Now, it is already late at night.

    Chen Yun, who was in the bedroom, was experiencing one of the most important stages in the spiritual journey.

    When the drug effect of the upgraded Practice Essence and Energy soup reached the ninth stage, a vast flow of true qi surged into the lower dantian, coupled with active practice to absorb, he finally experienced a magical transformation in his body's true qi.

    From the perspective of internal vision, the true qi appears as if it has condensed into a semi-solid gelatin.

    The feeling of being completely immersed in the boundless energy as the true qi condenses into a point is incredibly addictive.

    Chen Yun did not feel happy about this, on the contrary, he appeared to be in a state of confrontation with a great enemy.

    He clearly "saw" the true qi spreading out towards all four limbs and bones.

    Almost at the same time, the true qi had already spread throughout every inch of his body, even to his internal organs.

    These true qis are like wild horses that can't be held back, constantly washing the flesh. Whether it is muscles, skin, bones, blood, cells and other material substances that constitute the body, all have been washed.

    Chen Yun carefully observed the situation, fearing that problems might arise during the breakthrough.

    Although the refinement of jing and qi is a general term and a level, it refers to the process of transforming one's vital energy from pure jing (body essence) to qi (life energy).

    In reality, it is divided into two parts. The first is the so-called refinement of jing, followed by the generation of true qi.

    The refinement of jing includes the preliminary practices such as the "100-day foundation-building" and "refining the grains into essence."

    If the vital energy in the body is insufficient, it is impossible to refine jing into true qi. Otherwise, it can be harmful to the body.

    Therefore, in Daoist medicine, there is a very intuitive concept called: "If empty, the essence cannot be transformed into qi."

    To refine essence into qi, one must have a "strong" body.

    This "strength" is not necessarily muscular strength, but it must be health, with good body function and a good state of physical fitness.

    Therefore, the practitioners need to experience "refining the body" first.

    Next, the generation of true qi, which is also an important component of the cultivation practice.

    When generating true qi, various organs and acupoints in the body need to be coordinated, and finally stored in the lower dantian.

    Of course, the practitioners should understand what "qi" is, and how it works.

    More importantly, to truly generate true qi, one must also know how to harness the power of "shen" (qi or spirit).

    Therefore, Daoist refinement of jing and qi is a profound and profound method.

    The three components constitute a complete system, involving essence, qi, and spirit.

    Thus, the cultivators of internal alchemy in this world often go through three important stages: inferior wizards, middle-level wizards, and superior wizards.

    The three represent jing transforming into qi, qi refining the body, and qi nurturing the spirit.

    However, achieving these three levels still does not lead to enlightenment or immortality.

    To truly attain enlightenment and become an immortal, the cultivation of internal alchemy must result in the formation of a golden elixir.

    To refine into a gold elixir, one needs to condense the qi, jing, and shen into a pill.

    It is obvious that simply reaching the level of superior wizards is not enough to condense the qi, jing, and shen.

    Therefore, it is necessary to elevate the essence, qi, and spirit within a person's body to obtain more formidable power, with the hope of one day refining a golden elixir.

    This process of sublimation is the important stage that Chen Yun is currently attacking, the high-level master level.

    "Now that the true qi has spread throughout all four limbs and bones, it should be further refining my body and sublimating my physical form."

    He had a faint inkling in his heart that this should be the true primordial refinement of the body, different from the Fei Ling jade talisman.

    As expected, when the true qi washes every inch of the flesh, Chen Yun saw countless "black qi" being carried away by the true qi, constantly driving them outside along all the channels of communication in the body, such as the mouth, nose, eyes, ears, and pores.

    Every time a "black qi" was peeled away and driven out, he felt that his physical condition seemed to improve.

    Chen Yun realized that these "black qis" should be impurities and toxins at a deeper level within his body. Because they were almost integrated with the flesh, when the quality of the true qi was insufficient or not particularly overwhelming before, there was no power to strip and expel these "black qis."

    Now that his true qi has increased significantly and undergone a profound change, he has the ability to clear away these deep impurities and toxins, allowing his body to reach a much more prosperous state.

    "That's why Xie Ziran has to abstain from food," Chen Yun pondered, "Only the purest heaven and earth qi can sustain the flesh without bringing impurities and toxins from the outside world.

    He was somewhat curious, could it be that breaking through to the primordial refinement stage of a high-level wizard involves expelling impurities and toxins?

    At first, he really thought so because the true qi used to expel impurities was incredibly vast.

    A day had passed, and the progress of expelling impurities and toxins was only 10%.

    Three days.

    Five days.

    Ten days.

    Finally, on the tenth night at the midnight hour, after the high-configuration refined essence into qi soup had generated an unparalleled vast amount of true qi, the powerful true qi swept away all the impurities and toxins within his body.

    A feeling of unprecedented comfort and vitality arose.

    Chen Yun had an inexplicable illusion that even without any "qi" in his current flesh, he could still punch a dragon to death!

    Of course, he knew it was an illusion.

    In fact, the body is not that strong, but by excluding various deep-level impurities and toxins, his body functions have reached their peak.

    At the time, Chen Yun thought he had already passed the first step of the primordial refinement of a high-level wizard.

    However, when the efficacy of the high-configuration refined essence into qi soup was born on the eleventh night, a series of events occurred that made him realize that the true primordial refinement had just begun at this moment!

    Countless true qi erupted out of the lower dantian.

    Unlike before when it flowed into all four limbs and bones, Chen Yun was amazed to find that the true qi, once it erupted out, immediately transformed into primordial essence.

    To understand the process of refining essence into qi is to transform jing and qi into true qi.

