The Terror of the Muscle-Tendon Changing Scripture

Martial Artists typically only need to open four main meridians to successfully break through to the next major realm and continue their cultivation.

Aside from geniuses from wealthy families with abundant resources, very few would be willing to suppress their cultivation and constantly attempt to open more main meridians.

The reason is simple: it's incredibly difficult!

It's not just about having a cultivation technique and resources; one also needs to endure the loneliness of arduous training.

The improvement gained isn't significant, only equivalent to the combat power of one or two minor realms.

The return on investment is pitifully low. Even geniuses from prominent families wouldn't choose to open too many main meridians; they'd usually break through quickly and enter the next major realm.

This is the essence of cultivation for Martial Artists in the Pulse Opening Realm in this high-martial world!

But at this moment, Xu Jie, before even reaching the Pulse-Opening Peak Stage, had unexpectedly opened two new meridians.

Not main meridians, but extraordinary meridians that had never appeared in the high-martial world!

No, to be precise, it wasn't an accident!

This should be the special effect brought by the Muscle-Tendon Changing Scripture!

The consumption of Xu Jie's cultivation of the Muscle-Tendon Changing Scripture was immeasurable, but the special effects it brought were equally extraordinary!

How many extraordinary meridians would be opened by the end of the Muscle-Tendon Changing Scripture?

Xu Jie hadn't read many novels in his past life, and even fewer martial arts novels.

He wasn't sure about the specific number of extraordinary meridians in martial arts novel settings.

Seven, eight, or nine?

Xu Jie didn't know!

However, what he did know was that if the Muscle-Tendon Changing Scripture could truly open new extraordinary meridians.

Did that mean that when he cultivated to the Pulse-Opening Peak Stage, the extraordinary meridians could also open extraordinary channels, just like the main meridians?

Thinking about it this way, the Muscle-Tendon Changing Scripture Xu Jie obtained from the Life-Slaughter System was equivalent to him cultivating at least four or five minor realms more than Martial Artists of the same level in the high-martial world!

He had already completed Blood Moving nine times. If he could push the Pulse Opening realm to its extreme, and even cultivate every subsequent realm to its extreme...

Wouldn't his combat power at the same level become heaven-defying in the end?

The cost of cultivating the Muscle-Tendon Changing Scripture was worth it!

Xu Jie wasn't afraid of his martial arts cultivation being difficult; he was only afraid of his martial arts being too trashy to cultivate to the extreme.

As expected, system products are always top-notch!

The ancients truly didn't deceive him!

The next moment, Xu Jie thought about his remaining usable lifespan of only 59 years, and a hint of distress reappeared on his face.

No usable lifespan left!

Don't look at the remaining 59 years; in reality, even if he used them, he couldn't improve the realm of any martial arts or techniques. It was simply too little.

To break through the Nine Extremes Demonic Blade to the fourth extreme, it would take at least a hundred years.

The Muscle-Tendon Changing Scripture was even more outrageous!

Just to cultivate from beginner to minor accomplishment, it actually consumed 250 years of usable lifespan!

And Xu Jie's progress towards the next draw was even more heaven-defying!

It required the consumption of 3000 years of lifespan, and he had only just passed one-fifth of the way.

Therefore, even if he poured all 59 years of his usable lifespan into it, it would be useless; it wouldn't even make a ripple.

Furthermore, Xu Jie currently couldn't find any way to obtain cultivation resources or usable lifespan.

Both the Nine Extremes Demonic Blade and the Muscle-Tendon Changing Scripture were huge consumers, and without forcefully investing a large amount of usable lifespan, they couldn't be improved at all.

Damn it!

Although Xu Jie's cultivation had instantly increased to the fifth level of the Pulse Opening Realm, and he had opened two more extraordinary meridians, his vital energy had increased by at least more than tenfold. He wasn't even sure himself how much his combat power had increased.

However, after the cultivation ended, when Xu Jie opened his eyes, his brow was still tightly furrowed.

Not enough usable lifespan, and nowhere to obtain new usable lifespan...

With the various martial arts and techniques he was currently cultivating, the elixirs rewarded by the school were useless!

He was truly pushed to a corner!

He couldn't possibly go and beg Chu Mingyue, right?

If Xu Jie went, Chu Mingyue would definitely give him cultivation resources...

But doing so...

The agitated Xu Jie subconsciously picked up the object in his hand, intending to put it in his mouth, but found it was Little Black the snake, and quickly stopped.

Was this little guy asleep?

Xu Jie soon realized that his pet, Little Black, seemed to be asleep.

But it still held onto his finger, refusing to let go, much like a young beast that wouldn't release its grip even after it was full.

Seeing this, Xu Jie quietly slipped his hand and Little Black into his pocket, sat on the chair, and closed his eyes as if dozing.

Lifespan severely lacking…

Where could he get some?

Sigh, being a sophomore is tough!

If Xu Jie were in his junior year's second semester or his senior year's first semester, he could have found an excuse to leave school and hunt demons outside the city.

Unfortunately, the school's regulations stated that no student could leave campus before the first semester of their junior year, unless it was a truly urgent matter.

For example, Xu Jie's predecessor had once taken a day off to leave school and receive an inheritance from his father.

As for the current Xu Jie, leaving campus was incredibly difficult!

Waking up the next morning, Xu Jie's complexion was still not good.

He could say he hadn't slept all night, constantly thinking about where to obtain usable lifespan.

Ordinary cultivation resources wouldn't suffice!

The Muscle-Tendon Changing Scripture consumed too much. By choosing to cultivate this technique, most cultivation resources became useless to him. He could only rely on the system's usable lifespan to force his way through.

Thus, Xu Jie conceived the idea of sneaking out of school to hunt demons outside the city.

There was no other way!

He was forced into it!

He couldn't just sit around and wait in school.

However, it was daytime, making it inconvenient to openly leave school. Xu Jie planned to act at night.

Coincidentally, he could use the daytime to visit the school library and research Little Black's racial information, as well as…

Some clues about his mother!

Jinwu University Library.

Xu Jie sat in a corner, surrounded by stacks of books detailing various demons.

He was primarily looking for demon species from the Outer Regions!

This was because Little Black's race name clearly indicated it wasn't a demon species that could originate within Xia Country; it could only be from the Outer Regions.

Hard work pays off!

Finally, in a rather ancient book with yellowed pages, Xu Jie found scattered mentions of the Nine Heavens Underworld Divine Dragon.

It really existed!

This book didn't record demon species but rather legends from the Outer Regions. It mentioned some fragments about the Nine Heavens Underworld Divine Dragon.

The Nine Heavens Underworld Divine Dragon was one of the supreme demon gods of the Outer Regions!

It occupied and ruled the Underworld Domain, which was actually very far from the world Xia Country was in.

Legend had it that there was only one Nine Heavens Underworld Divine Dragon, a unique, naturally born, special existence.

It reached the god-level upon birth, once rampaged unrivaled in that region, and its might shook the heavens.

Xia Country had specifically marked this demon god as an entity that absolutely could not be provoked.

A demon that was a god from birth?

This…

Xu Jie glanced at Little Black, who was sleeping soundly on his chest, drooling, and occasionally smacking its lips. He felt a little speechless.

He could hardly believe this thing could be a descendant of that Outer Region god; it was too pathetic!