Chapter 284: Chapter 283: True Essence Realm! (Please Subscribe)
However, this method is not as wonderful as imagined. The reason is that each time the primordial true qi increases is fixed, but the number of meridian circulations for the next time will be more than the last time.
For example, a Meridian Refining Realm martial artist who has unblocked the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, at the start, the primordial true qi in the body will increase by a point for each meridian circulation.
Next, the true qi needs two meridian circulations to increase the primordial true qi by a point in the body.
Then it would take three or even four meridian circulations to increase the primordial true qi by a point.
And so on, in the future, it might take tens or even hundreds of meridian circulations to increase the primordial true qi by a point.
But compared to those trapped by the Ren and Du Meridians, this is already much happier.
Moreover, if you learn some heart methods that make the true qi circulate faster, the efficiency will be greatly improved.
As long as the true qi in the body accumulates to a certain extent, one can try to open up a sea of qi in the dantian. The more true qi one has, the higher the probability of a successful breakthrough.
Once the breakthrough is successful, one can absorb the true qi from the True Qi Pill, convert it into true essence, and replenish the sea of qi. The true qi accumulation speed will be several times faster than in the Meridian Refining Realm.
However, opening up the sea of qi is more difficult and dangerous than unblocking the Ren and Du Meridians. Generally, there will be True Essence Realm martial artists protecting the law nearby. If there is any danger, they can stop it in time.
But Chen Fan does not plan to find the True Essence Realm martial artist from the association for protection because it’s unnecessary.
He looked at the panel,
Realm: Late Stage of Meridian Refining (+)
True Qi: 116726/13896 (+740%)
Having unblocked the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, his primordial true qi is close to 14,000 points, and the total amount of true qi in his body is close to 120,000 points.
Aside from the Fifth Strike of the Windward Slash, he could perform any other martial skill without any pressure.
At the same time, a big plus sign appeared after the realm.
Chen Fan clicked on it,
[True Qi value is greater than 25,000 points, the success rate of the breakthrough is 100%. Do you wish to proceed?]
"It seems that as long as a Meridian Refining martial artist has more than 20,000 true qi in their body, they can have a 100% breakthrough to become a True Essence Realm martial artist."
Chen Fan murmured.
For an ordinary Meridian Refining martial artist, it’s still very difficult.
Without any fortunate encounters, a Meridian Refining martial artist unblocking the Eight Extraordinary Meridians can get at most about 12,000 points of primordial true qi. The remaining nearly double amount must be achieved by having two heart methods reach perfection, or three to four heart methods reach great success, and entering the hall.
Heart methods are inherently the most difficult to cultivate among various martial arts, let alone cultivating multiple methods at once. If the true qi conflict arises, damaging the meridians would be considered light.
Therefore, most Meridian Refining martial artists begin to try breakthroughs when they have about 12,200 true qi in their bodies.
As long as they succeed and step into the True Essence Realm, the speed of true qi growth will be much faster. With more true qi, the combat power will naturally increase several times.
Chen Fan looked at the two options in front of him, hesitated for a moment, and then chose to proceed.
For the same reason, he did not have that many experience points to improve too much martial arts, and with the crisis approaching, failing to make every effort to increase his strength could result in a disaster.
At the moment he chose to proceed, the scattered true qi in his meridians rushed wildly towards one direction.
Dantian.
It was like a whirlpool, with the absorbed true qi spinning rapidly in a clockwise direction.
The initial speed was not fast, but as more true qi poured in, the spinning speed increased rapidly.
And what astonished the most was that even though the amount of absorbed true qi increased, the size of the whirlpool did not change.
Soon, all the true qi within Chen Fan’s body gathered at the dantian, and the spinning speed of the whirlpool suddenly accelerated to the point where it became indistinguishable.
A flash of white light.
At the dantian, there suddenly appeared a spherical space, with a colorless stream flowing quietly at the bottom, presenting a picture of tranquility.
As for the previous whirlpool of true qi, it had completely disappeared, as if what had happened earlier was just an illusion.
"Is this the Elixir Field and Sea of Qi? And are those flowing streams true essence?"
Chen Fan looked at the alternate space, his eyes filled with astonishment.
This scene gave him an utterly unreal feeling. Yet he could genuinely feel the existence of this alternate space and freely control the white stream flowing within it.
He suddenly reacted and quickly looked at the panel,
Realm: True Essence Realm·First Realm (1%) (+)
True Essence: 1167/138 (+740%)
Level: 29 (0/1 billion)
Constitution: 14,100
Power: 32,900
Agility: 11,400
Spirit: 269,300
Potential Points: 1.5 billion
Experience Points: 34,200
"True Essence Realm."
Chen Fan took a deep breath. Indeed, he had become a True Essence Realm martial artist.
It’s just that, what does True Essence Realm·First Realm mean?
Chen Fan frowned.
There is also a 1% behind it.
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He glanced at the Sea of Qi in the dantian and the true essence flowing slowly within it, and had an epiphany.
