《 wǔ líng gǎn qì fǎ 》 zhōng guān yú xiān dào de miáo shù ， lǐ fán yuè kàn yuè jué de máo gǔ sǒng rán 。
《五灵感气法》中关于仙道的描述，李凡越看越觉得毛骨悚然。
Li Fan found the description of Immortal Techniques in *The Five Sensory Essence Technique* increasingly unsettling as he read on.
jīn dān qī zhī qián hái bǐ jiào zhèng cháng ， xī tiān dì zhī líng 、 jiǎ tiān dì zhī qí 、 kuī tiān dì zhī fǎ 。
金丹期之前还比较正常，吸天地之灵、假天地之奇、窥天地之法。
Before Golden Core Stage, the descriptions were relatively normal, involving drawing spiritual essence from heaven and earth, utilizing their anomalies, and probing their laws.
dào le yuán yīng qī zhī hòu ， huà fēng jiù zhú jiàn biàn dé diān kuáng qǐ lái 。
到了元婴期之后，画风就逐渐变得癫狂起来。
However, once one reached Foundation Establishment Realm, the tone became increasingly deranged. One was to seize the essence of heaven and earth, extract their marrow, and sacrifice their souls to the heavens… even going so far as to defy the natural order.
duó tiān dì zhī jīng 、 chōu tiān dì zhī suǐ 、 jì tiān dì zhī pò ……
夺天地之精、抽天地之髓、祭天地之魄……
Just reading these terms sent shivers down one's spine.
nǎi zhì yú zuì hòu de nì tiān dì zhī lǐ 。
乃至于最后的逆天地之理。
Heavenly Dao stood high above, nurturing all life. Cultivators who practiced in such a manner were akin to defying heaven itself, committing grave offenses against it. Did cultivators not know this?
jǐn jǐn shì dú zhe zhè xiē cí jù ， dū huì ràng rén gǎn dào zhèn zhèn xīn jīng ròu tiào 。
仅仅是读着这些词句，都会让人感到阵阵心惊肉跳。
Yet, due to how quickly one could progress with this method, many ordinary people who had previously been unable to cultivate suddenly rose up after just decades.
tiān dào gāo gāo zài shàng ， shēng yǎng wàn wù 。
天道高高在上，生养万物。
Golden Core, Foundation Establishment, and Transcendence Realm cultivators sprouted like mushrooms after rain. The cultivation world was once so prosperous that Golden Cores were everywhere while Foundation Establishments were considered worthless.
xiū xiān zhě men rú cǐ xiū xíng ， wú yì yú yǔ tiān fǎn mù 、 dà nì bù dào 。
修仙者们如此修行，无异于与天反目、大逆不道。
Those who adhered to ancient methods found their progress being easily outpaced by ordinary people and struggled to maintain their convictions without trying the new techniques.
zhè dài biǎo zhe shén me ， xiū xiān zhě men nán dào bù zhī dào me ？
这代表着什么，修仙者们难道不知道么？
Thus, ancient methods fell into decline, replaced by newer ones. A thousand years after these new methods spread, the cultivation world reached its peak of prosperity. Unfortunately, the heavens had other plans; as cultivators greedily plundered heaven and earth's resources with no restraint, even frequent heavenly tribulations could not curb their numbers.
nài hé cǐ zhǒng xiū xíng fāng shì ， jìn bù tài kuài 。
奈何此种修行方式，进步太快。
Finally, one day, Heavenly Retribution descended upon them all.
shū zhōng jì zǎi ， zì cóng xiān zūn chuán dào zhī hòu ， yī dà pī yuán běn wú fǎ xiū xíng de fán rén bù guò shù shí nián jiù yì jūn tū qǐ 。
书中记载，自从仙尊传道之后，一大批原本无法修行的凡人不过数十年就异军突起。
The world was shaken by a great calamity: Immortal Techniques could no longer be practiced simultaneously!
jīn dān 、 yuán yīng 、 huà shén děng xiū wèi de xiū shì rú yǔ hòu chūn sǔn bān jiē lián mào chū 。
金丹、元婴、化神等修为的修士如雨后春笋般接连冒出。
This sudden setback left the cultivation world reeling. Cultivators plunged into endless mutual slaughter for survival. For many years, the cultivation world seemed to wither and decline until it slowly recovered over several millennia.
dāng shí de xiū xiān jiè zhī fán róng ， dàng zhēn shì jīn dān biàn dì zǒu 、 yuán yīng bù rú gǒu 。
当时的修仙界之繁荣，当真是金丹遍地走、元婴不如狗。
Nowadays, cultivators had grown accustomed to heaven's malice. They established a new order on the desolate wasteland of the Great Desolation Array after the calamity.
