The cave was somewhat dirty, due to the humidity, there was a lot of mold in it, also apparently there were many fish that had jumped, so there were also some decomposing.
"Well, some cleaning will not hurt, I already waited a couple of months, what else not a couple of hours?"
With this thought, Abel set out to clean the cave, at least until it has a suitable environment for him to meditate quietly with nothing to distract him.
It was only late in the afternoon that Abel finished, he left the place quite clean, keeping a few fish that were fresh for his consumption.
"Well, it seems that this is it, finally, the moment of truth has arrived."
Abel settled into the deepest part of the cave, although he wouldn't admit it, actually, he was quite nervous.
Although Daniel told him that he could cultivate if he had an ancient rank manual, it was still a "could" and not a "can", so deep in his heart, doubts still welled up about it.
"Ha ha ha, *sigh*, even with the experience of two worlds, the nerves still get to me, forget it, even if I can't cultivate with spiritual qi, I can still follow the path of strengthening the body, although it is much more complicated, I will still be able to become stronger, so cheer up myself, only with a calm state of mind will I be able to clear these doubts."
It took Abel a while to calm his emotions, it was only near dusk that his mental state became calm, ready to take the crucial step for him.
"It is now or never, no matter what awaits me, I will continue to move forward, after all, this world is too wonderful to miss."
With that thought in mind, Abel inspected his interior with his mental strength, quickly found his dantian, who was still injured, which did not surprise him, due to his past accident, it would take him 1 more year to heal completely.
But Abel did not stop there, using even more mental power, he managed to distinguish a strange, but powerful and terrifying qi that completely surrounded the exterior of his dantian, isolating him from the spiritual qi and preventing him from cultivating with it.
"This must be the seal they imposed on me, and that strange qi must be the heavenly qi, which only cultivators who have overcome mortality or are one step away from doing so can cultivate, now that I think about it, any errors in the process. It would be like detonating an atomic bomb."
Putting that strange thought aside, Abel searched his memories until he found the ancient rank manual.
"Divine assimilation of 9 elementals huh, what a name for more dominant and ridiculous."
That was his first thought when he read the name of the ancient rank manual, and although he put it aside at the time to cultivate with the dual affinity divine rank manual, Abel never forgot that name.
"And to think that at that moment I rejected it, only for it to become practically my only hope to continue cultivating later, *sigh*, fate is quite unpredictable."
Abel began to read the cultivation manual in detail, it was only sometime later that he realized that the difficulty of cultivating it was not really very high, almost similar to the manual with which he previously cultivated, but his demands were exorbitant.
"Although I was hoping that would be the case, I did not think it was an exaggeration, the spiritual qi to cultivate using this manual is astronomical, just going up one level requires much more spiritual qi than one in the divine rank, not to mention that your tribulations will be more difficult to cross."
Although Abel already expected it, he was still surprised by it, but decided to keep analyzing it, until he found what he was looking for.
"HAHAHAHAHA, the heavens have not abandoned me! Actually, if I can cultivate with celestial qi"
By verifying that what Daniel told him was true, all his doubts and fears disappeared, leaving a bright glow for his future, or that was what he believed, until he read the rest of what the manual mentioned.
"It seems that while it is true that with this manual I can cultivate with celestial qi, the risks are too great, and there are many restrictions on that, especially with the cultivator's physical body."
First of all, it was mentioned that cultivating with heavenly qi was possible, but it was actually wasteful, albeit not devoid of benefits, although it was up to the cultivator whether the beneficials were worth the expense.
The heavenly qi was a higher qi than the spiritual, actually, what cultivators did once they transcended their mortal tribulation was to refine all of their spiritual qi into heavenly qi, since the power of the spiritual qi could no longer keep up with them. own power, so a higher qi was necessary, that is where the celestial qi came in.
Now, heavenly qi, being a more "pure" and superior product than spiritual qi, was much more powerful and volatile, so even with a divine rank cultivation technique, it was very difficult to control it and then be used. by low-level cultivators, especially since their bodies would not tolerate the power of the heavenly qi.
