Bidding farewell to Lü Dunbinyin, he returned to Qingcheng Mountain.

    Chen Yun kept pondering over what Lü Dongbin and he had said.

    According to the other party's meaning, his current state is like a complete electrical appliance without electricity, and it cannot be started temporarily.

    Regardless of whether there is a shortage of electric energy, the appliance is a completed product beyond doubt.

    "If we liken cultivation to cooking, the true Qi is the wood, and the physical body is the pot. Once the wood is lit, the pot can be used to steam and cook things."

    Chen Yun stood in the backyard to admire the flowers, "Now, my pot has been upgraded to an electric rice cooker, and true Qi is no longer suitable. Only higher-level Dan Qi can make the electric rice cooker work."

    But my own Dan Qi is scarce, and it seems that I can't drive the infinite potential energy of the Xian body.

    "Whether or not it can be driven, the Xian body is a fact that cannot be disputed; it must have abilities that I cannot imagine."

    Chen Yun secretly pondered, "Maybe I can explore what kind of extraordinary abilities this Xian body grants me currently."

    Thinking of this, he decided to try.

    But from which aspect should he start?

    Chen Yun lowered his head and looked at his hands, seeing that the skin was as transparent and white as snow.

    His skin was white and smooth before, but it could not compare to now. If his skin before could still see pores and so on, then now, his skin was like a piece of jade without any flaw.

    Stared at the skin for a while.

    Suddenly, Chen Yun had an idea that a passage from a Taoist scripture described a situation similar to his own.

    In the "Zhuangzi. Hao Yao You" of Zhuangzi, there is a passage that describes: Near Guo Ye Mountain, there is a deity who lives there. His skin is as white as snow and delicate like a virgin. He does not eat five grains, absorbing wind and drinking dew, riding on cloud qi, controlling flying dragons, and roaming outside the world of the four seas. His essence is solidified; he allows things to be free from disaster and makes crops abundant.

    The general meaning of this passage is: On the distant Mount Gu She, there resides a deity. His skin is as white and clear as ice and snow, and his gentle, graceful demeanor is as charming and moving as an unmarried maiden. He does not consume grains or coarse cereals; instead, he breathes in the breeze and drinks dew, rides on the clouds, controls flying dragons, and roams beyond the four seas. His focus and concentration allow plants to remain free from disasters and diseases, leading to abundant harvests of grains.

    "Riding on clouds and controlling flying dragons?"

    Chen Yun's eyes began to glow, "I can try it according to the description."

    Thinking of this, he emptied his mind, focusing his "spirit," and subtly indicated his desire to fly upwards into the sky.

    In the next moment, a magical scene unfolded.

    Chen Yun had not activated the few Dan Qi within his body, but as soon as he concentrated his spirit, clouds gathered beneath his feet.

    The clouds were rising around him, as if being sprinkled with dry ice, emerging mysteriously from all around.

    Soon, he felt his body becoming incredibly light and flexible, and he was lifted into the air by the clouds without realizing it.

    "Wow?" Chen Yun was surprised, "I didn't use the Dan Qi within my body, yet I can still float on my own?"

    He carefully sensed for a while and found that his body seemed to be as light as a feather, capable of being blown away by the wind.

    As soon as this idea emerged, a gentle breeze passed by.

    Chen Yun's body instantly moved with the wind, looking slow but actually faster than riding on clouds or driving on the wind, suddenly swaying into the distance.

    With that sway, he traveled hundreds of miles.

    And the time it took was just a moment.

    This moment is not an adjective but a real time description, that is, zero point three six seconds.

    Chen Yun exclaimed, "This is what Zhuangzi refers to as flying with the wind!"

    Zhuangzi's description of flying with the wind and the Wind Control Technique he learned from Liu Gui Bai were completely different concepts.

    Chen Yun never imagined that he could ride on a gentle breeze, with no assistance from his own "energy," and travel hundreds of miles in an instant.

    If you calculate it at one second, he could ride the wind and fly a thousand miles.

    Even using the Golden Light of Zong Di, he couldn't achieve this speed by using the technique of riding on clouds and driving on wind.

    "Even though my body is as light as a feather, isn't it too exaggerated to ride the wind for a thousand miles in one second without using my own energy?"

    Chen Yun knew that this was not logical. His Xian body must have something that has not yet been discovered.

    He decided to try flying with the wind again to see if he could sense the specific mysteries of the Xian body.

    Thinking of this, he tried flying with the wind again. This time, he did not end it immediately. He kept swiftly floating towards the north while continuously sensing why he could fly without using any energy.

    At first, he did not detect anything.

    However, as he floated for more than ten seconds, Chen Yun suddenly realized that the "wind" in the world seemed to be under his control!

    He suddenly stopped floating and hovered in the air ten thousand meters above the ground.

