Chapter 132

The breakthrough from Qi Condensation to Foundation Establishment is divided into three major stages.

The first stage is to use the explosion of spiritual energy throughout the body to impact all areas within the body, seeking and sensing the location of the Dharma apertures, finding them from all hidden places, and firmly remembering all positions; this concerns future breakthroughs.

At the same time, the quantity is also like this, and it is also the focus of the sensing stage; this process can be carried out multiple times, and the role of the Foundation Establishment pill is precisely this.

Its entire process almost occupies the majority of the Foundation Establishment time.

The second stage is to gather the power of the spiritual sea within the body and rush toward the first Dharma aperture with all one's might, smashing it open completely, and completing the first aperture-breaking.

After the smashed-open Dharma aperture accommodates enough spiritual energy, it will turn into a vortex and give birth to the cultivator's first strand of magic power.

Once magic power appears, it will wander throughout the body, transforming the cultivator's flesh and blood, causing the life level to appear to leap forward; this is the third stage.

Up to this point, the three stages are completed, and only then can one be considered to have stepped into Foundation Establishment!

It sounds simple, but in reality, truly being able to complete these three links requires sufficient preparation and a certain amount of luck.

At this moment, what Xu Qing is doing is the first stage; following the explosion of his five hundred zhang spiritual sea, waves of great tides spread abruptly along his whole body, starting to seek Dharma apertures.

Dharma apertures are not acupuncture points, so their existence in each person's body differs according to the difference in aptitude.

And the thickness of his own spiritual energy allows Xu Qing to be more persistent, and also allows him to adopt multiple ways to sense; now the method he is prepared to use is the method called Strong Probing proposed in Ding Xue's jade slip.

The so-called Strong Probing method is to use one's own total spiritual energy to spread throughout the body, and with the help of this violent impact, make the location of the Dharma apertures reveal itself; this is the final trump card for many Qi Condensation disciples at this stage.

But for Xu Qing, he only needs to use part of his spiritual energy to complete it.

He also didn't expect that one Strong Probing sensing could find enough Dharma apertures, but intended to try and familiarize himself with it first, so he only spread two percent of his own spiritual energy, which was one hundred zhang.

Although it was only two percent, for the ordinary disciples of the Seven Blood Eyes, this was already their total.

At this moment, Xu Qing's body roared; this one hundred zhang spiritual sea exploded from his dantian, like a tide, and following the meridians, flesh and blood, bones, and all areas of Xu Qing's whole body, it surged and went.

Following the spread, his meridians were like river channels, and the rolling of the spiritual sea was like sea dragons, passing violently.

As for the flesh and blood, bones, and internal organs outside the meridians, they were like dry fields; while being covered and nourished by his spiritual energy, they started to perceive and seek.

Soon he discovered that in some meridians, there actually existed some subtle vortexes; they existed very secretly and could only be perceived when all the meridians were bulging.

Those vortexes were like heavenly gates, faintly revealing a mysterious aura when spiritual energy permeated.

After Xu Qing perceived these auras, all enlightenment appeared in his mind; they... were Dharma apertures.

Not only did such mysterious apertures exist in the meridians, but such mysteries were also discovered by him in the flesh and blood and internal organs outside the meridians.

"Ninety-one!" Xu Qing's eyes revealed a sharp glint; following the end of his first sensing, the spiritual energy within his body retreated like a tide and slowly dissipated.

According to the Foundation Establishment information he obtained earlier, what affects the perception of Dharma apertures is heterogenous substance, and theoretically, the limit of Dharma apertures is one hundred and twenty; generally speaking, finding eighty is already not bad aptitude, and ninety is outstanding.

Calculating with thirty Dharma apertures forming a group of life fire, this represents being able to form three groups of life fire in the future.

If Xu Qing didn't care about the quantity at this moment, then he could immediately proceed to the second stage, break open a Dharma aperture, form a vortex, and give birth to magic power.

"But there is no heterogenous substance in my body, why did I only sense ninety-one Dharma apertures?" Xu Qing pondered; after a moment, he felt that perhaps this was his true aptitude.

Before the arrival of the gods, in the world without heterogenous substance, what cultivation looked at was not the purity within the body, but the body's own aptitude.

It was just that by now, aptitude or whatever was no longer important to the vast majority of sect forces; only those seeds in the great forces who were pinned with high hopes would look at their aptitude.

"In other words, my aptitude determined that even if there is no heterogenous substance in my body, there will still be Dharma apertures hidden too deep to be found." Xu Qing thought thoughtfully, and a sharp glint slowly appeared in his eyes.

He felt that it didn't matter if he couldn't find them at this moment; it didn't matter if his aptitude was limited; as long as the spiritual energy in his body was sufficient, then these hidden Dharma apertures were not without ways to be found.

If you can't find them once, do it twice or three times; if you still can't find them, do it five or six times.

Thinking of this, Xu Qing closed his eyes, and after pondering, he divided half of the remaining four hundred zhang spiritual sea within his body.

Two hundred zhang spiritual sea exploded again toward his whole body, starting the second sensing.

This degree of thickness was already incredibly astonishing, far exceeding ordinary cultivators.

