Chapter 33: Strange Phenomena

The light was initially just a bright, crystalline yellow, but as it rose, it turned step-by-step into a crimson red, illuminating the three-zhang territory nearby until it was vivid and transparent.

"So hot, so hot!"

Hearing Tu Shan Ge hurriedly jumped back a few steps. Still feeling it wasn't enough, he retreated another three zhang before stopping.

"What is this commotion? Why is it so scorching?"

Hearing Tu Shan Ge wiped the sweat from his forehead, secretly clicking his tongue in wonder.

When covered by that red light, he felt as if he were in the middle of a scorching summer in the sixth month. The air he exhaled was filled with rolling heat, scorching one's heart with bitterness.

"No, this isn't right!"

Soon, Hearing Tu Shan Ge discovered something strange and was struck with horror.

Despite the unbearable heat, the frost and dew from the early cold still hung on the cave's stone door, completely unmelted.

"Have I lost my mind?"

He hesitated for a moment and carefully walked into the red light, but after only a moment, he jumped out howling, as if the tip of his tail had caught fire.

And this was only the beginning—

Soon, to Hearing Tu Shan Ge's astonishment, the red light gradually changed to a bright white, turning the three-zhang territory into a ghostly, gloomy, and cold place that made one's skin and bones ache.

Cyan, purple, silver, black, gold, blue, green, orange... lights of all colors rotated and transformed, as if returning the three-zhang world to the primordial chaos when the world was first divided into clear and turbid, yin and yang.

Cold and hot, bright and dim, evolving and forbidding, existing and void.

Different origins with the same sprout, difficult to distinguish...

Hearing Tu Shan Ge was already mesmerized, completely forgetting himself. He had never seen such strange phenomena when someone broke through to Qi Cultivation.

Even when his former master cultivated the Eighth-Rank High-Grade "Cave-Spirit Origin Sha" and achieved Foundation Establishment, it only attracted the Sha Qi from all directions to enter the body, cutting down half the mountain's autumn leaves.

But compared to this scene that seemed to be the evolution and destruction of the void, that was truly a small witch meeting a big witch.

"What grade of Qi Cultivation Art is Master practicing? It is so grand and astonishing! He even said he had no family background; this background is probably heaven-reaching!"

Thinking of this, Hearing Tu Shan Ge felt a sense of urgency and secretly thought: "Master refuses to tell me the truth; I fear he still doesn't consider me his own fox... It seems I need to work harder, show off in front of Master, and let him know my worth!"

While he was lost in his wild thoughts.

Those countless colors all turned into a void "white." The "white" seemed to be a single color, yet it encompassed all colors, giving one a sense of containing and governing all changes.

Before Hearing Tu Shan Ge could react to this sudden change, he heard a "Boom—" sound.

Countless spiritual energies of the void instantly erupted!

In the quiet room of the cave dwelling.

Chen Hang used his eyes to perceive his heart, pressed his hands against his upper jaw, and split his focus. He channeled his Embryonic Breathing into his eyes, visualizing the yellow essence and red qi of the sun with his left eye, and the red essence and yellow qi of the moon's yin with his right eye. Step by step, he combined the two forms and stored them in the "Purple Plain Palace."

This was the "Two Truths Combine in the Palace, A Hundred Spirits Listen in Awe" recorded in the *Scripture of the Great Beginning Origin Truth spoken by the Dao Lord of the Divine House Pivot Brilliance*.

Following the key points of the Qi Cultivation Art, Chen Hang slowly merged the two visualizations into the non-existent "Purple Plain Palace." During this process, he dared not be negligent, being extremely cautious at every step, fearing that a single mistake would lead to an imbalance in the forms of the sun and moon, which would mean all his hard work was in vain.

This was an extremely mentally taxing task.

Chen Hang had been busy for a long time and had practiced it countless times in the True Yizhen Yizhen Fa Jie, so he knew it by heart, which was the only reason he barely managed to avoid mistakes.

And when the "Purple Plain Palace" was filled by the sun and moon, Chen Hang felt a shock behind his head, as if he had been heavily struck by a jade mallet. His consciousness went dim, and for a time, he could not see.

An indescribable darkness swallowed him. Gradually, a sense of great terror and great destruction grew wantonly, threatening to drive him mad, but Chen Hang silently guarded his heart and spirit, maintaining constancy and stillness without panic.

He did not know how long this darkness lasted—perhaps a few breaths, perhaps years. Even though Chen Hang had experienced it several times in the True Yizhen Yizhen Fa Jie, he still found it unbearable. But soon, his vision brightened suddenly, as if someone had wielded a great axe to split open the dim, primordial heaven and earth!

Immortal music lingered, strange fragrances filled his nose, countless golden flowers fell from the void, and there were faintly countless golden-armored gods riding dragons and crossing phoenixes, along with numerous beautiful celestial maidens who reached out to lead him into a heavenly palace.

At this moment, a weak qi pulse was born below Chen Hang's navel... flickering, tiny, and faint, like a candle in the wind that could be extinguished at any moment.

"The divine spiritual phenomena are fine, but they are merely illusory objects right now. How can they disturb my Dao heart?"

Chen Hang smiled faintly.

He knew this was merely a barrier to the Dao. Once attracted by those scenes, his spirit would relax, and the qi pulse in his body would instantly collapse, failing the Qi Cultivation.

Therefore, he ignored those gods and maidens, focusing solely on sacrificing the newly born qi pulse, washing it through every acupuncture point in his body one by one. Every time the qi pulse passed, the acupuncture points would tremble, emitting thunderous sounds and slowly lighting up with divine radiance.

In this way, when Chen Hang had washed half of his acupuncture points with the qi pulse, half of his body was brilliant, like a multicolored giant of light.

When the qi pulse had washed through all his acupuncture points, his entire body was glowing, draped in divine radiance, presenting a form of all colors merged into one.

And that initially weak, flickering qi pulse had now changed its appearance, becoming incomparably robust and long.

"The Heaven-Earth Bridge has appeared; Qi Cultivation is achieved!"

After carefully sensing this change, Chen Hang sighed softly. Following the guidance of the Qi Cultivation Art, he shifted his mind and instantly shattered the long qi pulse within his body!

Bang!

Countless streams of qi soaked into his bones and blood, and the lights on his body dimmed, as if forming a great silkworm cocoon that wrapped him inside.

This was a feeling of extreme tranquility and peace. His whole person felt as if he were soaking in warm bathwater on a winter day. Dazed, Chen Hang had completely forgotten where he was or what he was doing, only following his instincts to continue operating the following techniques.

He did not know how long it had been when his body emitted a sound like gold and jade clashing. After a few breaths, it suddenly shook again.

After nine sounds, all the colors on Chen Hang's body turned into a ring of pure white light, floating shallowly on the surface, no longer emitting great brilliance.

In an instant, Chen Hang felt as if a great shackle had fallen away; inside and outside his body, there was nowhere that didn't feel relaxed.

That feeling of lightness throughout his body instantly woke Chen Hang up.

"Qi Cultivation is achieved..."

In place, Chen Hang slowly opened his eyes.

This time, his gaze was no longer overflowing with brilliance, but incomparably deep, like an ancient well or a deep pool.

The Embryonic Breathing consumed during his battle with Tong Yi had been replenished and even increased significantly. It was flowing with his blood with a "swish-swish" sound, showing the spirit of a rushing river in the quiet room of the mountain belly.

"Come."

He reached out and beckoned lightly, and countless spiritual energies in the void erupted and swarmed over! ===== CHAPTER 34 =====