Shen Lian looked speechlessly at the Basic Qi Training manual placed aside by Mo Wuji, and explained, "Cultivation has three major realms: the Human Realm, the Earth Realm, and the Heaven Realm. Each realm is further divided into three Heavens, and each Heaven is divided into nine levels. The Vein Opening Realm is the first Heaven of the Human Realm. The second Heaven of the Human Realm is the Spirit Building Realm, and the third Heaven is the Mortal Shedding Realm. After crossing the Mortal Shedding Realm, one enters the Earth Realm. The first Heaven of the Earth Realm is the Yuan Dan Realm, the second Heaven is the True Lake Realm, and the third Heaven is the Void God Realm..."

Seeing that Shen Lian stopped speaking, Mo Wuji quickly asked, "What about the three Heavens of the Heaven Realm?"

"The Heaven Realm? Rumor has it that some of the quasi-Heaven Sects have individuals who have entered the Heaven Realm. However, they are existences who never show themselves, and most of them only linger in the first Heaven. So, the three Heavens of the Heaven Realm are completely unimportant to us. Knowing or not knowing makes no difference," Shen Lian sighed.

Over the past millennia, how many powerhouses within the five great empires had entered the Heaven Realm?

Mo Wuji also knew that Shen Lian was not speaking nonsense; the Heaven Realm was indeed too far away for him. He thought of what Shen Lian had said earlier and asked with some confusion, "You said earlier that cultivating to the tenth level of the Vein Opening Realm is a waste of time, but what do these things you just said have to do with the tenth level of the Vein Opening Realm that we discussed earlier?"

Shen Lian said indifferently, "Because when one reaches the ninth level of the Mortal Shedding Realm, many people will try every possible means to transcend the Human Realm and enter the Yuan Dan Realm, the first Heaven of the Earth Realm."

"Isn't that normal?" Mo Wuji was very puzzled. Even if he reached the ninth level of the Mortal Shedding Realm, he would try every possible means to enter the Earth Realm.

"It is normal, but only a few people know that there is another realm after the ninth level of the Mortal Shedding Realm," Shen Lian said.

"What realm?" Mo Wuji blurted out.

Shen Lian's eyes revealed longing, "It's called the Human Extreme Realm, which is the tenth level of the Mortal Shedding Realm. Although not many people know about the tenth level Human Extreme Realm of the Mortal Shedding Realm, there are some. But no one has ever been able to truly break through to the tenth level of the Mortal Shedding Realm, because it's not that they don't want to, but they can't. To break through to the Human Extreme Realm, one must cultivate to the tenth level in the first Heaven of the Human Realm, the Vein Opening Realm, and then cultivate to the tenth level in the Spirit Building Realm. Only then will there be a sliver of a chance to enter the tenth level Human Extreme Realm of the Mortal Shedding Realm."

Speaking of this, Shen Lian glanced at Mo Wuji and slowly said, "In fact, not to mention cultivating to the tenth level in all three Heavens of the Human Realm, even cultivating to the tenth level in the Mortal Shedding Realm is almost impossible. Do you still think that the tenth level of the Mortal Shedding Realm is a waste of time and energy?"

"What are the benefits of entering the Human Extreme Realm?" After listening to Shen Lian's explanation, Mo Wuji already knew that the benefits of the Human Extreme Realm must be many, but he didn't know. Even if it was something unattainable for him, he still wanted to ask.

Shen Lian replied, "First, cultivators who enter the Extreme Realm have broader prospects. Second, their strength far exceeds that of their peers. Generally speaking, even if a Human Realm cultivator is at the ninth level of the Mortal Shedding Realm and is half a step into the Yuan Dan Realm, their strength is still vastly different from a true Yuan Dan Realm cultivator. However, cultivators in the Human Extreme Realm can barely fight against Yuan Dan Realm powerhouses, which is the biggest difference."

Although Mo Wuji had never heard of many of the things Shen Lian said, he already knew that Shen Lian's erudition was enough for him to become her disciple.

"Senior Sister Shen, I know nothing about cultivation. I implore Senior Sister Shen to teach me," Mo Wuji stood up and bowed.

