Chapter 1748 : Creating the Method in the Abyss

Eldrin, with a heart set on paving a path of cultivation for all living beings, immediately lowered his gaze and began deducing the methods of practice.

Given Eldrin's current cultivation base and comprehension, if potential for future growth were disregarded, he could likely deduce a cultivation path comparable to the Golden Core Realm or even the Nascent Soul Realm in a single Eldrin.

However, if 1's path of cultivation merely halts at the fourth or fifth tier, it ultimately remains unworthy of gracing the grand stage. Countless Celestial Immortals and supreme experts across the realm can effortlessly achieve such realms.

Considering the need to extend the path of immortality for mortals, Eldrin proceeded with meticulous deliberation in his deductions.

"Mere mortals cannot sense spiritual energy, thus at the dawn of cultivation, 1 can only tread the path of physical refinement."

"The first realm should be the cultivation of the physical body."

Eldrin murmured inwardly, immediately beginning to deduce a method for physical cultivation.

The first realm was the most rudimentary, and Eldrin had deduced its intricacies in a mere instant.

In contrast to the primal human sages who emulated the cultivation paths of primordial behemoths, the body refinement method pioneered by Eldrin (Person Name) focused on internal cultivation of 1's own essence.

The first realm of body refinement is further divided into 6 stages: Tempering Skin, Refining Sinews, Replacing Blood, Forging Bones, Refining Organs, and Casting the Mortal Body.

The first 5 steps could all be cultivated through specialized techniques combined with copious amounts of flesh-and-blood medicinal resources. These steps could be practiced simultaneously or sequentially, as there was no inherent hierarchy among them.

Step 6: Body Forging requires the complete cultivation of the previous 5 steps, integrating them into a flawless state to forge the True Martial Body.

After attaining the Martial Dao True Body, the cultivation method of the first realm's physical form could be considered complete.

The first realm of flesh refinement could drastically enhance 1's combat prowess. According to Eldrin's calculations, those who achieved the Martial Dao True Body could lift cauldrons weighing tens of thousands of pounds with 1 hand and withstand attacks from the ninth level of Qi Refining with their physical form alone.

In fact, the cultivation method derived from emulating primordial behemoths should theoretically allow 1 to reach such a state as well, though progressing further would become increasingly arduous.

Eldrin's method was uniquely crafted for the human race, perfectly harmonizing with their physical form. Practicing it inflicted minimal strain on the body, preserving 1’s future potential. On the contrary, it steadily enhanced the cultivator’s latent capabilities.

According to Eldrin's (Person Name) estimation, even the most hopelessly untalented individual, once they completed the Martial Path Body Forging cultivation and achieved the Martial Path True Body, would undergo a radical transformation in their innate aptitude, becoming a 1-in-10-1000 cultivation prodigy.

Having undergone the body-forging trials of martial arts and the marrow-cleansing metamorphosis, he transcended the mundane to step into the extraordinary.

This was not about excavating the latent potential within the physical body, but rather about continuously enriching its foundational essence—much like planting a seed deep within the flesh, waiting for the day it would grow into a towering tree.

Eldrin murmured softly, a faint glimmer kindling within his gaze.

The mortal body is inherently frail; even with some latent potential, how many times can it withstand such excavation?

Do they truly believe that the human body possesses limitless potential, and that by pushing it to its absolute limits, 1 could rival an entire universe?

Eldrin knew all too well that compared to the boundless cosmos and the myriad stars, the physical form of humankind was truly insignificant.

It is like a grain of dust—no matter how exquisitely you carve it, you can never build a towering palace upon it.

Only by allowing this speck of dust to continuously expand, gathering endless cosmic dust to become a dazzling Ninth Heaven star, can infinite possibilities be attained.

The first realm of martial body forging is the initial step in martial foundation establishment.

Eldrin (Person Name) murmured softly, lowered his gaze once more, and resumed his attempts to deduce the Second Realm.

Without a spiritual root, even after achieving the Martial Dao True Body, a cultivator remains unable to refine the spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

At this stage, advancing any further had become increasingly arduous.

However, Eldrin had long devised a countermeasure—since spiritual energy could not be drawn from the outside, he would generate it from within.

Thus, the second realm of martial arts is also known as the Qi Refining Realm, though this Qi Refining is not the same as that Qi Refining.