ér yuán běn jiān chí gǔ fǎ xiū xiān de xiū xiān zhě men ， kàn zhe zì jǐ de xiū wèi bèi qū qū fán rén qīng sōng gǎn chāo ， hái yǒu duō shǎo néng jiān chí zì wǒ ， bù qù cháng shì xiān zūn zhī fǎ ne ？
而原本坚持古法修仙的修仙者们，看着自己的修为被区区凡人轻松赶超，还有多少能坚持自我，不去尝试仙尊之法呢？
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yú shì ， gǔ fǎ xiū xíng rì jiàn shuāi luò ； xīn fǎ zhú jiàn què ér dài zhī 。
于是，古法修行日渐衰落；新法逐渐却而代之。
The history of the current cultivation world was now complete; what followed in the book were the details of *The Five Sensory Essence Technique*.
zài xīn fǎ pǔ jí de qiān nián hòu ， xiū xiān jiè de shèng kuàng yě dá dào dǐng fēng 。
在新法普及的千年后，修仙界的盛况也达到顶峰。
If an ordinary person free from Immortal-Demon Mist could not easily draw energy into their body, they could cultivate and nurture their five elements to forcibly absorb spiritual essence from heaven and earth, eventually refining it to reach Qi Condensation Stage.
kě xī ， tiān lǐ zhāo zhāo 、 shèng jí bì shuāi 。
可惜，天理昭昭、盛极必衰。
Five elements referred to the five emotions inherent in humans: greed, fear, rage, hatred, and self-centeredness. These emotions were inexhaustible and persistent, hidden within one's heart.
wú shù xiū shì rú láng sì hǔ bān tān lán dì lüè duó tiān dì zī yuán ， háo wú jié zhì 。
无数修士如狼似虎般贪婪地掠夺天地资源，毫无节制。
The Five Sensory Essence Technique used these emotions as fuel to cultivate *Heavenly Root* in the dantian. Once formed, this root connected a cultivator's dantian with heaven and earth, allowing them to draw spiritual essence from it.
lián yuè lái yuè pín fán de tiān jié dōu wú fǎ yā zhì yuè lái yuè duō de xiū shì 。
连越来越频繁的天劫都无法压制越来越多的修士。
Compared to ancient methods that relied on innate talent, the Five Sensory Essence Technique was more stable. Those with exceptional talent could form *Heavenly Root* in just one day and night, while even those without any cultivation aptitude could achieve this through persistent effort over a decade.
yú shì ， zhōng yú yǒu yī tiān ， tiān dào de fǎn jī jiàng lín le 。
于是，终于有一天，天道的反击降临了。
With his focus on cultivating *Heavenly Root*, Li Fan spent three years sequestered at home practicing the Five Sensory Essence Technique. Despite his initial expectations that it would be easier, he still had not succeeded after three years.
tiān dì jù biàn ， dà jié jiàng lín 。
天地巨变，大劫降临。
Li Fan was well aware of his own aptitude; while not exceptional, he certainly wasn't lacking either. The current situation suggested there must be another factor at play.
zì cǐ ， xiān fǎ bù néng tóng xiū ！
自此，仙法不能同修！
"The Xuanhuang Refining Heart Spell… truly a mixed blessing," Li Fan thought with some resignation.
fán shèng fā zhǎn de xiū xiān jiè rú tóng zāo yù dāng tóu yī bàng 。
繁盛发展的修仙界如同遭遇当头一棒。
The Five Sensory Essence Technique required these five emotions as fuel to form *Heavenly Root*. However, due to his practice of the Xuanhuang Refining Heart Spell, he had very little of these negative emotions. Even without consciously running the spell, his mind naturally combated them.
