Breaking the Jade Sea

Chen Xian felt speechless. Fifty-six times his lungs and internal organs had been injured in just three years.

He thought he had mastered the breathing technique, and that deducing the cultivation method afterward would be easier. To his surprise, it was just as arduous!

He endured the twisting pain in his viscera and the numbness and soreness in his limbs.

"Continue deducing!"

[After sixty months of continuous day and night deduction, you have researched seventy-one cultivation methods. You failed sixty-eight times and succeeded three times. You have chosen one cultivation path and renamed the breathing technique to the Ox Demon Golden Flame Technique.]

[Martial Art: Ox Demon Golden Flame Technique (Uninitiated)]

[Experience: 702 points]

Chen Xian endured various pains, his body covered in cold sweat. He looked at the prompts appearing on the status panel and finally felt a sense of relief.

Nine years. He had finally deduced the cultivation method for the Surging Origin Realm.

With 702 experience points remaining, it should be enough to help him reach the perfection of the Surging Origin Realm.

Thinking this, Chen Xian felt a surge of excitement.

Once the pain subsided, he opened his eyes and glanced at Ding Chen, Wang Yan, and Qin Fei.

The four of them shared a tent.

The other three were cultivating in the Blood Moving Realm, and traces of blood energy had already appeared on their bodies.

Seeing this, Chen Xian didn't disturb them. He got up, gently exited the tent, and stretched his limbs outside. He then found a spot where he wouldn't disturb anyone.

He prepared to upgrade the Ox Demon Golden Flame Technique.

According to the prompts for the Ox Demon Golden Flame Technique, Surging Origin Realm involved using the Yuan Qi in the acupoints to break through the fifteen Yuan Meridians throughout the body.

During this process, there might be a phenomenon of insufficient Yuan Qi.

[After twelve months of diligent training, you have opened one-third of your first Yuan Meridian.]

[After twenty-four months of day and night arduous training, you have opened your first Yuan Meridian, the Ren Meridian.]

Boom!

As he watched the prompt on the panel, Chen Xian's body suddenly trembled. A powerful stream of energy surged from the top of his head to his perineum, causing his entire body's vital blood to boil.

In an instant, a surge of potent energy rolled through his body.

Chen Xian clenched his fist. He estimated his strength to be around ten cauldrons.

"Continue!"

After carefully sensing it for a moment, Chen Xian continued to open his meridians.

[After thirty-six months of day and night meridian opening, you have opened four Yuan Meridians throughout your body. Surging Origin Realm Initiated.]

[Realm: Surging Origin Realm Initiated]

[Experience: 558 points]

[Lifespan: Seven years and seven months]

Looking at the prompt on the panel, his gaze fell on his lifespan. Chen Xian's eyes lit up.

As expected!

As his realm improved, his lifespan would rejuvenate.

Chen Xian stretched his limbs, his mood greatly improved.

He glanced at the sky; it was still early.

Chen Xian continued to upgrade.

[After thirty-six months of day and night meridian opening, you have opened twelve Yuan Meridians throughout your body. Surging Origin Realm Great Accomplishment.]

[Realm: Surging Origin Realm Great Accomplishment]

[Experience: 270 points]

[Lifespan: Forty-two years and nine months]

"Haha...!"

Seeing his lifespan restored to forty-two years and nine months, Chen Xian laughed heartily in excitement.

At this moment, the Yuan Qi in his body was churning, causing the surrounding air to distort.

"What's got you so happy?"

Ding Chen's voice came from behind him. Chen Xian stopped laughing and turned to look.

Ding Chen and the other two stood at the entrance of the tent, staring at him curiously.

Chen Xian smiled and uttered two words: "I broke through!"

The three of them were completely bewildered. They shook their heads speechlessly and turned back into the tent to continue their Blood Moving Realm cultivation.

Chen Xian didn't mind. Seizing the momentum, he continued to upgrade.

[After thirty-six months of diligent meridian opening, you have opened all fifteen Yuan Meridians throughout your body. Surging Origin Realm Perfection.]

[Realm: Surging Origin Realm - Perfection]

[Experience: 162 points]

[Lifespan: Seventy-three years]

[Martial Art: Ox Demon Golden Flame Technique (Beginner)]

Boom!

