togophonebook Chapter 99 Qi Refining Level 7
Chapter 99 Qi Refining Level 7
Time flies like an arrow; in the blink of an eye, six years have passed.
Inside the training room.
Yang Changsheng sat cross-legged on a futon made of warm jade, his eyes slightly closed, his breath deep and still.
He adjusted himself to his best state, like a taut bowstring without a single distracting thought.
Within the dantian, the pure magical power, under the continuous operation of the "Mysterious Origin Technique," surged like a rushing river, wildly flowing and circulating through the eight extraordinary meridians.
The magical power washed over the body's meridians again and again, accumulating strength to break through that invisible barrier.
To break through to the later stage of Qi Refining, especially the crucial hurdle of the seventh level.
It is not only a test of one's magical power, but also a profound tempering of the cultivator's physical body. The process is akin to a complete transformation, and is extremely painful.
If one's resolve wavers even slightly, the consequences can be severe: at best, the attempt will fail, vital energy will be greatly depleted, and one's cultivation level will regress; at worst, the meridians will be damaged, the foundation of one's cultivation will be shaken, and the path ahead will be cut off.
This is why, in the cultivation world, the vast majority of cultivators with low-grade spiritual roots are trapped in the mid-stage of Qi Refining for their entire lives.
Those who can reach the threshold of the late stage of Qi Refining before the age of forty are extremely rare and are considered the best among those with low-grade spiritual roots.
However, for Yang Changsheng, the hardship of tempering his body was insignificant.
He had been practicing the "Nine Revolutions of the Sun and Moon Forging Kalpa Scripture" for years with almost self-torture, and had already broken through to the terrifying eighth level.
With a single swing of his arm, he possessed a terrifying force of 82,000 jin, enough to shake mountains and shake rivers!
His physical strength and vitality are comparable to those of the best body cultivators of the same level.
In close combat, without a high-grade defensive magic weapon to protect him, even an ordinary late-stage Qi Refining cultivator would find it difficult to withstand the power of his punch.
The pain of physical tempering during the Qi Refining stage breakthrough was nothing compared to the tingling sensation he experienced while relaxing his muscles and bones in the hot spring.
At this moment, inside the training room, a first-grade high-level spirit-gathering array was operating at full capacity, with dense spiritual energy gathering into a nearly tangible white mist that permeated the air, making one feel as if they were in a fairyland of clouds.
With each cycle of the "Mysterious Origin Technique," this pure spiritual energy is absorbed into the body like a whale, refined into even purer magical power, and flows into the surging river.
However, this still seems somewhat inadequate and insufficient to overcome the major bottleneck of the seventh level of Qi Refining.
Yang Changsheng was perfectly aware of this and had been prepared for it long ago.
With a calm expression, he took out ten low-grade spirit stones from a bulging two-cubic-meter storage bag at his waist without hesitation.
With a slight exertion of his five fingers, a series of crisp "crack" sounds rang out, and the ten crystal-clear spirit stones instantly turned into dust.
The pure and abundant spiritual energy surged out, and before it could dissipate, it was forcibly absorbed by the cultivation technique, which was operating at its maximum, under the effect of the spirit gathering array.
"Boom!"
Like thunder in spring breaking through the gray sky, or like the raging waves of a river crashing against the shore, a muffled roar suddenly erupted from Yang Changsheng's body.
Having accumulated to its peak, the immense torrent of magical power, transformed from newly absorbed spiritual energy, finally crashed into that incomparably solid barrier of realm with unstoppable force!
In an instant, it felt as if my body was pierced by some kind of shackle bestowed by heaven and earth.
An indescribable sense of sublimation filled my limbs and the depths of my soul, and my dantian expanded dramatically, its capacity nearly doubling compared to before.
The surging magical power, like water bursting its banks, rushed and flowed through a wider river channel. Although it was still in a gaseous state, there was a subtle tendency at its core to condense, settle, and transform into liquid magical power.
"Buzz!"
