Forcefully Breaking Through the Mystic Pass

As the days passed, the extent of Li Yuan's physical improvement grew smaller and smaller, until it stopped completely.

He had finally reached his limit.

After testing himself, Li Yuan found that his strength had actually reached five thousand five hundred jin!

This was strength that other Inner Force Realm martial artists could hardly imagine!

Even the vast majority of True Qi Realm martial artists did not possess such strength. Only top experts of the True Essence Realm could stand shoulder to shoulder with Li Yuan.

Li Yuan stood in the courtyard, calming his mind and regulating his breathing as he sensed every inch of flesh and bone in his body, as well as every thread of inner force circulating within him.

The Qi Sea Acupoint was located on the central line of the abdomen, one and a half inches below the navel. Li Yuan used the acupoint-measuring method to determine its exact position, and focused all his attention on that spot.

"Whoosh..."

Li Yuan drew a deep breath and suddenly opened his eyes. A dazzling divine light flashed through them.

It was beginning.

Under Li Yuan's control, a vast amount of inner force surged toward the location of the Qi Sea Acupoint!

Forcefully Breaking Through the Mystic Pass was no easy feat. If the inner force within the body was too weak and collapsed at the slightest touch, it would be impossible to use it to open the Qi Sea Acupoint inside the body.

If the acupoint-measuring method was inaccurate and the position was off, then under the bombardment of a massive amount of inner force, not only would the Qi Sea fail to open, but the body would also be injured.

There was much more to opening the Qi Sea than met the eye. Li Yuan had already thoroughly familiarized himself with every detail beforehand and knew exactly what he was doing.

Others possessed only one kind of inner force, while Li Yuan possessed four, and each one was astonishingly powerful. Opening the Qi Sea Acupoint posed no great difficulty for him.

The four different types of inner force intertwined without the slightest conflict. Under Li Yuan's control, they gathered at the Qi Sea, continuously accumulating, condensing, and compressing!

As time passed, more and more inner force gathered at the Qi Sea. Enormous pressure concentrated there, as if it might explode at any moment.

"Crack..."

Suddenly, a faint sound rang out inside Li Yuan's body, as if something had split apart.

A tiny crack appeared in the center of the mass of condensed inner force!

As soon as the crack appeared, it rapidly grew larger, eventually transforming into a vast black hole!

This black-hole-like object that had suddenly appeared inside Li Yuan's body was the so-called Qi Sea Acupoint!

The first martial arts acupoint!

When the Qi Sea was opened and the black hole first took shape, it was completely empty, containing nothing at all.

At that moment, a wondrous change occurred.

The four types of inner force in Li Yuan's body continuously surged into the Qi Sea and vanished, while threads of pure-white Martial Arts True Qi constantly emerged from the Qi Sea Acupoint!

Very soon, all the inner force in Li Yuan's body had been devoured by the Qi Sea Acupoint, and a vast amount of pure-white Martial Arts True Qi erupted from within it, resembling a tsunami!

Formless power had transformed into tangible qi!

Li Yuan raised his palm. White, mist-like Martial Arts True Qi could be seen wrapping around it with the naked eye.

Inner force was formless and intangible, but True Qi was different.

Every thread of True Qi could be clearly seen!

At that moment, a major change also occurred on Li Yuan's system page.

Realm: Early True Qi Realm

At this point... Li Yuan had completely stepped into the True Qi Realm!

Although all the inner force in Li Yuan's body had vanished, it had been exchanged for incomparably powerful Martial Arts True Qi. For equal quantities of the two forces, Martial Arts True Qi could unleash ten times the power of inner force!

Not only was the quality of Li Yuan's True Qi higher than that of inner force, but its quantity was also far greater than that of other early True Qi Realm martial artists!

The Martial Arts True Qi transformed from his four types of inner force continuously gushed out from the Qi Sea Acupoint!

Generally speaking, the process of converting inner force into True Qi was very fast. Other martial artists could finish it in the time it took to burn half a stick of incense, but Li Yuan's conversion process actually lasted a full stick of incense!

