Chapter 151: One Yang Body

Joining the Divine Wood Sect was crucial for Chen Mobai's future establishment in the Heavenly River Realm. To avoid missing the opportunity and to increase his chances, he simply decided to stay in Nanxi Market City.

It was his first time renting a cave dwelling within a market city. Sticking to his frugal habits, he rented the cheapest one for a single spirit stone. After all, his main focus lately was cultivating the Pure Yang Dharma Body, which didn't demand an intense supply of spiritual energy.

The "Pure Yang Dharma Body" was the foundation for breaking through to the next level of the Pure Yang Scroll. To achieve Foundation Establishment, one must cultivate the Tri-Yang Body, which, once completed, increases the chance of Foundation Establishment by ten percent. Although Chen Mobai had begun practicing the Pure Yang Scroll under the guidance of True Person Scarlet Robe, cultivating the Pure Yang Dharma Body still required slow and steady effort over time.

However, unlike others, he possessed spirit stones, which could significantly shorten this period. During his six months at Danzhu Academy, under the watchful eyes of a Golden Core True Person, Chen Mobai had cautiously cultivated the Pure Yang Dharma Body using only the most conventional Immortal Sect methods, without utilizing any spirit stones. As a result, his Pure Yang Dharma Body was still lingering outside the threshold of "One Yang Initial Birth."

Now that he had returned to Nanxi Market City, and before the Divine Wood Sect's Spirit Envoy arrived, he anticipated a period of calm days, perfect for experimenting with cultivating the Pure Yang Dharma Body using spirit stones.

After cleaning the newly rented cave dwelling with a cleansing spell, Chen Mobai sat down on the central meditation cushion. He took out a spirit stone, held it in his right palm, then recalled the cultivation method for the Pure Yang Dharma Body. After confirming it was correct, he closed his eyes.

A stream of exceptionally pure spiritual energy surged from an acupoint in his palm, circulating through his meridians along a specific path throughout his body. By the time it reached his Dantian Qi Sea, only a faint wisp remained, which then vanished before even entering the spiritual energy vortex.

Chen Mobai was mentally prepared for this. He had reviewed the details and steps for cultivating the Pure Yang Dharma Body with spirit stones on his auxiliary cultivation software at least ten times. He knew that the spiritual energy disappearing throughout his body meant it had been absorbed by the spiritual roots hidden within him, indicating a successful cultivation attempt.

However, the first cultivation attempt didn't yield optimal results. According to the posts from the Pure Yang Academy's experts on the auxiliary cultivation platform, the Pure Yang Dharma Body's enhancement and purification of spiritual roots required taking from what was abundant to supplement what was lacking.

Research from the Grand Medical Academy indicated that while the Five Element spiritual roots couldn't be directly observed, the human body was a microcosm of the heavens and earth. After extensive experimentation, they concluded that the five zang organs and six fu organs corresponded to Yin, Yang, and the Five Elements, essentially serving as the dwelling places for spiritual roots. Specifically, the liver and gallbladder contained Wood, the heart and triple burner ignited Fire, the stomach and spleen nourished Earth, the large and small intestines held Metal, and the kidneys and bladder stored Water.

According to the theory of the Pure Yang Dharma Body, it was necessary to diminish Water to nourish Wood, and ignite Fire from Wood! To prevent disrupting the inherent balance of the body's Five Element spiritual roots during this process of diminishing, which could lead to physical exhaustion and spiritual depletion, it was necessary to first absorb external spiritual energy to supplement the roots that were about to be diminished. In other words, when beginning to cultivate the Pure Yang Dharma Body, the spiritual energy from the spirit stone needed to be channeled into the bladder and kidneys, providing a preliminary supplement before diminishing the Water-aligned spiritual roots.

