Ringing the Bell for a Hundred Years, I Became the Sect’s Ancestor – Chapter 46

Chapter 46: Five Realms of Innate

“Master, is Martial Saint a realm above Innate?”

Li Qian asked curiously.

His understanding of martial arts levels was limited to Innate.

“Naturally not. Martial Saint still belongs to the Innate level.”

Zhou Buping shook his head. “I will explain the Innate martial arts situation to you properly.”

“Master, let’s talk inside.”

Li Qian said hurriedly.

“Yes.”

Zhou Buping nodded.

The master and disciple entered the room.

Li Qian lit the oil lamp.

Under the dim light, Zhou Buping explained the Innate level to Li Qian.

“Unlike the nine levels of Postnatal, Innate represents the level of communication between the human body and heaven and earth. Based on the degree of communication, it is called the Five Realms of Innate.”

Zhou Buping said.

“Five Realms of Innate? I’ve only seen Three Realms of Innate in some books?”

Li Qian was extremely surprised.

“The books you read didn’t fully describe the Five Realms of Innate.”

Zhou Buping shook his head and said, “All cultivation in the Innate realm is for communication with heaven and earth. The first three realms, True Qi, True Essence, and True Elixir, represent the exploration of one’s inner potential and belong to the foundation building stage. The latter two realms are the real beginning of exploring and even influencing heaven and earth.”

Li Qian listened attentively.

This seemingly basic martial arts knowledge cannot be accessed without reaching a certain level.

“The fourth realm of Innate is called Celestial Being, implying a person of heaven. At this level, one can fly in the air, travel across the sky, and break free from the shackles of the earth. Celestial Beings have a better understanding of heaven and earth. Most importantly, a Celestial Being’s lifespan can reach three hundred years, while the first three realms of Innate, even a Grandmaster who has condensed a True Elixir, can only live up to two hundred years.”

Zhou Buping continued.

“Then is Martial Saint the fifth realm?”

Li Qian couldn’t help but ask.

“That’s right, Martial Saint, a saint among martial artists. It is said that this level opens the door to truly influencing heaven and earth. Unfortunately, I don’t know what kind of abilities it possesses. However, it is said that a Martial Saint’s lifespan can reach over five hundred years.”

Zhou Buping nodded and said.

Li Qian finally had a preliminary understanding of the Five Realms of Innate. “Master, what level are you?”

“I used to be at the early stage of the True Elixir realm.”

Zhou Buping’s tone was slightly sad.

The reason why he said “used to be” was naturally because his Qi Sea was damaged, and his cultivation had regressed.

“Then do we have Celestial Beings in the Divine Sword Sect?”

Li Qian asked curiously.

“I don’t know that.”

Zhou Buping shook his head.

“Master doesn’t know either?”

Li Qian was very surprised.

“I don’t manage sect affairs and am not an Elder with Real Authority in the Elder Hall. How would I know the sect’s highest secrets?”

Zhou Buping smiled and said, “But I guess. It’s very likely that we do. There is a senior Sword Envoy in our Divine Sword Sect who has been missing for a long time, but no new Sword Envoy has been selected from the True Disciples. This Sword Envoy is likely still alive, after all, the maximum lifespan of a Celestial Being is close to three hundred years.”

“You have just broken through to Innate, and you must consolidate your cultivation. I’m going back to sleep.”

Seeing that Li Qian still wanted to ask more questions, Zhou Buping waved his hand and got up to walk out of the bell tower.

He walked briskly with his hands behind his back, obviously in a good mood.

“True Qi, True Essence, True Elixir, Celestial Being, Martial Saint. My martial arts journey has just begun.”

Li Qian sighed.

Dong!

With the sound of the Mao Bell, a new day began.

Due to the season, although it was still the Mao Hour, the sky was already turning white.

The fog was thick.

The moist morning breeze blew.

Li Qian took a stance and began to practice the Heartless Sword Manual.

The Heartless Sword Manual was of a high level, and it could be practiced not only in the Postnatal realm but also in the Innate realm with the same effect.

The Yuan Qi of heaven and earth gathered and merged into his body, combining with his blood and spirit to be refined into True Qi.

