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Chapter 932: Chapter 935: Misunderstanding
In this world where the Way and its power are revered, the roles and status of the Sun and Taiyin are exceedingly paramount. The essence of "Sun Essence" and "Moonlight of Taiyin," where the two energies blend and give birth to all of creation, can be discerned from these sixteen characters.
Li Zhirui did not know how other powers forged their Spiritual Souls to transform them into Sun Gods, but he decided he would try the method involving Sun and Moon Essence.
As long as he was careful not to harm the Spiritual Soul, the Sun and Moon Essence would also be beneficial to the cultivator himself, as it was, strictly speaking, a form of high-level Spiritual Energy.
"The Sun, utterly forceful and intense, in the legends of former lives breathing in the Sun’s Essence, all involve absorbing the Initial Purple Qi... Although Taiyin is relatively gentle, those with weak Spiritual Souls cannot absorb the Moonlight of Taiyin when the full moon reigns supreme..."
Li Zhirui continually reasoned in his heart, and it took him nearly half a year to devise a simple yet relatively complete and safe Breathing Technique for absorbing Sun and Moon Essence.
One night, Li Zhirui left the Spirit Realm, flew to the mountaintop, sat cross-legged on a large grey stone, raised his right hand and lowered his left, gathering his concentration and energy, facing the east where the moon rises.
As Taiyin appeared over the land, he tilted his head towards the light, took a deep breath of Moonlight, held his breath in stillness, and slowly swallowed, using his Mana to remove impurities and then lifted them with his Divine Sense into the Sea of Consciousness.
Above the tranquil Sea of Consciousness, a faint and very ethereal moon appeared, casting strands of Moonlight down.
Li Zhirui felt a cool sensation throughout his body, his Spiritual Soul seemed slightly stronger, and joy immediately surged in his heart. Thinking about his cultivation, he quickly suppressed his emotions and continued breathing in the Moonlight of Taiyin to strengthen the moon in his Sea of Consciousness.
However, a quarter of an hour later, Li Zhirui suddenly felt dizzy, his energy congested, and his body like it had plunged into an icy abyss; without hesitation, he pressed the refined Moonlight downward, sending it into his Dantian.
After a while, Li Zhirui opened his eyes, his face somewhat pale, and he bitterly smiled, "I couldn’t restrain my emotions for a moment and greed emerged."
The absorption of Taiyin’s Moonlight for tonight ended there, but Li Zhirui did not rise to return to the Spirit Realm, instead, he waited for the birth of the first strand of Initial Purple Qi.
As they say, without yin alone there is no birth, and yang alone doesn’t grow; icy in nature, Moonlight needs the vibrant Sun Essence to balance it, and vice versa, the explosive Sun Essence requires the soft integration of Moonlight.
Thus, the Sun and Moon Essence is not merely Sun Essence and Moonlight, but a blend of the two substances.
The night passed without conversation, and time rapidly slipped by as Li Zhirui breathed in the Spiritual Energy.
As dawn began to break, Li Zhirui ceased his cultivation, waiting for the sunrise.
When the first wavering of Initial Purple Qi spread through the sky, Li Zhirui took a deep breath.
The technique for absorbing Sun and Moon Essence, being his own creation and realized in just half a year, was naturally quite rudimentary.
After refinement, it merged with the moon in his Sea of Consciousness and eventually formed a pale red substance.
Li Zhirui’s Spiritual Soul suddenly surged with a strong devouring desire, like a starved man who, seeing a table laden with food, couldn’t help but want to pounce and gorge.
Fortunately, he managed to keep his reason, carefully separating a bit and slowly integrating it into the Spiritual Soul.
In an instant, Li Zhirui felt as if he was immersed in a warm spring, very comfortable, and the Sun and Moon Essence also started to transform his Spiritual Soul.
Although it was extremely subtle, his Spiritual Soul sensed clarity that he couldn’t possibly hide.
"It works!" Li Zhirui exclaimed in delight, despite his many iterations of reasoning, none were as vivid as this direct experience.
Li Zhirui, of course, knew his actions had been reckless and impulsive, for both the Spiritual Soul and the Dantian form the foundation of a cultivator, and if they were damaged, who knew the cost it would take to heal.
But he had no choice, as he was the only Lianxu Cultivator in the entire Li family!
Li Zhirui could not find anyone else to verify his speculations, and even if there were others, their feedback wouldn’t be as insightful as his personal experience.
Luckily, his luck held, and the many times he had theorized, the results were not mistaken.
"Now that I have proved Sun and Moon Essence effective for the Sun God, my next steps are to continue cultivating while improving the technique..."
Li Zhirui muttered, "Perhaps I can try adjusting the ratio of Sun Essence and Moonlight and see what the effects are."
Having verified the direction and path as unquestionably correct, he could now broaden and smooth this path and follow it forward.
With the first step done, the following would be simpler. Improving the method for absorbing Sun and Moon Essence would increase the efficiency; he also found the ratio of Sun Essence and Moonlight that best suited the current strength of his Spiritual Soul.
Since his Spiritual Soul was still relatively weak, the portion of Moonlight would be slightly greater, and as his strength increased over time, he would slowly adjust.
However, there was a more troublesome matter—within the Spirit Realm, he could not absorb Sun and Moon Essence!
After all, the Spirit Realm had its boundary membranes that could block even external Heavenly Dao probes, let alone Riyue.
This forced Li Zhirui to leave the Spirit Realm every night, not returning until the next day. Though the distance wasn’t far, when added up, the time wasted was a truly staggering number.
For now, the only solution was to leave the Spirit Realm while absorbing Sun and Moon Essence. 𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙥𝒖𝒃.𝒄𝒐𝒎
After several years of cultivation, his Spiritual Soul’s strength had greatly increased, and the minutiae of yang essence, originally conceived during the Wind Fire Inner Tribulation within his Spiritual Soul, had expanded many times!
At this rate, it would only take a few hundred years for it to transform into a Sun God!
This was merely a Soul Metamorphosis, not a breakthrough in Realm or Cultivation.
