In the first year, you began mobilizing all the Blood Qi Power in your body to assail the final meridian. As the Blood Qi Power flowed through your internal meridians again and again, you gained an even deeper understanding of your own body.
In the one hundred and thirty-seventh year, you discovered that after years of ceaseless cultivation, your application of Blood Qi Power had reached the pinnacle. You barely wasted any Blood Qi Power when assailing the meridians. This greatly accelerated the process of opening them.
In the two hundred and twenty-first year, you finally opened the last meridian. You let out a long breath and prepared to begin drawing qi into your body, breaking through to the Innate Realm.
But just then, as the Blood Qi Power flowed through all twelve meridians, you faintly sensed that something was amiss.
Opening all twelve meridians did not give you a feeling of flawless perfection. Instead, a faint regret spread through your heart.
You halted the breakthrough and began carefully comprehending this trace of insight.
In the two hundred and twenty-fifth year, you finally discovered the source of that regret.
Aside from the twelve meridians you had opened, you actually discovered another meridian.
That meridian was extremely obscure, almost melting into your flesh and blood. If you had not spent more than a thousand years assailing your meridians and become incomparably familiar with your own body, you might never have noticed it.
You mobilized your Blood Qi Power and began approaching the Thirteenth Meridian.
In the two hundred and thirty-fifth year, contrary to your expectations, the Thirteenth Meridian was extraordinarily easy to open. You spent only ten years before opening it completely!
At this moment, as Blood Qi Power surged into the Thirteenth Meridian, it seemed to unlock some kind of