My Wife Is The Leader Of A Demonic Cult-Chapter 370 - Breaking the Mysterious Barrier Five

Chapter 370: Chapter 370: Breaking the Mysterious Barrier, Five Qi Returning to Origin

Chapter 370: Chapter 370: Breaking the Mysterious Barrier, Five Qi Returning to Origin

Thunderclouds churned above Yujing City, endlessly persisting, as streaks of lightning kept appearing, resembling a sinuous dragon.

Everyone, from ordinary citizens, nobles, and high officials to Jianghu experts, was shocked by the sudden celestial phenomenon.

Yet An Jing, the cause of this tremendous upheaval, knew nothing of it, still cultivating quietly in the secret chamber.

As he operated the “Nameless Heart Scripture,” An Jing felt an odd power surging throughout his body, as if it were engaging the deepest forces inside him.

It was a power from the deepest reaches of the soul.

Boom!

True Qi wildly swept in, completely submerging the room.

An Jing suddenly felt as though his entire body was bathed in dense True Qi, and the flames, like a wild beast, frantically devoured him, making his skin feel as if it were about to explode.

Operating the “Nameless Heart Scripture,” an immortal law, with a mortal body was so difficult, so painful.

Every surge of True Qi was an immense burden on his body.

If An Jing had not previously cultivated the Great Celestial Star Refining Body Technique to perfection, he might have fainted by now.

Along with that torment, the scene before him also underwent a massive change.

As the scenery around An Jing changed, stars dotted around him, vast and deep star rivers hung in the sky.

Standing among the star rivers, it felt like being at the center of the universe, where all mysteries seemed to reside within the myriad starlight, and he could perceive all the secrets of the world.

Meanwhile, An Jing, in this profound obscurity and chaos, still maintained a trace of clarity, striving to operate the “Nameless Heart Scripture” and perform the most crucial absorption.

True Qi continually flowed along the meridians, one line, two lines… but by the thirty-sixth, the flow began to slow down.

At seventy-two meridians, the movement of True Qi virtually ceased, almost completely relying on the massive influx of True Qi to push through, and towards the end, An Jing felt faint and could only keep operating the “Nameless Heart Scripture” through sheer willpower.

The “Nameless Heart Scripture” needed to pass through one hundred and eight meridians, which showed how difficult it was to operate it even once.

An Jing drew up all the True Qi in his body, beginning to surge wildly toward the interior, but that last meridian at the Three Yang Acupoints remained immovable.

If he didn’t complete a full cycle now, the original path would solidify, and all his prior efforts would be wasted.

Having obtained this supreme heart method, would it not be an irony if he couldn’t even operate one Great Celestial cycle?

A feeling of unwillingness arose in his heart!

An Jing fiercely redirected the True Qi toward the Three Yang Acupoints again, countless True Qi soaking into that meridian, merging into it.

Crackle! Crackle!

A series of strange frosts suddenly emerged within the meridians, followed by countless starlights suddenly emerging. Just as everything seemed to be progressing favorably, the frost suddenly cracked, creating fissures.

Had he failed?

An Jing’s brow furrowed slightly, then, without lamenting, he continued to exert all his strength to strike at the Three Yang Acupoints.

But with the frost already shattered above the Three Yang Acupoints, further impacts were futile.

He had failed!

After the last attempt, An Jing still ended in failure.

The “Nameless Heart Scripture,” such a peerless heart method, even if obtained, could not be easily cultivated by anyone.

Boom!

But just at that moment, a pure force surged from An Jing’s body into his own.

This force was like a torrential rain, falling upon the parched earth.

And the originally difficult-to-congeal Three Yang Acupoints instantly crystallized into layers of frost, then wrapped up with boundless power and continued surging forward.

Rumble! Rumble!

In his body, it was like a volcanic eruption, as surging essence burst forth.

The immense benefits of which could only be intuited and not conveyed in words.

An Jing finally operated the “Nameless Heart Scripture” through a complete cycle, accomplishing one circulation.

Then, vast True Qi surged toward An Jing, a feeling akin to a long-parched land finally welcoming its rain.