Could this 1% be the percentage of true essence relative to the Sea of Qi in the dantian?
He looked again at the true essence in the sea of qi. Its volume did indeed appear to be 1%.
"Which means I must fill the entire spherical space with true essence before I can breakthrough. So, what exactly does this First Realm signify?"
Chen Fan clicked on it.
He quickly understood.
It turns out that the realm division of the True Essence Realm no longer follows the early, mid, and late stages but is divided into realms, like the First Realm, Second Realm, Third Realm, and so forth, with no limit.
When a True Essence Realm martial artist fully fills their Elixir Field and Sea of Qi with true essence, they can choose to condense a Martial Arts True Pill. If successful, they can breakthrough to the next realm, the Celestial Human Realm.
Celestial Human Realm martial artists can mobilize the Power of Heaven and Earth. As long as the heaven and earth energy around does not dry up, they do not need to worry about being unable to perform martial skills, and the power of these skills is not something True Essence Realm martial artists can compare to.
However, it is easy to imagine that the success rate of condensing a Martial Arts True Pill in the True Essence Realm First Realm is quite low. Consequently, many True Essence Realm martial artists choose to continue compressing their Sea of Qi to make their true essence more refined, making it easier to step into the Celestial Human Realm in the future.
"From this perspective, it’s the same as opening up the Elixir Field and Sea of Qi in the Meridian Refining Realm. The more true qi, the higher the success rate."
Chen Fan murmured.
Because of the panel, he could intuitively see the success rate of his breakthroughs, but he was not a gambler.
He would not attempt a breakthrough until the success rate reached 100%.
He wondered if the quality of the Martial Arts True Pill would be related to the amount of true essence.
Thinking of this, he looked at the next line,
The previous 160,000 true qi had now turned into 1,600 true essence.
Clearly, one drop of true essence equals 100 true qi.
"1,600 true essence points only filled 1% of the Sea of Qi; to fill it completely, 160,000 true essence points are needed." Chen Fan muttered, thinking this might be a bit too much.
160,000 true essence points are required to have the chance to condense a Martial Arts True Pill.
Did other True Essence Realm martial artists need this much true essence when they first reached the requirement to condense their Martial Arts True Pill?
Could it be that the more true qi one has while breaking through in the Meridian Refining Realm, the more true essence is needed to fill the Sea of Qi in the True Essence Realm, far exceeding the martial artists of the same realm?
"Maybe I should ask a True Essence Realm martial artist later." Chen Fan thought of Chang Fei.
By comparing himself with the other, the differences would become evident.
Looking over the remaining basic attributes, Chen Fan scanned through them briefly, finding nothing unexpected, and then his gaze returned to the plus sign next to the realm.
If he guessed correctly, by clicking the plus sign, he could consume potential points to increase the percentage in front.
He tried clicking on it,
[Every 1 billion potential points spent will increase primordial true essence by 1%. Do you wish to proceed?]
"Spending 1 billion to increase primordial true qi by 1%?"
Chen Fan’s eyes lit up.
Previously, in the Meridian Refining Realm, spending 1 billion potential points could only unblock one acupoint, gaining about 100 points of true qi.
Now, 1 billion potential points could increase primordial true essence by 1%, equating to 1.36 points, or 136 points of true qi.
This is just the beginning. As his primordial true qi increases, 1% might become 2 or 3 true essence points.
If he learned more heart methods and consumed more heavenly materials and earthly treasures, 160,000 true essence points might not be that difficult to achieve.
"The president said the package from the headquarters would arrive in the evening, containing not only weapons and medicinal materials but also a Cloud Jade Fruit. I should eat that fruit first and then continue to improve. For now, I will try to run meridian circulations to increase primordial true essence."
After all, even a little is food, and this is also a limited way to increase primordial true essence.
He sat cross-legged, controlled the true essence, and moved from the Sea of Qi, flowing through the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, and finally returning to the Sea of Qi. The process took about two minutes.
At the moment it returned to the Dantian Sea of Qi, he clearly felt the primordial true essence in the Sea of Qi had increased by a drop, and the total true essence grew by nearly ten drops.
This made him very happy and full of motivation. After all, using 1 billion potential points to increase primordial true essence by just over one point was the same as saving an extra billion points.
He mobilized the true essence again. This time, it ran two meridian circulations, taking four minutes, and increased by another drop of primordial true essence.
While Chen Fan was engrossed in this process, a tall man wearing a trench coat and a mask walked up to the Anshan City Martial Arts Branch Association.
He looked up, his gaze falling on the large characters above, his pupils contracted, and he nodded.
Seeing this, a woman immediately greeted him enthusiastically, "Sir, welcome to the Anshan City Martial Arts Association. How can I assist you?"
The man’s mouth curled into a sneer, "Do you have someone named Chen Fan here?"
"How do you..."
The woman realized she had misspoken and quickly stopped, staring at him warily.
"It seems this is the place," the man said, "Take me to him."