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“Qiankun” fundamentally is the foundational knowledge of space.
For Wang Sheng, who had a progress bar, that was a colossal advantage.
Time is king, space is supreme.
Whether in any world, time and space are formidable forces; no one can ignore them.
Wang Sheng was no exception. He originally wanted to wait until he achieved a breakthrough in “Qiankun” before researching other spatial techniques from Space Confinement.
But “Qiankun” being foundational knowledge was different.
Although he was still researching different uses of spatial techniques starting from Qiankun, it was much simpler than starting from “Space Confinement.”
To put it simply, it was originally like deducing addition from multiplication, but now it’s just extrapolating multi-digit addition from single-digit addition.
Thinking of these, Wang Sheng felt somewhat moved.
“Qiankun, who on earth created you, such profound things!”
The foundational knowledge of space isn’t easily produced.
“Forget it, whether a genius or a fluke, the person who researched it didn’t even leave their name, so I will carry forward Qiankun.”
Qiankun was definitely something Wang Sheng intended to study.
Of course, Qiankun was just a start to the knowledge of space. One clear thing was that it would demand a lot of time.
The time might even be measured in hundreds or thousands of years.
After all, knowledge is endless, and even with the progress bar, Wang Sheng never thought he could completely master the knowledge of space in a short time.
He was prepared for a long journey of exploration.
“Take it slow!”
Calming his emotions, Wang Sheng once again immersed himself in cultivation.
He understood why the progress of Qiankun was comparable to those skills that had broken limits three times.
With space-related knowledge, slow progress is normal, and knowing this actually made Wang Sheng less anxious.
After all, “Qiankun,” like the Inner Core Skill, could not be rushed.
What was most important right now was to achieve a breakthrough in Blood Qi Smoke, to enhance his strength.
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Seasons passed, time flew by.
Wang Sheng once again witnessed the saplings in the mountains turn into lush green leaves, witnessed the blooming and withering of flowers.
This signified the passage of more than five months.
In those five months, things had changed, not just the forests.
But also Qingshan Village.
The students of the school, the most talented Liu Jian’an, Wang Lingwei, and Zhou Tian, had all become Second Grade Martial Artists.
Their speed of advancement was even faster than some of the adults in the village.
Those who became Martial Artists by other means had only a few reaching Second Grade, even later than the three students from the school.
Talent is truly inscrutable.
The first to become Martial Artists, Li Yongfeng, Zhou Yong, Zhou Gu, Li Xingpeng, and Wang Shuwen, still had Li Yongfeng at the highest level, a Fourth Grade Martial Artist.
The other four, over these five months, successively achieved Fourth Grade, but their build-up of skills was far less than Li Yongfeng, who won every competition.
Xu Qu and Zhang Ze, the two outsiders, had completely integrated into Qingshan Village and had seen considerable improvements in strength.
Zhang Ze, being older, had exchanged his merits for resources, but only managed to reach Third Grade Martial Artist. Advancing further wouldn’t be simple.
Xu Qu had his secrets and significant fortuitous encounters, plus not being very old, so he had advanced from a Third Grade Martial Artist to a Sixth Grade; the high-level experts who could externally channel their Blood Qi, Seventh Grade Martial Artists, weren’t too far off for him.
The strength of Qingshan Village steadily grew stronger.
Even if you excluded Wang Sheng, Yue, Xu Qu, and Zhang Ze, Qingshan Village could still be considered a small-scale Martial Artist faction.
However, without Wang Sheng, Qingshan Village wouldn’t have reached this level.
The progress bar not only hastened Wang Sheng’s growth but also had impacted the growth of Qingshan Village.
Of course, Wang Sheng’s own improvement was quite significant.
