Chapter 285: Breaking Through the Fifth Realm, Lu Xun's Dharma Form

In the training chamber.

Lu Xun has been here for several hours.

At this moment, he tightly closed his eyes, fully sensing the changes within his body.

After Murong Wan's return enabled Lu Xun to reach the limit of the Fourth Realm, the largest returning heat flow that had come from Fu Xue finally split off another.

As this returning heat flow arrived, it spread throughout Lu Xun's body.

In a short time, they wandered into Lu Xun's various secret apertures.

All 108 secret apertures of his body each had a returning heat flow appear.

Then, these returning heat flows began to connect.

"To break through the Divine Treasury Realm, one must use true intent as a guide and true qi as a thread, connecting all secret apertures to form the Divine Treasury Meridians."

"Once the Divine Treasury Meridians are formed, one can thereby break into the Divine Treasury Realm."

Lu Xun recalled Fu Yue's explanation.

The Divine Treasury Realm, as the fifth realm of the martial way, is built upon the foundations of the third and fourth realms.

To break through the Divine Treasury Realm, one needs sufficiently strong true intent and true qi.

Then, using true intent as a guide and true qi as a thread, one connects all the secret apertures, weaving them into a large net to form the Divine Treasury Meridians.

This process is also called Secret Aperture Return Flow.

Once the Secret Aperture Return Flow is complete and the Divine Treasury Meridians are formed, the 108 secret apertures throughout the body become a unified whole.

Thus, one is officially considered to have broken through into the Divine Treasury Realm, entering its first layer.

As for the system's requirement to open the Divine Treasury Gate, that is something to be done at the fourth layer of the Divine Treasury Realm.

After opening the Divine Treasury Gate, what follows is consolidating and strengthening the Divine Treasury, making oneself stronger.

Now, what the returning heat flow is doing is the first step.

Establishing the Divine Treasury Meridians.

If it were another Fourth Realm cultivator breaking through this realm, there would be much to do.

The 108 secret apertures located in different parts of the body—connecting them is no easy task.

Such a connection is not something that can be done briefly; it must be maintained, and only after the connection allows power to flow freely can it be considered the Divine Treasury Meridians.

Otherwise, how could it be called Secret Aperture Return Flow?

No one knows how many peak Fourth Realm cultivators will be stalled at this step.

Many cultivators find that connecting secret apertures in the same body part goes fairly smoothly, but once it involves different body parts, the connection breaks as soon as it is made.

Or, one part connects while another part breaks.

Or, after a connection looks fine, it breaks as soon as it is activated.

There are too many secret apertures— a full 108 of them.

If any one of them is not done properly, it could lead to failure.

The importance of foundations is also the reason here.

If the secret apertures are not opened well, the Fifth Realm could stall the martial cultivator.

Moreover, this process also carries great risk.

For example, if some secret apertures are poorly opened, forcing a connection could cause the martial meridians to rupture, resulting in regression of cultivation.

If true intent is insufficient, causing the connection to fail, it could also lead to the secret apertures being sealed, making breakthrough impossible for life.

For Lu Xun, however, it is actually not difficult.

Even if he were to break through on his own, it would be very simple.

His secret apertures are not too shabby, his true intent is so formidable, and if he himself breaks through, it's certainly not a struggle to achieve.

However, being able to lie down and let the System do it, Lu Xun is also quite willing.

Now, Lu Xun isn't even sitting in meditation; he took out a soft recliner, crossed his legs, lay back comfortably, and waited.

Who let the System not allow him to cultivate himself?

In that case, don't blame him for truly lying flat.

The System, too, indeed did not blame him.

Isn't this returning heat flow precisely helping Lu Xun break through?

Under the effect of the returning heat flow, many of Lu Xun's secret apertures inside his body began to be connected.

In less than half an hour, the returning heat flow completed the Secret Aperture Return Flow.

A Divine Treasury Meridian network quietly took shape.

