Just when Meng Zhou had just broken through the knot pill and built the three-pole cycle of the knot pill level, he had already enjoyed an obvious benefit.

After following the third-order Spring Water Sutra, when Meng Zhou successfully comprehended the true skill of the Xuangui Negative Monument and perfectly integrated it into the cultivation system of the three-pole cycle, the progress of cultivation had a significant improvement.

If the three-pole cycle in which only the third-order Spring Water Sutra of the Qi Refining Method participates, the cultivation efficiency is "1", then, with the integration of the Body Refining Method Xuangui Negative Monument True Gong into this system, the cultivation efficiency will become "1.5".

And this time, with the accumulation of the Xuangui Negative Monument True Skill for a long time, after advancing to the realm of consummation, the cultivation efficiency increased again, from "1.5" to "2".

This is also the reason why the 360 points of cultivation progress has become 480 points this time.

In addition, the "Guardian Monument" that originally existed in the [Talent] column appeared in the [Divine Power] column, and became a small magical power like the Five Elements Escape, Vientiane Law, and Tongming Moon Mirror.

After a variety of verification attempts, Meng Zhou also had a comprehensive understanding of the "Guardian Monument" that had become a small magical power, and confirmed that this was a very practical small magical power.

Compared to the "Guardian Monument" that exists as a natural ability, the "Guardian Monument" that has become a small supernatural power has greatly improved the depth and breadth of ability.

Its basic ability is to provide him with a strong defense, and this defense is all-round.

From qi and blood, to mana, to the sea of knowledge and soul pool, there is not the slightest omission.

When this little magic power was unfolded, his entire life seemed to have turned into an eggshell with no flaws and cracks.

There is only one way to break this eggshell, that is, to use strong force to harden it, if you want to use the idea of finding flaws to exploit loopholes, in the face of this little magical power, it will be invalid.

Compared to its defensive ability in the face of physical strikes, spell damage, and even divine soul attacks, Meng Zhou paid more attention to its defensive shielding ability against curses and other special secret techniques.

And that's not all there is to this little supernatural power.

Depending on the object used, this little magic power also has a different "face".

Use it on yourself, that's the top-level defense.

But if it is used on other people, this is the top-level banning method, the Trapping Technique.

If someone is blessed by him with a "Guardian Monument", while being protected, he himself will be like a mosquito condensed in amber, unable to help himself.

There are also disadvantages, if someone can break free from this kind of ban, then the effect of this little magic power on others will disappear completely.

The real effect is at most to make the other party appear to be stiff for a short time before breaking this ban.

In this regard, Meng Zhou was already very satisfied.

Even if Monk Jiedan was able to break this ban with his strength, that short stiffness would be enough for him to get the chips that would determine the outcome or even the life and death of the other party.

Meng Zhou suddenly found that it was just a small magical power, but when he integrated it into his own ability system, it was like filling in the last piece of the puzzle, and his cultivation was only the sixth layer of the Jiedan, basically, he could no longer find a rival who could fight the Jiedan, at least, within the Five Domains.

As for the third-order demon, let alone that, even if it is a third-order peak level demon, in his own place, he can only be a raw material.

……

With the third-order Spring Water Sutra and the Xuangui Negative Monument True Skill advancing to perfection one after another, Meng Zhou was pleasantly surprised to find that the end point, which originally seemed out of reach, was suddenly close at hand.

And as the "Qi Refining Method" and the "Body Refining Method" both entered the consummation, a steady stream of new insights poured into his heart, and Meng Zhou also had a sense of urgency and pressure in his heart.

In addition to retreat and practice, he devoted all his spare time and energy to the exploration of the "Soul Refining Method".

Time passed quietly in such a rhythm.

June.

Repair to the progress of +480, the sixth layer of the Dan 9070/10,000;

July.

Repair to progress +480, 9550/10,000 on the sixth floor of Yudan.

During this period, there were no twists and turns, and no one came to Qi Yunfeng to visit and disturb.

When the time quietly came to the end of July, Meng Zhou paused his meditation and entered the ashram some time earlier, carefully adjusting his physical and mental state before the official retreat.

After that, in the deep level of meditation, Meng Zhou's consciousness was once again like the way of heaven, overlooking another transformation of the "inner world".

It was at the end of this retreat that the forces circulating in the Inner World finally reached a state of overflow.

The entire "inner world" has not been left with the slightest gap, and it has been completely filled.

