Chapter 83: Breakthrough! Grade 1 Great Innate Realm!

Chapter 83: Chapter 83: Breakthrough! Grade 1 Great Innate Realm!

Ever since his battle with Ancient Transformation Dragon at the bottom of the well, where he obtained the True Qi projection, Chen Sha had no other distractions. He devoted himself entirely to his cultivation, focusing on completely transforming his True Qi into Innate Qi Mechanism.

In a flash, eight months passed. Originally, with the speed of the Throat God and the Jade Emperor Tower, it would only take him four months to completely convert his sixty years’ worth of True Qi into Innate Qi Mechanism. However, after clearing Dugu Qiubai’s Chapter, he gained another forty years of power. That meant he had a full century of power in his body. Therefore, the time required for this transformation took slightly longer than the initial estimate.

After eight months of steady, grinding effort, the True Qi in his body finally reached its limit. The last remnant of True Qi from the Great Yellow Court seemed to boil. Within Chen Sha’s body, every inch of his blood vessels and Qi acupoints was filled with pure golden air currents. They were so dense that they took on a viscous texture, washing over every inch of his flesh and blood like golden mercury. Under the scouring of this golden innate mercury, the final trace of True Qi remaining in his body blended into it, much like a drop of clear water dissolving into dark ink...

BOOM!

In an instant, the wind and clouds churned in the sky above Dao Yi Mountain, manifesting a strange phenomenon. Gust after gust of fierce wind swirled around the Jade Void Cave where Chen Sha was in seclusion, causing the clouds at the mountain’s peak to howl in response.

The Daoists at the summit looked up in shock.

"A change in the weather?"

The many Elders of Dao Yi Mountain also raised their heads. Looking at this abnormal sight, they all seemed to vaguely guess what was happening. "This is a heavenly phenomenon. Stirring the fierce winds and clouds... It looks very similar to when Santong stepped into the Great Innate Realm over a decade ago."

The Elders had already gathered together. Since Song Yu went down the mountain, Yuu Miaolian had been in charge of the Sect’s internal affairs. Standing alongside the Elders, she looked toward the churning winds and clouds. "That place is the Jade Void Cave. It’s where Junior Brother, the Sect Leader, is in seclusion." Her lips trembled. "Could it be that Junior Brother... has stepped into the Great Innate Realm?"

The Elders exchanged glances in sheer disbelief. The so-called First-Grade Great Innate Realm was a state where a person achieved resonance with heaven, earth, and nature. Upon reaching this Realm, the air a person breathed was no longer just ordinary air, but the Qi Mechanism of Heaven and Earth. Because of this, experts in the First-Grade Great Innate Realm possessed the ability to stir the Qi of nature with every movement. A casual wave of the hand could alter the weather!

A short while later, outside the Jade Void Cave.

The Elders had already formed a circle. Under everyone’s watchful eyes, the figure of a young Daoist emerged from the cave entrance.

"Sect Leader, have you truly stepped into that Realm?" Elder Han asked, his voice trembling with excitement.

Chen Sha smiled and nodded.

This single, ordinary nod exploded like a thunderclap in the hearts of the many Dao Yi Mountain Elders, bringing tears to their eyes. A First-Grade Great Innate in his twenties!

"Heaven blesses Dao Yi!"

Aside from ecstasy, they were left with nothing but disbelief—an unreal sensation akin to a dream. Since Chen Sha took over as Sect Leader, this young Daoist had navigated a series of hurdles. At first, he wasn’t favored by half the Elders in the Sect, and then the fifth disciple returned to the mountain to seize his position. Yet he shocked everyone, shattering the Dao Yi Mountain Disciples’ preconceived notions about the True Disciples. Then came the assault by the Extraordinary Nine Monsters and Wuu Liusheng’s sword challenge.

It had been less than two years. The young Daoist had gone from the Grandmaster Realm when he defeated Li Jianzhou, to today... the unbelievable First-Grade Great Innate Realm!

"Sect Leader, since you have reached the First Grade, are you going to descend the mountain?" an Elder asked expectantly. "To revitalize the prestige of Dao Yi!"

In the nearly two years since the previous Sect Leader passed away, Dao Yi Mountain’s reputation in the world had plummeted. Now that the new Dao Yi Sect Leader had also entered the highest realm of Martial Arts, they eagerly hoped Chen Sha would descend the mountain and restore their Sect’s former glory.

"Everyone, the First Grade is far from the finish line," Chen Sha calmly reminded them. "I know my responsibility is to lead Dao Yi back to the position of number one in the world, but it is not yet time for me to descend the mountain."

As soon as these words left his mouth, many Elders calmed down. They understood the might of a First-Grade Great Innate, but it didn’t mean one was invincible across the world. Having just entered this Realm, Chen Sha merely possessed enough strength to protect Dao Yi Mountain from attacks like the one from the Extraordinary Nine Monsters; it didn’t mean he could suppress everything like the old Sect Leader had.

Of the ten greatest experts in the world, who wasn’t a powerhouse among Great Innates? Reaching the First-Grade Great Innate Realm didn’t necessarily guarantee a spot among the world’s top ten—these were two completely different concepts. Yet, they remained thrilled. After all, it had taken Chen Sha less than two years to reach this Realm.

