All four seasons are evergreen, lush and secluded, which is called "Qing". Surrounded by thirty-six peaks, it resembles a city wall, hence named "Cheng", and thus known as Qingcheng.

    Spring in the mountains is accompanied by lush green foliage, and occasionally white cranes and egrets soar lightly in the forests while mountain birds sing longingly.

    In the Da Mian Peak, disciples diligently train in their practice.

    Occasionally, a group of spirits who have washed their hearts and changed their faces fly around patrolling the surroundings.

    With guidance from Jiandao Ren, Gong Ji's cultivation advanced rapidly, almost touching the edge of the sect's master.

    On this day, Gong Juji was contemplating in the forest outside the mountain gate.

    Suddenly, he felt his fortune, and the breath-control technique he had been practicing for a long time suddenly came together, gathering the spiritual energy within him.

    In the next moment, an inexplicable aura spread from Gong Juji's body.

    Birds were terrified, beasts bowed their heads.

    Gong Juji couldn't help but laugh loudly, "I have finally reached the master level! The master level!"

    This made Gong Juji very proud, as he had been imbued with the essence of mountains and rivers and had become a demon only in a few hundred years. Reaching the master level, this is an event that deserves excitement for any demon.

    Gong Juji could confidently say, not to mention spirits, even for a human cultivator with exceptional talents, to reach the master level within a few hundred years is considered to be a natural genius.

    As soon as Gong Juji's voice rose, a more melodious and resounding laughter came from the temple, "Hahaha! After thirty years of discipleship under my teacher, I have finally broken through to the master level!"

    This thunderous laughter was filled with immense power and even the heavens and the earth changed color!

    As if in the sound of that laughter, the world itself seemed to lose its color.

    Gong Juji, who was originally overjoyed, suddenly felt a stunned expression, and with an incredulous look, he gazed towards the inner courtyard of the temple.

    He was speechless and exclaimed, "T-The teacher has actually reached the master level?"

    After all, Chen Yun's cultivation journey had only been a short twenty to thirty years. Although he had suddenly locked himself away for meditation in the past few years, breaking through to the master level so abruptly was still quite astonishing.

    Gong Juji was originally still excited about his own breakthrough to the master level after hundreds of years of cultivation, but before he could even be happy for a moment, he heard that Chen Yun had also broken through to the master level. This made him feel like people are indeed compared by people, and it can make one feel quite overwhelmed.

    …

    That day in Shu was ordinary.

    It seems like nothing much has changed.

    People are still doing what they always do.

    That day in Shu was not ordinary.

    In particular, the various Taoist, Buddhist, and other esoteric schools of the Dao in the tens of thousands of miles around Qingcheng Mountain, as well as the demons and devils, all witnessed a sudden change in the sky and heard a great laughter from a master who had reached the pinnacle of cultivation.

    The laughter pierced through the layers of people's noisy hubbub and war, spreading throughout the land of square miles.

    One laugh alone, and it caused the clouds and winds to change, and it traveled tens of thousands of miles away?

    It can be imagined how profound his cultivation is!

    Many cultivators, after being shocked, were filled with awe and wondered if someone had achieved immortality.

    Numerous people sent messengers to inquire, but in the end, they only received a vague result: the master who had reached the level of transformation was Chen Pu of Qingcheng. Unfortunately, he had not become an immortal yet; he had only broken through to the level of the sect master.

    This caused even greater shocks among the cultivators in Sichuan. The laughter of someone who had achieved immortality could cause such drastic changes, which was not particularly strange. It was only when a laughter from a master at the level of sect leader caused such changes that they realized that the famous master who had spread his name throughout the Three Mountains and Five Lakes, as well as the Four Seas, probably deserves the title of a great master!

    …

    Qingcheng Mountain, Inner Courtyard.

    In the quiet room, Chen Yun had just broken through to the master level and was filled with joy, so he couldn't help but laugh loudly, completely unaware of what kind of phenomena it had caused.

    He was still immersed in the joy of his breakthrough.

    Since five or six years ago, after closing himself off to contemplate the "Pan Gu True Body Technique" and the fusion of internal alchemy with some progress, he had been in seclusion, practicing the "True Body Refinement."

    Perhaps it was because he had already refined his body into an immortal's form earlier on. The "True Body" was refined without taking too long, approximately one year.

    After that, for several years, he had been attempting to refine the second form of the "Pan Gu True Body Technique," which is the Yin-Yang Body Refinement.

    Unfortunately, this level of refinement is very difficult. Even though Chen Yun has exceptional talent and possesses a divine body, he still hasn't been able to master it.

    However, by comprehending the method of fusing Yin-Yang refinement and internal alchemy, Chen Yun has gained a deeper understanding of cultivation, making it even easier for him to refine Dan Qi, like fish in water.

    After four or five years of practicing Yin-Yang refinement, he had accumulated nearly thousands of Dan Qi within his body, and today, these Dan Qi finally congealed into a single force, with a subtle trend of turning into an immortal pill.

    Unfortunately, it's only as far as this for now.

    Chen Yun noticed that when he broke through to this level, his spirit and energy seemed to be just a little bit short of completely fusing together. However, he felt like he had some force that couldn't be put to good use, unable to completely concentrate and fuse his spirit and energy.

    He knew that he was already incredibly close to an immortal, just a moment away from enlightenment.

    As long as he could achieve the enlightenment, his spirit, energy, and essence would naturally condense and fuse to form an immortal pill.

    Things like this cannot be hurried.

