Qi Cultivation Starting from the Repair Panel

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"This marks the end of our connection, if you tangle with me again, it won't be so simple."

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Before Chu Zheng could react, Zhao Tingxian's figure had already disappeared within the temple, clearly not intending to have a detailed conversation with Chu Zheng.

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After regaining his composure, Chu Zheng couldn't help but feel somewhat disappointed; he still had many questions to ask.

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Zhao Tingxian hadn't answered many of his questions. Just considering the change in Zhao Tingxian's attitude before and after their meeting, it was clear that he had become much more amicable towards him.

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This change left Chu Zheng somewhat unable to guess the reason; he stared at his own palm, lost in thought.

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The path he needed to walk had already been paved by others a thousand years ago.

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As for the paths taken by Shang Cangyun and Zhao Tingxian, Chu Zheng still hadn't seen them clearly; one was a peerless genius who had changed the name of the Cangyun Realm, and the other was a person who had become an Immortal across a millennium.

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Zhao Tingxian had obviously been extremely cautious with him, with many matters not fully disclosed.

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All he could do was wait for another opportunity in the future.

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In the following days, Chu Zheng devoted most of his energy to developing his devotees.

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Having a Main God as support, an invisible tiger's skin, shielded him from countless troubles.

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In the blink of an eye, more than ten years had passed.

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Chu Zheng's cultivated persona steadily advanced into the Golden Core Realm, albeit with a Golden Core of not too high a quality, having only Seven Orifices.

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A Seven Orifices Golden Core was quite remarkable for the average person, but from Chu Zheng's own perspective, it was somewhat lacking.

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Over the years, the Divine Court, through the Rainbow Heaven Spirit Lord, had issued no less than five invitations, hoping he would join the Divine Court, all of which he declined.

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Even so, the Divine Court did not act against him as before, which was presumably related to Zhao Tingxian's existence.

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After that brief exchange, Zhao Tingxian never again visited Chu Zheng's temple, as if he had vanished without a trace.

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Chu Zheng had thought about trying to find him, but even after searching the whole Star Domain, there was no temple belonging to Zhao Tingxian to be found.

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Not just temples, but there was not even a portrait of him to be found.

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If it weren't for the fact that Zhao Tingxian did indeed come before, Chu Zheng might even wonder if it was all a dream.

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As time passed, the number of Chu Zheng's devotees surpassed tens of millions. However, as he decreased the frequency of scattering Spirit Stones among them, the growth of Incense Fire Willpower had noticeably slowed.

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This was an unavoidable decision; he could not spend all his energy finding Spirit Stones for his devotees and had to gradually reduce it.

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During these years, Chu Zheng occasionally felt Tribulation Qi surging around him, but it was quickly suppressed, as if someone was helping him avert tribulations.

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With the increase in devotees, his own Cultivation saw a rise, stepping into the Divine Infant Second Transformation.

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For this second transformation, Chu Zheng chose a unique species that existed in the Chaos Sea, resembling a scale-armored Pegasus and enveloped in demonic flames.

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About a few years ago, this species had passed by the nearby Star Domain, consuming several Life Stars, and quickly caught the attention of the Divine Court; two Main Gods intervened but were repelled, and ultimately it escaped.

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The position of the Immortal Serpent Star was passable; Chu Zheng saw the full appearance of that unique creature, a hundred times larger than the ordinary Life Stars, and because of the great distance, he only got a glimpse, resulting in a transformation that captured its form but not its essence.

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However, even this mere physical transformation made this second change much stronger than the Qilin Transformation, indicating the terrifying nature of this unique creature.

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As his expansion of devotees entered a bottleneck, Chu Zheng shifted his attention to the other stars.

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If the number of devotees were to climb another level, it would cause conflict with some of the ancient deities that had long been entrenched on this Star.

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Rather than consolidating all at once, it was better to let some devotees spread out to other stars.

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After all, the distance between these stars was quite close, and it wasn't troublesome to traverse space using Divine Skills.

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The distance between stars, under the magnitude of the universe, is very short, but in reality, it is still quite vast.

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Chu Zheng spent more than seventy years, finally sending numerous devotees in batches throughout the entire Star Domain.

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With the incremental spread of devotees, a large net was gradually raised, and the number of devotees started to grow exponentially. Now, it was nearly a hundred million.

