Chapter 253: Nine Breaths of Qi-Feeding

When he first came to this world and awakened his cheat, the first of the Earthly Fiend 72 Arts he obtained was the "Guiding" technique. The Guiding technique, which is the Qi-Refining technique, is the cultivation method of the Qi-Refiners.

Now, after years of bitter cultivation, after lighting up the star representing the Heavenly Gang 36 Methods, the first Daoist technique he obtained was "Nine Breaths of Qi-Feeding." The "Qi" in Nine Breaths of Qi-Feeding is not the heaven and earth energy guided by the Guiding technique, but the more mysterious "Primordial Qi." This technique can be seen as an advanced version of the Guiding technique, but it is not simply an advanced version.

The "Guiding" technique can only be considered a cultivation method for strengthening the body. Although it comes from another world, it is no different from the cultivation methods of the Daoist and Yin-Yang Schools of this world, or even the internal energy cultivated by martial artists. It is just that what it cultivates is magic power, which is more refined than internal energy and true qi. "Nine Breaths of Qi-Feeding," however, is a method that points directly to the root of the Great Dao. Cultivated to the extreme, it can condense Primordial Qi.

Primordial Qi, also known as the Ancestral Qi of Origin, refers to the original Qi that gives birth to heaven, earth, people, and all things. It is the basic component of all things in heaven and earth. The Dao is born from nothingness into one Qi, and from one Qi, Yin and Yang are produced; Yin and Yang combine to form the three bodies, and the three bodies regenerate all things.

It is the beginning of everything.

Therefore, Nine Breaths of Qi-Feeding can also be called "Nine Breaths of Primordial Qi-Feeding," which is the foundation of cultivation and the root method of Qi-refining.

Unlike the Guiding technique—no, unlike the Earthly Fiend techniques—this Heavenly Gang Daoist technique does not stuff all the methods and knowledge of condensing heaven and earth energy into Su Xuan's mind like the Earthly Fiend techniques, letting him follow the steps. It is more like placing the profound principles of the Great Dao before Su Xuan. Whether he can master these principles requires Su Xuan to comprehend them himself.

It can be said that the Heavenly Gang 36 Methods will have different effects when cultivated by different people.

Because it is itself a carrier of the Dao.

Techniques and Methods: Techniques can be seen as the branches and leaves of a tree, while Methods are the foundation of the tree. This is the fundamental difference between the two.

A tree can have many branches and leaves, and each branch and leaf is different, but they share the same foundation.

Comprehending Nine Breaths of Qi-Feeding will continuously push the cultivation methods one has mastered toward the direction most suitable for Su Xuan, the direction with the highest intent, until it reaches the root of this technique.

Even the most ordinary internal energy cultivation method, through the promotion and modification of Nine Breaths of Qi-Feeding, can become an internal energy mental method that is unrivaled in the world.

After mastering Nine Breaths of Qi-Feeding, Su Xuan discovered in just a moment that the Earthly Fiend technique "Guiding" he had mastered had improved. He could condense more heaven and earth energy for his own use by improving certain methods within it.

In addition to improving and promoting the cultivation methods already mastered, with the help of Nine Breaths of Qi-Feeding, one can also refine one's own magic power, making it more refined. Every nine cycles of refinement, the purity of one's magic power will reach a higher level.

And because nine is the extreme of numbers, the so-called nine cycles of refinement do not just refer to nine times. As long as your foundation is solid and conditions permit, with the help of the Qi-feeding method, you can refine your magic power indefinitely until it can no longer be refined!

Compared to the Earthly Fiend techniques, this is a truly unimaginable great supernatural power.

Such a supernatural power is difficult for ordinary people to comprehend. For ordinary people, Earthly Fiend techniques can be cultivated because they tell you all the specific methods at once, and you only need to follow them step by step to achieve something. But Heavenly Gang Daoist techniques are different; they are all carriers of the Great Dao, principles that are difficult to describe in words. If your aptitude and cultivation are insufficient, even if the Great Dao is placed before you, you will not be able to see anything or comprehend its mysteries.

If Su Xuan didn't have his cheat, allowing him to comprehend Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend techniques by lighting up the stars in his mind, with his current strength and realm, he wouldn't even have sought immortality, let alone be able to directly touch Heavenly Gang Daoist techniques.

Having obtained a Heavenly Gang Daoist technique, Su Xuan's joy was beyond words.

Although Nine Breaths of Qi-Feeding was not the kind of great supernatural power that could change the world with a wave of the hand, for Su Xuan, it was the most suitable Daoist technique for him at the moment.

After all, this world was just a simple martial arts world. With the help of the Earthly Fiend 72 Arts, he was enough to look down upon many experts in the world. But if he wanted to go further and seek the path of immortality, relying solely on the Earthly Fiend 72 Arts, while possible, had its limits, and coupled with the limitations of cultivation resources, the difficulty was extremely high.

The appearance of Nine Breaths of Qi-Feeding changed this situation.

After obtaining it, Su Xuan continued his bitter cultivation, striving to comprehend this Heavenly Gang Daoist technique. With the help of Nine Breaths of Qi-Feeding, he felt his physical condition more clearly and discovered many hidden dangers.

In the past, his cultivation speed was not slow.

After all, he possessed Daoist techniques like Guiding, Feeding, and Medicine. With the linkage between many Daoist techniques, he used the medical technique to identify medicinal herbs, then used the feeding technique to absorb their essence, and used the guiding technique to draw heaven and earth energy into his body, using that energy to refine the essence of the herbs. Through this method of cultivating both inside and out, as long as resources were sufficient, his strength would continuously improve.

Moreover, because he cultivated "magic power," his strength was far above those martial artists who cultivated internal energy!

But this was only compared to martial artists.

After comprehending "Nine Breaths of Qi-Feeding," Su Xuan immediately discovered that his magic power was not pure. This was because the Guiding technique and the Feeding technique were two different Daoist techniques. Although they could be used together, because of the lack of a refining method, those heaven and earth energies and the essence of the herbs became his magic power without any refinement, making his magic power somewhat mottled.

It was fine when the realm was low, but if the realm was high, it would affect his foundation.

It was like in cultivation novels, where disciples of orthodox sects and rogue cultivators were two different groups. When fighting at the same realm, the orthodox ones were often stronger because their magic power was more refined.

"As expected of a Heavenly Gang Daoist technique, it is truly wonderful!"

"Wonderful!"

The more Su Xuan comprehended Nine Breaths of Qi-Feeding, the more amazed he became.

Even if he could only comprehend a little bit at the moment, he had a feeling that even this little bit was enough to let his strength reach another level.