Chapter 369: True Essence Realm · First Stage

This method of increasing Origin True Qi is not as flawless as it appears on the surface.

The key lies in the fact that the amount of Origin True Qi increased by running a cycle is fixed, but as the number of times increases, the number of cycles required for the next run will be greater than the previous one.

For example, for those Pulse Refining Realm Martial Artists who have successfully opened their Extraordinary Meridians, at the very beginning, when they control their True Qi to run one cycle, the Origin True Qi in their body can increase by one point.

But next, it requires the True Qi to run two cycles for the Origin True Qi in the body to increase by another point.

Further on, it may even take running three or four cycles to increase the Origin True Qi by one point.

In this manner, and so on, later on, it might take dozens or even hundreds of cycles to increase the Origin True Qi by one point.

Even so, compared to those martial artists who are blocked by the Ren and Du meridians and cannot open their Extraordinary Meridians, Pulse Refining Realm Martial Artists who can open their Extraordinary Meridians are already much luckier.

What's more, if one can learn some mental cultivation methods that can speed up the circulation of True Qi, then the efficiency of increasing Origin True Qi will be greatly improved.

When a martial artist accumulates True Qi in their body to a certain level, they can attempt to open up a Qi Sea in their Dantian.

The more abundant the True Qi in the body, the greater the probability of a successful breakthrough.

Once the breakthrough is successful, the martial artist can absorb the True Qi from a True Qi Pill and convert it into True Essence to replenish the Qi Sea.

At this stage, the accumulation speed of True Qi is unimaginably faster compared to the Pulse Refining Realm.

However, the difficulty of opening the Qi Sea far exceeds that of opening the Ren and Du meridians, and the danger is extremely high.

Under normal circumstances, there will be True Essence Realm Martial Artists nearby to protect the practitioner, so that they can intervene in time if danger arises.

However, Lu Yu does not intend to seek help from True Essence Realm Martial Artists in the Association to protect him, because he feels he does not need it.

He casts his gaze toward the panel, which displays:

Realm: Vein Refining Late Stage

True Qi: /

Having successfully opened his Extraordinary Meridians, Lu Yu's Origin True Qi is now close to points, and the total amount of True Qi in his body is nearly 120,000 points.

Such a massive reserve of True Qi allows him to execute any skill of any martial art without pressure, except for the fifth strike of the Wind-Facing Blade Slash, which he cannot perform for the time being.

At the same time, a conspicuous plus sign appears behind the Realm.

Lu Yu taps on it lightly, and a line of prompt information emerges:

【True Qi value is greater than 25,000 points, the probability of a successful breakthrough is 100%, do you want to break through?】

"It seems that as long as the total amount of True Qi in a Pulse Refining Realm Martial Artist's body exceeds 20,000, they can achieve a 100% breakthrough and advance to a True Essence Realm Martial Artist," Lu Yu mutters to himself.

For an average Pulse Refining Realm Martial Artist, reaching this standard is not an easy task.

Without special opportunities, after a Pulse Refining Realm Martial Artist opens their Extraordinary Meridians, they can at most obtain about points of Origin True Qi.

This means that the remaining gap of nearly double the True Qi must be filled by cultivating two mental cultivation methods to the Consummation realm, or three or four mental cultivation methods reaching Great Success, which is the Entering the Hall level.

Mental cultivation methods are inherently the most difficult part to practice among many martial arts, not to mention practicing multiple mental cultivation methods at once.

Once True Qi conflicts, damaging the meridians is considered minor; if things go wrong, it may even endanger the martial artist's foundation.

Precisely because of this, the vast majority of Pulse Refining Realm Martial Artists will attempt a breakthrough when the True Qi in their body reaches 2,100 or 2,200 units.

As long as the breakthrough is successful and they step into the True Essence Realm, the speed of True Qi growth will increase significantly, and correspondingly, their combat power will increase exponentially.

Lu Yu looks at the "Yes" and "No" options in front of him, hesitates slightly, and finally chooses "Yes".

For the same reason, he does not have enough Experience Value to upgrade too many martial arts, and a crisis is imminent.

Under these circumstances, he must try every possible way to improve his strength, otherwise, it would be terrible if he were to capsize in the gutter.

The moment he chooses "Yes", the True Qi originally scattered throughout his meridians rushes toward the same direction like a surging torrent.

This direction is the Dantian.

At this moment, the Dantian seems to have turned into a huge vortex, and the True Qi being sucked in rotates rapidly in a clockwise direction.

At first, the rotation speed is not fast, but as more and more True Qi rushes in, its rotation speed becomes faster and faster.

The most amazing thing is that although the sucked-in True Qi is constantly increasing, the size of the vortex never changes.

Soon, all the True Qi in Lu Yu's body gathers at the Dantian, and the rotation speed of the vortex suddenly accelerates, becoming so fast that it is impossible for the naked eye to see clearly.

Suddenly, a dazzling white light flashes.

At the Dantian, a spherical space appears.

At the bottom of the sphere, colorless water flows quietly, looking like a scene of peaceful years.

And the previous vortex and those True Qi have completely disappeared at this moment, as if everything that happened before was just an illusory dream.

"Is this the legendary Dantian Qi Sea? Could those flowing water streams be True Essence?" Lu Yu looks at this strange space, his eyes full of surprise.

This scene gives him an extremely unreal feeling, yet he can truly and clearly feel the existence of this different space and can freely control the colorless water inside.

He suddenly reacts and hurriedly looks at the panel again, only to see that the information on it has changed:

Realm: True Essence Realm First Stage

True Essence: 1167/138

Level: 29

Constitution: 14,100

Strength: 32,900

Agility: 11,400

Spirit: 269,300

Potential Point: 1.5 billion

Experience Value:

"True Essence Realm." Lu Yu takes a deep breath, a surge of joy rising in his heart; sure enough, he has successfully advanced to a True Essence Realm Martial Artist.

However, what exactly does "True Essence Realm First Stage" mean? Lu Yu frowns slightly.

Behind the Realm, there is also a "1%".

"?" Lu Yu looks at this number in confusion, then glances at the Qi Sea in his Dantian and the True Essence slowly flowing within it, and a thought suddenly flashes through his mind.

Could this "1%" refer to the percentage of the total True Essence occupying the Dantian Qi Sea?

He observed the amount of True Essence in his Qi Sea carefully once more and discovered that its volume really did seem to be 1% of the Qi Sea.

"In other words, I must fill the entire spherical space with True Essence to break through this stage. But what does this 'First Stage' represent?" Lu Yu pondered as he tapped on it.

Very quickly, he understood the meaning behind it.

It turned out that the Realm divisions of the True Essence Realm were different from the Vein Refining Realm; they were no longer divided into stages like early, middle, and late, but were instead distinguished by First Stage, Second Stage, Third Stage, and even endless stages.

Once a True Essence Realm Martial Artist has completely filled the True Essence within their Dantian Qi Sea, they can choose to condense a Martial Dao True Pill.

Once successfully condensed, they can break through to the next Realm—the Tianren Realm.

Tianren Realm Martial Artists possess extremely powerful abilities; they can mobilize the power of heaven and earth.

As long as the surrounding power of heaven and earth is not exhausted, they need not worry about being unable to execute Martial Skills, and the power of the Martial Skills they execute is absolutely incomparable to that of a True Essence Realm Martial Artist.

However, a little thought makes it clear that the success rate of condensing a Martial Dao True Pill at the True Essence Realm First Stage is bound to be low.

Therefore, many True Essence Realm Martial Artists choose to continue compressing their Qi Sea to make their True Essence more refined, so that they may step into the Tianren Realm more smoothly in the future.