[You followed that sliver of inspiration in your mind and began comprehending the Fierce Tiger Descending Mountain Map!]
[Year Three: During these three years, you comprehended the Fierce Tiger Descending Mountain Map for nineteen hours nearly every day!]
[Three years—an entire three years! You pursued that sliver of inspiration! Your understanding of the Fierce Tiger Descending Mountain Map deepened!]
[Year Thirteen! Aside from eating, drinking, relieving yourself, and sleeping, you spent almost all your time comprehending the Fierce Tiger Descending Mountain Map! Your understanding of the painting grew even deeper!]
[Year Fifteen! On this day, you were still comprehending the Fierce Tiger Descending Mountain Map! Suddenly, a spark of inspiration flashed! Your body began to move, following that glimmer of light!]
[Your spirit surpassed its limits! You saw it! Tiny points of light filled the air! With each breath you took, those points of light merged into your body!]
[You pursued that mysterious sensation! The Qi and Blood Power that had lain dormant within you for so long began surging madly! Following the Qi and Blood Power, those points of light charged toward an inexplicable location within your body!]
[Boom! A deafening explosion, as if the heavens and earth had been split apart!]
[You opened your first aperture within your body! In an instant, the points of light in the surrounding air began merging into your body at an even faster pace!]
[Your cultivation broke through to the early stage of the Aperture Opening Realm! Lifespan +50 years!]
[Congratulations! You comprehended the Aperture Opening technique—Tiger Roar Profound Scripture!]
In an instant, a cultivation manual appeared in Su Xian's mind: the Tiger Roar Profound Scripture!
He also understood how to cultivate in the Aperture Opening Realm!
"The human body has twelve great apertures! The air is suffused with all kinds of Origin Power!"
"Origin Power combined with Qi and Blood Power is enough to open the great apertures!"
"And when Origin Power combines with Qi and Blood Power, it can transform into true essence!"
"Cultivating in the Aperture Opening Realm is the process of opening apertures! At the same time, it is also the process of accumulating true essence!"
"The twelve great apertures correspond to the early, middle, late, and peak stages of the Aperture Opening Realm, with three apertures for each stage!"
"The Tiger Roar Profound Scripture is a cultivation technique for the Aperture Opening Realm. It is enough to let one cultivate to the peak of the Aperture Opening Realm and open all twelve great apertures!"
"It even contains records of cultivation realms beyond the Aperture Opening Realm!"
After going over all the information recorded in the Tiger Roar Profound Scripture in his mind, the corners of Su Xian's lips could not help but curl upward!
This Fierce Tiger Descending Mountain Map truly was extraordinary!
It could actually guide him in opening his first aperture!
It even concealed a cultivation technique for the Aperture Opening Realm—the Tiger Roar Profound Scripture!
"The Five Realms of Martial Artists: Skin Tempering, Flesh Tempering, Sinew Refining, Bone Tempering, and Viscera Nourishing!"
These five realms still revolved around the mortal level. Beyond them lay the Five Realms of Martial Saints:
"Aperture Opening, Jade Fluid, Core Condensation, Core Embrace, and Core Shattering!"
Martial artists in these five realms gradually cast off mortality. Moving mountains and severing rivers was no longer impossible!
As the records regarding the Five Realms of Martial Saints from the Tiger Roar Profound Scripture flashed through Su Xian's mind, a surge of heroic spirit rose within him!
"As long as I have enough Demon Lifespan, I will set foot in each of these realms!" Su Xian clenched his fist and muttered to himself!
With a thought from Su Xian, the true essence within his aperture was stirred into motion.
He glanced at the Tiger Demon's corpse before him and walked over.
Gripping the enormous tiger fang in the Tiger Demon's mouth, Su Xian circulated his true essence and gave it a gentle squeeze.
Crack! The hardest tooth on the Tiger Demon's body was easily snapped by him.
Holding the broken fang, Su Xian circulated his true essence again and squeezed a little harder.
