Chapter 47

While Fang Yu was pondering, Elder Wu Qingfeng continued explaining basic cultivation principles.

Such as the Sea of Suffering.

The Sea of Suffering resides in the same location as the Life Wheel, belonging to the same region, yet obscures the Life Wheel.

The Sea of Suffering is boundless, impossible to cross; yet for a cultivator to attain longevity, they must not be trapped within it—they must generate life within the Sea of Suffering, cultivate Divine Veins, erect the Heavenly Bridge, reach the other shore, and arrive at the end of the Sea of Suffering.

This is the very beginning of cultivation.

To cultivate further, one must refine the Heavenly Bridge, which spans the Sea of Suffering and connects to other Secret Realms of the body.

If one can open these other Secret Realms, they can greatly expand the body's potential and increase the cultivator's strength.

Use the body as seed, achieve great power.

"The Life Wheel and the Sea of Suffering are fused; to cultivate the Life Wheel, one must inevitably cultivate the Sea of Suffering. Thus, from a certain perspective, cultivation begins with the Sea of Suffering."

This was Elder Wu Qingfeng's final remark.

"So that's how it is."

Ye Fan and Pang Bo now seemed to finally understand.

As for Fang Yu, he understood too—but his cultivation path began directly in the mind; understanding this seemed of little use to him.

"Over the next two months, I will guide you onto the Immortal Path and formally make you cultivators. Afterward, I will no longer teach you individually—you will go to Lingxu Cliff to listen to the Dao with the others."

The most crucial step when first stepping onto the Immortal Path is to lay a solid foundation; only then can one later climb to the peak. Thus, Elder Wu Qingfeng produced a scripture hailed as the strongest foundational method in the world—the Dao Jing.

Given its name, Dao Jing, its power is self-evident: it is a scripture recording the Great Dao, a Wushangfa, said to be an Immortal Classic; in the vast Eastern Wilderness, only a few ancient scriptures can rival it.

Of course, the Lingxu Cave Heaven sect does not possess the entire Dao Jing—it holds only its opening chapters. Moreover, this Dao Jing is not unique within the Yan Kingdom Realm; it has already spread widely and is held by most Men Sects.

Otherwise, a minor sect like Lingxu Cave Heaven possessing the Dao Jing would instantly invite annihilation.

Ancient sages spread the Dao Jing far and wide, making it available for beginners' cultivation—this is a great virtue; even if someone wished to monopolize it, they could not.

Thus, even now, Lingxu Cave Heaven possesses the Dao Jing, which Elder Wu Qingfeng has taught to Fang Yu and the others.

"Do you understand this line?"

Elder Wu Qingfeng sat in the chief seat; Fang Yu, Ye Fan, and Pang Bo sat below. At this moment, Elder Wu Qingfeng was asking Pang Bo.

"It seems… I still don't understand."

Pang Bo shook his head, then sighed. "How profound and intricate is this Dao Jing? Even a single sentence is so hard to comprehend?"

If the hardest Classical Chinese were a difficulty of one hundred, the Dao Jing's difficulty for Pang Bo was ten thousand.

With merely a few lines, Pang Bo already felt unable to grasp it—he seemed to need eons of enlightenment.

"Do you understand?"

Elder Wu Qingfeng turned to Fang Yu and Ye Fan.

Fang Yu nodded. Ye Fan nodded too.

"Since your comprehension differs, your lessons will be ordered accordingly."

Seeing their differing comprehension, Elder Wu Qingfeng let Pang Bo struggle on while he taught more.

Fang Yu understood every word clearly.

The Dao Jing was indeed a profound ancient scripture; though widely circulated, it truly contained Wushangfa truths.

In just a few thousand characters, each line held deep meaning, containing boundless mystery, clearly explaining cultivation—even a powerful cultivator holding the Dao Jing would marvel that foundational cultivation could be so mysterious.

Fang Yu saw many things in the Dao Jing he had no use for, and some he could use—such as methods to refine the Physical Body, methods to cultivate the spirit, but mostly methods guiding cultivators to sense their own Life Wheel, then direct essence and qi to shatter the Sea of Suffering.

"Cultivating the spirit—that's excellent. To advance from 7th Stage of Physical Body to 8th, 9th, 10th, and even break into the Divine Ability Secret Realm, I must forge my spirit."

Fang Yu was in high spirits.

He had found in the Dao Jing things highly beneficial to his cultivation.

Specifically, methods for meditating and forging the spirit.

The Dao Jing lived up to its reputation as an ancient Celestial Sovereign's masterpiece—its scope was astonishing; thus, even if he returned to the Eternal Life Realm, he could use the Dao Jing to forge his spirit.

Once he broke through into the Divine Ability Secret Realm, he would truly ascend to heaven.

"Fang Yu, since you've fully comprehended the Dao Jing, you may try sensing your Life Wheel."

Elder Wu Qingfeng's mood was also good.

He had never seen anyone with such extraordinary comprehension. Normally, for a masterpiece like the Dao Jing, ordinary cultivators needed ten days or even a month to grasp its meaning—but this Fang Yu had comprehended it all in one day.

This talent for understanding the Dao surpassed 99 percent of Lingxu Cave Heaven's cultivators, even all the young disciples.

He could already be called an Immortal Sprout.

Fang Yu nodded, but he had no way to sense the Life Wheel—instead, the Divine Herb he had devoured continued to be refined and absorbed, steadily increasing his strength.

By the end of the day, his strength rose from twenty thousand jin to twenty-one thousand jin.

"Truly strange."

Elder Wu Qingfeng felt bewildered, unable to understand why this was happening.

He clearly had excellent cultivation potential, clearly an extraordinary talent, yet he could not sense the Life Wheel at all.

Yet his strength kept rising—if he closed in, even a Palace Realm Elder might be crushed by a single punch.

He was truly a freak.

He glanced again at Ye Fan—this disciple was even stranger: his Life Wheel was utterly silent, as hard as divine iron; no matter how hard he tried to guide it, it yielded nothing.

Both disciples had peculiar traits—this gave Elder Wu Qingfeng a headache.

If Pang Bo still could not enter cultivation according to conventional methods, Lingxu Cave Heaven would suffer a great loss.

"Is there a possibility that the cultivation path has other ways?"

As Elder Wu Qingfeng was troubled by Ye Fan's issue, he saw Fang Yu turn into a black line and dash up the small hill, then leap down.

Boom—

The earth trembled.

Fang Yu's foot landed on the ground.

His physical body remained intact, unharmed in any way.

Ye Fan and Pang Bo were stunned.

"Fang Yu is truly a human beast."

"Incredible—his physical body is too powerful!"

"Can this really train the physical body? I'd die if I tried."

This small hill was dozens of zhang tall; jumping down from it left him unharmed—such a physical body is terrifying.

Elder Wu Qingfeng's face also showed surprise. "If one cultivates only the physical body, could one reach a terrifying realm? I'll apply for Hundred Herb Fluid right away to provide Fang Yu with sufficient energy."

With that, the Elder transformed into a streak of rainbow light and departed.

"Fang Yu, can physical body cultivation really be done this way?"

Seeing Elder Wu Qingfeng leave, Pang Bo whistled in curiosity.

"8th Stage of Physical Body—fierce and brave, the key is 'bravery.' Training this way is fine."