“Realm—
Refining Essence to Qi, Refining: 41%
Cultivation Technique—
Inner Core Skill (Refining Essence to Qi): Breakthrough+4 (43%)
Ba Duan Jin: Breakthrough+4 (65%)—Blood Qi Smoke: 98.5%
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Five Elements Fist: Breakthrough +3 (67%) — Five Internal Organs Containing God Initial Stage: 28%
Yijin Scripture: Breakthrough +3 (51%) — True Body: 22%
Life——
Planting Skill: Breakthrough +5 (65%) Forging: 9 (56%)
Mechanical Techniques: 8 (92%) Hidden Star Skill: 3 (10%)
Martial Techniques——
Six Harmonies Spear: Breakthrough +3 (26%) Plum Flower Step: Breakthrough +3 (18%)
Qiankun: 8 (10%) Sword Flight: 5 (25%)
(Only the significant and important changes are displayed)
Most of the progress was normal and according to the rules.
Wang Sheng spent most of these five months enhancing the strength of his blood.
The progress of Blood Qi Smoke had reached 98.5%, to be honest, it was a bit slower than what Wang Sheng had predicted; by his estimation, he should have already reached Blood Qi Smoke’s next realm by then and attained the combat power of a Great Grandmaster.
But the subsequent enhancement taught him a good lesson.
Just like the last breakthrough from Blood Qi like Mercury to Blood Qi Smoke, the breakthrough to the next realm from Blood Qi Smoke required an extremely significant accumulation.
In fact, from eighty-something percent to ninety-five percent, he only spent a little over three months, and for the remaining two months or so, he only made a bit over three percent progress.
The progress bar was still growing every day, but very slowly.
Of course, such significant growth could not come without any gains.
Now, Wang Sheng’s body contained an extremely terrifying power. Under the state of internal observation, the blood qi that was like smoke from a fire seemed like it couldn’t be suppressed any longer, as if it wanted to surge to the skies, ascend to the clouds high above, and command the winds and rain.
This was the image of Blood Qi Smoke about to transform into a dragon.
Right now, it was merely because the accumulation wasn’t sufficient. Blood Qi Smoke was amassing strength and lying dormant.
Once the dormancy ended, it would inevitably transform into a higher essence of existence, bringing Wang Sheng an extremely terrifying enhancement.
If released, it could cover the entire Qingshan Village, and ordinary people might very well die from fright under the burning smoke of Blood Qi; even low-level Martial Artists might face the same fate.
Wang Sheng had a premonition that this enhancement would be more astonishing than he imagined.
Without hesitation, he swallowed some more Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pills and began practicing Ba Duan Jin.
The progress of Ba Duan Jin was actually not small either.
Having broken the limit four times, its progress should have been slow; it was supposed to be impossible to reach a progress of sixty-five percent in five months.
But because Wang Sheng had been focusing on Ba Duan Jin to enhance his blood strength, the progress was much faster than expected.
Now, the speed at which he digested Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pills was even faster.
Progress, after all, comes in a mutually reinforcing cycle.
Soon, another two months had passed.
Wang Sheng left Qingshan Village by himself and arrived deep into the mountains.
This place, hundreds of miles in radius without any human habitation, was very suitable for a breakthrough.
If there were ordinary people nearby, once the Blood Qi was released and transformed, many ordinary people might die.
Therefore, it was definitely not possible to make a breakthrough inside Qingshan Village; by then, it was estimated that only a few people in Qingshan Village would be left alive.
Wang Sheng found a suitable spot and began his breakthrough for blood strength.
“Blood Qi Smoke: 99.99%”
The final step!
As long as Wang Sheng practiced Ba Duan Jin, he could easily cross this threshold.
For this breakthrough, he prepared nearly a thousand Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pills to replenish sufficient Blood Qi at the critical moment.
He threw a large handful of compressed Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pills into his mouth and began the action he had performed countless times.
Boom!
With the start of the action, Wang Sheng’s blood began to transform, moving towards a higher essence.
Blood Qi Smoke started to become restless.
Roar!
A dragon’s roar from ancient times seemed to sound, as the scattered smoke of Blood Qi began to converge.
Then it transformed into substance and broke through the limit.
Roar!
This time the dragon’s roar was even more powerful, and it materialized directly, causing the surrounding mountains and forests to shake. Countless birds soared into the sky, fleeing from this area, as if something terrifying was chasing after them.
Wang Sheng’s transformation of Blood Qi had begun!