And An Jing’s Dantian suddenly erupted, all the True Qi in his body explosively unfurled, like extreme beams of light, seemingly breaking through barriers.

That light was gentle, intense, and brilliant.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

An Jing’s Dantian had completely erupted, as if magma had finally burst forth, unleashing an ultimate, endless force that then fed back into his body.

In an instant, An Jing’s entire body was filled with a magnificent power, causing him to shudder. This power then transformed into wild horses, frantically rampaging throughout his body, rushing towards his pores, skin, and blood vessels.

The force within his blood was extremely violent and fierce. This wild True Qi was potent enough to burst a Three Qi Grandmaster’s body open and kill him.

However, having cultivated the “Great Celestial Star Refining Body Technique,” An Jing was unfazed by such a violent force sweeping through him as the “Nameless Heart Scripture” began to operate within him.

Over his body, it seemed as if he was enveloped in a strange orb of light, as though he were in a cloud of smoke.

Mere one cycle of the “Nameless Heart Scripture” was equivalent to tens of days of Cultivation, and An Jing’s True Qi within his body began to undergo drastic changes.

The originally pale golden True Qi gradually transformed into purple.

This purple True Qi extended outside the house, stretching dozens of feet in an impressive manner.

Everything around became a purple world.

The “Nameless Heart Scripture” was finally complete. As a heart method that merged three of the world’s greatest Martial Arts, no one knew its true efficacy, not even An Jing who had yet to see its full form.

And An Jing’s Cultivation had not ended yet. After the completion of the “Nameless Heart Scripture,” the strong backlash came, and the surging, enormous True Qi filled his Dantian and Qi Sea.

An Jing’s long-stagnant Cultivation level also began to loosen, and the last of the Five Qi began to rise. If he could break through to the Five Qi Realm, it would be like returning to the origin at Five Qi, just a step away from being a true Great Grandmaster, a Land Immortal.

An Jing slowly sat down cross-legged, “Nameless Heart Scripture” operated once again, and a circulation later, it began frantically absorbing the surrounding nature’s spiritual energy.

The surrounding spiritual energy was drawn to An Jing, like trickling streams flowing into rivers and seas, and flowed into his Qi Sea.

An Jing sat cross-legged in the secret chamber, with the dazzling starlight-like spiritual energy instantly enveloping his entire body.

Bits of nature’s Essence flowed through his meridians, rushing towards his Qi Sea like a surging flame, its wild power far more pure and domineering than countless bits of spiritual energy.

This was the Essence derived from the “Nameless Heart Scripture.”

If it were not for An Jing’s body having been refined by the “Great Celestial Star Refining Body Technique,” he could not have so recklessly operated the “Nameless Heart Scripture.”

Even so, An Jing still felt a tearing pain spreading from his skin, blood vessels, and gradually throughout his body.

An Jing had endured pain a hundred times worse than this mere tearing pain.

As a large amount of nature’s spiritual energy rushed toward An Jing’s Qi Sea, the misty Qi Sea seemed to begin trembling slightly, visibly showing the last Qi rising.

An Jing noticed this, sank his mind into it, and then his Qi Sea began to absorb the surrounding spiritual energy even more crazily.

His momentum was also boosting at that moment, the feeling of growth not any less intense than the earlier transformation of True Qi, if not even more profound.

This was the elevation of the Dao, and this elevation was not insignificant.

Craack! Craack!

The Five Qi finally broke through the shackles, converging above his head.

Five Qi Grandmaster!

This realm was the hardest step for any master to cross. Previously, An Jing’s Cultivation had reached the peak of Four Qi. Now, under the complete rebuke of “Nameless Heart Scripture,” things naturally progressed to this point.

Simultaneously, the surplus spiritual energy rushed towards the meridians around An Jing, entering his blood, muscles, and every inch, spreading throughout his body.

An Jing sat quietly in the secret chamber, like an old monk in meditation, motionless, except for the ceaseless influx of starlight indicating he was still alive.

