togophonebook Chapter 86 Great Perfection of Qi Refining
Chapter 86 Great Perfection of Qi Refining
"boom--"
A muffled thud echoed within his body, and the Jiaji acupoint trembled violently.
The spiral pillar did not stop, but continued to rotate, drilling through the Jiaji Pass like a drill bit.
Once, twice, three times...
With each rotation, a tiny puncture is made in the Jiaji Pass.
Zhang Lin gritted his teeth, continuously replenishing the Heavenly Pillar with true qi from his dantian to maintain the spiraling force.
Ten breaths... twenty breaths... thirty breaths...
A hole the size of a pinhead appeared on the Jiaji Pass.
The hole kept getting bigger and bigger.
After an incense stick had burned, the Jiaji Pass suddenly opened.
The vital energy surged like a tide, rising along the cervical spine and reaching the Dazhui acupoint.
The Dazhui acupoint is located at the seventh cervical vertebra, where the three Yang meridians of the hand and foot converge.
This acupoint is wide and not as difficult to break as the previous three; it can be opened with a surge of true energy.
After Dazhui, comes Yuzhen Pass.
It is the last and most dangerous of the three trials.
The Jade Pillow is located below the occipital bone at the back of the head. It is the last barrier of the Governing Vessel and the closest point to the brain marrow.
Once this barrier is cleared, true energy can directly reach the Baihui point (crown of the head) and condense spiritual consciousness.
However, Yuzhen Pass is also the most difficult pass to pass.
The occipital bone is as hard as iron. What's more, it is close to the brain marrow. If you are not careful, you will damage the brain. At best, you will suffer from a splitting headache and complete memory loss. At worst, you will die on the spot and your soul will be scattered.
Most of the disciples in the outer sect who are stuck at the peak of Qi Refining are blocked by the Jade Pillow Pass. It's not that they are unwilling to move forward, but that they dare not.
Some of them tried to force it with elixirs, but their true energy went backwards, causing them to bleed from all seven orifices and completely destroying their cultivation.
Some people ask a senior for help, using their inner energy to guide them, but because their own foundation is not solid, they always fall short of the final step.
Zhang Lin closed his eyes and focused his mind on his body.
The true qi stopped at the Dazhui acupoint and did not go any higher.
He wasn't hesitating; he was gathering his strength.
Unlike the seamless and perfect Jiaji Pass, Yuzhen Pass has gaps, but they are extremely narrow.
However, as long as one has a high degree of control over true qi, one can penetrate the gaps.
His meridians had widened by 30%, his true qi was several times more complete and solid than that of ordinary qi cultivators, and his flexibility was far superior to those of his peers.
Once true energy enters the Jade Pillow Gate, it can begin to cause damage from the inside.
With a thought, Zhang Lin caused the Heavenly Pillar to rise suddenly.
The true energy was compressed into an extremely thin thread of spiritual power, which pierced straight towards the crack in the Jade Pillow Pass like a silver needle.
The silk thread slipped into the crevice of the occipital bone, like a fish entering water.
It's passable.
Go in again.
The silk thread passes through the first layer of bone sutures and enters the second layer.
Go in again.
The silk thread passes through the second layer and enters the third layer.
This will open up the passage.
But at that moment, the thread paused slightly, as if it had been blocked by something.
Zhang Lin frowned slightly, and through his internal perception using his true energy, he clearly saw what it was.
It was a small bone growth, congenital, that blocked the last passage of Yuzhen Pass.
No wonder countless cultivators were blocked by Jade Pillow Pass.
Some people are not weak in foundation or lack of vital energy, but are born with bone hyperplasia that blocks the passage.
This kind of bone hyperplasia is extremely difficult to dissolve with ordinary elixirs, and external forces dare not enter this area. It can only be smoothed out slowly by accumulating one's own true energy over time.
But that process can take anywhere from three to five years to more than ten years.
Gu Beichen was likely hindered by this small bone joint, forcing him to take a top-grade breakthrough pill that corrodes one's bones.
Zhang Lin remained silent for a moment, neither backing down nor giving up.
Instead, it involves contracting all the true qi in the dantian and then unleashing the energy from within to completely open up the bone gap.
Then the True Qi Pillar retreated back into the Qi Sea, returning to the liquid True Qi.
"go--"
In the Milky Way, a drop of liquid true energy shot into the sky like a shooting star, streaking across the meridians and crashing straight into the proliferating joint.
"Click—"
The joints developed tiny, barely perceptible cracks.
Zhang Lin continued, his true energy returning, and a second drop of liquid true energy rose, colliding once more.
The third drop.
The fourth drop.
The fifth drop.
