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Chapter 429 Physical Fitness Breakthrough of 60 Points, Condensing the True Self
In the inner world, the sun shines brightly, radiating boundless light.

The island where the memory palace is located is expanding outwards at a visible speed.

Deep tremors emanated from the earth, as if a sleeping dragon was turning over.

On the originally flat ground, several low mounds slowly rose up.

Their "backs" gradually rise, evolving into the outline of real mountains.

On the surface of the earth, an invisible force tore a crack, which slowly lengthened and deepened, vaguely forming the shape of a canyon.

This scene, resembling the creation of the world, though rough and primitive, is full of vibrant life.

Its driving force comes from Fang Cheng's real-life body.

The piece of flesh with the deep red eye inside the stomach and intestines, under the true fire of the sun, was melting rapidly like a piece of butter thrown into a furnace.

A surge of powerful life energy was released from it, converging into a surging golden torrent.

This torrent, after circulating through the body, is partially transformed into pure true energy, replenishing the energy consumed in the dantian and supplying the needs of the spirit and soul.

More of it seeped directly into his limbs and bones during its flow, reshaping the foundation of his physical body in an almost savage way.

The inner world and the external physical body seem to be two sides of the same coin, closely related, and their evolution and reshaping are almost simultaneous.

Rumbling--

As the island expanded to a size of several kilometers, the first mountain range finally rose from the flat land.

Like the spine of a giant dragon, it runs through the entire newly formed land, supporting the initial skeleton of this miniature world.

In reality, Fang Cheng's entire spine vibrated rhythmically, emitting a series of "crackling" sounds.

The sound was clear and melodious, like the roar of a dragon.

At this moment, viewed from the inside, each vertebra was glowing and radiating heat, and the density and strength of the bones were increasing dramatically in an illogical way.

Even in the bone marrow, the originally bright red hematopoietic stem cells began to be tinged with a faint golden hue.

New blood is born, brimming with explosive vitality.

They burst out of the bones, flowed into the circulation, and delivered this new power to every corner of the body.

Pfft!Pfft!
The heart is the central organ of this system.

Each pulse is like the engine of a war machine roaring and running at full power, pumping scalding energy throughout the body, into every limb and bone.

As the golden blood continued to flow in, it became dazzling and bright, like a miniature sun placed in its chest.

Meanwhile, in another dimension that is invisible to ordinary people.

Countless notification messages flowed by like a waterfall.

[You are using yourself as a furnace to rebuild your foundation. Qigong experience +1]

[The life essence of the Crimson Eye is strengthening your bones, Constitution +0.001]

[The life essence of the Crimson Eye is reconstructing your bone marrow, Constitution +0.001]

………………

Finally, countless subtle improvements converged into a torrent of qualitative change, reaching a critical point of extreme limit.

The panel suddenly burst into a dazzling light, and a brand new notification message appeared.

[Congratulations! Your physical foundation has been rebuilt, your physique has been improved, and you have successfully broken through to 60 points.]

At this point, all four attributes have surpassed the 60-point limit.

boom!
It was as if an invisible shackle within my body had been completely broken.

The dantian, which serves as a container for life energy, expanded several times over in an instant.

What was originally a small lake of true energy has now transformed into a boundless ocean with surging waves.

A surge of powerful true energy overflowed, flowing into the meridians like a tide.

This time, the torrent of energy reached an unprecedented depth.

Not only were the major meridians thoroughly cleansed, but the blood vessel network throughout the body also trembled violently.

The speed of blood flow suddenly increased, creating a roaring sound in the ears like a raging river.

Countless previously obscure and stagnant capillaries, as well as the tiny pores between muscles, fascia, and joints, were all opened up by this force.

All the illuminated "bright spots" on the body, like stars in the night sky, are connected by this rushing "Milky Way," outlining a mysterious human star map.

The efficiency of blood and qi circulation is thus increased several times over.

As the inner world evolved, Fang Cheng's body also underwent a tremendous transformation.

This dramatic change, from the inside out, caused the surrounding environment to boil with excitement.

Inside the water prison in the mountain cave, thick water vapor filled the air, forming a white mist.

The icy cold water surrounding the stone platform had long since evaporated due to the heat emanating from his body.

The water level dropped significantly, revealing the pitted and uneven bottom of the pool.

Thick white smoke billowed up and surged upwards.

However, it seemed to be bound by some invisible force field, suppressed within the water prison, unable to dissipate even a trace of its power.