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The Cultivation of the Incense Fire Divine Path had already stepped into Higher Spirit Monarch Perfection, just one step away from becoming a Junior Heavenly Monarch.

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The Divine Infant of his true form, whose cultivation had been skyrocketing all along, stepped into the Divine Infant Sixth Transformation. Each level of change was none other than a formidable alien species from the Chaos Sea.

Such a long period of stability was something Chu Zheng had never experienced before, but the Tribulation Qi of the Qi Refining incarnation had already entered an extremely bizarre state in an imperceptible way.

The Tribulation Qi was very dense and had already formed an omen of death tribulation, but it did not boil over, and even remained quiet at all times.

After more than seventy years, this incarnation had already set foot in Golden Core Realm Perfection, and the next step was Refine Spirit.

Chu Zheng had already accumulated enough foundation for this step and could cross over at any time, but each time he was about to break through, he felt unsettled, thus interrupting the process.

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The morning light was faintly warm, dispelling the chill brought by the night.

Within the grand temple, Chu Zheng's eyes were slightly closed as he slowly reviewed the information sent back from various stars through his Golden Body.

Including Yuan Dazun, the initial group of core followers had long been sent away from the Immortal Serpent Star and were now managing affairs on various stars, mostly relying on the Golden Body for communication.

These pieces of information were quite complicated, with the most substantial part relating to the Divine Court.

Soon, Chu Zheng's gaze intensified, stopping on a piece of news.

'Yin Yang Xuan Ling Demonic Sanctioning Great Holy Celestial has detached from the Divine Court, whereabouts unknown.'

Zhao Tingxian left again?

Upon seeing this message, Chu Zheng couldn't help but be stunned, and the next instant, he suddenly felt the Tribulation Qi that had been silent at his side for decades suddenly respond.

In an instant, the star of death omen above his head flashed wildly.

The aura of death engulfed his senses, but at this moment, Chu Zheng grew calm instead, focusing his mind on operating the Eternal Calamity Treasure Record and began attempting to Refine Spirit.

Years of accumulation had perfected his Divine Soul, and now, he was merely one step away from the threshold.

The formless Divine Soul began to expand, stepping out from the center of his forehead, and in a blink, it transformed into a Primordial Spirit clad in Divine Armor, over thirty feet tall, radiating blazing divine light.

Before Chu Zheng could even begin to grasp the mystery of the Primordial Spirit, a fierce white light suddenly lit up from the horizon, engulfing his senses in an instant.

It took a while before he regained his senses, yet he could only inspect the position of the Immortal Serpent Star through the Golden Body Statues on the remaining stars.

On looking, he was taken aback once more.

The entire Immortal Serpent Star, along with several nearby Life Stars, had all vanished, leaving only a dazzling white divine light.

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Cangyun Realm.

Within the secret chamber of the Taixuan Holy Land, Chu Zheng's brow was brimming with light, and his aura plummeted. The Incense Fire Willpower in the depths of his Divine Soul kept ebbing away unstoppably, dissipating much of it.

In the end, his cultivation fell by two realms, retreating back to the Divine Infant Fourth Transformation.

Had he not earlier dispersed many followers, this blow would have netted him in one fell swoop, rendering the hardships of a century null and void.

However, Chu Zheng had no mind to care about his cultivation at this point.

With several stars vanishing together, he could not ascertain for a time whether this was indeed because of him.

After a while, Chu Zheng pulled back his thoughts and sighed. At least now he still had a portion of the Incense Flame Golden Body and some followers alive.

Only after meeting Zhao Tingxian did Chu Zheng realize that the situation in the Cangyun Realm was far more complicated than he had thought.

Among the True Immortal Seeds that emerged from the Cangyun Realm, aside from Shang Cangyun and Zhao Tingxian, none had been able to set foot in the domain of the Immortal Venerable, and most now were likely no longer in this world.

The remnant soul of a True Immortal in the Song Family Ancestral Grounds once left a last will: 'One must not enter the Immortal Alliance.'

Now it seems, this indeed was a warning.

Staying out of the Immortal Alliance allows one to survive in the universe, but those Cultivators from the Cangyun Realm who joined the Immortal Alliance, how could they have met a good end in the final analysis.

He needed to make numerous preparations.