Getting Started with Live Streaming

Zuo Ruotong paused for a moment while holding the teacup. It wasn't because Liu Jin was about to break through; breaking from the peak of the second level of the Reverse Life Realm to the third level was only a matter of time. It was because of what he was about to say.

"Please spread the word, Master," Liu Jin said. "The more people who know, the better. There's no need to publicize it deliberately, nor is there any need to keep it a secret. Anyone who wants to come and see can come."

Zuo Ruotong put down his teacup and looked at his disciple. Over the years, he had taught many people, and among his disciples, there were those with the highest talent and those with the most stable temperaments. But there was only one like Liu Jin who could always surprise him. He didn't ask why. He just remained silent for a while, and then nodded.

"I'll make the arrangements."

The news started spreading from the market at the foot of Sanyimen Mountain. First, the tea stall owner mentioned it to the incense and candle seller, who then told the pilgrims who were going up the mountain to offer incense. The pilgrims then told their relatives in the next town as they came down the mountain.

Within a few days, all the prominent families of extraordinary individuals within a hundred miles had heard the news. A few days later, even sects with which they had connections, such as the Huode Sect and the Yanwu Hall, sent people to inquire about the veracity of the information.

Zuo Ruotong only said one sentence: "It is true. Liu Jin, a disciple of the Sanyi Sect, will break through his cultivation at noon on the seventh day of next month. Those who wish to come and witness the ceremony will be served tea by the Sanyi Sect."

Meanwhile, security was quietly strengthened within the Sanyi Sect. An extra shift of disciples was stationed at the mountain gate, and inner courtyard disciples took turns guarding several secluded paths behind the mountain.

No one asked why, but everyone knew that breaking through to the next level was the most vulnerable time for cultivators, and no sect or faction dared to be careless at such a time. Moreover, Liu Jin had deliberately leaked the information this time; the greater the commotion, the greater the risk.

......

"What is Liu Jin up to? Breaking through to the third level? And announcing the time and place so publicly?"

"This is completely different from his previous style. He used to keep a low profile as much as possible, and avoid reporting anything if possible. Why is he doing the opposite this time?"

"He must be plotting something."

"Isn't that obvious? Why put yourself in danger if you're not planning it?"

"Could it be that they're trying to trick Wugensheng into coming here so they can solve the problem once and for all?"

"It can't be that bad. He's 100% confident he can break through, but is he 100% confident he can deal with a divine spirit? Besides, Zuo Ruotong wouldn't let him kill Wugensheng without cause. In the original story, Zuo Ruotong released Wugensheng."

"I don't understand, just watch."

......

The seventh day of the lunar month, noon.

The stands surrounding the Sanyi Sect's training ground were packed with people. Not only were there disciples of the Sanyi Sect present, but Zuo Ruotong had also specially set up a viewing platform outside the mountain gate, which was crammed full of people from various sects and factions.

Some were familiar faces: disciples of the Huode Sect had arrived, and an elder from the Yanwu Hall had brought Liu Deshui to support his old friend. Others were unfamiliar: several rogue cultivators and the heads of two nearby minor families.

Lu Jin and Li Muxuan stood at the front of the martial arts arena, with a dense crowd behind them. Lu Jin looked tense, his palms sweaty, but he stood ramrod straight. Li Muxuan, unusually, didn't joke around; he crossed his arms, his eyes more serious than ever.

Zuo Ruotong stood on the steps directly in front of the martial arts arena, facing the entire arena with his back to it. His Taoist robe shone brightly white in the midday sun, acting as a barrier to block out all possible distractions.

Liu Jin walked to the center of the training ground. He sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes. The midday sun shone directly on him, enveloping him in a golden halo.

But just before entering meditation, he did something. His consciousness sank into his inner vision, into the pale red void illuminated by the Samadhi Divine Fire. The three-colored flames continued to slowly rotate at the center of his inner vision, their light even brighter than before.

He flew past the flames, past the central area of ​​the inner landscape, all the way to the edge. Beyond the edge, in the deeper part of the void, he saw that thing.

