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Chapter 141 Crossing the Fire, Condensing True Blood

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From a third-person perspective.

The Tanzhong acupoint, which had been infused with qi and blood, shone brightly.

Like a burning sun, it bursts forth with dazzling light.

The light almost materialized, emanating from the body.

From a distance, it appears different from what the outside world sees.

One can clearly see a blood-red light, the size of a soybean, shining through the skin on Hu Long's chest.

"This is the Crimson Palace?!"

Hu Long's heart skipped a beat.

When you delve into it, the feeling is mysterious and profound.

It felt as if a new space had appeared out of nowhere inside my body.

From the outside, it appears to be only the size of a soybean, but from a third-person perspective, its interior is surprisingly large, spherical, and a hundred meters in diameter.

The edges of the space were covered with vein-like roots, densely packed, spreading to the entire inner wall like the blood vessels of a living creature, and constantly wriggling.

In Hu Long's perception, this so-called "Crimson Palace" was more like an alternate dimension formed from flesh and blood.

At this moment, in the very center of the space, hangs a huge, crimson fireball.

That was formed from his vital energy and blood.

Now that the vital energy and blood have returned to their source, the Crimson Palace is complete.

Next comes the most difficult step in advancing to the Blood Exchange Realm: condensing true blood and surviving the fire.

A complete overhaul is not something that can be achieved overnight.

The mere step of condensing true blood is enough to stump countless martial artists.

Ordinary people need to ingest large amounts of secret medicines and local treasures to replenish their qi and blood, accumulating them day by day and repeatedly refining them, before they can barely reach the threshold.

But Hu Long doesn't need to do that.

With his physique.

With the skills already downloaded to the Taisu noodle board, this step can be shortened simply by installing them.

There's no need to worry about failure or insufficient qi and blood; all he needs to do is withstand the impending fire.

as predicted.

As time went by, the massive mass of blood energy within the rift palace began to collapse and condense.

Like a vortex, it compresses and collapses inward, gradually solidifying into a substance.

At the same time, an invisible flame rose from it.

The Blood Transformation Realm, as the name suggests, is where the old blood is shed and new blood is generated.

This process requires high-temperature quenching.

This is the essence of fire.

Using one's own vital energy as fuel, one ignites the fire that burns the body, burning away the old blood, and only then can one be reborn.

The stronger the martial artist, the stronger their physique and the more vigorous their blood and energy, the more intense the fire they ignite will be.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to refine new blood.

As for Hu Long, with his current inhumanly terrifying physique and the pent-up energy within his body like a giant beast, once ignited, its power is unimaginable.

In just a moment.

His skin turned bright red, like a branding iron.

The clothes were instantly set ablaze, leaving not even ashes.

He was like a furnace that had been suddenly ignited.

The terrifying heat caused the surrounding vegetation to wither instantly, turning into ashes.

The rock beneath them cracked open, the fissures spreading wildly outwards like a spider web.

"#!"

Even Hu Long was terrified at this moment.

The fire was too violent, it came too fast and too fierce.

It was far more terrifying than what was described in the information he had gathered.

If he hadn't possessed the bloodline of the Fire Demon, he would have been reduced to ashes in that instant.

Even so, he felt unbearably hot all over.

It felt as if magma was surging through my veins, scorching every inch of flesh and every bone.

My whole being, inside and out, felt like it was being roasted alive.

Fortunately, this ordeal did not last long.

The cold marrow he carried close to his body, along with several other extremely cold items, finally came into play at this moment.

An astonishing chill surged into his body like an icy river pouring in, forcefully suppressing the raging fire within him.

Under normal circumstances, even the strongest body would collapse on the spot from a sudden change in temperature.

But there are reasons why the path of the secret martial artist is successful.

The internal organs, tempered and refined in the Zhuangfu Realm, came into play at this moment.

Five-colored radiance spreads, the heart fire and kidney water harmonize, the liver wood and lung metal regulate each other, and the spleen earth operates in the center.

