The First Sword of the Universe

Chapter 482 Flushing, Filtering, Extraction, Siphon
As thick white fog enveloped the courtyard, Wu Yazi, who was using the "Yijing Bone Forging Chapter" of the Nine Yin Manual to alleviate his physical pain in a room not far away, suddenly opened his eyes.

"Is someone using the Northern Darkness Divine Art to try and break through to the Heavenly Realm?"

Wu Yazi had practiced the Beiming Divine Art his entire life and was intimately familiar with the fluctuations generated during each breakthrough of the Beiming Divine Art. In addition, the courtyard and the side room where Xu Xingchen was located were too close together.
Just as Xu Xingchen had pushed the Beiming Divine Art to its limit, Wuyazi in the side room sensed it and woke up.

Wu Yazi frowned, pondered for a moment, and then said loudly, "Xinghe, go and see where your junior brother and Master Xu are now. Have any strange phenomena occurred where they are?"

"Yes, Master!" Su Xinghe, who lived next door, responded and quickly pushed open the door to go out.

Wu Yazi secretly wondered, "I wonder which of the two is breaking through."

Before long, Su Xinghe arrived at Wu Yazi's room and bowed, saying, "Master, Junior Brother Duan is reading in his room, and nothing has happened."
The courtyard where Master Xu had been standing was now shrouded in a thick white mist. The disciple couldn't see what was inside, but could hear what sounded like a giant beast breathing heavily, its breath long and powerful.

"So it was Master Xu breaking through," Wu Yazi suddenly realized. White mist enveloped his body, and his breathing was like that of a Kunpeng. This was a phenomenon that only appeared when the Beiming Divine Art was cultivated to an extremely high level.

After thinking for a moment, Wu Yazi said, "Xinghe, put your master in the sedan chair and then carry him to the vicinity of the courtyard."

Su Xinghe carefully carried Wu Yazi out of the room and placed him on the sedan chair outside the door. Without bothering the disciples to serve him, he grabbed the sedan chair pole with one arm and easily lifted him off the ground. They glided towards the courtyard ahead as if gliding on water.

As he got closer to the courtyard, Wu Yazi could hear the long, deep breathing coming from ahead.

It was as if an enormous Kunpeng was sleeping deep in the ocean, and just hearing its breathing could evoke a sense of dread and fear.

If someone with weak martial arts skills gets too close, their body will likely tremble uncontrollably, they will feel immense pressure, and they will completely lose the will to resist.

There is a moon gate between the main house, the side rooms and the front courtyard, without the obstruction of a courtyard gate.

Su Xinghe and Wu Yazi could clearly see the thick, swirling white mist behind the Moon Gate.

It's strange to say.

The white mist spread to the vicinity of the Moon Gate and then stopped spreading outwards, as if it possessed a spirit.

Su Xinghe gripped the sedan chair pole with one hand and stopped when he was about ten feet away from the moon gate, setting down the sedan chair.

The swirling white mist inside the moon gate exuded a powerful oppressive force, preventing him from advancing further.

If he doesn't follow his feelings and continue forward, it might cause unpredictable things to happen.

Wu Yazi, seated in the sedan chair, gazed at the white mist within the moon gate, sensing the power fluctuations originating from the same source. He thought to himself, "I never imagined that after Master Xu's internal energy was entirely transformed into Northern Darkness Internal Energy, he could actually unleash such a vast Northern Darkness Sea."

Those who cultivate the Northern Darkness Divine Art must release their vast internal energy into their bodies to break through to the final level, transforming it into a large expanse of white mist around them.

The people of the Free and Unfettered Sect are accustomed to calling this white mist the Northern Sea.

Of course, this is just a metaphor.

No matter how profound a person's inner strength is, it is impossible for it to manifest as a vast, boundless ocean on the outside.

The fact that Xu Xingchen's display of the Northern Sea could fill the entire courtyard surprised Wu Yazi, the leader of the Xiaoyao Sect.

When he broke through to the Heavenly Realm, the Northern Sea was not this large.

In other words, the Master Xu, who was fully activating the Northern Darkness Divine Art in the courtyard, seemed to have a martial arts talent that even surpassed Wu Yazi's.

Wu Yazi temporarily put aside this strange thought in his mind and focused all his attention on the changes in the white mist behind the moon gate.

For a martial artist to reach the realm of the heavens, they must connect their internal energy with the vast power of heaven and earth, thereby achieving a state of unity between heaven and man.

In this process, although the Northern Darkness Divine Art accelerated its progress, found shortcuts, and reduced its difficulty, it was not without its challenges.

Throughout the world, there are countless experts at the Earth Realm who can master extraordinary techniques; but those who can reach the Heaven Realm are extremely rare, like phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.

Why?

It is precisely because reaching the state of harmony between man and nature is extremely difficult, and most importantly, there is no trace to be found and no way to go.

All those who achieve the highest level of skill rely entirely on the word "chance".

Even those who have cultivated the Northern Darkness Divine Art are only infinitely close to that bottleneck, and can perceive that level that ordinary people cannot reach more easily than others.

Ultimately, a breakthrough depends on opportunity.