xiū shì men wèi le yī xiàn shēng jī ， xiàn rù liǎo wú zhǐ jǐn de hù xiāng shā lù zhī zhōng 。
修士们为了一线生机，陷入了无止尽的互相杀戮之中。
This made his progress exceptionally slow. Li Fan had also tried drawing energy into his body without relying on *Heavenly Root*, but his results were far from those of Xiao Heng. The external spiritual essence seemed to ignore him entirely. Without guidance, he was unsure how long it would take for him to succeed.
hěn zhǎng yī duàn shí jiān nèi ， xiū xiān jiè dōu yǒu xiē diāo bì shuāi bài de yì wèi 。
很长一段时间内，修仙界都有些凋敝衰败的意味。
Thus, Li Fan decided to stick with the Five Sensory Essence Technique, knowing that while slow, it was more reliable.
zú zú yòng le shù qiān nián shí guāng cái màn màn huǎn hé guò lái 。
足足用了数千年时光才慢慢缓和过来。
He lacked nothing but time, and over these three years, He Zhenghao had occasionally sent people to check on his progress. However, after a prolonged lack of improvement, he stopped sending inquiries.
xiàn rú jīn de xiū shì men ， yǐ jīng xí guàn le tiān dì de è yì 。
现如今的修士们，已经习惯了天地的恶意。
The Tianbao Tower benefited from Li Fan's presence alongside Xiao Heng; although the Wanhu Chamber of Commerce was no longer backing them, their operations in surrounding islands improved. No one wanted to offend a business with potential Immortal backgrounds and tried to avoid conflicts with the Tianbao Tower.
tā men zǒng jié jīng yàn jiào xùn ， yú dà jié zhī hòu de xiū xiān fèi tǔ shàng ， jiàn lì le quán xīn de xiū xiān zhì xù 。
他们总结经验教训，于大劫之后的修仙废土上，建立了全新的修仙秩序。
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In this three-year period, the Tianbao Tower expanded its market aggressively, thriving as it did. Yan Yujun grew more confident, eager to reclaim control of the main headquarters from Night Lantern Island.
dāng jīn xiū xiān jiè de yuān yuán jiè shào wán bì ， shū zhōng zhī hòu de nèi róng jiù shì nà “ wǔ líng gǎn qì ” zhī fǎ le 。
当今修仙界的渊源介绍完毕，书中之后的内容就是那“五灵感气”之法了。
...
ruò yī qū chú zhàng qì de fán rén bù néng qīng sōng de yǐn qì rù tǐ ， kě yǐ yùn yǎng zì shēn wǔ líng ， qiáng xíng xī qǔ tiān dì líng qì ， jìn ér liàn huà ， tū pò zhì liàn qì qī 。
若一祛除瘴气的凡人不能轻松的引气入体，可以蕴养自身五灵，强行吸取天地灵气，进而炼化，突破至炼气期。
Li Fan only occasionally paid attention to external matters; most of his focus was on cultivating *Heavenly Root*. However, this process could not be rushed. He estimated he needed another two years before success.
suǒ wèi wǔ líng ， nǎi shì zhǐ rén yǔ shēng jù lái de wǔ zhǒng qíng xù 。
所谓五灵，乃是指人与生俱来的五种情绪。
After a long period of seclusion, Li Fan felt restless and decided to venture out for some fresh air. Without disturbing anyone, he changed into casual clothes and put on a fur hat, heading to the market district of the Luyi Island.
tān lán 、 wèi jù 、 bào nù 、 zēng hèn 、 wéi wǒ 。
贪婪、畏惧、暴怒、憎恨、唯我。
Compared to three years ago, there seemed to be no changes; haggling sounds, calls from vendors, and children's laughter filled the air. Li Fan felt a long-lost sense of humanity here.
zhè wǔ zhǒng qíng xù àn cáng yú rén xīn zhī zhōng ， qiě yòng zhī bù jìn 、 shēng ér bù xī 。
这五种情绪暗藏于人心之中，且用之不尽、生而不息。
Thoughts raced through his mind like dry tree roots receiving water, producing significant progress in just this moment. This progress far exceeded what he could achieve by secluding himself at home for three days.
wǔ líng gǎn qì biàn shì yǐ zhè wǔ líng wèi dòng lì rán liào ， zài dān tián zhōng péi yǎng 【 tiān dì zhī gēn 】。
五灵感气便是以这五灵为动力燃料，在丹田中培养【天地之根】。
Li Fan suddenly understood: while seclusion and focused cultivation were necessary for ordinary cultivators who lacked the five emotions as fuel, his situation was different. His Xuanhuang Refining Heart Spell constantly combated these thoughts, turning them into spiritual nourishment.