The power of the five elements guides the interweaving and neutralization of ice and fire within the body.

The terrifying heat and cold gradually reached a fragile yet relatively stable balance.

The most obvious example is the cave where Hulong is located.

The rock face was covered in white frost one moment, and the chilling air was the next moment, when it was baked by an invisible high temperature and billowing white smoke was emitted.

Ice and fire alternate endlessly, making the entire cave a place where yin and yang meet, constantly changing.

This feeling is naturally unpleasant.

But Hu Long remained calm and ignored it.

He only maintained a slight vigilance towards the outside world, focusing all his attention on the newly opened grotto.

With the acceleration of the Taisu noodle board.

A wisp of blood-red thread condensed within the vortex's intense heat.

The instant it appeared.

It was as if it had triggered a chain reaction.

One after another, several more blood-red threads condensed.

As the number of them increased, the crimson threads intertwined, merged, and converged into a single drop of blood.

Then, the color of this drop of blood began to darken.

It is different from ordinary blood.

It is crystal clear, as clear and transparent as red agate.

Just by looking at it, you can feel the terrifying vitality it contains.

The true seed of Qi and Blood has been formed!

This drop of blood has taken shape.

The previously restless energy of blood and qi stabilized.

This also means that they have completely survived the most dangerous fire during this crucial period of blood transfusion.

The Blood Transformation Realm is different from the previous four realms of Body Forging, Skin Polishing, Bone Tempering, and Internal Organ Strengthening.

There are five major checkpoints in total.

It is based on the true essence of qi and blood in the Crimson Palace, and carries out five thorough renovations of the blood throughout the body from shallow to deep and from the surface to the inside. It is a key stage for leaping the level of life.

After passing the five trials, all mortal blood is gone, and true blood is formed naturally.

Only then can the blood transfusion be completed.

It is divided into five stages: burning blood, tempering blood, burning marrow, transformation, and returning to truth.

The Blood Burning Challenge involves condensing true blood and igniting the fire in one's heart.

It was also the first step in surviving the fire and entering a period of transformation.

It activates the true essence of Qi and blood in the Crimson Palace, transforming it into a blazing heart fire that flows into the heart meridian and ignites the blood throughout the body.

During this process, the blood in the whole body is as if it is being burned on a blazing flame, boiling violently and burning away the old blood.

This level is extremely dangerous; while the martial artist must endure the agony of being burned alive, they also need to control the fire.

If the fire in one's heart gets out of control, it will spread like wildfire, causing damage to the heart meridians and a decline in cultivation.

In severe cases, it can lead to depletion of vital energy and exhaustion, like a lamp running out of oil.

Once successful, the light in one's heart will burn forever.

The Crimson Palace True Blood Lamp remains constantly lit, cleansing the blood and qi, resulting in faster recovery.

The second stage is blood tempering.

Once the heart fire is stabilized, it needs to be guided, like a bellows, to gradually increase its intensity, so that it flows out from the heart meridian and along the main meridians to the limbs and bones.

This move aims to place the blood throughout the body in an internal furnace for a secondary tempering process.

High-temperature flames force out the dampness, impurities, and acquired toxins hidden deep within the blood.

This trial requires enduring excruciating pain, as if every inch of your blood vessels is being scorched by flames.

One must remain clear-headed and precisely control the heat to ensure the whole body is heated evenly and to avoid local blood vessels from burning and dying.

The body will excrete a large amount of foul-smelling, sticky sweat.

Once successful, the blood changes from crimson to bright red, becoming more translucent and shimmering as it flows.

The third level, Burning Marrow, is quite special.

After the blood has been purified through the second tempering, the fire is now strong enough to destroy and rebuild.

It is necessary to continue to stimulate the heart fire, transforming it from hard to soft, from yang to yin, into a bone-penetrating yin fire.

It slowly seeps into the bones throughout the body, reaching deep into the bone marrow.

This fire does not harm the bones, but specifically burns the marrow, aiming to completely dismantle the foundation for producing old blood.

