Not only did the duration of one retreat become much longer, the negative energy accumulated in the body also increased by about three times compared to before.

To completely release these negative energies and empty the body again, the time it takes is about three times as long as before.

The more obvious changes are reflected in the progress of cultivation.

In the several retreats just before this one, as the cultivation level stabilized after the seventh level of elixir formation, one retreat increased the cultivation progress by 160 points.

But this time, the increased cultivation progress is 600 points, which is an increase of nearly four times.

Although Meng Zhou had long expected that with this cultivation method called soul refining, which is actually the integration of "essence, energy and spirit", it would bring considerable changes to himself after completely completing the three-pole cycle, but the benefits would also be limited.

It can't be that big.

Finally, through a deeper understanding and combined with past experience, Meng Zhou was able to clarify the logic behind it.

As the three-pole cycle of energy, energy and spirit evolves, the limit of "negative energy" he can bear will continue to increase.

The reflection in reality is that he can practice in retreat for a longer period of time at a time.

And in order to release this more negative energy, it will take longer.

Under this influence, his period of retreat became longer.

Such a change has actually happened once before.

From being able to practice in retreat for only a few hours a day to being able to practice in retreat for several days a month.

But this time, as Meng Zhou completed the last vacancy in the cycle of three levels of energy, energy and spirit, such a change happened again.

The retreat went from once a month to once every three months, that is, once a quarter.

The duration of a continuous retreat has also become much longer accordingly.

Such changes will naturally lead to corresponding changes in the progress of cultivation.

But that's not all.

If there is only this change, the progress of cultivation will be increased three times, and the income from one retreat will change from 160 points to 480 points instead of 600 points.

This is because there is another factor at play.

Such a change has also occurred once.

When Meng Zhou understood the true skill of Black Turtle Bearing the Monument and integrated it into the core system of his cultivation, becoming a driving force core of the three-pole cycle of essence, energy and spirit, his cultivation progress increased five times from the original basis.

After the black turtle's true skill of bearing the monument reached perfection, the gain was further increased, from 1.5 times to 2 times.

But now, as Meng Zhou embeds the last of the three poles of energy, energy and spirit into a suitable power core, the gain has been increased from two times to two and a half times.

This is the reason why he gained 600 points of cultivation progress during this retreat.

[Cultivation progress +600, seventh level of elixir formation 1250/10,000]

In addition to the gains in cultivation, Meng Zhou was most concerned about this newly created technique.

In the corresponding information column, Meng Zhou was not surprised to see a series of question marks.

Meng Zhou wondered in his mind what a more appropriate name should be given to this new technique.

This is a soul-refining contemplation, but it is not a simple soul-refining contemplation.

Although this technique is still very crude at present, it has achieved his original intention of creating this technique - to use one technique to unify the three elements of essence, energy and spirit under one framework.

Not only the essence, energy, and spirit are integrated, but even the more elusive and uncertain "heart" is also integrated under this system.

In addition, this is a practice method that has both external and internal aspects.

In the spiritual world, the "inner world" is the world of pure images, where personal thoughts, cognitions, experiences, etc. constitute everything in this world.

Now, all this is integrated under the more specific image of "the giant turtle carrying the sun".

In addition, the "deductive world" composed of massive information also exists on this layer.

The difference is that the "giant turtle carrying the sun" is the idea, cognition, and experience itself, the ontology. Unless it is broken and reshaped, it will always exist with such a mentality.

The "deduction world" is just a huge piece of information. He can freely turn it on or off according to his own thoughts, or perform some more complex operations.

Correspondingly, everything in the sea of ​​consciousness is the "surface world" of the spiritual world.

The giant tortoise carrying the bright moon on its back, and even the entire Soul Pond Consciousness Sea, and the various changes that have occurred in the Soul Pond are all concrete manifestations of this technique in the "external world".

——Of course, this division is not absolute. If the entire spiritual world that belongs to an individual is regarded as the "inner world", there is nothing wrong with viewing the real world as the "surface world".

