Tongmai Tenth Level!
Jiang Yun's pupils suddenly constricted.
Although there are twelve Meridians in the human body, only nine can be opened.
Because Cultivating is inherently a Heaven-Defying act, and nine is the extreme number, all Realms of Cultivation end at nine.
Jiang Yun was already at Nine Levels of Vein Opening! These past ten days, when he had nothing to do, he had tried to guide Spiritual Qi into the latter three Meridians to see if he could open them, but the result was that no matter how hard he tried, the Spiritual Qi simply could not enter these three Meridians.
It was as if an invisible barrier enveloped the three Meridians, preventing any Spiritual Qi from entering.
For this, he specifically asked Dongfang Bo, and Dongfang Bo's explanation was that nine Levels were within the Heavenly Dao's permitted limit, so Spiritual Qi could enter, but exceeding nine was considered overstepping the boundary, so the Heavenly Dao had its own Law Power to prevent Cultivators from touching those latter three Meridians.
In short, the Heavenly Dao absolutely did not allow the appearance of Realms above the Nine Levels.
However, Feng Wuji had now reached the Tongmai Tenth Level, which naturally astonished Jiang Yun and made him unable to believe it, so he couldn't help but blurt out, "How did he do it?"
"External force, or rather, he forcibly opened the tenth Meridian with a power that does not belong to this world!"
"Power that doesn't belong to this world?" Jiang Yun was startled and asked, "Power from the Great Wilderness Realm?"
"A great power among Buddha once said, 'One flower, one world.' In fact, there is not just one Realm, but countless of them."
"A Realm has its Realm rules, which, to put it simply, are what Mortals call 'Heaven' and Cultivators call the 'Heavenly Dao.'"
"Although the Realm rules of this world we live in do not allow Realms above the Nine Levels to appear, and do not allow any power to open the tenth Meridian, if you can find power that does not belong to this world, you can still open it."
Jiang Yun was stunned again: "Does that mean that as long as you find power that doesn't belong to this world, you can open even twelve Meridians and reach the Tongmai Twelfth Level?"
Dongfang Bo shook his head and said, "It's not as simple as you think! A power that doesn't belong to this world can only open one Meridian, and to open all twelve Meridians, you need at least three powers that do not belong to this world."
Speaking of this, Dongfang Bo pointed at Feng Wuji in the mirror and said, "The Reincarnation Sect has a profound foundation, and Feng Wuji has outstanding Aptitude, so his Master specially used a piece of extraterrestrial star stone, borrowing the power of the stars, to help him open the tenth Meridian."
Jiang Yun took a deep breath to suppress the turmoil in his heart; now he finally understood why Feng Wuji was called the number one person in the Tongmai Realm.
Tongmai Realm Cultivators can only Cultivate to the Nine Levels, but Feng Wuji is one Realm higher than all Tongmai Realm Cultivators, naturally making him an invincible existence in the same Realm.
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Yun continued to ask, "Even if he is invincible in the Tongmai Realm, when he reaches the Blessed Land Realm, he should no longer have this advantage, right?"
"No! Strictly speaking, the Blessed Land Realm is considered a true Cultivator, while the Tongmai Realm is merely the foundation before becoming a Cultivator. The firmer the foundation, the higher the level one can reach in the future! It sounds like Feng Wuji is only one Realm higher, but this one Realm is a permanent improvement. Even if he enters the Blessed Land Realm or the Cave Heaven Realm, this advantage will still exist."
Dongfang Bo saw that Jiang Yun still seemed a bit unable to understand, so he continued to explain, "To put this advantage simply, it means he will always have a little more Spiritual Qi than Cultivators of the same rank. Don't underestimate this 'little bit'; the higher the Cultivation Realm, the greater this amount will be, possibly even terrifyingly large."
Jiang Yun nodded; he understood now.