He only stopped after the Innate True Qi had completed a Great Heavenly Cycle.

Comfortable!

Li Qian felt that the Innate True Qi in his body had also increased a bit.

◈◈◈

Not to mention that the Immaculate Sword Body was very efficient at absorbing Yuan Qi from heaven and earth, it was also very easy to refine it into True Qi.

Needless to say, this was a major effect of the Immaculate Sword Body.

According to his understanding, the cultivation speed of Innate martial artists was mainly tested in two aspects.

One was the efficiency of absorbing Yuan Qi from heaven and earth.

The other was the efficiency of merging Yuan Qi from heaven and earth with blood and spirit.

This involved root bone aptitude and comprehension.

Li Qian had the assistance of the Sacrificial Time Bell, so his comprehension was definitely top-notch.

As for root bone aptitude, he had already cultivated the Immaculate Sword Body, so there was no need to mention it.

He now understood the essence of “Flawless.”

It was the ability to absorb Yuan Qi from heaven and earth with the entire body, and the blood could be fully integrated with Yuan Qi from heaven and earth, without any waste of Yuan Qi from heaven and earth and one’s own blood during cultivation.

In this way, the cultivation speed was extremely terrifying.

Thinking of this, Li Qian’s mind moved, and he summoned the system interface to check the latest information.

Host: Li Qian.

Cultivation Level: Innate True Qi （Early Stage 2/100）.

Sacrificial Instrument: Time Bell （Law 2315/10000）.

Martial Arts: Sword-Piercing Fist （Perfection）, Heartless Sword Manual （Perfection）, Immaculate Sword Body （Perfection）.

Martial Intent: Heartless Sword Intent （Illusory Image 19/100）.

Secret Techniques: Myriad Transforming Sword Qi, Blood Burning Technique.

“Eh, my cultivation level has increased a bit?”

Li Qian was very surprised.

Just one Great Heavenly Cycle of cultivation had increased his progress a bit, the efficiency was terrifying.

It was indeed Perfect Innate.

This was not Postnatal, but Innate level, the difficulty of cultivation was definitely a hundred times harder than Postnatal.

But he was still able to increase his progress a bit with just one cultivation session.

From this point of view, he only needed to cultivate the Heartless Sword Manual a hundred times to reach the middle stage of the Innate True Qi realm.

The question now was how many times could he cultivate a day?

In the next few days, Li Qian conducted various experiments and basically determined that if he cultivated normally, he could practice about three times a day. Otherwise, his blood and Qi wouldn’t be able to keep up.

He had tried taking Qi and Blood Pills.

The effect was very good.

His Immaculate Sword Body could quickly absorb the medicinal effects.

The most important thing was that every time he took a pill, his body could expel the pill toxins immediately.

Li Qian finally understood why it was called Perfect Innate.

This Immaculate Sword Body was not afraid of pill toxins.

After taking Qi and Blood Pills, he could only practice two more times a day.

The reason why it only increased by two times, and not without limit, was very simple.

His spirit couldn’t keep up.

Although the Time Bell itself had the effect of restoring spirit.

After multiple cultivations, his spirit would become extremely tired, even the Time Bell had difficulty alleviating it.

He had consulted Master Zhou Buping about this issue.

Master’s explanation was that it involved mental resilience, and one must cultivate with moderation. If one overdid it, it would lead to mental damage.

Even Spirit Nourishing Pills were not truly restoring spirit, but only alleviating mental fatigue and preventing mental damage to a certain extent.

The only way to improve mental resilience was to improve Martial Intent.

Li Qian could cultivate five times a day and increase his progress by five points, which was already amazing.

This was because he had already comprehended Sword Intent to the Illusory Image level when he first entered Innate.

Unfortunately, the difficulty of cultivating Heartless Sword Intent had greatly increased after entering the Illusory Image level.

It was temporarily impossible for him to further improve his Sword Intent in a short period of time.

However, he was still very satisfied with his current cultivation speed.

Even if he could only cultivate five times a day, he could increase his progress by five points. It wouldn’t take him even a month to raise his cultivation level to the middle stage of the Innate True Qi realm.

Such a cultivation speed was simply heaven-defying.