    "I... how can I control the power of heaven and earth for my own use?"

    Chen Yun felt incredibly unbelievable!

    No wonder he could ride the wind and fly thousands of miles with just a casual sway; it turned out that he had harnessed the power of heaven and earth!

    After a slight surprise, he suddenly reacted.

    "If I can control the wind between heaven and earth, can I also manipulate other things?"

    Chen Yun decided to give it a try.

    As he looked down, he saw a large lake.

    Chen Yun began to "imagine" that he disturbed the energy between heaven and earth, forming incredibly huge waves of air, and heavily pressing downwards.

    A terrifying scene arose spontaneously!

    When this thought emerged, the sky was immediately filled with wind and clouds, forming a thick layer of air waves like a giant mountain, directly smashing downwards!

    The terrifying waves were incredibly powerful. Even though he was still at an altitude of several kilometers, the space below seemed to be stirred up, and the entire space was vibrating.

    The water in the vast lake was as if it had been struck by a tremendous force, splashing outwards in both directions, revealing a deep chasm. At the same time, towering water curtains formed on both sides!

    It was just that the air waves he gathered with his will had not yet hit!

    It had already generated such a powerful force that the water in the lake was pushed out in both directions?

    Chen Yun knew that he could not let the air waves really crash into the lake, or it would definitely kill countless aquatic creatures.

    He hurriedly activated his will again, dispersing the air waves.

    Just like a spoken law following, as soon as his will rose, the enormous air waves dissolved, as if they had never existed.

    Yes, it was dissolution, not fragmentation.

    Chen Yun carefully experienced it, "The feeling of just now when I moved my will to gather and smash the air waves, it's a bit like releasing a spell."

    Thinking about this, he suddenly recalled what his master had said when teaching him those spells.

    His teacher had once said, "Artifices are trivial techniques and not worth the effort to specialize in, because as long as your realm reaches a certain level, you can naturally manifest them."

    Chen Yun had previously not understood this sentence, as he had not learned any magical arts, so how could he manifest them?

    Just now, gathering the air waves to crash down, had allowed him to understand his teacher's words.

    Once one reaches a certain level of realm, they can harness the power of heaven and earth to create magical arts with immense power. Even if one has never learned any magical arts, as long as they can harness the power of heaven and earth and visualize the desired effect, they can easily accomplish it.

    Moreover, it can be launched instantly!

    "Magic arts need to be learned and then can be manifested. But ordinary magic arts don't require learning at all." Chen Yun continued to think, "Artificial magic itself is a form of law, just presented in the form of magic. It belongs to forcibly changing 'rules', which has a fundamental difference from magical arts."

    "That means, the three years I spent studying various magic arts was indeed a waste of time."

    Chen Yun couldn't help but burst into a bitter laugh, "It turns out that all those years of specializing in various magic arts were for naught. The only techniques I currently rely on are things like Zong Di Golden Light, Pu Tian Art, and Sword Art. Techniques like flying with clouds and controlling the elements are things that don't need to be learned. As for various divine incantations, these are methods to channel the power of corresponding deities, which are worth learning. Of course, if I become a god in the future, others can recite the divine incantations corresponding to me to unleash their power. So perhaps I don't need to learn them at all."

    After all, divine incantations are the power of others. Even if you learn a bit, you won't gain any understanding. Besides, learning them can increase your combat power when your realm is low, but there's no other benefit.

    In fact, when he thought about this, Chen Yun had already known what his Xian body was probably capable of.

    That's right. It's the ability to blend his body with the forces of heaven and earth, then manipulate those forces to create immense power.

    "Becoming an immortal, becoming an immortal," Chen Yun slowly said, "The word 'immortal' has already contained the truth within it."

    The seal script for "Xian" consists of a character that depicts a person, four hands raising something up, and a figure sitting down. The last two characters combined suggest that someone sees something rise, the overall meaning of the character is a person ascending into the sky, thus giving rise to the connotation of immortals.

    Why becoming a celestial being by ascending to the sky is considered to be "immortal"?

    Because the meaning of the word is not to actually lift a person into the sky, but to blend with the heavens and earth in harmony!

    Once you can harmonize with the heavens and earth, you will naturally be able to harness the power of the heavens and earth, possessing unparalleled strength!

    "Xian, that's what Xian is!" Chen Yun finally understood, couldn't help but laugh loudly, "Ha ha, I understand now, I finally understand now!"

    This laugh resonated with the heavens and earth, generating inconceivable power.

    The countless white clouds in the sky were actually shattered by the laughter, turning into a rain of countless droplets that rained down.

    However, the incredible thing is that Chen Yun, who was in the place with the most rainfall, these rains seemed to circle around him and fall on his body without touching him at all.

    That's right, it's so magical!

    Chen Yun waved his hand, and the raindrops that were already falling towards the lower sky were reversed, rising back up to high altitude. They decomposed into misty vapor and then reformed into clusters of white clouds!