Then, the "inner world" suddenly increased and expanded, as if it was forcibly opened up a more vast "inner world" by those overflowing forces.

With this change, the inner world, which was originally full of power, has become empty again.

"Breakthrough." Meng Zhou thought so in his heart.

For the monk of the Jiedan, the significance of cultivating to break through to the seventh layer of the Jiedan, from a monk in the middle stage of the Jiedan to a great monk in the late stage of the Jiedan, cannot be exaggerated.

This is the biggest and most difficult level that the monk broke through before reaching the peak of the Jiedan and touching the barrier of the Yuanying.

And as long as you can successfully break through this layer and continue to break through to the eighth layer of the Jiedan, or even the ninth layer of the Jiedan, there is no great difficulty.

Theoretically, even if you use water to grind, as long as you have enough time, you can climb to the peak of Yudan even if you slowly climb forward little by little like a snail turtle.

– as long as there is enough time.

Stepping through this step means standing at the top of the pyramid of the five domains.

Therefore, if a monk crosses this hurdle, he cannot be too excited.

But Meng Zhou's mentality is very flat, which is not only related to the special state he is in now, but also because he has long expected this breakthrough.

The whole process, all the changes, are decent, and there are no unexpected changes.

He even felt that this breakthrough came too late compared to the past.

Meng Zhou, who had a stable mentality, firmly grasped the "steering wheel" until the negative energy in his body accumulated to the limit of what he could bear, and then stopped this retreat and sorted out what he had gained.

[Repair progress +450, +10, 10/10,000 on the seventh floor of the Jiedan]

Because Meng Zhou's cultivation is fundamentally a three-pole cycle of essence, qi and spirit, its biggest feature is that the growth progress of "essence", "qi" and "god" is forcibly tied together.

In the past, the effect of this "forcible bundling" on Meng Zhou could be regarded as half of the pros and cons.

If there was no such bondage, the changes brought to him would have been more obvious when the third-order Spring Water Sutra was consummated, and when the Xuangui Negative Monument's true skill was consummated, and even every previous advanced breakthrough.

Although this kind of change will only be reflected in the mana and qi, blood and physique alone, breaking the balance of the three essences, qi and spirits, the effect is the quality of mana and the realm of refining the body, which will reach the peak level of the third order in advance.

Now, because of this "forcible binding", some achievements that should have been flown to the finish line first have been forcibly dragged forward with the large army, steady and steady.

Now, with this breakthrough, all the power contained in the "inner world" has taken a great leap forward.

What Meng Zhou felt was that his qi and blood physique were far beyond those before this retreat, and his mana was even more surging, and the space for knowing the sea quietly became much larger.

The soul pool has also become wider, deeper, and more real.

The bright moon at the bottom of the pool, the laurel tree in the moon, and the palace in the middle of the moon...... It's also become clearer.

For Meng Zhou, the breakthrough in cultivation brought about changes was originally all-round.

This time, because it is the breakthrough from the middle stage of the knot to the late stage of the knot, this manifestation is even more obvious.

In addition, with this breakthrough, the condensation of the Qinglian Sword Essence also changed significantly.

On the one hand, the quality of the Qinglian Sword Essence has been significantly improved, whether it is the vitality contained in it or the edge of the sword qi contained in it, it is far beyond the past, pulling out an obvious gap.

The Qinglian Sword Essence has been upgraded from the third-order middle grade to the third-order upper grade.

While the quality has improved, the quantity has decreased a lot.

From 36 drops per month, it can only condense 24 drops a month.

It seems that the number has decreased a lot, but if you carefully study the vitality contained in each drop of the Qinglian Sword Marrow, you can find that the benefits brought by this breakthrough on the Qinglian Sword Marrow even exceed the time when the Third-Order Spring Water Sutra was promoted to perfection.

In addition to this kind of gain, Meng Zhou also has some regrets.

Judging from the changes in the progress of cultivation after the breakthrough to the seventh layer of the Edan Formation, with this breakthrough, the cultivation efficiency plummeted to one-third of the original.

Some time ago, because of the successive perfections of the Qi Refining Method and the Body Refining Method, the efficiency of cultivation increased again and again.

It's only been a few days of prosperity, and he has to return to the bitter life of "eating bran vegetables", how can Meng Zhou not feel regretful in his heart?

"I have to work harder, I have to get the soul refining method out quickly." Meng Zhou thought so in his heart.