tiān dì zhī gēn lián jiē xiū shì dān tián yǔ tiān dì ， yí dàn xíng chéng ， xiū shì biàn kě yǐ tōng guò tā qiáng xī tiān dì líng qì ， huà wèi jǐ yòng 。
天地之根连接修士丹田与天地，一旦形成，修士便可以通过它强吸天地灵气，化为己用。
However, the Five Sensory Essence Technique was not as advanced as the Xuanhuang Refining Heart Spell; it could only scavenge what was left over. Li Fan needed to increase his daily mental clutter to speed up *Heavenly Root* formation. Seclusion alone would not suffice; he needed to engage with the world.
yǔ gǔ fǎ xiū xiān quán kàn zī zhì xiāng bǐ ， wǔ líng gǎn qì zhī fǎ tū chū yí gè wěn dìng 。
与古法修仙全看资质相比，五灵感气之法突出一个稳定。
Realizing this, Li Fan felt a glimmer of hope. Perhaps he wouldn't need two years after all.
zī zhì jué jiā zhě ， yī tiān yī yè jiù kě xiū chū tiān dì zhī gēn ， tà shàng xiū xiān lù 。
资质绝佳者，一天一夜就可修出天地之根，踏上修仙路。
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ér jiù suàn háo wú xiū xiān zī zhì zhī rén ， yě kě yǐ tōng guò rì fù yí rì de shuǐ mó gōng fu ， zuì duō shí nián zhī nèi ， jiù néng xíng chéng zì jǐ de tiān dì zhī gēn 。
而就算毫无修仙资质之人，也可以通过日复一日的水磨功夫，最多十年之内，就能形成自己的天地之根。
"Senior Li?" A familiar voice called from behind him.
zhǎng wò le yǐn qì rù tǐ de fāng fǎ ， zì cǐ zhī hòu ， lǐ fán jiù měi tiān shēn jū jiǎn chū ， zài jiā zhōng xiū xíng zhè 《 wǔ líng gǎn qì fǎ 》。
掌握了引气入体的方法，自此之后，李凡就每天深居简出，在家中修行这《五灵感气法》。
Li Fan turned around and recognized the voice. It was Zhang Haobo, the captain of the *Cang Yuan* ship on Luyi Island, whom he had met briefly before.
Li Fan found the description of Immortal Techniques in *The Five Sensory Essence Technique* increasingly unsettling as he read on.
Before Golden Core Stage, the descriptions were relatively normal, involving drawing spiritual essence from heaven and earth, utilizing their anomalies, and probing their laws.
However, once one reached Foundation Establishment Realm, the tone became increasingly deranged. One was to seize the essence of heaven and earth, extract their marrow, and sacrifice their souls to the heavens… even going so far as to defy the natural order.
Just reading these terms sent shivers down one's spine.
Heavenly Dao stood high above, nurturing all life. Cultivators who practiced in such a manner were akin to defying heaven itself, committing grave offenses against it. Did cultivators not know this?
Yet, due to how quickly one could progress with this method, many ordinary people who had previously been unable to cultivate suddenly rose up after just decades.
Golden Core, Foundation Establishment, and Transcendence Realm cultivators sprouted like mushrooms after rain. The cultivation world was once so prosperous that Golden Cores were everywhere while Foundation Establishments were considered worthless.
Those who adhered to ancient methods found their progress being easily outpaced by ordinary people and struggled to maintain their convictions without trying the new techniques.
Thus, ancient methods fell into decline, replaced by newer ones. A thousand years after these new methods spread, the cultivation world reached its peak of prosperity. Unfortunately, the heavens had other plans; as cultivators greedily plundered heaven and earth's resources with no restraint, even frequent heavenly tribulations could not curb their numbers.
Finally, one day, Heavenly Retribution descended upon them all.
The world was shaken by a great calamity: Immortal Techniques could no longer be practiced simultaneously!
This sudden setback left the cultivation world reeling. Cultivators plunged into endless mutual slaughter for survival. For many years, the cultivation world seemed to wither and decline until it slowly recovered over several millennia.
