Having had a refreshing sleep after the whole debacle about dao companion and shit. Auron was now facing one of the most difficult decisions of his life.
Whether to deviate from the standard orthodox martial cultivation or to follow the safe and assured path.
One should know that leaving the path he had planned would increase the amount of time required to ascend once more, yet that isn't the biggest problem here, as he now had an actual timeline.
He either had to reach the martial ancestor realm within a hundred years or his dao would crush his soul to pieces in a second.
Usually the pressure of one's dao should be born by the three aspects of one's existence. The body, the qi and the soul where by the balance of the three provide protection, this is especially true for those confirming their day at the heavenly king realm where one would face a backlash from the world if their day were weak or incomplete, then the only way to survive would be to resist the strength of one's own dao multiplied by nine as punishment by the heavenly dao.
Yet even before reaching such realms, any imbalance due to any of the three cornerstones being absent usually means death with soul and body scattered.
This is the reason the wise sages made all previous realms from Qi refinement to Earth immortal realm all about strengthening one's foundation before bearing the weight of the day at the human and heavenly realms and this too being a gradual process.
Unlike a certain someone using only his soul to bear the entire weight.
Now that he had the chance to recultivate his body, it was seen as an opportunity to not only confirm a few theories but also strengthen the body to the peak and then some more.
For example, right now that he had reached the peak of the meridian opening realm with his dao showing signs of awakening, the weight of the day increased.
Imagine walking around with a ten kilogram bag and suddenly increasing to a hundred, that's what it felt like leading to an increase in Auron's nap time.
To remedy it, he planned to make certain ramifications to his cultivation starting with the meridians.
There are over three hundred and sixty one acupoints that make up fourteen major meridians in a human, while dragons have three hundred and sixty three acupoints which boost their strength along with their bloodlines, making them the best body refiners in existence.
Now the question is, what would happen if a certain individual somehow managed to add at least two more acupoints to his body. Now talking is one thing actually managing it is a whole other matter as it would be a complex organ to an already complex system on the brighter side if it all was that after pouring through most of the knowledge he'd read in all his life times, it was a feasible plan only that it would take many simulations using his soul that was already preoccupied.
Meaning it would be a slow crawl from something that can be done in a few seconds at the peak to something requiring a month. Thinking of this, he let out a tired sigh.