Acupoints are crucial nodes throughout the body, points where qi, blood, nerves, and even magnetic fields converge.

Someone proficient in the body’s Acupoints can often kill an opponent with minimal force and great ease. As a form of Assassination Fist, the Red Falcon Fist has a similar legacy.

Therefore, stimulating one’s own Acupoints is an extremely dangerous act—let alone drawing lightning into the body to alter the magnetic properties of those Acupoints.

At best, it results in severe injury; at worst, death.

Amidst the torrential thunderstorm, Zhou Yuanjue’s body had shattered and died an untold number of times before he gradually began to grasp the technique.

By activating his Celestial Level power, the natural magnetic field would surge, influencing the Celestial Phenomenon within a small radius. It could even act like a lightning rod, drawing down lightning through magnetic attraction.

In theory, the stronger the magnetic field, the more powerful the lightning it would attract.

Furthermore, by relying on the power of a Celestial Level magnetic field, he could deploy layers of magnetic networks around his body to divert the lightning striking from the sky, thereby controlling the final intensity of the electricity that hit him.

Zhou Yuanjue used this exact method, experimenting repeatedly to find the ideal intensity of lightning for his Acupoints.

Gradually, he began to master some of its principles.

Time ticked by, second by second.

However, the body had far too many Acupoints to test them all. Even with the accelerated time flow in the Glowing Moon Dream Realm, it wasn’t nearly enough. Thus, he could only selectively test the most important ones.

Unable to form a Qi Vein in one go, Zhou Yuanjue hadn’t forgotten his original purpose for opening his Acupoints.

It was to accommodate the unique magnetic field of the Southern Dipper Six Stars.

Therefore, he chose the six Acupoints that, according to ancient medicine, corresponded to the Southern Dipper Six Stars.

The six stars: Celestial Mansion, Celestial Beam, Celestial Secret, Tian Tong, Celestial Phase, and Seven Kills.

They corresponded to the six major Acupoints: Middle Cavity, Guan Yuan, Right Tiānshū, Divine Que, Zuotianshu, and Water Dao.

Under the terrifying Thunder Tribulation, these six major Acupoints in his body underwent a massive transformation. Their magnetic properties changed. Once he activated their magnetic fields, anyone with a keen Divine Sense could perceive that these six Acupoints shone as dazzlingly as stars in the night sky.

And just as Zhou Yuanjue successfully discovered how to open the Acupoint corresponding to the sixth star, the entire Glowing Moon Dream Realm began to draw to a close.

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「In the outside world.」

The three clan elders stood outside the stone chamber, quietly watching the four people seated cross-legged within.

The Moonlight barriers surrounding not only Zhou Yuanjue but all the others had shattered, leaving only a pure Glow of the Hazy Moon to envelop them.

Now, these beams of the Glow of the Hazy Moon were gradually dimming and starting to flicker.

"It’s almost over. All four of them passed, and it looks like the Mental Attainment Realm didn’t affect them too deeply..."

The Third Clan Elder said softly, observing the four’s condition.

This was obvious. If they had been deeply trapped in the Glowing Moon Attainment Realm and only struggled free at the last moment, the influence of the Glowing Moon Dream Realm would likely have spread from the dream to reality.

Take Yu Ze, for example. Back then, he became trapped in the Mental Attainment Realm. Although he eventually broke free and successfully reached the Spirit Level, the experience still had a profound impact on his body, leaving him with the appearance of a dwarf.

But Zhou Yuanjue and the others appeared completely normal, no different from when they had arrived, as if they hadn’t been affected at all.

"That’s obvious," the Second Clan Elder said. "Even the slowest one didn’t take a third of an incense stick’s worth of time. At that speed, how could it possibly affect their bodies?"

The Second Clan Elder felt a twinge of annoyance. It seemed some truly incredible figures had emerged from the ranks of ordinary people, and more than one at that.

"Perhaps a new era is truly dawning."

"It was the same in the past. Our ancestors began as ordinary people, gifted with Divine Power and born with extraordinary abilities. And these ones, though they don’t possess the power of a Bloodline, their will and conviction may be their greatest strength."

The Great Clan Elder said slowly.

"Since they broke through the Mental Attainment Realm so quickly, the chance of them siding with the Celestial Demon is minuscule. We can rest easy about a deeper cooperation now. At the very least, as long as they’re around, we can avoid a lot of trouble."

"I wonder what these youngsters gained in the Glowing Moon Attainment Realm."

The Second Clan Elder said.

SWOOSH!!

Just then, Ji Yunzhou’s eyes snapped open. Seven black, ghostly figures fanned out from around him like a blooming Black Lotus. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

A smile touched Ji Yunzhou’s lips.

The seven black shadows around him began to transform.

They suddenly twisted and struggled, shedding the concept of being mere shadows as they "crawled" up from the ground.

The seven black shadows finally became fully three-dimensional, humanoid figures, standing beside Ji Yunzhou like guards.

"This is..."

Seeing this, the pupils of the three clan elders contracted sharply.

PTUI!!

The next moment, however, Ji Yunzhou suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood. The seven black figures instantly shattered, and all the shadows retreated back into his body.

"So I really can do it. But my injuries haven’t healed yet... what a pain. I’ll have to go back and practice it slowly..."

Ji Yunzhou said, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth.

CRACKLE!!

On the other side, Zhang Zhizhen’s eyes also snapped open. A massive amount of azure lightning emerged from his body, coiling around him like countless swimming dragons—there seemed to be hundreds of them.

The three clan elders soon discovered that these lightning dragons coiling around Zhang Zhizhen were combining in a specific pattern, seemingly forming a special, complex, and profound circuit outside his body.

"This..."

Seeing this circuit, the three clan elders were visibly stunned. It felt familiar. ’Isn’t this the Qi Clan’s...’

BZZZZT!!

A scalp-numbing crackle of electricity followed. The instant the external circuit formed, the Power of Thunder and Lightning around Zhang Zhizhen surged, its might reaching a terrifying level.

"The Qi Clan’s Thunder Skill is really something to learn from!"

A delighted smile appeared on Zhang Zhizhen’s face.

DONG!!

Just then, a sound like a great temple bell rang out. Jiang Jiushan opened his eyes. Looking into them, the others seemed to witness endless ages, a vortex where countless fragments of Life and Death flashed by—as if seeing ten thousand years in a single glance.

Jiang Jiushan was now filled with a peculiar aura.

VMMMM!!

Golden light enveloped Jiang Jiushan’s body, forming a seated Ksitigarbha King’s Dharma Form. This time, the Dharma Form was not benevolent with downcast eyes; instead, its gaze was calm and fixed straight ahead.

Those eyes were like a vortex, capable of drawing any living being into the cycle of Reincarnation. Even the three clan elders were affected.

’Don’t tell me this guy used the Glowing Moon Dream Realm to create overlapping dreams, experiencing a near-real passage of time?! Wasn’t he afraid of getting lost? No wonder he took the longest to break through.’

’This guy who didn’t even compete before is also a rare genius...’

The three clan elders couldn’t help but marvel.

The three who had awoken were all geniuses of immense talent. The Glowing Moon Dream Realm seemed to have granted them all a huge leap in power.

So, what about the last one?

At this moment, everyone’s gaze converged on the still-unconscious Zhou Yuanjue.