Two Conditions

A fierce wind swept through, and Zhang Xuezhou traveled from Broken Soul Ridge to the end of the river.

The sky had completely darkened, with only the embers left by Queen Supi burning faintly nearby.

In the dim light, Divine Lord Zhenyuan laid Zhang Xuezhou's body down.

He took out his short knife and retrieved the Cynomorium songaricum. As his gaze swept across the river, he saw large-headed fish and small fish floating belly-up, drifting downstream in swarms. Yet, countless tiny large-headed fish emerged from under the various stone slabs, occasionally tearing at the dead fish, and some were visibly growing.

Is this what ecology is?

Big fish eating small fish is one kind of ecosystem, and small fish devouring the carcasses of their own kind is also one kind of ecosystem.

The frenzy of these fish is most likely related to the cynomorium juice dripped into the water.

Under the influence of this sap, the fish will explode and die, and the fish eggs will hatch quickly. The hatched fry will then rapidly devour everything edible around them to grow, and continue to lay eggs to expel the swelling force from their bodies.

Divine Lord Zhenyuan felt that he had understood the cause and effect and the ecology in a short period of time.

Zhang Xuezhou is clearly also a link in this Suoyang ecosystem, currently using cultivation techniques to rapidly accelerate his growth.

If Zhang Xuezhou only possessed the power of Qi and Blood, this self-rescue might have been successful.

At this moment, even Divine Lord Zhenyuan only offered the assessment of "drinking poison to quench thirst," feeling that Zhang Xuezhou's hope of escape was extremely slim.

But no matter what, Divine Lord Zhenyuan will cooperate in the same way he always should.

"Supi, do you know of any sacred beings or demons in this vicinity?"

He reached out and took a large piece of Cynomorium Zhang Xuezhou. He couldn't help but press the Queen Supi, who dared not leave during the ceremony, asking if there were any demons nearby, in an attempt to replenish the blood essence that Zhang Xuezhou had mentioned.

After a series of respectful chants, Divine Lord Zhenyuan lifted Zhang Xuezhou Heavenly Robe and reached out to remove a purple-gold-red gourd from beneath Heavenly Robe.

He glanced at the gourd, whispered some instructions to Zhang Xuezhou, and then roared away, creating a gust of wind.

"Drinking poison to quench thirst!"

Holding the deep purple Cynomorium songaricum, Zhang Xuezhou felt a mix of trepidation and excitement.

Divine Lord Zhenyuan's warning was based on solid reasoning. He could enhance his body's capacity by taking Suoyang to promote the physical body technique, but taking Suoyang would also continuously generate and accumulate new power within his body.

If the limits of physical body techniques cannot exceed this accumulated power, his physical body will inevitably be torn apart, resulting in him being blown to pieces.

"You seemed harmless and had many benefits, but who would have thought you were so fierce!"

Even if one's internal strength is singular, consisting solely of the physical body's Qi and Blood and blood, consuming Suoyang will still result in a surge in Qi and Blood strength. Cultivation techniques lacking internal depletion will inevitably lead to the uncontrolled expansion of internal strength.

With physical strength as complex as Zhang Xuezhou's, simple internal cultivation is no longer sufficient to solve the problem.

When one seeks shortcuts and extra means, these shortcuts also bring significant hidden dangers as one's cultivation level steadily increases.

The saying "One wrong move, and the whole game is lost" perfectly describes this situation.

Many top cultivators established various rules when passing on their knowledge to their descendants. These rules were not without reason; behind every outrageous rule lies a lesson learned through blood and tears.

It's unbelievable that two cultivators with high-level poison-avoidance skills would both fall victim to the same poison.

"The three thousand seven hundred and fifty-one acupoints have been enhanced!"

Regardless of his inner thoughts, Zhang Xuezhou did not stop doing what he was supposed to do.

As he chewed down the hard, hard Suoyang pill, the Qi and Blood power that his body lacked most rapidly surged up in a short time. The speed at which this Qi and Blood and blood power increased was no less than that of the Qi and Blood Creation Pill, and it was even more powerful than the blood essence he had taken.

Correspondingly, Divine Ability Law Power, magical abilities, and Demon Power are rapidly generated and accumulated.

