Chapter 222 - Crimson Star Realm, Secondary Dantian (1/2)
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Yan Zaizen sat in the lotus position, his eyes closed, and his blood emitting a faint throbbing sound that echoed outwards. His current room was filled with dense, pure atmospheric essence. It was so incredibly thick that any Essence Formation Cultivator could leap from the early-stage to the peak-stage with a single hour of cultivation. Not only was it thick to the point that it appeared to be smoky wisps, but it was also incredibly pure. It held a translucent quality that seemed to be untainted by the world's natural taint.
The room wasn't large; it was cubic-shaped and one hundred meters in area. The walls were made of white jade with a faint golden glow, very similar to Zhou Xiuhei's Xiuhei Titan Hall.
”Hwooo!” Yan Zaizen inhaled. His quad-lungs expanded as a vast quantity of thick and pure essence was siphoned into it. Within a single breath, the entirety of the room's atmospheric essence was directly consumed. This essence wasn't converted into deathly energy but instead was diverted en route to the lungs. The essence funneled into his meridians and dantian via his qi pathways.
His physique assimilated the essence into his heavenly-tempered meridians, converting the essence into true-essence infused with a hint of heavenly aura. This true-essence surged into his qi-pathways, his dantian, and refunneled into his meridians. With each rotation, the true-essence would dwindle in quantity as it would be used to refine these three critical areas.
He could feel his cultivation base strengthened by a tiny amount. His dantian and qi-pathways were not as bad, but his meridians were infinitely difficult to enhance. With this level of thick essence, any standard mid-True Essence cultivator would've reached the peak of the mid or late-stage by now. Unfortunately for him, his cultivation was thousands of times more difficult.
”Grandpa Xiu was correct,” helplessly exclaiming, he felt conflicted in his heart. Who would've thought that having TOO good of a foundation would be detrimental. It was truly mind-boggling. Pinaka would often call it 'perfect cultivation' problems in jest. Disregarding her need to joke, it truly was as she said. Yan Zaizen's foundation was simply too solid.
If he compared his expelling speed to others, his qi-pathways could accommodate near-instantaneous gathering and release. If he compared his true-essence reserves in his dantian, it exceeded other cultivators of similar realm by hundreds. If he compared his conversion speed, processing speed, or stability of true-essence eruption, his far, far exceeded others at the same cultivation realm.
He withdrew a small, grey box from the Meteor Ring. With a wave of his hand, a pill bottle was withdrawn from within. In this pill bottle, a nearly translucent pill with enlivened essence surged within. A slight throbbing surged from the pill in a rhythmic manner. ”Essence Heaven Heart Pill!” With bright eyes, he didn't hesitate. With a motion, the pill directly entered his mouth and into his dantian.
It stayed solidly within his dantian, slowly throbbing and emitting a faint heavenly aura that caused even Yan Zaizen to tremble slightly. As the aura was directly in his body, he couldn't help but do so.
”Haaaa!” He exhaled his previous inhaled breath. As he did, the Essence Heaven Heart Pill rotated with the ferocity of a high-speed cyclone. It spun so quickly that the shape of the pill no longer existed. It was now a translucent tornado. With each spin, wisps of its medicinal efficacy were assimilated into his dantian, which traveled through his paths, which reached his meridians, which continued its travel back towards the tornado.
With each rotation, he could feel his cultivation rise rapidly.
Truly RAPIDLY!!
In two seconds, he had already reached the late-True Essence Realm! His body underwent the minor evolution in such a short period of time. Before it could stabilize, ten seconds passed. His essence cultivation bodily system reached its absolute limits! It could evolve no longer, undergoing one last change as his meridians were smooth like the surface of a pearl. His dantian's walls were toughened to its limits and his pathways were like thick, fleshy veins that carried immense amounts of blood without strain.
”This pill!” Yan Zaizen exclaimed in euphoria. When one's cultivation makes a breakthrough, the feeling was as grand as losing your first time to a top-beauty - not like Yan Zaizen would know, but all the same.
”Don't lose yourself in cultivation,” Pinaka's voice softly warned from his soul. She was like an ever-vigilant guardian standing by to prevent any hints of cultivation deviation or cultivation ecstasy. The latter was particularly malicious.
When breaking through, a person would experience a great pleasure that they could easily lose themselves to. If they do, their cultivation would no longer be controlled by themselves in an appropriate manner, often overdoing their cultivation which leads to injuries or even death! However, this death would be sudden and one would still be in pleasure during which!
”En.” Nodding, he refocused his priorities. Recalling the cultivation method for the Essence Path, he aimed at his next goal: Crimson Star Realm!
In the Essence Path, there was Nine Realms - Six Core & Three Foundational. The realms were Qi Foundation, Qi Cyclone, Essence Formation, Dantian Refinement, Pathway Expansion, Origin Core, True Essence, and Crimson Star.
Dantian Refinement, Pathway Expansion, and Crimson Star Realms were foundational realms and thus optional! In the myriad realms, specifically realms like Xiantu Realm or Deluge Realm, the average cultivator skips the Dantian Refinement, Pathway Expansion, and Crimson Star. Due to the fact they didn't directly enhance one's lifespan and took up a considerable amount of resources and time, they were often foregone for a quicker cultivation increase.
However, as the level of realm continues to rise, this standard heavily changes. In the Sirius Titan Realm, the Dantian Refinement and Pathway Expansion were essentially foregone conclusions, the vast majority, even the ordinary cultivators, reached the peak-stage in both. Resources were far, far more abundant and the atmospheric essence was denser in quality, producing an easier time to cultivate.
The Crimson Star Realm is an anomaly, however.
Even in the Sirius Titan Realm, it is often foregone by even above average cultivators! There is one simple reason for this: difficulty.