The temperature in the entire space was terrifyingly high, like a giant steamer.

Fang Cheng remained seated on the stone platform.

Flames enveloped his body, his skin a healthy crimson red with a faint golden sheen.

Even through his skin, you could see his muscles bulging and contracting rhythmically with the ebb and flow of energy, as if they were alive.

With the dual nourishment of Qi and blood, the body's strengthening effect reaches an unbelievable level, beginning to penetrate into a more substantial realm.

A torrent of energy swept through the muscle groups, penetrating into every muscle fiber.

The originally tightly packed actin and myosin filaments become more robust, and the tension generated during contraction increases exponentially.

At the synapses where nerve endings connect to muscle fibers, countless golden sparks burst forth, greatly improving the efficiency of neurotransmitter transmission.

This means that instructions issued from the brain can reach all parts of the body faster and with less loss.

Even the fascia surrounding the muscles becomes more elastic, enabling it to store and release more kinetic energy.

As subtle changes occur throughout the body, a series of notification messages flow before my eyes like a stream:
[The life essence of the Crimson Eye is nourishing your body, Strength +0.001]

[The life essence of the Crimson Eye is nourishing your body, Agility +0.001]

[The life essence of the Crimson Eye is nourishing your body, Constitution +0.001]

………………

Time slips away quietly during cultivation.

The water prison was always as bright as day.

Only the light filtering through the cracks overhead, gradually dimming, indicated that night had fallen outside.

The flames burning on Fang Cheng's body gradually calmed down, and the light slowly faded.

The scorching heat began to recede inward, no longer causing destructive effects on the surrounding environment.

It seems that all efforts have been focused on the creation of the inner world.

Only the constantly updating notifications prove that this transformative change is still ongoing:
[You are using yourself as a furnace to nurture your soul; visualization experience +1]

[You are using yourself as a furnace to temper your physical body. Qigong experience +1]

………………

I don't know how much time passed, but the night outside grew even deeper.

The temperature inside the water prison finally began to drop noticeably.

The dense moisture, bound to the cave ceiling by an invisible force field, condensed and turned into large water droplets, dripping down. It was as if a light rain was falling, returning to the bottom of the nearly dried-up deep pool.

Fang Cheng's pores opened up, greedily absorbing the surrounding free energy and moisture.

At this moment, a perfect self-circulation had formed inside and outside his body.

In the inner world, as the terrain undulates, "water" begins to emerge from the void through the torn crevice and slowly flows in.

That's how the first river came to be.

It originates from towering mountains, meanders to the end of the light domain, and nourishes this newly born land.

At the core of the sun, high in the sky, that golden pupil became even clearer.

It turned indifferently, like the eye of a god, looking down upon the world it had created.

Fang Cheng, now transformed into the sun, gazed upon this island that had evolved from the Palace of Memory, and a sense of enlightenment dawned upon him.

At that moment, he finally understood completely.

The so-called "visualization" and "qigong" have never deviated from the Taoist theory of internal alchemy.

The entire process I just demonstrated was actually a perfect reproduction of refining essence into qi, refining qi into spirit, and refining spirit into emptiness.

Digesting the flesh and blood of the Crimson Eye and refining it into the most primordial true energy with the true fire of the sun is called "refining essence into qi".

True Qi circulates throughout the body along the spine, reaching the spiritual center of the mind, nourishing the soul, and transforming into spiritual energy that constructs the inner world. This is known as "refining Qi into spirit".

At this moment, with abundant spiritual energy, an inner world is created from nothingness in this world of consciousness. This is the beginning of "refining the spirit and returning to emptiness"!
However, just as Fang Cheng was immersed in this enlightenment, the expansion speed of the inner world suddenly slowed down.

The crimson eye flesh and blood in his abdomen had been almost completely digested, and the amount of true qi remaining in his dantian was also nearly gone.

Creating an inner world requires an enormous amount of energy.

Without sufficient "essence" and "qi" as resources, relying solely on one's own soul to recover would likely take several years and still be insufficient to complete the Shaping Realm.

At that moment, Fang Cheng's heart stirred.

The will that transformed into the sun instantly pierced through the barriers of the inner world and was cast into the more distant, endless darkness.

He saw it.

Those who once connected with the golden sphere.

Whether they have received kindness and feel grateful, or have witnessed their own power and feel admiration.

At this moment, a barely perceptible thought arose in everyone's mind.

