Qi Circulation Completed!
Like a robust python, the Qi Force rapidly weaved through his body; even though it was his first execution, the abundant memories in his mind were as if he had been immersed in this path for decades. The moment his body mobilized the Qi Force, he entered a state of innate, instinctive action.
Faint rumbles of thunder seemed to sound within his meridians; a major channel was opened by the penetrating Qi Force. With the major channel opened, the Qi Force flowed unobstructed, zipping back and forth within it, completing sixteen circulation cycles in a single breath!
Then, Li Hao executed the move for a second time, this time with even greater proficiency, his body gradually synchronizing with his memory.
In a single breath, thirty-eight circulation cycles.
The third time, fifty-two cycles in a single breath.
The fourth time, the fifth time… until after the seventh time, he reached a hundred cycles in a single breath!
The Hundred Jiao Body is also called the Hundred Cycle Body because, when cultivated to Great Accomplishment, it could reach exactly one hundred circulation cycles, no more, no less!
At this moment, Li Hao glanced at his panel and saw that his Cultivation Level was no longer at the tenth layer of Power Passage Realm but had entered the Zhou Tian Realm, the first layer!
Having officially stepped into the Zhou Tian Realm, Li Hao felt the Qi Force surging and tumbling in this major channel, brimming with tension. Compared to before, it was like his body had suddenly grown an extra spine, and he "stood" upright.
With every movement, he could casually circulate his Qi, unleashing far greater strength than before!
As Li Hao felt a sense of joy in his heart, he then proceeded to execute the primordial technique.
According to the memories of practice, he would refine from the second layer, the Starry Body, to the third layer, the Mystic Vein Body!
With practice, the Qi Force inside Li Hao's body became even more wild and furious, like the raging waves of a great river!
Li Hao discovered that the Mystic Vein Body also contained a Qi Circulation Skill, not inferior at all to the Hundred Jiao Body, and even more terrifying!
Li Muxiu didn't tell him about this, mostly because the old man had not deeply researched this martial art. After all, it was about Body Refinement, and it was also an incomplete text; the old man probably hadn't considered letting Li Hao cultivate it.
As Li Hao practiced it again and again, he became familiar with it, and his body underwent a tremendous change, slowly opening up a second major channel!
This channel was extremely thick and robust, capable of accommodating far more Qi Force than the first channel!
This channel was the core of the Mystic Vein Body, the Mystic Vein!
Through the description in the cultivation technique, Li Hao knew that in martial arts, this Mystic Vein had another name: the Great Yin Channel.
Li Hao looked at his Cultivation Level and saw that even though he had opened a second major channel, he was still at the first layer of the Zhou Tian Realm, with no advancement.
This Great Yin Channel was like a hidden vein, not included in the count of other major channels.
The Hundred Jiao Qi Force originally in the first major channel also began to flow into the Great Yin Channel, circulating back and forth between the two. Yet, the Qi Force that almost filled the first channel felt like a small stream inside the Great Yin Channel, scarcely able to collide and churn against the walls of the channel.
Sounds like thundering rolls and tiger roars emanated from within Li Hao's body, as if a dormant beast was slowly awakening and opening its eyes.
The external force emanating from his rampaging Qi Force scattered the dust around his body, leaving no speck of dust within three feet!
The insights into the initial stage of the Physical Body Path's third level granted Li Hao a profound understanding of both Cultivation Techniques, allowing him to immediately feel that the Qi Circulation Skills of both techniques overlapped and intertwined.
With a thought, he executed both techniques simultaneously, and quickly, the two Qi Circulation Skills began to interact. The Qi Force split into two streams, chasing each other like twin dragons within his major channels.
As Li Hao practiced more and grew more familiar, the two streams of Qi Force began to intertwine and merge.
This was the mutual integration of Cultivation Techniques!
The overlapping parts were merged, and the intersecting areas became one. As a result, his Qi Force circulated even faster.
From one hundred cycles in a channel, he reached one hundred and thirty-two cycles!
This was an increase of thirty-two circulation cycles!
This achievement had already surpassed the Li Family's top-tier Qi Circulation Skill, the "Hundred Battles Cycle Heaven Skill".
One should know that aside from the royal family, this was one of the top-tier Qi Circulation Skills within Dayu, coveted and sought after by martial artists the world over.
At this moment, with the Qi Force roaming the Great Yin Channel, Li Hao realized that there was a special, extremely yin and cold force flowing through his body. Should he practice certain techniques like the Cold Ice Palm or Ice Soul Body, he would achieve twice the results with half the effort!
After completing his practice session, Li Hao planned to look up what this Great Yin Channel was.
However, he continued to practice the third top-tier Body Refinement Skill, the Dragon Cicada Void Body.
However, compared to the first two, the third layer of this technique was slightly inferior.
The Flying Phase, which also contained a Qi Circulation Skill, only had seventy-two cycles. In other words, cultivating this technique alone could also help Li Hao break through to the Zhou Tian Realm.
Flying Phase allows the use of Qi to control force for brief periods of hovering flight.
One must know that the ability to hover in the air is a power possessed only in the Soul Succession Realm.
However, the capability of the Leaping Shell Body to hover in the air still cannot compare with that of the Soul Succession Realm. It merely has some special effects in certain battle situations, but it does not significantly enhance head-on combat prowess.
But the second layer of the Dragon Cicada Void Body is rather powerful. Previously, when Li Hao was in the first stage of the Physical Body Path, he only achieved minor proficiency in the second layer. Now, the second layer's Subdued Dragon Body has reached perfection!
This brought him a terrifying force as violent as a dragon or an elephant, purely derived from increased physical strength, amounting to at least 20,000 jin (approximately 12,000 kilograms) of tremendous force!