Time passed, it seemed like an instant and yet also an eternity.

Craack!

An Jing’s Qi Sea suddenly made a dull sound, followed by new cracks appearing around the entire Qi Sea. Simultaneously, his aura began to wildly climb, a tremendous power merging into every part of his body.

An extreme sublimation filled every part of An Jing’s skin and bones.

Five Qi Returning to Origin!

He had finally reached the realm hailed as the pinnacle of this world, the Five Qi Grandmaster Realm.

Just one more step and he could truly extend his life by three hundred years and reach the Land Immortal Realm.

An Jing slowly opened his eyes, his pitch-black eyes reflecting the brilliant radiance, captivating to behold.

“With the help of ‘Nameless Heart Scripture,’ my Cultivation has finally reached the Five Qi Grandmaster, and it’s even the peak of Five Qi Grandmaster.”

An Jing looked at his palm, “This ‘Nameless Heart Scripture’ truly merits being a Dao method that can lead to immortality.”

Meanwhile, he also privately estimated that his current strength was unmatched among masters, but he was uncertain about facing Great Grandmasters. After all, the difference between Great Grandmaster and Master was a considerable realm, seeming like a vast gulf from ancient times to the present.

“It’s time to come out.”

An Jing pushed open the heavy door of the secret chamber and walked out slowly.

A breathtakingly beautiful woman stood outside the secret chamber, quietly waiting for him.

The breeze was gentle and warm, adding a seductive scent to the air.

An Jing’s eyes brightened as he smiled and said, “My lady, you’ve arrived.”

The person in front of him was Zhao Qingmei. An Jing could feel an exceptionally powerful aura emanating from her, no weaker than Zongzheng Huachun back in Yujing City. Clearly, she had acquired all of Nangong Weiping’s cultivation and had reached the Five Qi Grandmaster realm.

Zhao Qingmei gave An Jing a glance and said with satisfaction, “It seems I was right in my thoughts.”

An Jing’s cultivation had also reached the Five Qi Realm, just one step away from the Land Immortal realm.

An Jing stepped forward, gently wrapped his arms around Zhao Qingmei’s shoulders, and smiled, “I have now gathered the complete ‘Nameless Heart Scripture.’ I will recite it to you tonight.”

Previously, he had only obtained a fragment of the ‘Nameless Heart Scripture,’ which had some disadvantages, so he did not let anyone practice it. Now that the ‘Nameless Heart Scripture’ was fully complete, it was time to bring it out.

“No hurry, we can talk about it when we have time. I’ve cultivated the ‘Nine Nether Purgatory Demon Scripture’ to the Ninth Layer already; it’s not suitable for me to switch to another Heart Method Martial Arts now,”

Zhao Qingmei nodded slightly, then suddenly remembered something and said, “Right, the day for your duel with Zongzheng Huachun is approaching. According to information, Zongzheng Huachun has been continuously cultivating in seclusion, and it seems he hasn’t reached the Great Grandmaster realm, but there’s been no news of Xi Hafu and Qian Qiu, the Undying, the two Grandmaster experts.”

Previously, when An Jing was only in the Four Qi realm, he had killed several Five Qi Grandmasters. Now, having obtained the complete ‘Nameless Heart Scripture’ and elevating his cultivation to that of a Five Qi Grandmaster, his strength had advanced by leaps and bounds. If Zongzheng Huachun hadn’t broken through his limits, the outcome was almost certain.

The only variable was the two living Great Grandmasters, Xi Hafu and Qian Qiu, the Undying.

This was what Zhao Qingmei was worried about.

An Jing thought for a moment and said, “That Qian Qiu, the Undying, is said to have suffered severe injuries; I doubt he will appear this time. Xi Hafu, however, might join forces with Houjin…”

The goals of these two Great Grandmasters were related to the Dragon Locking Well, ultimately positioning themselves against the Great Yan Dynasty.

Most importantly, if the Earth Vein Spirit was truly related to breaking the Great Grandmaster’s limits, then both An Jing and Zhao Qingmei naturally had to compete for it.

