BXBX NOVEL Chapter 385: 385
With each circulation of the Primordial Dragon Art, Dragon Essence surged ceaselessly through Yang Xiaotian’s body.
The power of the True Dragon gathered around his body, forming numerous True Essence Dragons.
Finally, a Dragon Barrier took shape.
Several days passed.
Yang Xiaotian’s body echoed with faint crackling sounds.
Like melting ice and the rebirth of the earth, the life force inside him grew ever stronger.
The Demon Ape and his companions stood guard outside when suddenly, their eyes flew open, all looking in astonishment towards Yang Xiaotian’s direction.
Incredible nine-colored Divine Dragons’ energy soared into the sky, and a vast dragon might dominated heaven and earth, imposing an intangible pressure that even the Demon Apes felt.
This was a pressure that stemmed from the soul.
And the pressure continued to intensify.
This went on for a full day.
The energy of the nine-colored Divine Dragons and the dragon might gradually dissipated.
Only then did the soul pressure on the Demon Ape and his companions vanish.
After a short while, Yang Xiaotian opened his eyes.
After days of arduous cultivation, he had finally successfully broken through to the Martial Venerable Realm.
He felt the dense True Yuan within his body; this breakthrough had increased his True Yuan several fold, and his life force had experienced an astonishing rise, his longevity reaching a thousand years—a limit for the Martial Venerable lifespan. The Lord of Azure God had also reached a thousand years of longevity when breaking through to this level.
It was his vast Qi Blood that attributed to the longevity of a thousand years.
Having broken through to a Qi Blood range of myriad miles was why his breakthrough to Martial Venerable granted him a millennium of longevity.
After the breakthrough to Martial Venerable, his physical body, from the inside out, underwent significant changes, whether in terms of strength or defense, he had achieved a qualitative improvement.
Yang Xiaotian sensed the acupoints within his body.
The human body possesses one thousand two hundred and ninety-six acupoints hidden at its deepest depths, usually hard to sense, and only after breaking through to the Martial Venerable Realm can one sense these acupoints.
Under Yang Xiaotian’s perception, these acupoints appeared like tiny stars scattered in every corner of the body, faintly resonating with the stars in the sky.
However, these acupoints were currently dim and lifeless, akin to stars without vitality; they would only shine and brim with life after being opened and infused with True Yuan.
The more acupoints that were opened, the stronger the physique and the greater the vitality.
Should one open all one thousand two hundred and ninety-six acupoints, the physique could even achieve immortality, meaning that even in death, the body would not decompose.
However, opening all the acupoints is extremely difficult, even more challenging than when a Martial Emperor condenses the Myriad Miles Qi Blood.
Forgetting about all the acupoints, just managing to open the three hundred and sixty-five acupoints to reach the Grand Circulation is already quite rare. Amidst the countless geniuses of the Azure God Continent, those who have reached such a number in their acupoints are all exceptional geniuses among geniuses.
Some profoundly talented individuals, after breaking through to Martial Venerable, use their previously dense True Yuan and Qi Blood to open up to twelve acupoints, achieving the Minor Circulation.
Some geniuses can even open twenty-four acupoints in one go, reaching twice the number of the Minor Circulation. Of course, this is exceedingly rare.
“I wonder how many I will be able to open in one go?” Yang Xiaotian pondered secretly.
With his now incredibly dense True Yuan and Qi Blood, if he were to begin opening his acupoints now, it would undoubtedly be more than twenty-four.
Possibly five times the Minor Circulation, or even six times, seven times the Minor Circulation!
However, he was not in a hurry to open up his acupuncture points right now. He had read the notes left by his Master, Divine Master Hong Feng, who mentioned that if one could manage to open ten times the number of acupuncture points in the Minor Circulation in one go, it would trigger the power of Heaven and Earth to temper the body, which would be extremely important for future cultivation. Therefore, he was waiting for his True Yuan and Qi Blood to be more profound before attempting to open up the acupuncture points.
