Embracing the Elixir, Second Awakening, and Opening the Sea of Consciousness - Bonus Chapter for 100 Monthly Votes

Tang Shan calmed his mind. Then his Qi and Blood erupted.

Boom! A soundless roar exploded inside his body.

Invisible pressure descended like a vast curtain of falling sky, instantly enveloping the churning mass of Qi and Blood. Then it tightened, compressing it with savage force.

The mass, once the size of a fist, visibly collapsed. Within a few breaths, it had shrunk to the size of a pigeon egg.

But that was only the beginning.

Boom!

His will came down like a hammer weighing a thousand jun, smashing into the blood mass from every direction.

The mass shuddered and contracted again. Terrifying energy surged, collided, and condensed within it until it was no larger than a chicken egg.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

His will was a tempering hammer, his Qi and Blood steel refined a hundred times. Each thunderous blow seemed to hammer out the last impurities in the blood mass. Under that relentless pressure, the great elixir of Qi and Blood grew ever smaller, ever denser.

Soon it had shrunk to the size of a thumb. Success lay only one step away, but that step was the most dangerous. His Qi and Blood had to compress into a single point, like the point from which a universe began: murky and chaotic, hazy and indistinct, infinitely small yet infinitely vast.

In that state, he had to hold his will firm and keep his consciousness from scattering. Otherwise, the Blood Elixir would explode, and he would die with his guts torn open.

Outside, Dugu Bo and the other experts sensed that the most critical moment was approaching. They held their breath without realizing it.

Hidden nearby, Golden Crocodile Douluo's eyes shone with brilliant golden light. His gaze pierced Tang Shan's flesh and bones and settled on the mass of Qi and