The Bag Opens, Revealing the Mountain-Piercing Seal

Chapter 104

Fang Shu sat quietly where he was, feeling the joy welling up from the depths of both body and mind.

The sinews and bones throughout his body seemed to let out exhilerated, unrestrained howls. Especially inside his skull, something trembled without cease.

This breakthrough, as natural as water flowing into a channel, filled his heart with delight, and he remained immersed in the feeling for a long while.

When he came back to himself, Fang Shu rose and slowly moved about at the bottom of the meditation chamber's well. He performed a set of punches to regulate the qi and blood in his body, preventing it from gathering excessively in his skull and turning a good thing into a bad one.

For a time, he felt as if all the qi and blood in his body had twisted into a single strand, able to rise or fall and circulate freely. With one inhalation, it could surge to the crown of his head; with one exhalation, it could descend to his heels.

This was even more miraculous than the unified flesh and sinews of a Second Tribulation Immortal, for it was not merely his flesh and sinews—even his bones, organs, blood, and all else had become like one whole under the strengthening of his qi and blood.

Fang Shu silently savored the sensation and thought:

"The ancients said, 'A true man breathes through his heels; ordinary men breathe through their throats.' Could this be the realm they meant?"

Without needing to fight anyone, he knew in his heart that his current self could take on at least three of his pre-breakthrough selves.

Looking again at the intensity of his qi and blood, the three-zhang-tall pillar of qi and blood rose slowly. Though its height had not changed, its density