The value of the Jiao Bead was comparable to a Half-Saint’s Half-Saint’s Light, and, moreover, it was even easier to absorb than the Half-Saint’s Light.
As long as the Jiao Bead was completely refined, it would definitely be able to raise his cultivation level by a large margin.
Zhang Ruochen closed his eyes, and in his mind, the cultivation method of the fifth layer of the Nine Heavenly Bright Emperor Scripture appeared, and then, both of his hands slowly lifted up.
As the gong method operated, in the palms of his hands, two tiny whirlpools appeared, absorbing the power emanating from the Jiao Bead into the Yang Dimension Sacred Vein and the Yin Dimension Sacred Vein in a steady stream.
The power from the Jiao Bead, entering the Sacred Vein, immediately converged towards the Qi Sea.
Immediately, that power, in turn, surged out from the Sea of Qi and entered the thirty-six meridians, flowing to all the tissues of the body, running in a circle around the body, and surprisingly converging to the location below the navel, connecting with the fledgling Xuan Foetus to form a single entity.
It was this process of circulation, but Zhang Ruochen was surprised to find that the thirty-six meridians were widening and becoming tougher.
Obviously, that was the power of the fledgling Xuan Fetus.
The so-called fledgling Xuan Fetus was actually a vortex that was condensed below the navel when the fifth layer of the Nine Heavens Bright Emperor Scripture, “Xuan Fetus Flattens Demonic Heavens”, was cultivated to a certain level.
When the Xuan Fetus takes shape, that vortex will evolve into an existence similar to the sea of qi, which can help the cultivator to store holy qi.
It was important to know that the thicker a cultivator’s holy qi was, the more powerful martial arts they could perform without feeling depleted.
For example, for a cultivator of the 9th Fish Dragon Transformation to execute a Ghost Grade Upper Grade martial skill, he would need to consume at least 20% of his holy qi. If a stance was performed, most of the Saint Qi in the body would be consumed.
The reason why Zhang Ruochen, seldom exhausted himself was because, having reached the Supreme Extreme Realm four times, the breadth of his Qi Sea was already far beyond that of other cultivators. Even if he fought continuously for ten days and ten nights, he would not feel exhausted.
However, Zhang Ruochen was also like other cultivators, in the Fish Dragon Realm, or even in the first six stages of the Half-Saint, he was simply unable to use a King Grade Martial Technique, or Sacred Art.
This was because, his meridians, were too fragile to withstand the power of a Saint Art.
Now it was different, his meridians, were rapidly expanding, getting wider and wider.
What was the difference between a meridian and a sacred vein?
Comparing the meridians to capillaries, then the Sacred Veins were the arteries.
Meridians were the veins that martial artists, at the Yellow Extreme Realm, opened up to carry true qi.
True Qi flowed through the meridians, which not only helped the martial artist perform martial arts, but also watered the martial artist’s flesh, blood, bones, and internal organs, thus making the martial artist’s physical body stronger and stronger.
However, the meridians were very fragile, and could only withstand True Qi, with extremely thin Holy Qi. If the cultivator forcefully mobilised a large amount of holy qi, through the meridians, it would burst the meridians.
It was for this reason that very few martial artists of the Heavenly Extremity Realm were able to execute a grandly accomplished Ghost Grade Martial Skill. It wasn’t just because, the True Qi of a Heavenly Extremity Realm martial artist was unable to support a Ghost Grade Martial Skill.
There was also a big reason, also because, the strength of the meridians of the vast majority of Heavenly Extremity Realm martial artists simply couldn’t withstand such a drastic rate of true qi transfer.
Therefore, when a cultivator’s cultivation level reached the Fourth Transformation of the Fish Dragon, he had to open up a Sacred Vein.
Only a Saint Vein would be able to withstand large-scale Saint Qi, and thus be able to perform Ghost Grade Martial Skills at will.
One month later.
Zhang Ruochen completely refined the Jiao Bead, and his cultivation realm, broke through to the peak of the Fish Dragon 9th Transformation.
What made him feel even more elated was that the Xuan Foetus below his navel had completely taken shape and condensed into the Second Qi Sea. In the Xuan Fetus, the Holy Qi stored in it was almost on par with the Holy Qi stored in the Qi Sea.
Moreover, the width of the thirty-six meridians had expanded by double, becoming resilient.
Now, once Zhang Ruochen mobilised his holy qi, it was as if there were dozens of rivers flowing within his body, emitting a “clattering” roar.
Fortunately, his Qi Sea and Xuan Tire stored a large amount of Holy Qi, so he didn’t have to worry about running out of Holy Qi.
When Zhang Ruochen performed the same martial art, the power that erupted from it was far more powerful than before.
To give a simple example: the same car, before, you were limited to your own conditions and could only use a hundred jin of strength to push it.
Now, you can mobilise two hundred pounds of strength to push it.
Getting different strength, the running speed of this one car is definitely incomparable.
“Finally, I have cultivated the fifth layer to its grand completion and condensed the Xuan Fetus. The thirty-six meridians have doubled in size at the same time, equivalent to one-fifth of the width of a Sacred Vein, and can fully be called ‘Thirty-six Quasi-Sacred Veins’.”
Now, even if Zhang Ruochen operated his Saint Qi at full strength and surged through the thirty-six meridians, he would not feel the slightest bit of distension or pain.
“With my current cultivation level, what level can my strongest strike reach?”
Thinking of this, Zhang Ruochen was a bit impatient and took out the Heavenly Sword, releasing his Saint Qi and holding it up in the palm of his hand.
The Monstrous Sky Sword was ranked twenty-seventh in the Thousand Patterns Sacred Artifact Spectrum, and within the body of the sword, there were a total of 8,989 inscriptions.
