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 tapped all his potential.

But now it seemed more lay concealed at even greater depths.

So deep that he had been unable to sense them even when he exerted 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, beneath 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 directed more immortal metal essence into the dark void.

As the vast torrent continued to batter it, that void gradually came into focus.

The hidden immortal apertures within the darkness began to emerge, one after another.

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

The first thirty-six lay in the gaps between his ordinary immortal apertures, answering one another to form an incomplete yet dazzling star chart.

But these thirty-six newly emerging apertures were all hidden behind the first thirty-six hidden immortal apertures.

Behind each hidden immortal aperture lay another, deeper one.

Each pair leaned on the other, one bright and one dark.

"So that's it. There aren't thirty-six hidden immortal apertures, but seventy-two. Thirty-six lie in the light, in the gaps between ordinary immortal apertures, while thirty-six lie in darkness, hidden behind the others. 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 through his eyes.

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