The cultivation of Daoism was divided into four stages from the lowest to the highest.
They were 'transforming qi into essence,''transforming qi into spirit,''transforming spirit into nothingness,' and 'fusing the void with the Dao'.
Each of these four cultivation stages could be divided into two minor realms.
They were Essence Refinement, Qi Transformation, Qi Refinement, Soul Formation, Soul Refinement, Void Refinement, and Dao Integration.
The so-called essence refinement was to refine all food and absorb the essence contained in the air to nourish one's body.
When he could turn the refined food and spiritual energy of heaven and earth into a stream of true qi to nourish his body, he would have already cultivated to the realm of Qi Transformation.
By continuously tempering the true qi in his body, making it continuously purified, turning it into true essence that completely fused with his body and nourished each other, this was the qi refining realm.
As for the Deity Transformation Tier, it was to open up the upper dantian with true essence and nurture one's divine sense.
As the name suggested, the Soul Refinement Realm was a cultivation stage where one continuously tempered one's spiritual will.
Once one's divine sense was tempered to a certain level, one could condense the Yang God from nothingness, which was the state of Return to Emptiness.
Cultivators at the Huanxu realm could abandon their physical bodies and reincarnate with a portion of their memories after disarming, or they could cultivate Ghost Immortals or Yang Gods.
As for the Void Refinement Realm and Dao Integration Realm, Sun Cheng was not sure.
This was because the inner core breathing technique he had obtained from his second granduncle was missing a page on the 'Void Refinement Realm Dao Fusing' and even the Superclass.
If it wasn't for the fact that the senior suspected to be Second Great Uncle had left behind a lot of cultivation insights and notes in the book.
Sun Cheng probably didn't even understand the cultivation of the first six minor realms.
According to the book, in order to encourage cultivators to understand their current strength, the cultivation world had to be more careful.
After thousands of years of conclusion, they divided each small realm into nine levels according to the development of true qi, true essence, divine sense, and yang spirit cultivated by countless cultivators in each realm.
One of them was the initial stage, and the ninth stage was the bottleneck. Breaking through it meant entering the next realm.
Sun Cheng calculated his current situation according to the records of the Inner Core Breathing Technique that he had just obtained.
In the end, he got a situation that made him extremely excited.
"I actually skipped the Essence Refining Realm and reached the first level of the Qi Transformation Realm?!”
The first level of Qi Transformation meant that he had already refined a certain amount of the essence of all things and condensed a stream of true qi in his body.
This true qi could be circulated in the meridians of the body along with the breathing.
Sun Cheng had already condensed a stream of true qi in his body.
In other words, he actually skipped the first minor realm of cultivation and directly entered the Qi Transformation stage.
After waiting for six years, this day had finally arrived.
Sun Cheng couldn't help but feel excited, but after a while, he finally calmed down and began to patiently check the changes in his body after cultivating.
His strength seemed to have only increased slightly. At least, he did not feel that it had increased much.
It seemed that due to the feedback from the Inner world in the past few years, Sun Cheng's body was several times stronger than an ordinary person's, so it was not obvious.
In terms of agility, Sun Cheng could clearly feel that his body seemed to have become lighter.
In addition, true qi began to appear in his body.
Sun Cheng felt as if he had been submerged in warm water.
It was a strange experience that warmed his entire body, making him feel comfortable and relaxed like never before.
Sun Cheng even had an illusion.
The current him was omnipotent!
"Is this what it feels like to cultivate…"
Sun Cheng muttered as he clenched his fists.
Feeling the surging vitality in his body, he didn't feel sleepy at all after a sleepless night.
He was just thinking of going to the courtyard to practice a set of Tiger Fist to test his current skills.
At this moment, three gongs and three bangs sounded from the street outside.
Sun Cheng frowned slightly when he heard the noise coming from the street outside.
It was the night watchman who was dutifully reporting the time.
The gong sounded three times, meaning that it was the third watch.
The three claps indicated that it was the third quarter of the night.
In other words, it should be between 12:00 and 12:30 at night, which was the most dangerous time of the day.
As the saying went," The first watch is human, the second watch is gong, the third watch is ghost, the fourth watch is thief, and the fifth watch is chicken." It referred to the taboos of the night.
It was around seven to nine o'clock at night, and there were still people busy on the streets or at home.
Therefore, the first watch was the safest time at night.
By the second watch, it was almost nine o'clock at night. Most people had already begun to sleep, and the only sound left on the street was the gong of the night watchman.
The third watch was from 11 midnight to 1 am. It was the time of the day when Yang Qi was the weakest and Yin Qi was the strongest.
The legendary demons and ghosts would come out to harm people at this time.
If they did not want to bump into dirty things, living people naturally had to avoid them.
Fourth, it was from one to three in the morning, when ordinary people slept soundly.
Because of this, all the cat burglars and thieves were used to running out at this time to commit crimes. Therefore, since ancient times, there was a saying of 'when dogs steal.'
As for the fifth watch, it was around three to five in the morning.
As the sun gradually rose, Yang qi began to flourish, and the rooster would also begin to call the time. That was how the saying of the rooster at the fifth watch came about.
Sun Cheng knew that there were demons and monsters in the Spirit Illusion World.
Therefore, he would naturally abide by the taboos passed down by the elders regarding the night.
He did not feel sleepy at all, so he suppressed the restlessness in his heart and sat cross-legged on the bed again.
Sun Cheng closed his eyes and started cultivating again before the sun rose.
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