The cracks on the joints increased, becoming as dense as a spider web.
The moment the eighty-eighth drop of liquid true energy struck, the joint shattered with a deafening roar.
The vital energy surged into the brain like a flood breaking through a dam, heading straight for the Baihui acupoint.
The Baihui acupoint is located at the top center of the head. It is the meeting point of all Yang energies and the end point of the two bridges between heaven and earth.
As his inner energy surged into Baihui (GV20), Zhang Lin felt a cool sensation on the top of his head, as if something had been opened up.
The Heavenly Pillar pierced through the Qi Sea barrier, connecting the Heaven and Earth Bridges, and was finally completed.
All four acupoints and three passes were opened.
From the perineum to the Baihui point, a smooth meridian runs through the entire body, connecting the heavenly spirit above and the Qihai point below.
The true qi in the dantian rises along this channel, surges into the Baihui point, and then flows back to the dantian along the Ren meridian, forming a complete cycle.
The Great Circulation begins, and spiritual consciousness is born.
Cultivators in the Qi Refining stage practice the Small Heavenly Circuit, where true Qi circulates only within the Ren and Du meridians.
After the two bridges of heaven and earth are opened, true qi can circulate in the meridians of the whole body, which is called the Great Circulation.
The two bridges of heaven and earth have been opened, spiritual consciousness has begun to emerge, and the control of true energy has been further improved. The next step is to open up the sea of spiritual consciousness.
The spiritual sea is located behind the glabella, deep between the eyebrows, where the upper dantian is located.
After an ordinary cultivator opens the two bridges between heaven and earth, they need to use true qi to nourish the Baihui point. Once the true qi and spiritual consciousness are fully integrated, they can slowly open the sea of spiritual consciousness.
This process can take anywhere from several months to several years; it cannot be rushed or rushed.
Zhang Lin didn't plan to wait.
His internal energy is abundant, his meridians are wide, and his foundation is solid.
We have enough savings, why wait any longer?
With a thought, true energy surged from the Baihui acupoint, like a waterfall cascading down, pouring straight into the Yintang acupoint.
Deep within the space between the eyebrows, there was only chaos.
That was the undeveloped sea of consciousness, a chaotic and ethereal void.
True energy poured into chaos, like a boulder falling into the sea, stirring up thousands of waves.
The chaos trembled violently and began to slowly expand.
Zhang Lin gritted his teeth and mobilized all the true energy in his dantian, continuously pouring it into his forehead.
His dantian was much larger than that of ordinary cultivators, and his true qi reserves far exceeded those of cultivators of the same level.
The more true energy is poured in, the faster and larger the chaos expands.
The visible chaos expanded from the size of a pinhead to the size of a fist, then to the size of a head, and finally...
"boom--"
A loud bang exploded in my mind.
The chaos shattered, transforming into a clear and bright space.
The sea of consciousness is opened.
Zhang Lin felt a cool sensation in his mind, as if something had been activated.
Spiritual awareness surged forth from the sea of consciousness like a spring, spreading outwards.
The nascent spiritual consciousness grew rapidly, expanding to a radius of ten zhang, twenty zhang, thirty zhang, fifty zhang...
Everything within the reach of spiritual awareness is clearly visible.
The branches and leaves of the osmanthus tree in the courtyard swayed gently in the evening breeze, and the veins on the leaves were clearly visible.
The surface of the Lingquan Well was rippling with tiny waves, and a few small fish were swimming in the water.
Outside the courtyard wall, on the bluestone path, a young Taoist boy in gray robes was peeking and looking in this direction.
Zhang Lin could even see the expression on his face: nervous and apprehensive, with a hint of curiosity.
This is spiritual consciousness.
It does not rely on the eyes or the ears, but perceives the outside world purely with the mind.
Wherever spiritual awareness reaches, nothing can hide.
Zhang Lin opened his eyes and exhaled a long breath.
Looking inward at his dantian, he found that the lake of true qi had dried up; all 108 drops of true qi had been used to open up his spiritual sea.
But after the spiritual sea of consciousness opened, the true energy began to slowly condense again.
The speed is more than twice as fast as before.
This is the benefit of connecting the two bridges of heaven and earth: the circulation of true qi is accelerated, and the recovery speed is doubled.
Zhang Lin estimated that his true energy would recover to 108 drops in at most three days.
After the spiritual consciousness sea is opened, the qi sea and the spiritual consciousness sea are connected. True qi can draw some kind of inexplicable power from the spiritual consciousness sea, becoming more solid and substantial, and eventually undergoing a qualitative change.
This is the difference between perfect Qi cultivation and great perfection of Qi cultivation.