Chapter 451 - 159: Breaking Through to the Qi Eating Realm
He felt his blood boil, as if he possessed an inexhaustible supply of energy. His Inner Strength circulated rapidly through his meridians, growing more refined with each cycle. His power was increasing at a rate visible to the naked eye.
As Yang Jing executed his fist forms, a faint layer of black grime gradually seeped out from his skin. It was the medicinal power of the Bone Marrow Tempering Pill, which was continuously flushing the impurities from his bone marrow and meridians, expelling them from his body.
At the same time, the Mountain-Breaking Seal Cultivation Technique began to operate on its own, drawing the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi within the stone house to surge toward him like a tide.
The Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi transformed into wisps of airflow, all scrambling to enter his body through the pores of his skin.
Unfortunately, residual impurities that had yet to be completely cleared still remained in Yang Jing’s body. They formed an invisible barrier, blocking the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi from entering.
He could clearly feel that energy hovering just outside his pores, yet it was unable to truly enter his body.
He knew full well that once this Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi broke through the barrier, merged into his Dantian, and replaced his Inner Strength, that would be the moment he broke through to the Qi Eating Realm.
Yang Jing focused his mind on cultivating the Mountain-Breaking Seal. His fist techniques remained fierce and powerful. Every punch he threw stirred up a whistling gale as heat billowed from his body.
Sweat streamed down his defined muscles, pooling on the stone slab and letting off a faint white mist.
Two hours later, the furnace-like burning in his Dantian slowly faded, replaced by a persistent, gentle warmth like glowing embers. Evidently, most of the Bone Marrow Tempering Pill’s efficacy had been used up.
Yang Jing retracted his fists and stood still, his chest heaving violently. He looked inward and felt that his mastery of the Mountain-Breaking Seal’s introductory stage had reached its limit. His Inner Strength surged and crashed through his meridians, as if desperately seeking a new outlet.
At the same time, with a mere thought, the panel appeared. The cultivation progress for his various martial arts was clearly displayed before his eyes—
[Mountain-Breaking Seal: Introductory (500/500)]
[Indestructible True Skill: Perfection (1753/2000)]
[Thunderous Leg: Perfection (1970/2000)]
[Mountain-Shattering Fist: Perfection (2000/2000)]
Yang Jing’s heart leaped with joy. ’So I really did max out the introductory stage of the Mountain-Breaking Seal.’
’Next, it’s time to break through to the Qi Eating Realm!’
Without a moment’s pause, he took a deep breath, sank into a horse stance once more, activated his Cultivation Technique, and unleashed a rapid series of punches.
As he executed his fist forms, the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi within the stone house surged violently toward his body, as if drawn by an unseen force.
Wisps of airflow brushed against his pores. He seemed only a single step away from the qi breaking through the barrier, pouring into his meridians, and gathering in his Dantian.
For other Martial Artists, the bottleneck before the Qi Eating Realm was like an insurmountable chasm. Countless people spent years, even decades, trying to break through, only to fail.
But Yang Jing was different. With the panel, his cultivation path was free of bottlenecks. As long as he polished his current realm to its absolute limit, a breakthrough would come as naturally as water carving a channel.
「Time slipped by amidst the whistle of his fists.」
After an unknown amount of time, Yang Jing suddenly felt a faint POP from within his body, as if an invisible membrane had been gently pierced.
In that instant, an earth-shattering change suddenly occurred.
It was as if his five senses had been completely unlocked, their acuity soaring to an unprecedented level.
The clamor from the Training Room area outside the stone house, the disciples’ chatter and footsteps, even the chirping of birds and buzzing of insects in the distant mountain forest—all of it reached his ears with perfect clarity.
What was even more miraculous was that he could control these sounds completely with his will.
When he wanted to listen, a myriad of sounds filled his ears.
When he didn’t, his surroundings would return to perfect silence, as if he were completely isolated from the world.
At the same time, the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi that had been lingering on the surface of his skin finally broke through the last barrier of impurities. Like a gentle stream, it trickled through his pores, flowed into his four limbs and entire body, passed through his meridians, and nourished his internal organs. Finally, following the path laid out by the Cultivation Technique, it all converged within his Dantian.
His Inner Strength slowly dissipated, replaced by a purer and far more immense form of energy.
A tremor shot through Yang Jing’s heart. He knew. ’I’ve finally broken through to the Qi Eating Realm!’
He had now so smoothly stepped into the realm that countless Inner Strength Disciples dreamed of reaching. A wave of indescribable excitement instantly swept through him.
However, he suppressed his surging excitement and joy, focused his mind once again, and activated the Mountain-Breaking Seal.
As his fist cut through the air, he could clearly sense that what wreathed it was no longer Inner Strength. Instead, it was Inner Qi—condensed from Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi and ten times more powerful!
The same punch, when powered by his current Inner Qi, struck like a clap of thunder, its force fierce and unmatched.
Yang Jing was certain. ’If I were to fight my past self now, he wouldn’t be able to withstand this single punch. The shock alone would shatter his meridians and leave him grievously injured!’