The golden finger, which had been hanging there for years and didn't belong to his body, shone brighter than it had a few years ago. It wasn't shining on its own; something was constantly flowing into it.

Those things were not Qi, not fire, not any form of energy he could comprehend. They surged from the deeper reaches of the void, like countless tiny rivers flowing into an unseen ocean, growing faster and faster, their flow increasing ever greater.

In recent days, the energy has accumulated to an unprecedented concentration, exceeding the total of the past few years. Liu Jin's consciousness stood at the edge of the inner vision, watching the energy surge into the golden finger like a tide, and then transform from the golden finger into nutrients he could absorb. Then he exited the inner vision, silently confirming one thing in his mind.

His guess was right. The attention. He was truly being broadcast live, and all the eyes on Earth watching him, glued to their screens, were providing him with energy.

The live streaming system converts attention into energy, and the "golden finger" then converts that energy into resources for his cultivation.

This is the true secret of the automatic cultivation device. For the past two years, he had believed that the cheat system itself was helping him cultivate, but in reality, the cheat system was just a converter. The real source of energy has always been the gaze from the other side of the screen.

So, some plans can be adjusted.

......

"Sure enough, as his popularity has increased in the past few days, some experts have analyzed his behavior. He guessed that he was being live-streamed, and releasing information that had nothing to do with 'One Person World' was a way to attract our attention!!"

"Damn, this guy tricked me. But that's his skill too. I'll see how far he can go."

"...This guess is becoming more and more likely to be true. Could he be watching us from inside the interior right now?"

"If so, bro, give him a shout-out. Go Liu Jin! I'm secretly watching you from my workstation! The boss's standing behind me!"

"You're finished upstairs."

......

Liu Jin began his attempt to break through the level.

He didn't use the automatic cultivation device. This time, he was going to do it himself.

He had memorized the incantation for the third level of the Reverse Rebirth Triple Stage perfectly. After igniting the Samadhi True Fire at the Zhuge family, he deduced it hundreds of times in his notes: Qi transforms into the five internal organs and six bowels, completely detaching from the physical body and transforming into pure primordial Qi.

Once that step is taken, one is no longer human. What he needs to do is, after "no longer being human," become human again.

The Qi fire in the lower dantian ignited. Deep within the dantian, the pure Qi condensed over many years of cultivating the Reverse Life Triple Stage was ignited. Warmth rose from the dantian and slowly spread along the Ren and Du meridians.

Then comes the life fire in the middle dantian, where vital energy and blood are ignited from the depths of the heart meridian, causing the temperature of the middle dantian to rise sharply.

Finally, there was the divine fire. The deepest obsessions, fears, and desires of his consciousness were burned away one by one before the Samadhi divine fire. This time, he held nothing back.

The three flames ignited simultaneously, merging into a blazing blue flame within his body, and began to simultaneously attempt to break through the threshold of the third level.

Above the training ground, the sky changed. The once clear and cloudless sky suddenly darkened, and a dark cloud, appearing from nowhere, obscured the midday sun. The wind stopped. Everyone watching held their breath.

Liu Jin's body began to transform into Qi. From skin to muscles, from meridians to bones, from the five internal organs to the six bowels, the process of reversing the third stage of the threefold rebirth was irreversible.

His entire body was visibly transforming into a pure white ball of light, no longer having a human shape or physical boundaries, but only a pure ball of Qi slowly rotating in mid-air.

Then came the flames. Essence Fire, Qi Fire, Divine Fire, and Samadhi True Fire all erupted from his body simultaneously, the golden, red, and blue flames swirling around the white Qi ball, burning wildly.

He wanted to refine his Qi with fire, fusing the third level of Reverse Life and the Samadhi True Fire into one at the moment of breakthrough. But therein lay the problem: the theory he had repeatedly deduced over the past two years was shattered by reality at this moment.

The Qi body of the Reverse Rebirth Triple is too pure, so pure that no vessel can contain the Samadhi True Fire.