Qi Cultivation Starting from the Repair Panel

Chu Zheng paid no attention to the varying thoughts of the cultivators; he turned and returned to the Taixuan Holy Land. He would need some time to fully digest the changes in the Heavenly Fate.

Ever since the Cangyun Secret Realm was unsealed, he had faintly felt that the world before him had changed dramatically.

The origin of this change was beyond his current level of cultivation to discern in detail. The only thing he could directly perceive was that the Heavenly Dao overhead was now more tolerant toward all kinds of beings.

Surviving the Immortal Tribulation was a matter of life and death, with only a sliver of a chance for survival. Yet, among so many cultivators who underwent the tribulation together, only a handful fell to the Heavenly Tribulation.

Although cultivators like Geng Yiyang, who had remained at the peak of Tongxuan for many years and had solid foundations, the success rate of their tribulation should not have been so astonishingly high.

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"Is there any trouble?"

Upon returning to the palace, Song Lingxue could no longer hold back and spoke, her voice laced with worry. Just now, she had watched the scene with some alarm.

When she first met him, Shang Zuling gave the impression of an unscalable divine peak, insurmountable, and though the outcome was now clear, she was still somewhat unsettled.

"It was just a spar, not a life or death battle, why worry?" Chu Zheng was unconcerned. He had been confident of victory before the battle commenced.

He had divined for himself before the fight, and it was a sign of rising luck; no trouble was expected in the near future.

As Song Lingxue circled around Chu Zheng, she reached up to unfasten his hair crown and retie his slightly disheveled hair. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief:

"A few days ago, Ling Qing sent a message saying the journey was too long to make it back in time to wish you victory. At that time, you were in seclusion, and I didn't want to disturb you..."

Chu Zheng, unbothered by the news, simply grunted in response and casually mentioned:

"There may be a conflict in the Immortal Alliance, similar to the spatial passages that appeared before. If it cannot be avoided, I might have to enter the battlefield."

Before he finished speaking, Song Lingxue's brow, which had just relaxed, immediately furrowed again, her anxiety palpable: "Isn't that extremely dangerous?"

She didn't know much about battles outside their realm, but she was aware that beings capable of clashing in the stars, those who could crush a star with a snap of their fingers, existed in large numbers. Even with Chu Zheng's high talent, it would be very difficult to reach that level in such a short period, and the slightest mishap could be lethal.

"There might be some trouble, but it's not necessarily dangerous, especially with Old Geng above us."

Chu Zheng shook his head in denial. He was merely taking precautions in advance, so that if anything unforeseen happened, Song Lingxue would not be too worried on such short notice.

For a moment, Song Lingxue's palm within her sleeve tightened, and her eyelids lowered; she said no more.

Chu Zheng already had enough troubles; her additional worries would just be an unnecessary burden on him, pressing heavily in her heart.

At this moment, Chu Zheng was already immersed in planning his next steps.

The most crucial aspect was the selection of his Innate Divine Ability.

At the Golden Core Realm, engraving an Innate Divine Ability on the Golden Core is essential, as it influences the subsequent path one takes.

The number of Divine Abilities that can be inscribed is related to the number of Spirit Apertures opened on the Golden Core.

Chu Zheng's Nine Orifices Golden Core allowed him to inscribe Nine Great Divine Abilities, which was considered the pinnacle among Qi Cultivators.

As for the first Innate Divine Ability, Chu Zheng was still weighing his options, finding it difficult to decide.

The Innate Divine Ability, engraved on the Life-bound Golden Core, is utterly different from the casually used Divine Skills.

It is more powerful and versatile. The same Divine Skill can manifest entirely different mutations on different individuals.
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This kind of mutation is unpredictable but has a deep connection with one's own temperament as well as their innate talent and perceptivity.

Additionally, the quality of the inscribed Divine Skill often affects one's combat strength.

Major Divine Skills like the Thunder Method were not considered by Chu Zheng. His attention was on Divine Secret Skills that ranged from Returning to Void and Merging with the Path, up to Heavenly Immortal.

Although his current level of cultivation was not sufficient to wield such high-quality Divine Skills, it did not mean he couldn't inscribe them on his Golden Core in advance.

The Eternal Calamity Treasure Record contained an abundance of unpredictable Divine Abilities and secret techniques.