Shen Lian took a sip of tea and said, "I can see that. I'll tell you about the distribution of the spiritual meridians in the body and how to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. As for anything else, I have no way to teach you. You'll have to learn it yourself."

"Thank you, Senior Sister." What Mo Wuji lacked was these things. He simply didn't know how to start cultivating.

Shen Lian didn't hold back at all, telling Mo Wuji how to circulate spiritual energy through the connected spiritual meridians to absorb it. She also told Mo Wuji how to perform the Minor Circulation, how to perform the Major Circulation, and even how to use his will to coordinate with the connected spiritual meridians to absorb spiritual energy.

For some things that he couldn't remember immediately, Mo Wuji even took out a pen and began to write them down.

This teaching and learning process took the better part of a day.

Shen Lian, her throat dry, stood up and said, "I need to rest. Sigh, it's really not easy to live in the same room as you."

"Thank you, Senior Sister Shen. I will never forget Senior Sister's guidance today," Mo Wuji said sincerely.

The things that Shen Lian taught him today were definitely not things that could be learned in ordinary places. Even if he became a handyman disciple, he probably wouldn't be able to learn so many useful things so easily.

"Forget it, I don't want to take you as a disciple either," Shen Lian said, walking towards the room on the right. From entering this house to walking into the room, it had taken her almost a day.

Mo Wuji chuckled to himself, thinking, "I never intended to become your disciple."

When Shen Lian reached the door of the room, she suddenly stopped, turned around, and asked, "By the way, what about your spiritual root? How many spiritual meridians did you open up when you opened your spiritual awareness?"

Mo Wuji paused slightly. Where did he have a spiritual root? If he said that he didn't have a spiritual root and hadn't opened up even half a spiritual meridian, he wondered if Shen Lian, who had been talking until her throat was dry, would pounce on him and strangle him.

"Well, I can only say that my spiritual root is average, and I'm too embarrassed to say how many spiritual meridians I've opened up. In short, my aptitude is definitely far inferior to Senior Sister Shen's," Mo Wuji said with a few dry laughs.

Shen Lian said calmly, "I naturally know that your aptitude is inferior to mine. I just want to remind you that people with top-grade spiritual roots need about a day to sense spiritual energy for the first time. Those with spirituality might be able to sense spiritual energy in an hour. Those with high-grade spiritual roots need about three to five days to sense spiritual energy. Those with mid-grade spiritual roots need about ten days, and those with low-grade spiritual roots may need a month or even several months, you know."

After saying these words, Shen Lian pushed the door open and entered. The last sentence seemed to be deliberately said to discourage Mo Wuji.

Mo Wuji chuckled, picked up his cultivation manual, and quickly entered the room on the left. He didn't have a spiritual root at all, so who cared how many months it would take to sense spiritual energy? Anyway, he had the method and the manual, so he would just keep trying.

He had learned too many things from Shen Lian earlier, and he planned to use the two months he was staying here to keep trying.

……

Back in his room, Mo Wuji immediately began to absorb spiritual energy and circulate it according to the method Shen Lian had taught him.

Knowing that even the worst spiritual roots needed at least a month to sense spiritual energy, Mo Wuji was completely at peace. He didn't have a spiritual root, and he had only been cultivating for less than half a day, so it would be strange if he could sense spiritual energy. Cultivation was originally a step-by-step process, so why rush?

Taking a deep breath, Mo Wuji closed his eyes and began to sense the spiritual energy between heaven and earth. At this moment, he was calm and peaceful, without the slightest impatience. Nonsense, even top-grade spiritual roots needed a day to sense spiritual energy, so what was the use of being impatient when he didn't have a spiritual root?

In less than ten breaths, Mo Wuji felt a clear stream of energy rush into his first connected meridian, and then quickly perform half a Minor Circulation before entering the second meridian.

Mo Wuji opened his eyes in shock. The sensation of energy disappeared. It was only half a Minor Circulation, but Mo Wuji felt his whole body relax a bit.

Was it that simple? Was this cultivation? But he clearly didn't have a spiritual root.

After only a moment of surprise, Mo Wuji was ecstatic. He didn't care whether he had a spiritual root or not, as long as he could cultivate. In the next moment, Mo Wuji immediately opened the Basic Qi Training manual, calmed his mind, and began to frantically perform the circulation.

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