If he could manage to open up three hundred and eighty-five acupuncture points in one fell swoop, reaching the number of the Grand Circulation, then the Heavenly Nectar would descend, and upon entering his body, his physical body would be cultivated to a heaven-defying extent.
At that time, he could even surpass the Immortal Body.
Yang Xiaotian stood up, then continued on his journey with the Demon Ape and the others.
Since they were not in a rush to travel, whenever they passed through some cities, they would occasionally take a brief rest and enter taverns for a drink.
However, having tasted the wine brewed by his father, Yang Chao, all other wines seemed to lack something in flavor.
Myriad Gods Empire truly lived up to its reputation as the first empire of the Azure God Continent, extremely prosperous and powerful, with innumerable sects and families. In the Divine Dragon Empire, Venerable Realm powerhouses are a rare sight on the streets, but ever since entering the Myriad Gods Empire, Venerable Realm powerhouses were not few.
Even some Ancient Mythical Beasts that were typically rare to see were not uncommon.
Many great families tamed these Ancient Mythical Beasts as their mounts.
“This Myriad Gods Empire is truly a forest of the powerful,” even the Demon Ape couldn’t help but remark after entering the Myriad Gods Empire.
The Iceflame Kylin nodded and said, “Some say that nine-tenths of the Divine Spirits of the Azure God Continent come from the Myriad Gods Empire.”
Although it’s an exaggeration to say that nine-tenths of the Divine Spirit powerhouses of the Azure God Continent come from the Myriad Gods Empire, it still reflects the might of the Myriad Gods Empire.
The Sky-Stepping Sect might be the strongest sect in the Divine Dragon Empire, but almost any Supreme Sect in the Myriad Gods Empire could easily crush the Sky-Stepping Sect.
The Azure God Academy is not located in the Imperial Capital of the Myriad Gods Empire, but in a royal nation not far from the Imperial Capital.
Rather than saying it was built within a royal nation, it would be more accurate to say that the entire royal nation was the Azure God Academy.
Due to the unique nature of the Azure God Academy, its plaza gathers strong individuals from all over the Azure God Continent at every moment.
When Yang Xiaotian arrived at the Azure God Academy, it was already dark, but the plaza in front of the academy was still bustling with traffic and powerhouses from various sects and families coming and going continuously.
On the plaza, many powerhouses were discussing the talents who had recently stood out during the Azure God Academy’s assessment.
“Yan Long of the Yan Family participated in the Azure God Academy’s assessment a few days ago! Guess how he did?”
“Is it that Yan Long who possesses the Supreme Bone and the Golden Dragon Bloodline?”
“Yes, that’s him! I heard he hunted down a full ten thousand Fierce Beasts in the Secret Realm during the assessment!”
“What, ten thousand beasts!”
Everyone exclaimed in shock.
According to the rules of the Azure God Academy, one would pass the assessment if they killed enough Fierce Beasts in the Secret Realm to total one thousand within the Martial Venerable Realm in a single day.
Fierce Beasts are generally stronger than the Human Race at the same realm, and being able to hunt a hundred Fierce Beasts of the same realm in a single day is quite difficult for a Martial Venerable Realm being, let alone a thousand.
Yet, Yan Long killed a full ten thousand!
That was astonishing.
“I also heard that after passing the assessment, he managed to open up thirty-two acupuncture points in one go!” a sect powerhouse said excitedly.
Hearing that Yan Long was able to open up twenty-eight acupuncture points at once, everyone was again astonished.
Being able to open up two times the number of Minor Circulation acupuncture points, which is twenty-four, is already quite remarkable, but Yan Long managed to open up thirty-two.
It’s known that opening up acupuncture points becomes increasingly difficult the further one goes; the amount of True Yuan and Qi Blood needed for each additional point is exceedingly great.
Yang Xiaotian, overhearing the discussion of the crowd, remembered the disciple from the Yan Family he encountered when he entered the Soul Sea to hunt the Deep Sea Demon Roc—that disciple was named Yan Long.
At that time, just because he took an extra glance at the other person, that person said he would gouge out his eyes.