Though they always jokingly called this Lifetime a Martial Arts World, its martial path was ultimately the starting point of the Heaven-Penetrating Great Dao.
It was still vastly different from the true martial arts path of works like The Deer and the Cauldron.
The Aperture-Opening Stage was also the process of cultivating the Inner Landscape World. Opening all Seven Apertures represented the initial completion of the Inner World, forming a self-sustaining cycle and naturally opening the Origin-Energy Secret Treasury.
One's true qi would greatly increase, physical fitness would improve dramatically, and resistance to ordinary poisons and harsh environments would rise substantially.
The Inner Landscape World did not truly mean opening up a small world inside the body. It was more an explanation of the concept of the human body as a Minor World—the circulation of the five viscera and six bowels.
Breaking through to this point meant that Aperture-Opening Stage cultivation had reached initial completion. It was a qualitative transformation.
The gap in strength between Six Apertures and Seven Apertures was far greater than the gap between Four Apertures and Six Apertures.
Father Qin and Mother Qin had been stuck at this step for years. Now that they had broken through in a single day, countless emotions filled their hearts.
"With all Seven Apertures open, the world is no longer the same. I finally understand why the difference in status between those with Six Apertures and Seven Apertures is so obvious within the sect."
If Father Qin had possessed Seven Apertures before, he could have held a highly profitable position within Sword-Washing Pavilion or been sent elsewhere to take one.
His future would naturally have been much brighter than coming out here to open a martial academy.
"Breaking through at such a crucial time means that Thunderclap Hand Yang Chengfeng,