Cultivating with Top Enlightenment
Chapter 40 - 36: From Death to Life

Chapter 40: Chapter 36: From Death to Life

The White Ape scratched his head, instinctively wanting to investigate, but ultimately suppressed the impulse. He began practicing the Ape King Stance to divert his attention, though he still kept a bit of focus on Ning Qi’s side.

Inside the room.

Ning Qi slowly opened his eyes, a fleeting trace of ancient sorrow and confusion appeared in them, but fortunately, it quickly returned to liveliness.

"The Great Dream Nine Deaths, every time the physical body dies, it’s essentially undergoing a cycle of life and death."

"It’s not just a transformation of the physical body, but there are advantages I never could have predicted before."

Ning Qi was somewhat amazed at heart.

He estimated the time and knew that seven days had passed. In these seven days, he entered into an extremely magical state.

Unaware and senseless, without feeling, without light.

Yet he was not afraid or lonely; time seemed to lose meaning, appearing slow yet actually swift. He felt he had just entered the state of physical death and was already awake again.

With a slight smile, the withered skin on his face shifted, immediately making Ning Qi aware of his current physical state.

But he didn’t panic.

Ning Qi shifted his mind.

The ’Light of Vitality’ hidden deep within his body immediately began to pulsate anew.

In the intangible, it was as if he could hear the hum of flames reigniting, a surge of vibrant vitality emerged from his limbs and bones. Not only that, his internal strength and vitality fused together and penetrated deeply into his flesh.

"Buzz!"

The withered body began to replenish at a speed visible to the naked eye, instantly becoming imbued with a jade-like luster.

His vitality was thriving, his aura powerful.

Even the White Ape practicing the Ape King Stance in the yard couldn’t help but look over in astonishment, his face showing reverence and delight.

But soon.

This vitality gradually subsided.

Ning Qi rose from the bed, his face displaying a joyful smile, he slightly clenched his fist, feeling that his physical body had grown even stronger.

Moreover.

The existing inner strength, absorbed into the body, was now reborn from the new flesh, both in quality and quantity significantly improved.

"From death to life, the potential of the body is tapped to its utmost, enhancing by at least double!"

"This is something other Stacking Strength Skill can only dream of."

"Moreover, my inner strength is even more powerful. Although I’m only at the Second Fold Layer, I’ve started to feel some ’substantiality’. At this rate, perhaps I won’t even need Great Success of Inner Essence to begin attaching attributes to my inner strength?"

The greatness of the Great Dream Nine Deaths Strength was gradually beginning to manifest.

Ning Qi’s foundation was somewhat exaggerated.

Others cultivate Stacking Strength slowly over time, even after establishing a connection, they would only gradually transform their inner strength. But Ning Qi, leveraging his body’s decay and rebirth, could instantly transform all inner strength, saving a lot of time.

His cultivation was quick, the tempered flesh and inner strength also stronger.

The only drawback might be the difficulty.

This Great Dream Nine Deaths Strength, even if laid before others, they wouldn’t understand it.

But for Ning Qi, after experiencing this physical rebirth, everything afterward became much simpler.

Next.

It’s all about continuous accumulation, endlessly cycling from death to life, at most requiring extra effort when breaking through the three major bottlenecks of Small Success, Great Success, and Perfection.

Ning Qi opened the door and stepped out.

The White Ape approached joyfully, he had started gradually abandoning his original monkey-like habits of jumping and rolling, resembling more and more a human.

Ning Qi smiled slightly:

"Regular cultivation, there might be a few instances in the future, there’s no need to worry."

The White Ape nodded repeatedly.

He began practicing the stance respectfully beside him, Ning Qi watched calmly, nodding inwardly.

The White Ape’s Body Tempering progress was fast, only inferior to his own.

His future strength was certainly formidable, perhaps even capable of surpassing others among the True Martial Nine Sons.

Thinking of that scene, Ning Qi couldn’t help but smile.

"If Third Senior Sister ever finds out that the little monkey she brought back has surpassed her strength, I wonder what expression she’ll have, it’ll surely be interesting."

...

In the blink of an eye.

The end of the year arrived.

The entire True Martial Sect was unbelievably lively.

"It’s a pity, Ba is not here, we’re missing a member among the True Martial Nine Sons."

Seventh disciple Song City sighed longly, he joined the sect only a few years before Qin Yun, the two were close in age and had a good relationship.

Everyone remained silent for a moment.

Then Ye Qinghe smiled and said:

"Don’t worry, Eighth Junior Brother has always been clever, probably had great gains during his experience down the mountain. We must work hard, otherwise, it would be a little embarrassing if Eighth Junior Brother surpasses us someday."

Luo Wentian waved his hand and said:

"I actually hope all of you can surpass me, especially you, Qinghe, wasting your great talent and even dragging Jiu to drink with you."

Everyone burst into laughter.

Ning Qi also smiled.

Though he spent most of his time cultivating alone, his senior brothers and sisters consistently cared for him, granting whatever he asked.

He enjoyed the atmosphere on True Martial Mountain very much.

A moment later.

Luo Wentian saluted Taoist Longshan on the high platform, then shouted loudly:

"I announce, this year’s end grand competition officially begins!"

"Divided into Inner Sect competition and Outer Sect competition, the top twenty will all be rewarded!"

The disciples were eagerly ready.

The competition proceeded intensely.

First was the Outer Sect disciples’ competition.

Then came the Inner Sect disciples’ competition.

The True Disciples watched from the side, Ning Qi occasionally chatted with his senior brothers and sisters, occasionally focusing on the competition. Yet to him, the battles of these disciples seemed like child’s play, only occasionally did someone catch his eye.

Currently, Ning Qi, although only in the Second Fold Layer, had no opponents among the Inner Sect disciples.

Even among the True Disciples, he estimated there were several individuals who couldn’t rival him.

As for great experts like Luo Wentian and Jiang Baishan in the Inner Essence Realm’s ninefold layer, Ning Qi couldn’t be completely certain, needing a battle to know for sure, although it was evidently unnecessary.

The grand competition ended.

Luo Wentian awarded the top-ranked disciples, then several True Disciples also shared their Martial Path experiences, intending to enhance the strength of Outer and Inner Sect disciples in preparation for the upcoming Celestial Being Grand Ceremony.

"Jiu, do you want to go up and try? Senior Brother can exchange pointers with you?"

Fifth disciple Jiang Baishan grinned as he put his arm around Ning Qi’s shoulder.

The surrounding True Disciples all showed curious expressions.

To this day, they didn’t know what level Ning Qi had reached in Body Tempering.

But they weren’t blind; somehow, they felt Ning Qi’s presence was extraordinary.

Ye Qinghe’s eyes revealed a mischievous smile.

Be careful not to be dazzled.

But Ning Qi seriously refused:

"I won’t fight, I don’t have a tendency for self-abuse. Ask me again in twenty years."

Everyone burst out laughing, with some regret.

Jiang Baishan smiled bitterly:

"Oh you, Jiu, holding a grudge, planning to come knock me down in twenty years."

However, he didn’t take it to heart.

Luo Wentian volunteered:

"Fifth Junior Brother, let’s spar!"

"Alright!"

Both of them were overflowing with fighting spirit.

Watching for so long made them itch to fight, originally wanting to let the True Disciples show off a bit, set an example for the rest of the disciples, to motivate them.

Now’s the right opportunity.