The Qi Refining Method and the Body Refining Method have all reached the consummation level, and there is no way to advance.

If he wanted to improve the efficiency of his cultivation, the only achievable way that Meng Zhou could think of was to create a soul refining method to completely complete the three-pole circulation system of essence, qi and spirit.

Cultivating to break through to the late stage of the Yudan, Meng Zhou did not feel relaxed, but became more urgent.

……

On the fifth day of the ninth month, early in the morning.

Meng Zhou ended this retreat.

This is also another change brought about after the consummation of the body refining method.

Originally, as the state of the third-order Spring Water Sutra and the Xuangui Negative Tablet True Gong stabilized in the three-pole cycle, the time consumed for the retreat practice at the beginning of each month was also fixed.

The retreat ends on the afternoon of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, near dusk.

With the completion of both the Qi Refining Method and the Body Refining Method, the time taken for a retreat has been significantly shortened.

The speed at which all kinds of forces circulate in the "inner world" has noticeably become more silky and smooth.

[Repair to progress +160, 7th floor of Yudan 170/10,000]

After this retreat, Meng Zhou immediately devoted himself to the exploration and enlightenment of the soul refining method.

When Meng Zhou was immersed in such a state, in the Soul Pool of the Sea of Knowledge, a bizarre scene emerged.

Sometimes it is the bright moon in the sky, the stars are like the sea, and if you look at it as a whole, the stars and the moon are all included in the field of vision, and it is like a turtle-shaped outline, it seems to swim in the sea of stars.

Oh no, the sea of stars is only a part of its body.

Therefore, it is not swimming in the sea of stars, but outside the sea of stars.

Every slight movement of it, in the world of stars like the sea, is a celestial change like an epic myth.

"False, big, empty, it seems to have a clear and specific vision, but in fact there is only a vision, so far that you can't touch it."

A cold comment, followed by a soft sigh.

Immediately, the calm soul pool suddenly gently rippled.

With the ripples of the soul pool, this vast and touching scene completely disappeared in an instant.

Instead, there is just a small mountain pool, quiet and deep.

On the edge of the pool, there is a stone tablet without words.

In the pool, there is a bright moon hidden, and a lively little turtle is playing in the pool.

The most invincible time, here it seems to have lost its effectiveness.

Flowers bloom and fall, flowers fall and flowers bloom.

Past, present, future......

I don't know how many years have passed, and the world beyond the secluded pool may have been changed by the sharpest knife of time.

But here, nothing has changed.

Pools, stone monuments, bright moons, turtles...... They all seem to be as alive as they were yesterday.

Heaven and earth have an end, and everything has an end.

If there is immortality in the world, there is no need to have too many greedy extravagant hopes, only to have "existence" itself.

"It seems like you want very little, but you want everything."

"It's not greed, it's greed!"

"The most important thing is that there is no way out...... Some places seem to have roads, but they are actually illusions.

At least, that's what I'm doing now. ”

The cold sound of comments sounded again, followed by another sigh, and the soul pool rippled again, and these images disappeared.

Soon, a new scene appeared in the soul pool.

In the soul pool, a scene of white clouds emerged.

Soon, the entire soul pool became a boundless sea of clouds, floating, free, ethereal, a bright moon looming, faintly hazy, as if illusory, reflecting the entire sea of clouds like an illusion.

In the occasional looming bright moon, sometimes there are immortals flying to the sky, burning the river and boiling the sea, sometimes there is a steel jungle, and iron birds soaring.

In an instant, it was all gone, except for a small unremarkable mound, a boulder, which crushed a little turtle underneath it, immobilizing it, struggling as hard as it could, but never seemed to be able to get out of it.

The next moment, the white clouds regenerate, the boundless sea of clouds reappears, and the bright moon is faintly hazy, free, ethereal, and illusory.

Really? Phantom?

Kamemeya? Meng Zhou Mengye?

Upside down dreams.

This soul pool vision has existed for a little longer than the previous two, but in the end, with a light sigh, under a ripple of the soul pool, it dispersed into nothingness.

Since the completion of the Spring Water Sutra in February of the first year, Meng Zhou has devoted all his time and energy to the exploration of new paths in his retreat.

With the consummation of the true merit of the Xuan Turtle Negative Monument, this kind of exploration has become more "wanton".

In the past few months, in the soul pool, there have been frequent visions and strange things.

The appearance of every vision is a projection of a certain thought of Meng Zhou.

(End of chapter)