The forceful energy courses through his veins.
Chen Yun noticed that the Dan Qi in his body seems to be even darker and richer.
It appears as if with just a bit more, the Dan Qi would undergo a new qualitative transformation.
Furthermore, Chen Yun sensed that his Yuan Shen seems to have "grown" a bit, from the original three or four inches to now about five or six inches.
"I judge that I am now four or five times stronger than before the refining of the Cultivating Immortal Soup, yet my Yuan Shen has only grown one or two inches?"
Chen Yun remembers that "Yang Shen" is indistinguishable from a real person. Therefore, if he wants to refine his Yuan Shen into Yang Shen, it may be necessary to boost his strength by millions or even billions of times.
This made him Doubtful, the efficacy of the Immortal Soup was considerable, but it seemed that it was still not enough to allow him to refine his Yuan Shen into Yang Shen.
"The light of Yang Shen can illuminate all the realms of the universe, thousands and millions of times stronger than my current initial Yuan Shen is nothing unusual."
Chen Yun has no doubts about it.
What he is questioning is, once the power of the Immortal Soup wears off, how will he obtain enough "energy" to complete the refinement of his spirit?
"When the boat arrives at the bridge, it will naturally find its way. At that time, we'll think of a solution."
Chen Yun didn't dwell on it for too long and decided to focus on the task at hand.
He currently has only two things to do.
The first thing is to use the Immortal Soup within this month to elevate himself to the mid-stage of the Earthly Paradise.
The second thing is that twenty-seven days later, the Golden Axe and the Golden Scissors will appear. He needs to keep an eye on them to prevent unexpected interruptions.
"Not in a hurry, there are still twenty-seven days."
Chen Yun thought in his mind, "Today is the sixth day of the lunar month. I have already digested the potency of the Immortal Soup once. Now that my body has absorbed it, for this month's sixteenth and twenty-sixth days, which are ten and twenty days apart respectively, in a few words, I can complete the first round of three times digesting the potency of the Immortal Soup before Gold Axe and Gold Scissors appear."
After digesting the Immortal Soup three times, whether he can reach the mid-stage of the Earthly Paradise is still uncertain.
Based on his previous judgment, it is expected that he can enter it. After all, when he first refined the Immortal Soup, both his Yuan Shen and physical body were improved by four or five times.
Following this pace, after three times, he should be at least 15 times stronger than before the Immortal Soup was refined. Therefore, the possibility of entering the mid-stage of the Earthly Paradise is quite large.
"Of course, these are all just my guesses."
Chen Yun secretly thought, "It's also possible that I might guess wrong. After all, there are huge gaps between every little level of the Earthly Paradise. Maybe just three times refining isn't enough, it might require multiple times eight or nine."
He knew these would only become clear after they happened, so he didn't speculate too much.
Chen Yun then used the skill of spatial displacement to return to the side of Yan Feng, Niu Dali, and Jing Chen Tai Tai. He chatted with them while waiting, discussing various matters related to cultivation, such as sharing experiences of cultivation practices, and discussing various mystical great methods, etc.
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Ten days passed by in a blink.
At the moment of the midnight on the sixteenth night, Chen Yun arrived at the small cave as before to refine the elixir's power.
His current goal is to reach the realm where "the elixir is like a full moon hanging down."
Once he reaches that stage, his defense will greatly increase, along with his ability to survive. He will be able to exert a stronger strength on the battlefield of the Enthronement War.
Furthermore, Chen Yun was ready to immediately seek revenge on Gouteng Dao Ren as soon as he left the Sun and Moon Lake Realm.
Although his Dao-xin was remedied by almost attaining the true body of Sakyamuni Buddha, it remains a thorn in his side.
As a Daoist practitioner, the emphasis is on a smooth flow of thoughts.
How could Chen Yun not seek revenge for the injustice he suffered previously?
"I did not actively provoke the Yin Mountain Sect or the Xingyu Sea. It was you, Gouteng Dao Ren, who were provocative and kept picking on me, thinking I am weak and can be bullied?"
