Chapter 28: Primordial Yang Sword

Although the Earthly Star has entered the cultivation civilization, and everyone's lifespan has significantly increased, there is still a limit.

The Imperial Medical Academy has conducted extensive research on lifespan.

After sampling the limits of 100,000 ordinary cultivators, they determined the lifespan limits for each cultivation realm.

Qi Practitioners generally live for two jiazi, which is 120 years.

Foundation Establishment cultivators live for four jiazi, 240 years.

Golden Core cultivators live for eight jiazi, 480 years.

Primordial Infant cultivators live for sixteen jiazi, which is 960 years.

Of course, these figures are not absolute and can vary from person to person, but this is the typical lifespan for ordinary cultivators.

If one practices special cultivation techniques, or has proper health maintenance, or consumes longevity elixirs, living an additional one or two jiazi is possible.

As for Soul Transformation cultivators, due to the rarity of examples and lack of sufficient samples, the Imperial Medical Academy has not published any data on this.

However, following the previous lifespan patterns, it should be thirty-two jiazi, which is 1,920 years, or two thousand years.

Chen Mobai's greatest dream was to successfully reach the Foundation Establishment realm before the age of 60.

The Imperial Medical Academy has also studied the breakthroughs of cultivators into major realms, concluding that the success rate of breaking through is highest before one's lifespan is halfway through.

For example, a Qi Practitioner aiming to reach Foundation Establishment should do so before the age of 60, which is the last peak of the human body. After this age, even with the best care, various bodily functions will significantly decline.

Chen Mobai originally felt that his chances of reaching Foundation Establishment before 60 were only one percent. Now, with the mysterious turtle shell, he feels it's only ten percent.

In the immortal sect, with three hundred million cultivators, only one in a hundred can reach the ninth level of Qi Practice.

Among those at the ninth level of Qi Practice, only one in a hundred can successfully reach Foundation Establishment. In the samples of those who successfully reached Foundation Establishment, the Imperial Medical Academy found that over 90% were young people who reached Foundation Establishment before the age of 60.

Once past 60, with insufficient qi, blood, and essence, those who successfully reach Foundation Establishment either have great fortune or divine favor.

Reaching Foundation Establishment is already difficult, but reaching the Golden Core realm is even more challenging, with a success rate of one in a thousand.

As for the Primordial Infant realm, it's even rarer, with one possibly not appearing in several eras.

The current Primordial Infant elders in the immortal sect are ancient relics accumulated over a thousand years and a hundred eras.

Chen Mobai has average talent and originally had little confidence in reaching Foundation Establishment before 60. If he spends another ten years cultivating the Three Yang Body, he feels he will have no chance at all.

So, although he is very interested in the *Pure Yang Scroll*, after considering many factors, he decided to stick to cultivating the *Five Elements Technique*.

Qingping Senior is a good example, having advanced through the ranks with the most popular Qi Practice technique. If he can reach the Golden Core realm, he can then switch to cultivating the Jade Purity Scripture, which is also a viable path to immortality.

Ding Lao Tou is a bad example to learn from.

After persuading himself, Chen Mobai suppressed the impulse to use his main account to exchange for the *Pure Yang Scroll: Qi Practice Chapter* after class.

However, despite his thoughts, he still downloaded the video of Shaoyang Zhenren explaining the cultivation of the "Pure Yang Dharmakaya."

At least it would help pass the time during class today.

"Since today is Ding Lao Tou's class, I'll ask him about the Three Yang Body."

Muttering to himself, Chen Mobai pressed the return button.

Office.

"Teacher Ding, you are a disciple of the Pure Yang Academy. Can you tell me the differences between this academy and the four major Daoist colleges?"

After class, Chen Mobai followed the usual routine, lagging behind and turning into the office to ask about breaking the Thunder Technique restriction. He casually asked a question out of curiosity.

"In terms of student numbers and faculty strength, the top ten academies are already on par with the four major Daoist colleges."

Ding Lao Tou, being a good teacher, answered Chen Mobai's question with what he knew.

"Then is it the cultivation techniques that differ?"

Chen Mobai asked again, trying to steer the conversation towards the *Pure Yang Scroll*.

"The Great Origin Academy and the Pure Yang Academy also have Soul Transformation techniques, which are on par with the four major Daoist colleges' traditions."

Ding Lao Tou shook his head.

"Then what is the difference?"

Chen Mobai didn't dare to directly mention the Pure Yang Dharmakaya and continued to follow Ding Lao Tou's words.

"The four major Daoist colleges have the oldest traditions and each has a Soul Transformation foundation. The founders of the top ten academies are mostly from the four major Daoist colleges, so even if they surpass them temporarily, they still adhere to their principles and do not claim to be the fifth Daoist college."

"What are the Soul Transformation foundations of the four major Daoist colleges?"

These things are widely speculated on the internet, but Chen Mobai thought Ding Lao Tou might know and continued to ask to steer the conversation back to the Pure Yang Academy.

"They are all top secrets, and only the top elders truly know. However, the two saints of the immortal sect, one is from the Wuqi Daoist College, and the other studied at the Butian Daoist College in his youth and is now the nominal honorary president of that college."

The origins of the two Soul Transformation elders are well-known.

"However, I do know that the Pure Yang Academy has a fifth-grade superior Primordial Yang Sword, which can also be classified as a Soul Transformation foundation!"

Just as Chen Mobai was wondering how to steer the conversation back, Ding Lao Tou started talking about the Pure Yang Academy on his own.

"Throughout the immortal sect, there are only three fifth-grade superior flying swords. The Primordial Yang Sword was refined by the Primordial Yang Elder before his passing, using his entire life's cultivation, and it has become sentient."

"The Primordial Yang Elder's eldest disciple once wielded this sentient flying sword and could cut down any opponent below the Soul Transformation realm with a single strike."

"However, cultivating this sword requires at least the Primordial Infant realm, and long-term cultivation can greatly deplete one's essence, which is detrimental to cultivation. Therefore, when I entered the academy, this sword was already sealed and enshrined in the hall, and I had the honor of paying homage to it once."

Hearing this, Chen Mobai felt a sense of sorrow.

A fifth-grade superior flying sword, so powerful, was sealed away due to a lack of cultivators to refine it.

"Isn't it said that those who cultivate the Pure Yang Dharmakaya have abundant essence? How could they not be able to refine a Primordial Yang Sword?"

"That's only if the Pure Yang Dharmakaya is fully cultivated. Even a Primordial Infant elder with the Nine Yang Body cannot withstand the daily and nightly absorption of spiritual energy by the Primordial Yang Sword. They need all their spiritual energy for their own cultivation, so how could they spare half of it for a flying sword?"

Ding Lao Tou rolled his eyes, and his words resonated with Chen Mobai.

If it were him, he would definitely not agree to give half of his daily hard-earned spiritual energy to the Primordial Yang Sword, even if it were a Soul Transformation treasure, before achieving the Great Dao.

Moreover, only Primordial Infant elders can refine the Primordial Yang Sword, and they all aim for the Soul Transformation realm, so they wouldn't waste half of their cultivation time on a flying sword.

"Isn't it said that if a treasure is not supplied with spiritual energy for a long time, it will lose its grade? Wouldn't that waste the sacrifice of the Primordial Yang Elder?"

"Rest assured, every fifth-grade treasure is a cultural heritage of the immortal sect. The immortal sect allocates a certain amount of spirit stones from the national bank each year to maintain the Primordial Yang Sword's grade. Unfortunately, this allocation is specific and can only be used for this purpose. Otherwise, the Pure Yang Academy could at least save half the time for students cultivating the Dharmakaya."