Chapter 30

Although Shang Xia was advancing to the Wuji Realm for the first time, he was not lacking in the experience and insights of those who had gone before him.

According to the experiences of some seniors and fellow disciples, after taking the Wuji Realm advancement potion, the primordial energy within the body would begin to differentiate.

Until the differentiation of the primordial energy into two poles was complete, the dantian would manifest, marking the true entry of an extraordinary martial cultivator into the Wuji Realm.

Of course, the completion of the differentiation of primordial energy merely meant that the primordial energy had taken sides within the body, and did not signify a qualitative change.

The problem Shang Xia now faced was that although the primordial energy in his body had begun to differentiate into two poles due to the advancement potion, the influx of solar and lunar essences from the Clear and Turbid Land had caused the differentiation to continue without ever completing!

Without the completion of the differentiation of the primordial energy into two poles, the dantian could not manifest, and thus Shang Xia could not truly enter the Wuji Realm.

However, the amount of primordial energy that Shang Xia's body could contain was limited. With the dantian unable to manifest, as the two-pole primordial energy expanded, conflicts inevitably began to arise.

If this continued, Shang Xia would inevitably die due to the loss of control of the primordial energy within his body.

Originally, even in such a rare situation, there were still solutions.

If Shang Xia had a set of Wuji Realm cultivation techniques at this moment, he might be able to use them to control and manage the expanding primordial energy.

The primary functions of martial cultivation techniques were twofold: one was to strengthen the transformed extraordinary primordial energy, and the other was to stabilize the extraordinary power, preventing it from going out of control to the greatest extent possible.

Since the primordial energy in Shang Xia's body had not yet undergone the qualitative change of the Wuji Realm, practicing Wuji Realm cultivation techniques would not worry about strengthening extraordinary power, but it would be sufficient to stabilize the currently expanding primordial energy and prevent it from going out of control.

Unfortunately, although the Mystic Academy had promised to provide Shang Xia with Wuji Realm cultivation techniques free of charge, in just a few short days, he had not even decided which technique to inherit.

Thus, Shang Xia found himself seemingly trapped, standing at the threshold of advancing to the Wuji Realm, unable to move forward or backward!

What should he do?

Looking at the three-foot-wide water strip beneath his feet, a thought suddenly flashed in Shang Xia's mind: that bit of heavenly and earthly essence!

Right, in the四方碑's deduction of the advancement formula, it emphasized that "that bit of heavenly and earthly essence" was located in the Clear and Turbid Convergence Land.

Perhaps the true turning point lay here!

At this moment, Shang Xia was standing by the shore of a small lake, and his feet were at the starting point of the three-foot-wide water strip.

In other words, Shang Xia was now standing at the threshold of the Clear and Turbid Convergence Land, and to truly find "that bit of heavenly and earthly essence," he would have to delve deeper!

Looking at the boiling lake water on the right, with the faintly visible surging lava below, and the thick ice layer on the left, with the cold light flashing beneath, Shang Xia suddenly let out a light laugh and stepped into the central three-foot-wide water strip...

...

The simultaneous appearance of the sun and moon seemed to have limited the range of the origin tide to a very small area.

After retreating several miles into the forest, the female martial artist found that the origin tide had begun to subside and gradually calmed down.

Thus, she stood at the edge of the origin tide, looking inside, trying to see something.

However, all she could see was a chaotic scene stirred up by the origin tide, and nothing else.

"Could he really be dead?"

The female martial artist muttered to herself, then spat and said, "He deserves to die, but it's a pity about that bird!"

As if in response to her thoughts, a high-pitched cry suddenly came from above.

When the female martial artist looked up, she saw a silver light streak across, and the thunderbird had landed on a tree branch not far from her.

"Are you here to see if that person is dead too?"

The female martial artist said, seemingly subconsciously taking two steps toward the thunderbird.

In response, the thunderbird let out a long, warning cry.

The female martial artist, seemingly unaware, took two more steps forward and said, "Is that mutated swift really your mate? Are the thunderbird and the mutated swift essentially the same species?"

The thunderbird flapped its wings and called out again, warning the female martial artist not to come any closer.

However, the female martial artist suddenly lunged forward, and two willow-leaf curved knives flew out, aiming directly at the thunderbird on the tree branch.

"Come down here..."

...

Shang Xia looked at his feet in surprise.

He was now standing on the water, and the calm water beneath his feet did not even wet his shoes.

Walking on water was not a difficult feat for an extraordinary martial cultivator, but it was certainly not something Shang Xia could do at his current level.

However, the fact was that Shang Xia was now truly standing on the water, and he could even walk on it as if it were solid ground.

But Shang Xia soon discovered the reason.

What truly supported him was the subtle balance formed by the two-pole essence in the three-foot-wide water strip and the two-pole primordial energy in his body.

Due to the formation of this balance between the two-pole primordial energy, the internal conflict of primordial energy had temporarily subsided, and Shang Xia seemed to have avoided the crisis of losing control.