Chen Yun snorted coldly in his mind, "This time my cultivation has greatly improved, and I have also comprehended the 'Yi Shu' law which is a powerful technique that can lock others. I'm eager to see how much trouble you can cause this time!"
Thinking so, the elixir's power in his body slowly rose.
Waves of heat filled his body, following the circulation path of the fourth turn refining technique in Chen Xian's Inner Dan Theory, continuously circulating and transforming into Dan Qi, nourishing both his physical body and Yuan Shen.
One inhale, one exhale.
Chen Yun feels the surging Dan Qi within him, as if fish swimming in water.
Along with the surging Dan Qi, he felt his own strength rapidly growing and strengthening.
In no time, the first round of elixir refining was complete.
Chen Yun checked his condition and thought, "Hmm? I increased by four or five times the last time. According to reason, the effect of this elixir should not be as obvious as the last time. However, why do I still feel that my strength has increased several times more than before?"
Could it be that the Immortal Soup is of a different strength from the previous various elixirs?
It doesn't provide a fixed amount of "energy" all at once; instead, it releases more elixir power continuously based on the individual's strength?
Chen Yun initially felt puzzled, not knowing why the Immortal Soup would have such an effect.
But he suddenly thought of something and immediately understood what was going on.
The Immortal Soup contains numerous precious celestial and terrestrial herbs, some of which, if consumed by an ordinary person, could lead to enlightenment and immortality, such as the nine-grade purple ginseng.
According to reason, the potency of such a powerful elixir would be enormous, as if to elevate oneself to a small level in an instant. However, it might cause oneself to bear too much of an increase, leading to the collapse of one's body and Yuan Shen. Nevertheless, the potency of every celestial and terrestrial herb indeed adds up to this much.
Now, the "combination" of so many precious celestial and terrestrial herbs should produce a much more massive and vast elixir power compared to the calculation of consuming them separately. There is no reason for the first round of refining to only increase by four or five times.
"That means, there is actually something limiting the generation of the elixir power, its purpose being to ensure that my body can withstand it and not suddenly increase so much that I 'explode' from within?"
Chen Yun thinks this is very likely, because the strength of the mid-stage of the Earthly Paradise can be demonstrated to be much stronger than the early stage by dozens or even hundreds of times. It's really not possible to increase that much at once.
He suddenly recalled one of the herbs in the Immortal Soup, named "Heaven's Cicada Holy Leaf".
This herb is not ordinary. It not only acts as a healing holy herb, but also has the amazing function of "sealing spiritual energy".
Chen Yun's physical body is incredibly strong, and his recovery ability is unparalleled. Even if his body is shattered by others, he can instantly regenerate it.
However, not all immortals have such great abilities as he does.
This Heaven's Cicada Holy Leaf can cure many serious physical injuries of immortals and is an indispensable healing holy herb.
In fact, whether or not it cures the injuries doesn't matter as much. The most important thing is that it possesses the ability to "seal spiritual energy".
This "sealing spiritual energy" allows it to seal a certain degree of spiritual energy according to its growth environment and the changes in the surrounding spiritual energy.
The same principle applies when consumed. The potency will adjust the "immortal energy" within the acceptable range according to the condition of the injury-inflicted body, to prevent excessive leakage of one's own immortal energy and waste years of cultivation.
Before, Chen Yun didn't understand why the Immortal Soup needed the Heaven's Cicada Holy Leaf. He was increasing his own strength and didn't need to heal wounds. Now he finally understands that the Immortal Soup requires this celestial and terrestrial herb for real purpose, which is not to heal wounds, but to "adjust" the size of the elixir power in order to prevent his body from not being able to bear it.
"Thus, the reason for the more potent elixir this time becomes clear."
Chen Yun secretly thought, "I estimate that the elixir power will continue to increase next time, but it will not indefinitely increase. Once it reaches a certain threshold, it will stabilize."
He doesn't know where this threshold is.
The only thing he can be certain of is that he will not allow himself to refine a yang spirit.
