The Moon Lotus Mantra truly began at the Meridian Opening Stage as it was only with Spiritual Qi could the full might and potential of this Mantra be released.
The Moon Lotus Mantra was a Mid Tier Gold Ranked Cultivation Method which illustrated the cultivation from The Body Tempering Stage up until the Dantian Opening Stage.
It showed the 36 special meridians as each Meridian would be opened and nurtured with an image of the Moon or a Lotus leaf placed within them.
The Moon Lotus Mantra had 12 layers:
The 1st to 4th layer was correlated to the 'Blood Lotus' which helped reinforce one's Blood Qi as well as tempered the body and meridians giving an extreme amount of control over one's body.
The 5th to 8th layer correlated to the Demonic Lotus which used Demonic Qi to help temper one's body and meridians making them as strong as a demonic beast while giving one's Qi a Demonic Aura.
While the 9th to 12th layer was referred to as the Abysmal Lotus which gave birth to an even stronger Demonic Qi, named Abysmal Qi; which gave birth to the Abysmal Lotus Manifestation.
Reading this he couldn't help but take a deep breath as he contemplated this breakthrough, his mind unconsciously remembering the dangers he just faced as he sucked in a cold breath.
Without the Blood Qi boosting his healing, he would have died shortly after the Fox tail shadow manifested. However, after facing such a deadly trial, the benefits he received were just as substantial.
Xiao LingYue held the book in his left hand and his head rocked back, his eyes close as he faced the ceiling, his body fully relaxed as he slipped into a reverie.
He thought back to his mother, whom he lost, his family, his village. . .
He thought of the mine and the horrors they were subjected to. . .
He thought of the faes who he met which were like a second family . . .
And he thought of how they were also taken away from him.
Never would they have guessed that little LingYue would have come this far, infiltrating the sect that kept them captive while cultivating towards the Meridian Opening Stage.
He felt that if they knew he was well and the feats he accomplished, they would be proud.
Thinking of this his mind soon settled as he sat crossed-legged once again before glancing at the half-devoured Demonic Heart.
He knew that half was used by his Neidan to remould his body as well as form the neidan.
He would now use what was left to push him over the threshold; as he calmed his heart he began to absorb the Demonic Heart once again, his hand seals flying and merging into the heart as Blood Qi and Demonic Qi once again rose like smoke before burrowing into his body.
His body rumbled as his aura flared, the Moon Lotus Mantra in full operation as he circulated his Blood Qi within his body.
His neidan rotated as the bestial aura once again unfurled as the fox tail manifested behind him.
The Spiritual Qi flew to him like birds returning home due to the fox tail, sensing the Spiritual Qi was unprecedentedly easy as he now just had to absorb it before combining it with his Blood Qi.
The amount of Spiritual Qi one was able to handle was determined by the body, as the body is the container.
The stronger and more sturdy the container, the more Spiritual Qi the container could hold and with the strength of his body, the Spiritual Qi influx kept surging higher and higher.
Normally when breaking through to The Meridan Opening Stage, disciples would normally gingerly feel for a trace of Spiritual Qi before combining it with their Blood Qi.
Anyone who attempted this like Xiao LingYue would have long found themselves in the netherworld.
He directed the influx to his heart, his neidan rotated faster and faster before his heart began to pump at an even more exaggerated pace, each pump filling his blood with the purer reintroduce Spiritual Qi from the neidan.
He was only able to do this due to neidan, which was a powerful tool of spirit beast and Demonic beast, which allowed them to absorb Spiritual Qi by just breathing before reinforcing their body.
Xiao LingYue fell silent ad he closed his eyes and concentrated, his full focus on the meridians within him now that his blood was filled with spirituality.
The Moon Lotus Mantra began to circulate at an even more crazed pace as it continuously combined the two forces, merging them into one as more of his blood began turning scarlet before going golden.
The wind blew as a small vortex of Spiritual Qi began to inundate the area around his cave abode, whipping up an icy storm.
No one knew if it was the wind which spread its chill or the ice which chilled the wind.
The attention of disciples within the cave of feasting demons once again turned their attention towards the depths of the cave.
'Someone else breaking through?' was the thought on everyone's mind as the aura from before and this one had a very stark difference between the two.
The first aura that flared was very bestial, like a beast king erupting within a tundra he claimed as his kingdom, while the aura given off now was bloody, cold, wretched and demonic.
The two auras were completely different. . .
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Xiao LingYue was within the cave, and his consumption of the Demonic Heart soon completed as the layers of his cultivation method soared.
The Blood Qi boosted his cultivation method layer by layer until reaching the 4th Layer before being pushed even higher by the Demonic Qi within the heart.
It slowed upon reaching the 6th layer as the Spiritual Qi within him was slowly converted to Demonic Qi, before being focused on the spiritual meridian he needed to open.
His Demonic Qi soon billowed around his body like a dark red fog as it was concentrated towards his chest.
A loud boom was heard within him as he was able to feel a small area within him opening.
Soon an image of a demonic lotus formed behind him as a lotus petal broke off and flew towards him, landing within his meridian point as he slowly breathed out causing the lotus to vanish. . .
"Finally. . . The Meridan Opening Stage. "