Claiming the Throne of Gods, Starting from the Rebirth of Nezha

Cultivation is cultivation, and doing things is doing things. If there's no time, Nezha thought to himself that the next time he meets Li Gen, he'll bring the Qiankun Bow and Sky-shattering Arrow for some confidence.

Ever since he touched that Qiankun Bow without permission, the number of patrolling soldiers on the city wall had doubled. Li Jing had even ordered strict vigilance against Nezha to prevent any major mishaps.

Since then, Nezha finally understood why the Nezha in the book he read was so rebellious. Children, like cats, are immensely curious. The more you stop them, the more they want to see.

Mr. Fan said, "A sense of inspiration means you have the potential for cultivation. But if you really want to walk this path, you need to open up a Qi Sea behind your waist to gather the primordial Qi of heaven and earth for your use. Cultivators use spells, drive arrays, wield magic treasures, and even perform the basic Five Elements Escape Technique, all of which require the use of heaven and earth primordial Qi. This process, with one's body as a vessel, of opening a Qi Sea to contain this primordial Qi is the second small stage of cultivation, the God Absorption Realm."

"Please teach me, sir."

"Is that all you're going to say?" Mr. Fan laughed, shaking his head as he saw Nezha bowing in admiration, "Even if you could open a Qi Sea within a day as you did before, how much heaven and earth primordial Qi can you contain in such a short time? And without advanced Daoist skills, any primordial Qi stored within is useless, just an illusion, unless—"

"Unless what?" Mr. Fan's words "unless" seemed to show Nezha another path before him.

He only hoped that three days later, the only person from the East Sea would still be the Yaksha Li Gen, just like the villains in those TV novels he had watched, arriving one by one, instead of hundreds or thousands of shrimp soldiers and crab generals from the Four Sea Dragon Kings coming all at once.

"Unless your luck defies the heavens and you acquire some rare magic treasure crafted by a virtuous senior or a deadly array pattern meticulously set up by an enlightened master. With those, you could even defeat those high-level cultivator seniors."

Nezha was puzzled why Mr. Fan, a scholar of high morals, would immediately resort to talking about killing, as if he had killed many people since his cultivation journey began.

He could only ask, "Do you mean that even if I've just entered the God Absorption Realm and have only a tiny bit of heaven and earth primordial Qi in my Qi Sea, I could still have a chance against a stronger opponent if my magic treasure is powerful enough and my array pattern fierce enough?"

"If there's no chance, why call it a magic treasure, why would cultivators bother to scour heaven and earth for materials and painstakingly research array structures? Might as well throw them in the trash."

"I see," Nezha nodded, suddenly enlightened.

While cultivation treasures are rare, he happened to have some. The golden bracelet on his hand is the Qiankun Ring, and the red silk at his waist is the Chaos Sky Silk, both treasures of the Golden Light Cave on Qianyuan Mountain.

Yet at this moment, he still didn't know how powerful these two treasures would be if activated and whether they'd be enough to handle that Dragon Palace Li Gen.

Thinking of this, Nezha felt a pang of uncertainty.

Mr. Fan was speaking of magic treasures and array patterns with great gusto and arrogance, but in reality, he lacked confidence, mainly because he had neither seen nor heard of such things, to be blunt, he was just bragging.

The teacher and student duo rambled from north to south, finally returning to discussing how to open up a Qi Sea and contain the heaven and earth primordial Qi.

"The first stage of cultivation is Spirit Communication, where one continuously meditates, strengthening the divine thought. Inspiration has many marvelous uses, and opening a Qi Sea is one of them. Once the Qi Sea is unblocked, the inspiration can travel from the Baihui point at the top of the head straight down the spine to the Shenque in the abdomen and reach the Yongquan acupoint at the soles of the feet unhindered."

Nezha frowned, saying, "Sir, this morning I discovered a layer of golden light on my body. As soon as I thought about it, the golden light flowed throughout my body without obstruction. How do I know if my Qi Sea is unblocked with your explanation, I just don't have a clear idea."

Upon hearing this, Mr. Fan chuckled and extended his fingers, which had gained a bit more flesh recently, toward Nezha's forehead, saying, "Inspiration flowing throughout the body? Sounds easy. It's probably just the novelty of your initial inspiration, dream-like. There's only one person I've heard of in this world who was born with an unblocked Qi Sea—Yang Jian, a disciple from the Jade Spring Mountain Golden Dawn Cave under Yu Ding Zhenren, hailed as the most outstanding genius in the cultivation world for centuries, and compared to him... What the hell?"

As soon as he spoke, he spat a mouthful of tea all over Nezha, sensing a vigorous inspiration permeating through Nezha's body when he tested the major acupoints, leaving him dumbstruck and speechless for a long time.

Nezha didn't dare move. Instead, he flicked a tea leaf from his forehead, silently relieved that this time Mr. Fan had drunk the tea stored from Zhaoge and not the special fish tea from Chentang Pass. Otherwise, he would have been soaked in oil again.

"Sir?"

"Cough, cough, don't call me sir."

"You're joking, sir."

"How is that a joke?" Mr. Fan's face was still flushed and full of energy just now, but in a blink, his expression turned weary as if he'd just been demoted and exiled, "I've meditated and cultivated for decades, yet it's no match for your one day of cultivation, and you still call me sir? I'm ashamed. From now on, I'll call you sir, Nezha Sir."

Listening to Mr. Fan's aggrieved tone, Nezha could only smile wryly, consoling him with kind words, "Why do you say that, sir? You've immersed yourself in the God Absorption Realm for decades, while Nezha has just awakened his Spirit Communication and opened a Qi Sea today. There's not even a hint of heaven and earth primordial Qi in me. How could I compare to you?"

But Mr. Fan wasn't consoled by his words at all. He glanced at him and said, "Without forming a Golden Core, one cannot achieve immortality. So what if I entered the God Absorption Realm a hundred years before you? Do you know a person's capacity for heaven and earth primordial Qi is limited?"

"Limited?"

"Indeed, the Qi Sea is a reflection of one's inspiration. Though called a sea, it ultimately projects within the body. The larger the Qi Sea, the more heaven and earth primordial Qi it can contain. While anyone who embarks on the path of cultivation is a dragon among men, even among cultivators, there's a difference in talent. Those with average aptitude have Qi Seas no larger than a washbasin, able to hold only a basin's worth of primordial Qi. Those of exceptional aptitude possess a Qi Sea like a serene deep pool, filled with endless primordial Qi, and some even have a Qi Sea like a great lake."

"Then what about your Qi Sea?"

At Nezha's question, Mr. Fan's newly calmed face changed again, "You're touching a sore spot."

"Please, continue, sir. I'll shut up now."

"The 'Infinite Longevity Scripture' can be used to hone innate inspiration and refine one's will, but when it comes to accumulating and gathering heaven and earth primordial Qi, it's useless. In fact, heaven and earth primordial Qi are everywhere. Even ordinary people, with every breath, have heaven and earth primordial Qi entering and exiting their bodies. This is where the breathing technique comes in, retaining the primordial Qi contained in the air within the body."

After learning the breathing technique from Mr. Fan, it was already late at night. Nezha bid farewell, and upon returning to the room, he found Cui Yu had just finished her tasks and was preparing to soak her feet with a basin of hot water.