"Humm~"

As Lu Xun's thought moved, power surged into it, flowing smoothly within.

His cultivation also thereby officially broke through the Fifth Realm of martial cultivation.

That is, the Divine Treasury Realm.

After breaking through the Divine Treasury Realm, the returning heat flow is still far from over.

This returning heat flow, although merely split off from the largest mass, remains extraordinarily vast relative to Lu Xun.

Immediately afterward, the returning heat flow began to strengthen this Divine Treasury Meridian network.

The Divine Treasury Meridians became thicker and more stable.

Soon, after the Divine Treasury Meridians' changes reached a certain degree, Lu Xun's martial cultivation broke through to the second layer of the Fifth Realm.

The cultivation of the Divine Treasury Realm itself revolves around the Divine Treasury.

In the early stage of the Divine Treasury Realm, the main task is to strengthen the Divine Treasury Meridians, making them sufficiently strong.

Only then can one push open the Divine Treasury Gate in one go and truly possess the Divine Treasury.

Of course, in this process, the quality of true Qi and true intent will also come with higher demands.

So other Fifth Realm grand masters, after breaking through the Fifth Realm, will still continue to cultivate true Qi and true intent.

Lu Xun, however, no longer needs to.

His true Qi quality is too high, and his true intent is equally frighteningly high.

Invisibly, this also saves a lot of returning heat flow.

Because the returning heat flow has less to do.

The saved returning heat flow can let Lu Xun surge higher.

Not only that,

Soon, Lu Xun broke through the third layer of the Fifth Realm.

The most crucial part has arrived.

Next, it's to open the Gate of the Divine Treasury.

Ordinary cultivators at this point often need to rely on some external force.

For example, heaven-earth spiritual treasures, or Divine Treasury pills and such.

Divine Treasury pills actually come in several types; those used to construct the Divine Treasury meridians and those used to open the Gate of the Divine Treasury are different.

To open the Gate of the Divine Treasury, one must first use the Divine Treasury meridians as a base, to draw forth and manifest the Gate of the Divine Treasury within the body.

Lu Xun can still break through just by lying down.

Under the effect of the returning heat flow, with hardly any effort, the Gate of the Divine Treasury is drawn forth and manifests.

"Chaotic vortex?"

Lu Xun, through inner vision, discovered the appearance of the Gate of the Divine Treasury.

That turned out to be a chaotic vortex.

Everyone's Gate of the Divine Treasury has a different form.

Some are stone doors, some are iron doors, some are ancient bronze doors, and some are starlight light curtains and such.

Lu Xun's, however, is a chaotic vortex.

Next, it's the most crucial matter.

Open the Gate of the Divine Treasury.

If this step fails, the Gate of the Divine Treasury may open then close immediately, becoming a "false Divine Treasury", greatly reducing combat power.

At this point, if the state of mind is unstable, it may trigger a backlash of the Divine Treasury, causing the physical body to collapse.

Fei Tai'a's dao heart was shattered initially, causing lifelong inability to advance even a bit, and his combat power consequently became weak, precisely because he neglected cultivation, causing the Divine Treasury to shrink.

"I leave it to you, System."

Lu Xun remained calm and composed.

He had not the slightest worry.

Indeed.

Just a few minutes later, the returning heat flow had accumulated to an astonishing degree.

Then, this heat flow surged into the chaotic vortex.

"Hum~"

Lu Xun only felt a roaring sound emanating from within his body.

The Gate of the Divine Treasury was opened.

Once opened, the returning heat flow surged in frenziedly, widening and strengthening Lu Xun's internal Divine Treasury.

The Divine Treasury comes in many types, or rather many attributes; which one it is depends on the cultivator's own cultivation.

For example, the Qi-Blood Divine Treasury emphasizes the physical body, blood like mercury, bones growing golden patterns, fists and kicks able to shatter mountains and split the earth.

For example, the Slaughter Divine Treasury, killing intent solidified, combat power doubled.

