The cultivation of the Heavenly Fate Realm was actually the cultivation of the Central Palace of the Zifu.
The central palace of the Zifu, also known as the middle dantian, was in the human body, but it was vast and unfathomable, just like the human brain, it was very difficult to fully develop.
Even if it was only 10%, it would be quite amazing.
Opening the Central Palace was the same as developing the brain. The only difference was that one was an increase in power and cultivation while the other was an increase in intelligence.
Opening the Central Palace was a very difficult matter. Each expansion could take several years or even dozens of years. Because of this difficulty, Heaven's Mandate cultivators had a lifespan of five hundred years. Moreover, each level would increase their lifespan by fifty years.
Feng Feiyun sat in the middle of the vast spirit vein and opened all 360 meridians in his body. They turned into 360 vortexes and crazily absorbed the spirit energy in the surroundings before turning it into violet energy in his central dantian.
Ordinary cultivators at first level Heaven's Mandate would only have one to ten strands of violet energy. However, when Feng Feiyun reached first level, he had one hundred strands of violet energy. His energy was connected to the clouds with a majestic violet energy.
The first level of Heaven's Mandate was the process of converting spirit energy into violet energy. Only after reaching three thousand strands of violet energy would one be considered to have reached second level Heaven's Mandate.
The conversion from spirit energy to violet energy was a very slow process. One thousand strands of spirit energy could only be converted into one strand of violet energy.
Because of this, after reaching Heaven's Mandate, one could only rely on absorbing the natural energy in the world to convert it into violet energy. This was a very slow process.
At this time, one needed to use spirit veins and stones.
Without these two things, cultivators would forever be stuck at first level Heaven's Mandate. They simply couldn't convert three thousand strands of violet energy to reach second level Heaven's Mandate.
This was also why the competition in the cultivation world was so intense. For resources, two great powers would fight to the death with rivers of blood flowing.
While converting the Violet Kingdom spiritual qi, Feng Feiyun also studied the Bronze Spirit Vessel. It was a simple and unadorned divine vessel that he had encountered on the Yellow Springs Path. It was covered in rust and dilapidated. There must be something earth-shattering hidden within.
However, with the spiritual energy in Feng Feiyun's body, he could only make it 300 meters long. If it grew any longer, the spiritual energy would be sucked dry.
Three hundred meters was far from the true length of the Bronze Spirit Ship. Its original form was estimated to be thousands of miles long, as huge as a mountain.
If he couldn't restore the Azure Bronze Spirit Vessel to its original form, then he definitely couldn't open its interior.
Feng Feiyun tried to refine the Azure Bronze Spirit Boat, but he was repelled by a mysterious force inside the boat. It wasn't that Feng Feiyun wasn't strong enough, but the force inside the Azure Bronze Spirit Boat was too strong.
Even the Evil Woman had to borrow the power of the altar in order to refine half of the vessel.
Since he couldn't control the vessel, Feng Feiyun began to look at the Infinite Spirit Ring that was related to the vessel. According to Feng Feiyun's conjecture, the Infinite Spirit Ring was a spirit treasure embryo that could be upgraded.
When Feng Feiyun first obtained it, it was only a quasi-spirit treasure. After absorbing the Crimson Dragon's soul, it became a first-ranked spirit treasure.
"If I can absorb the soul of an eight-hundred-year-old beast, then I should be able to upgrade it to a second-ranked spirit treasure."
Feng Feiyun meditated for one year. During this time, Wan Xiangcen and the Little Demoness came by.
During this time, Feng Feiyun's cultivation increased by leaps and bounds. He had cultivated more than 2,800 strands of violet energy, very close to second-level Heaven's Mandate.
"Feng Feiyun, the ancestor is waiting for you at the Celestial Wheel Palace."
Wan Xiangcen came to the Jade Emperor Palace underground and stood right below Feng Feiyun. She wore a luxurious robe with a blue crystal band on her head. Her snow-white skin was sparkling with colors.
Feng Mo alone killed more than half of the experts from the Seventh Hall. The heretical cultivators who came to attack the Feng were either killed or captured. Only Wan Xiangcen was safe and sound. Not only was she not killed, but she also became a favorite of the clan master with quite a bit of authority.
Many cultivators from the Feng secretly called her the Young Madam of the Feng.
With an Enlightened Being watching over the clan, it was inevitable for it to flourish. Being able to become the Young Madam of the Feng was not a bad thing for her.
Feng Feiyun suddenly stood up and floated down with the wind. He was as light as a falling leaf. Feng Feiyun had many thoughts while looking at this supreme beauty.
"I'm surprised that you didn't leave the Feng." Feng Feiyun smiled.
She was once the prettiest girl in the Seventh Hall, the Seventh Lord. Countless prodigies in this world wanted to get close to her but couldn't.
"Feng Feiyun, if you think I'm staying at the Feng because of you, then you're overthinking things." Xiangcen smiled with disdain.
She was at third-level Heaven's Mandate. Even Feng Feiyun might not be her match right now. She naturally had her reasons for acting so subserviently like Feng Feiyun's wife.