The path of immortal cultivation emphasizes refining qi from without to within, directly harnessing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth—a practice both simple and swift in its execution.

Martial Dao refines qi, yet it is exceptionally brutal. It is the path of those who forge a true martial body, refining their flesh and blood essence into genuine essence to open a sea of qi within their dantian.

Refining the essence of flesh and blood is akin to personally burning 1's own flesh in exchange for true energy, making the path of martial refinement excruciatingly painful. Without specialized techniques and elixirs, 1 would require a hundredfold the perseverance of self-established foundation-building to succeed.

Moreover, the practice of martial arts and qi refinement required the absorption of vast amounts of flesh, blood, and medicinal herbs to replenish 1's vital essence.

Eldrin deduced this much and came to a realization: due to the fundamental differences in their cultivation methods, those who practiced martial arts and refined Qi likely possessed far greater mental fortitude and perseverance than the vast majority of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Moreover, martial practitioners who refine qi find it exceedingly difficult to accumulate true energy within their bodies. Thus, once they unleash their full power and deplete their primordial essence, it would likely require 10 times longer than a Foundation Establishment cultivator to recover.

For instance, after a major battle, a Foundation Establishment cultivator who had depleted their spiritual power would only need 3 to 5 days near a spirit vein to recover their peak condition, whereas a martial Qi Refinement practitioner would require a full month of voracious eating and drinking to restore themselves.

Of course, once the Age of Dharma Decline arrives and the world's spiritual energy is exhausted, cultivators will inevitably face a dead end, while martial artists will fare somewhat better.

"Upon reaching the pinnacle of martial qi refinement, 1 must then forge the Dao Foundation."

Eldrin completed the deduction of the second martial realm, Qi Refinement, and immediately began deducing the cultivation method for the third martial realm.

According to Eldrin's (Person Name) estimation, once martial arts Qi refinement reached perfection, with pristine and abundant true Qi, he could finally undertake certain endeavors.

If 1 were to emulate the methods of immortal cultivation, they should now channel their true essence through the Celestial Meridian of the spine, unlocking the Sea of Consciousness at the brow—the Upper Dantian—to strengthen their soul and begin touching upon the profound mysteries of higher cultivation.

But Eldrin knew all too well that attempting to pierce through the Upper Dantian with the Qi Refinement Realm of martial arts was nothing short of courting death.

To pierce through the Spinal Celestial Meridian, aside from the agony and hardship, the most critical requirement was the consumption of a vast ocean of true essence magic power and spiritual energy.

Cultivators possess spiritual roots, enabling them to directly refine spiritual energy to replenish themselves and assimilate various spiritual objects and rare treasures.

However, martial cultivators could only refine essence into qi, relying almost entirely on their own willpower and primordial energy. The hope of success could be said to be virtually 0.

At this moment, opening the Upper Dantian would be no different from courting death. Thus, Eldrin sought other methods and eventually conceived an alternative to the spiritual root—Forging the Dao Foundation.

To forge the Dao Foundation is to construct a cornerstone of enlightenment within the dantian.

After his calculations, Eldrin discovered that although Qi Refining martial artists could not refine the ethereal spiritual energy, they were capable of refining various types of baleful energy.

Even subterranean Fire Fiend Qi (Spiritual Root), Netherworld's Turbid Malice, Vastsea's Water Malice, and even various Celestial Yang energies could be refined.

By channeling true essence to draw in various malignant energies, 1 constructs a Dao Platform within the body. Upon engraving unique array patterns into this foundation, the platform enables absorption of spiritual energy from heaven and earth.

For instance, if 1 builds their foundation with Fire Fiend Qi (Spiritual Root), they can absorb fire spiritual energy. Establishing a foundation with Water Malevolence enables the absorption of water spiritual energy. Should 1 lay their foundation through Celestial Yang and Earthly Malevolence, they would gain the ability to draw upon nearly all spiritual energies in the world.

Cultivating these baleful energies was an excruciating ordeal. In the past, Chen Qingyuan had merely consumed a single Foundation Establishment Pill (Spiritual Object) tainted with traces of underground Fire Fiend Qi (Spiritual Root), yet the agony drove him to take his own life. This alone demonstrated how perilous this path must be.