"Our new Sect Leader rose even faster than the old Sect Leader did back in the day!" the Elders thought in unison. "If he has such Cultivation in just two years, what will happen if he’s given another two years? Could it be that the next thirty, or even sixty years, will still belong to our Dao Yi Mountain’s era?"

But Chen Sha alone knew the truth. "It might seem like just over a year to go from a First-class Expert to a First-Grade Great Innate, but in reality, the total time I’ve spent cultivating inside the Cosmic Light Fragments must add up to over a century by now," he mused.

It had taken over a hundred years of effort to propel himself to this current Realm—and that was with the aid of various Divine Skill Secret Manuals. It went to show that for an ordinary person to cultivate to this Realm, unless they possessed heaven-defying talent, they would have no hope for their entire life.

Gathering his thoughts, Chen Sha said, "Elders, there is no need to gather here. I merely stepped into the First-Grade Great Innate. Making such a fuss will only make us a laughingstock in front of the younger generation on the mountain. My cultivation is not over yet. You should all go back first."

His reason for not being in a hurry to descend the mountain was, of course, that he still needed to cultivate the other gods of the Great Yellow Court. Watching the Elders leave, their emotions still unsettled, he returned inside the Jade Void Cave.

Chen Sha didn’t think he could roam unhindered across the vast world just because he had stepped into the First Grade Realm—just as he had told the Elders. As the days passed since he became the Sect Leader, the weight of responsibility toward this Sect grew heavier in his heart.

Under his father’s leadership, the Dao Yi Sect was the number one Sect in the world. Now that it was in his hands, he was bound to reclaim that title from others. It had been more than a year since his father, Chen Canxuan, passed away. Not only had the title of the world’s number one Major Sect subtly shifted, but the ranking of the world’s ten greatest experts had also long been altered.

Merely achieving the First-Grade Great Innate Realm was far from enough to take back this glory. He had to cultivate a few more of the Twenty-four Gods of the Great Yellow Court, or amass True Qi Power far exceeding that of Ancient Transformation Dragon. If Ancient Transformation Dragon, with his three hundred years of power, were to re-emerge in the Jianghu today, his profound strength still wouldn’t guarantee him a spot among the top five in the world. Chen Sha figured he would need at least five or six hundred years of power to qualify to challenge the top five.

By now, Chen Sha had essentially learned the Qi Stealing Technique from Ancient Transformation Dragon’s projection, but he didn’t intend to use it to steal others’ power. It was too troublesome, and it wasn’t as pure as the True Qi rewarded from the Cosmic Light Fragments.

However, this didn’t mean the Qi Stealing Technique was useless to him. Looking inward at his own stomach, he realized, "My guess is correct. Behind Ancient Transformation Dragon’s Qi Stealing Technique lies a shortcut to cultivating another internal Divine Spirit!"

This Divine Spirit was the first god of the Lower Scenery, the Stomach God.

In the Yellow Court Three Parts Eight Sceneries Twenty-Four Gods, the Stomach God’s name was Tong Laiyu, courtesy name Daozhan. It was seven inches long, yellow in color, and governed the human body’s digestive functions.

"I have no idea where Ancient Transformation Dragon learned his Qi Stealing Technique, but cultivating it to the final Great Achievement Realm transforms a person into a creature akin to the mythical Taotie. No matter what it is, they can swallow it in one gulp, digest it, and turn it into their own," Chen Sha analyzed.

This was the true essence of the Qi Stealing Technique. By using it to supplement his cultivation of the Great Yellow Court, it would be extremely easy to locate the divine spirit of the stomach, Tong Laiyu.

"Now that I’m in the Great Innate Realm, it’s about time I try clearing Dugu Qiubai’s or Zhang Daoxuan’s Chapters," he mused.

During the eight months it took him to cultivate to the First-Grade Great Innate, he had already cleared Dugu Qiubai’s ’Wooden Sword’ Chapter, leaving only the final ’Realm of No Sword’ Chapter. The previous Chapters had already proven that Dugu Qiubai’s Realm of No Sword had undoubtedly reached the First-Grade Great Innate Realm.

The temple behind the Southern Heavenly Gate had also clarified this. It was precisely in this Realm that Dugu Qiubai experienced Ascension to the Immortal Realm of the First Heaven, obtaining an Immortal Mud Body to preserve his life from decay. Therefore, this would likely be Chen Sha’s first opportunity to witness an Ascender ascending to the Immortal Realm, while simultaneously uncovering more of heaven and earth’s profound secrets.

Meanwhile, thousands of miles away from Dao Yi Mountain, in the direction of the First-Grade Hall.

"Thanks to the Golden Calamus Mr. Yan Kai brought back, I have finally managed to concoct this Blood-Forming Medicine. There are thirty-six pills in total. Taking one daily will cause some damage to your Martial Arts Cultivation, Young Master, but... it will at least delay your death by three years. That is, three more years of life," Skillful Divine Doctor Yama’s Fear said as he slowly presented a box of blood-red pills to Young Master Qing’s bedside. "This pill uses your True Qi to stimulate the bone marrow to produce blood. As a price, your Half-Step Innate Cultivation will likely be impossible to maintain. It is ultimately up to you to decide whether to take the medicine, Young Master."