The First Sword of the Universe

Chapter 481 Breakthrough! Breakthrough!
The Bamboo Sword Envoy left the courtyard, closed the gate, thought for a moment, and then decided to pass on Xu Xingchen's final order.

Immediately, the group, now restored to their strength, rushed back to their courtyards and began a final "clean-up."

Consider this a celebration before you leave!

In the quiet courtyard, Xu Xingchen's expression was serious. His inner energy surged through his meridians like a tidal wave, vast and boundless, seemingly without end.

Back then, he used half of his internal energy to create tiny magnetic rings, which imprisoned the internal energy of the martial arts practitioners in the Thirty-Six Caves and Seventy-Two Islands.

Then, within a night, his internal energy was fully restored, and it had no impact on his subsequent training.

Nowadays.
With his internal energy intact, withdrawing his Yuan Magnetic Ring from the bodies of over nine hundred martial artists was equivalent to an additional, enormous force entering his body, putting great pressure on his meridians.

Xu Xingchen had not expected the impact to be so great.

In his mind, the magnetic rings within those nine hundred-plus people were his own power, and even if there were more of them, they should be harmless.

But things took an unexpected turn.

The magnetic rings he released, while imprisoning the internal energy of the martial artists from the Thirty-Six Caves and Seventy-Two Islands, were also slowly absorbing their internal energy to maintain their own cycle.

Over the course of two or three months, those magnetic rings had unknowingly grown somewhat stronger.

not much!

For those martial arts practitioners who were imprisoned, the amount of internal energy they lost was not much; at most, they could cultivate it back in two or three months.

However, the amount of internal energy absorbed by one person is not much, not much by two people, and not much by three, four, or five people either.
However, once the number reaches hundreds or approaches a thousand, the so-called small increase in internal strength accumulates into a huge astronomical figure.

As those magnetic rings, carrying the slight increase in their power, continuously returned to Xu Xingchen's body.

Xu Xingchen's internal energy began to rise rapidly, soon reaching a point where it was almost breaking free from the constraints on his mind.

When all nine hundred-plus tiny magnetic rings were retracted, the surging internal energy in the meridians had reached a critical point.

They roared and howled, like ferocious beasts released from their cages, or like a raging torrent, rampaging through Xu Xingchen's meridians, unstoppable.

Xu Xingchen calmly dismissed the bamboo sword messenger and immediately concentrated all his energy to deal with the raging torrent of internal energy within his body.

The Yin-Yang Qigong was circulated again and again.

Like a headless and tailless Dharma wheel, it seems to be going to keep turning indefinitely.

This self-repeating cycle is a sign of a state of harmony between humanity and nature.

It's fine on ordinary days.

But when this cycle becomes somewhat out of the owner's control, a good thing turns into a bad thing.

While maintaining his surging internal energy within the correct meridians, Xu Xingchen pondered the reason for the loss of control.

According to his original plan, the outcome should not have been like this.

But reality deviated from his planned script and headed in an unknown direction.

This is certainly not just because those miniature magnetic rings absorbed the internal energy of more than 900 martial artists; there must be other factors at play.

He quickly realized the real reason.

Those tiny magnetic rings had stayed inside the bodies of the nine hundred martial artists for quite some time.

Although it always maintains its spirituality, it continuously draws internal energy from those martial arts practitioners and transforms it into its own power to maintain its own cycle.
This approach was not wrong in itself, and it was Xu Xingchen's perfect idea.

If Xu Xingchen had remained at Dayu Manor, closely sensing the movements of the Yuan Magnetic Rings within the bodies of those martial artists, he might have been able to maintain a close connection between the Yuan Magnetic Rings and him, their master, through that slight connection.

But during this very period, Xu Xingchen left Dayu Manor to run errands.

As the distance increased, the connection between him and the magnetic rings within the bodies of those martial artists was completely severed.

Although the spiritual energy within those magnetic rings continued to operate on its own, following the pre-set rules.

Dogs that are away from home for a long time can gradually become more and more wild.

The power of those magnetic rings was not strong to begin with; they relied entirely on their extremely ingenious operating method to lock down the internal energy of those martial artists.

Just like the life-and-death talisman that the Heavenly Mountain Child Granny planted in those people's bodies.

It all comes down to being "miraculous".

When their mental connection with Xu Xingchen is completely severed, even if they continue to operate in their original mode, they will still inevitably be affected by the surrounding environment.

Yes.

As the magnetic rings continuously absorbed the internal energy of martial artists to maintain their own circulation, the spiritual imprints of those martial artists inevitably seeped into the magnetic rings, causing their spirituality to become impure and mottled.
This process is very slow, so slow that it will take a year before it completely gets out of control.

There are only two possible outcomes.

The first possibility is that a powerful individual might be able to dispel the magnetic ring and fully restore their internal energy. The second possibility is that the out-of-control magnetic ring begins to devour the internal energy of martial artists, relentlessly strengthening itself until it has completely absorbed their internal energy.

