[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-from-thunder-breathing-to-the-multiverse":3,"chapter-from-thunder-breathing-to-the-multiverse-from-thunder-breathing-to-the-multiverse-chapter-39":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","From Thunder Breathing to the Multiverse",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1676073,2141,"Chapter 39 39: Breathing Through the Body","from-thunder-breathing-to-the-multiverse-chapter-39",39,"\u003Cp>Why is it...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That throughout the thousands of years of human history, countless disciplines—born in completely different places, in vastly different eras—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All end up arriving at the same truth?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Three Thousand Paths to the Dao...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All converge at the same destination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because in the end, everyone seeking power...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is walking the same road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The road toward the evolution of life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— — —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If the nervous system can control muscles and blood vessels...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then what about pores?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aren't they part of the body too? Shouldn't they be controllable as well?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tachibana Kyūjō murmured softly to himself, lost in thought as a wild yet strangely logical idea sparked in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The human body contains more than six billion muscle fibers... and an absolutely staggering two hundred fifty trillion blood vessels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If all those vessels were laid end to end, the total length would stretch over 150,000 kilometers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of them? Microscopic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Capillaries—tiny vessels even smaller than pores, far beyond what the naked eye could see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So if he could consciously influence the capillaries...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then surely... controlling his pores should be possible too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this newfound conviction burning in his chest, Kyūjō sat down cross-legged in the courtyard under the ginkgo tree, and began focusing all his senses inward—into his own body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slowed his breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No—he stilled it entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he sharpened his awareness, trying to perceive the microscopic network that made up the outermost layer of his skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subtle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost like part of the air itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyūjō focused on one arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly—clumsily—he attempted to open the pores there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then... to close them again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was anything but easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was his first time trying to control something humans weren't even supposed to be aware of, let alone manipulate. His body resisted, uncertain. The movements were crude. Incomplete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Kyūjō didn't stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He'd walked through death. He'd seen what lay beyond despair. And with that experience came a mental strength that no ordinary man possessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minute by minute...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Step by step...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The resistance gave way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A chilling sensation crept through the surface of his arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His skin... was inhaling the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time in his life—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyūjō's body was breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without lungs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through his pores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sensation was pure. Raw. Alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no sound. No rise or fall of his chest. And yet, oxygen was flowing into his body—subtle but undeniable—like he'd become one with the wind itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— — —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyūjō's breath hitched—not from exhaustion, but from realization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze darted down to his arm in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I only activated Body Breathing in one arm...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the effect... it's already reached eighty percent of my lung capacity at full health?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His heart pounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a single limb could achieve that...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What would happen if his entire body breathed like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every pore—from head to toe—active at once...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One full-body cycle of breath...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would completely surpass dozens of traditional lung breaths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a terrifying thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Terrifyingly powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took another controlled breath—through the skin of his arm—and forced himself to calm down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the joy didn't last.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A problem hit him almost instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could no longer use traditional Breathing Techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ancient styles passed down from the age of Tsugikuni Yoriichi...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Water Breathing. Flame Breathing. Thunder Breathing...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of them—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Built upon the rhythm of lungs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Kyūjō's lungs... no longer functioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had stepped onto a path that no swordsman in this world had ever walked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A breathing technique with no reliance on lungs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something that did not exist in this world—not in any scroll, not in any training hall, not even in the memory of the eldest Pillars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had left the old path behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this power...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As overwhelming as it felt, it was also dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the body could still only store and use so much oxygen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a proper Breathing Form to channel and circulate that energy—without a technique designed to harmonize with this new system—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just raw fuel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too much fuel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enough to become toxic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he wanted to truly transform this discovery into a sword that could strike down demons...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Kyūjō would need to do the impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have to create it...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A new Breathing Style.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A technique that belongs only to Body Breathing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, unable to contain his excitement and curiosity any longer, Kyūjō made his way straight to Lady Tamayo's residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Tamayo and Yushirō welcomed him inside, Kyūjō explained everything without holding back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His thoughts. His experiment. His results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He laid it all out—openly, honestly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a while, silence filled the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The look they exchanged was a mix of doubt and awe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, Tamayo spoke first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're saying... you can breathe through your skin?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice was calm. But her eyes were sharp, analyzing every word he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyūjō nodded without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's right. And if you don't believe me, you're welcome to test it. Block my mouth and nose—however you like.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You'll see for yourself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tamayo didn't hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yushirō. Bring a bowl of water.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her assistant vanished in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tamayo turned her gaze back to Kyūjō.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In that case, you don't mind submerging your face in water for a while?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyūjō smiled faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No problem at all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But... I have one request too, Tamayo-san.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"While I'm doing that—please take a sample of my blood. I want to compare how this form of breathing affects my oxygen saturation levels compared to lung breathing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tamayo's lips curved slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had intended to do that from the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had met countless strange beings in her centuries as a demon, but this young man... Kyūjō...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man whose life she thought she could never save...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had turned that fate upside down with his own hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was walking a path no one had ever walked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even she didn't know what lay ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this—this was no longer just curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the unmistakable brilliance of someone whose talent surpassed the boundaries of the human species.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— — —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few minutes later, Yushirō returned with a bowl of clean, cold water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyūjō tied back his long hair, knelt beside the bowl, and without hesitation, dipped his entire face beneath the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seconds ticked by.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forty... Fifty...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Already past the average human breath-holding limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tamayo prepared a syringe, gently drew out Kyūjō's arm, and carefully located a vein on the back of his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With precise hands, she inserted the needle and extracted a full vial of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the sample was collected, she handed it off to Yushirō.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take it to the lab. I'll stay here and monitor his condition.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Tamayo-sama.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yushirō vanished again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still underwater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still no sign of discomfort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, Tamayo tapped Kyūjō lightly on the shoulder and placed a towel by his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyūjō slowly lifted his face out of the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No gasping. No pale skin. No strain in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even calmer than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tamayo simply watched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This man—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had not used his nose or mouth to breathe for five whole minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet his body showed no sign of oxygen deprivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Handing him the towel, she asked him to sit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then the questions began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From what he felt during the process, to how he manipulated his pores, to whether he could feel air pressure through the skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyūjō answered it all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They spoke for over an hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, Yushirō returned—with the blood analysis report in hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tamayo accepted it, scanned through the data—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And finally, after a long silence...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked up and smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Congratulations, Kyūjō.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your oxygenation level... is identical to that of a healthy man.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>📚 Want to read more chapters or get early access?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Join my Patreon here:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>🔗 patreon.com\u002FFaaanzKun\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>✅ Enjoy 45+ chapters ahead of WebNovel\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>✅ Get 2 new chapters every day exclusively on Patreon\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Join now and dive deeper into the story—weeks ahead of public release!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank you for your amazing support 💖\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— — —\u003C\u002Fp>",1360,"2026-06-06T13:14:23.720Z",1,"novelbin.me","3a42cf0a570db41f615d788edaf70df94ae15884dbf760aa238a55ecbe122bec","from-thunder-breathing-to-the-multiverse-chapter-40","from-thunder-breathing-to-the-multiverse-chapter-38",389,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffrom-thunder-breathing-to-the-multiverse-cover.jpg"]