Chapter 1255: Extreme Impurity, Profound Understanding

Translator: CinderTL

Bai Wei, her expression agitated, hurried to the jade bed, her face filled with concern.

"Mengyu, you’re finally awake."

Seeing her master by her side, Xu Mengyu’s anger dissipated, replaced by confusion.

She braced herself and sat up, but a sharp pain immediately shot through her Sea of Consciousness, causing her to wince and instinctively press a hand to her forehead.

"Master, what happened?"

Bai Wei explained, "Your attempt to cultivate a second Primordial Spirit severely damaged your divine soul, plunging you into a coma. Your soul was so weakened it risked collapsing. Despite my best efforts, I couldn’t repair it, so I had to ask Gou Jun to heal you."

Xu Mengyu finally understood.

She knew Gou Jun had healed her master’s Sea of Consciousness injury, but she hadn’t known the details of the process.

So, Gou Jun healed divine soul injuries by pressing himself against the patient, their mouths and noses touching.

Xu Mengyu unconsciously licked her lips, still feeling a faint warmth lingering there.

A moment later, she seemed uncomfortable and wiped her mouth with her hand.

"Thank you, Senior Gou Jun," Xu Mengyu said, clearly distinguishing between gratitude and resentment, and not dwelling on the impropriety of the healing method. "This junior was ignorant of the circumstances and offended you earlier. I hope you can forgive my rudeness."

Song Wen said, "Ignorance is no crime, Miss Xu. Please don’t take it to heart. However, though you’ve regained consciousness, your divine soul hasn’t fully recovered. Should we continue the treatment?"

Before Xu Mengyu could answer, Bai Wei interjected, "Of course we must continue. We can’t afford to be careless with the divine soul."

Song Wen replied, "Miss Xu’s divine soul has already recovered most of its strength. The remaining injuries can be healed with medicinal pills and spirit grass specifically for the divine soul."

Bai Wei fell silent, turning to Xu Mengyu, clearly waiting for her to decide.

After a moment’s contemplation, Xu Mengyu responded, "There’s no need to trouble Senior Gou Jun any further."

Bai Wei seemed slightly disappointed but didn’t press the matter.

Song Wen, on the other hand, appeared relieved, a faint smile playing on his lips.

"With this matter concluded, I’ll take my leave."

Yet he didn’t move, his gaze fixed intently on Bai Wei.

Bai Wei curled her lip and tossed a storage pouch to him. "Everything I promised you is in this pouch."

Song Wen caught the pouch, scanned it with his divine sense, and beamed. "Thank you. Senior Bai Wei, if you ever need my assistance in the future, please don’t hesitate to ask."

This time, before his words had even faded, he turned and strode toward the door.

"Gou Jun, wait a moment," Bai Wei called out, stopping Song Wen.

"Senior Bai Wei, is there anything else I can assist you with?" Song Wen asked, turning back.

Bai Wei replied, "I promised to repay you a favor earlier. Would you be interested in venturing into that small world?"

Song Wen’s immediate reaction was that Bai Wei was trying to set him up.

When major powers like sects and noble families explored unknown realms, they often recruited rogue cultivators as expendable pathfinders. Even if a rogue cultivator with extraordinary luck survived and obtained valuable treasures, they would typically have their treasures stolen and be silenced upon exiting the realm.

Moreover, as a demonic cultivator, Song Wen was already unwelcome by the three great sects.

Sensing Song Wen’s apprehension, Bai Wei added, "Rest assured, I harbor no ill intentions toward you. I simply wish to repay my debt. This small world is called the Turbid Spirit Realm. Due to its unique Heaven and Earth Laws, only cultivators at the Body Integration Stage or lower can enter. To maximize their gains, the three great sects not only send their affiliated families but also invite powerful rogue cultivators to join their forces. With me present, the Spirit Jade Palace will never act against you."