The entire broken fang instantly crumbled into powder and slipped through the gaps between his fingers.
At this sight, Su Xian nodded in satisfaction.
This tiger fang could be said to be the hardest thing on the Tiger Demon's body.
It was even harder than those sharp tiger claws, yet he had snapped it with ease!
He had crushed it into powder without even exerting much strength!
With such power, even Su Xian at the Perfection of the Viscera Nourishing Realm would not dare claim he could accomplish this so easily!
Snapping the tiger fang was simple.
But turning it into powder was extremely difficult!
The killing power of true essence was several levels stronger than the Qi and Blood Power wielded by martial artists in the Five Realms of Martial Artists!
If true essence were used to drive a martial technique, its killing power would probably rise to a terrifying level!
"Can the current Black Tiger Gang leader withstand a single move from me?"
Su Xian let out a soft laugh. The gulf between the Aperture Opening Realm and the Viscera Nourishing Realm was simply this vast.
A single move from someone in the Aperture Opening Realm was enough to defeat, or even kill, countless experts in the Viscera Nourishing Realm.
"However, this true essence seems to consume quite a lot, and it recovers rather slowly!"
Su Xian sensed the state of his first aperture and frowned slightly.
Although the various properties of true essence could be called terrifying,
its consumption was also considerable, and as for recovery,
if he did not circulate the Tiger Roar Profound Scripture and relied only on his ordinary breathing, recovery would be exceedingly slow!
"Could it be that I need to use this true essence sparingly?"
Su Xian furrowed his brows. Then, as if he had thought of something, his eyes lit up.
He tentatively infused one month of Demon Lifespan into the Tiger Roar Profound Scripture.
In an instant, the true essence he had just expended was completely restored, and it had even increased by quite a bit!
Sensing the state within his aperture, the corners of Su Xian's lips rose wildly!
What did this represent?
It represented that as long as he had Demon Lifespan, his true essence could be said to be inexhaustible!
There was no true essence left in his aperture?
He simply infused Demon Lifespan into the Tiger Roar Profound Scripture!
In less than an instant, his true essence was completely restored!
"Hahaha! The Demon Strategy truly is terrifying!" Su Xian was in an extremely pleasant mood.
"Now, let me see what my aptitude is like in cultivating the Five Realms of Martial Saints!"
With a thought from Su Xian, he began infusing Demon Lifespan into the Tiger Roar Profound Scripture!
"All in!"
[You began cultivating according to the records in the Tiger Roar Profound Scripture!]
[You began breathing in a special manner, and your entire body was drawn into motion! With each breath, even more points of light merged into your body than before!]
[Year Three: Your first aperture was filled with true essence!]
[Year Four: Carrying ample true essence, you began opening your second aperture. You successfully opened your second aperture!]
[Year Twenty-Six: You successfully opened your fourth aperture, and your cultivation rose to the middle stage of the Aperture Opening Realm!]
[Year Sixty-Eight: You successfully opened your seventh aperture! Your cultivation reached the late stage of the Aperture Opening Realm!]
[Year One Hundred Thirty-Five! You successfully opened your tenth aperture! Your cultivation rose to the peak of the Aperture Opening Realm!]
[Year One Hundred Fifty: You had long since opened all twelve great apertures! Your cultivation could advance no further, yet you continued cultivating the Tiger Roar Profound Scripture!]
[Year One Hundred Fifty-Six: You continued cultivating the Tiger Roar Profound Scripture without pause, but your cultivation did not increase at all. However, the true essence within your first aperture became even more condensed!]
In an instant, the 156 years of Demon Lifespan remaining in the Demon Strategy vanished.
And in that same instant, Su Xian
opened all twelve great apertures within his body and successfully advanced into a martial artist at the peak of the Aperture Opening Realm!
"Whew! That feels amazing!"
Su Xian felt the explosive power within his body.
He could not help but draw in a deep breath.
As he inhaled, the air within a ten-zhang radius surged violently, causing the tables, chairs, and benches to tremble fiercely!
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