful, it becomes a deadly poison.

Now.

After Gu Qingfeng broke through to the Tenth Level of the Dao Palace Realm, the blood qi he unconsciously emitted immediately began to rapidly dissolve the strange entities within the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

Even with the Ten Thousand Souls Banner as protection, it could not block this force from seeping in.

In just a few breaths, the strange entities within the Ten Thousand Souls Banner were on the verge of complete annihilation.

At this moment.

Gu Qingfeng retracted the blood qi back into his body. The remaining strange entities in the Ten Thousand Souls Banner now cowered in a corner, their eyes filled with terror as they looked out at the world.

At this moment.

Gu Qingfeng paid no attention to them and instead focused on himself.

Ninth Level of the Dao Palace Realm!

This meant he had reached the peak of this realm.

"What is called a half-saint is actually just the Ninth Level of the Dao Palace Realm. It is only because of the profound accumulation at this level that they are distinguished from ordinary Ninth Level Dao Palace Realm cultivators, thus being called half-saints."

"Now that I have broken through to the Ninth Level of the Dao Palace Realm, I can also be considered a half-saint cultivator!"

Gu Qingfeng internally observed his dantian Dao Palace and saw that his Essence Spirit had grown to eighty-one inches.

An eighty-one-inch Essence Spirit coiled within the Dao Palace, faintly resonating with his physical blood qi, but there was an indescribable barrier that seemed to obstruct their fusion.

Seeing this,

Gu Qingfeng's expression changed slightly, and he suddenly gained some enlightenment.

"This is why in the Dharma Decline Era, it is difficult for sages to appear!"

"To achieve enlightenment and become a sage, one must fuse the Dao Palace Essence Spirit with the physical body, merging the two into one. This then greatly enhances blood qi and divine consciousness, allowing one to control the power of heaven and earth.

Only at this level can one be called a sage!"

What is a sage?

Gu Qingfeng was well aware. After all, he had obtained the Nirvana Daojing, which detailed the methods of achieving enlightenment and the mysteries of the Sage Realm.

However, different cultivation techniques have different requirements for achieving enlightenment and becoming a sage.

For example, to truly cultivate the Nirvana Daojing to its full potential, one must have the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Body; otherwise, it is impossible to progress.

However,

Gu Qingfeng did not pay too much attention to the restrictions of the Nirvana Daojing.

After all, while the Nirvana Daojing has its own limitations, Gu Qingfeng also has his own advantages.

Therefore,

Looking at the remaining enhancement points, Gu Qingfeng did not hesitate and used them all to enhance the Nirvana Daojing.

...

"Consuming one enhancement point, the first level of the Nirvana Daojing cultivation is successful!"

"Consuming two enhancement points, the second level of the Nirvana Daojing cultivation is successful!"

"Consuming..."

...

Soon,

Gu Qingfeng's aura spread, and memories of the Nirvana Daojing surged in his mind.

In those long memories, he had struggled to cultivate the Nirvana Daojing, seemingly unable to succeed without the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Body.

However,

Relying on his own enlightenment, Gu Qingfeng forced himself to cultivate the Nirvana Daojing, spending several times the usual time to reach the initial stage, and then gradually improving.

This long period could have been a hundred years or a thousand years, but even Gu Qingfeng could not remember the exact duration.

When these memories faded, he had unknowingly cultivated the Nirvana Daojing to the second level of the Grandmaster Chapter.

...

Name: Gu Qingfeng

Age: 56/6000

Realm: Ninth Level of the Dao Palace Realm

Martial Arts: Tianmai Zhenjing (second level), Tian Dao (perfect), Dahuang Quanjing (perfect), Shenyang Jing (perfect), Hugu Tian Dao (perfect), Zijidao dian (perfect), Lifu Zhenjing (not initiated), Nirvana Daojing (second level of the Grandmaster Chapter), Tian Feng Shen Shu (not initiated)



Enhancement Points: 72

...

"The second level of the Grandmaster Chapter, although it has not yet entered the Divine Transformation Realm, it has subtly enhanced my strength!"

"If I can truly break through the Nirvana Daojing to the Sage Realm, I wonder if the suppression of the Dharma Decline Era can be broken—"

Gu Qingfeng looked at his attribute panel and fell into deep thought.

Having reached the Ninth Level of the Dao Palace Realm and touched the so-called half-saint realm, Gu Qingfeng finally understood why no sages had appeared in this era.