Nowadays, cultivators had grown accustomed to heaven's malice. They established a new order on the desolate wasteland of the Great Desolation Array after the calamity.
...
The history of the current cultivation world was now complete; what followed in the book were the details of *The Five Sensory Essence Technique*.
If an ordinary person free from Immortal-Demon Mist could not easily draw energy into their body, they could cultivate and nurture their five elements to forcibly absorb spiritual essence from heaven and earth, eventually refining it to reach Qi Condensation Stage.
Five elements referred to the five emotions inherent in humans: greed, fear, rage, hatred, and self-centeredness. These emotions were inexhaustible and persistent, hidden within one's heart.
The Five Sensory Essence Technique used these emotions as fuel to cultivate *Heavenly Root* in the dantian. Once formed, this root connected a cultivator's dantian with heaven and earth, allowing them to draw spiritual essence from it.
Compared to ancient methods that relied on innate talent, the Five Sensory Essence Technique was more stable. Those with exceptional talent could form *Heavenly Root* in just one day and night, while even those without any cultivation aptitude could achieve this through persistent effort over a decade.
With his focus on cultivating *Heavenly Root*, Li Fan spent three years sequestered at home practicing the Five Sensory Essence Technique. Despite his initial expectations that it would be easier, he still had not succeeded after three years.
Li Fan was well aware of his own aptitude; while not exceptional, he certainly wasn't lacking either. The current situation suggested there must be another factor at play.
"The Xuanhuang Refining Heart Spell… truly a mixed blessing," Li Fan thought with some resignation.
The Five Sensory Essence Technique required these five emotions as fuel to form *Heavenly Root*. However, due to his practice of the Xuanhuang Refining Heart Spell, he had very little of these negative emotions. Even without consciously running the spell, his mind naturally combated them.
This made his progress exceptionally slow. Li Fan had also tried drawing energy into his body without relying on *Heavenly Root*, but his results were far from those of Xiao Heng. The external spiritual essence seemed to ignore him entirely. Without guidance, he was unsure how long it would take for him to succeed.
Thus, Li Fan decided to stick with the Five Sensory Essence Technique, knowing that while slow, it was more reliable.
He lacked nothing but time, and over these three years, He Zhenghao had occasionally sent people to check on his progress. However, after a prolonged lack of improvement, he stopped sending inquiries.
The Tianbao Tower benefited from Li Fan's presence alongside Xiao Heng; although the Wanhu Chamber of Commerce was no longer backing them, their operations in surrounding islands improved. No one wanted to offend a business with potential Immortal backgrounds and tried to avoid conflicts with the Tianbao Tower.
...
In this three-year period, the Tianbao Tower expanded its market aggressively, thriving as it did. Yan Yujun grew more confident, eager to reclaim control of the main headquarters from Night Lantern Island.
...
Li Fan only occasionally paid attention to external matters; most of his focus was on cultivating *Heavenly Root*. However, this process could not be rushed. He estimated he needed another two years before success.
After a long period of seclusion, Li Fan felt restless and decided to venture out for some fresh air. Without disturbing anyone, he changed into casual clothes and put on a fur hat, heading to the market district of the Luyi Island.
Compared to three years ago, there seemed to be no changes; haggling sounds, calls from vendors, and children's laughter filled the air. Li Fan felt a long-lost sense of humanity here.
Thoughts raced through his mind like dry tree roots receiving water, producing significant progress in just this moment. This progress far exceeded what he could achieve by secluding himself at home for three days.
Li Fan suddenly understood: while seclusion and focused cultivation were necessary for ordinary cultivators who lacked the five emotions as fuel, his situation was different. His Xuanhuang Refining Heart Spell constantly combated these thoughts, turning them into spiritual nourishment.
However, the Five Sensory Essence Technique was not as advanced as the Xuanhuang Refining Heart Spell; it could only scavenge what was left over. Li Fan needed to increase his daily mental clutter to speed up *Heavenly Root* formation. Seclusion alone would not suffice; he needed to engage with the world.
Realizing this, Li Fan felt a glimmer of hope. Perhaps he wouldn't need two years after all.
...
"Senior Li?" A familiar voice called from behind him.
Li Fan turned around and recognized the voice. It was Zhang Haobo, the captain of the *Cang Yuan* ship on Luyi Island, whom he had met briefly before.