I Secretly Cultivate Immortality in the Martial Arts World

【A newcomer’s writing, somewhat plain, esteemed readers please be forgiving. Brains may be stored here.】

Great Qian Dynasty, Qingzhou.

The night was as dark as ink. In an independent small courtyard of the outer sect of the Taiyi Dao Sect, Gu Yan sat cross-legged on his bed.

Suddenly, his body trembled slightly.

Within his mind, a faint glimmer that had been silent for a long time abruptly lit up at this moment.

It then condensed into a bronze wheel.

Around the edge of the wheel, seven regions—gray, green, blue, purple, orange, gold, and red—were clearly distinct.

【All-Heavens Entry System loaded successfully】

【This system adheres to the principle: what is destined will eventually come, what is not destined cannot be forced, providing entry extraction services】

【Current extraction interval: one hundred years】

【First activation, one extraction opportunity granted】

Gu Yan opened his eyes, his expression somewhat dazed.

Ten years.

Ever since he was ten years old, when the bad news of his parents’ deaths stimulated the awakening of memories from his previous life,

this cheat-like advantage had left behind a slowly loading progress bar deep within his consciousness.

From the initial ecstasy and anticipation, to later doubt, and in recent years, almost complete forgetfulness…

He had once thought it was merely an illusion caused by the collision of memories from two lifetimes.

But it truly existed.

Only…

“Once every hundred years?”

“Whether I can even live to a hundred is questionable—are you telling me to leave an inheritance for my grandson?”

Gu Yan rubbed his temples, his tone filled with helpless complaints.

In his previous life, he had been an overworked employee, also named Gu Yan. On a rainy night while delivering takeout part-time, he had been sent into this world by a truck that ran a red light.

In this life, martial arts flourished. Martial artists were known as martial cultivators.

The martial path was divided into one to nine revolutions, each further split into four minor stages: early, middle, late, and peak.

It was said that those above the sixth revolution could be called Martial Immortals, with a lifespan of five hundred years.

A ninth-revolution venerable could live up to three thousand years.

His parents had originally been outer sect disciples of the Taiyi Dao Sect, at the late stage of the first revolution.

Yet when he was ten, they died at the hands of demonic martial cultivators while carrying out a sect mission.

On the day he learned the tragic news, his overwhelming grief unexpectedly awakened the wisdom of his previous life.

Pulling his scattered thoughts back, Gu Yan refocused his attention on the bronze wheel in his mind.

“The initial gifted opportunity…” With a slight stir of his thoughts, he no longer hesitated. “Draw!”

The wheel slowly began to spin, seven-colored lights flowing endlessly, dazzling to the eyes.

The pointer rapidly swept past gray, green, blue, purple…

Its speed gradually slowed, and finally, it steadily stopped in the orange region.

【Extraction successful】

【Obtained entry: Five Elements Spiritual Body · Orange】

【Five Elements Spiritual Body: Possesses innate spiritual roots of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Can absorb the five elements’ spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the body for cultivation. An exceptional aptitude for cultivating immortality and seeking the Dao.】

Gu Yan froze.

Five Elements Spiritual Body?

Cultivating immortality?

In his previous life, he had read plenty of novels in his spare time, so he naturally understood the weight of such a physique in a cultivation world.

But the problem was—wasn’t this a world where martial arts thrived?

Could he cultivate immortality?

Did this world even have spiritual energy?

If not, no matter how powerful this orange entry was, would it not just be an illusion like flowers in a mirror, the moon in water?

Gu Yan took a deep breath and closed his eyes. Now that he had obtained this cheat, no matter what, he had to try first.

He gathered all distracting thoughts and, following the descriptions from cultivation novels of his previous life, focused his mind and calmed his spirit, sensing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Having practiced the basic cultivation method “Taiyi Dao Virtue Scripture · First Revolution Chapter” for over ten years, his progress in other aspects might not have been great.

But his ability to enter a meditative, tranquil state had long been well-honed.

Very quickly, Gu Yan entered a state where both self and surroundings were forgotten.

At first, his consciousness perceived only chaotic darkness.

But after an hour had passed, faint points of light began to emerge within the darkness.

Gold, green, blue, red, yellow.

The five colors intertwined, with a few other hues mixed among them, like mist and haze, quietly floating between heaven and earth.

“This! Could this be spiritual energy!”

Gu Yan steadied his somewhat excited mind and attempted to guide the nearest golden light with his thoughts.

The nearest point of light trembled slightly, as if attracted, slowly drifting over and entering his forehead.

In an instant, a cool yet faintly sharp aura flowed down along his meridians.

Finally, it sank into his Dantian, transforming into a trace of weak warmth.

【Detected that the host has successfully drawn energy into the body and stepped onto the path of Qi Refining cultivation】

【Personal panel function activated】

【Gu Yan】

【Lifespan: 20/80】

【Realm: Qi Refining First Layer】

【Entry: Five Elements Spiritual Body · Orange】

A simple interface appeared within his consciousness. Looking at the words “Qi Refining First Layer,” Gu Yan could not suppress the upward curl of his lips.

“Only the immortal cultivation realm… makes sense. If one can cultivate immortality, who would still practice martial arts?”

Even a ninth-revolution venerable could only live three thousand years.

But he vaguely remembered that in those cultivation novels from his previous life, Nascent Soul cultivators could already live for thousands of years.

As for Transformation Spirit and Void Refinement cultivators, their lifespans were even more immeasurable.

After cultivating for several more hours, outside the window, the darkness of night gradually faded, and a pale light appeared on the horizon.

Gu Yan stood up and stretched his somewhat stiff body from sitting cross-legged all night.

The vitality and blood of his early first-revolution martial cultivation slowly circulated within his body, clearly distinct from the stream of spiritual energy within his Dantian.

There was even a faint sense of subtle complementarity between the two.

“The ‘Taiyi Dao Virtue Scripture’ cultivates vitality and blood, following the martial path of tempering the body and stimulating potential.”

“And this immortal cultivation absorbs the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, refining the soul and spiritual power…”

Gu Yan walked into the courtyard, gazing at the gradually brightening sky, thoughts racing in his mind.

“Can the two… be cultivated together?”

There was no answer yet.

But he had to find one.

The system only provided an extraction opportunity once every hundred years. It was clearly a case of the master leading one to the door, while cultivation depended on the individual.

The Five Elements Spiritual Body, as an orange entry, undoubtedly gave him an exceptional starting point far beyond ordinary people.

The rest of the path had to be explored step by step by himself.

Gu Yan returned to the room and pulled out a somewhat worn small wooden box from under the bed.

Inside were several bottles of vitality and blood pills suitable for first-revolution martial cultivators.

Along with dozens of taels of loose silver, and a bronze token.

On the front was engraved “Taiyi · Outer Sect,” and on the back were the two characters “Gu Yan.”

“It’s time to report to the mission hall.”

Yesterday, he had accepted a sect mission—cleaning the first floor of the outer sect’s scripture pavilion—which would reward him with five sect contribution points.

Before he could fully sustain himself through immortal cultivation, he could not stop practicing martial arts, and he still had to continue earning sect contributions.

After all, a person had to eat. Especially a martial cultivator—such a glutton required even more food.