In an instant, the dark golden vital energy throughout Chen Xian's body began to surge within his fifteen meridians. Not only that, but it also emanated from his body, scattering tiny dark golden sparks and exuding an intensely scorching aura.

His meridians, bones, flesh, and skin all felt a searing heat.

"Fire vital energy?"

Chen Xian's eyes narrowed slightly. It made sense; ever since the Blood Flame Ox Demon Technique, there had been a fiery aura. Even during the breathing method, condensing the acupoints felt scorching.

Looking at his lifespan of seventy-three years, he couldn't help but feel excited.

It was just that the Ox Demon Golden Flame Technique was only at the beginner stage, which surprised him a little.

Chen Xian examined the Ox Demon Golden Flame Technique closely, his eyes narrowing slightly. "Surging Origin meridians, breaking the Jade Sea?"

He had already reached perfection in Surging Origin.

But the vital energy in his fifteen meridians churned endlessly, with nowhere to go.

Each time it reached his lower abdomen, he had to forcefully collide several times before it would continue to surge.

Chen Xian stared at the transparent, three-dimensional silhouette in his mind and suddenly understood.

At the same time, his heart was filled with elation.

The so-called breaking the Jade Sea meant opening up the human body's Dantian.

He had heard of the Dantian in his previous life. Daoist teachings emphasized sinking Qi to the Dantian, even dividing the human body into the upper, middle, and lower Dantian.

Breaking the Jade Sea referred to the Dantian. After vital energy broke through the Jade Sea, it would be stored there, allowing the martial artist to store and cultivate at any time, possessing inexhaustible vital energy.

Looking at the remaining 162 experience points.

Chen Xian fully activated the vital energy in his fifteen meridians, intending to break through the Jade Sea in one go and reach the next realm, the Jade Sea Realm.

[After twenty-four months of continuous day and night cultivation, your attempt to break through the Jade Sea has failed.]

Seeing the system prompt, Chen Xian's face immediately contorted in pain.

The transparent, three-dimensional silhouette reappeared in his mind. He saw streams of light surging throughout his body, colliding with the cluster of light points in his lower abdomen.

The process was agonizing!

"Continue!"

Chen Xian gritted his teeth and endured, continuing to break through the Jade Sea.

[After thirty-six months of continuous day and night cultivation, your Jade Sea shows signs of loosening, but the breakthrough attempt has failed.]

[After sixty months of strenuous attempts, the gate of your Jade Sea has shattered. All vital energy returns to the sea. Jade Sea - Beginner.]

[Realm: Jade Sea Realm - Beginner]

[Experience: 42 points]

[Lifespan: One hundred and five years]

Boom, boom, boom...!

In an instant, Chen Xian's body trembled violently. A rumbling sound echoed in his ears, followed by dark golden flames erupting from his body, burning his clothes.

Not only that, but his bones emitted sounds like metal friction, his blood surged, and his skin and flesh shimmered with golden, molten-like patterns, looking incredibly terrifying.

He couldn't see his own Jade Sea, but he could feel it through his vital energy. As it surged into the Jade Sea, the vital energy became exceptionally excited, like a child returning home, finding a safe harbor.

He had no mind to check the system prompt and closed his eyes, feeling the surging vital energy within his body.

As the vital energy churned, a powerful stream of air rushed straight to his forehead.

"Ah!"

With a low roar, Chen Xian's eyes snapped open. His flame-wreathed palm struck the ground, and with a loud bang, a deep palm print was imprinted on the ground.

Within a one-meter radius around the palm print, the ground was scorched black, and flames still flickered.

Inside the tent, Ding Chen and the other two were startled and rushed out.

Upon seeing the scorched palm print on the ground, the three were filled with shock.

"Holy crap, is that Chen Xian?"

Wang Yan's gaze shifted to the figure, and he was stunned!

Soon, people from other tents were also alerted, and they all came out to look at Chen Xian.

Cao Fang and Xue Qishan ran over and asked, "What happened?"

Ding Chen and the other two didn't answer, only staring at the slowly rising figure.

The two also quickly looked over. They saw the figure was completely blackened, his clothes burned by dark golden flames, and a terrifying aura emanated from him, carrying a scorching air current that caused people to be horrified.

"He's... Chen Xian?" Xue Qishan and the other asked, their mouths agape.