Even Xu Xingchen couldn't have imagined what would happen in the end.
In fact, Xu Xingchen felt that the probability of the second scenario occurring was far greater than that of the first.

Xu Xingchen then thought of the Life and Death Talisman of the Heavenly Mountain Child Granny, which also activated every once in a while.

Perhaps, the process is similar to his original magnetic ring.

Similarly, due to the invasion of the spiritual imprints of those martial arts practitioners, the power of the Life and Death Talisman became mottled, eventually erupting.

The so-called antidote should be to re-extract the power of the Life and Death Talisman and then leave it in those people's bodies.

In this way, it would recur every now and then, and each time it would deepen their fear of the Heavenly Child Granny, which was truly a good way to train ".".

Even if the Heavenly Child Granny wanted to remove the Life and Death Talisman from those people in the future, she would probably force the Life and Death Talisman out of their bodies and let it dissipate into the air, rather than like Xu Xingchen is now, who has taken back the Life and Death Talisman that has been contaminated by the spiritual imprint into his body.

Xu Xingchen had not anticipated this situation, and as a result, he retracted the already contaminated Yuan Magnetic Rings into his body, causing his pure internal energy to also become contaminated, thus triggering a riot.

Having figured out the reason, Xu Xingchen knew that the "Northern Darkness Divine Art" was the best way to break the curse.

Since it can absorb the internal energy of others to infuse its own Northern Sea of ​​Darkness, its cultivation path must contain methods to remove the spiritual imprints from the internal energy of others.

Without it, the Northern Darkness Divine Art would not be a perfect divine art, but rather a technique with serious future consequences.

Settle for the next best thing.

The Star Absorbing Technique, perfected by Xu Xingchen, can also eliminate this hidden danger.

However, the way to eliminate the hidden danger is to release the internal energy absorbed from others along with the spiritual imprint, thereby maintaining the purity of one's own internal energy.

This way.

Although the Star Absorbing Technique can absorb the internal energy of others for one's own use, it will dissipate completely after the battle ends and will not increase Xu Xingchen's internal energy.

Without increasing one's internal strength, the Star Absorbing Technique seems to have lost its most important function.

But Xu Xingchen didn't care, because he didn't lack that bit of internal energy.

If the Northern Darkness Divine Art cannot remove the spiritual imprint in another person's internal energy, Xu Xingchen can only use the Star Absorbing Technique to expel all the mottled internal energy containing the spiritual imprint of others from his body.

The spiritual imprint of more than 900 people, even if the quality is very small, the quantity is there.

Xu Xingchen thought about it and felt a little scared. She felt that she had been too arrogant and wondered if she would suffer a backlash in the end.

My thoughts are definitely on my mind.

Xu Xingchen began to circulate his internal energy along the path of the Northern Darkness Divine Art.

His internal strength was already unparalleled and incredibly pure, coupled with his deep understanding of meridians and acupoints, and his precise interpretation of the Northern Darkness Divine Art.

Thirty-six diagrams of the Northern Darkness Divine Art's cultivation path quickly unfolded within his body.

One by one, the acupoints on Xu Xingchen's body began to move in and out with each breath.

The thirty-six diagrams of the Beiming Divine Skill represent the circulation routes of thirty-six different meridians, not just thirty-six acupoints.

Therefore, as time slowly passed, all 365 acupoints on Xu Xingchen's body began to breathe and exhale.

This breathing technique is both a way to remove the spiritual imprints from the internal energy of others within the body and an attempt to connect with the natural forces of heaven and earth.

Those who cultivate the Northern Darkness Divine Art, once they have completed all thirty-six cultivation routes and absorbed and accumulated enough powerful internal energy, will easily achieve the supreme martial arts realm of unity between heaven and man, thus becoming top masters of the Heavenly Realm.

This was the first time Xu Xingchen had wholeheartedly practiced the Northern Darkness Divine Art, and the insights he gained from it.

The easiest way to accumulate the world's most powerful internal strength
It can be used to practice martial arts from all schools and sects under heaven.
Being able to actively try to connect with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and accelerate the process of achieving harmony between humanity and nature.
These three advantages demonstrate that the Beiming Divine Skill of the Xiaoyao Sect truly deserves its reputation as the foremost of the three great divine skills and the sect leader's top choice.

As Xu Xingchen inhaled and exhaled through all 365 acupoints on his body, wisps of white energy emanated from every pore of his body.

Soon, his body was enveloped in a white mist.

Time continues to pass.

The white mist enveloping Xu Xingchen grew thicker and thicker, spreading in all directions until it eventually enveloped the entire courtyard.

The artificial hill has disappeared.

The tips of the bamboo stalks appear and disappear intermittently.

A small bridge spans a flowing stream; you can hear its sound but not see its form.

Suddenly.

A deep, long, and ancient sound of breathing rose from the depths of the mist.

It was as if a colossal beast was breathing inside.
(End of this chapter)