Inside the Imperial Palace's Scripture Repository.
After Ding Yun utilized several top-tier cultivation techniques, a few spiritual medicines, and her extremely high soul realm to elevate her cultivation to the perfect Heaven-Human realm, she slowly ceased her practice.
Concurrently, the various celestial phenomena surrounding her gradually dissipated, returning to tranquility.
At this moment, Emperor Qian Yu, who had been standing outside the Scripture Repository and had gained some minor insights from the martial dao intent emanating from Ding Yun, even experiencing a slight recovery from his injuries, opened his eyes almost simultaneously and pushed the door open to enter.
He knew that the disappearance of the phenomena signified the end of her enlightenment. Entering now would not disrupt her profound understanding.
"Father Emperor, you are here!"
Ding Yun, who had just finished her practice and opened her eyes, was not surprised by Emperor Qian Yu's appearance. She immediately curtsied.
"Hahahaha, no need for such formality.
I was somewhat worried initially, but now there is nothing to fear. It seems even the heavens are on our side, father and daughter. When I inherited the throne, I was merely at the Heaven-Human realm. It was only later, with the blessing of imperial destiny upon my ascension, that I successfully broke through to Martial Saint.
Moving forward, as long as nothing unexpected happens on your end, you should also smoothly ascend to the Martial Saint realm upon your enthronement. Once you reach the Martial Saint realm, coupled with the enhancement of imperial dynasty destiny, your position will be as stable as mine.
Finally, I no longer have to worry about matters after my death."
To be honest, before this, although Emperor Qian Yu intended to support his daughter's ascension, he was truly unsure if she could secure the throne, especially after his death. Could she maintain order?
After all, he had no confidence that he could nurture her from the Innate realm to the Heaven-Human realm within his remaining years.
Now, a single moment of enlightenment had resolved all the issues he faced. Indeed, the heavens were still on his side, supporting him as emperor.
"Speaking of which, what did you comprehend during your enlightenment? Besides the improvement in your cultivation, did you gain any other insights?"
After expressing his joy, Emperor Qian Yu inquired about the core matter.
Compared to cultivation advancement, the greatest benefit of enlightenment should lie in the martial dao intent experienced, or new understandings of certain techniques, allowing them to perfectly integrate with oneself. If the enlightened technique was of sufficiently high caliber, it could even pave a smooth path towards the Martial God realm.
"Father Emperor, I have integrated and synthesized some of the cultivation techniques I saw in the Scripture Repository into a technique that is highly suitable for my cultivation. It encompasses both Yin and Yang and the changes of the Five Elements.
It can temper both the body and the soul.
Essence, Qi, and Spirit are integrated into one.
The cultivation speed might be slower, but theoretically, even with methodical practice, one can eventually break through to Martial God. This should be considered a good harvest, right?"
Ding Yun had intentionally designed this enlightenment for future planning, so there was no need for modesty or pretense at this moment. She could confidently boast.
She attributed many pre-existing things to this enlightenment.
As for whether others could understand it, or if it seemed exaggerated, enlightenment itself was considered a divine favor. No matter how exaggerated its effects, it was still heaven's blessing. Who could question heaven directly and find her enlightenment too effective?
Outsiders would at most think she had higher innate talent or better luck.
"As expected, the integration of Essence, Qi, and Spirit. It seems my initial guess was correct. Breaking through to Martial God is indeed not achievable by cultivating only one or two aspects of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, but requires balanced progress!"
Upon hearing Ding Yun's words, Emperor Qian Yu sighed with a look of melancholy. Over a hundred years ago, when he reached the peak of Martial Saint and sought to break through, he could not grasp the threshold to Martial God, leading to this speculation.
In addition to cultivating Qi, he had also attempted to temper his body and refine his spirit.
Unfortunately, he had never found a perfect technique that could comprehensively balance Essence, Qi, and Spirit within his body. Practicing three incompatible techniques for Qi cultivation, body tempering, and spirit refinement together considerably slowed down his progress.
Furthermore, spirit refinement was exceptionally difficult, demanding great cultivation and a profound foundation. Thus, he had never managed to cultivate all three to an extremely high level. Yet, even so, over a decade ago, he could suppress dozens of peak Martial Saints and a half-step Martial God who had broken through using forbidden arts, thanks to the terrifying advancement from simultaneous cultivation of the three.
Unexpectedly, years later, his daughter had truly enlightened a technique for the simultaneous cultivation of Essence, Qi, and Spirit that he had always dreamed of. This undoubtedly brought him new hope, a glimmer of hope for breaking through to the Martial God realm.
Seeing this, Ding Yun did not wait for her father to ask for it. She directly stated that she did not know how good the technique she enlightened was and hoped her Father Emperor could help examine it. After speaking, Ding Yun used the Secret Sound Transmission technique to recite the "Primordial Chaos True Scripture."
This was a comprehensive Martial God-level technique that encompassed Yin, Yang, and the Five Elements. Its cultivation speed was quite slow in the early stages but accelerated significantly in later stages, with no bottlenecks.
Its drawbacks were also stated: slow progress in the early stages. Before the Grandmaster realm, the difficulty of cultivation far surpassed other techniques. Others might have already reached the Heaven-Human realm, while someone cultivating this technique might still be wandering in the Innate realm. However, once one broke through to Grandmaster, they would soar.
Other techniques encountered numerous bottlenecks in later stages, and some could not even be broken through.
But this technique, from the Grandmaster realm onwards to the Martial God realm, had no bottlenecks whatsoever. Everything simply required methodical cultivation according to the scripture.
As long as there were no accidents along the way, one could smoothly break through to the Martial God realm before their lifespan ended.
In addition, another drawback of this technique was that it required cultivation from a young age, from the very beginning. Those who had already cultivated other techniques could not practice it, even if they abolished their current cultivation.
The primary reason Ding Yun offered this technique was her fear that other Martial God-level techniques might help Emperor Qian Yu repair his foundations and even break through to Martial God. If he healed and reached the Martial God realm, would there still be a place for Ding Yun herself on the throne?
After all, if he reached the Martial God realm, he could not only live for several thousand more years but also have hundreds or even thousands of more children. Ding Yun was not foolish enough to dig a pit for herself, so why would she do such a thing?
As for why she herself could cultivate it, it was mainly because Ding Yun had taken a Body Reshaping Rebirth Pill in advance. This pill not only significantly improved her aptitude but also restored a person's body to its most original state, a state before cultivation, akin to undergoing reincarnation.
The reason the "Primordial Chaos True Scripture" could not be cultivated by abolishing previous practices was mainly that cultivating different techniques would cause certain changes to the body. Even if the cultivation was abolished, these traces would be difficult to completely erase, making them incompatible with the "Primordial Chaos True Scripture," thus preventing cultivation.
Body Reshaping Rebirth restored everything to its original state.
Naturally, there was no need to worry about this problem.
Most importantly, Ding Yun could attribute all of this to her enlightenment, to the possibility that she had enlightened this technique and heaven automatically altered her physique.
It altered her cultivation foundation.
Thus, she could successfully cultivate this technique.