Chu Zheng once again began a seclusion, attempting to choose an appropriate Divine Skill from many, which required a considerable effort.

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The Immortal Alliance's edict came much faster than Chu Zheng had anticipated.

Less than half a month after the battle with Shang Zuling, Geng Yiyang woke Chu Zheng from his seclusion and relayed the contents of the Immortal Alliance's edict.

The edict from the Immortal Alliance was sent directly to the Five Great Holy Lands, instructing them to lead and coordinate the armies to the starry battlefield to resist a force of cultivators from the Myriad Realms invading the Immortal Alliance's territory.

The strength of these Myriad Realm cultivators was unclear, but there was at least one individual equivalent to a True Immortal Realm leader.

Originally, these people were within the sphere of influence of the Martial Hall, but the battle between those of the Immortal King level had breached the starry sky barrier.

These cultivators entered the Immortal Alliance's territory through the breach in the starry sky barrier and are currently plundering the resources of various worlds.

The Immortal Alliance had given the cultivators of the Cangyun Realm six months to prepare, after which a True Immortal would be sent to lead them.

Besides the requirement that those entering the army had to be cultivators above the Divine Infant Realm, the edict did not specify the consequences of not complying, only mentioning that Cangyun Realm, as well as several Great Realms nearby, were on the path of these Myriad Realm cultivators.

In short, this battle would inevitably be fought, whether outside the realm or within the Cangyun Realm.

This sentence alone pushed the cultivators of Cangyun Realm to the edge of a cliff.

In ancient times, the coalition of the Immortal Martial Paths expelled all other Taoist orthodoxies from the Cangyun Realm by branding them as demonic invaders.

This time, it may well be the revenge of the many Taoist orthodoxies of the Myriad Realms for the experiences of ancient times.

The newcomers bore ill intentions.

For the major Holy Lands and True Immortal Noble Families, the prospect of withdrawing from battle, abandoning their eternal foundations, and leaving the realm was clearly impossible.

This battle had to be fought, whether willingly or not. The invaders must be entirely vanquished, and then the breach in the starry sky barrier must be repaired.

External matters were being arranged by Geng Yiyang; Chu Zheng need not ponder too much on them.

He went back into seclusion, further accelerating his selection of Divine Skills. At the very least, before heading to the battlefield, he had to carve out his Innate Divine Ability.

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Under Geng Yiyang's arrangements, everything proceeded in an orderly fashion.

In the blink of an eye, several days had passed.

As the night grew deeper, suddenly a vast white brilliance soared into the sky, dazzlingly bright, like lightning cleaving through the night, instantly drawing countless inquisitive gazes.

Chu Zheng, in his seclusion, sensed the fluctuations of Heavenly Fate and felt a premonition. He rose immediately and in an instant arrived at the side of the mountain.

In a side room within the courtyard, a young man about seventeen or eighteen years of age was sitting cross-legged on a bed, enveloped in a layer of shimmering white light.

Chu Zheng's eyes flickered minutely, as his Spiritual Eye quickly relayed information.

[Bai Nian (First Order): Confucian Daoist Monk, widely read, protected by Vast Righteous Qi, easily repelling all evil, with divinely varied strokes of the brush.]

Since coming to Taixuan, Bai Nian had been quiet, staying with Li Mingzhou and a group of Martial Cultivators.

His talent for the Martial Path was truly mediocre, and he had already grown somewhat despondent about cultivation, relying on various classic texts to pass the time.

Chu Zheng dispersed the Spiritual Light in his eyes with a realization; it must be the changes in Heavenly Fate that had given Bai Nian a chance to step onto the Confucian Path.

A moment later, Bai Nian, who had been sitting on the bed, slowly opened his eyes. Feeling the Vast Righteous Qi surging in his chest and seeing Chu Zheng at the doorway, he was a bit slow to regain his senses:

"This is..."

"Reading is also a path to cultivation, just different from the Immortal Path."

Hearing Chu Zheng's words, Bai Nian's expression changed slightly. Having heard a lot about the experiences of Li Mingzhou and the others, it was hard not to overthink.

"Do not panic. Since I promised to show you a way to survive, I will certainly do so."

Chu Zheng waved his hand, having already weighed some options in his mind. When heading out to the foreign realms, he may have to take Bai Nian with him. If Bai Nian couldn't stay in Cangyun, then another path must be found.