Without the right opportunity, no matter how outstanding your martial arts talent is or how exquisite your cultivation techniques are, you will still be trapped and die in front of that barrier.

But then again.

Possessing exceptional martial arts talent, and with the most exquisite and refined techniques he has cultivated...
Such people are often quite lucky.

He is destined to be a prodigy who shines brightly in the martial arts world.

The chances of breaking through the bottleneck are much greater than for ordinary people.

For example, the Tibetan national teacher: Kumārajīva! In Wuyazi's view, Master Xu in the courtyard is using the miraculous effects of the Northern Darkness Divine Art to break through to the supreme realm of the unity of heaven and man, but whether he can seize that sliver of opportunity for breakthrough is still another matter.

If you don't seize the opportunity, that's fine.

However, if one seizes that sliver of opportunity, one will inevitably face the immense crisis of the vital energy of heaven and earth flooding the body and impacting the meridians.

Those who can withstand it will become top masters of the Heavenly Realm.

If one cannot withstand it, their meridians may be damaged, they may suffer serious injuries, and all their powerful martial arts skills may vanish in an instant.

In severe cases, it can even be life-threatening, causing the body to explode and die.

Therefore, Wu Yazi carefully watched over him, preparing to offer a word or two of advice should Master Xu's condition deteriorate, hoping to help him turn the tide and save his life.
Wu Yazi never imagined that this was not the first time Xu Xingchen had undergone the process of achieving oneness with nature.

The spiritual energy in the previous worlds was not as strong as that in the Tianlong world; therefore, it was gentle and mild during the fusion process and did not cause any harm to Xu Xingchen.

The spirituality contained in the primordial energy of the world of Tianlong is too strong. While this greatly enhances the efficacy of the primordial energy, it also makes it less peaceful and causes more fluctuations and ups and downs.

Swimming in a calm river and swimming in a flowing river are two completely different things.

Therefore, it will be much more difficult for experts in this world to break through the process of achieving oneness with nature.

However, for Xu Xingchen, who has had several experiences, no matter how rapid the current is, as long as he is careful, he will still have more opportunities than those who have never swum in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and it will be easier for him to go with the flow and find a breakthrough direction.

In the courtyard.

Deep within the mist, Xu Xingchen's breathing had completely ceased, but the force of her breathing through all 365 acupoints on her body grew longer and deeper.

And then, gradually, sounds began to emerge.

Three hundred and sixty-five acupoints are equivalent to three hundred and sixty-five nasal sounds.

The combined sound of so many mouths and noses breathing in and out was like the breathing of a roc, vast and long, terrifying and unsettling.

With each breath, the surrounding sea of ​​white mist would surge and undulate, displaying ever-changing phenomena.

These seas of white mist were all formed from Xu Xingchen's internal energy, and therefore, his mind was closely connected with the seas of white mist.

Every roll and undulation, every turn and repetition of the Sea of ​​White Mist was clearly presented in his mind.

Even the figures of Su Xinghe and Wu Yazi, who had arrived outside the Moon Gate, were imprinted in his mind.

Xu Xingchen remained unmoved.

Continue breathing exercises, releasing the last bit of internal energy from the acupoints on the surface of your body.

At this point, his meridians and dantian were completely empty, like a vast void, an empty valley, or a trench in the Northern Sea.
The white mist formed from internal energy lingered, surged, and rolled in the outside world.

Among them, all the spiritual imprints and internal forces that did not belong to Xu Xingchen were like rootless trees, constantly being filtered and tempered under the scouring of the heaven and earth's primordial energy, slowly dissipating and gradually disappearing.

Only Xu Xingchen's own power was firmly held in his palm, preventing it from dissipating into the world.

Although the whole process was slow, it was extremely efficient and yielded excellent results.

During this process, Xu Xingchen directed his internal energy to continuously interact with the primordial energy of heaven and earth, and even his spiritual power continuously came into contact with, comprehended, and sublimated the spirituality within the primordial energy of heaven and earth.
I don’t know how much time has passed.

More than nine hundred subtle and chaotic spiritual imprints all dissipated into the world.

In the sea of ​​white mist in the courtyard, only Xu Xingchen's pure power remained, gently undulating and rippling.

He seemed much more at peace.

"Hiss~~~~~~!"

With a thought, Xu Xingchen felt a surge of power, and all 365 acupoints on his body seemed to draw water like a roc, suddenly generating an incredibly powerful suction force.

The surrounding white mist immediately responded, surging into the 365 acupoints in a mighty, continuous flow.

As soon as the white mist entered Xu Xingchen's body, it immediately condensed into streams of internal energy, circulating rapidly through his empty meridians before finally returning to his dantian.

Su Xinghe and Wu Yazi, who were outside the Moon Gate, witnessed a spectacular sight.

In the courtyard ahead, white mist surged forth like a hundred rivers, all flowing towards the same central direction.

In the blink of an eye, they all disappeared into the body of the figure that suddenly became clear in the center of the courtyard.

Xu Xingchen did not stop circulating his internal energy.

After he withdrew all his internal energy, the surrounding天地元气 (heaven and earth energy) continued to flow into his body, like a siphon effect, constantly transforming into internal energy, circulating once, and then returning to his dantian.

(End of this chapter)