Li Hao estimated that his raw physical strength alone was around 50,000 jin (approximately 30,000 kilograms) at the moment.
Yes, it was that exaggerated.
Now at the third stage of the Physical Body Path, Li Hao could roughly sense the state of his body without the need to go through any trials or tests.
If combined with the circulation of his inner Qi, merging Qi Force with strength, he could unleash a force of about 100,000 jin (approximately 60,000 kilograms)!
One cycle of Qi Force circulation equates to the force of one cauldron.
At this moment, Li Hao circulating it 132 times amounted to 132 cauldrons, and with two channels, that was 264 cauldrons!
With each cauldron equivalent to 200 jin, that was about 50,000 jin (approximately 30,000 kilograms) of force.
Such a force was enough to easily shatter an ordinary martial artist at the Cycle Heaven Realm Perfection with one punch.
An ordinary martial artist at the Cycle Heaven Realm Perfection with ten meridians circulated ten times, represents the lowest level of the Cycle Heaven Realm, with hardly any hope of advancing to the Soul Succession Realm, and a Qi Force of only around 100 cauldrons, which is about 20,000 jin (approximately 12,000 kilograms).
While at the first layer of the Zhou Tian Realm, the circulation of one meridian ten times equates to an increase of 2,000 jin in strength. Though this is almost double when compared to the ordinary Power Passage Realm's 3,600 jin of Qi Force, those of Divine Blood can double their strength in the Power Passage Realm to 7,200 jin of force. Even at the Power Passage Completed stage, they are capable of contending with common martial artists at the first layer of the Zhou Tian Realm!
That is the strength of those with Divine Blood.
Moreover, this doesn't include the enhancements provided by additional techniques and Cultivation Techniques.
After all, which martial artist doesn't master at least two main Cultivation Techniques?
Especially those of Divine Blood with their rich familial resources, their Cultivation Techniques are bound to be of high level, widening the gap even further. A typical martial artist with Divine Blood who has completed the Power Passage stage can easily defeat those at the second or third layer of the Zhou Tian Realm with their techniques.
Some exceptional prodigies can even engage in battle across four or five layers above their own!
And once they reach the Zhou Tian Realm, the disparities in Cultivation Techniques and cultivation resources lead to an even greater divide in martial power and cultivation speed.
Just the two Peerless Techniques of Qi Circulation from the Li Family, when both reaching Great Accomplishment, would provide one million jin of force at the perfection of the Zhou Tian Realm!
And the weakest would only have 20,000 jin, a gap of over fifty times!
However, martial artists at the usual Cycle Heaven Realm Perfection rarely cultivate just the weakest Qi Circulation Skill of ten cycles, which represents the absolute lower limit.
Everyone has some fortune; even without it, by struggling and fighting on their own, whether enlisting in the military, they can gain access to a Medium Grade Qi Cultivation Skill and a Medium Grade Meridian Opening Technique for breaking through eighteen channels.
The Yuan Camp of the Li Family, once led by their ancestors, means that any soldier selected for it can cultivate high-grade techniques for Qi Circulation and Meridian Opening. Taken out, they are all strong martial artists of the same realm; thus, the Yuan Camp's ten thousand soldiers are more formidable than a common army of a million!
Li Hao, feeling the surging Qi Force inside him, showed a slight smile on his lips.
The terrifying enhancement brought by the Cultivation Techniques far exceeds that of Divine Blood. After all, Divine Blood can only stimulate and double the basic strength of 3,600 jin in the Power Passage Realm, but the skills brought by Cultivation Techniques cannot be doubled.
To him now, an increase of merely over 3,000 jin in strength is not worth mentioning.
"Without considering techniques like Tiger Press, Flying Phase, or the Endless Sea Sword Skill, just with physical combat, I should be able to easily defeat Jianghu martial artists at the Tenth Layer of the Zhou Tian Realm who do not have any powerful background. However, I am still far from competing with those soldiers at the perfection of the Zhou Tian Realm from the Yuan Camp," Li Hao thought to himself.
The soldiers of the Yuan Camp were fierce tigers of Dayu, and within the Demon races of Northern Yan, they were synonymous with death itself.
Once they marched under the banner of Yuan, even demons would tremble with fear, for in the perfection of the Zhou Tian Realm, their training in high-grade Qi Circulation and Meridian Opening Techniques granted them a force of 500,000 jin!
How terrifying would an expedition of ten thousand such soldiers be?
Moreover, the Zhou Tian Realm is just the weakest level within the Yuan Camp.
"Right now, I am only barely able to spar with soldiers of the Yuan Camp around the third or fourth layer of the Zhou Tian Realm, but with their rich combat experience, I might not even come out as their equal," Li Hao admitted.
Despite the significant improvements, Li Hao's heart remained unswelled.
He continued to integrate the third layer of the Dragon Cicada Void Body's Qi Circulation Skill, and by eliminating the overlapping parts, his speed of Qi circulation once again increased, reaching 143 cycles in one breath!
That was fifteen cycles more than the Hundred Battles Cycle Heaven Skill, and the difference of fifteen cycles in one meridian, once accumulated to the Cycle Heaven Realm Perfection, would result in a massive gap.
But, compared to the royal family's All Heavens Zhou Tian Skill, it still fell short.
Li Hao then practiced various other Body Refinement Techniques of upper, middle, and lower grades several times, achieving complete synchronization between memory and body.
This led to a substantial boost in his physical strength, reaching about 15,000 jin (approximately 9,000 kilograms), after all, it was the cumulative interweaving of dozens of techniques. Furthermore, all parts of his body were greatly enhanced, with vision, hearing, and skin sensitivity all strengthened several fold.
In combat, these would all have a considerable impact on the outcome.
Afterward, Li Hao began searching through the materials in the building regarding the Great Yin Channel.