CHAPTER 548: CHAPTER 438 CHONGMING FINALE: WALK THE UNIQUE PATH ALONE!【SEEKING MONTHLY TICKETS!】_2

"Realm of Intent."

"It represents the cultivator’s insight into the principles of heaven and earth."

"Regardless of postnatal or innate levels, comprehending the Dao and having some understanding of it, mastering the Realm of Intent becomes a necessity for ascending to the fifth-order."

After the Fourth Realm Ninth Layer, the ’Realm of Intent’ becomes the threshold.

Take Wang Yan, for example.

She cultivates the "Seven Emotions Immortal Sword Scripture," focusing on the ’Seven Emotions Intent Realm.’ Layer upon layer of mastery, only after fully completing the Seven Emotions Intent Realm can she attempt the breakthrough to the fifth-order.

The trajectory shifts from cultivating mana, refining the physical body, and nurturing the primordial spirit to fully concentrating on Daoist cultivation.

At this point, Spirit Qi, Essence Qi, and vitality all reach their peaks; one’s personal conditions are at their limits. Then, understanding of heaven and earth, insight into the Dao, progresses rapidly.

This is also why ordinary Fourth Realm cultivators are called ’Heavenly Venerates,’ while those at the Fourth Realm Ninth Layer are known as ’Immortal Venerables,’ with a stark difference in strength.

Yu Ming Immortal Venerable.

Guangmu Immortal Venerable.

Bixia Immortal Venerable.

One by one, their True Spirit seals mark their entry into the Immortal Sect, and henceforth they are distanced from heaven, earth, and the Dao. Their comprehension stagnates; Spirit Qi, Essence Qi, and vitality plateau, and neither their Dao cultivation nor personal growth progresses.

They are left only to delve into and master divine techniques and spells, refine magical treasures and talismans, and so forth to pass the time.

However, their disconnection from the Dao and alienation from nature prevents their hearts and minds from achieving harmony. Over the long years, mental collapse can ensue, leading them to madness.

Take Golden Light Immortal Venerable, for instance.

His spiritual cultivation is the weakest. Though he entered the Immortal Sect twenty thousand years later than Bixia Immortal Venerable and Xuanming Immortal Venerable, he already exhibits signs of insanity and derangement.

Yu Ming Immortal Venerable is willing to lower himself and cater to Chen Jichuan and his wife, perhaps stimulated by witnessing Golden Light Immortal Venerable’s descent into madness.

Bixia Immortal Venerable, the eldest among the Immortal Venerables, is the most detached and placid. She is even nicknamed the ’Avoiding Suspicion Immortal Venerable,’ likely to prevent worldly affairs from disrupting her elegant state of mind.

"True Spirit Seal Immortal Sect, enduring ten thousand calamities without crumbling."

"Yet the mind remains fragile."

Chen Jichuan is different from them; he, like Wang Yan, can continue cultivation, feeling the vastness of heaven and earth and comprehending the mysteries of the Dao.

However, Wang Yan pursues the ’Seven Emotions Intent Realm,’ while Chen Jichuan cultivates the ’Five Elements Intent Realm.’

"Yin and Yang and the Five Elements constitute all things in the world. I cultivate the ’Five Five Great Expansion True Scripture,’ and my path lies in the Five Elements Dao. Comprehending the Five Elements Intent Realm comes naturally to me."

The importance of cultivation techniques in every aspect of progression cannot be overstated.

Take, for example, the cultivation of divine techniques and spells.

Chen Jichuan first practiced the "White Tiger Sword Prison Scripture," which complemented gold-based techniques like "Seven Elements Relieving Calamity Ruyi Tiangang Splitting Light Sword Technique," greatly accelerating progress.

Their unleashed power was extraordinary.

However, in learning other techniques, both the comprehension speed and the exhibited power were significantly inferior.

This highlights the amplifying effect cultivation techniques have on magic techniques.

For instance, now.

After transitioning to the "Five Five Great Expansion True Scripture," Chen Jichuan’s progress in Five Elements-based spells and techniques such as the ’Five Elements Escape Technique,’ ’Six Ding Mountain Opening Skill,’ and ’Heavenly Yin True Water’ has greatly accelerated.

Regarding divine techniques and spells.

Progress in Dao comprehension is even more evident.

"Since I follow the Five Elements technique, comprehending the Five Elements Intent Realm is naturally the most fitting."

"Should I force myself to delve into realms like Yin-Yang, Life-Death, or Karma Daos, it would neither yield optimal results nor avoid significant difficulty."

The Five Elements Dao is vast and profound.

The Five Elements Intent Realm is equally intricate.

Chen Jichuan spends every day moving his mana and cultivating in various Five Elements Sacred Lands.

Now, in the Chongming Realm, he no longer has any rival. Locations originally dominated by major Immortal Courts and Heavenly Venerates, Chen Jichuan can now freely enter, cultivating and comprehending at any time.

The Dao is described as nameless and infinitely mysterious.

The Intent Realm is merely the cultivator’s superficial understanding of the Dao, just the faintest fragment of it.

Its progress cannot be measured with precision, only felt vaguely on a personal level.

Approximately.

Seemingly.

Possibly.

Perhaps.

Everything remains indefinite.

As such, even Fourth-order Peak cultivators often don’t know how far they are from the Fifth-order.

At times, it feels close, but in reality, it’s far away.

Like the proverbial distant mountain, even the fastest horse struggles to reach it.

On the path toward the Fifth-order, countless Immortal Dao cultivators have fallen—of these, countless numbers of Immortal Venerables at the Fourth Realm Ninth Layer have similarly failed.

Wang Yan follows this arduous trail.

Chen Jichuan is also forging ahead on this pathway now.

Their hearts yearn for the Fifth-order, striving forward relentlessly, yet the end remains obscured while the journey traveled is the only thing visible.

Time flows like water.

Rushing forward unceasingly.

Upon entering the Fourth Realm Ninth Layer, mundane practices—cultivation of mana, refining the physical body, nurturing the primordial spirit—no longer required deliberate effort. Suddenly, Chen Jichuan found himself with surplus time.

When not comprehending the ’Five Elements Intent Realm,’ he took the opportunity to revisit his skills in formations, artifact refining, alchemy, and talisman making, delving into them once again.

With his elevated cultivation and Daoist mastery, his perspective underwent a profound transformation.

Chen Jichuan gained new insights into these four techniques.

With abundant resources from the Nine Heavens completely at his disposal, honing these skills became an effortless pursuit.

Yu Ming Immortal Venerable, before leaving, carefully organized the affairs of the Yu Ming Immortal Court and handed everything over to Chen Jichuan.

The Fierce Bird Mountain lineage took over the Yu Ming Immortal Court.

Throughout the vast Nine Heavens and Chongming Realm, the other seven Immortal Courts, with their Immortal Venerables and Heavenly Venerates slumbering, had crumbled and fragmented, scattered across various corners, losing all former influence.

Now, Fierce Bird Mountain and Yu Ming Immortal Court stood as the dominant power.

Thus, the resources Chen Jichuan needed for advancing his techniques were limitless.

Time.

Resources.

With all these at hand, progress naturally surged at an extraordinary pace.

First was formations.

In preparation for potential threats from a reborn Golden Light Immortal Venerable or others, Chen Jichuan laid formations extensively across Fierce Bird Mountain, Fire Hell Three Realms Mountain, Starlight Corridor, and...