Journey of True Cultivation-Chapter 87: Touch the Meridian Sky
Chapter 87 - Touch the Meridian Sky
Time passed like a blur. Li Yun's team and Yuan had already been fighting for more than a month in the Crystal River Region, it had now been two months since the first slaughter of the three tribes.
Li Yun's team had grown smaller as the battles became fiercer. Many Outer Sect and Inner Sect disciples had died. Even Li Yun had been injured a few times, and Yuan, slowly but surely, began to gain a bit of fame, at least within his small team.
Eventually, even some Squad Leaders, and the General of their entire division, came to know of him.
He became known as the one who survived every battlefield without a single wound on his body, a cockroach that was hard to kill.
Fame brought both good and bad.
The good was obvious: he could now be promoted to a Team Leader at any time. But Yuan refused, simply saying he wanted to continue following his brother.
The bad? Assassination attempts.
Traitors and enemy spies had begun to target him directly, aiming for the rising star who somehow always walked away unscathed.
As for the war itself, it had become truly fierce. More disciples died with each passing day. The Blue Family had requested support from the Yang Family. Though no Bone Forging Stage cultivators had yet joined the battle, the Yang Family had still sent several low-stage cultivators to assist.
The war was becoming a battle of quality versus quantity. The Howling Wind Sect was constantly overwhelmed in terms of numbers, but thanks to the generals now personally taking part in the battles, things were still manageable. The enemy was suffering casualties as well.
But at this point, the war no longer mattered much to Yuan.
He had once again been granted a period of rest to focus on cultivation. Thanks to the merits he and Li Yun's team had earned, they were currently resting on a mountain located among many others, surrounded by other resting teams and a few Squad Leaders.
Yuan now stood once again before a small cave, barely large enough to fit him. But unlike the last mountain he had cultivated on, this one contained a far richer concentration of spiritual essence, so much so that it reminded him of the cultivation cave he had once used back in the sect.
Although it wasn't quite equal in quality, it was close enough to compare.
With that thought, Yuan sealed the entrance of the cave with a large stone. He had already informed Li Yun of his intent to enter seclusion. This time, however, he wasn't the only one, Li Yun himself had also chosen to enter seclusion.
The cave had a single glowing stone embedded within the wall, casting a soft light throughout the confined space. Unlike his previous cave, he could now see clearly, but sight wasn't what mattered.
Before him lay his three bags of holding.
Each one was stuffed with pills, including several rare ones that could accelerate his breakthrough even further. Now, Yuan was ready to go all out, to push his cultivation to 100%, to finally reach the peak layer of the Blood Purification Stage.
He had more than enough pills to consume to the limit of what his body could endure each day. With this, he could hasten his progress to the next realm.
Without hesitation, Yuan took out one hundred Burning Blood Pills, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath. As he exhaled, he swallowed all one hundred pills as if they were candy.
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Immediately, the familiar sensation returned, a searing warmth spreading through his body, like a high, relentless fever. But Yuan endured it, as he always did.
He began the process of letting his spiritual blood infect his normal blood, focusing every ounce of his will on the transformation.
Time passed in a blur. To Yuan, it felt as if only an hour had gone by.
But in truth... an entire month had already passed.
But this month of cultivation had already been enough, Yuan had finally reached the peak layer of the Blood Purification Stage.
This success was largely thanks to the Spiritual Golden Heart Fruit. When he had reached 99% of his spiritual blood refinement, the final 1% had become incredibly difficult to progress, even with pills. Yet with the help of the Golden Heart Fruit, and the Blood Will Resisting Pills, he had broken through that final barrier.
With these two precious aids, Yuan had become a true peak-layer Blood Purification Stage cultivator and now, he felt completely different.
Yuan could now circulate his spiritual blood freely, with no resistance or interference from his body. He could halt the flow of his blood at will. He could even stop his heartbeat entirely, either to simulate death, prevent bleeding from a wound, or, if he truly wished... end his own life with but a single thought.
This was an incredibly powerful feeling of control.
But the benefits weren't only active, there were passive ones too. With the completion of the Blood Purification Stage, his lifespan had increased slightly. It wasn't much, but it mattered.
If Yuan's estimate was correct, he could now live to around 115 years, a modest five year increase, but still an important milestone on his path to immortality.
