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A total of ten bottles, 100 Pill Medicines.

“Three Flowers Pill, a top-notch Spirit Pill refined by the Alchemist Master of the Great Flame Royal Family, is the most suitable elixir for Martial Artists at the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top stage. Its medicinal effects are powerful.”

Along with it was a note describing these Pill Medicines.

Su Changkong poured out one pill and inspected it carefully. The Three Flowers Pill was crystal clear, wrapped in swirling Spiritual Energy, with golden hues, silver, and green flowers engraved on its surface—it looked so exquisite that anyone would know at a glance how extraordinary this Spirit Pill was!

The recipe for Three Flowers Pill was exclusively held within the Yan Imperial Family, and only loyal officials and Martial Artists of the family had access to it.

Su Changkong had slain Xie Kui, and with Duanmu Tao’s help in claiming the credit, managed to obtain a whole ten bottles, 100 pills of Three Flowers Pills. So many pills were enough for a Martial Artist who had just stepped into the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top to cultivate to the perfection of twelve Heavenly Pulses!

“First, become a Five-Qi Grandmaster.”

Su Changkong began his closed-door cultivation. Not long after advancing to Innate, he had already developed Blade Intent. For him, opening the twelve Heavenly Pulses and then assimilating the Five Qi into the Sea of Consciousness was a step he could easily achieve.

Su Changkong planned to first open the twelve Heavenly Pulses to become a true Five-Qi Grandmaster, and his strength would inevitably improve at that time!

As the Spirit Taoist Sect was in the midst of reconstruction, Su Changkong feared unforeseen incidents, so he decided to stay and oversee the sect. With the other buildings destroyed, Su Changkong went into seclusion in Heaven Silkworm Cave in the forbidden area behind the mountain, undisturbed by anyone.

Su Changkong took out a Three Flowers Pill from the bottle, swallowed it, and quickly began refining it.

“Boom!”

Under Su Changkong’s digestive ability, which rivaled that of Alien Beasts, the medicinal effect of the Three Flowers Pill was swiftly refined and turned into a stream of highly pure medicinal strength that was absorbed and refined by his body. Spiritual Energy surged around him, and every single cell grew larger.

Time passed, and in less than twenty days, with the pace of refining one Three Flowers Pill a day, Su Changkong successfully opened the tenth Heavenly Pulse!

For Su Changkong at that time, with sufficient resources, breakthroughs in Martial Arts Cultivation felt as easy as eating and drinking. His Giant Whale Skill reached level 10, like a beast in dire need of nutrients to grow—the more he consumed, the faster his body developed!

One and a half months later, Su Changkong opened the eleventh Heavenly Pulse.

Three months flew by in the blink of an eye.

In the Heaven Silkworm Cave, Su Changkong sat quietly. On his body’s surface, the last main vein underwent metamorphosis, turning into a Heavenly Pulse capable of sensing and refining nature’s spiritual energy.

Twelve Heavenly Pulses connected to heaven and earth, and above Su Changkong’s head floated the Three Flowers representing heaven, earth, and man. He concentrated his spirit, attempting to assimilate the body’s Five Qi into the Sea of Consciousness.

The so-called Five Qi are the divine, soul, intent, breath, and essence Qi found within the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys of the human body, corresponding to the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

By assimilating the Five Qi into the Sea of Consciousness in the head, the body can achieve a fully integrated state, with no breath leaking out in the slightest.

To achieve the level of a Five-Qi Grandmaster, the body will not age until the end of one’s natural lifespan, maintaining eternal youth and keeping the body’s functions at their peak until death!

Su Changkong had mastered Blade Intent and had some understanding of the Sea of Consciousness. With the help of the Blade Intent in his mind, he rapidly spun it around, attracting the Five Qi inside his body. They were gradually drawn into his Sea of Consciousness, enriching it, making it more powerful, and allowing him to effortlessly circulate the Five Qi within his body, nourishing his flesh!

Just like soaking in a hot spring, Su Changkong’s Essence Qi Spirit was full and seemed to have undergone sublimation and metamorphosis.

It took five days for Su Changkong to successfully assimilate the Five Qi into his Sea of Consciousness.

“Is this the Five Qi towards the Yuan realm achieved by assimilating the Five Qi into the Sea of Consciousness? Indeed, it is incomparable to Three Flowers Gathering at the Top!”

Feeling the metamorphosis within himself, Su Changkong couldn’t help but exclaim.

In the Five Qi towards the Yuan state, with the Five Qi assimilated into the Sea of Consciousness at the head, it can circulate endlessly and indefinitely, having a strong Life Force even if the body is damaged, it can be repaired.

Moreover, the Essence Qi Spirit becomes purer and stronger.

The most immediate change, however, is in the range of sensitivity and manipulation of Spiritual Energy.

Previously, Su Changkong had reached the level of Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, and with the enhancements from the Guiding Technique, he could manipulate the nature’s spiritual energy within a range of 100 feet, which was already not inferior to an ordinary Five-Qi Grandmaster.

But once he opened the twelve Heavenly Pulses, achieving the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top and reaching the Five Qi towards the Yuan state, his range of manipulating Spiritual Energy skyrocketed to 200 feet!

This was a manifold increase, a tremendous growth!

The immense benefits of this development directly reflected in the increased power in his Five Animal Frolics and various Martial Arts Skills, rising by more than one level from before.

“Now, I can truly call myself a ’Pseudo-Divine Skill’ Great Grandmaster!”

Su Changkong was quite pleased with his progress.

Having achieved Perfection of Innateness and mastered the 11th level of Five Animal Frolics, Su Changkong’s combat ability was evidently beyond the realm of a Five-Qi Grandmaster, making him a true Pseudo-Divine Skill Grandmaster!

Without any Martial Saint emerging, he would be hard-pressed to find an opponent among those at the Innate level!

“However… this is also a kind of bottleneck that is difficult to break through.”

Su Changkong also knew that to truly become a Martial Saint, it would be extremely challenging. With a Divine Seed, it would be easier—based on his foundation, refining a suitable Divine Seed could possibly give him a chance to become a Martial Saint.

Of course, Su Changkong didn’t want to take shortcuts.

Seeing that he could ascend to Innateness without relying on Innate Qi, becoming a Martial Saint might not necessarily require refining a Divine Seed!

After all, if a Divine Seed is truly needed to become a Martial Saint, then where did the original Divine Seed come from?

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Source: Webnovel.com, updated by Madara Web Novel