Chapter 339 - 188: Profound Mastery! Profound Mastery
Jingyang Mountain, Profound Flame Cave Mansion.
Sun Yuzhi, a stunning figure in a long blue dress, slowly emerged, steadying herself against the wall.
Her face was a mask of shock, fury, and humiliation, yet there was also a faint, almost imperceptible hint of relish.
Sun Yuzhi’s brow furrowed as she recalled the moment of their Jiao and Luan Complementing Each Other.
She never imagined her Qi Cultivation Technique—a ruse where she feigned a cultivation collapse—would not only be seen through and foiled by Chen Sheng, but that he would actually dare to make her kneel!
Whenever she thought about what had just happened, a wave of humiliation and fury washed over her.
If Chen Sheng weren’t in the middle of a critical breakthrough to the Mystic Realm, Sun Yuzhi would have pressed her Red Mist Spirit Sword to his neck and demanded an answer.
’Do you have any concept of respecting your betters?’
’Talking back would have been one thing, but to make me kneel!’
’Simply outrageous!’
Glancing back at the stone chamber, Sun Yuzhi forcibly suppressed her humiliation, let out a long, slow breath, then walked to a stone platform. She sat cross-legged and began to regulate her state.
In truth, aside from Chen Sheng making her kneel, Sun Yuzhi wasn’t angry about the rest. It was, after all, a win-win situation. The Inner Core containing the Flood Dragon Qi had indeed provided her with nourishing essence in return.
If she could fully absorb it, her chances of breaking through to the Golden Core Realm in the future would be significantly higher.
As she refined the Flood Dragon Qi within her, amidst her humiliation, a sliver of worry and tension couldn’t help but surface.
Breaking through to the Mystic Realm was not as simple as one might think. The difficulty of transforming True Qi into True Essence far surpassed that of any breakthrough in the Innate Realm. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be merely a dozen or so Mystic Realm experts in all of Ning’an Prefecture.
Although she believed that with Chen Sheng’s talent, aided by the Profound Mastery Spirit Pill, the Flood Dragon Qi, the Red Simurgh Yin Source, and other Spiritual Objects, his chances of success were extremely high, she still felt a subconscious flicker of worry.
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Deep within the cave mansion, on the Cyan Jade Platform.
Chen Sheng sat cross-legged and bare-chested, his muscles sleek and well-defined, emanating a sense of lean, restrained power.
His palms moved slowly, hovering over his Dantian, facing upward with fingertips slightly curled. He was completely focused on circulating his cultivation technique, the Six Paths Primordial True Scripture.
During their earlier union of Jiao and Luan Complementing Each Other, a harmony of Yin and Yang, he had successfully obtained a portion of the precious Red Simurgh Yin Source from Sun Yuzhi.
Now, within his Dantian, the scorching, virile Flood Dragon Qi from the Poisonous Flood Dragon Inner Core and the cool, supple Red Simurgh Yin Source transferred from Sun Yuzhi stood in stark opposition, each occupying its own territory.
Yet, like opposing poles of a magnet, they attracted one another, slowly drawing closer.
The two streams of energy, one red and one blue, spiraled around the increasingly solid Innate Dao Seed at the center of his Dantian, probing and intermingling as faint wisps of spiritual light emanated from his body.
The light illuminated Chen Sheng’s face, causing it to shift between fiery red and watery blue, ever-changing.
Deep within his consciousness, the progress on his Celestial Book Panel quietly updated.
[Six Paths Primordial True Scripture—Profound Mastery Chapter: Initiate (99/100)]
The infusion of these two high-quality external energies not only accelerated his breakthrough to the Mystic Realm but also further tempered and purified his already solid foundation.
At this moment, his aura was full and harmonious, his Gang Qi pure and condensed. He had reached the absolute peak of the Profound Gang Realm, with no room for further progress within it.
’The time has come!’
Suddenly, Chen Sheng’s tightly shut eyes snapped open, a light flashing in their depths like electricity.
With a slight movement of his right sleeve, a lustrous jade bottle slid into his palm.
The moment he opened the stopper, a strange medicinal fragrance filled the air. A Spirit Pill, the size of a longan fruit and gleaming white with faint, swirling cloud-like patterns, began to spin.
It floated of its own accord about a foot in front of him—it was the Profound Mastery Spirit Pill from the State City’s Jingwu Bureau!
Without a moment’s hesitation, Chen Sheng opened his mouth and inhaled. The Profound Mastery Pill instantly became a streak of light and shot into his mouth.
BOOM—!
The elixir dissolved the instant it entered his stomach. A vast yet gentle medicinal power erupted like a river bursting its banks, surging through his entire body before finally converging in his Dantian.
Stimulated by this powerful external force, his Nine Nether Profound Gang, which he had already pushed to its absolute limit, began to boil.
Tidal waves of Gang Qi roared and surged through his Meridians and Dantian.
The Flood Dragon Qi and the Red Simurgh Yin Source, which had been slowly merging, suddenly became frenetic. They accelerated, collided, and permeated one another, joining with the medicinal power of the Profound Mastery Pill to form an irresistible, combined force.
This force crashed toward the Innate Dao Seed at the center of his Dantian.
Chen Sheng’s expression was grim, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
He immediately pushed the Six Paths Primordial True Scripture to its limits, using the cultivation technique to guide and control the three rampaging energies within him. He began a continuous, high-intensity process of compressing and refining his Nine Nether Profound Gang.
It was a long and agonizing process.
Strand after strand of Gang Qi was forcibly compressed and purified, its density climbing ever higher as it transformed into the next level: True Essence.
Time flowed by in a haze of silent agony and intense focus.
An unknown amount of time passed. It could have been an instant, or it could have been hours.
Suddenly.
Within his Dantian, the Innate Dao Seed trembled. Its surface shimmered, and from its core, a single, crystalline drop of True Essence condensed. It was perfectly clear yet profoundly dark, and it hovered in the center of his Dantian Qi Sea.
’True Essence!’
Though it was only a single, tiny drop, the moment it appeared, Chen Sheng’s entire aura underwent a fundamental transformation.
An aura that was deeper, more condensed, and far more terrifying began to emanate from him.
In his consciousness, the Celestial Book Panel changed as well.
[Six Paths Primordial True Scripture—Profound Mastery Chapter: Minor Achievement (1/500)]
He had just stepped over the threshold into the Mystic Realm!
However, this was only the beginning.
A single drop of True Essence had merely pushed open the door to the Mystic Realm.
Only by converting all the Gang Qi in his body into True Essence of this same quality would his position in the Mystic Realm be truly secure.