Chapter 692 - 376: Nascent Soul Height of Nine Inches Nine

"So it's actually nine inches nine..."

As early as half a month ago, Qi Chuan had already felt that the height of his Nascent Soul was just a hair's breadth away from stepping into the realm of nine inches nine, yet he had never truly reached it.

Today, he finally arrived at it at last.

Nine inches nine!

This was an astonishing Nascent Soul height.

In the Cultivation Realm, it was rumored that once a Nascent Soul's height surpassed nine inches five, there would be a sliver of chance to covet the Divinity Transformation Realm!

After nine inches, every increment of one-tenth was hard as scaling a cliff; especially after nine inches five, wanting to continue raising another mere zero point one was like ascending to heaven itself.

Yet Qi Chuan still relied on Hundredfold Critical Strike; within twenty years, he raised his Nascent Soul height from nine inches one all the way up to nine inches nine.

At the realm of nine inches nine, he had already surpassed nine inches five by a wide margin.

Now, although Qi Chuan had yet to begin impacting the Divinity Transformation Realm, he seemed to faintly sense, in some obscure way, that the unfathomable bottleneck of Divinity Transformation had already quietly loosened quite a bit for him.

If he could step into the pinnacle of the ten inches extreme, the benefits therein naturally went without saying.

However, for this final zero point one, Qi Chuan knew full well that wanting to accomplish it would inevitably be extremely difficult, and he did not know how many years of effort it would demand.

Fortunately, for Qi Chuan, no matter how difficult, this was still a goal he would surely be able to reach in the future, so there was no need to rush.

"Besides, my Divine Soul also seems to have reached a rather critical node..."

Qi Chuan murmured in his heart.

As early as twenty years ago, Qi Chuan's Divine Soul had already been about to step into the Divinity Transformation Stage.

And in these twenty years, Qi Chuan had never stopped cultivating the Celestial Punishment Thunder Prison Visualization Method, so in terms of the Divine Soul it had also been quietly improving all along.

However, after his Divine Soul touched the pinnacle realm of the Nascent Soul Level, it seemed to have congealed and stagnated; though he could faintly sense that his foundation was constantly accumulating in secret, in outward manifestation there was not the slightest change.

Let alone any breakthrough to a Divinity Transformation Stage Divine Soul.

Since both his Cultivation and his Divine Soul were momentarily locked, with no way to make any breakthrough in the short term, and considering he had been in seclusion for so long already, Qi Chuan no longer planned to continue his retreat and decided to go out to relax.

Thus he did not hesitate, directly rising to his full height and striding out of the Cave Mansion.

After having someone pass a word to Senior Brother Qingyun, Qi Chuan did not alarm anyone else and left the Myriad Flowers Immortal Sect alone.

It was said he was going out to unwind, but that was not entirely the case.

After traveling for two months, Qi Chuan went to the Nebula Pavilion, intending to go to the Tier Four Upper Grade Physical Cultivation Land within it to cultivate his Physical Body a bit.

These years, in terms of his Physical Body, Qi Chuan had also stepped into the extreme of a Tier Four Middle Stage Body Cultivator, and for the moment was likewise unable to break through.

Only, cultivation of the Physical Body was different from Magical Cultivation and the Divine Soul; there was no need to consider too much, one need only refine the body, so he bore no particular psychological burden.

On the contrary, the bitter cultivation of the flesh could bring a tranquility to the mind.

So upon leaving seclusion this time, Qi Chuan thought to take the opportunity to cultivate his Physical Body as well.

Chaotic Demon Sea, Luoxing Island, Luoxing Mountain Range, at the mountain gate of Nebula Pavilion.

Qi Chuan appeared here once more, stirring the Nebula Pavilion; the Qi Chuan of today was no longer an ordinary True Monarch, but held the status of a Nine Inches Great True Monarch.

Soon, Great True Monarch Nebula emerged from within the gate to meet Qi Chuan.

"Fellow Daoist Qichuan, it truly has been a long time..." Great True Monarch Nebula said to Qi Chuan with a smile.

By now, he already knew that Taiyan of those years had been slain by Qi Chuan.

However, he bore no hostility toward Qi Chuan now.

For Qi Chuan had once shown him a Memory Crystal which faithfully recorded the scene of Taiyan pursuing Qi Chuan; with Great True Monarch Nebula's Cultivation, he could see that the Memory Crystal was without the slightest falsification, having merely omitted the process of Qi Chuan counter-killing Taiyan.

Thus, even given his complicated relationship with Taiyan, he could not really target Qi Chuan over it.