Under this explosion, his whole body's meridians expanded instantly, and the flesh and blood and internal organs were all filled with spiritual energy; the bones were also the same, and his whole body vibrated intensely inside and out.

It was truly the case that the impact force was too great; in an instant, five Dharma apertures were revealed from their hiding places.

The perceived Dharma apertures reached ninety-six places!

The remaining spiritual energy in the second sensing did not dissipate, and was still searching rapidly amidst this violent impact.

The principle of this was like blowing a balloon full, making the hidden points on it reveal themselves in this full state; if they were hidden deeper, then make the balloon even fuller.

"My spiritual energy is sufficient, and the Foundation Establishment pills are sufficient."

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes; the remaining two hundred zhang spiritual sea within his body exploded with a boom before the second sensing ended, superimposing the sensing!

But just at this moment, a strange change occurred!

In the cave where Xu Qing was sitting cross-legged, the spirit-breath lamp was originally burning as usual, and the firelight formed shrouded Xu Qing within; compared to the darkness in the surroundings, it seemed to protect him in the light.

But at this moment, the firelight of the spirit-breath lamp was blown by an invisible existence that turned into a cold wind; suddenly, the flame swayed, appearing to have signs of being about to be extinguished.

And following the swaying, countless dark existences were revealed on the mud walls and ground of the cave; they did not have complete shapes, could not be seen clearly, and one could only see clusters of blurry illusory bodies.

It felt as if they existed in the crevices of time and space, without specific appearances.

On weekdays, they were mostly muddled; today, because Xu Qing's sensing revealed his aura in the world where they existed, they were immediately attracted by the aura nearby.

And the world where they were seemed infinitely large; if Xu Qing's aura were revealed, it would often be the case, but the distances between each other were very far, so what was attracted was often the weirdness nearby.

It was just that the flame of the spirit-breath lamp clearly could form suppression on them, making them unable to pounce at this moment, but the greed emanating from them became increasingly intense.

This greed had already turned into substance, becoming countless malicious intentions, making Xu Qing feel it even with his eyes closed, which made his heart and spirit shake.

He did not know what those were.

The Foundation Establishment jade slip did not explicitly state it, but he knew very well that once invaded by these malicious intentions, his Foundation Establishment would definitely fail.

Fortunately, although the spirit-breath lamp was average, it would not be easily extinguished; at this moment, although it swayed violently, the lamp fire still shrouded Xu Qing.

Xu Qing took a deep breath; he knew he couldn't waste time; at this moment, he operated the spiritual sea within his body and sensed the location of the Dharma apertures again.

Amidst the roar, seven more Dharma apertures were found, reaching one hundred and three places!

Only seventeen places away from the theoretical limit of one hundred and twenty!

"Come again!" Xu Qing gritted his teeth fiercely, the spiritual sea within his body spread, forming tides that continuously impacted his whole body.

Clicking sounds came out abruptly, and four more hidden Dharma apertures appeared!

One hundred and seven places!

At the same time, the weird shadows in the surroundings also became more and more numerous, emitting silent roars and circling rapidly around Xu Qing; they even continuously blew cold winds toward the spirit-breath lamp, making the spirit-breath lamp's flame sway even more violently, as if it could be extinguished at any time.

Xu Qing ignored these; at this moment, he opened his eyes and took a Foundation Establishment pill and swallowed it; suddenly, spiritual energy exploded with a boom in the exhausted spiritual sea, and astonishing spiritual energy fluctuations erupted from this Foundation Establishment pill.

He did not hesitate, spread this spiritual energy throughout his body, making his own body appear to have a strong sense of expansion, as if his body were being stretched infinitely at this moment.

Following the gushing of the majestic spiritual energy, three Dharma apertures appeared in an instant amidst the roaring of his body, which had not been discovered in the three previous sensings.

One hundred and ten apertures!

Xu Qing's breathing was rapid; he raised his hand and grabbed, and a whole box of Foundation Establishment pills was taken by him; the three Foundation Establishment pills inside were all swallowed by him in one breath.

Roaring within his body, the three Foundation Establishment pills turned into three violent sea dragons, rushing toward his body again; amidst the exploding roaring sounds, his body seemed about to be unable to support it; when it expanded to the limit, one extremely hidden Dharma aperture after another appeared successively.

One hundred and eleven, one hundred and thirteen, one hundred and fifteen...

Until one hundred and eighteen!

At this moment, Xu Qing only needed two more Dharma apertures to reach the limit; but just as he was immersed with his whole body and mind, as if magnifying his body to search inch by inch, because his sensing at this moment had found too many Dharma apertures, and the aura emitted was too rich, the weirdness attracted was also countless times more than at other times.

Others breaking through would sense at most ninety-something; and Xu Qing here... was infinitely close to the end.

Such a rich aura was like a huge torch in the dark night, attracting too much.

And the quality of the spirit-breath lamp itself could not reach the best; it had already reached the limit by persisting until here; after all, for it, it had never protected a cultivator like Xu Qing.

At this moment, the swaying of its flame was incredibly violent, and finally, amidst a shocking cold wind... it was extinguished abruptly!

Little Mengxin surrenders...

Let me slow down...