pappabearbooks Chapter 433 - 398: Three Flowers Form the Stars! Willpower Destroys Heart Demons! My Path Here!
Chapter 433 - 398: Three Flowers Form the Stars! Willpower Destroys Heart Demons! My Path Here!
Yong’an City.On the outskirts of the city stands Rosy Clouds Mountain, which is now known as Xiang King’s Tomb.
Two people stand atop the peak, pausing to gaze afar at the celestial scene.
It is akin to "the rising sun reflecting off the rosy clouds, a stroke of dawn beautiful as a painting."
"Disciple, how do you feel now?"
Luo Guanyun stands by, guarding the path, his expression concerned.
The mindset before a realm breakthrough can, to a certain extent, affect the success rate of the breakthrough.
This is also the mental test martial artists face when breaking the grand limit.
At this moment, Meng Chuan is standing at the edge of the cliff, stretching his arms.
The newly risen sun casts its golden light around, making his figure even more uninhibited, like an immortal in a painting.
He laughs heartily, "Splendid! Wonderful!"
Since winter came, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen the sun fully emerge.
Luo Guanyun nods quietly to himself.
The rising sun, this scene, is a good omen.
He replies to friends on his phone, who are concerned about his disciple Meng Chuan’s realm breakthrough.
Sitting cross-legged in the distance, silently safeguarding.
...
Meng Chuan takes a deep breath, waiting until his mind is calm and serene, then introspects within.
In the darkness of the universe, only six points of light faintly flicker.
As the Qi Blood surges, the six apertures light up in sequence, forming a resonant boom.
Gentle stardust falls, originating from the mysterious force within the six major apertures, continuously breaking down barriers, shattering shackles.
These are his fully grown six meridian branches and the six major apertures filled without leak.
The inner breath of the Demon Skill surges like a living being through the meridians, sparking blinding silver light at each aperture.
Above the high heavens, the six major apertures ultimately break through their limits.
The mysterious force overflows, dyeing the scene with a nebula.
Meng Chuan settles his mind, patiently manipulating the nebula, gradually extending out a web-like network, constructing a faint nascent star track within his body.
The solidification of the star track relies on the extension filling of 355 branch meridians after breaking through the second limit.
On the star track, 355 nodes appear faintly.
These are the remaining 355 treasure apertures in the human body apart from the six major ones.
At this moment, as Meng Chuan breaks through the realm, they are fully activated, waiting for meridian extension and Qi Blood filling.
At this stage, Meng Chuan’s preliminary breakthrough work has been perfectly completed.
Next is to use energy to repair these nascent stars within, allowing them to settle firmly.
With a shift of his mind, vast "energy" transforms into a surging silver liquid stream.
It climbs along the star track, pouring into the manifested apertures.
Each drop of silver liquid coagulates into a core within the apertures, gradually solidifying the once illusory star nodes.
This is the manifestation of the Three Flowers Essence, also the essence stabilizing the foundation. Meng Chuan easily crosses this hurdle.
In the distance, Luo Guanyun watches this scene tensely.
His expansive perception, capable of covering half a mountain, is now focused entirely around Meng Chuan.
Although he had guaranteed success earlier, at this critical step of limit breaking, he truly holds his breath in concern for his disciple.
Many martial arts geniuses have stumbled at this step.
"Steady now..."
Luo Guanyun dares not speak to disturb his disciple, only able to pray silently within.
...
Meng Chuan continues introspection, waiting until the stars are completely stabilized.
He begins the second step, manifesting and driving Qi to operate.
[Qi] is the force driving the stars’ operation, also the driving force bringing these 355 apertures to life.
Among the Three Flowers, Qi represents the body’s energy and vitality.
Permeating within and outside the body, maintaining life’s activities.
Qi not only supports the internal star apertures and the body’s various physiological activities.
Activities like breathing, digestion, walking, and sitting depend on the operation driven by [Qi].
The Qi of the Three Flowers is divided into innate and acquired types.
