Chapter 372: Nine Life Springs

Yin Qi sat cross-legged, eyes slightly closed, as the Sea of Bitterness Volume of the Dao Scripture appeared in his mind.

In the Zhetian World, the Sea of Bitterness Realm is the first Mijing.

The "Sea" refers to the Wheel of Life.

The "Bitterness" refers to the Sea of Bitterness.

The Wheel of Life is used by ordinary people to bear children, and by cultivators to sustain their bodies; it is the fundamental basis for a cultivator.

In essence, this is the dantian.

The dantian is actually a virtual concept, much like the meridians; it cannot be seen or touched, and only Qi can circulate within it, allowing it to be sensed.

The Wheel of Life is the foundation of a person, much like tree rings; for every year one lives, an additional ring is added, and the life essence dries up a little more, until the life essence is exhausted, the Wheel of Life collapses, and the person dies.

The Sea of Bitterness is likewise eroding the Wheel of Life.

When a cultivator trains, they must first open the Sea of Bitterness, allow the Sea of Bitterness to merge with the Wheel of Life, and then open a channel from the Sea of Bitterness leading directly to the Wheel of Life at the bottom of the sea to form a "spring eye," which is the Life Spring.

Fortunately, Yin Qi had set up an Array Formation, so this phenomenon did not spread outside; otherwise, others would have thought a great treasure had emerged.

"This is my Sea of Bitterness!"

A beam of Divine Light shot up into the sky from the Life Spring; it was purple-gold Divine Power erupting, rushing into the high heavens before turning into a torrential downpour, falling with a patter.

On the golden page, there was a detailed introduction to opening the Sea of Bitterness.

He focused his mind and calmed his breath, beginning to silently circulate the profound techniques recorded in the Dao Scripture to impact the Sea of Bitterness.

It is unknown how much time passed, but suddenly the room was filled with intense light, erupting with sounds like a tsunami; endless divine radiance surged from Yin Qi's Sea of Bitterness, brilliant purple light accompanied by flashes of lightning and rolls of thunder.

Very quickly, Yin Qi sensed the location of the Wheel of Life; it was at the position of the dantian, yet it was not the dantian where he stored True Qi, as if it were two sides of the same coin.

One could see that in his Sea of Bitterness, ten thousand rays of Divine Light were as gorgeous as rainbows, and there were actually purple-gold waves surging, accompanied by flashes of lightning and thunder, as if a tsunami were occurring, with waves rushing into the sky!

If there were others here, they would likely be shocked to the point of dropping their jaws.

Yin Qi was very expectant.

It seems the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body is golden, but why is his purple-gold?

Although he did not know the reason, Yin Qi could be certain that he must possess some kind of special physique; otherwise, his Sea of Bitterness would not have such a phenomenon, which was not even inferior to the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body.

In just five days, he had opened the Life Spring and officially stepped into the Life Spring Realm.

"I will check later to see what kind of Divine Body this phenomenon belongs to."

It was nothing like his Sea of Bitterness, which was boundless the moment it was opened, and purple-gold at that.

Yin Qi sighed; the human body is truly profound, containing endless treasures.

With Yin Qi's top-tier natural talent, added to his Immortal Bone Grade King Quality Comprehension, there were absolutely no bottlenecks in his cultivation of the Sea of Bitterness Realm; thus, with the support of Divine Source, his cultivation progressed by leaps and bounds.

He held the Divine Source in both hands, absorbing the vast energy within to continue his training.

Boom—!

Within the Sea of Bitterness, the purple-gold giant waves rolled continuously, as if a tsunami were occurring.

It was merely opening the Sea of Bitterness, yet it could cause such a massive commotion.

The life force released by the Life Spring is the Divine Power cultivated by a cultivator, which can be used to initially cast various profound techniques.

When ordinary people open the Sea of Bitterness, it is very small at the beginning.

Yin Qi was surprised and suspicious, because the Sea of Bitterness is generally black.

The phenomenon of thunder filling the sky broke out from his body; the area around Yin Qi was like a domain of thunder, with the sound of waves roaring to the heavens.

"This is Divine Power!"

Feeling the Divine Power erupting from the Life Spring, Yin Qi was filled with wonder, because the quality of this Divine Power was far above that of blood energy and True Qi, and it was naturally imbued with a certain affinity for the Dao.