This is the first life-or-death hurdle in the Blood Exchange Realm, requiring one to endure the pain of marrow erosion, a pain that strikes directly at the soul, far exceeding the suffering of the physical body.

The practitioner will fall into extreme weakness, become emaciated, and have their consciousness teetering on the edge of dissipation.

Once the will collapses and the spark of hope is extinguished, the very marrow is destroyed, and even immortals and gods cannot save it.

After the breakthrough.

Then the old marrow will be burned away, and the bones will be empty and clear, as warm and smooth as jade.

Although his vital energy was severely depleted, his bone marrow space had been thoroughly purified, making perfect preparations for rebirth.

That's why this level is different from the others.

After breaking through, one's strength not only does not increase, but decreases, leading to extreme weakness.

Generally, once a martial artist breaks through to this level, they will go into seclusion and will not choose to go out.

The fourth level: the transformation level.

Reaching this point signifies the revival of a barren tree and the birth of true blood.

After being burned and tempered three times with old blood.

Next, the wisp of refined and increasingly pure Qi and blood essence will be dispersed back into the bone marrow of the limbs and bones.

Based on this, the bone marrow undergoes a rebirth, beginning the process of gestating and creating entirely new blood.

Fifth level: Return to Truth.

When more than 90% of the blood in the body is true blood, the martial artist needs to circulate the secret martial arts to guide the ever-flowing, spiritually rich essence of true blood throughout the body to flow upstream, like hundreds of rivers returning to the sea, and pour it back into the Crimson Palace.

This torrent repeatedly washes over and nourishes the true seed of qi and blood that is the starting point of everything, eventually merging, compressing, and sublimating it completely.

This is the final test of the Blood Exchange Realm, known as the Reverse Flow Peril.

At that time, the blood and qi in the whole body will flow in reverse, putting terrifying pressure on the heart and the uterus, as if carrying a mountain on one's back.

When condensing the final true blood of one's destiny, one must be extremely focused. Even the slightest distraction may cause the blood and qi to go out of control, posing a risk of the body exploding.

Under normal circumstances.

Each stage of the blood transfusion is accompanied by unimaginable pain and risks.

The newly generated blood is incompatible with the old blood remaining in the body, which will cause a fierce struggle between qi and blood, resulting in distending pain in the meridians as if they are being torn apart.

The secret warrior must use a strong will to mediate and guide the new blood to slowly devour and replace the old blood.

But Hu Long didn't need to do that at all.

Because the Yuwen Sword itself is a second-level Blood Tempering Realm existence.

Therefore, Hu Long's strength did not stop improving after breaking through to the Blood Burning stage.

The flame within him instantly spread, burning his entire body.

It was as if every pore of his body was spewing out an invisible flame.

It burned for several minutes before stopping.

Hu Long opened his eyes.

Click!

The sound of the cocoon cracking was exceptionally clear in the silent cave.

The spot where Hu Long had been standing was now deserted.

Instead, there was a huge black "rock" with a surface covered with spiderweb-like cracks, like an egg left behind by some giant beast.

At that moment, with Hu Long's movement, the rock completely shattered.

The fragments fell, revealing his figure.

Surprisingly, instead of growing bigger, he became shorter and thinner than before.

In his previous normal state, he was already nearly two meters tall, like an upright bear.

But now he looks only a little over 1.8 meters tall, and even appears somewhat thin.

But this does not mean that he has become weaker.

On the contrary, he was like a piece of refined iron that had been repeatedly forged.

From a third-person perspective, his blood appeared crystal clear, like streams of flowing crimson crystalline marrow surging ceaselessly through his veins.

Every drop of blood seemed to contain astonishing energy, and with each heartbeat, one could feel a terrifying rhythm, like the surging of the earth's veins.

Hu Long raised his hand.

Stab it--!

Streaks of crimson light, like lightning, swirled and flickered on his arm, spreading across his skin and illuminating the entire cave.