The rapid flight of over 600 miles consumed a great deal of Demon Power, but Zhang Xuezhou's rate of depletion of his original Demon Power was still too slow. Meanwhile, the newly generated Demon Power locked within his body and difficult to use was flowing continuously. In fact, the consumption of his Demon Power was far less than the amount of magic Law Power he had exhausted in the past few days.

The symptoms of being overwhelmed by Demon Power appeared first; a tingling and stinging pain surged through his arms, and Zhang Xuezhou felt the same pain as when he used to refine demonic wings.

"There are still four days left. I must hold on until I can travel back to the real world and leave this mess for the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon to deal with!"

Zhang Xuezhou had taken shortcuts in his cultivation on several occasions, including manipulating the time of world transitions to avoid physical pain.

He clearly has the idea of repeating the same trick.

But before he can avoid pain, he clearly needs to make his body resilient enough to prevent it from collapsing under the strain.

"The three thousand seven hundred and fifty-two acupoints have been enhanced!"

The Buddha's 108,000-aperture physical body technique differs from other avoidance techniques. Avoidance techniques involve mastering one acupoint at a time, with major acupoints connecting to minor ones, thus expanding from a single point to a broader area. In contrast, the physical body technique involves all the acupoints throughout the body responding and adjusting simultaneously.

This resulted in an extremely long cycle in the practice of the physical body technique; Zhang Xuezhou spent an entire morning on his first attempt at completing one cycle.

He is currently using the physical body technique in the same way, and the time it takes to activate it during cultivation is extremely long.

In this process, it is not possible to specify which acupoints are strengthened; rather, it relies more on continuous stimulation and refinement.

Some acupoints were stimulated and polished more, resulting in enhancement; others were stimulated and polished less, thus only serving as alternatives for improvement in the next training of physical body techniques; still others lacked polishing or were difficult to polish, thus ranking them lower in the training order.

In this physical cultivation technique, memorizing the operation of 108,000 acupoints is only a basic requirement; the subsequent advancements involving varying degrees of cultivation are the true core of the cultivation.

Zhang Xuezhou has an extraordinary memory, but he also has his limits.

Normally, Zhang Xuezhou wouldn't be able to remember so many states, let alone complete a single, smooth cultivation session.

But he has this ability today; everything is clearly presented in his perception, and it is also improving and strengthening step by step.

Divine Lord Zhenyuan once said that it was necessary to ensure smooth cultivation, and Zhang Xuezhou's cultivation in the art of physical body cultivation was indeed extremely smooth.

Some acupoints are frequently stimulated and polished to guide upwards, while others serve as backups waiting for the next polishing. Still others are merely moistened with a little water, waiting to be strengthened during the next use of the physical body technique.

Everything was under Zhang Xuezhou's control, which allowed him to avoid making any mistakes during his cultivation.

"Four thousand, eight thousand, sixteen thousand... After reaching the sixth level of the Body Technique, my cultivation will likely be very difficult, even more difficult than reaching the thirty-two thousand acupoints of the Seventh Realm. I need to control the Locking Yang at the entrance, and I also need to wait for that moment of judgment!"

Even though his cultivation is progressing smoothly at the moment, Zhang Xuezhou is well aware of the limits that such cultivation faces.

That's not the kind of cultivation he can achieve simply by wanting to cultivate; he will inevitably encounter obstacles.

However, if he encounters obstacles while using Suoyang to advance his cultivation, it means the end of his cultivation, and he will not have a second chance.

This requires Zhang Xuezhou to grasp the right balance in his spiritual practice.

This also involves the second condition mentioned by Divine Lord Zhenyuan: whether the ultimate strength brought by the physical body technique is exceeded by the power accumulated through the stimulation of Suoyang, which leads to a collapse.

This judgment is not difficult. As Zhang Xuezhou's physical stimulation becomes more and more intense, it means that his physical strength is insufficient to withstand the harm caused by Suoyang.

"Faster, more efficient!"

A sharp, almost tearing pain shot through Zhang Xuezhou's arms and body. He felt a surge of urgency, his mind completely absorbed in the pursuit of physical cultivation techniques. He only wished to consume less Suoyang and accelerate his cultivation progress.