Late Qi Condensation

The sound of cicadas echoed through Cangwu Mountain, pouring into the depths of the Four Symbols Origin-Returning Array.

The Origin Energy within the array flowed like a tireless river, surging into Ye An's Dantian day and night without pause.

Ye An sat cross-legged at the center of the array pattern, his breathing steady. As the Origin Energy poured in, it repeatedly washed through the True Essence Qi Sea in his Dantian along his meridians.

The Qi Sea was like an inner lake spread wide, and at its edges, faint signs of crystallization had already begun to appear.

This was the final step before Late Qi Condensation. Ye An constantly circulated the Black Tortoise Sea-Suppressing Art, yet each time the Qi Sea was about to contract and take shape, it scattered apart again.

A wave of soreness, swelling, and stabbing pain came from deep within his meridians, but Ye An did not stop. He continued circulating the art, the True Essence washing along its pathways again and again, like waves ceaselessly battering the same stretch of embankment.

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Only two points remained. Fine cracks began to appear across the surface of the Qi Sea, while patterns of gradual contraction emerged along its edges.

Ye An urged his True Essence once more, mobilizing all the residual power scattered throughout his meridians, like draining the final drop of water from a river channel, and poured it all into his Dantian.

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The True Essence surged through his meridians like a tide. The instant it poured into his Dantian, the Qi Sea began to tremble violently.

This vibration spread along his meridians to his internal organs. Then his entire skeleton shook until