Could this balance between the two-pole primordial energy be that bit of essence?

Shang Xia felt that he had grasped a key point in Wuji Realm cultivation.

This balance between the two-pole primordial energy, even after he opened his dantian and truly entered the Wuji Realm, would still be a crucial part of his cultivation process.

However, this "balance" did not truly open the door to the Wuji Realm for Shang Xia. Although the conflict and loss of control of the primordial energy were avoided, the dantian still did not manifest!

What comes after "balance"?

Shang Xia had a sudden realization, and a drop of water splashed up, landing in his palm, which he carefully perceived.

The solar essence from the sun and the lunar power from the moon coexisted perfectly in this drop of water.

These two-pole essences were not maintaining balance in the three-foot-wide water strip, but rather maintaining balance in every drop of water.

This was not "balance," this was "fusion"!

The solar essence and lunar power, two originally opposing essences, had fused in this three-foot-wide water strip!

This was the true "bit of heavenly and earthly essence"!

Shang Xia suddenly understood and opened his mouth to swallow the drop of water.

The two-pole primordial energy in his body, which had already achieved balance, began to try to make contact again.

However, this time, there was no mutual repulsion or conflict.

The two completely opposite primordial energies began to circulate in Shang Xia's body without conflict, even though Shang Xia did not have Wuji Realm cultivation techniques to harmonize them.

Rumble—

A loud rumble sounded from within his body, and a space between the real and the illusory was opened, and the dantian finally manifested in Shang Xia's body.

Wuji Realm, this was the true Wuji Realm!

Only now could Shang Xia be considered to have truly entered the second realm of extraordinary martial cultivation!

The primordial energy throughout his body instantly surged into the dantian like fledglings returning to the nest.

The primordial energy that could have burst him now spread into the dantian, merely like a thin mist.

However, even this thin mist did not last long in the dantian, quickly decomposing again, with some rising and some sinking, leaving Shang Xia's newly opened dantian empty once more.

At this moment, Shang Xia noticed that his newly opened dantian seemed to be "larger" than those described by his seniors and fellow disciples?

However, he was not too concerned about this, thinking that it was due to his solid foundation and abundant accumulation of primordial energy in the Wu Yuan Realm, allowing his dantian to contain more primordial energy.

However, the emptiness of the dantian brought an unprecedented sense of emptiness to Shang Xia.

This feeling made him want to devour all the primordial energy to fill the empty dantian.

Thus, as if attracted, the water in the three-foot-wide strip began to spiral up along his body and seep into his skin.

In this process, Shang Xia did not need to actively guide the flow; the essence primordial energy continuously filled his dantian.

Rumble—

Another loud rumble came from his dantian.

Shang Xia's face changed; his dantian was trembling, as if it was about to fall apart.

The reason was that the influx of a large amount of essence primordial energy had overwhelmed the newly formed dantian!

Shang Xia wanted to stop the influx of essence primordial energy but found it impossible to completely prevent it.

At this moment, Shang Xia's dantian was like a bottomless vortex, although it was already overwhelmed, it continued to draw in the essence primordial energy.

This made Shang Xia regret not carrying Wuji Realm cultivation techniques.

He was so frustrated that if he had any Wuji Realm cultivation techniques, he would not be unable to control the active infiltration of the essence primordial energy.

Could other extraordinary martial cultivators advancing to the Wuji Realm also face such a predicament one after another?

Shang Xia did not believe it!

But the problem at hand needed to be solved. If the dantian could not bear the load, not only would this advancement to the Wuji Realm fail, but he would also lose the hope of advancing in the future.

Shang Xia repeatedly pondered ways to solve the dantian problem and gradually seemed to understand something.

His dantian itself was not problematic; in fact, because he had grasped the essence of "two-pole balance" and "two-pole fusion," he had already surpassed his peers by two or three steps.

However, this also caused the primordial energy and the dantian, which should have complemented each other, to become unbalanced.

Under normal circumstances, the gradual qualitative change of the essence primordial energy should be a long-term process, during which part of the essence primordial energy would rise and part would sink, both nourishing and strengthening the dantian.

But in the current situation, Shang Xia's understanding of the two-pole primordial energy far exceeded his newly formed dantian.

Without prior knowledge, a large amount of essence primordial energy had already flooded into the dantian, and by the time Shang Xia realized the problem, the dantian was in a precarious state.

In this situation, without Wuji Realm cultivation techniques to regulate, the only way was to make the dantian strong enough to bear the influx of essence primordial energy.

To accelerate this process, more essence primordial energy in the dantian needed to be devoted to nourishing and strengthening the dantian.

Therefore, the originally fused two-pole primordial energy needed to be separated again, re-divided into solar essence and lunar essence, with the former rising and the latter sinking, to stabilize the dantian.

However, separating the two-pole primordial energy that had already fused was not impossible, but it was too late!

Since the two could fuse, could they be converted at will?

When this thought flashed through his mind like a bolt of lightning, Shang Xia knew that he had truly stood firm in the Wuji Realm.

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