Da Xuan Martial Saint

Yunlu Pass.

Bellowing yellow sand, tumbling over and over.

Chen Mu walked in front of the hundred-foot-tall city pass, gazing into the boundless expanse of yellow sand, his mind once again recalling the flood disaster he had experienced, where atop the turbulent flows, he saw a boundless scene akin to an ocean.

Not knowing how much time had passed, his spirit gradually converged, and he called up the system interface for a glance.

[Martial Art: Qiankun Artistic Conception (Step Two)]

[Experience Points: 10,007]

[Available Deductions: 0 times]

"Unity of knowledge and action, indeed, grows fast,"

he said, slightly nodding at the changes on the system interface.

More than twenty days had passed since the greatest sand disaster at Yunlu Pass, and from the start of the sand disaster to now, it had been over a month. As the bitter winter descended, the sandstorm gradually subsided. Now standing atop the city walls and looking into the desert, one could no longer see much of the sandstorms' ebb and flow, only the occasional gust of wind and sand, with no trace of monstrous creatures stirring.

Early on, when he arrived at Yunlu Pass and through half a month of studying the Mysterious Primordial Earth Formation and the Earth's Veins, he had already accumulated over three thousand experience points. The battle before Yunlu Pass, the clash between the sand disaster and the city defenses, was like the meeting of heaven and earth. For Chen Mu, it brought profound enlightenment, with experience points increasing almost constantly.

In the days following the great battle, it took him several days to digest all his insights, and the experience points surged to over eight thousand. In the subsequent twenty days until now, it had impressively reached ten thousand points – enough for one deduction!

Calculating the time,

since he set out to his arrival at Yunlu Pass, it had only been a month and a half.

Had he stayed in the Sect to study the Artistic Conception Map, it would have taken at least four to five months to accumulate these ten thousand experience points.

"Desert, marsh, high mountains, caverns, glaciers... Perhaps when I have traversed all terrains and seen the entirety of Qiankun, that will be the time my Qiankun Artistic Conception truly reaches Perfection and steps into the third phase,"

Chen Mu murmured to himself.

Without much hesitation, he turned around and went back to the city walls, returning to his own small chamber. He then exchanged the ten thousand experience points for a deduction opportunity and expended it on deduction.

To him, any opportunity to enhance his strength was not to be delayed. Although he had now become incomparable to other youths of his generation, on the path to the Wind Cloud List and the Grandmaster's journey, he was still just at the threshold.

Like the Wind Cloud List,

one has to master domains such as Xun Wind and Kan Water like Yan Jingqing to enter. If one only mastered one of them, they could only be deemed as meeting the criterion but not truly listed among the ranks.

As one ascends the rankings, there are those who have mastered the fusion of three different Artistic Conceptions, and even as far as Kundry, Taiyin Taiyang, and other concepts. The strength still spans upward, with gaps between individuals.

Presently, his strength was probably at the lower end of the Wind Cloud List. But if he could elevate his Qiankun Artistic Conception a bit further, he could hope to reach the middle range. Once he enters the Six Viscera Realm, he would quickly reach the upper reaches or even the summit of the Wind Cloud List!

Not much longer,

Chen Mu opened his eyes again.

The Qi of Qiankun surrounding his body quietly converged to a trace, but it was clearly more profound than before.

His Cultivation was ultimately the complete Qiankun Artistic Conception. Even a single deduction, just a small step up, had a greater impact on his strength than an ordinary single conception advancing from the preliminary second step to the end of the second step!

"The Qian Heaven Artistic Conception has climbed another rung. Cultivating the Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal's fifth layer should also become significantly more efficient... However, for me at this moment, surpassing the Six Viscera Realm with the Body Tempering Method would be the greatest leap in this period of Cultivation,"

Chen Mu sensed his own changes and nodded slightly, then carefully examined his internal Five Viscera.

For someone like He Wuyou, who struggled to step into the Five Viscera Realm, it was virtually a lifetime without hope of entering the Six Viscera unless they could use a vast number of precious Spiritual Objects to enhance the Five Viscera Tempering to more than six or seven times, only then having a slim chance.

But using Spiritual Objects to refine the Five Viscera becomes increasingly difficult later on, and not everyone can be like Chen Mu, with the ability to nearly completely digest and absorb without any loss.

Many people, due to insufficient foundations earlier on and not enough robust Qi-Blood, therefore weak in the core governance of the Five Viscera couldn't temper further after reaching a certain level in the Five Viscera Realm. They couldn't even perform regular Inner Breath exercises, let alone use precious Spiritual Objects to further the tempering.

Regarding the true teachings of the Great Sects...

For those like Meng Danyun, stepping into the Six Viscera Realm was effortless.

They could easily temper their Five Viscera up to eight or even nine times. With such a level of tempering, the essence of Yuan Gang was exceedingly strong, and awakening the 'true spirit' within the Six Viscera was a breeze.

Chen Mu was naturally the same. Currently, his Five Viscera Tempering had reached the tenth level!

If he wished to advance into the Six Viscera Realm, it was almost a matter of a closed-door Cultivation, at most a month or so of effort, enough to step into the Six Viscera Realm and even complete the initial 'storaging' of Yuan Gang, doubling his Yuan Gang True Essence.

Now that he had practiced the Qiankun Artistic Conception to the second step, it could be said that he had reached a complete circle in both Cultivation and action. Even though he was not yet twenty-nine, he did not need to continue accumulating for two or three more years in the Five Viscera Realm before attempting to step into the Six Viscera, because he had already completed all necessary accumulation.

However,

the reason Chen Mu had not yet started his Sentient Cultivation was something else entirely.

That was because on the system panel, the tenth tempering of the Five Viscera was still not designated as the limit by the system!