First Cultivation Session

Gaofeng was more than satisfied with his results, and felt that his plan was truly unfolding well. He could of course not forgo cultivation, and his true goal today was exactly that. To cultivate. His accumulation of experience in conjunction with his high level of heart-realm, as well as his new reborn form and the Divine Myriad Changes were all a part of his now unshakable foundation. He had never regretted not cultivating at a younger age, because he knew that he would go so much farther with proper preparation. At the moment, Gaofeng's body was like an uncut diamond, meaning that although he had immense power, he hadn't truly cultivated his body. His body being untrained while still carrying such might, made for an interesting situation. Normally, a cultivator would have to carefully cultivate their body-strengthening laws in addition to normal qi cultivation to achieve such bodily strength, but Gaofeng instead completely lacked any laws permeating his body, except those granted by his physique as well as the Divine Myriad Changes technique, and only had purely physical might with lacking basic laws and control. Such a situation would greatly benefit Gaofeng in the long run, however, as he was still akin to being at level zero, so any true cultivation of his body would use his already powerful body as the basis and thus his power would skyrocket when the pure physical might was both increased as well as coupled with body-cultivation laws. Generally, every cultivator had to go through the body-strengthening stage, but if one's body was powerful enough it was actually possible to directly circumvent this and instead directly begin to cultivate qi. Noone with any ambition would choose to do this, however, as it would set a shaky foundation for the future. After the body-strengthening stage, there were two main path which most cultivators followed, which was either body-cultivation or qi-cultivation. These were generally separate paths of cultivation, but geniuses could even cultivate both their body and their qi to great success.

The path Gaofeng would follow, however, was quite unusual in comparison to the norm, as the Divine Myriad Changes cultivation technique which was tailored to Gaofeng's condition used body-cultivation as the main way of cultivation, but after he refined external power with his Holy Physique, this energy would then nourish his qi as well as his soul. Naturally, he still retained the general function of absorbing qi through his incredibly strong meridians, but because his body was so powerful compared to his lack of cultivation, the method detailed in the Divine Myriad Changes would let him rapidly catch up in qi-cultivation and this would subsequently greatly increase his cultivation speed. Oddly enough, his cultivation technique also cultivated the soul to a great extent, which was a path very few followed. It was said that one needed to strengthen one's soul to become a true god, but this was merely strengthening it and not truly cultivating the soul to the same level of their qi or body. Gaofeng, however, was truly cultivating the soul, similarly to the way he cultivated qi or his body, and thus he speculated that he would be able to easily utilize mental attacks. This might even be a strength which could be said to be equal to that of his incredible physique, as his heart-realm even exceeded that of his bodily strength, making mental attacks utilizing the soul be the greatest threat he posed at the moment.

Gaofeng was steadily walking while considering these matters with great care, and not long after he found himself within the great hall he initially entered when he arrived at the temple. His goal was naturally the pool of spirit essence that he had set his eyes on. He would drain it dry if he could. The great hall was as empty as when he first came to the temple, but even if it were filled to the brim with people, Gaofeng wouldn't be embarrassed to jump into the pool and drain in front of their eyes. When he arrived at the edge of the pool and looked down, he could truly see that it was incredibly deep. There was no way he could tell exactly how deep, but he would definitely find out. He quickly took off his clothes, folded them neatly, and laid them down at the edge of the pool. Then, he sat down at the edge and gently lowered himself down into the pool, making sure that not even a single drop spilled over the edge. Following this, he swam to the middle of the pool and laid on his back, gently floating. Then, he took a deep breath and went under the surface of the pool. The liquid in the pool was slightly more viscous than water, but it was still a clear liquid, and thus Gaofeng was able to see under the surface. With his powerful body, he knew that he would be able to stay under the surface without breathing for an extended period of time, although he didn't know for exactly how long. He decided, however, to swim downwards to the bottom of the pool. The reason for this was because the highest purity of spiritual liquid always laid at the bottom in any spiritual liquid pool, and thus he desired to cultivate at the bottom of the pool. After swimming downwards for about a minute, he finally arrived at the bottom. It was far deeper than even he would have guessed, being around five hundred meters if he calculated correctly. The only reason he hadn't already died because of the pressure this deep down, was because of his improved body, which made him very thankful for his recent improvements. The body-strengthening laws he needed to comprehend were far more intricate than those of any other cultivation technique he had seen, but this was only natural when considering the level of his technique. He sat down with crossed legs at the bottom of the pool before he started absorbing the spiritual liquid in the pool in conjunction with following the circulation pathways annotated in his cultivation technique.

Because of Gaofeng's incredibly sturdy foundation and high comprehension ability, he merely needed a minute before he felt a great warmth emit from his body, and his absorption rate started wildly increasing. He felt that he was beginning to understand the body-strengthening laws in his cultivation technique better as he had now broken through the initial threshold of cultivation, stepping into the first level of the body-strengthening realm. His feeling of understanding didn't decrease or pause after this, however, but was instead still greatly increasing. Gaofeng had entered the state of sudden enlightenment, and in this state he could truly advance freely without obstacles. His cultivation of the first level increased rapidly, and soon he had arrived at the peak of this level. The breakthrough into the second level was equally smooth as he felt his body being refined further with the same great warmth he had felt initially. As he continued improving, not only would the power of his body increase, but the proficiency at which he could utilize his body was also greatly increasing. His cultivation still didn't halt, as he continued greedily absorbing the surrounding spiritual liquid. At each new level, his strength increased, and he felt increasingly confident in fighting utilizing only his body. His growth was truly explosive, and his level rose steadily from the second stage to the third, followed by the fourth and fifth soon after. The transition to stage six was slightly slower, however the momentum still continued to push Gaofeng all the way to the peak of the ninth level, greatly increasing his understanding of the body-laws in the Divine Myriad Changes cultivation technique.