And that's where the ancient rank manual comes in, this manual accomplished what the others couldn't, use this celestial qi without causing trouble for the cultivator, like a large motor that worked and processed a greater amount of energy.
But as beautiful as it sounded, it still had its drawbacks, the first was that it demanded a great physical body, that is, if one wanted to continue advancing in the later stages of cultivation, one would necessarily have to improve their physique, otherwise, the most The cultivator would likely explode at not being able to withstand all the energy of the heavenly qi.
Also, perhaps the biggest disadvantage, was that it really didn't make much difference in the power exerted in a certain stage of cultivation, that is, if you were at the 4th level of body refinement using celestial qi, your power would only be slightly higher. with someone who is also at the 4th level of body refinement who cultivates spiritual qi with a divine rank manual.
This is rare at first, after all, heavenly qi is purer than spiritual qi, therefore more powerful, but actually if you refined the spiritual qi of a cultivator of that stage, you would be surprised as what you get of celestial qi would be what it takes to be at that level.
"That is, if 50 units of spiritual qi equals 1 unit of heavenly qi, and a cultivator at the 4th level of body refinement needs 50 units to be at that level, a cultivator of heavenly qi requires only 1 unit to be at that level."
"But here is the problem, it is easier to obtain spiritual qi from the environment and reach 50 units than to refine the 50 units to obtain 1 unit of celestial qi, it is an extra work that does not bring any benefit."
After reaching that conclusion, Abel only sighed, why complicate your life in refining the spiritual qi to become heavenly qi when you could cultivate with spiritual qi directly? If there was an improvement in strength, perhaps some would take a risk, but the reality was different.
"The only benefit it brings as far as I read is that by the time you cross the mortal tribulation, your body itself will instinctively refine the spiritual qi into heavenly qi, at a fairly rapid rate, but is it really worth doing?"
Although Abel did not know how the cultivators' bodies worked in the middle stage of cultivation, if he knew that the competition in Kunlun was too savage, if you did not outcompete yourself and cultivate faster than the others, you would be quickly sidelined and forgotten along the way. martial, so "wasting time" to refine spiritual qi to heavenly when you could quickly use spiritual qi and even consume pills to help you in the process was pretty stupid.
"Well that's the case for them, but not mine, after all, don't I already have a large reservoir of celestial qi waiting to be used?"
Feeling the enormous amount of heavenly qi that was holding the seal on his dantian he couldn't help but smile from ear to ear, for him he only had to take out a little bit and use it to cultivate, practically the same process as a normal cultivator with the spiritual qi of the ambient.
"Although I still have to be careful, while using a small amount will not destabilize the seal, at some point if I cultivate that way it will happen, who knows what will happen when that day comes?"
This thought came to Abel when he realized that he could use the celestial qi of the seal, but currently in his condition, he had no other options.
"Forget it, one problem at a time, for the moment my problem with the cultivation is solved, I will look for the solution to this one when the time comes, after all, the heavens do not close all the doors to us."
Thus, having come to this conclusion, Abel wasted no more time as he concentrated on the celestial qi that was on the periphery of the seal.
Soon, he realized that no matter what he tried, he couldn't extract a small part to use for cultivation.
This didn't surprise him in the least, after all, if he could extract it without any problem, what was the point of using it as a seal in the first place?
"Forget it, I will stop wasting time, I will use the technique described in the manual to extract some celestial qi."
Without further delay, Abel concentrated and began using the technique described in "Divine Assimilation of 9 Elementals" to extract some of the celestial qi located on the periphery of the seal.
It didn't take long for him to notice that it worked, some of the celestial qi in the seal was obtained without further problems so he began to circulate it through his meridians as described in the manual.
It was only after he completed the first cycle of his that Abel sighed delightedly, happiness evident on his face.
"In their ancient faces, I Abel, I will cultivate making use of the great gift they gave me, just wait for me to return to Kunlun, I will fulfill my revenge!"