Yet even now, Yuan's gaze was already turning forward, toward the next stage of cultivation, the Meridian Awakening Stage.
Unlike the Blood Purification Stage, which focused entirely on the blood, the Meridian Awakening Stage focused on the body's meridians, the channels through which spiritual energy would one day flow freely.
There existed fourteen main meridians, six standard meridians, and 108 sub meridians.
To become a Meridian Awakening Stage cultivator, one had to awaken at least three sub meridians.
The main meridians were the Conception Meridian, the Governing Meridian, the Penetrating Meridian, the Belt Meridian, the Shadow Meridian, the Solar Meridian, the Serene Meridian and the Guardian Meridian
The six standard meridians were the Lung Meridian, the Heart Meridian, the Liver Meridian, the Kidney Meridian, the Spleen Meridian, the Stomach Meridian
The 108 sub meridians were unnamed, but each one was connected to the six standard meridians. Every standard meridian was supported by eighteen sub meridians. Without fully awakening these supporting meridians, one could not properly open the corresponding standard meridian.
As for the main meridians, they were something else entirely.
The main meridians are not physical structures within the body, they are ethereal concepts, not tangible or visible like the standard or sub meridians.
The fourteen main meridians are rarely awakened by ordinary Meridian Awakening Stage cultivators, as the process to awaken them is both time consuming and demanding. However, despite the difficulty, it is still possible to awaken them.
To awaken a main meridian, a cultivator must perform a ritual aligned with the concept that the desired meridian represents. For example, if one wishes to awaken the Solar Meridian, they must conduct a ritual dedicated to the Solar concept, invoking its essence and seeking its blessing. Only then can the meridian be awakened.
However, these rituals are not guaranteed to succeed.
If the ritual fails, or if the meridian is not fated with the cultivator, the awakening will not occur. Even so, many cultivators attempt to awaken a main meridian regardless of the resources consumed. For those who succeed, the rewards are immense, offering powerful support throughout future cultivation.
A successfully awakened main meridian provides benefits from the Bone Forging Stage all the way through to the Body Reconstruction Stage, where the cultivator first obtains an element, a critical step in building a strong foundation for the Body Ascension Stage.
Naturally, there are many other benefits granted by awakening a main meridian, improved energy flow, enhanced body refinement, resistance to damage, and so on, but the greatest gift is undoubtedly the foundation it builds for one's eventual rise to the Spirit Part of cultivation.
With a strong main meridian awakened, the cultivator's Heavenly tribulation during their ascent will be far easier to overcome and their power in the Spirit Realm vastly greater.
With all these thoughts running through Yuan's mind, he took a deep breath. Without even opening his eyes, he began his cultivation. But unlike the previous stages of his journey, he could now finally utilize the true cultivation techniques inherited from Basilisk's memories.
He had long considered two powerful techniques that focused on his Azure Basilisk Flame, one centered purely on cultivation, the other on raw offense. And now, after all this time, he could finally begin cultivating one of them.
The technique he chose was called the Supreme Spiritual Flame Foundation Cultivation Technique.
Basilisk had obtained this rare and ancient technique after waging a brutal war against the Flame Spirit Race, eventually slaughtering his way into their ancestral grounds. There, he had discovered one of their most revered and long-lost flame cultivation methods, this very technique.
The Supreme Spiritual Flame Foundation Cultivation Technique was both unique and extraordinary. It could help a cultivator forge a supreme flame centered body, develop a compatible flame spirit, and strengthen the soul to terrifying levels. With this single cultivation technique, one could carve their name into the world of cultivation as a true expert.
Basilisk had once considered cultivating it himself. However, he lacked the specific main meridians required for the technique's foundation and was already far along his own path with the Azure Flame Arts. Ultimately, he chose to study the technique only to refine his primary cultivation method, never truly practicing it.
Now, Yuan would walk the path that Basilisk could not.
He slowly summoned the Azure Basilisk Flame, absorbing it into his body and guiding it inward. With precision, he inhaled the azure flame, allowing it to flow through his body, targeting and refining one of the sub meridians connected to the Heart Meridian.
The Heart Meridian would be the first of the six standard meridians that he needed to fully open in order to practice the Supreme Spiritual Flame Foundation Cultivation Technique.