In layman's terms, this Divine Power is naturally in harmony with the Great Dao.

Yin Qi suddenly understood a little why the Great Dao roars and phenomena appear so frequently in the Zhetian World; this is determined by the most basic Divine Power.

The Life Spring seems to be the channel through which the human body communicates with the Great Dao.

The larger the Life Spring, the faster the cultivation speed and the stronger the combat power; of course, it also means the body must withstand more powerful Great Dao force, and if things go wrong, the body could collapse or even dissolve into the Dao.

Therefore, ordinary people only have one Life Spring, and the better the physique, the larger the Life Spring and the higher the quality of Divine Power.

"Since that is the case, can I open several more Life Springs?"

Yin Qi suddenly thought.

A cultivator's power comes from the Life Spring, so the more Life Springs, the stronger the cultivator's combat power naturally is.

The more he thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed, and he even had a vague idea.

This is the terrifying aspect of Immortal Bone Grade King Quality Comprehension; placed in the Zhetian World, it belongs to the category of heaven-defying comprehension.

However, even with heaven-defying comprehension, wanting to create a method to open multiple Life Springs would likely take several months, or even half a year; Yin Qi had no patience to wait.

Thus, he communicated with the Luck Altar: "Altar, deduce a method to open multiple Life Springs; how much Luck is required?"

"Two zhang!"

"Two zhang!"

Yin Qi felt it was a bit much, but thinking that the Life Spring is the foundation of cultivation, he nodded: "Fine, deduce it."

"As you wish!"

As the grand voice finished speaking, the red Luck on the Altar dropped to two point four zhang.

Almost at the same time, a stream of information appeared out of thin air, regarding the method of how to open new Life Springs.

According to this method, theoretically, one could open countless Life Springs, provided that the cultivator's physical body could withstand it.

If it could not withstand it, then one would directly dissolve into the Dao.

Circulating this method, Yin Qi very easily began to open new Life Springs within his Sea of Bitterness.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

One after another, Life Springs were continuously opened up by Yin Qi.

They erupted with streaks of purple-gold divine radiance, rushing into the high Heaven, then transforming into a torrential downpour, falling with a pitter-patter.

The vision of thunder filling the sky burst forth from his body, and the area around Yin Qi transformed into an endless purple-gold Bitter Sea, with towering waves.

When the ninth Life Spring was opened, the contention of visions reached its peak, and the entire courtyard, illuminated by the purple-gold divine radiance, seemed to transform into a Heavenly Palace.

Above this Heavenly Palace, Archaic Stars even emerged one by one, casting down endless starlight.

"This is already the limit!"

Yin Qi suddenly had an epiphany, and a great terror welled up in his heart.

It seemed that if he were to continue opening Life Springs, he would be assimilated by the Great Dao and become a part of Heaven and Earth.

"Nine Life Springs are enough!"

Yin Qi was overjoyed.

Nine Life Springs meant that at the same realm, his combat power had increased ninefold.

If one were to add the amplification of his Divine Body, his combat power would be equivalent to more than ten times, or even twenty or thirty times, that of a person with an Ordinary physique at the same realm—a completely crushing gap.

He suddenly thought of Wushi Dadi, who was said to be able to catch an Emperor Weapon with his bare hands while a Quasi-Emperor.

Thinking about it, he would be able to do so in the future as well.

In the Bitter Sea, purple-gold giant waves surged incessantly; as each auxiliary Life Spring was opened, even the entire Bitter Sea was greatly widened by the surging power of the Great Dao, appearing just like a real ocean.

Within the Bitter Sea, dense divine patterns emerged.

These were the manifestation of the rules of the Great Dao.

When cultivators perform Artifact Refining, they use these divine patterns as materials to temper their own life-bound artifacts; this is also the reason why the method of Artifact Refining is not prevalent in the Zhetian World.

Because everyone refines artifacts themselves using divine patterns, they are more handy to use.

Furthermore, such life-bound artifacts will strengthen as one's cultivation level improves, which is something an Ordinary Dharma Treasure cannot compare to.

After opening the Life Springs, the next step is to forge an artifact.

In fact, according to the records in the Sea of Bitterness Volume of the Dao Scripture, in each of the four great realms—Bitter Sea, Life Spring, Divine Bridge, and Other Shore—one can temper an artifact.

But in Yin Qi's view, an artifact should be refined for quality rather than quantity; one is enough!