Chapter 325: Chapter 270: Taking the Medicine
The spirit light of the great medicine illuminated the entire middle Dantian, and Wang Sheng felt both his Divine Thought and body were elevating.
Refining Qi into God—it was an entirely new realm.
The transformation began the moment the great medicine entered the middle Dantian.
However, Wang Sheng still did not relax.
“Breaking through” was the first stage of Refining Qi into God, and a very important one, but it still couldn’t escape its nature as merely a transitional phase.
Of course, the moment the great medicine was drawn into the middle Dantian by the will of Divine Thought, the “breaking through” stage had actually ended.
…
But Refining Qi into God was just getting started.
After the completion of the breakthrough, there was a stabilizing stage, where he would undergo a slow transformation to prepare for the third stage.
The entire realm was interconnected; no single stage existed in isolation.
The second stage was known as “Consuming.”
As the name “Consuming” suggested, the first stage involved transferring the great medicine from the lower Dantian to the middle Dantian, and the second stage was to consume the great medicine.
To consume meant to eat.
The entire realm of Refining Qi into God was inseparable from this.
The primary goal of the second stage was to stabilize the great medicine within the middle Dantian, enabling it to merge and emanate through Wang Sheng, enhancing his self.
Thus, during the Consuming stage, Wang Sheng’s lifespan would receive a certain increase, marking the first time lifespan enhancement occurred during the Refining Qi into God stage. Of course, although this lifespan increase was significant, it was modest compared to later stages.
In the first three stages of Refining Qi into God, there wouldn’t be a huge increase in lifespan—a few hundred years was the limit.
Of course, Wang Sheng placed great importance on the foundational stages of this realm.
After passing the stage and once the great medicine had stabilized slightly, Wang Sheng immediately began the second stage, “Consuming.”
Both stages inherently needed to be performed together, and though there was a progress bar that allowed segmentation, he decisively chose to proceed safely.
His Divine Thought was employed once again.
Perhaps because it entered the middle Dantian, the previously enhanced Divine Thought exerted its full effect. It acted like a frame, stabilizing the still somewhat uncertain great medicine from all directions.
Then, it stimulated the power of the middle Dantian to begin intermingling with the spirit light of the great medicine, gradually integrating them.
This was the process of “Consuming,” and once the great medicine was completely stabilized and began its effects, it signified the end of the Consuming stage, ready to move on to the next step in cultivation.
Of course, while the “Consuming” stage seemed simple, it actually required a significant amount of time.
Upon reaching the stage of Refining Qi into God, lifespan experienced significant enhancement, but consequently, aside from the “breaking through” phase, other stages of cultivation took a long time.
Without the help of a progress bar, each stage might take decades or even longer.
Most people could spend their entire lives hovering in the earlier stages without ever breaking through to a greater realm.
But for Wang Sheng, who possessed a progress bar, such concerns were unnecessary; his cultivation time might be long, but his current realm would not take tens or hundreds of years to improve.
For instance, now, the great medicine had just completed preliminary stabilization.
“Is this the completion of the first step of ‘Consuming’?”
Having the great medicine preliminarily stabilized within the middle Dantian marked entry into the “Consuming” phase, which he was currently experiencing.
The spirit light from the great medicine and the middle Dantian had already undergone changes, beginning to radiate through his body, enhancing his Divine Thought, physical strength, and Blood Qi.
“Refining Qi into God. Consuming: 1%”
The progress bar displayed the corresponding progress.
“Although there were some difficulties, it was still a narrow escape!”
Recalling his previous encounters, Wang Sheng’s eyes darkened momentarily.
He felt that ninety-nine percent of those bottlenecks were caused by the Heavenly Father. Fortunately, his powerful Divine Thought, together with the stabilization from Blood Qi, managed to get through that situation; otherwise, anyone facing such circumstances would have met their demise, transcending in the process.
Interference, dangerously extreme!
“The progress bar really isn’t for nothing, if it wasn’t for the progress bar reminding me, recklessly breaking through wouldn’t have ended well.”
“But why did Blood Qi also participate in this breakthrough?”
Qi Blood Power could be set aside since it itself is an energy within the great medicinal system; not participating would have been odd.
But Blood Qi, being the source of Qi Blood Power and linked to the Inner Core Skill system, wasn’t that closely related, yet at the most critical moment, that kind of power also contributed.
Blood Qi like Dragon, when the dragon-like Blood Qi appeared, it immediately stabilized the Divine Thought that was being bombarded at the time, successfully completing all the procedures.
This was a tremendous help to him and hard to ignore.
Not just that—
Wang Sheng looked towards his middle Dantian.
The power of Blood Qi had already begun to converge toward the middle Dantian.
This wasn’t usual, as you know, the power of Blood Qi and Inner Core Skill were actually two different systems if forced.
Even without the existence of Inner Core Skill, relying on the power of Blood Qi alone, he was a top powerhouse in this world.
Previously at the Refining Essence to Qi realm, although the two systems were interrelated, they did not interfere with each other.
But now, it seemed as though the connection between the two powers had deepened.
“Do different paths lead to the same destination?”
Wang Sheng couldn’t understand what was happening at the moment, but he knew it was a good thing.
The addition of Blood Qi power allowed him to “Consume” more steadily and could speed up his Consuming progress.
Thinking of this, Wang Sheng didn’t ponder any further.
“It’s time to come out of seclusion!”
This time he also had accumulated wealth and made a sudden advance because of the Divine Thought of the “Harvesting Law,” allowing him to jump directly to the second stage in the Qi Refining Divine Transformation Realm.
If the Divine Thought wasn’t strong enough, just leading the transition would have been a huge challenge, likely demanding even more time.
“The next period will be a time of bodily transformation, and my strength should improve significantly!”
After the medicinal consumption and reflection, he didn’t need to do much during the upcoming time, only to quietly wait.
“Let’s go out and assess the situation first, I wonder how much time has passed!”
During the critical phase, he needed to concentrate fully, Wang Sheng didn’t know how much time had passed in the outside world, but he was very clear that quite some duration had definitely passed.
“Whew~”
After coming out of seclusion, it was conveniently daytime, looking at the bright sunshine, Wang Sheng took a long breath.
“Senior!” Xiao Si of the White Lotus Clan, as always, greeted him.
“Xiao Si, how long has it been since I last went into seclusion?”
“My lord, it’s been about four months!”
“Four months?”
It’s almost New Year’s again!
It’s already November of the year 545.
“It feels like last New Year was just yesterday…”
With the increase in the duration of his seclusion, experiencing New Year’s almost felt consecutive.
However, he didn’t feel weary of it.
No matter how strong one becomes, to ascend to become an immortal, you must first be a person.
After a moment of self-reflection, he left his courtyard, wanting to inquire about the situation in the outside world.
Then he found out that Zhu Xiao was looking for him…
(Don’t know what, stomach upset, typing speed is slow, can’t sleep… still have one chapter, I’ll see if I can make it up in the afternoon…)