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Su Wen wasn't particularly worried about the circulation route of Heavenly Energy within his body. He could easily adapt and improve upon the foundations of his own Soul Power circulation routes.
Although the laws governing the two worlds differed significantly, and there were fundamental distinctions between Heavenly Energy and Soul Power, they both ultimately functioned through cultivation techniques. In this regard, Su Wen's experience was vast.
The circulation routes were drafted effortlessly; the true challenge lay in the acupuncture points, the qiao, of the Heavenly Energy cultivation method.
Throughout the meridians of the human body, there exist numerous nodes. These nodes serve as the core of Heavenly Energy circulation. The essence of cultivation involves opening these nodes, using the unique characteristics of Heavenly Energy to stabilize them, and eventually refining them into "miniature dantian"—storage regions for Heavenly Energy.
At this moment, Su Wen was sensing the connection between the nodes in his body and the Heavenly Energy.
"Heavenly Energy is truly miraculous; it inherently possesses a spatial attribute."
No, it wasn't quite right to say Heavenly Energy naturally possessed spatial properties. Rather, it was because of the existence of Physical Jewels and Elemental Jewels that the energy gained the characteristic of being able to temper and refine the internal nodes of Jewel Masters and Heavenly Jewel Masters.
This so-called "refining of nodes" was the process of establishing a link between the acupuncture points and the Physical and Elemental Jewels.
As the Heavenly Energy circulated through Su Wen's body, it passed through each node one by one. On his wrists, a pair of Jewels began to emerge.
Watching the Jewels appear on Su Wen's wrists, Tang Xian's pupils constricted.
A pair! Only a single pair!
It truly was a re-cultivation. Moreover, he had only just begun the process; his Heavenly Jewels were at the stage of having just awakened.
As for his attributes...
Tang Xian looked at Su Wen's Elemental Jewels—which seemed to contain every single attribute—and began to doubt her own reality. Could this be the reason Su Wen chose to re-cultivate?
She simply could not accept that a Heavenly Jewel Master could naturally awaken so many attributes. This wasn't just the mark of a genius; this was a "universalist." Yet, in another sense, one could call him a mediocrity.
To have all attributes in such perfect balance suggested a complete lack of specific elemental affinity. Tang Xian couldn't fathom any other circumstance that would allow so many attributes to awaken simultaneously. Usually, if a person had a significantly higher affinity for even a few specific elements, the Heavenly Jewels would manifest those attributes specifically, rather than possessing them all.
It wasn't that a Jewel Master only had an affinity for the specific element they awakened. For instance, Zhou Shuiniu possessed affinities for Wind and Lightning in addition to his Darkness attribute; however, since those didn't awaken within his Elemental Jewels, he lacked the ability to control those elements.
Heavenly Jewel Masters hadn't researched the underlying principles of their Jewels' existence very deeply, and their classification of the fundamental essence of these Jewels was somewhat lacking. However, as the wife of the Second Palace Master of the Hallowed Vast Palace, Tang Xian was well-acquainted with the basic facts.
Even if most Jewel Masters lacked the desire to study the "why" behind their power, her husband was a possessor of the Alexandrite Cat's Eye, as was her eldest daughter. Her authority on the subject of awakened attributes was considerable. She had even witnessed the entire awakening of Zhou Weiqing's six-attribute Alexandrite Cat's Eye. It was safe to say she had seen more Alexandrite Cat's Eyes than almost anyone alive.
Su Wen opened his eyes, a frown creasing his brow.
Through his exploration, he realized that refining the nodes was essentially an instinctual process. As long as one circulated Heavenly Energy and communicated with their Physical and Elemental Jewels, the nodes would gradually refine, eventually opening a channel connecting them to the Jewels.
While it was said that Heavenly Energy was stored within the internal nodes, it was actually stored within the Physical and Elemental Jewels themselves. This process served to bind the Jewels more tightly to the Heavenly Jewel Master.
"This is only the most basic method of refinement," Su Wen thought firmly.
If it were merely about opening a channel to the Jewels, how much difference could there really be between various cultivation techniques? Perhaps the specific method of opening these channels and the correspondence between the nodes and the Jewels were the truly critical factors.
Though he couldn't continue refining the nodes for the moment, Su Wen did not stop his cultivation. He continued to practice, and his level of Heavenly Energy grew day by day.
Even without refining the nodes, he used the Heavenly Energy to traverse his meridians, mapping out the relationships between this world's energy and his internal pathways to prepare for the future development of his own techniques. During this process, his Heavenly Energy improved rapidly, both in quantity and quality.
"Heavenly Essence Energy is essentially 'refining essence into qi'—the process of converting human essence and vitality into Heavenly Energy. In this stage, the quality of the energy gradually evolves. Then comes 'refining qi into spirit,' merging with soul power to achieve Heavenly God Energy. Beyond that is Heavenly Void Energy, the beginning of 'refining spirit to return to the void'..."
Su Wen hadn't expected that the four stages of Heavenly Energy cultivation would so closely mirror the stages of Taoist cultivation he was familiar with. He could only conclude that whoever had founded the Heavenly Jewel Change cultivation system was quite fond of embellishing their status.
The ceiling of this universe's cultivation system was only so high. Even after reaching godhood and gaining various incredible traits, the power levels didn't truly reach the point of "destroying heaven and earth." Could you believe a God King couldn't even withstand a star?
To label cultivation stages below the God level as "refining essence into qi" or "refining qi into spirit" was, frankly, quite arrogant.
However, the process of the cultivation itself was undoubtedly correct. Su Wen continued to circulate Heavenly Energy through his meridians, testing the effects of each individual change.
Time flowed by. A month later.
Even with the flying car traveling at full speed, it took a full month of travel before the three of them entered the Zhongtian Empire.
The Hallowed Vast Mainland was incredibly vast. The Heavenly Bow Empire was but a tiny speck; the Baida and Fei Li Empires were over a hundred times its size, and even they only comprised the western portion of the continent. There were still the northern, central, southern, and eastern regions.
Altogether, the area of the Hallowed Vast Mainland was much larger than that of the Douluo Continent. Furthermore, there was another continent on this planet of similar size. By that calculation, this life-bearing planet was far more massive than Douluo Star.
Returning to the matter at hand.
As they crossed into the territory of the Zhongtian Empire, Tang Xian suggested they land.
"I contacted Shangguan Tianyue when we set out. He should be nearing the border by now. we will conduct the negotiations here," Tang Xian said.
Clearly, she hadn't fully forgiven Shangguan Tianyue yet. It was still very likely she might run away again, hiding in some remote corner of the continent. Staying outside the Hallowed Vast Palace was her way of ensuring she could leave whenever she pleased.
Su Wen was speechless. Dealing with a woman's anger was truly a difficult task.
However, Shangguan Tianyue likely had his ways. Su Wen guessed that as long as the two could meet face-to-face, the Palace Master would be able to handle his disgruntled wife. Don't ask him why he thought that—call it intuition.
The three of them stayed in a large city on the border of the Zhongtian Empire: Xiyuan City.
They didn't have to wait long. On the second day after their arrival, Shangguan Tianyue arrived. Sensing the powerful ripples of Heavenly Energy approaching from the horizon, Su Wen prepared himself for the meeting.
Peak Heavenly King?
"He probably hasn't reached the Heavenly Emperor stage yet."
(End of Chapter)