Spirit Root Of Order

Han Chen slumped against the cold stone floor of the tower, sweat dripping into his eyes as he fumbled with a spirit fruit from his pouch. The damn thing tasted like dust, but its spiritual sweetness cut through the fog in his mind. Chewing on bitter herbs, and running esoteric scriptures, bones splintering and reforming he had completed rest of the 8th layer refinement.

"Let's get this over with," he muttered, rolling his shoulders. Now his spirit will could resolve down to the size of one tenth the hair's breadth. With his active transport conduits under full control both spiritually and physically with spirit will, he started the root condensing technique.

To enhance the root, he wanted to temper it beyond the 5 elements, step into the category of something which shouldn't be expected to form naturally. 'Spirit will' replaced the need for others assistance.

Using qi from fire, water, earth, thunder, wood, space stones, sword energy (gold qi), and cosmic energies from radiance refining, followed by temporal threads pulled from the tower's own fractured time formations. Each refinement added unique runes via divine techniques.

With delicate control, his dual attribute meridian channels assumed five elemental attributes. Then transformation to chaos spirit root happened. Chaos forms from 5 elements but chaos roots? they are immeasurable in potential compared to 5 elemental spirit roots. 

Pills. He'd nearly forgotten. Han Chen dry-swallowed three meridian-pacifier pills, their chalky grit sticking to his tongue. The relief was instant—like pouring spring water over a third-degree burn. But relief wasn't progress.

Starting the final round of condensation beyond chaos. The qi from, beyond five elements started to form divine runes, which won't form naturally, but he willed it condense using a trace of immortal qi using formations he prepared and using of immortal avenue techniques. 

Naturally heaven doesn't favor him. Heavens were howling. Clouds blacker than ink boiled above the tower, Tribulations started to appear, but with his control over small world he willed it to disappear.

He knew if he did this in the outside world, all sort of inconceivable troubles will appear as he starts. He lost count of the cycles—tear, heal, reinforce. Repeat. multiple cycles finally all-encompassing spirit root appeared.

The result was a balanced and potent root capable of transforming qi attributes like a devouring spirit root with none of its disadvantages. Devouring spirit root stops at 5 elements but it devours, but not fully transforms the part. It didn't have the limitation of 5 element spirit root either, for qi attributes to be in absolute harmony all the time. No weaknesses. No limits.

When it was done, Han Chen collapsed, laughing through his bloodied body now pale due to hunger, loss of blood and qi. After the whole spirit root condensations, as he guessed his Dantian expanded more than a 10 times to the racial limit. Anything beyond needs absolute control over deeper layers of law. 

The entire process was extremely difficult with his small realm, but the formations helped reduce his stress filling him with basic essence and spiritual water for sustenance on its own. Three and a half years bled into the outside world's mere hours. The whole process was sudden in his mind but actually took such a gradual time to condense in reality. Truly a wonderous method.

He channeled rest of the trace immortal qi—a forbidden luxury for a mortal—through intricate formations. The energy coiled into law chains, glowing like molten gold, and fused with his dantian in a serpentine dance.

They carved dragon patterns across his meridians, their arcs converging into a luminous Taiji diagram. Balance. Perfection. When he emerged, his body was no longer mortal. The internal energy got refined multiple times over and fully changed to refined heaven and earth spiritual energy. The root of order he murmured with a smile on his face with joy of succeeding his calculations into reality. Then he collapsed.

He blacked out. After a week of continuous sleep and later waking up, he consumed whatever he could eat to regain his essence and qi, he devoured many rare fruits irrespective of their potent medicine effect and left the rest to his spirit roots to worry about. They didn't disappoint him either.

...

After inspecting himself he found that, he had stepped into essence fusion stage. If he follows martial path, he will need to fuse his essence to soul and then condense a life pill and step into life core realm that's 1000 times weaker than normal golden core realm. No one really reached this in outside world, but it was purely his own deduction.

After meditating and composing his mind from yearlong efforts, he studied himself. Seeing his internal view, it marked his attainment of a spiritual root far beyond mortal limits, bridging chaos, cosmic, void, yin yang, thunder and rest 5 elemental attributes into a unified force. The twin draconic roots of order. He named it simply due to resemblance to Taiji. This was part of the study he conducted in previous life after checking multiple spiritual roots and physiques over 1000s of years of his free time.

Basically, heaven created anything with at least one imperfection under immortal realm, that also includes spiritual roots, whose main purpose would be energy refinement until he became a true immortal, after which understanding of immortal avenue precedes energy refinement requirement.

