[This Qi Method was far more complex than you had previously imagined. It surpassed everything that you have previously obtained.]
[Simply because it connected the power of devouring with the power of evolution.]
[Improving by devouring wasn't so uncommon for you. Your real bloodline was born with such power.]
[But because it was your bloodline power, you hadn't understood how it worked.]
[Only by comprehending the Heaven Swallowing Qi Method, you understood the true power of Devouring and Evolution.]
[It was a method of absorbing the energy particles from every wavelength and dimension, every element and power, converting it into the energy used for evolution.]
[For cultivators and Martial Artists, it was Qi. But the good thing about this Qi Method was that it could absorb so much energy that it was enough to produce a large amount of Qi.]
[And, it was only the Profound Level Qi Method. Qi Methods were divided into four levels. They were Profound, Spirit, Earth, and Heaven.]
[Your cultivation must reach Foundation Establishment while your rank must reach Eight before your Qi Methods evokes into Spirit Level.]
[Sitting with crossed legs, you activated the Heaven Swallowing Qi Method, and a powerful suction appeared on your body.]
[A large amount of energy was being absorbed into your body. Too much energy could destroy one's veins and body.]
[But Heaven Swallowing Qi Method could refine this energy while it was still being absorbed into your body.]
[Refining most of the energy with the blood, it started tempering your body. Then, it led the rest of the energy into your forehead.]
[There was a meridian connecting to your forehead, but this meridian was clogged from your birth.]
[To reach the first stage of the Qi Refining Realm, you must unlock this meridian, connect your soul with the energy, and refine spiritual energy with the help of your soul.]
[Spiritual energy was a type of energy that would temper the soul and improve it, but at this stage, it wasn't so helpful.]
[And, it wouldn't refine Qi either. So, the spiritual energy was dragged into the dantian where lay a special root called the Spiritual Root.]
[Cultivators had one major restriction, which was also the reason why there were so few cultivators.]
[Everyone had a soul, but the amount of Qi one could refine depended on the spiritual roots connected with the dantian.]
[That's why the spiritual root was very important for a cultivator and why there were so few cultivators despite every person having the soul.]
[Once Qi was produced, you would keep Qi in your Dantian, providing it with enough Qi to produce a coil in the middle.]
[Once the coil was formed, this would represent your step on the cultivation journey. This would be the First Stage of Qi Refining Realm.]
[On the other hand, Martial Artists only needed to constantly refine their blood with the energy from nature.]
[Once they ran enough refinement, their skin would absorb the Qi produced by the blood and temper itself.]
[This was done through several exercises, but some Qi methods could do it while meditating.]
[Heaven Swallowing Qi Method was one of them. While you were refining Qi inside your dantian, your blood was also refining Qi and letting your skin absorb it.]
[Unlike martial artists, the refined Qi of a cultivator was much higher in volume since it didn't get absorbed by anything else.]
[That's why cultivators, even at an early stage, could use spells while martial artists could only throw punches and kicks at Ninth Rank.]
[Spells were special art created to utilize the Qi stored inside the Dantian. By using the element of the spiritual root, one could use a similar spell.]
[For those possessed Fire Spiritual Root, the person could only use Fire Spells. Because of this, the more spiritual root one had, the better it would be.]
[You possessed only one spiritual root, and it was Wind Spiritual Root. That means if you comprehend Wind Spell, you could easily do it.]
[At the same time, your improved soul would also help in comprehending the power of Wind. That's why cultivators temper their soul and essence.]
[But with Heaven Swallowing Qi Method, you could also absorb the spiritual roots of other people, by devouring their Qi and Blood.]
[This would greatly speed up your cultivation.]
[For now, you didn't care about that. Your only goal was to reach the First Stage of Qi Refining Realm and enter the Ninth Rank.]
[As you started your cultivation, your body slowly started changing. Your skin becomes tougher and your blood flow becomes stronger.]
[You found that your first meridian wasn't so hard to open. After opening it, you merged this energy with your soul and produced spiritual energy.]
[As soon as you did that, you realized something. This energy was almost as same as the energy your body generally produces.]
[Although you didn't think it was the same, it was similar. You let the energy enter your dantian for the next process.]
[After your spiritual root absorbed the spiritual energy and refined it into Qi, your body suddenly begins trembling.]
[At this moment, this Qi bursts out of your dantian and merges with the Qi in your blood.]
[This energy then enters your heart, and through the veins, enters every cell of your body.]
[The golden bones that had merged with you began trembling.]
[You can feel it. The pressure radiating from the bones and the power coming out of your body.]
[These two were so intense that you felt that your whole body was being put in boiling water and emptying every single impurity of your body.]
[You soon start to feel a strange relaxation throughout your body. It starts attracting more and more energy from the surroundings.]
[The more you absorb, the faster your cultivation rises. The Qi refined by the spiritual root starts forming the coil.]
[Even though half of it was still being used to temper your body, it was still enough to form a ten-meter-wide ring around the spiritual root.]
[At this moment, several different information began entering your mind. You were a shambles, unable to understand it.]
[But you took a slow approach to these and started reading information one by one.]
[There were exactly five pieces of information. The first one was about your physique. The skeleton wasn't lying.]
[You possessed Innate Dao Physique. With this body, you could easily refine the natural energy present in nature and possess the power of a seventh rank martial artist.]
[And, this was without even reaching the Ninth Rank. Now that you were reaching the ninth rank, you possessed the ability to increase your power by five times.]
[The second information was about the Body of the Ancient. He was the being that far surpassed the immortals and could be considered a god.]
[His bones were so strong that even after billions of years, they hadn't been destroyed or decayed.]
[And, they still possess the power to increase your strength by ten times. But using this power could put too much pressure on your mentality.]
[If you can't bear the pressure, your mind will collapse and you will turn into an idiot.]
[That is just the gist of this power. There were more things about this body, but you haven't reached the point where you could explore them.]
[The third information was about the Heaven Swallowing Qi Method. Except for the cultivation itself, there was another way to improve this method.]
[And, this could only be done by someone with the Innate Dao Physique.]
[Since those with Innate Dao Physique have incredible comprehension ability, you could simply comprehend a higher level of this method.]
[The fourth information was also about the Heavenly Swallowing Qi Method. To fully utilize the power of this Qi Method, you must absorb rich resources.]
[Unlike most Qi Methods that were designed to absorb a certain kind of resources, Heaven Swallowing Qi Method was designed to swallow everything.]
[Swallow the Heaven, Swallow the Earth, Swallow the Air, and Swallow the Ocean! Anything can be swallowed, and they must be swallowed.]
[The fifth information was about your future cultivation. For example, instead of following the normal routine of the world, you must go beyond the limits.]
[It only revealed the information about the Qi Refining Method and Ninth Rank. For example, there were only twelve stages in the Qi Refining Method.]
[But according to this method, there were originally thirteen. It's just the last meridian was extremely hard to open, thus it was abandoned.]
[But, you can't do that. You must open the thirteenth meridian. As for Ninth Rank, it was quite simple.]
[Normally, the Ninth Rank body can easily withstand punches and kicks. It can even remain unharmed under the attack of sharp objects.]
[But you must go beyond these and make your body invulnerable to fire, ice, lightning, and even poison.]
[At least, your skin must be invulnerable to those elements. Only then will you be allowed to improve.]
[Fortunately, there was a clear indication for that. It was the five stages of the Ninth Rank.]