Thus, Qing Chen did not panic, but kept a firm guard over his mind.
He guided this power along the circulation route of the Brahma Demon-Refining Art.
He could clearly feel that, as the medicinal power continued to merge into him,
the mana within his body was undergoing subtle changes.
As time passed, driven by the Foundation Establishment Pill's medicinal power,
the strands of mana within the gaseous mass, which had previously refused to merge, gradually drew closer, entwining more tightly, strand by strand!
Slowly, they seemed to show signs of liquefying!
The gaseous mass wound tighter. Suddenly, a dozen or so intertwined strands of mana merged completely.
Drip!
A drop of liquid mana appeared!
Qing Chen focused his attention on it. This mana clearly far surpassed its gaseous form in both quality and power.
This was an immensely good thing! The Mana Gate was beginning to budge!
But before Qing Chen could rejoice, his expression turned grave.
-Wisps of [mist] inexplicably appeared within his body, coiling around his sea of qi!
I've never heard of this happening during a breakthrough to Foundation Establishment! Unless it involves certain special physiques?
Just as alarm struck him, the Moon Laurel Qi within the Demon Banner suddenly surged into his body and tangled with those wisps of mist!
"Not good! How is this mist making the mana so stubbornly solid?" Qing Chen's expression shifted slightly.
With the first Foundation Establishment Pill's help, his mana had already begun to liquefy.
But at this rate, by the time this pill's medicinal power ran out, it probably would not have produced much liquid mana.
If there was too little liquid mana within his dantian, with most of it still gaseous,
there would be no way to trigger a reverse influx of spiritual energy, drawing in vast