Now that the only heavenly dao, of this world is under his thoughts and he can safely become an immortal under here and proceeds to immortal path later, this new spiritual path won't anger heavens to bite him.

He cloaked his newfound aura with the Disguise and Transformation Sutra, the spell settling over him like a second skin. To the world, he'd still be Han Chen—the unremarkable student, the overlooked neighbor. But underneath? Let's just say if the heavens had nightmares, he'd be in them. He carried a truth that would unravel the heavens.

He left the small world returned to his room. After seeing the clock showing morning 4'o clock he simply went to sleep. Waking up to his mother's call " Han Chen you overslept" he went late to school.

Days passed ordinary.

...

Time passed a week later he noticed that his realm is de-stable. Hah simply no time to rest. He thought to himself. It was because martial refinement is not enough for the top-quality roots he possesses.

That night roughly one week after his transformation he re-entered his spirit world. And entered the tower again.

When he stepped into land immortal it means he reached the absolute peak of internal energy cultivation equivalent to peak of qi cultivation. There are 10 sublayers to qi refining realm, foundation realm and golden core realm.

Now that his preparations are complete, he started body refinement to cleanse himself, then qi cultivation. Tired of naming immortal skills pumped out by his enlightenment system, he thought of fusion of best and named that Trinity refinement technique, his best work as of his previous life.

But he only properly created that cultivation technique after transcending the immortal level and further, after gathering all knowledge and assimilating it.

He also merged some profound concepts from techniques obtained from forbidden domain prophesied to have fell from even higher worlds and it continued even after becoming immortal emperor realm as his side project which could only be admired but not put to use. So, foundation wasn't set properly on it. 

Now he got started cultivation seriously. His body refinement completed the final refinement and physique changed directly to innate Tao physique using the technique itself. The technique recognizes the daoyun aura and compatibility with physique and subtly transformed it to match a being born with special physique.

His Qi realm to 10th level peak, first regressed back to third. The quality and quantity of refinement went up a thousand times.

After 2 months he raised back to his 9th level. For the remaining month he cultivated raising to 13th level. simply shattering the limits heavens imposed. Exiting the tower, he emerged from spirit bead back into real world. Stunned by his extraordinariness, he hurried to run disguise and transformation sutra to change his appearance back to how he was.

He was 21.5 years old in real time leaving that boyish look and attaining mature adult look. He had facial hair and broad overflowing hairs which he needed to clear out every time.

Now that he had abundant life essence, he can carry out immortal techniques. He saw his own properties in system view:

Han Chen

Age: 21 years 6 months ( legal: 17 and a half), senior high school student.

Life-Span: 950 years

Appearance: jade-like bones, golden sheen blood, smooth but hard skin like metal, radiant and masculine aura. Gained height and symmetry post-breakthrough.

Personality: Loner but Confident, Humble, composed, sharp-witted, slightly aloof but courteous when needed.

Realm: 13th level of qi refinement (Essence Fused cultivator)

Cultivation Details

Spiritual Root: Twin dragon Spirit root of Order. Refined for versatility, high qi absorption, and adaptability to laws.

Body Refinement:

Completed Seven Refinements: Jade bones, golden blood, radiant skin, refined organs, no waste production.

Capable of surviving entirely on spiritual resources.

Techniques:

Essence Convergence & Radiance Refining: Absorbs life essence, cosmic energy.

Immortal Scriptures: Self-created, aids breakthrough and synchronization with immortal laws, attacking, healing, alchemic, weapon refining, Talisman making, rune making, Formation making, Divination, combat mastery, martial arts and others...

Body Refining Arts: Optimizes energy use, supports high-tier spiritual consumption.

Trinity refinement: Ultimate refinement of essence, spirit and qi using principles transcending divine.

Abilities

Combat Mastery: Martial Peak

Aura: Influential, harmonized with Dao principles.

Spirit Will: 550 meters, 6 metric Tonnes equivalent (on this plane on your planet), resolution to 100th of a hair's width.

Spiritual Consciousness: Mutated consciousness merged with spirit will, 670 meters, chromatic intent sight.

Intent:

Sword Intent: Sword Domain ( regressed )

Killing Intent ( level 7 )

Emperor Intent

Desolate Intent ( level 10)

Flaws: High resource consumption; requires continuous cultivation to advance, too much overthinking.

...

Why am I still being labelled as loner?. As the host, I can change that right. No?, damn it. There is his ( previous system spirit) final message with it too.? "Label for a lifetime until and unless you change yourself."

"F@*#"