[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-watching-the-immortals-fall":3,"chapter-watching-the-immortals-fall-watching-the-immortals-fall-chapter-95":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Watching the Immortals Fall",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2259968,4410,"Chapter 95: The Extraordinary Physique","watching-the-immortals-fall-chapter-95",95,"\u003Cp>The most talked-about event at the White Immortal Platform duel was the romantic rivalry between You Buyu of the Inner Court and the eldest daughter of Yu Danzong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the beginning—and the first time an Outer Court disciple had provoked the Inner Court’s direct disciples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after fifty-three swords howled through the sky, the incident seemed to lose all public interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What they discussed most was whether this battle had truly been Ji You’s limit, and why his spiritual energy was so boundless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some claimed it was a method of squeezing spiritual essence; others said Ji You’s Qi Refining technique was unlike any other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As rumors spread, even the instructors were divided in opinion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Regardless of whether it’s a method of extracting spiritual essence, Ji You’s spiritual energy is undeniably strange—perhaps he gained some unknown advantage in an ancient ruin and never reported it to the academy…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nonsense. He came from the countryside, cultivated entirely on his own, and even before entering the academy, his spiritual energy refinement and control far surpassed ordinary people—you just didn’t know.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Before entering the academy?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the instructors’ courtyard, Cao Jingsong sat sipping hot tea, his face flushed, stroking his long beard with the air of a transcendent master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Bin’s challenge arrived unexpectedly, and Ji You readily accepted it for the silver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time the news reached the instructors’ courtyard, the two were already on the White Immortal Platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Jingsong rushed out upon hearing the news, but before he even arrived, he saw the sky filled with flying swords, their cold glints like stars—and immediately puffed out his chest, turned around, and walked back to the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He first brewed tea, then crossed his legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Less than a cup of tea passed before sighs of awe echoed through the courtyard—everything unfolded exactly as Old Cao had predicted, allowing him now to speak with serene calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You never mentioned anything about Ji You’s life before entering the academy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I am humble and unshaken by honor or disgrace, and I dislike showing off—so I never told anyone. How could you possibly know?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Humble…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instructors stared at his chest, more swollen than any female disciple’s, thinking: This guy’s humble? That’s exploded breasts!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Jingsong placed his teacup calmly on the table’s edge: “Do you know how Ji You actually got into the Heavenly Book Academy?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Zhiyuan, instructor to Lu Qingqiu, looked up: “Didn’t you say it was an accident?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It was an accident—but a very significant one.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That day, I received notice from the academy that a cultivation spot in Fengzhou had been awarded to Fang Ruoyao, daughter of the Yuyang County Magistrate, so I hurried there with my team—only to find, upon arriving in Yuyang, that the Xuan Yuan Immortal Mansion’s mountain villa was causing an uproar by capturing a young girl to use as medicine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It was said the girl was chosen because her spiritual radiance pierced her crown.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All humans are born with innate true spirit, but its quantity varies—yet this girl’s true spirit was nearly overflowing. The strangest part? None of her ancestors had ever been cultivators.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Jingsong’s gaze turned fierce as a tiger: “I couldn’t understand it until the day the girl was taken…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the instructors leaned forward, necks stretched: “What happened that day?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That day, a white-robed youth burst into my lodging. His aura surged, glowing brilliantly—he had already reached the peak of the Lower Three Realms. He demanded the Heavenly Book Academy protect the girl.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Cao smirked: “At that moment, I realized why the girl’s spiritual radiance was so intense—it was the result of this white-robed youth continuously channeling spiritual energy into her body over years, nurturing her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence fell over the room as everyone exchanged stunned glances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary mortals, without prior spiritual energy conditioning, have fragile bodies incapable of withstanding spiritual energy flowing within them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the transfer process falters even slightly, or if the energy volume is too great, the body shatters and the person dies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even cultivation clans never rashly used this method to nurture unawakened children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if Ji You truly nurtured a girl for three years, his control and refinement of spiritual energy must be beyond imagination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Jingsong gazed coldly at them: “Don’t misunderstand— that girl was merely one of the children he nurtured.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“????”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ji You was naturally attuned to spiritual energy from birth, his talent extraordinary—but his sword was so powerful that few noticed this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Naturally attuned to spiritual energy from birth…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Zhiyuan murmured the phrase: “Could he also possess an extraordinary physique? But extraordinary physiques require extraordinary Qi Refining methods—so who taught Ji You his technique?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Jingsong lifted his eyes slightly: “He’s a rural self-cultivator with no clan background. His Qi Refining method? He discovered it himself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He discovered it himself??”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Cao Jingsong finished, the room erupted in chaos—and he felt immense satisfaction deep in his soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji You carried many unexplainable mysteries: ascending two realms in one night, drawing celestial spiritual energy into a single flow—he never revealed any of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Ji You’s strength is still insufficient; too much strangeness would invite greater envy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now someone was accusing him of hiding gains from a ruin—so Cao Jingsong could only use his pre-academy story to vouch for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A mortal body is more fragile than porcelain. After returning to the academy, I tried repeatedly myself—and failed every time. This is simply his innate talent.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One among countless talents.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Jingsong lifted his teacup again, gently scraping the tea foam with the lid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His words weren’t false—since the last recruitment, he had indeed been testing spiritual energy transfer using porcelain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fengzhou is remote and poor in spiritual resources, but not lacking in talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the years, every time he went out to recruit, he saw promising youths whose families lacked the means to support their cultivation—even with a spot, they were wasted, never reaching academy standards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more he tried, the more he marveled at how impossibly difficult Ji You’s seemingly casual act truly was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the ancients said: observe the minute to understand the grand—his words “this boy is extraordinary” were never empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that night before our departure, the spiritual energy spontaneously converging toward the courtyard—his natural affinity for spiritual energy was no lie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Zhao, the instructor seated opposite Cao Jingsong, stared at his own teacup, his expression growing thoughtful as he listened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered that after last autumn, during the time they returned from recruitment, his teacups often shattered for no reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Jingsong, you motherf—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, have you heard the story about Ji You’s entry into the academy?