These thoughts transformed into the purest willpower, condensing into delicate yet resilient threads of light.

They crossed vast distances, converging like rivers flowing into the sea.

Ultimately, it was poured into Fang Cheng's inner world and transformed into the purest fuel of the True Fire of the Sun!
Replenished by this new energy, the gradually waning sun once again burst forth with dazzling light.

The expansion of the interior world has accelerated once again.

The land stretched out continuously until it covered the entire light domain, and then tentatively extended into the endless darkness beyond the light domain.

As the creation of the realm was about to be completed, an unprecedented sense of fulfillment and bliss welled up in Fang Cheng's heart.

At the most microscopic level of the body, trillions of cells are having a blast.

The life energy refined by the sun's true fire, like the gentlest rain, permeates into every cell.

Chromatin in the cell nucleus shines with the brilliant light of life, and mitochondria are like miniature reactors, continuously producing energy.

Split, regenerate, recombine...

Every fundamental aspect of life's operation has been accelerated a thousandfold.

The aging and damage in the body are instantly swept away.

The body's very essence is undergoing a transformative optimization.

His soul also formed an unprecedentedly close connection with these trillions of revitalized cells.

Essence, Qi, and Spirit are harmonized and unified, forming a perfect closed loop that operates on its own and is constantly regenerating.

Fang Cheng realized that what he was doing was not only shaping his realm, but also condensing his unique "true self".

In that instant of enlightenment, his perception seemed to break free from the shackles of his physical body, instantly penetrating the thick layers of rock.

He "heard" the whisper of the mountain wind rustling through the pine needles, "smelled" the fragrance of the soil and grass, and "felt" the temperature of the sun baking the rocks.

A wonderful resonance quietly formed between him and this world.

The circulation within his body had already become a self-consistent and perfect little world.

The outside world, on the other hand, is a vast and boundless universe.

At this moment, the successful formation of the microcosm naturally triggered a response from the macrocosm.

As if it had completed some kind of mission, the invisible force field that had been binding the water prison suddenly contracted inward and was completely absorbed into Fang Cheng's body.

After being freed from its confinement, the pent-up, almost tangible, massive water vapor finally found an outlet.

boom!
A visible column of smoke, like a giant dragon awakened, shot into the sky along the cracks in the rock wall.

Outside the water prison, on the back mountain, the sky was originally clear and the sun was shining brightly.

The hot, humid air suddenly crashed into the high altitude, like a drop of thick ink being poured into a basin of clear water.

The water vapor floating in the surrounding air seemed to be summoned by an invisible force and began to converge here.

A few moments later, several dark clouds drifted in, blocking out the sunlight and casting a shadow over the entire back mountain.

The Ma family lives in Tianxin Village at the foot of the mountain.

"Falling blossoms obscure the moonlight; let us offer a cup of wine on the Phoenix Terrace; the Empress Dowager, with tears in her eyes, offers incense..."

In the old-fashioned courtyard house, a radio was playing traditional opera.

The morning was sunny and breezy.

Ma Jianguo had just finished watering several pots of roses.

He was lying comfortably in a wicker chair, legs crossed, eyes slightly closed, his fingers gently patting his thighs to the tune of the melodious music.

Five days have passed since Fang Cheng entered the water prison for seclusion.

For five days, the bell used for communication never rang.

This is actually good news, indicating that the cultivation is progressing smoothly and at least there is no danger of going astray.

Ma Jianguo thought to himself that with Fang Cheng's once-in-a-century martial arts talent and solid foundation, completing the "concept" within seven days should be a sure thing.

He eagerly counted down the days, hoping that the kid would emerge from seclusion smoothly by tomorrow or the day after.

At that time, Fang Cheng will become the sixteenth master of the "Thunder and Fire Cauldron" martial intent since the founding of the Ma-style Tai Chi Chuan.

From then on, we will uphold our family's prestige, beat up the special investigation team, kick powerful families and tycoons, and greatly enhance our own reputation.

Thinking of his triumph, Ma Jianguo couldn't help but smile slightly.

But just as he was immersed in this beautiful fantasy—

boom!Boom!

Suddenly, someone knocked on the courtyard gate.

"Who?"

Ma Jianguo lazily opened his eyes.

"Old Ma! Old Ma! Come out and see, your ancestral graves are emitting auspicious smoke!"

The loud voice of my neighbor, Old Wang, came from outside the door.

(End of this chapter)