Innate Qi is the source power of life.
Like the [Foundation of the Divine], different people’s innate Qi varies in strength, determining basic constitution and strength.
Meng Chuan’s [Qi]...
naturally requires no further mention.
In introspection, these flows of Qi, propelled by Qi Blood.
Alongside the Demon Skill’s inner breath operation through the circulation, ultimately intertwines with each nascent star, forming a unique "orbit ring."
This is also the key for martial arts experts to project True Qi outside the body after future realm breakthroughs.
When the first star began to move, Meng Chuan let out a muffled groan.
Gradually, as all the stars started operating.
Countless impurities within were squeezed out, seeping through the sweat pores with the blood, forming a sticky black-red armor on the body, then condensed by True Qi into a sticky black-red armor.
Luo Guanyun gently waved out a palm wind, dispersing the blood clots on Meng Chuan’s surface, doing the logistical work.
His eyes squinted slightly. Coming up next was Meng Chuan’s "weak spot," requiring full attention.
Anchoring each star’s position, connecting them in order, allowing them to operate in a pattern.
Only thus can, in the subsequent second limit cultivation process.
Smoothly allow Qi Blood to circulate through the primary meridians, supplying the 355 star apertures within.
Meng Chuan holds his breath and focuses, standing ready.
This step, after his [Spiritual Ascension] to the Cyan Stone Foundation, is no longer very difficult but still requires careful attention.
He maneuvers his divine thought, and the Cyan Stone Foundation unfolds grandly in his sea of consciousness, transforming into three hundred fifty-five stone pillars that fall with a roar.
Having prior experience with "spiritual power splitting," Meng Chuan controls these stone pillars, channeling them in sequence into the star track.
Whenever a star was unstable and deviated, the corresponding stone pillar burst forth with cyan light, pulling it back on course.
When the last star returned to its place, an intense booming as if from a great bell echoed within his body.
Three hundred fifty-five subsidiary stars ultimately resonated with the six main apertures.
At this moment, within his "Martial Arts Firmament."
The six apertures are like six main stars, suspended at the highest point.
This also represents the far end of the track where the meridians extend into a web-like star path in the future.
tiny star points are arranged in a pattern, surrounding the six apertures.
Due to the lack of Qi Blood circulation, some appear slightly dim.
But in the future, with the infusion of 35,500 points of Qi Blood, this internal Circulation Star Map will surely shine brightly!
Luo Guanyun wiped cold sweat from his forehead and breathed a long sigh of relief.
The greatest difficulty in Breaking Two has been fearlessly traversed by Meng Chuan.
...
Next, it is the test of Martial Arts will...
Luo Guanyun saw his disciple furrow his brows tightly, knowing he had begun.
In the annals, this step is called "overcoming the Heart Demon."
Upon thinking this, Luo Guanyun’s voice gently came through.
In enlightening Meng Chuan, he was also awakening himself:
"Qi Blood Martial Arts, Qi Blood is the key pursuit in Martial Arts.
In the process of pursuit, one must have both ’Martial’ and ’Arts.’
Martial represents Martial Arts, strength, skills, etc., while Arts are not just methods but also rules, realms, and inner pursuits.
For us in the Martial Arts Family, Martial is the path beneath our feet, and Arts is the light on the road.
No matter how far you travel, without light, you’ll fall into an abyss; no matter how bright the light, if you don’t walk, you’ll never reach your destination..."
The Master’s voice was thought-provoking, and Meng Chuan grasped its true meaning.
Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, a peculiar feeling suddenly surged throughout him.
Just like entering the world of imagery, the Spiritual Power twisted, and under Introspection, his vision was also shrouded in darkness.
Soon, light gleamed at the bottom of his eyes.
Before him lay a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, with waves of Celestial Demon roars echoing in his ears.
According to the Master’s earlier words, this scenario was precisely losing the "Arts."
The Martial path, determination runs throughout.