In the Decline Era, there is inherent suppression.

Even the most extraordinarily talented individuals find it extremely difficult to break through the suppression of heaven and earth to achieve the Sage Realm.

However,

The attribute panel clearly does not fall into this category.

Gu Qingfeng believes that if he is given enough enhancement points, he might be able to achieve the Sage Realm even in the Decline Era.

But to become a sage, a significant number of enhancement points are required.

When the Shenyang Jing reached perfection, Gu Qingfeng tried to break its limits and found that it required a full twenty thousand enhancement points.

Considering the tenfold consumption for breaking limits, this indicates that each level of breakthrough in the Sage Realm requires two thousand enhancement points.

This consumption

is four times that of the Dao Palace Realm.

Additionally,

The Nirvana Daojing is currently only at the Grandmaster Realm. If he wants to elevate this cultivation technique to the Dao Palace Realm, he would need at least several thousand enhancement points.

And for the subsequent breakthrough to the Sage Realm,

Gu Qingfeng conservatively estimates that he needs around ten thousand enhancement points to truly succeed.

Ten thousand enhancement points is a significant amount.

So far, Gu Qingfeng has accumulated only a little over ten thousand enhancement points.

Afterward,

Gu Qingfeng refocused his attention on himself.

The Grandmaster Realm Nirvana Daojing brings limited changes to his current state. However, it is evident that the Nirvana Daojing is much more powerful than the Shenyang Jing.

After all,

The former is a cultivation technique that directly targets the peak of the Great Sage Realm.

Each level of foundation laid by it far surpasses that of ordinary cultivation techniques.

Of course,

This does not mean the Shenyang Jing is too weak; it simply means the Nirvana Daojing is exceptionally strong.

Subsequently,

Gu Qingfeng spent several days studying his current state before reaching out to grab the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

He noticed that the eerie aura within the Ten Thousand Souls Banner had been reduced to a minimum. When his divine consciousness entered, he found only a few remaining entities.

The rest of the entities had been completely dissolved by his blood qi.

Seeing this,

Gu Qingfeng flicked his finger, and a drop of weak blood qi fell into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

Instantly,

The Ten Thousand Souls Banner trembled. The few entities, like they had encountered a rare delicacy, overcame their fear and pounced on the drop of blood qi.

In a moment,

The entities had completely consumed the blood qi.

In no time,

The entities' auras became more solid, clearly breaking through to the Master level. If using the old Nine Provinces classification, this would be considered the Float Tower level of entities.

However,

The Nine Provinces' classification of entities stops at the Underworld King, which is the Grandmaster level.

Therefore,

Instead of calling them Float Tower-level entities, Gu Qingfeng prefers to use the conventional term.

"Three Master-level entities, though not impressive, could become a significant aid if properly cultivated in the future!"

"Additionally, this Ten Thousand Souls Banner is becoming increasingly mysterious, and its origins are likely not simple."

Looking at the Ten Thousand Souls Banner in his hand, as his cultivation advanced and his perspective broadened, Gu Qingfeng realized that this supreme treasure was far more complex than he initially thought.

At least with his current cultivation, he could not discern the true nature of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

Moreover,

When Gu Qingfeng tried to use his strength to destroy the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, he failed.

Seeing this,

Gu Qingfeng became even more convinced that the Ten Thousand Souls Banner was extraordinary.

After all, with his current half-saint cultivation and his terrifying strength far surpassing that of a half-saint, he could shatter even a holy weapon, yet he could not damage the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

This clearly indicates the supreme treasure's extraordinary nature.

Thinking about the ancient secrets of the Nine Provinces, Gu Qingfeng has reason to suspect that the Ten Thousand Souls Banner might have an unusual origin.

After studying the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, Gu Qingfeng stored it in the Tianyun Ring.

He plans to carry this supreme treasure with him.

It might come in handy at some point.

Leaving it in the Smithy Hall would only let it gather dust.

After all, the Ten Thousand Souls Banner is different from other divine weapons. Other divine weapons can withstand the refinement of blade intent, but the Ten Thousand Souls Banner is clearly unsuitable for such treatment.

Then,

Gu Qingfeng stepped out of his seclusion.

The Smithy Hall's doors, which had been closed for over a year, opened. His divine consciousness expanded, instantly covering the entire Gu Family Manor.

Subsequently,

With a single step, Gu Qingfeng vanished from in front of the Smithy Hall.

(End of Chapter)

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