    Now the situation is reversed?

    This made Chen Yun very incredible and for a moment he was at a loss, not sure whether he should control it or not.

    In this brief moment of hesitation, the terrifying amount of primordial essence that had just been born had already spread to all four limbs and bones, even to the five internal organs and six bowels, just like the previous true qi.

    At the next moment, Chen Yun realized that he didn't need to consciously control it!

    Because, he saw these vast true qi "degenerate" into primordial essence, constantly integrating into the flesh, and strengthening every inch of the body.

    One breath, one point of strength!

    After ten breaths, the flesh became solid, and a strong sense of vitality arose!

    "I had already refined the first major level of the Fei Ling Jade Charm, and my flesh was already impervious to blades and guns, and unaffected by fire or water. Now, in the nourishment of such a vast amount of primordial essence, my body has become even stronger and more solid?"

    This made Chen Yun feel somewhat incredible, and he also remembered the "Accumulate Essence and Refine Body" method taught to him by Zhao Gongming.

    The "Accumulate Essence and Refine Body" method is a very magical method for refining the body.

    However, compared to the Fei Ling jade talisman, it seems to be lacking a bit.

    Previously, after Chen Yun turned to practice the Fei Ling jade talisman, he no longer paid much attention to the Accumulate Essence and Refine Body method.

    Now that what happened made him realize that maybe he had been wrong, the Accumulate Essence and Refine Body method may be better than the Fei Ling jade talisman.

    Chen Yun suddenly remembered the "Laozi Xiang Er Zhu" handed down by Master Zhang, in which there was seemingly a great law of accumulating essence into spirit.

    Suddenly, he seemed to understand something!

    If I haven't guessed wrong, accumulating essence and refining the body should be a prelude to the infinitesimal path of accumulating essence into spirit!

    If essence can be accumulated to become a god, how much more so with mere primordial refinement?

    Now, with the true qi spewing out and "regressing" into primordial essence, it must be the subtle operation of the internal alchemy integrating the essence refining method. However, the essence and qi refining of internal alchemy may be stronger than the Accumulate Essence and Refine Body method taught by Master Zhao Gongming.

    Why do I say this?

    The Accumulate Essence and Refine Body method passed down by Master Zhao Gongming is to accumulate one's own essence and qi, and then gradually transform the flesh.

    This is not the case in internal alchemy. Chen Yun is on the brink of becoming a high-level wizard, and his true qi has undergone three qualitative changes. The energy contained in each of these true qis can be said to be incredibly vast. Therefore, when the true qi "regresses" into primordial true qi, the amount produced will be terrifying, equivalent to hundreds or thousands of oneself operating simultaneously.

    Of course, under such a vast amount of primordial essence, the enhancement to the flesh is absolutely incomparable to the step-by-step refinement passed down by Master Zhao Gongming.

    Indeed, Chen Yun can internally perceive that these primordial essences, flowing like a great river breaching its embankment, are rapidly transforming his blood, skin, flesh, bones, marrow, as well as his five internal organs and bowels and every single cell.

    He wasn't sure if it was an illusion, but as the primordial essence transformed his flesh, Chen Yun seemed to smell a hint of a strange fragrance within his body.

    This fragrance was very familiar to him.

    Previously, Chen Yun had smelled this strange fragrance on He Xiangu.

    However, when He Xiangu did not suppress that strange fragrance, it was very strong.

    And the strange fragrance born on his body now has a relatively mild taste.

    Thin enough that if Chen Yun did not have a cultivation level close to that of a high-level wizard, he probably wouldn't have been able to smell it.

    "This..." Chen Yun was slightly surprised, "Could it be the pheromone of a high-level life form?"

    He finally knew why in myths and legends, when immortals descended to the mortal world, they would carry so-called strange fragrances, it was because of this life information substance. However, only high-level life forms that have undergone "evolution" have it.

    "But wait, I didn't smell this fragrance of the life information substance of high-level life forms on Wang Laozhi and Zheng Wenshu before he achieved enlightenment. Neither did Cai Rujin, this high-level wizard, have it. Why did I suddenly give birth to it?"

    Chen Yun was truly at a loss for an explanation.

    This thought swirled in his mind for a short while before dispersing.

    Or, the unusual sensation within his body didn't allow him to think deeply about it.

    It could be that the energy required to "evolve" into a high-level life form is too vast.

    Chen Yun was shocked to discover that the huge amount of true qi in his lower dantian wasn't enough even after it had all been "regressed" into primitive essence.

    "My cultivation level, I dare not say that it is earth-shaking and heaven-moving, but at least moving mountains and toppling seas should be possible. Now that true qi has been consumed abruptly, it's not enough to transform the flesh?"

    This greatly surprised Chen Yun.

    He was just about to think for a while longer, when his body suddenly felt a strange "tiredness".

    It was as if all his body functions had stopped at once.

    Only the faintest "energy" to maintain vitality remained.

    Chen Yun's consciousness became increasingly blurry.

    Just before he "passed out", he probably understood why this was happening.

    Unexpectedly, his body had gone into a state of "hibernation" to wait for the next night when the efficacy of the high-configuration refined essence into qi soup would emerge, thus continuing the "primordial refinement".

    This surprised Chen Yun, he thought that achieving the level of a high-level wizard requires the refinement of essence, qi, and spirit. Now that he had only refined "essence" so far, such vast energy was already required. What if he had to refine "qi" and "spirit" in the future?

    However, one thing is certain: if he truly completes the refinement of essence, qi, and spirit, his own strength will reach a level he can't imagine!

    (Chapter Complete)