For a woman like her, she would never follow a man wholeheartedly just because her body had been taken by another man.
Even if she didn't say it, Feng Feiyun could roughly guess. The Seventh Hall was greatly weakened after the battle at the Grand Southern Prefecture. The other nine halls might be suppressing them right now. If Xiangcen could win Feng Mo's trust and get whatever she wanted from the Feng, why would she want to return to the Seventh Hall?
Feng Feiyun rubbed his nose and took the lead to leave the spirit vein to see the sun again.
The sun hung high in the sky with a gentle breeze.
In a year, the Mysterious Star Paradise had changed greatly. The ninety-nine peaks became even more celestial. There were spirit beasts pulling ancient ships through the sky. There were more than ten cultivators sitting on them. They were all full of energy. It was like they were in a celestial realm.
There were many places in the Celestial Paradise that had caves and palaces. Some of the palaces were hundreds of meters tall and pierced through the clouds. It was like a platform for ascending immortals.
Xiangcen told Feng Feiyun that this was the training ground for the Feng's core disciples. There were only fourteen of them right now, all prodigies at Heaven's Mandate under the age of thirty.
The Feng had almost all the top ten powers in the Grand Southern Prefecture, so it wasn't strange for them to have so many prodigies.
When Feng Feiyun arrived at the Celestial Wheel Palace, Feng Mo was already sitting on a chair carved from jade.
Feng Mo slightly nodded: "Reaching this level in one year is quite good. You should be able to reach second-level Heaven's Mandate within three months."
"It is all thanks to you, ancestor. Without the spirit vein, I would have needed two more years to reach this level." Feng Feiyun said.
Feng Mo smiled after hearing Feng Feiyun call him ancestor: "Many things happened in the Jin Dynasty while you were in seclusion. Three of them shook the entire cultivation world so I must tell you about them."
Feng Feiyun stood straight and listened attentively with a dignified demeanor.
"First, after the Senluo Temple, the three heretical realms also came out. Nether Realm, Dark Realm, and Lifeless Realm. These three realms came out from the shadows and killed to establish their dominance. They took over a prefecture and became the overlords of their own regions."
The Corrupt path's One Hall, Two Mountains, and Three Realms were all ancient inheritances. They were not to be underestimated. Among them, the most low-key ones were these three realms. Any one of them was stronger than the current Feng family.
This was within Feng Feiyun's expectations.
"Second, the three strongest ancient sects in Earthchild declared their independence at the same time, no longer under the jurisdiction of the Jin Dynasty. They even exiled the prefecture lords of Earthchild. The officials of the court were either killed or expelled.
Earthchild has completely left the Jin Dynasty and became an independent prefecture ruled by the three ancient sects and more than one hundred top sects. "
Feng Feiyun was slightly surprised after hearing this. Earthchild was the largest prefecture outside of Central Royal. It was seven times bigger than the Grand Southern Prefecture and had a population density ten times higher.
It was the smallest and most remote among the eight prefectures of the Jin Dynasty. Moreover, it was not rich enough so it was called the Southern Barren Wasteland.
In front of the hinterlands of the Central Plains like Earthchild Prefecture and Central Emperor Prefecture, it was practically a tiny piece of land. The number of underground spirit veins, the number of natural treasures, and the number of underground mineral deposits were worlds apart.
This was why even though the Feng Clan used to be a hegemon in the Grand Southern Prefecture, they could still destroy it as easily as swatting a mosquito before behemoths like the four great clans.
Even with the Feng Clan's current power with an Enlightened Being, their power was still far from the immortal sects in the central plains. They couldn't compare to the four great clans either. In the end, their foundation was too deep and they also had Enlightened Beings. Even their predecessors must have left behind methods to fight against Enlightened Beings, and they wouldn't be any weaker than the Feng Clan.
Moreover, the number of experts they had was far greater than the Feng Clan. The middle-level cultivators were everywhere in the Jin Dynasty.
Relying on an Enlightened Being to support a clan was far from enough.
"Outside of this, several of the oldest corpse caves in the Northern Frontier Prefecture also declared their independence. These corpse controllers became even crazier and directly slaughtered the officials and troops of the Jin Dynasty to refine them into battle corpses." Feng Mo said with a smile.
Feng Feiyun took a deep breath. These corpse caves in the Northern Frontier Prefecture were clearly declaring war against the Jin Dynasty.
It looked like the "Dragons Devouring the Sky" was really here. Including the Grand Southern Prefecture, three out of the eight prefectures were no longer under the control of the Jin Dynasty.
"The third thing is that the Jin Dynasty's Great Powers Ranking came out not long ago. Sacred Spirit Palace is first while the Jin Dynasty is second. The four great clans are in the top ten while our Feng Clan is nineteenth." Feng Mo slowly said.
"The Jin Dynasty isn't first?"
Feng Feiyun was truly startled this time. The Jin Dynasty's army of more than one billion was enough to sweep through the world, not to mention the Jin Emperor who was known as the number one of the dynasty. Yet, they were still ranked second.