Breaking Through Two Realms in One Day!

In an instant, Yang Heng understood what was happening.

This was precisely the omen of Sensing Qi and Blood recorded in the Vajra Fist Manual.

Yang Heng had never expected the opportunity to break through to the Blood Brave Realm to come so quickly, so suddenly.

At most, he had only been cultivating for half a month.

Before the Marrow Cleansing and Bone Scouring, he had not even glimpsed the shadow of a breakthrough. Yet now, he could clearly sense that the opportunity was right before him, as though it would break with a single poke.

To be granted by Heaven and refuse it was to invite punishment.

Now that the opportunity had come, he naturally had to seize it.

Yang Heng immediately calmed himself and breathed according to the special method recorded in the manual, echoing the stirring within his body.

The tip of his tongue pressed against his upper palate. His abdomen and chest inhaled and exhaled in unison: three long and one short, then three short and one long, alternating in an endless cycle.

Gradually, Yang Heng discovered that he had synchronized with the stirring welling up within him, and the connection between them grew ever closer.

As time passed, the rushing sound of water flowed by Yang Heng's ears like beautiful notes in a melody. He immersed himself in it, savoring it, comprehending it.

"Bang!"

A tremendous sound suddenly rang out beside his ears, like a balloon bursting. Yang Heng felt as though something inside him had broken. His entire body turned warm, and a current of air flowed joyfully through him.

Qi and blood!

This was qi and blood!

He had succeeded!

I succeeded!

Yang Heng danced with joy, the delight in his heart beyond words.

Yang Heng believed that the joy he felt at this moment was no less than the delight of "wedding candles on the bridal night, one's name inscribed on the golden list."

In only half a month, he had sensed qi and blood. This speed... was simply unimaginable. If word got out, few would believe it.

They would only think he was mad.

Yet this "madman" in their eyes had accomplished this feat.

Qi and blood!!

Feeling the warm, candle-flame-like mass of qi and blood within him, Yang Heng even felt like weeping with joy. He was too happy for words.

Ever since crossing over, he had lived in constant fear almost every day. Even when he slept at night, he had to keep one eye open, never daring to fall fully asleep.

In this unfamiliar world, a world without law or order, he had feared that a martial artist might suddenly leap out and strangle him to death.

Without strength to protect himself, he had acted with utmost caution. Only half a month after Li Kui's death had he dared to take out the manual and begin cultivating.

During that time, he had mistaken every cup and bow for a snake's shadow. Everyone looked like someone sent by the apothecary to watch him. He had not dared reveal the slightest flaw, terrified that one misstep would cost him his life.

Yang Heng had had enough of those nerve-racking days!

Now that he had sensed qi and blood and become a quasi-martial artist with a little ability to protect himself, he could finally breathe easier.

After sensing carefully, Yang Heng made a startling discovery: it seemed he had done more than merely sense qi and blood!

With a casual turn of thought, his qi and blood actually moved with his will, as easily as an arm obeyed a hand, unstoppable wherever it went.

His thoughts swept across his five viscera and six bowels, his limbs, and finally returned to his brain.

His qi and blood followed like a shadow, moving with his thoughts, coursing through his organs, flowing through his limbs, and finally stopping in his brain.

This... was exactly the situation recorded in the manual for the stage of accumulating qi and blood, without the slightest difference.

The greatest difference between accumulating qi and blood and sensing qi and blood lay in one's control over qi and blood.

Martial artists at the Sensing Qi and Blood stage had merely sensed qi and blood. To control it, they needed long periods of practice—at least a month or so.

But at the stage of accumulating qi and blood, martial artists had already gained preliminary control over it. Their qi and blood came at their call and struck wherever they pointed.

Compared to the Sensing Qi and Blood stage, the two were as different as day and night.

Knowledge concerning the stage of accumulating qi and blood rapidly surfaced in Yang Heng's mind. He was now utterly certain that he had truly entered this stage and was only one step away from the Blood Strengthening Realm.

Breaking through two realms in one day!

Yang Heng had never heard of such a thing in Qingyang Town.

As for whether such cases existed elsewhere, Yang Heng did not know.

But even if they did, they would be as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns.

"Thump... thump... thump..."

In an instant, Yang Heng's face flushed crimson with excitement. His heart pounded violently like a ball, loud enough to hear.

For a moment, Yang Heng nearly could not catch his breath and almost fainted from joy.

Breaking through two realms in one day—Yang Heng truly had not expected it. He would not even have dared dream of it.

Heaven had favored him so greatly. Could it be that he had saved the Earth in his previous life?

Of course, Yang Heng knew full well that all of this was thanks to the Marrow Cleansing Pearl.

It was precisely because the mysterious warm current released by the Marrow Cleansing Pearl had improved his physique and enhanced his cultivation talent that this had happened.

Yang Heng thought that if the Marrow Cleansing Pearl had a spirit, and it was a woman, he would offer himself in marriage as repayment.

If it was a man, then naturally he would cling desperately to the great expert's thigh and beg for guidance.

"Huff..."

Yang Heng took a deep breath and slowly calmed his excited heart.

Yang Heng knew his next cultivation plan like the back of his hand.

Accumulate qi and blood, and make it grow to the thickness of his little finger as soon as possible, then begin breaking through to the Blood Strengthening Realm.

"It's been nearly two months since I crossed over. At last, I have some ability to protect myself. It hasn't been easy!"

Yang Heng sighed.

After breaking through to the Blood Brave Realm, Yang Heng found that the changes to his body in all aspects were not great—far less dramatic than the changes brought by the Marrow Cleansing Pearl.

After thinking it over, Yang Heng guessed that perhaps he had just undergone a major breakthrough. The improvements in every aspect had been immense, already reaching the limit of his current stage.

If he wished to undergo another qualitative transformation, he could only wait until the moment he broke through to the Blood Strengthening Realm.

The body was like a bottle. It was already filled with water; any more would not fit.

Yang Heng carefully sensed himself again and noticed that his physical strength had not increased by much.

However, his eyesight, reaction speed, agility, and other aspects had improved considerably.

What delighted Yang Heng most was that he discovered his sixth sense had become sharper. Faintly, he could foresee the arrival of danger.

It carried something of the flavor of "before the golden wind stirred, the cicada already sensed it."

Mysterious!

Inconceivable!

Put simply, he could sense the presence of killing intent.

If Yang Heng had possessed this ability earlier, when Li Kui and the others had lain in ambush by the roadside, he could have detected them in advance. Whether to advance or retreat would have been entirely his choice.

And this sort of ability to sense danger and killing intent usually appeared only in the tiny number of martial artists who had survived countless battles.

For it to suddenly appear in a raw recruit like Yang Heng was truly unheard of.

It could only be attributed to the wondrous Marrow Cleansing Pearl and his breakthrough in realm. With the two layered together, Yang Heng's spiritual awareness had greatly improved, giving rise to this ability to foresee danger.

Foreseeing danger only gave him a slight edge. To resist danger or evade it, in the end, he still had to rely on strength and real skill.

In troubled times, strength was king.

Although today had brought double happiness and a tremendous rise in strength, Yang Heng did not slacken. Without stopping for even a moment, he began practicing the Vajra Fist.

The Vajra Fist was both a protective technique and his primary means of facing enemies. Merely performing it smoothly was not enough.

He had to comprehend the true essence of the Vajra Fist—Indestructible Vajra—and achieve unity of man and fist, so that every part of his body could be used as a fist. Only then would it count as Major Accomplishment.

Yang Heng was still a hundred and eight thousand miles away from that goal.