Awakening

When Gaofeng had stabilized his True spiritual sense, he still didn't stand up. He still had some pills to pop, so how could be possibly leave without doing so? Naturally, he had to completely eat his fill first. And his next meal was one of the Heavenly Dao Observation Pills.

This pill was very unlike the previous pill he had popped, especially because of the amount of time it lasted. Gaofeng didn't even wait a second before grabbing one of the Heavenly Dao Observation Pills from the pouch and tossing it into his mouth. His actions were now far more carefree compared to his previous way of popping the Spirit Condensation Pill, seemingly due to his enormous boost in confidence gained from establishing his True spiritual sense.

When the pill, gleaming in a silver color, dissolved in Gaofeng's mouth, he felt as if the heaven's spoke to him directly, wanting to hand over all of their secrets. Internally he could visualize and see every Dao in existence, with the Yin and Yang Dao's being extremely tangible and clear compared to the rest of the still relatively clear Dao's.

Some other Daos were still easier for Gaofeng to see, which included the Dao of the Staff, the Dao of Light, the Dao of Blood, the Dao of Vitality and the Dao of the Fist. Although Gaofeng knew that this would be greatly helpful for his cultivation of his abilities, he still didn't care too much about them as only his own true path, his Grand Dao, was of vital importance to him.

Everything else was simply means to an end, while his Grand Dao would bring him to unimaginable heights. Attempting to comprehend too many Daos would lead to a situation of being a jack of all trades, and that would go against Gaofeng's path which revolved around his overwhelming power and physical prowess to crush all opposition.

After popping and having completely assimilated the Heavenly Dao Observation Pill, only relished in the effects for a little while before moving on to the next pill, the Qi Accumulation Pill. The Qi Accumulation Pill could be found for nearly every realm, all the way from qi-gathering to Transcendence realm, and the difference in grades was vital in its value and effect.

A Qi Accumulation pill (grade 2) would continuously increase a cultivator's Qi until they reached the peak of the Qi-gathering realm, while a grade 3 Qi Accumulation pill would do the same within the qi-refining realm. With this logic, it could be deduced that a grade 9 Qi Accumulation Pill would be able to increase a cultivator's Qi to the peak of the Transcendence Realm. However, this was one of the pills which lower-level cultivators wouldn't be able to utilize, as its effects were intended for a great Transcendence realm expert, and a mere first level Qi-Gathering realm cultivator would never be able to handle its violent effects.

That was unless one had Gaofeng's incomparably sturdy body and meridians. Naturally, this pill still couldn't upset the natural order, and if the cultivator's insight into the Dao and Heavenly Laws couldn't steadily increase to allow the cultivator to break through levels and realms, the effect of the Qi Accumulation Pill would be wasted. This fact, in addition to the absolute rarity and value of the ingredients necessary for such pills, made it so that large forces like empires only had enough resources to refine Qi-Accumulation pills for one heir. Even the Shangsheng family would only provide a steady supply of Qi-Accumulation pills for the heir to each large family branch, while one could also trade for the pills utilizing one's merit points. This trading for the Qi-Accumulation pills, however, was something even the largest empires could not afford.

After summoning the Qi-Accumulation Pill from his pouch, Gaofeng quickly downed it. Unlike the other pills Gaofeng had swallowed, however, this pill didn't simply dissolve in his mouth. If it did so, it would release all of its energy in one gigantic burst, which would do more harm than good. Instead, the pill traveled through his body and arrived beside his heart. Normally this pill would settle in one's Dantian and provide constant Qi to increase one's internal Qi, but Gaofeng always needed to transform external Qi through his heart to make it Yin and Yang Qi, as well as the small amount of Primal Qi.

When the pill arrived next to Gaofeng's heart, it established a sort of temporary meridian between itself and Gaofeng's heart, and through this meridian the pill started gushing out Qi. The quality of this Qi was on the level of Transcendence realm cultivators, and thus didn't even need to be transformed through Gaofeng's body before entering his heart.

Then something strange happened. His Myriad Heart stirred and automatically activated once again. It greedily absorbed the pure Qi of the pill and through a mysterious process his Myriad Heart started changing. This part of the inheritance he had received could be said to be the truly important part, as Gaofeng knew that even his divine cultivation technique was created by the Myriad Heart. When the Myriad Heart started transforming, Gaofeng felt as if he was practically spoon-fed comprehension of the Myriad Heart.

His comprehension increased as the Myriad Heart continued absorbing the Qi within the Qi-Accumulation Pill at increasing rates of speed. The symbol on Gaofeng's heart, and the red tattoo on his chest, emanated grander and grander auras until this aura could be felt within the entirety of the manor of the Pale Leaf Merchant Guild, and it still didn't stop there. Shortly after, this lofty aura, which even looked down on the Heavens and all natural Daos, spread throughout the entirety of Steadfast. This created a lot of ripples through the most powerful organizations and sects, and many investigations were initiated. However, no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't pinpoint any single location where they believed the aura was coming from.

The aura didn't even stop here, however, and soon emanated throughout the entirety of the 10th valley. Then it continued spreading throughout the Long Empire, the surrounding empires, and eventually the entirety of the Atamura continent. The boundless sea beyond the Atamura continent wasn't spared either. Soon the entirety of their realm was looked down upon by this great aura.

The rest of the universe wasn't spared either, as the aura continued exponentially growing. It was as if the Myriad Heart were announcing its return to all of creation, but the time since the Myriad Heart last made its appearance was so great that not even the grandest of forces in the universe could recognize the aura. They only knew that a new powerhouse was being born, and some shivered in anticipation of the storm which would likely be created by this individual.

Gaofeng's increasing comprehension of the Myriad Heart also brought with it more information on the exact process which was continuously merging his Yin and Yang qi, bringing Primal Qi from 7% of his total qi all the way up to 20% after the Myriad Heart had completed its transformation. He felt as if the process to continue comprehending past 20% would also be far easier than before.

His dormant Myriad Heart could be described to simply be at the initial threshold of the first realm, and Gaofeng didn't expect to make any headway in this ability until he had at least reached the Divine Core or Dao Searching realm, which meant that this early transformation truly was greatly beneficial to him. Now his Myriad Heart had broken through to the minor mastery realm, and Gaofeng would actually be able to utilize it at will going forward.

The prize Gaofeng had to pay, however, was also quite high, as about 50% of the Qi-Accumulation pill had been absorbed by the Myriad Heart. However, Gaofeng couldn't care less about what amount of the Qi-Accumulation pill had been used, as the benefits he had received did not only make up for his loss, but far exceeded the value of even the entire Qi-Accumulation pill in Gaofeng's opinion.