One Hundred and Eight Immortal Apertures!

He suddenly remembered what Lady Three-Flower had told him.

There were more than seventy-two hidden immortal apertures.

He had thought that opening thirty-six hidden immortal apertures meant he had already unlocked all his potential.

But now it seemed more were concealed even deeper.

So deep that he had been unable to sense them even after exerting all his strength in the Green Wild Realm.

So deep that even after opening all thirty-six hidden immortal apertures, he had detected no trace of them.

Only now, under the surging wash of immortal metal essence in the Purple Zenith Realm, had a corner of that dark void finally been torn open.

Li Qingshan suppressed his excitement and guided more immortal metal essence toward the dark void.

Under the sustained onslaught, that part of the void gradually came into focus.

The hidden immortal apertures concealed in the darkness began to appear, one after another.

Their positions were entirely different from those of the previous thirty-six hidden immortal apertures.

The first thirty-six lay in the gaps between his ordinary immortal apertures. They echoed one another, forming an incomplete but dazzling star chart.

Yet these thirty-six newly revealed hidden immortal apertures were all concealed behind the first thirty-six.

Behind each hidden immortal aperture lay another, deeper one.

They nestled in pairs, one bright and one dark.

"So that's it. The hidden immortal apertures don't number thirty-six, but seventy-two. Thirty-six lie in the light, in the gaps between the ordinary immortal apertures, while thirty-six lie in darkness, concealed behind the hidden immortal apertures. Light and dark give rise to each other, two sides of the same whole. This is the hidden immortal apertures' true, complete form."

Li Qingshan murmured, understanding flashing in his eyes.

He hesitated no longer and poured the surging immortal metal essence into the