    Therefore, he decided to leave his seclusion today.

    After venting his joy, Chen Yun began to check his own condition.

    His physical body had become even more solid, with a sense of both firmness and flexibility that made him feel incredibly satisfied.

    As if no matter how powerful weapons were used against him, he would not be harmed at all.

    Indeed, Chen Yun knew that this was more than just a feeling.

    In fact, when he refined his "True Body," he had already achieved true invincibility, not just the appearance of invincibility like the pseudo-invincible flying soul jade talisman before.

    Not just invincible, but at this moment, his body could withstand even the bone crushing and dust spreading.

    Chen Yun could feel the incredible recovery power, even if someone with cultivation far surpassing his own abilities really shattered his physical body into countless fragments, as long as there was even a speck of skin and flesh left, he could regenerate within a short period of time. Unless that person managed to shatter both his physical and spiritual bodies at the same time.

    But oddly enough, "True Body" has a particularly perverse property. When his physical body is completely blown apart, his "Spirit" will retreat into the virtual space. At that time, it is invisible and unsearchable, unless someone can shatter the virtual space, it is possible to drag his "Spirit" out from the virtual space.

    Of course, the enemy can also destroy every inch of Chen Yun's exploded body. In such a case, his "Spirit" would not have a place to stay and would gradually dissipate in the void, which is truly a case of soul and spirit scattered to the winds, without any chance of reincarnation.

    Therefore, "True Body" is both a powerful means of self-preservation and a relatively fatal weakness for oneself.

    “Unless… I can cultivate to the level of detaching my essence, I can't compensate for this fatal flaw.”

    Chen Yun didn't place too much importance on this fatal flaw.

    Because only people with true person cultivation can shatter his physical body completely.

    As long as he doesn't go looking for death, it's unlikely that he'll be in that situation.

    As for true persons wanting to deal with him, sorry, Chen Yun is not without his fellow cultivators and nephews.

    After checking his physical body, he began to check his internal Qi.

    At this moment, Chen Yun saw that the Dan Qi within his body was no longer in the form of one line after another, but had condensed into a brilliant "belt" of gold light, running through his entire body.

    Of course, this was just the "shape" seen from Chen Yun's perspective of inner vision. In reality, this Qi "belt" was an intangible and formless existence.

    "This should be the final step before forming the Immortal Pill," Chen Yun muttered to himself. "That is to say, the so-called 'Mother of the Immortal Pill.' However, according to my understanding of the Mother of the Immortal Pill, it's not like this for ordinary people. Perhaps because I have already refined my immortal body, it may be different from what others see."

    Or, it's not the mother of the Dan Qi, but rather skipping the stage of forming the mother and directly condensing into an immortal pill.

    This Qi, which resembles a "belt," is actually the power of the Immortal Pill, but it has not yet solidified into shape.

    Chen Yun also checked his spiritual being and found that after all these years of cultivation, his spiritual being had grown stronger, but it was still a long way from detaching.

    It's a limitation. In internal alchemy, the essence needs to detach from the body, which requires at least the level of a terrestrial immortal to achieve.

    As he hasn't refined his immortal pill yet and hasn't reached the level of a human immortal, how could he detach his essence?

    Regardless, after this period of seclusion, his cultivation has greatly improved.

    Chen Yun felt the powerful strength throughout his entire body, as if he could turn the rivers upside down and control everything.

    Perhaps with the significant increase in power, at this moment, he felt a faint and intermittent connection to the outside manifestation he had not contacted for many years.

    "Mmm?" Chen Yun puzzled and looked towards the direction of the east. "Why does Chen Da seem to be in the position of the East Sea, and there's a sense that he's been sealed in a place that can block all forms of power transmission."

    What is that place over there?

    Although Chen Yun doesn't know what's going on, once he discovers Chen Da's trace, he is definitely determined to find him.

    Thinking about it, with a movement of his will, the window in the quiet room automatically opened.

    In no time, without seeing any movements from Chen Yun, his body turned into a beam of gold light, swiftly racing towards the direction of the East Sea.

    ...

    After about 40 or 50 seconds.

    Chen Yun suddenly arrived at the East Sea, hovering between the clouds in the sky.

    He felt rather surprised, "Before, when I traveled from the Kunlun Mountains back to Qingcheng, the distance was almost the same, but after using the horizontal gold light technique, my Qi was almost depleted. Yet now, I don't feel like I've used much Qi?"

    He knew that the increase in cultivation during these years of seclusion was too great.

    At the same time, Chen Yun had a vague insight: it's true that the level of master is not comparable to that of high-level masters.

    It was actually due to the might of his Tao body that he could defeat several cultivators at the level of the masters before.

    If he hadn't used his Tao body, he might have been killed by a master in an instant.

    After a moment's contemplation, Chen Yun brought his thoughts back and activated his eyesight, looking deeply into the ocean.

    He sensed a faint and indistinct connection to Chen Da, which seemed to be coming from the very depths of the sea.

    Unfortunately, even though he has cultivated to the level of a master, his gaze still cannot penetrate the endless depths of the sea. He can only vaguely see a faint light, like crystal, emerging from the depths of this particular sea area.

    The crystal-like light is wondrous indeed.

    It's as if there is a pure-colored sun formed beneath the sea.

    This isn't the most moving thing for Chen Yun.

    The most moving thing for Chen Yun was that within the colorful glow, he could see, albeit faintly, three characters shaped like dancing dragons and phoenixes, which were "Crystal Palace."

    (Chapter complete)