After all, it had been Taiyan who went to hunt Qi Chuan first; being counter-killed later was simply the former's skills being inferior.

Speaking of that, what had shocked him even more at the time was instead Qi Chuan's nine-inch Cultivation and terrifying Magical Combat Power—Taiyan's strength was similar to his own; that Qi Chuan could slay Taiyan meant he might well be able to slay him too...

Therefore now, in facing Qi Chuan, his heart held far more caution toward Qi Chuan than toward other Nine Inches Great True Monarchs.

"Indeed, it has been a long time."

Facing Great True Monarch Nebula, Qi Chuan also smiled.

Though Taiyan had indeed chased him and been counter-killed, Great True Monarch Nebula's ability to let the matter go could be considered clear-headed and fair, which made Qi Chuan feel a bit more favor toward him.

"I heard Fellow Daoist Qichuan had again been in seclusion for many years; your gains must be immense. As it happens, I have recently encountered some problems in cultivation—might I ask your advice on a matter or two?"

Great True Monarch Nebula said.

This was not any sort of flattery or polite talk, but his genuine inner thought.

He had also been at the Nine Inches Great True Monarch Level for many years, suffering greatly from the difficulty of breaking another zero point one after nine inches; the problems he encountered were truly too many.

In past years he would often seek out other Nine Inches Great True Monarchs to discuss cultivation issues, mutually verifying one another; at times he would gain occasional insights, which were of considerable help to his own cultivation.

Great True Monarch Huang Yu, Great True Monarch Celestial Fall, and even several Nine Inches Great True Monarchs of the Giant Whale Sect and North Profound Sect—they had all exchanged more than once.

Unfortunately, there were only so many Nine Inches Great True Monarchs under heaven in total.

Those he could exchange with had all been exchanged with; no matter how frequently they communicated, the returns were relatively limited.

At such a time, Qi Chuan, as a newly advanced Nine Inches Great True Monarch, was naturally of great importance.

Moreover, Qi Chuan was far from simple; twenty years ago he had already been able to slay Taiyan, and after twenty years of seclusion his Cultivation was likely to have risen another level, absolutely not to be taken lightly.

Great True Monarch Nebula had long wanted to exchange with him, but the latter had been in seclusion all these years, leaving little opportunity.

Now the timing was just right, so he seized the chance to bring it up.

And facing Great True Monarch Nebula's proposal, Qi Chuan also nodded and did not refuse, smiling: "Fellow Daoist Nebula jests. Strictly speaking, you are the senior; you have helped me a good deal over these years, how could I dare speak of advising you? It should be said we are mutually verifying one another."

"Good, then let us mutually verify!" Great True Monarch Nebula laughed. At this moment, his heart was also full of expectation and curiosity; he wondered what kind of gains today's discussion on cultivation with Qi Chuan might bring him.

He faintly felt that his gains would not be any less than from his first exchanges with the other Nine Inches Great True Monarchs.

After all, Qi Chuan's swift advance into a Nine Inches Great True Monarch was in itself extremely difficult to achieve, not to mention his battle feat of slaying Taiyan; whether in Cultivation or Magical Combat Power, Qi Chuan had aroused his intense curiosity.

Through this discussion on cultivation, he might be able to peer at the leopard through a tube, sensing roughly at what level Qi Chuan's Cultivation and underlying foundation stood.

Immediately, under Great True Monarch Nebula's lead, Qi Chuan headed toward the main hall of the Nebula Pavilion.

Subsequently, within the main hall, the two began to discuss the cultivation problems and bottlenecks encountered at the Great True Monarch Level, as well as corresponding methods of resolution.

The most critical of these was the difficulty of Mana improvement after reaching nine inches, and the hardship of each step of breaking another zero point one in Nascent Soul height.

To be honest, though Great True Monarch Nebula was extremely curious about Qi Chuan's Cultivation, power, and foundation, in his heart he truly embraced the mindset of mutual verification, hoping both to gain benefits and advance together.

Yet after a round of exchange, the result greatly exceeded his expectations.

For regarding many of his cultivation problems, once Qi Chuan had heard them, after only a brief moment of thought he was able to propose solutions which sounded immediately as though they would be effective.

These suggestions and ideas were things Great True Monarch Nebula had never heard before; upon first hearing them, he unexpectedly felt a sense of having his eyes and ears refreshed, as though faintly grasping some insight.

This practically left Great True Monarch Nebula astonished as if seeing a heavenly being; at this moment, as he looked at Qi Chuan, he felt as though he were seeing flowers through a fog, utterly unable to see through him.