    "Is this the power of harmonizing with the heavens and earth?"

    Chen Yun couldn't help but be amazed, "I can't help but feel that I didn't even need to use my true qi to achieve such powerful abilities. If I were to use my true qi in conjunction with it, wouldn't I be capable of causing earth-shattering disasters at any time?"

    He decided to try and see if he could use his true qi to enhance the power of harnessing forces from heaven and earth.

    Chen Yun activated the true qi within his body and began to try and merge it with his will.

    This step is currently quite challenging.

    The true qi can be mobilized quite easily.

    However, he doesn't know how to integrate the true qi with his will.

    Chen Yun has good patience and doesn't give up trying despite even the slightest setbacks.

    He hovered in the sky, absentmindedly trying over and over again.

    Once.

    Thirteen times.

    Two hundred twenty-six times.

    Several hours passed as he immersed himself in his practice.

    During this time, Chen Yun had failed a total of three hundred fifty times.

    Finally, on the third hundred and sixtieth attempt, he... succeeded!

    Chen Yun felt that his true qi was spreading out with his will, covering an area of thousands of square miles directly.

    This action also depleted all the true qi within his body.

    Although his true qi was depleted, the control over the true qi that was released and fused with the power of heaven and earth remained under his mental control.

    Chen Yun dared not go too far, fearing that he might trigger too strong forces from heaven and earth and destroy everything in the world again. This would result in him being held accountable by the Heavenly Court and then imprisoned to be divided into pieces!

    He merely used his will to attempt to create boundless thunderclouds in the sky.

    Almost as soon as the thought arose, every inch of the sky within a thousand square miles was instantly blanketed with a thick layer of thunderclouds.

    The sky was immediately obscured by the thunderclouds!

    The area of a thousand square miles was plunged into darkness all at once!

    Boom! Boom!

    Millions upon millions of muffled thunderbolts were rolling in the thunderclouds!

    The thunder that lurked and rose in the thunderclouds produced intense lightning!

    Every time a muffled thunder rolled, the area within a thousand square miles would flash with terrifying lightning.

    The glittering azure lightning almost illuminated the heavens and the earth!

    This wasn't the most astonishing thing to Chen Yun.

    What he found most astonishing was that as long as his will moved, the thunderclouds that covered a thousand square miles would simultaneously unleash millions of thunderbolts, exploding the entire land!

    Destroy the heavens and the earth!

    This is truly a technique that possesses the power to destroy the heavens and the earth!

    Chen Yun himself felt a sense of terror at the power that was rolling in the thunderclouds.

    He dared not let the thunderbolts strike down, otherwise, it would surely bring death and destruction upon all living beings.

    No, the death and destruction brought by the thunder would be a minor concern. What's truly feared is that it might actually destroy the heavens and the earth!

    "This power is too strong."

    Chen Yun took a deep breath, and still using his will, dispersed the thunderclouds.

    It was another thing that happened in a thought, and the thunderclouds that covered an area of a thousand square miles disappeared immediately.

    The sky was clear.

    As if nothing had happened just then.

    Only Chen Yun knew that just now, he had indeed instantaneously created a thundercloud with the power to destroy the heavens and the earth.

    "That's why Master Lü said I'm unbeatable at the Gaogong Shihao realm."

    Chen Yun finally realized how incredible the power of his celestial body was.

    Just now, although I only caused thunderclouds within a thousand square miles of the earth-qi circle, it seems that many high-level practitioners can easily do so. However, the actual power is completely different.

    If we compare the magical power of high-level practitioners gathered over a thousand square miles to ordinary explosives detonating, it's like an exponential increase in destructive potential.

    Then, if the thunderclouds that he has gathered over a thousand square miles were to erupt, their power could be likened to the explosive force of a nuclear fusion weapon.

    The level is much, much higher.

    "But my true qi is too scarce, and the power I can release is limited."

    Chen Yun couldn't help but sigh, "If I had enough true qi, like having refined a golden elixir, perhaps erasing the entire Tang Dynasty from the map would not be an especially difficult task."

    He finally understood why the Old Man had to formulate the《Nv Qing Tian Lu》, limiting the actions of immortals towards the mortal world.

    It turns out that the destructive power of immortals is beyond the imagination of ordinary people. It is terrifying to the extreme!

    "I'm not even able to unleash the true power of this celestial body yet, and it's already so formidable." Chen Yun gazed at the setting sun, "What kind of existence are real immortals?"

    He currently cannot imagine it fully, but he knows that it will definitely be scarier than what he understands.

    Regardless, today's discovery of the mystery of celestial bodies will allow him to unleash unparalleled strength in future battles.

    Chen Yun knew that he had entered the ranks of the truly "advanced" practitioners!

    (Chapter complete)