Not only did it have basic and intermediate inscriptions, there were also twelve advanced inscriptions.
One must know that the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword could only add one or two intermediate level inscriptions and a dozen or so basic inscriptions when it absorbed a Saint Artifact.
As for the advanced inscriptions …… said they were inscriptions, in reality, they already belonged to the realm of the rules of the Saint Dao, and only a very powerful Saint of Spirituality could burn them.
As a result, even though the Monstrous Heavenly Sword was only a Thousand Inscription Saint Artifact, it could explode with a power comparable to that of a Ten Thousand Inscription Saint Artifact.
Zhang Ruochen began to revolve his gong method, and instantly, the Saint Qi in the Sea of Qi and Xuan Tire tumbled and rolled over, entering the five Saint Veins and thirty-six meridians, and surging out from Zhang Ruochen’s palms, and punching into the Heavenly Monstrous Sword.
“Puff-”
On the surface of the sword body of the Monstrous Sky Sword, an inscription pattern emerged, causing the sword body to become brighter and brighter.
In the end, the light emanating from the sword body actually pierced Zhang Ruochen’s eyes, and he was unable to open them.
A moment later, the sword spirit of the Monstrous Heavenly Sword, fused with the inscription pattern as one, flew towards the upper reaches of the celestial dome, and a mighty Saintly Might erupted out unchecked, sweeping through hundreds of miles of space in a radius.
At this moment, all the people in the world of the picture scrolls were all startled.
Originally, Mu Lingshi was in the process of refining the Saint Source and comprehending the Saint Dao rules. When she felt the original powerful destructive force in the distance, she immediately came to her senses.
She glanced towards the white ball of light flying in the sky, revealing a rather shocked expression as she curiously said, ”What’s going on, could it be that Zhang Ruochen has broken through to the Half-Saint realm? No, even with the power of a Third Stage Demi-Saint, it’s impossible to have such a powerful aura.”
At the same time, the Void Sword on Cold Snow’s back was also rapidly trembling.
If it wasn’t for the fact that, she immediately brought the Void Sword under control, it might have already flown out.
The power on the Monstrous Sword was simply too powerful for Zhang Ruochen to control with his current cultivation level. The sword qi that erupted even struck his body, piercing through his left shoulder and leaving a bloody hole the size of a wine glass.
Zhang Ruochen immediately withdrew his Saint Qi and did not dare to continue catalysing the Monstrous Sword.
Losing the holy qi’s boost, the light of the Monstrous Sky Sword, slowly dispersed, and from mid-air, it fell down.
Zhang Ruochen pinched the hilt of the Monstrous Sky Sword and glanced at the wound on his left shoulder, immediately mobilising his Saint Qi to seal the blood veins at the location of the wound.
“Just by activating the sword spirit and inscription, it actually has such a terrifying power, worthy of being the twenty-seventh ranked battle weapon on the Thousand Texture Saint Artifact Spectrum. It’s a pity that with my current cultivation, I’m still far from being able to control that power. If I were to forcefully activate it, most likely, I would suffer a heavy injury myself.”
Zhang Ruochen roughly projected that with his current cultivation, even in a head-on duel, he would be able to compete with the strongest state of Garo Yuan.
Earlier, he was able to kill Garo Yuan solely because of his success in using the Sword of Time and taking him by surprise. If Gala Yuan had known that Zhang Ruochen was a Time Successor and had been on guard, I was afraid that Zhang Ruochen would not have been able to win so easily.
After a month of cultivation, he had not only refined a drop of Divine Blood, but also raised his cultivation to the late stage of the Ninth Transformation of the Fish and Dragon, and even cultivated the fifth layer of the Nine Heavens Bright Emperor Sutra to its great completion, so his own strength, naturally, had risen to a brand new height.
The current Zhang Ruochen would not fall into a disadvantage even if he encountered an ordinary Third Stage Half-Saint.
To be able to resist a Third Order Half-Saint with just the Ninth Transformation of the Fish Dragon, even if it was spread out, it was expected that no one would believe it.
Because, even a Saint Body, at the Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation, would not be able to fight against a First Order Half-Saint. Not to mention, a Third Order Half-Saint?
Even the Nine Great Realm Sons, at the Fish Dragon Realm, were far from being this powerful.
“If I were to bring out the power of the Monstrous Sword, I’m afraid that even if I were to encounter an existence that surpassed a Third Order Half-Saint, I would still be able to repel it.”Zhang Ruochen secretly said.
The power of the Monstrous Heavenly Sword could only be used as an underhand move, and it was better not to use it until it was absolutely necessary, lest he could not control it and seriously injure himself and those around him as well.
Zhang Ruochen felt that he still had some potential to cultivate to a stronger state, thus, there was no rush to break through to the Half-Saint realm.
“Perhaps, I can go and punch the legendary Fish Dragon Tenth Transformation, the Fate of God.”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes, gradually became firm, and a fervent light appeared in his eyes, no matter what, he must go for a dash.
Having already refined five drops of Divine Blood, with his state, it shouldn’t be difficult to refine the sixth drop of Divine Blood. As for, the seventh drop of divine blood, it was probably not that simple.
Of course, his biggest struggle right now was how could he get the sixth drop of divine blood, the seventh drop of divine blood?
Just then, Zhang Ruochen thought of the Evil Monk of the Deadly Zen Sect.
Would the other Evil Monks also carry Divine Blood on their bodies?
In the scroll, a month had passed, and in the outside world, three days had passed.
In three days’ time, the fight between the Impermanence of the Netherworld, and the Deadly Zen Sect, should have ended. Holding this mindset, Zhang Ruochen, alone, stepped out of the Tulip World and prepared to check the situation outside.
