Chapter 78

Hua Xiajiu's brain was different from ordinary people's. The space that Hua Xiajiu could sense, where the soul form resided, was a wondrous space, but it was often referred to by Hua Xiajiu as the "sea of the mind." At this moment, Hua Xiajiu recalled the content of the "Ming Shen Jue" cultivation technique and felt that the mysterious space he had always called the sea of the mind should be the so-called "soul sea."

With this judgment, and considering the current problem of converting true essence, Hua Xiajiu's eyes lit up, and his thoughts became active as he began detailed reasoning and judgment.

After a while, Hua Xiajiu's eyes glowed with a strange light, and he muttered to himself, "The probability of success is over seventy percent, and the probability of adverse consequences is less than twenty percent. Moreover, from the name of the Dark God Altar, it might be related to the power of faith. Most importantly, if this succeeds, I can obtain a heaven-defying divine ability. Therefore, after comprehensive judgment, it is worth a try."

Having made the decision, Hua Xiajiu naturally had no hesitation. He closed his eyes and began to comprehend the cultivation incantations of the "Ming Shen Jue."

The cultivation incantations of the "Ming Shen Jue" were obscure and difficult to understand. Even with Hua Xiajiu's abnormal understanding and analytical ability, it took him a full hour to fully comprehend and grasp them.

In fact, Hua Xiajiu only needed to understand a small part of the content, specifically how to transmit the true essence from the dantian into the mysterious soul sea and then forge the Dark God Altar with soul energy.

To transmit the true essence from the dantian into the soul sea, according to the "Ming Shen Jue," it needed to pass through twelve meridians.

Hua Xiajiu carefully controlled a portion of the white true essence in his dantian, guiding it along a specific meridian route from the dantian in his abdomen upward. He successfully passed through seven specific meridians until he reached the neck, where he finally encountered an obstacle.

The mysterious soul sea was located in the most complex part of the human body—the brain. The brain, as the central hub of the human body, was also the most intricate and fragile part. From the neck upward, there were five meridians that the true essence had to pass through to enter the soul sea, but these five meridians were congenitally blocked. To allow the true essence to pass through, Hua Xiajiu had to first unblock these five meridians.

In Hua Xiajiu's body, the blocked meridian at the neck was like a tightly closed stone gate, blocking the river-like white true essence outside.

Under Hua Xiajiu's careful control, the white true essence suddenly rushed toward the tightly closed stone gate.

Buzz—

Like a flood hitting a dam, the waves splashed, but the stone gate remained unmoved. The flood retreated, re-forming into a mass in front of the stone gate.

At the same time, a bone-tearing pain instantly spread throughout Hua Xiajiu's body from his neck, causing his body, which was sitting cross-legged on the ground, to tremble violently, and his face to turn slightly pale. Although this pain was extremely severe for ordinary people, it was relatively minor for Hua Xiajiu, who often used soul-refining techniques to strengthen his soul form.

The initial attempt was unsuccessful, but Hua Xiajiu was not surprised. In the next moment, he controlled the true essence to collide with the stone gate three times in quick succession. However, just like before, the "stone gate" remained immovable, and the true essence retreated without success. The bone-tearing pain accompanied the impact of the true essence but did not affect Hua Xiajiu at all.

Hua Xiajiu did not become discouraged. After a brief rest, he controlled the true essence to impact the "stone gate" again.

The rumbling sound inside his body continued, accompanied by the vibrations of his body, as the true essence repeatedly collided with the "stone gate."

Hua Xiajiu's body, forged from a dragon's body, had meridians that were much tougher than those of ordinary people, making the "stone gate" blocking the meridian extremely sturdy. However, after dozens of collisions, the meridian had not yet shown any signs of damage or tearing.

In this manner, Hua Xiajiu controlled the true essence to collide with the "stone gate" over three hundred times. He could see that the meridian around the "stone gate" had developed cracks and was beginning to loosen.

However, Hua Xiajiu's expression changed slightly, and he stopped the true essence from impacting the "stone gate." The "stone gate" had developed cracks, but the meridian had also developed cracks.

Hua Xiajiu instantly realized that if he continued to control the true essence to impact the "stone gate," the "stone gate" would eventually break open, but the meridian where the "stone gate" was located might also shatter.

Hua Xiajiu frowned and pondered for a while, but he still had no solution.

Suddenly, he felt a movement in his mind and carefully observed the meridian that had already developed cracks. He noticed that the cracks on the meridian were slowly healing, though the process was slow but perceptible to his mind.

After dozens of breaths, Hua Xiajiu couldn't help but think, "My body, forged from a dragon's body, truly has an extraordinary healing ability. Hmm! That's not right. If it were just the body's natural healing ability, the cracks on the 'stone gate' should also be healing. Yes! In fact, the cracks on the 'stone gate' are indeed healing, but the healing speed is much slower than that of the meridian."

Hua Xiajiu did not act rashly. His soul consciousness repeatedly observed the meridian and the "stone gate" healing at different speeds.

After a short while, when the meridian had completely healed, Hua Xiajiu discovered a faint white light enveloping the meridian. It was this white light that allowed the meridian to heal quickly.

Hua Xiajiu's soul consciousness followed the white light to its source and, after a few breaths, suddenly understood.

It turned out that this white light not only enveloped this meridian but also covered all the meridians and major organs in his body, and even connected to his soul form in the soul sea. The white light was gentle and pure, filled with a vibrant aura. Its source was Hua Xiajiu's heart, located in his right chest, more precisely, the square white jade that had formed a layer of light wall around his heart.

This white jade was originally the object that the human-shaped dragon corpse was sitting on. When Hua Xiajiu obtained it, it was extremely hard and heavy, and even spiritual weapons and spells could not damage it, and it could not be stored in a storage bag.

At that time, he thought it was just a magical artifact used by the human-shaped dragon corpse. However, since it could generate a vibrant special energy, and considering the dead aura surrounding the dragon egg beneath the jade, Hua Xiajiu had a general understanding of the function of the white jade.

At that time, the white jade seemed to have no use, and only when Hua Xiajiu poured his own blood on it did it undergo a transformation, drilling into his heart and forming the current situation in his body.

Although having an uncontrollable foreign object in his body made Hua Xiajiu feel uneasy and uncomfortable for several months, the square jade had only brought him benefits so far, with no adverse effects. It seemed to be subtly protecting his heart, slowly refining his soul form, and giving his meridians a certain self-healing ability.

Hua Xiajiu even vaguely felt that the meridian that had healed had become noticeably stronger, though the increase was not significant. However, this represented a significant meaning. It clearly indicated that any meridian healed by this white light would become stronger. With this realization, a cold-blooded thought flashed through Hua Xiajiu's mind, a cold-bloodedness toward himself.

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