Chapter 38

Originally, cultivating in this world required refining and manifesting the Five Element Gods.

Zhang Taixuan combined numerous cultivation methods, and with the Daoist canon obtained from the myriad heavens, he instead condensed the Five Qi within his chest.

Once the Five Qi were condensed, although he could not become a Da Luo Jinxian, it would allow him to align more closely with the great Dao of heaven and earth, making cultivation and enlightenment far easier.

Seeing that two wisps of world origin still remained in the Qiankun Cauldron, Zhang Taixuan did not hesitate, directly taking out one wisp and merging it into his Dao Palace.

In an instant, the three great divine stores of the spleen, kidneys, and lungs opened, and the Dao Palace was thereby perfected.

Above his head, five-colored radiance swirled, forming a five-colored canopy that could both defend and attack, wondrous beyond compare.

A moment later, the five-colored canopy retracted, returning to his chest, lending him an even more mysterious air.

Having achieved the perfection of the Dao Palace, he once again took out the Qiankun Ding, directly dissolving a wisp of world origin within it and merging it into the Qiankun Ding.

Immediately, strange lights blazed across the Qiankun Ding; had the chat group not concealed its aura, it would surely have been discovered.

The Qiankun Ding clanged and rang for a while, becoming even more ancient and desolate.

Upon it, besides the endless starry sky, there now appeared the spirits of the Four Symbols—phantom images of Xuan Wu, Zhu Que, Qing Long, and Bai Hu—making the great cauldron appear even more mysterious.

And the space within it expanded by dozens of times.

Its length, width, and height each reached over a thousand li.

If driven with magic power, it could expand even further.

It could be said that the Qiankun Ding was now somewhat worthy of its name, capable of containing heaven and earth.

Elsewhere.

Li Yan, having delivered the spirit herbs, hurried back to his own cave abode.

Delivering spirit herbs to a core senior brother—if not for the connections of his family's elders, he would never have had such an opportunity.

Taking out the Hundred Herbs Jin Dan gifted by his senior brother, Li Yan's eyes gleamed with longing: "I wonder what wondrous qualities this elixir, praised by my uncle as unrivaled beneath the heavens, possesses?"

He consumed it.

Immediately.

A power, exceedingly gentle yet immensely vast, spread forth.

Boom!

His Bitter Sea, originally utterly dead and requiring several more months to dissolve, instantly surged with crimson light, waves rolling one after another.

Li Yan was stunned; looking inward at his Bitter Sea, he saw it had already grown from the size of a sesame seed to the size of a fist.

"This elixir is simply too terrifying!" Li Yan exclaimed in shock. "If I had used Hundred Herbs Liquid, I'm afraid it would have taken me two or three years to reach my current realm!"

He was merely someone who had entered the sect through his uncle's connections.

Although two or three years would not have gotten him expelled, he could only have remained an ordinary disciple, unable to rise above the rest.

Now—he too was a genius disciple!

His heart was instantly filled with boundless admiration for Zhang Taixuan.

Regarding his uncle's praise, he sighed sincerely: "Uncle truly has sharp eyes; this elixir is indeed unrivaled beneath the heavens."