Fang Han began trying to connect the Heaven-and-Earth Bridge, opening the final barrier before becoming a graded martial artist.
He sank his entire consciousness between his Dantian and his heart. Guided by the resonance of nine strands of Heaven-and-Earth Force, he shaped it into an invisible key and slowly inserted it into the stone gate of the Heaven-and-Earth Bridge, sealed for more than twenty years.
The instant his consciousness touched the gate, Fang Han felt resistance.
It was thick and heavy, as though he were pushing a massive stone door while an undercurrent pressed against it from the other side, refusing to let it open.
Fang Han focused harder. The nine strands of Heaven-and-Earth Force trembled together, their resonance strengthening slightly, and the stone gate opened a hairline crack.
But then Fang Han's brows drew tight.
"What? My Heaven-and-Earth Force is too weak to connect the Heaven-and-Earth Bridge!"
Looking within himself, he found that the nine strands of Heaven-and-Earth Force in his body had yet to recover from being forcibly burned during the battle at the Xiao Residence.
The Heaven-and-Earth Force that had once blazed crimson now held only a thin layer of red light.
It was like an oil lamp about to burn out, with one last spark clinging stubbornly to its wick.
Only a thin layer of embers remained of the Heaven-and-Earth Force in his five organs.
It was nowhere near enough to produce the resonance needed to push open the stone gate of the Heaven-and-Earth Bridge.
Without any further strength to hold it open, the gate he had cracked ajar slowly closed again, sealing the passage between his Dantian and heart.
Fang Han refused to give up. Gritting his teeth, he focused harder once more, forcing the nine strands of Heaven-and-Earth Force into resonance.
Crimson Heaven-and-Earth Force