"The reason I’m advising you to go is that, according to those two rogue cultivators, they saw Pure Origin Heavenly Dew in the Turbid Spirit Realm. As for its miraculous effects, you’ll understand when you review the breakthrough insights I gave you. The three great sects are expected to enter the Turbid Spirit Realm in about half a year. If you wish to compete for this opportunity, you must come to me before you depart."

Seeing Bai Wei’s earnestness, Song Wen nodded and clasped his hands in a respectful bow.

"Thank you, Senior Bai Wei. I will certainly consider this carefully."

With that, Song Wen turned and strode toward the main gate.

Bai Wei waved her hand, opening the gate.

Simultaneously, the Mist formation that had sealed the mountain valley silently dissipated.

After watching Song Wen leave the ship tower, soar into the sky, and vanish into the distant horizon, Bai Wei turned to Xu Mengyu.

"You should have let him continue treating you. After his treatment last time, not only did my divine soul and Sea of Consciousness fully recover without any lingering issues, but both were also strengthened to some extent."

Xu Mengyu replied, "It is this disciple’s inadequacy that has disappointed Master. But I truly cannot bear to have such intimate contact with a stranger. I have wasted Master’s painstaking efforts. I imagine Master must have paid a great price to persuade Senior Gou Jun to help."

Bai Wei’s eyes flickered as if recalling something, and she hastily turned away to avoid Xu Mengyu’s gaze.

Yet Xu Mengyu’s voice rang out again.

"Master, why have you removed your disguise and revealed your true face?"

Cloudstream Valley, pavilion.

Song Wen sat cross-legged on the floor, a jade slip clutched in his hand, his brow furrowed in concentration.

The jade slip contained the Body Integration Stage breakthrough insights he had obtained from Bai Wei.

According to the slip, "body integration" referred to the fusion of the physical body and the divine soul.

The divine soul originated from the cultivation of the soul, which was an innate entity. In contrast, the physical body was acquired postnatally and inevitably contained the turbid Qi of Heaven and Earth.

To unite the innate soul with the acquired turbid body, all 108 major acupoints in the body had to be transformed into soul apertures.

While the concept seemed simple, the execution was exceedingly complex.

First, one needed to refine their spiritual power. By repeatedly purifying the spiritual energy within the body, making it increasingly pure, one could establish the foundation for opening the soul apertures.

Second, one had to repeatedly cleanse the acupoints with this refined spiritual power, stimulating their transformation into soul apertures.

In essence, these two steps were a process of purifying spiritual power and strengthening the physical body.

Orthodox cultivators found opening soul apertures far easier than demonic cultivators.

From the beginning of their cultivation journey, orthodox cultivators only absorbed Spiritual Qi.

Spiritual Qi, the pure essence of Heaven and Earth, purifies the meridians and opens the acupoints. As a result, righteous cultivators’ acupoints are naturally purer, requiring only slight refinement to smoothly transform into soul apertures.

In contrast, demonic cultivators, driven by their relentless pursuit of power, resort to any means necessary. They recklessly refine Corpse Fiend Yin Qi, Netherworld Ghost Qi, Blood Fiend Turbid Qi, and other vile energies. These turbid energies contaminate their bodies, rendering their acupoints impure and chaotic.

Consequently, demonic cultivators seeking to open soul apertures must first expend immense effort to completely corrupt their acupoints, saturating them with extreme turbidity.

The Dao encompasses both Yin and Yang; extreme impurity leads to profound understanding.

Ultimate impurity, too, is an innate state.

The Pure Origin Heavenly Dew, mentioned by Bai Wei, is an unparalleled sacred treasure of refined spiritual power.

Consuming this elixir rapidly purifies one’s spiritual power, saving hundreds, even thousands, of years of arduous cultivation.

For demonic cultivators, this treasure is priceless. It refines the turbid energies within their spiritual power, making the refinement of acupoints significantly easier. Its efficacy even surpasses that of the Heavenly Astral Body Integration Pill.

After all, the Heavenly Astral Body Integration Pill merely aids in refining acupoints.

(End of the Chapter)

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