Chen Yun can see this from the fact that he has never had any elixirs available when he was close to breaking through his level.
If the "Great Dao Elixir" could help me break through a great level, I wouldn't have been stuck in the Master's realm for so long.
The role of the "Great Law Elixir" is more like shortening the process of unnecessary power accumulation, but the necessary level breakthrough must be achieved through one's own hard work and insight, understanding why one has reached this level.
Thinking of this, Chen Yun gradually understands the good intentions of "future successor".
Perhaps he has the ability to make Chen Yun become an Earthly Immortal in an instant, but he has not done so.
The main reason is that trying to hasten growth is like a mirage or a water moon, which is impossible to truly transcend.
Only by taking one step at a time can one truly understand the difficulty of cultivation, the mysteries of cultivation, comprehend all the rules of heaven and earth, and then truly achieve immortality.
"Don't think about it for now. Focus on refining the Immortal Soup and see if you can release the 'Danlight' automatically to form a 'protective shield'."
Chen Yun immersed himself fully, continuously refining the elixir power.
At first, he didn't notice any other special phenomena apart from feeling that he was continuously growing stronger.
As the refining of the elixir power continued, the Dan Qi within him seemed to become increasingly active.
If at first the Dan Qi was like fish swimming, now he felt as if the Dan Qi was like boiling water, moving towards a boil.
The Dan Qi seems to want to break out of the physical body!
This feeling was not strong at first, but by the time the elixir power was refined for about half an hour today.
Suddenly, Chen Yun found that every pore and every inch of his skin seemed to "unfurl," and streams of Dan Qi condensed into Dan light, releasing outwards.
Instantaneously, an invisible and intangible Dan Guang, like a bright moon, poured down from the top of his head.
Unfortunately, this Dan Guang lasted for less than a moment before it was extinguished.
"Hmm?" Chen Yun noticed something and said, "I think I can already make the Dan Guang fall like a bright moon to cover my entire body. It's just that my inner Dan is not strong enough to support such a huge consumption, so it was extinguished."
He was very interested in this and became even more attentive to the following situation.
As expected, this phenomenon occurred every time during the subsequent refining process of the elixir power.
It's as if the Dan Qi is automatically attempting to see if it can achieve the action of "a bright moon hanging down and covering the entire body".
And with time and his increasing strength, the duration of this Dan Guang becomes longer.
Even before the end of the elixir power refining tonight, this Dan Guang lasted for a full second.
From the beginning, lasting for less than a moment, to now being able to sustain for one second, the improvement is tremendous!
Chen Yun took a moment to rest and slowly opened his eyes, thinking to himself: "From the previous situation, perhaps by the time I finish refining the elixir power next time, I'll be able to do this. If it doesn't work out then, at most it will definitely work out the next time!"
Thinking about it, he returned to the southwest basin again, and continued waiting for the Golden Axe and Golden Scissors to emerge with Yan Feng, Niu Dasheng, and the Master Jing.
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It's the twenty-sixth of this month.
As before, Chen Yun arrived at the small cave to refine the elixir power.
At this moment, the elixir power had not yet been born, but he had a premonition, "Tonight, I should be able to let the Dan Guang hang like a bright moon and protect my entire body!"
The moment the thought arose, the elixir power within his body began to emerge.
Chen Yun felt that this time's elixir power was stronger than the second time refining the Immortal Soup, with an increase of four or five times, as if it matched his progress.
"It hasn't reached the threshold yet."
Chen Yun sensed carefully for a moment, "However, I can feel that even if the elixir power is further increased, it won't increase by much."
When it reaches the threshold, the Immortal Soup will enter a stable period where the elixir power remains at a fixed quantity.
Chen Yun didn't worry about these things, fully immersing himself in the process of refining the elixir power.
A stream of new Dan Qi was added, making the originally dark and dense Dan Qi advance towards the "golden" direction once again.
Small stars appeared on the Dan Qi.
However, this time's "golden" color was different from the golden color before he became a Daoist. It shone more brightly and splendidly, as if it was something immortal.