More and more Martial Arts True Qi gathered in the Qi Sea, swirling and churning until it became a terrifying vortex resembling the eye of a storm!

Within the vortex, the faint sound of rumbling thunder could be heard!

Such a terrifying phenomenon was simply unimaginable to ordinary True Qi Realm martial artists!

When other martial artists first entered the True Qi Realm, the True Qi in their Qi Sea Acupoints was like mountain mist, drifting gently and peacefully. How could they create such a terrifying phenomenon?

Even martial arts experts with perfected True Qi, only half a step away from the True Essence Realm, could not produce such a phenomenon in their Qi Seas!

Only Li Yuan, who had used four incomparably powerful types of inner force to open his Qi Sea, could condense such terrifying Martial Arts True Qi.

Li Yuan carefully sensed his Martial Arts True Qi, and several familiar auras radiated from within it.

Although his four types of inner force had disappeared, their powers had been inherited by his True Qi. His True Qi actually possessed all four attributes at once!

Vibration!

Poisonous force!

Ice!

Toughness!

With a casual strike, Li Yuan could unleash all four powers simultaneously!

He could also switch between them at will, revealing only one of the powers.

Or he could conceal them completely, keeping those powers hidden and unreleased.

This was his unique advantage. True Qi with four attributes gave him even more terrifying combat power!

Although his inner force had vanished, he could still use True Qi with the same attributes to perform those techniques, and its power was only stronger, never weaker!

After opening the Qi Sea Acupoint, Li Yuan slowly sat down and felt this brand-new power.

Martial Arts True Qi circulated throughout his body. Under its nourishment and strengthening, Li Yuan's strength surged once more, increasing by another one thousand jin!

As Li Yuan meditated with his eyes closed, a familiar figure appeared at the courtyard gate.

"Senior Brother, sorry to trouble you."

Dong Yuezhen had come to seek Li Yuan's guidance again that day. When she saw Li Yuan, she immediately stood there dumbfounded.

Li Yuan's body was wrapped in wisps of Martial Arts True Qi, resembling smoke and mist.

The aura emanating from him was completely different from before. Even the pressure he unconsciously gave off was enough to make people gasp for breath.

"Senior Brother, you?"

Li Yuan smiled faintly. "My luck was pretty good. I broke through to the True Qi Realm."

The True Qi Realm?!

Dong Yuezhen felt as if she had been struck by lightning. Although she knew that Li Yuan's inner force had long since reached perfection and that he was close to the True Qi Realm, she had not expected him to break through so quickly.

The True Qi Realm was not something one could break through so easily. If one could not properly control the inner force within the body, there was a good chance of failing and being injured while Forcefully Breaking Through the Mystic Pass!

She had already seen several martial artists fail in their breakthroughs.

Yet after merely one day apart, Li Yuan had completed his breakthrough and stepped into the True Qi Realm!

He was now a martial artist on the same level as the master of the martial arts academy, Qi Zhengyang!

At this point, let alone becoming the senior disciple, it would not even be impossible for Qi Zhengyang to promote him to deputy master!

Dong Yuezhen's emotions were complicated. All kinds of thoughts flashed through her mind. During the time they had spent together, the martial arts talent Li Yuan had displayed had deeply shaken her.

Ever since she had begun practicing martial arts, her spirit had been exceedingly proud. Li Yuan's sudden emergence had deeply affected her. Without realizing it, Li Yuan had become the target she pursued, but even though she wanted to catch up, all she could feel was a wave of helplessness.

And now, Li Yuan had finally taken that step, becoming a martial artist on a level she could not even understand.

Dong Yuezhen suppressed the thoughts in her heart, stepped forward, and said respectfully, "Congratulations on entering the True Qi Realm, Senior Brother."

Li Yuan slowly rose to his feet, stretched his muscles and bones, and nodded in satisfaction.

"I've been away from the martial arts academy for some time. It's time I went to see the master."