Chapter 6

Qingye was using a computer to look up information about the changes in the world after his previous life. Although the memories of his two lives had already merged, Qingye was not someone who was particularly interested in history before the memories merged. He knew at most that the Ming Dynasty was followed by the Qing Dynasty, but not much more.

Now that he had awakened his memories from his previous life, Qingye naturally became interested in how the Ming Dynasty, which was established by his old rival Zhu Yuanzhang, eventually fell, and how the Qing Dynasty was established, along with many other historical details.

After browsing through some historical materials online, Qingye learned that the Ming Dynasty had fallen not long after his previous life ended. Thinking about Zhu Chongba, who had once vied for the world with him and eventually established the Ming Dynasty, Qingye felt a deep sigh of melancholy.

In the last few years before his reincarnation, Qingye had already seen that the Ming Dynasty was doomed, but he never expected that the Manchus from beyond the Great Wall would ultimately take control of the empire. Although the spirit had the ability to predict fate, it was impossible to completely see through the fog of destiny when it came to the rise and fall of a vast empire with hundreds of millions of people. Even if Qingye's spirit was thousands or tens of thousands of times stronger than it was now, he could only see that the Ming Dynasty was doomed.

It was only after his successful reincarnation that Qingye, looking back through online materials, could see the once murky trends of the world with unprecedented clarity.

Qingye remembered very clearly that the year before his reincarnation was the tenth year of the Chongzhen era, which, according to the Gregorian calendar, was 1637. According to the information he found online, the Ming Dynasty fell seven years after his death.

Sighing, Qingye shook his head, turned off the computer, and decided to start his cultivation. This was his first cultivation after reincarnation, and Qingye took it very seriously.

Sitting in the most relaxed posture on the bed, Qingye's spirit instantly entered a meditative state. Then, his spiritual awareness extended from his spirit, covering a few meters around him. In an instant, everything within this range became visible to Qingye's spiritual awareness.

The corners of the books on the desk slightly lifted by the wind, insects crawling in the wall's crevices, and the construction worker on the other side of the wall reading a pornographic book and masturbating—all these and the various energies permeating the world, which were extremely prominent in his spiritual awareness, were all perceived by Qingye and reflected in his consciousness. Whether it was material existence visible to the eyes or energy existence invisible to the eyes, nothing could escape his spiritual awareness.

Qingye observed everything with a calm perspective. He saw everything and knew everything, but he was not moved by anything. At this moment, he was only absolutely calm.

After a moment, the spiritual awareness around Qingye began to move, like small hands, picking up the various energies from the world and guiding them into his body. These various energies entered Qingye's body and, under the forced intervention of his spirit, were fused and transformed into a special kind of energy, which remained within Qingye's body.

This special energy was the Pure Yang True Qi that Qingye had cultivated in his previous life.

Of course, under normal circumstances, cultivating Pure Yang True Qi was not an easy task. Many people spent their entire lives without being able to cultivate the first strand of Pure Yang True Qi, which marked the official entry into the path of cultivation.

Qingye, however, found it much easier because he possessed a spirit. By using the spiritual awareness emitted from his spirit to directly refine the energies of the world, Qingye could bypass the normal cultivation steps and directly extract the first strand of Pure Yang True Qi from his body, rather than needing to undergo a long and arduous cultivation to enter the path of cultivation.

What is spiritual awareness?

Spiritual awareness is a special force that extends from the spirit.

What is the spirit?

The spirit is the evolution of the soul.

This evolution is achieved through years of arduous cultivation, overcoming one cultivation barrier after another, and advancing through various realms. Entering the path of cultivation is the first important barrier in cultivation. Only after entering the path of cultivation can one truly begin to cultivate qi and become a legendary cultivator, or, according to ancient terms, a qi practitioner.

When a person cultivates the great path, their soul's spiritual awareness is initially stimulated upon entering the path of cultivation. After a long period of cultivation and crossing various realms, the soul evolves into a spirit, and the original spiritual awareness transforms into spiritual awareness, possessing various incredible powers.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, even after entering the path of cultivation, a person would only be stimulated to have spiritual awareness. Even after crossing two more cultivation barriers, they would still not touch the edge of spiritual awareness.

However, Qingye was clearly different. As a reincarnated cultivator, Qingye's soul had already evolved into a spirit, so he possessed spiritual awareness rather than just spiritual awareness.

The so-called spirit is only formed after cultivating a golden core in the body.

The spirit can be considered a rebirth of the soul.

Even though Qingye had lost his golden core due to reincarnation, the spirit still existed, albeit much weaker. The spirit is the highly condensed product of the soul, and only a soul that has evolved into a spirit has the strength to withstand the losses brought by reincarnation.

If the soul had not evolved into a spirit, it would likely have dissipated before completing even a fraction of the reincarnation process.

Although Qingye's spirit was greatly weakened due to reincarnation, it still retained its basic functions. This is like comparing a computer to a calculator. Even if the computer's memory, hard drive, and processor were reduced by thousands or tens of thousands of times, the computer's functions would still be incomparable to those of a calculator.

At the very least, helping himself to quickly enter the path of cultivation was completely feasible.

Although this would further exacerbate the loss of the spirit, it was necessary to quickly get back on the right path of cultivation.

Soon, with the help of the spirit, Qingye successfully condensed the first strand of Pure Yang True Qi in his body and then stopped the process of using the spirit to refine Pure Yang True Qi.

Subsequently, under Qingye's control, the Pure Yang True Qi in his body began to circulate according to the method of the "Pure Yang Ascension Technique." At first, the Pure Yang True Qi, running through a body that had never been cleansed by any energy, felt somewhat awkward. However, as the Pure Yang True Qi continuously expanded, Qingye's body was gradually strengthened.

At the same time, as the Pure Yang True Qi circulated, it formed a small vortex, drawing various energies from the world into his body, which were then fused into the Pure Yang True Qi, making it grow stronger.

Although this process was slow, it steadily progressed.

Finally, after completing his first cultivation, Qingye stopped the circulation of the Pure Yang True Qi in his body.