"The golden nature is indestructible and eternal, hence it is the treasure of all things!"
Suddenly, Chen Yun seemed to understand something, "Unless something unexpected happens, when my Dan Guang color restores to a more brilliant gold color, then I can truly refine the Yang Spirit."
Of course, the so-called dark red or gold is from his internal perspective. In reality, Dan Qi is formless and intangible, and its color cannot be observed.
This is like the computer creating a model for particles, with the same logic.
As the elixir power rose continuously, Chen Yun noticed that the "Golden Stars" on his inner Dan had become more numerous.
At the same time, the Dan Guang, as before, was continuously trying to envelop his body for a prolonged duration.
Every time refining the Immortal Soup, it would give birth to nine large medicinal powers, just like this time.
The first elixir power was born, and the Dan Guang lasted for about five seconds.
The third elixir power was born, and the Dan Guang lasted for about fifteen seconds.
The eighth elixir power was born, and the Dan Guang lasted for about forty seconds.
At this point, there was no abnormality.
Chen Yun even judged that according to this pace of growth, the ninth elixir power would not allow his Dan Guang to hang like a bright moon and envelop his entire body.
He felt that he would again fail to achieve it tonight.
To his surprise, when the ninth Dan Qi was born, he felt a huge rumble throughout his body, as if a certain limitation had been opened. He found that his inner Dan had fused tightly with the surroundings of heaven and earth, allowing the spirit Qi from all around to flow in. When it came into contact with the Dan Guang released from the top of his head, these spirit Qi rushed to supplement it eagerly. As a result, what was about to extinguish was suddenly stabilized!
This limitation, in fact, was not a real restriction.
Chen Yun was surprised to find that he had not yet mastered the fourth turn of "Mr. Chen's Inner Dan Technique" and the fourth level of "Pangu True Body Technique" had already been cultivated to perfection.
It was because the fourth level of "Pangu True Body Technique" had been cultivated to perfection that his physical body was completely connected with the heavens and earth.
If one must find an adjective to describe it, it would be that the physical body has reached a highly refined state of "Unification of Heaven and Earth" instinctively!
Yes, Chen Yun did not deliberately do it, this was the instinct of his physical body.
Or perhaps, it was the magical function accompanying the fourth level of "Pangu True Body Technique."
At this moment, he felt as if he had an endless source of power, as if no matter how much he consumed while performing great magic, it would never run out!
Of course, although he felt that he could generate an endless source of power, the size of his "water tap" was fixed, and the output power did not exceed his own bearing.
"Endless magical power?"
Chen Yun slightly wondered, "In this case, I no longer need to worry about running out of magical power when fighting against others."
This wasn't the most surprising thing for him.
What surprised Chen Yun the most was that although he felt he was a long way from the middle stage of the Earthly Immortal Realm when the eighth elixir power was born, after the fourth level of "Pangu True Body Technique" was perfected and he started absorbing spirit Qi from outside continuously, his strength in every breath and exhalation seemed to keep increasing.
Most importantly, even if he didn't practice any techniques, the spirit Qi that was absorbed into his body would still follow the route of movement prescribed in "Mr. Chen's Inner Dan Technique" Fourth Turn and transform into Dan Qi to strengthen himself.
It was as if he was in a state of continuous cultivation at any given moment.
This was indeed a remarkable development.
In general, cultivators have fixed days for cultivation each day or month, and other times need to adjust accordingly. It is impossible to completely immerse oneself in the practice, as this will increase the burden on oneself and may even cause overload, leading to problems with the physical body and immortal soul and causing a decline in cultivation.
Chen Yun was now in a state where he didn't feel overloaded.
"If this state can continue indefinitely, doesn't that mean I'll be able to accomplish what others do in hundreds of years in just one hundred years of cultivation?"
Chen Yun was truly both surprised and delighted by this situation.
Moreover, he had a premonition that perhaps he didn't have to wait for the next elixir power to be born to enter the middle stage of the Earthly Immortal Realm!