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What story could there be about entering the academy?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Supposedly, Ji You never wanted to join the Heavenly Book Academy—until a girl’s spiritual radiance was discovered and the Xuan Yuan Immortal Mansion tried to capture her for medicine. At the time, Ji You was still a self-cultivator—he stormed into Cao Jingsong’s lodging, unleashed his cultivation, his aura raging wildly, revealing his peak Lower Three Realms status.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Only then did people learn Ji You had nurtured that girl with spiritual energy for three years!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the afternoon’s fading sun, the sky was clear and windless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The White Platform duel ended; Ji You drifted away, his sleeves fluttering without stirring a single cloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet many still lingered nearby, chatting—until new rumors spread from the instructors’ courtyard, drawing those about to leave back together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing the rumors, they finally learned the full story of Ji You’s entry into the academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From rural self-cultivator to peak Lower Three Realms, he revealed his cultivation to save a village girl, clashed fists with the head of the Immortal Mansion guards, then traveled with Instructor Cao to the capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Female cultivators listening with noble hearts grew increasingly stunned, picturing a white-robed young lord arriving with such grace that he startled the entire city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unlike them, Fang Ruoyao stood bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike their imagined scenes, she had truly seen that white-robed figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Instructor Cao and Senior Sister Pei had come specifically to fetch her—the event happened right in her own home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her realm was low; though she had awakened for over half a year, her spiritual radiance still barely glimmered—so she only remembered how dazzling that figure had been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only now, hearing others’ gossip, did she realize his method of nurturing Qiu’s daughter was truly astonishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No wonder he began martial and spiritual cultivation right after entering—his survival environment must’ve been brutal?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lou Siyi murmured, her mind filled entirely with the image of the white-robed figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Qiaozhi lowered her voice: “They say Ji’s family was once punished by passing cultivators—all his relatives fled. That’s probably why he wants to learn killing techniques.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Different starting points lead to different thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji You’s simultaneous martial and spiritual cultivation had always seemed odd—now it finally had a plausible explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While everyone else focused on sensing the Heavenly Book first, perhaps he only thought: gain one more strength, kill one more enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Instructor Cao says he’s naturally attuned to spiritual energy, and that his Qi Refining method is self-created…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Qingqiu pressed her red lips together, then whispered after a long pause: “I heard them say that with Ji You here, in a few decades, the saying ‘Fengzhou has no cultivation clans’ will vanish forever.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Ruoyao couldn’t hold back: “Why?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Qingqiu turned to her: “Before entering the academy, we all trained under our families—each clan’s Qi Refining method differs, forming their foundation. And the most crucial point…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s the most crucial point?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Extraordinary physiques in cultivators can be inherited.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Ruoyao froze, silent for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The betrothal agreement had long since collapsed—but no one knew she had personally led the effort to break it off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, when she learned she could enter the Heavenly Book Academy, she felt certain she’d made the right choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then… she began to regret it—until today, her regret reached its peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Chu family, despite lacking a formal lineage, still stands proudly among the clouds—because their extraordinary physique can be inherited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The academy’s family visit month is coming soon. She had looked forward to it for so long—but now she dared not return, unsure how to face the gossip of the entire county.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji You had already returned to the academy and knew nothing of the ensuing rumors, nor of the Outer Court disciples’ discussions about physiques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know many female cultivators, thinking of their family’s honor, were now considering letting him “scatter his essence.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even some with existing partners were wondering whether they should secretly bear his child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in truth, his strangeness has little to do with his physique—his spiritual essence exploded through sheer skill…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After celestial spiritual energy dispersed into his limbs and organs, his spiritual energy had always been extraordinarily vast—and so far, no ill effects have appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this, then, a blessing in disguise?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji You sat in his small courtyard, lost in deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abundant spiritual energy is a tremendous advantage when fighting opponents of the same realm, but unfortunately, the human race’s spiritual sense is constrained by the limits of the physical body, making it extremely difficult to break through those boundaries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but look up at the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivation is essentially a way to liberate the spiritual sense from the confines of the physical body, akin to dimensional elevation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A three-dimensional being, freed from bodily constraints, uses its spiritual sense to comprehend the Dao and enters the fourth dimension, where time becomes as variable as length, width, and height—perhaps this is what is called immortality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If viewed from this perspective, cultivation is still quite scientific.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Ji You was lost in random thoughts, he saw several junior sisters, dressed lightly, walking back and forth in front of the gate, laughing and chatting, their glances casually drifting toward his small courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after, the sun neared dusk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ru and Qian Yunxiao arrived from afar, carrying folding stools, and sat not far from Ji You’s courtyard, eagerly watching the groups of junior sisters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since someone spread the word after noon that Brother Ji possessed an extraordinary physique and might be able to pass on his lineage, the scenery here had become all the more enlightening to their Dao hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I recognize that junior sister—doesn’t she already have a Dao partner?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not surprising. Cultivators seek ultimate freedom; how could they be bound by a Dao partner?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Requesting monthly tickets! Requesting subscriptions!)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2086,"2026-06-19T15:28:39.995Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","566f6ec2a503f98e35611afd662563066fb473b60073c34adc03d22dddacff81","watching-the-immortals-fall-chapter-96","watching-the-immortals-fall-chapter-94",430,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwatching-the-immortals-fall-cover.jpg"]