Ringing the Bell for a Hundred Years, I Became the Sect’s Ancestor – Chapter 45

Chapter 45: Perfect Innate

“The Immaculate Sword Body is truly peculiar.”

Li Qian felt his body resonate faintly with the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi as he breathed.

This was a sign of the Immaculate Sword Body absorbing and expelling Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi.

As long as he was willing, he could break through the barrier between Postnatal and Innate realms and step into the Innate Realm.

Under normal circumstances, there were three ways for a Postnatal limit martial artist to step into the Innate Realm.

One way was to use perfected Internal Qi to open the Celestial Spirit Acupoint on the top of the head, forming a channel to the heavens, allowing the absorption of Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi into the body, merging with Postnatal Yuan Qi, and finally transforming into True Qi.

However, the risk was significant.

A slight mistake could damage the brain, and there was a certain failure rate.

Unless one possessed sufficiently high Root Bone talent, the breakthrough would be relatively easier.

The second way was to comprehend Martial Intent before reaching the Innate Realm. With Martial Intent as a medium to guide Internal Qi to open the Celestial Spirit Acupoint, the risk was minimal, almost guaranteed to succeed.

This required exceptionally high comprehension.

Otherwise, it would be challenging to comprehend Martial Intent in advance.

The third way was to consume Innate Pills, forcibly opening the Celestial Spirit Acupoint. However, the drawbacks were apparent. It was said that cultivation progress would be limited, with a finite future, and those who used this method were often referred to as Half-Step Innate.

Those who resorted to the third method were typically Postnatal limit martial artists with average Root Bone aptitude and comprehension.

For many Postnatal martial artists, achieving the Innate Realm, even as Half-Step Innate, was already a fulfilling accomplishment.

Moreover, Innate Pills themselves were precious.

Without sufficient wealth and connections, obtaining them might not be possible.

However, after Li Qian cultivated the Immaculate Sword Body, it was as if his body could naturally absorb Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi.

This was extraordinary.

Furthermore, his entire body could absorb Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi, with an efficiency many times greater than that of ordinary Innate martial artists.

Even before reaching the Innate Realm, Li Qian already understood why it was called Perfect Innate.

This was likely just one of its advantages.

“Let’s break through then.”

Li Qian raised his eyes to look at the sky.

A full moon hung high, casting its silver glow, enveloping the world in a hazy light.

He took a deep breath and immediately began to circulate the Heartless Sword Manual for the first time.

Since reaching Postnatal perfection, he had not practiced the Heartless Sword Manual.

At most, he practiced the Five Elements Sword Technique.

Even though he hadn’t practiced the Heartless Sword Manual for such a long time, he felt no sense of stagnation when circulating his Internal Skill.

No, it was even smoother than before.

He could only describe it with one word.

Silky smooth.

“As expected, after cultivating the Immaculate Sword Body, circulating the Heartless Sword Manual is even smoother.”

Li Qian was very satisfied.

As he completed a cycle of the Heartless Sword Manual, the abundant Internal Qi within his Immaculate Sword Body circulated through a Great Heavenly Cycle. The Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi that had been surrounding him seemed to break through a barrier, surging into his body through all his acupoints.

A strange glow gradually appeared on his body.

This was a halo produced by the excessively dense Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi under the moonlight.

As the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi entered his body, under the influence of the Immaculate Sword Body, it merged with his Postnatal Internal Qi, forming a new power.

True Qi.

Or rather, Innate True Qi.

This Innate True Qi, like silver-white threads, rapidly spread throughout the meridians in his body.

Meanwhile, in the wooden house several hundred meters away from the Bell Tower.

Zhou Buping was attempting to cultivate.

Although his injuries had mostly healed.

His damaged Qi Sea was not so easily restored.

Sword Intent was even more so.

The decline in his cultivation and the weakening of his Sword Intent were already a reality.

“Sigh, it’s still not working.”

Zhou Buping opened his eyes and sighed.

It was too difficult to mobilize the Innate True Qi in his Qi Sea.

Forcing it would cause indescribable pain.

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The same was true for using his Heartless Sword Intent.

His Natal Intent Sword had already shattered.

His current Sword Intent level was only equivalent to the Illusory Image Level. In fact, it was even weaker, as he couldn’t even mobilize his Sword Intent.

Suddenly, his expression changed slightly, and he looked up towards the Bell Tower.

Although he couldn’t mobilize his Sword Intent and Innate True Qi, as an experienced Innate Realm expert, he was very sensitive to Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi.

At this moment, he could sense a strong convergence of Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi in the direction of the Bell Tower.

“What’s this?”

He seemed to have thought of something and quickly ran out of the wooden house, forgetting to even put on his shoes, running barefoot.

Soon, he arrived at a high point about a hundred meters from the Bell Tower, where he could clearly see the Time Bell Pavilion bathed in moonlight.

At this moment, the Time Bell Pavilion was faintly enveloped in moonlight, forming a dim and strange sea of light, as if the moonlight was flowing.

“This is the sign of a breakthrough to the Innate Realm.”

Zhou Buping murmured, “Could it be that he has cultivated the Immaculate Sword Body?”

He had never asked Li Qian about the progress of his Immaculate Sword Body cultivation, simply because he didn’t want to put pressure on him.

There was another possibility, which was that Li Qian couldn’t suppress his cultivation and had to break through to the Innate Realm.

If it was the latter, it meant that the Perfect Innate had failed.

With a hint of anxiety, Zhou Buping didn’t approach but simply watched from afar.

One couldn’t be disturbed during a breakthrough to the Innate Realm.

When disciples of the Divine Sword Sect broke through to the Innate Realm, there would often be elders present to protect them.

After a long time, the strange phenomenon of the Innate Realm gradually disappeared, and the intense fluctuation of Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi completely subsided.

Only then did Zhou Buping walk towards the Bell Tower.

“Master.”

Li Qian’s voice came from the Bell Tower.

Immediately following, a figure floated down and landed in front of Zhou Buping.

“Why did you suddenly break through to the Innate Realm?”

Zhou Buping asked impatiently.

“Master, I suddenly cultivated the Immaculate Sword Body and tried to break through, and I unexpectedly succeeded.”

Li Qian quickly replied.

“What, you really cultivated the Immaculate Sword Body?”

Upon hearing this, Zhou Buping’s voice trembled slightly.

How long had it been since Li Qian comprehended the Immaculate Sword Body in the Sword Grinding Cave?

It should have been five years and one month.

“Yes.”

Li Qian nodded.

He also felt quite emotional.

It took him a full five years to cultivate the Immaculate Sword Body to perfection.

Unknowingly, he was already twenty-five years old.

And he had been in this world for more than nine years.

From a cultivationless Odd-Job Disciple, he had cultivated step by step, finally achieving Perfect Innate.

It was truly not easy!

“Good, good, good!”

Zhou Buping said three “good” in a row: “Li Qian, the matter of your Perfect Innate must absolutely not be known to a third person, understand?”

“Master, why is that?”

Li Qian asked curiously.

Even if his master hadn’t said it, he wouldn’t have revealed that he had achieved Perfect Innate.

He was just curious what his master was afraid of.

“I told you before that those who achieve Perfect Innate are destined to become Martial Saints. This rumor is not only present in our Divine Sword Sect, but also in other countries within the Great Chang. Once the news of your Perfect Innate spreads, you will definitely become a target. No faction will tolerate the existence of a Perfect Innate in our Divine Sword Sect.”

Zhou Buping sighed.

In fact, there were things he didn’t say. Even within the Divine Sword Sect, there might be people who harbored such thoughts.