If an ordinary Blessed Land First Level Cultivator possessed one hundred units of Spiritual Qi, then after a Tongmai Tenth Level Cultivator entered the Blessed Land First Level, he would possess one hundred and one, one hundred and two, or even more Spiritual Qi.
And this extra number will grow larger and larger as the Cultivation Realm improves!
"Furthermore!" Dongfang Bo spoke again, "It is said that using power that does not belong to this world to open Meridians will always come with a special ability."
"What special ability?"
Dongfang Bo spread his hands and said, "I haven't opened the tenth Meridian, I've only heard! But if Wu Shang is strong enough, we should know very soon."
At this moment, the battle between Wu Shang and Feng Wuji was clearly nearing its end, and the outcome was not hard to guess from the extremely grim faces of the Wen Dao Sect disciples.
Although Wu Shang's Aptitude and attainments in magical techniques were terrifying, he was still somewhat powerless against Feng Wuji, who was at the Tongmai Tenth Level.
Their exchange did not last long. Wu Shang's face was pale, with blood at the corners of his mouth, while Feng Wuji remained composed, his disdainful smile unchanged.
"Five Elements Transformation Dao!"
Just then, Wu Shang suddenly uttered four words, and as his voice fell, five clusters of differently colored light suddenly appeared on the platform, each containing a sharp blade, a vine, a drop of water, a flame, and a piece of soil.
After the five clusters of light appeared, they seemed to have their own consciousness, connecting end to end to form a giant circular wheel that spun continuously.
The appearance of this wheel caused a slight change in the expressions of everyone present, and even Jiang Yun, observing through the bronze mirror, could feel the terrifying power contained within this wheel.
Especially, with each rotation of the wheel, the power it contained would double.
Dongfang Bo's eyes burst with brilliant light as he blurted out, "What a Five Elements Transformation Dao! I didn't expect Wu Shang to have already found his Dao!"
As for Feng Wuji, the smile on his face finally receded. He stared intently at the wheel slowly flying towards him, then suddenly raised his hand and forcefully pointed at his glabella.
"Buzz!"
A circular imprint appeared on Feng Wuji's glabella, from which a beam of light shot out, transforming into a blurry human figure.
From a distance, although the figure was blurry, it also had a circular imprint in its glabella, and its entire body emanated specks of starlight, as if it were entirely condensed from starlight.
"Dao Body!"
As an exclamation rang out, everyone's expressions changed again, and Dongfang Bo even gasped, "The power of an extraterrestrial star opening the tenth Meridian can actually allow him to possess a Dao Body formed by the power of the stars! This must be the accompanying special ability!"
Jiang Yun's heart also gave a heavy thump. Looking at the figure composed of starlight, a solemn expression appeared in his eyes.
Although he didn't know what a Dao Body was, his keen senses told him that the terror of this Dao Body far exceeded the wheel formed by the Five Elements Power.
Moreover, he could clearly realize that he was no longer a match for Feng Wuji!
"Stop! We lost this competition!"
On the platform, just as the starlight figure and the Five Elements wheel were about to collide, Peng Shou, the Peak Master of Five Elements Peak, flashed and appeared in front of Wu Shang, directly admitting defeat.
Clearly, he knew very well that although the Five Elements wheel was strong, it was no match for the Dao Body. If the two truly collided, it would bring unimaginable severe injuries to Wu Shang, even a risk of death, so he had to intervene to stop it.
Hearing Peng Shou's words, the starlight figure immediately dissipated and returned to Feng Wuji's glabella, reforming into a circular imprint. Feng Wuji's disdainful expression grew even stronger as he coldly smiled, "You Wen Dao Sect are too weak!"
Although these words were extremely arrogant, the Wen Dao Sect disciples had nothing to say. Even Wu Shang, who had the most hope of winning, had been defeated, so the Reincarnation Sect's strength was indeed too great.
Dao Tianyou stepped forward and cupped his hands to the long-browed elder of the Reincarnation Sect, saying, "We lost this competition. In three days, we will send people to the Road of No Return in the Boundary Sea!"