A powerful spiritual pressure erupted uncontrollably from his body, sweeping through the entire training room and causing the light of the spirit-gathering array to flicker.
Two hours later, the pure spiritual energy that filled the room was completely absorbed, and the violent torrent of magical power gradually subsided, returning to the much larger dantian and becoming gentle and powerful.
Under his internal vision, Yang Changsheng clearly felt that the total amount of mana in his dantian at this moment was nearly twice as powerful as when he was at the peak of the sixth level of Qi Refining!
With the breakthrough in his realm, his divine sense also underwent a qualitative leap, expanding its coverage area from over thirty feet to a radius of forty-five feet.
Within a radius of forty-five feet, every detail was clearly visible, and the sounds of insects and ants could be heard clearly, far exceeding the spiritual strength of an ordinary Qi Refining Ninth Level cultivator.
"After twenty years of cultivating immortality, I have finally reached the late stage of Qi Refining."
Yang Changsheng slowly opened his eyes, a warm and sharp glint flashing in the depths of his eyes before turning into a deep, still gaze.
His vitality was even more vigorous, his blood and energy were like a furnace, incredibly abundant.
The aura it exudes is like that of a powerful, ancient tree rooted in the ancient earth, bathed in the essence of the sun and moon, containing indescribable resilience and longevity.
Before I knew it, seven years had passed since I left Bishuihu Port Market.
At fourteen, he drew in Qi and stepped into the path of immortality; at seventeen, he reached the second level of Qi Refining and began to understand the hardships of cultivation.
At eighteen, he reached the third level of Qi Refining and began to show his talent at the Liu Family Spiritual Field, demonstrating the magic of the Golden Ancient Tree Mark. At twenty, he reached the fourth level of Qi Refining.
That was the first time he truly transformed the opportunity he had gained into strength, and began his leap forward.
He then spent another three years breaking through to the fifth level of Qi Refining. During this time, the struggle for the title of King of the Azure Lake was turbulent and unpredictable. He took the opportunity to redeem his freedom and break free from the fishing and farming contract.
Then, he spent another four years breaking through to the sixth level of Qi Refining, personally experiencing the infighting and struggles of Foundation Establishment families, witnessing the quiet dissolution of the Immortal Path Mutual Aid Association as its members went their separate ways, old friends parting ways, geniuses rising, and the rise and fall of the market.
After experiencing the dangers and stability of settling in Qianxuefang City, where they were ambushed and killed.
He calmed himself down and spent seven whole years, and finally today, at the age of thirty-four, he broke through the greatest obstacle in the Qi Refining stage, the seventh level of Qi Refining!
This speed, if placed on a genius with a superior spiritual root or even an earth spiritual root, would be outrageously slow, and outsiders would even ridicule it as a bleak path to enlightenment with no hope of foundation building.
After all, he only entered the later stage at the age of thirty-four. According to common sense, it would probably take until he was fifty or sixty years old to reach the ninth level of Qi Refining. At that time, his Qi and blood would begin to decline, and the hope of breaking through the realm would be slim.
However, Yang Changsheng felt only calmness and a barely perceptible sense of satisfaction.
Because he knew that his greatest asset was not speed, but time.
Deep within his sea of consciousness, the phantom of the golden ancient tree, radiating a mysterious glow, swayed slightly, clearly reflecting his current lifespan.
Five hundred and fourteen years!
At thirty-four, he was still like the rising sun in the face of a long lifespan, and his appearance remained as handsome as that of a seventeen or eighteen-year-old due to his vigorous vitality. Time seemed to stand still for him.
"In the later stages of Qi Refining, each step requires a massive amount of resources and time to refine, and it will only get slower and slower. If things continue at this pace, I will be at least over sixty years old before I can reach the ninth level of Qi Refining."
Yang Changsheng sighed softly, but there was little frustration in his sigh. Instead, it was filled with a deep understanding of the difficulty of the Great Dao and the shackles of talent.