A Martial Artist need not contend with the "inner demon thoughts" when breaking through the Qi and Blood Gate.
As one becomes part of the Martial Arts Family, cultivation requires the guidance of a light called "Arts."
Every Realm Breakthrough will face the test of willpower.
No matter how mighty the "Martial," without accompanying "Arts," the end is always falling off a cliff.
Meng Chuan, with abundant experience in mental "crossing worlds."
Upon entering this realm, he immediately focused and surveyed the surroundings.
Chains of blood wrap the sky, countless demon heads roar at him.
Some ran quickly, rushed in front of him, and spat human words questioning loudly:
"Meng Chuan! For the sake of so-called battle achievements, you’ve slaughtered many of my kin. Have you killed enough? Don’t you consider yourself a butcher?"
"Not enough, I’ll kill exactly you!"
Meng Chuan spoke no more, punched out with a fist, killing it.
Battle achievements are merely tools, killing Celestial Demons stems from his own Martial Arts will.
How can the two become obstacles in the heart?
As it perished, countless demon shadows erupted together with shouts and laughter:
"Meng Chuan, do you know? Without awakening the panel, you’re just a stray dog by the roadside, nothing at all!"
"Yes, you’re just a worthless person who practiced Child’s Fist for twelve years. Why train Martial Arts, break Two, hurry back and continue practicing your Child’s Fist!"
"If I were you, I’d simply commit suicide. If it was given to others to use, they’d have become gods by now. Look at you, aside from having muscles, what else can you do?"
"Yes! If I used it to cultivate Demon Skills, I’d be invincible in the world long ago. Why hide your broken Cultivation Technique!"
"Just die! Ahh, ahh, ahh!"
"..."
Meng Chuan’s face twisted slightly, as these "Heart Demons" kept provoking him with various words.
Attempting to crack his Heart Spirit, breeding thoughts of downfall.
Despite his willpower, it almost broke his defenses...
As the world divides into a bright human world and a dark Celestial Demon Realm.
Within the human body, these Heart Demons are also part of him, the deepest hidden "evil thoughts."
Emotions that have accumulated, deeply buried within the body as dark emotions.
Therefore, the words spoken by these Heart Demons hit right at his heart...
Because these were things he had previously thought of and experienced!
As long as one is human, having a heart means the mind cannot be flawless.
Even the strongest in the human world, at their lowest point during growth, also hear various rumors.
But what of it? With a calm smile, bury these deep within the heart.
The task is to continue climbing towards higher places.
Just as Meng Chuan at this moment, these negative emotions, taking advantage of the heart’s crack during breakthrough, were infinitely magnified.
Even transforming into the form of Celestial Demons, continuously disturbing him.
At this moment, Meng Chuan forced himself to accept them calmly.
"Yes, you all are right, but I’ll beat you to death!"
Just as during moments of emotional unrest, times of trouble and dejection, moments of incomprehension...
He only wanted to punch, punch fiercely!
In the realm of accepting the test of the mind, Martial Arts will is represented by punches and kicks.
Some people, willpower not firm, become restrained, facing Heart Demons can only await doom.
However, Meng Chuan is different, since awakening the panel at four years old, he’s been interpreting Martial Arts for a lifetime.
His will is determined and will never waver!
His body moves fiercely, without the slightest constraint!
Charging ahead, throwing heavy punches, one by one blasting all these clamorous Heart Demons!
Just like childhood, practicing the National Fist and hitting the sandbag.
At this moment, each punch verifies the path he came from.
"I can kill you now, it proves past choices have never been wrong."
Heart Demons all vanished into thin smoke and ashes, Meng Chuan’s tone calm, merely stating facts.
...
Since constructing the Circulation Star System, the Martial Arts will checkpoint has successfully passed.
"Whew... it’s done."
Luo Guanyun breathed a sigh of relief, wiping the sweat off his forehead.
Fortunately, his disciple, the Realm Breakthrough was successful!