Eternal Holy Emperor
Chapter 21 - 19: Breaking Through to the Fifth Layer of the Acquired Stage!

Chapter 21: Chapter 19: Breaking Through to the Fifth Layer of the Acquired Stage!

Returning to his room, Ye Chen began his closed-door cultivation, gathering dew to refine medicine liquid.

Due to the recent rain and fog, the process of collecting the dew from medicinal herbs had sped up by several times, and this time, the medicine liquid being refined was not the Hundred Herbs Liquid. It only took three days to successfully collect ten large bowls of dew from the medicinal herbs.

Over the following days, he focused on preparing the medicine liquid, and all of this was done in secrecy, which filled outsiders with curiosity.

Even as his parents, Ye Ao and Xia Wei were quite curious, they respected their son’s actions and refrained from inquiring.

During this time, Ye Hua personally visited, intending to seek revenge on Ye Chen. Unfortunately, Family Head Ye Ao had issued a strict order not allowing anyone to barge into Ye Chen’s courtyard without permission, under threat of family law.

Ye Hua could only squat in front of Ye Chen’s courtyard for three days, and upon not seeing Ye Chen leave, left angrily.

Ye Chen, for his part, was completely unaware of all this and even if he had known, he would not bother with outsiders like Ye Hua.

Finally, after a full eight days, ten bottles filled with green-colored liquid were neatly lined upon a table.

Looking at these ten bottles of swirling liquid, Ye Chen wiped the sweat from his forehead, let out a sigh of relief, and slowly curled the corners of his mouth upwards into a smile.

Now, the effort he had put into preparing the medicine liquid over these past days could be tested, and likewise, he felt it was time for him to break through once again.

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In the quiet room, there was a wooden tub more than half a yard wide, filled to the brim with clear water.

Ye Chen took out one of the medicine bottles and slowly poured out the green liquid. With his hand stirring the water in the tub, the clear water was gradually dyed green, creating a misty, dreamlike color.

Afterward, Ye Chen removed all his clothes, revealing his long and strong, perfect physique, and stepped into the tub. Except for his head, his entire body below his neck was immersed in the green liquid. He closed his eyes and began to cultivate, absorbing the spiritual energy of nature.

Visibly, strands of green air flowed within the liquid, entering his body through the pores of his skin.

As the green air flow entered, his pores expanded quietly, and the speed at which he absorbed nature’s spiritual energy also increased notably.

In fact, the medicine liquid he had refined this time was not the same Healing Liquid as before, but an auxiliary cultivation liquid known as Green Divine Liquid.

What is an auxiliary cultivation liquid? As the name implies, it is a liquid that aids in cultivation.

At first glance, it might not seem special, but compared to a regular cultivation liquid, an auxiliary cultivation liquid is much more precious.

That’s because generic cultivation liquids, although derived from the spiritual energy of various precious medicinal materials to convert into one’s own energy, have corresponding side effects. For example, the intrinsic toxicity of some medicinal materials might also be present in the cultivation liquid, entering the body during cultivation and causing significant harm.

Such toxins are often difficult to remove during the liquid’s preparation.

However, an auxiliary cultivation liquid is different. This type of liquid, while also containing essence of spiritual energy within it, is not completely absorbed. Instead, it acts as an agent to expand the cultivator’s meridians, accelerating the speed of cultivation technique circulation and increasing the speed of absorbing spiritual energy from nature, thus enhancing the cultivation speed.

Moreover, it is worth mentioning that auxiliary cultivation liquids also help to expand the meridians, which is extremely beneficial for cultivation, making them much better than regular cultivation liquids.

Generally speaking, the speed at which one absorbs nature’s spiritual energy depends on the width of one’s own meridians. The wider the meridians, the faster the absorption of spiritual energy; otherwise, even if one were born in an area where the spiritual energy is so dense it becomes liquid, narrow meridians would prevent rapid absorption no matter how abundant the spiritual energy.

An auxiliary cultivation spirit liquid, however, can temporarily change the body, expand the meridians, and increase the speed of cultivation and absorption of spiritual energy to more than double that of normal times.

And after the expansion, the meridians also gain a certain resilience, so even after the effect wears off, the meridians have often expanded somewhat...

