webnovel Chapter 81 : Breakthrough! Qi Realm!
Chapter 81 : Breakthrough! Qi Realm!
Chapter 81: Breakthrough! Qi Realm!
“Sword Ten?”
Within the Wounded Soldiers’ Camp, Li Yunqing revealed a shocked expression as she looked toward the sky.
Even though the giant sword had already vanished, that soul-stirring scene still surged within her mind.
The giant sword spanned the sky, dazzling like a blazing sun, its sharpness capable of splitting the heavens.
An unshakable Sword Dao will, boundless sword qi with world-shocking sharpness.
A resolute Sword Heart that would rather break than bend, that would never return until heaven and earth were shattered.
All of it forged into an invincible sword.
One strike—three Demon Kings slain, the firmament shattered.
“So this is swordsmanship of the Profound Realm?”
“Even the sword immortals of the Age of Immortals and Gods would be no more than this, right?”
Li Yunqing murmured softly.
The backlash of heaven and earth had caused the immortal path that once illuminated an era to collapse.
But who said the Martial Dao was inferior to the Immortal Dao?
A truly powerful and invincible being, even cultivating the Martial Dao, could still shine in this world.
The first nine forms of the Demon-Slaying Sword Art created by the Sword Saint were powerful, yet nothing too extraordinary could be seen from them.
But upon reaching the Profound Realm and comprehending the Momentum of Heaven and Earth, this Sword Ten was like the sword of heaven and earth itself, capable of slaying all things.
“This is the true Sword Saint!”
Li Yunqing’s emotions surged. The Sword Heart at her brow shone with seven-colored radiance, trembling incessantly.
Without innate sword bones, one could condense an acquired Sword Heart.
Without supreme aptitude, one could still possess supreme will—firm as mountains, unwavering, pressing forward without retreat.
Without a divine weapon, one could still wield boundless sword qi, with world-shocking sharpness.
She suddenly recalled the Sword Saint’s words—‘I’ll wait for you’—and fell silent for a moment.
A Sword Saint like this… she would have to fight him in the future?
Before, she had not felt even the slightest fear.
But now, a thought suddenly arose in her heart: if one did not cultivate the Sword Dao, one knew nothing; if one did cultivate the Sword Dao, then before the Sword Saint, one was like a mayfly before the vast heavens.
In merely five or six days, under the tempering of three Demon Kings, he had created such a Sword Ten—truly astonishing.
“I’m still young!”
Li Yunqing slightly lowered her head, only for her view to be blocked by the two peaks on her chest. The corners of her lips twitched slightly. “I’m still young. As long as I have enough tempering, I too can forge an invincible Sword Heart.”
Her path was different from that of the Sword Saint.
The Sword Saint could spend twenty years slaughtering demons to temper an invincible Sword Heart, while she possessed the Longevity Panel and cultivated more than just the Sword Dao.
As for the future—who could say?
“For now, breaking through to the Qi Realm is what matters.”
Gathering her thoughts, Li Yunqing boarded the carriage and headed toward the Li Residence.
At this moment, Qingzhou City was extremely lively. Everywhere, people were discussing the Sword Saint.
Many still gazed up at the sky, unable to recover for a long time.
That sword strike was too shocking—it would likely be spread for years, even decades or centuries.
Night.
Li Yunqing sat cross-legged within a secret chamber, the cultivation method of the Mingyu Divine Art emerging in her mind.
“Use intent as the blade, open the dantian, gather qi within it, and refine it through countless temperings into True Qi.”
This was the essence of breaking through to the Qi Realm.
It had a similar principle to sayings she knew from her previous life such as ‘guarding the dantian with intent’ and ‘sinking qi to the dantian.’
Only now, one needed to use willpower to forge a path, open the dantian, gather all the force within, and refine it into True Qi.
“Begin!”
Li Yunqing calmed her mind, and the light at her brow surged brilliantly.
In that instant, the temperature of the entire secret chamber dropped to freezing. Frost and snow drifted down, and a layer of ice quickly formed on the ground.
Even her jet-black hair was covered in frost within moments, turning white in an instant.
Faintly, within her brow, a small sword formed of ice and snow could be seen, emitting endless cold.
That was Li Yunqing’s frost-cold Sword Intent.
At this moment, it fully gathered, merging with the seven-colored radiant Sword Heart, like a true divine sword revealing its sharp edge.
The frost and snow around her were torn into fragments by that sharpness.
Countless sword qi marks appeared upon the frozen ground.
“Clang!”