“You mentioned last time that Prince Xu might also be a Great Grandmaster. Since then, my mind has been filled with doubts.”

Zhao Qingmei spoke seriously, “Could there be other Great Grandmasters in this world? And could the Earth Vein Spirit, once completely corrupted by the Evil Spirits, bring about an unprecedented great upheaval in the world?”

An Jing also frowned deeply upon hearing this.

The Earth Vein Spirit was increasingly contaminated by the Evil Spirits, and the learned people of the world had no solution. This had become a typical scenario, and the world was undergoing an unprecedented upheaval. Nobody knew what would happen next.

And in this world, could there be other mysterious experts like Prince Xu and Qian Qiu, the Undying, still alive?

An Jing said, “I think not many are left. After all, people like Prince Xu and Qian Qiu, the Undying, are extremely rare. To reach that stage, at the very least, they must be of the Great Grandmaster realm.”

Zhao Qingmei also nodded, “People living for hundreds of years without dying is indeed extremely rare; this is almost akin to defying the heavens and changing fate. Even with Great Divine Powers and Great Methods, it’s very difficult. I’m now quite curious about two things.”

She also considered Prince Xu and Qian Qiu, the Undying, to be exceptions. After all, the records of Great Grandmasters in the history of various dynasties were very detailed, indicating that Great Grandmasters were extremely rare, no more than a couple.

Great Grandmasters being so few, the people who could ‘preserve’ themselves and not die were even rarer.

An Jing asked, “What are they?”

Zhao Qingmei took a deep breath and slowly said, “Firstly, why exactly Prince Xu and Qian Qiu, the Undying, are undying, and secondly, what the origin of this Evil Spirit is that can silently corrupt the Earth Vein Spirit.”

An Jing also pondered for a moment, “Prince Xu has an aura of Corpse Qi on him, yet he possesses his own intelligence but has forgotten all past events. I am not entirely clear why. I will make another trip to Prince Xu Mountain when I have time. As for that Qian Qiu, the Undying, he is very mysterious; many historical events have his shadow.”

“As for the Evil Spirits, I fear that even fewer know about it. I think even Xi Hafu himself is unclear about this matter; the only one who might know is Qian Qiu, the Undying.”

He was also unclear about the reasons behind their immortality; after all, he hadn’t figured out their identities completely, and the Evil Spirits were shrouded in even greater mystery.

From the beginning, there was a lot of controversy surrounding it. Xi Hafu said the Evil Spirits were evil and cruel, while the last Human Emperor of Great Qin described it as Immortal Energy, an essence that could help people collectively ascend to immortality.

An Jing felt that the Evil Spirits were not that simple. Jiang Shang, who absorbed the Undying Blood, displayed such evil and brutal energy when he was about to turn into an Evil Spirit, an image that remained vivid in his mind. However, Xi Hafu was able to control the Evil Spirits, even using them to reach the Great Grandmaster realm.

“Let’s not think too much about it for now.”

Zhao Qingmei waved her hand and said, “You just came out of seclusion today, and this morning Princess An Le sent you an invitation. Tonight, she is holding a banquet at the Taihe Palace to discuss the matter of her ascension tomorrow.”

Upon hearing this, An Jing was taken aback, “Her ascension tomorrow!?”

“It seems she is quite eager.”

Zhao Qingmei scoffed coldly, “You’ve been in seclusion for three days now, and plus she has been heavily promoting the celestial phenomenon you created. Naturally, she wants to ascend to the throne at this time to stabilize the hearts of the people.”

She inherently had no sympathy for this ‘elder,’ and she was even more disgusted by her actions.

An Jing nodded, “Then let’s go see it tonight.”

Zhao Qingmei’s eyes glinted with a sharp light as she said in a low voice, “I will go with you, and I want to meet this future Great Yan Emperor.”

An Jing glanced at Zhao Qingmei, feeling a bad premonition deep inside, especially because he knew her jealous nature all too well.

Adding to this was Zhao Xuening’s earlier hints to him, if the two were to meet face to face, it would likely be a clash of titans, with him being the one to suffer, caught in the middle.