Furthermore, for example, the Longevity Divine Treasury, infinite vitality, lifespan greatly increased, but the boost to combat power is not large.

There are also elemental-type Divine Treasuries, such as the Departing Fire Divine Treasury, Profound Ice Divine Treasury, Geng Metal Divine Treasury, and such.

As long as it is cultivated well, the Divine Treasury can have multiple attributes.

The Divine Treasury is equivalent to a small world within a martial cultivator's body.

And if one reaches the Sixth Realm, one can use the Divine Treasury as a guide to mobilize Heaven and Earth, forming a domain in the surroundings.

"Good fellow, is this heading toward the Profound Ice Divine Treasury direction?"

Lu Xun quickly discovered that the strengthening of the returning heat flow focused on strengthening the Profound Ice Divine Treasury direction.

This should be related to the returning flow coming from Fu Xue.

This actually doesn't have much effect on the Divine Treasury itself.

Lu Xun felt that his Divine Treasury itself is a Chaotic Divine Treasury.

After further strengthening, Lu Xun's cultivation continued to soar.

From the fourth layer he surged to the fifth layer, then the sixth layer, then the seventh layer.

The seventh layer is late Divine Treasury; at this point one possesses Divine Treasury power.

The function of Divine Treasury power is mainly to bolster offense and defense.

After breaking through the Six Realms, it is even more related to the strength of the domain.

Seventh layer, eighth layer, ninth layer... straight up to the tenth layer.

After reaching the tenth layer, he still hasn't stopped, still charging upward.

Fu Xue's breakthrough this time, even if mainly the Heaven-Earth Dharma Aspect, after other directions are dispersed and then receiving sixty-fold return, is still extremely huge.

So, Lu Xun, in the Fifth Realm, again began breaking through limits.

Eleventh layer, twelfth layer... fifteenth layer...

His divine treasury grew ever larger, and the power of his divine treasury became ever more mighty.

At the same time, that greatest surge of heat finally moved, entering Lu Xun's body.

Within Lu Xun's divine treasury, a dharma form was rapidly taking shape.

"Good buddy."

When everything ended, Lu Xun directly called out, "Good buddy."

Now his cultivation had stalled at the twenty-eighth layer of the fifth realm.

After reaching the fifth realm, breaking through the limit consumes even more, so the return from the divine treasury level only allowed Lu Xun to break through the limit and rush to the twenty-eighth layer.

As for the true qi level, in the continual cultivation of the divine treasury, the quality of true qi also received further improvement.

It appears that Lu Xun is still in the fifth realm.

Yet Lu Xun possessed a dharma form ahead of time.

This dharma form is located within his divine treasury.

Its whole body gleamed with golden light, identical to Lu Xun's, yet it possessed eight heads and sixteen arms.

"Internal dharma form."

Lu Xun spoke softly.

His dharma form differs from that of a seventh-realm cultivator; it is an internal dharma form.

The dharma form of a seventh-realm cultivator, however, is an external dharma form.

Of course, Lu Xun can also release this dharma form to go fight.

Since his realm has not broken through to the seventh, each time he drives the dharma form into battle, the duration is limited, requiring Lu Xun to rely on his divine treasury to control it.

Moreover, this dharma form cannot receive a continual replenishment of heaven-and-earth power during battle.

Just like when the Demon Emperor's avatar attacked, using demon vines to seal the space fortress, leaving Fu Yue's heaven-earth dharma form without replenishment, causing it to shrink the longer it fought.

Only after returning to the divine treasury can Lu Xun replenish it.

Nevertheless, this dharma form is the result of the dispersed return from Fu Xue's breakthrough this time.

Other aspects of the breakthrough are sixtyfold.

Then this dharma form... should also be sixtyfold that of Fu Xue's dharma form, right?

If that is the case,

Once this dharma form is unleashed, its power will be terrifying!

This will be Lu Xun's true great killing weapon.