Chen Mobai was a bit unskillful when he first started cultivating. However, during his second attempt, he used his divine sense to precisely guide the spiritual energy from the spirit stone to his kidney and bladder areas. After roughly the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, he directed most of the remaining spiritual energy into his liver and gallbladder, and finally, the last portion into his heart and triple burner. He then activated the cultivation mantra of the One Yang Body, beginning the process of diminishing Water and Wood to ignite Fire.

If anyone had been in the cave dwelling, they would have seen a dark, mysterious light emanating from Chen Mobai's kidney and bladder areas, visible through his clothes. This mysterious light, like water, rippled diagonally across his abdominal muscles and flowed into his liver and gallbladder. After the dark light entered, his liver and gallbladder seemed to activate, glowing with a vibrant emerald spiritual light that surged upwards, piercing into his heart and triple burner area like a sharp sword.

A faint, illusory flame ignited in Chen Mobai's chest, appearing as if it could extinguish at any moment. Yet, the emerald spiritual light steadily rose, like adding fuel to a fire, sustaining the flickering flame. Dark mysterious light, vibrant emerald spiritual light, and a crimson flame. These three colors represented spiritual roots of three different attributes, illuminating various parts of Chen Mobai's body. Following the Pure Yang Dharma Body's cultivation method, they burned and radiated light, illuminating his entire form and causing his previously calm vital energy and blood to surge.

Spiritual energy continuously poured in from his palm, and the three-colored spiritual lights constantly flickered. After repeating this cycle approximately nine times, a soft *crack* sounded. Chen Mobai opened his eyes to see that the spirit stone he held had become dull and lifeless, with a fine crack running through its center.

This indicated that half of its spiritual energy had been consumed, and the spirit stone could no longer self-seal its remaining energy. He needed to absorb the remaining spiritual energy quickly, otherwise, it would dissipate on its own. Although this dissipation was slow, for any rogue cultivator, it was as painful as cutting off one's own flesh. Being as frugal as Chen Mobai, he certainly wouldn't allow the spirit stone's energy to simply vanish before his eyes. He continued to grip it tightly, diligently cultivating the One Yang Body.

Three days passed in a flash, and the spirit stone in his hand was completely depleted. For the Heavenly River Realm, it was now useless. However, for the Immortal Sect, it was a supreme treasure and spiritual essence used to extract elixir toxins.

After putting away the depleted spirit stone, Chen Mobai took out his "Spirit Tester," which he hadn't used in a long time, from his satchel. He channeled a stream of Five Elements Cultivation spiritual energy from the larger spiritual energy vortex in his Dantian Qi Sea into the device. Soon, a series of numbers lit up on the Spirit Tester's small screen.

Spiritual Roots: Metal 23, Wood 27, Water 30, Fire 17, Earth 10

There was absolutely no change! After careful comparison, Chen Mobai felt the vigorous and surging vital energy and blood within his body, which matched the description of entering the One Yang Body state as per the Pure Yang Dharma Body cultivation method. Feeling a bit strange, he tested again. The result was still the same.

But he quickly realized something. If significant changes to spiritual roots could occur with just one cultivation session, then why would Ding Jinglue have needed twenty years to cultivate the Tri-Yang Body? Even someone of Yan Bingxuan's talent believed she would need nearly a decade to complete the purification of her Ice spiritual root. He needed to maintain a calm mind and take things slowly. With the aid of spirit stones, and according to the experience of his predecessors, changes should appear within a month.

As Chen Mobai reassured himself and was about to take out another spirit stone for cultivation, a sound transmission talisman suddenly flew in. He dared not delay and immediately took it. Before entering seclusion, he had instructed Qi Er to immediately inform him if the Divine Wood Sect's Spirit Envoy arrived in Yun Country. Chen Mobai thought it was about that matter, but after reading it, he found it was about something else entirely.

Zhuo Ming had emerged from seclusion. Qi Er had encountered her and immediately informed him via a sound transmission talisman. Chen Mobai himself had almost forgotten he had given Qi Er this instruction.