Chapter 351: Enlightenment

The top-grade elixir is truly different.

Of course, this Bu Dao Dan is only third-rank.

Huh…

He Pingsheng sat cross-legged, exhaling a long, turbid breath.

Since I've forged a top-grade Bu Dao Dan, I can now stabilize my Dao root.

He Pingsheng decided to test it himself first; if it worked well, he'd give it to Sister Qiao.

First, he calmed his mind and practiced the Xuan Men Jing Xin Zhen Jue for a while, settling his agitated emotions.

Then, he opened his mouth and swallowed the golden divine elixir marked with faint purple veins.

He Pingsheng closed his eyes and turned his spiritual sense inward.

When he first achieved the Wu Xing Hun Yi Tian Jing, his Dao root had sprouted.

The Dao root is the second aspect of the spiritual root.

The spiritual root absorbs celestial spiritual energy to break through physical barriers.

The Dao root absorbs the laws of heaven and earth to break through Dao barriers.

When the Dao root first sprouted, a thread grew from the spiritual root, like a meridian, extending straight to the consciousness sea.

Then, a prototype formed within the consciousness sea.

Now, He Pingsheng's Dao root lay within his consciousness sea, appearing from afar like a withered wooden post, with five branches extending from it.

These five branches represented the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

This was merely the prototype of the Dao root—it was fragile.

Now, after consuming the top-grade Bu Dao Dan, a mysterious force erupted from within him, sinking deep into the Dao root.

The five branches on the wooden post, nourished by the Bu Dao Dan, slowly began to grow.

Countless roots extended from the five branches, instantly filling the entire consciousness sea.

Boom…

The next instant!

He Pingsheng's spiritual sense involuntarily burst forth from his consciousness sea.

Countless invisible Dao root roots followed his spiritual sense, flying out like myriads of fine threads, each one stretching toward the empty heavens, extending deep into the void.

At the very moment these Dao root threads touched the void, countless complex laws of heaven and earth were captured by them, one by one, bit by bit, strand by strand, flowing into He Pingsheng's consciousness sea.

Invisible laws converged.

From his consciousness sea to his heart, He Pingsheng felt a flicker of enlightenment.

"This…" He Pingsheng opened his eyes, murmuring in shock: "Is this what enlightenment feels like?"

"How miraculous!"

During enlightenment, He Pingsheng even felt a strange sense of amusement.

He closed his eyes and continued to comprehend.

Enlightenment… enlightenment…

It is not about absorbing all the complex truths of heaven and earth into the consciousness sea; the first step is recognition.

One must deliberately engage with a specific Dao method, gradually absorbing and gradually understanding.

For example… the Dao of Fire!

The Dao of Space!

The Dao of Time!

And so on…

All can be found within the void.

The Dao of Time and the Dao of Space are attributeless Dao methods, beyond the five elements, so any cultivator with any spiritual root can comprehend them.

He Pingsheng possessed all five elements, naturally no exception.

His countless spiritual senses and Dao root threads extended outward, searching the void for the Dao of Space.

Why search for the Dao of Space?

Simple: because of teleportation.

Teleportation is a crude form of the Dao of Space; once learned, one can command the laws of heaven and earth to instantly change position—it seems difficult, but is not as hard as imagined.

Just grasping a fraction of the Dao of Space is enough to achieve it.

Of course, the deeper one comprehends the spatial laws, the farther one can teleport.

Those Nascent Soul experts all gained teleportation by comprehending the Dao of Space.

No rush!

First, comprehend.

He Pingsheng closed his eyes and meditated, searching the heavens and earth for the Dao of Space.

He meditated for a full month but still could not achieve teleportation.

So He Pingsheng abandoned it and pulled out the True Cultivation Treasury.

He remembered seeing basic records about Nascent Soul and teleportation when he had flipped through the True Cultivation Treasury before.

Let's take another look.

Half a stick of incense later, He Pingsheng frowned.

Achieving teleportation really isn't easy.

There are two ways to gain this skill.

The first way is through enlightenment.

Continuously using one's Dao root threads to absorb the Dao of Space from heaven and earth; over time, teleportation will naturally be achieved.

The time required varies by individual talent.

But according to the average Nascent Soul cultivator in the True Cultivation world, it takes roughly ten years.

That is, sitting in meditation without food or drink for ten years, one can master this skill.

The second way is to directly use another's.

For example, if there is a Nascent Soul elder, ask them to condense this skill into a tangible form, then swallow and comprehend it.

This method is much faster.

One can master it in less than a year.

Of course, if no elder has condensed the Dao law, one can purchase it from a Nascent Soul cultivator.

As long as one is willing to pay the price.

He Pingsheng immediately abandoned this idea.

He had neither option.

Forget teleportation for now.

He waved his hand and pulled out another fruit: a top-grade Suluo Holy Fruit.

He originally had twenty-seven of them.

Later, through enhancement, they became fifty-four—all top-grade.

This top-grade Suluo Holy Fruit was about the size of a fist.

The Suluo Holy Fruit, though called a fruit, is not actually a fruit.

It is a condensation of wood-elemental law.

In short, this single fruit is entirely composed of wood-elemental law energy.

Simply swallow it, then slightly comprehend it, and one gains the Suluo Holy Fruit's law energy.

Let's try!

He Pingsheng opened his mouth and bit hard into the Suluo Holy Fruit.

He couldn't describe the taste.

But it wasn't unpleasant.

Pure law energy, carrying a faint wood-elemental fragrance.

Boom…

The moment the law energy entered his mouth, it instantly shattered into countless fragments, flooding into his consciousness sea and attaching to his Dao root.

Next came comprehension, understanding, and cultivation!

He Pingsheng closed his eyes and began to cultivate.

Eighteen days later, he fully refined that mouthful of wood-elemental law energy.

Continue!

He took the remaining fruits and bit into another one hard.

This second mouthful was much easier to refine.

It took only ten days.

Then…

One Holy Fruit was completely swallowed and refined.

In total, less than two months passed.

Now, as he sat in meditation, wood-elemental law energy surfaced within his swirling consciousness sea.

And through his Dao root as a medium, he could now draw upon the wood-elemental laws of heaven and earth as his own.

"Out..."

He Pingsheng uttered a sharp command.

A tendril of thorned vine erupted from the ground before him.

Instantly, countless rules of the wood element converged, then condensed spiritual energy through those rules.

In less than three breaths, the entire courtyard, a hundred zhang in radius, was blanketed by the toxic thorns.

After comprehending these wood-element rules, the power of He Pingsheng's technique, Sacred Wood Poison Dragon Art, doubled.