Chapter 28 ·Devote Yourself Fully to Immortal Cultivation

In ‍​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‍the blink of an eye, ten years passed in an instant.

To ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍this day, Gu Yan still had not been able to condense a Martial Soul, though to him, this was not particularly unexpected.

When ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍martial practitioners of this world condensed a Martial Soul, they used a relatively weak mortal soul as the foundation.

Only ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍by sensing the Martial Dao will of heaven and earth and tempering it through countless hardships could they gradually condense it through bitter cultivation, like molding a statue from clay, step by step.

But ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍ever since he had stepped onto the immortal path, refining Qi and nourishing the spirit, his soul had grown stronger day by day, long surpassing the mortal soul of the past.

His ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍three hundred and sixty-five acupoints and Dantian had already formed their own complete cycle, and as Spiritual Energy circulated, it also subtly nourished his soul, pushing it toward transformation into a higher level.

If he now forcibly turned back and tried to stuff this already strengthened soul into Martial Dao’s framework of condensation, which began from a weak mortal soul,

It would be like trying to force a towering tree, already deep-rooted and lush with leaves, back into the form of a single seed, only to then follow the steps for cultivating a sapling.

It was not that it could not be done, but that its essence had already changed, and the path was contradictory—an effort in vain.

“So be it.” Gu Yan smiled in relief.

“The transformation brought by the three hundred and sixty-five acupoints within my body is already enough.”

He was confident that if compared with immortal cultivators of the same realm from the novels of his previous life, he would absolutely be able to outlast them to death.

Others only had a single Dantian to store Spiritual Energy, while he had three hundred and sixty-five acupoints plus one Dantian.

It must be known that the total amount of liquid Spiritual Energy in each of his acupoints was no less than that in his Dantian.

By all logic, there should be an upper limit to a cultivator’s Spiritual Energy reserves. Once full, it should have to be compressed into a Golden Core.

Yet Gu Yan felt as though he had no upper limit at all, and his Spiritual Energy was still growing at an extremely slow pace.

He could only attribute this abnormality to the orange entry 【Five Elements Spiritual Body】.

During these ten years, though he had not formed a Golden Core, the range of his divine sense had already reached two thousand meters in every direction.

Another twenty years passed, and Gu Yan was now seventy-one years old.

He still had not formed a Golden Core, yet he was not anxious.

With a lifespan limit of over eight hundred years, he had more than enough time for trial and error, and for waiting.

He calculated that when he reached one hundred and twenty years old and extracted a new entry, perhaps there would be a new turning point.

Now, Gu Yan’s outward Martial Dao cultivation was at the early stage of Fifth Revolution, and he had naturally become an inner sect elder of the Taiyi Dao Sect.

This small courtyard, naturally, no longer required any payment.

Meanwhile, under his continued support with medicinal pills, Lin Wei and Old Chen had both broken through to the early stage of Martial Dao Sixth Revolution, stepping into the realm of Martial Immortals and becoming the two cultivators with the highest cultivation in the sect.

They were close to Gu Yan and often came to visit.

So how could the upper ranks of the sect not know that the explosive rise in the two of their cultivations might be related to Gu Yan?

But everyone maintained an unspoken understanding, and no one exposed it.

Gu Yan now also had a Daoist title: Daoist Longevity.

This name pointed directly to his heart’s desire, simple yet profound. It was both self-encouragement and a declaration of intent.

Later, after Gu Yan noticed that the sect had begun to suspect something, he no longer deliberately concealed it.

The pills he refined with Spiritual Energy began to be given to Sect Master Xuanchenzi.

After Xuanchenzi consumed the Scarlet Blood Warm Sun Pill given by Gu Yan, the bottleneck at the peak of Fifth Revolution that had trapped him for many years was broken through in one stroke, and he successfully advanced into the realm of Sixth Revolution Martial Immortal!

Gu Yan also handed over the rest of the pills to the sect, to be used as rewards for elders or outstanding disciples.

In gratitude for Gu Yan’s tremendous contribution to the sect, Xuanchenzi granted him the greatest possible convenience.

Gu Yan could use the sect treasury as he pleased, without needing any contribution points.

He even gifted Gu Yan the pill furnace of the founding ancestor, a superb-quality cauldron passed down for a thousand years.

Receiving such generosity, Gu Yan’s thoughts stirred.

What he sought was not much—nothing more than the medicinal ingredients needed for alchemy.

Since the sect had treated him with such courtesy, he also considered how to repay them.

He copied out the Seventh Revolution technique, True Explanation of the Mysterious Origin Martial Soul, which he had obtained from the Imperial Library of the Great Qian Dynasty,

And presented it to Sect Master Xuanchenzi, only instructing that the source of this item was inconvenient to explain and should not be publicized on a large scale.

Xuanchenzi’s expression turned solemn, and he seriously agreed.

Afterward, Gu Yan also passed this technique on to Lin Wei and Old Chen.

As for whether the two could use it to break through to Seventh Revolution or even higher, that would depend on their own fortune.

What he could do went no further than this.

After all, his true Martial Dao cultivation had also stopped at Sixth Revolution.

On the path of condensing a Martial Soul, it would likely be difficult for him to make any further progress.

Thus, Gu Yan simply let go of Martial Dao completely and devoted himself wholly to immortal cultivation all day, refining some pills in his spare time to supply the sect.

As a result, the strength of the Taiyi Dao Sect rose greatly, replacing the Rising Cloud Sword Sect in Central Province of the Great Qian Dynasty and becoming the new leader of the righteous path.

After all, the Taiyi Dao Sect now openly possessed three Sixth Revolution Martial Immortals!

From this day on, the title of Number One Dao Sect truly matched reality.

Because of this, throughout the entire Great Qian Dynasty, people began to speculate that Impermanence Yama, who had appeared out of nowhere thirty years earlier and spent five years sweeping away the demonic hordes, was some great hidden figure within the Taiyi Dao Sect.

Xuanchenzi, Lin Wei, Old Chen, and the others knew clearly that it was certainly not themselves.

Combined with the Seventh Revolution technique Gu Yan had bestowed, they all already had a vague answer in their hearts.

On this day, within the forbidden ground of the Taiyi Dao Sect,

Yunchenzi, the Supreme Elder who had remained in seclusion all year round and had reached the level of half-step Seventh Revolution, was speaking with Xuanchenzi.

Yunchenzi stroked his beard and pondered, his gaze distant, when he suddenly mentioned an old matter.

“During the previous True Martial Assembly, this old Daoist once passed by Elder Gu’s courtyard and happened to sense that the heavenly and earthly aura within his room was extraordinarily unusual. On a whim, I probed slightly with my Martial Soul, only to be injured by one of his talismans…”

“Such a method is mysterious beyond measure, absolutely not something ordinary Martial Dao can explain.”

Xuanchenzi was startled upon hearing this. “Martial Uncle, why have you only spoken of this now?”

Yunchenzi glanced at him and said calmly, “If I had made it clear to you earlier, and you had acted without knowing the proper measure, disturbing this… fellow Daoist and causing him to leave the sect, would that not have been a case of losing the greater for the lesser?

Now, with him residing within the sect, bestowing medicinal pills and secretly passing on techniques, allowing our Taiyi Sect’s prestige to rise day by day—is this not the best possible outcome?”

After reflecting carefully, Xuanchenzi found this deeply reasonable.

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