Zhao Qingmei noticed An Jing’s look and said coldly, “What? You don’t want me to go?”

“No, of course not.”

An Jing quickly waved his hand: “My lady, if you wish to go, let us go together.”

“Hmph!”

Zhao Qingmei huffed, then said, “I’ve arranged everything, you go and freshen up. Come to my room when you are done, I have something to discuss with you.”

Saying so, Zhao Qingmei walked toward the house with a graceful stride.

“I understand,” An Jing replied.

Seeing Zhao Qingmei’s stride, An Jing quickly caught on and, with a smile curving his lips, he hurried towards the bathhouse with light steps.

……..

Yujing City, Zhou Residence.

The sky was overcast, with gusty winds that seemed to herald a pouring rain at any moment.

In the pavilion, two scholars were sitting cross-legged, facing each other with a table between them laden with delicious delicacies and two pitchers of strong liquor.

The two men were Li Fuzhou and Zhou Xianming.

Zhou Xianming raised his cup and said with a smile, “Mr. Li, it has been a long time since we last enjoyed a good drink together.”

Li Fuzhou also raised his cup and said, “I remember you never used to drink this strong liquor.”

Zhou Xianming said, “People always change.”

This statement seemed to resonate deeply with Li Fuzhou, who couldn’t help but nod slightly, “Yes, people always change, which can be both good and bad.”

Zhou Xianming said, “It depends on whether a person changes for the better or worse.”

Li Fuzhou drained his cup and said, “Good and bad are too simplistic, it all depends on one’s stance.”

Zhou Xianming smiled, poured another cup of liquor for Li Fuzhou, and said, “I came here today because I have something I want to discuss with you.”

Li Fuzhou, drinking his liquor as if he didn’t care, asked, “What is it?”

Zhou Xianming said, “I want to implement reforms in the court.”

Reformation, changing outdated laws and improving them with new additions to make the world run as envisioned, is something all capable ministers dream of implementing. However, because reformation can harm the interests of many, throughout history, there have been very few who succeeded in enacting it to strengthen a nation.

Even sometimes, though the Human Emperor himself knows the drawbacks, it remains difficult to implement reforms, as the interests involved are vast and the obstacles enormous, risking unrest across the nation.

Li Fuzhou didn’t ask how to reform but asked instead, “What’s the purpose of the reforms?”

Zhou Xianming did not hold back and directly said, “To consolidate the rule of the Great Yan Court, making everyone within the Four Seas submit.”

Upon hearing this, Li Fuzhou narrowed his eyes, “You wish to consolidate imperial power!”

From the beginning, the Confucian scholars had touted governing the world together with the Human Emperor, thus holding high status in the Great Zhou Dynasty. However, after the fall of the Great Zhou and the establishment of the Great Yan, the authority of Confucian scholars was repeatedly diminished, while imperial power reached new heights.

Now, the stature of Confucian scholars is far less than in days of yore and shows little hope of returning to its zenith. The present Confucian scholars can only rely on imperial power to ascend higher and further.

Only with a powerful emperor can the authority of Confucian scholars strengthen.

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Even for a figure like Lv Guoyong, wasn’t he ultimately forced to shatter his own Literary Palace to safeguard the reign of the Great Yan Dynasty?

Zhou Xianming said, “Exactly.”

Li Fuzhou set down his chopsticks and asked, “Do you know the true nature of imperial power?”

Zhou Xianming remained silent.

Li Fuzhou continued, “The essence of imperial power is exploitation; they exploit the common people, and only thus can they gain benefits. Now that imperial power has reached its peak, do you still want to strengthen it?”

“Imperial power has not yet reached its peak, not by far.”

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xianming shook his head and said, “Mr. Li, the problem you speak of has been persistent for thousands of years; it is not about imperial exploitation, but the exploitation of the lower by the upper classes, and you cannot change that.”

Saying so, Zhou Xianming stood up, his eyes calm as he looked at Li Fuzhou and emphatically said, “It will still be the same even ten thousand years from now.”

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