Connecting the inner and outer worlds also forms the core foundation of this new technique. It is undoubtedly the giant tortoise that carries the sun in the "inner world" and bears the moon in the "outer world".

At the beginning, when Meng Zhou created the image of this giant turtle based on the true skill of the black turtle carrying the stele, he drew inspiration and nutrients from the memories of his previous life.

He even hesitated between the two roadmaps.

One route is from Xuangui to Xuanwu, and in the future from Xuanwu to Zhenwu. The route is clear and the future is promising.

Water dominates the five elements and is the god of life, symbolizing longevity and immortality.

These are very consistent with Meng Zhou’s path.

The second route is from Black Turtle to Ba Xia, and in the future from Ba Xia to True Dragon. This route is equally clear and the future is equally promising.

But after a period of hesitation, Meng Zhou gave up on both routes.

Because in actual practice, Meng Zhou realized that for him, setting an overly ambitious goal would not be of much benefit.

The two routes looked beautiful, but apart from satisfying some of his own inner thoughts, they were just artificial limitations and added some unnecessary trouble to himself.

Gradually, a point of view became clear in Meng Zhou’s mind:

"As long as it can achieve the purpose, the simpler, the better."

What does he need?

A foundation for the practice that can penetrate both the inner and outer realms and is solid and stable enough.

this is all.

That being the case, is it really necessary to add so many gorgeous "decorations"?

"Don't add entities if it's not necessary, that's probably what I mean."

Based on this idea, Meng Zhou did not perform any major surgery on the "giant turtle". It was basically based on the black turtle that he had mastered to perfection in the "Xuan Turtle Bearing the Stele True Skill".

This saved Meng Zhou a lot of time and effort.

Facts have proved that the results are also very good.

But Meng Zhou did not abandon all the memories of his past life.

With the breathing of the sun-carrying giant turtle in the "inner world", it is reflected in the "outer world", which is the sea-eye vortex deep in the soul pool and around the bright moon.

This is a specific way to connect the two realms of exterior and interior.

These whirlpools exist in the bottomless place of the soul pool, swallowing and swallowing the soul pool.

It is both the place where the soul pond water gathers and the place of annihilation.

It is not only the root of the "surface world", but also connected to the "inner world" of pure imagery.

It is both the place of ending and the place of beginning.

Meng Zhou called these whirlpools "guixu" because this was the source of his inspiration.

It is precisely because of the existence of "Guixu" that it is possible to completely revitalize the soul pond and "turn the pond into the sea".

Usually, the image of "sea" is boundless and vast, which is also a major goal pursued by Meng Zhou.

But if this is the case, the current Soul Pond is far from qualified to be called a "sea".

But in Meng Zhou's mind, in addition to its boundless vastness, "sea" also has an image of "the origin of life".

This kind of understanding is deeply ingrained in his heart and is indestructible.

This is highly consistent with Meng Zhou’s path and is also Meng Zhou’s ideal development direction.

After possessing these basic cognitions, the complete exercise can be formed.

Only such a "sea" has the foundation for the birth of blue lotus pods and green lotus seeds.

From beginning to end, the idea of ​​this new exercise is very clear.

From the time when the Third Level Spring Water Sutra was completed until now, Meng Zhou doesn't seem to have invested much time and energy in this technique.

However, if the third-level Spring Water Sutra and the Black Turtle Bearing Stele True Skill are regarded as its preparation period from entry to perfection, then the time and effort consumed by this skill is undoubtedly the highest among all methods.

Its complexity can also be regarded as the crown of all methods.

Although this new technique is still just a rough idea and far from his ideal of "melting all his achievements into one pot" as he expected, the big framework has already been set up.

Even though it hasn't been "melted together" yet, he has already reserved the interface in advance.

When this skill continues to improve in the future, it will surely become richer and more perfect as he expected.

This is not like creating a new skill, but rather like creating a new world that may seem rough now, but extremely malleable, and redefining a set of training rules that are unique to him.

"But, what is a suitable name?" Meng Zhou was in trouble.

Meng Zhou really wanted to choose just three or five words to pinpoint this skill.
To be continued...