Certainly, even an auxiliary cultivation liquid must not be used carelessly. The amount has to be standardized—too much is absolutely not allowed. Otherwise, an excessive amount would transform the auxiliary cultivation liquid from aid to harm, causing the meridians to over-expand and rupture, blood to flow profusely, and the subject to become crippled.

These ten bottles of auxiliary cultivation liquid would be enough for an ordinary person to cultivate for ten months.

However, seven or eight drops of Green Divine Liquid would suffice for a day’s cultivation for a common person, but Ye Chen poured down an entire bottle. In other words, to accelerate his cultivation speed, he wanted his meridians to expand to the limit, absorbing nature’s spiritual energy.

Such an act was without a doubt dangerous, because the excessive amount of the liquid could burst the meridians alive, resulting in severe consequences—minor injuries in the best case, or death in the worst.

Ye Chen was gambling with all this. To him, conventional cultivation couldn’t achieve significant results. Only by seeking fortune amidst peril could he meet his cultivation principles.

Moreover, he indeed had a certain foundation. With a physique of the Innate Realm and half a month of practicing the Domineering Refining Saint Technique, his body had undergone significant molding and possessed crucial conditions to take on the risks.

Inside the wooden barrel, Ye Chen immersed himself wholeheartedly in cultivation. As time passed, he absorbed more and more of the auxiliary spirit liquid. His meridians expanded increasingly, and occasionally, he could even see specks of luminescence flickering in the sky, indicating that the spiritual energy was nearly fogging.

At the same time, the pagoda-shaped mark on his chest began to shine. Instantly, nature’s spiritual energy began to pour into the courtyard, dense and vigorous, being ceaselessly absorbed by Ye Chen.

Visibly, streams of nature’s spiritual energy took form, turning into a thin Spirit Fog that continuously entered Ye Chen’s body. After circulating through the Grand Circulation three times, the Cultivation Technique transformed it into Inner Strength, turning it into his power.

But as more of the green flow was absorbed and the meridians expanded even more, at a certain moment, a meridian suddenly showed cracks, with streaks of blood emerging.

Subsequently, cracks appeared one after another in his meridians. In the end, even his pores were torn, with trickles of fresh blood flowing.

These were signs of reaching one’s limits. Once the meridians’ endurance threshold was surpassed, they would be torn apart.

This was the reason why only a set amount of auxiliary cultivation liquid should be used. Otherwise, an overdose could fatally rupture a person’s meridians—debilitating them at best or resulting in death at worst, an extreme danger.

Nevertheless, to accelerate his cultivation speed, Ye Chen spared no expense and utilized the entire bottle of Green Divine Liquid.

Although diluted by clean water, for an average person, seven or eight drops would be enough for a whole day’s cultivation. An entire bottle poured in presented a formidable dosage, far more potent than he had imagined.

Buzz—

In the end, ever more intense nature’s spiritual energy rapidly emerged, entering his body through the relaxed pores of his skin, instantly filling his limbs and bones, swelling to the point where his meridians showed signs of tearing apart.

Blood flowed, the meridians could no longer withstand the pressure, and they all burst, staining the liquid in the wooden barrel red. He was nearing his limit.

A terrible pain suddenly flashed in his mind, intense enough to make anyone gasp in shock, their eyes turning red with agony, crying out in pain.

Yet, Ye Chen merely had red eyes, for he had endured a thousand times more pain before. Wordlessly, he bore all the agonies in silence.

The result was astonishing. Amidst the world, a huge amount of nature’s spiritual energy surged into that area, flowing through the 36,000 pores all over Ye Chen’s body into his meridians, circulating rapidly, and then turning into Inner Strength within his body, accumulating in the Dantian of his lower abdomen, building up power.

And at that moment, Ye Chen made his breakthrough, reaching the Acquired Fifth Realm, his aura suddenly intensifying by a large margin. Moreover, a warm surge of power suddenly filled his limbs and bones, enhancing his physical strength once more.

Acquired Fifth Realm, 500 jins!

Unfortunately, all of this was insignificant to Ye Chen, because even though he had advanced, the ongoing flow of nature’s spiritual energy from the outside did not diminish at all—the influx grew stronger, causing his meridians, already at the brink from the Green Divine Liquid’s potency, to start failing.

At that moment, Ye Chen abruptly submerged his entire being into the liquid of the wooden barrel, his hands moving quickly to form seals—

Human Origin Body Technique, operate!

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