A sword cry suddenly rang out, descending from her brow, passing through her chest, and plunging directly into her lower abdomen—the dantian.
“Boom!”
At that instant, Li Yunqing’s body trembled slightly. Her consciousness seemed to awaken within her body, clearly seeing the dantian being split open by Sword Intent.
Endless frost and snow spread, cold energy raging, instantly transforming the dantian into a crystal-like icy star.
“Crack!”
The small sword formed from Sword Heart and Sword Intent suddenly shattered, as if transforming into heaven and earth, falling into every corner of the dantian.
In that moment, countless fragments turned into land, ice mountains, and snow peaks, rising within the dantian.
A terrifying cold intent, carrying the will to freeze all things—even the laws of heaven and earth—quickly took root within the dantian.
In just an instant, her dantian became a lifeless world of ice and snow.
“Gather qi!”
With a shift of her thoughts, the Greater Yin Force she had cultivated for two months surged under her will, like rivers flowing into the vast ocean, all pouring into the dantian.
“Boom…”
The moment the Greater Yin Force entered the dantian, it was influenced by the icy world, transforming into boundless cold energy.
Then it condensed into icy streams, flowing throughout the world of ice and snow.
Winding in nine bends and eighteen turns, forming a spiderweb-like network of rivers across the icy world, refined by it.
In the end, all streams converged at the center of the icy world, forming a clear pool.
Threads of True Qi burst forth from it, circling above the pool, forming an icy vortex.
Greater Yin True Qi—had formed!
“So this is the Qi Realm?”
“There’s not much of a feeling… but next, it’s time to open the meridians.”
Her thoughts raced rapidly. Without carefully sensing it, she controlled strands of True Qi, directing them toward her arms and legs.
Tempering the skin and flesh was like a furnace; now, opening the meridians was like engraving patterns and runes upon that furnace.
Once successful, True Qi could pass through the meridians, connecting the inside and outside of the body, achieving the effect of releasing True Qi externally.
“Buzz!”
Sword Intent gathered again into a small sword, wrapped in True Qi, splitting open the meridians like the creation of heaven and earth, rapidly connecting them.
With Mastery-level Sword Intent and the enhancement of the Sword Heart, there was no difficulty at all—she had already opened the four extraordinary meridians in her arms and legs.
Li Yunqing suddenly opened her eyes. Raising her right hand slightly, strands of True Qi instantly gathered at her fingertips.
“So this is True Qi?”
“Greater Yin True Qi encompasses the Five Elements. In martial terms, it is also called the Yin Five Elements, capable of nourishing all things in heaven and earth.”
With a movement of her thoughts, the Greater Yin True Qi instantly transformed into sword qi, revealing sharp brilliance.
With a flick of her finger, the floor of the secret chamber was instantly pierced, leaving behind an icy hole.
The power of True Qi was comparable to a divine weapon.
“Buzz!”
Then, with another thought, the Greater Yin True Qi rapidly transformed—at times becoming ice-blue flames of raging cold…
At times turning into vibrant jade-like True Qi full of life, pale-blue streams of water, or earth-attributed True Qi with a Mingyu-like sheen.
All Five Elements were present, transforming with a single thought.
“And the Medicine King Scripture!”
Feeling the force within her body gathering into the dantian and continuously refining into True Qi, Li Yunqing began circulating the Medicine King Scripture.
“Boom!”
A vast surge of force rushed straight into her brow, like a thunderclap exploding as the sea of consciousness at her brow was instantly opened.
Force swirled around the Yin Spirit, rapidly merging with her spiritual power, transforming into strands of moonlight-like airflow.
“So this is Magical Power?”
Feeling the moonlight-colored airflow circling around the Yin Spirit like misty clouds…
She actually felt as though she could shake heaven and earth with a mere wave of her hand.
Just as she was about to attempt casting a spell, the Magical Power at her brow and the True Qi in her dantian suddenly moved simultaneously.
All of it gathered toward her chest.
“Boom!”
Li Yunqing’s body trembled slightly. She only felt an invisible space at her chest being blasted open.
The Tanzhong acupoint—also known as the middle dantian—
had actually been opened jointly by Magical Power and True Qi.
At that instant, strands of Magical Power and True Qi gathered within the Tanzhong acupoint.
Like Yin and Yang in Taiji, they intertwined, gradually forming the shape of an illusory star, like a hazy bright moon hanging high.
As it rotated, Magical Power and True Qi rapidly fused within it, becoming one.
It emitted an aura of perfect harmony and completeness.
“This… what is this?”