Chapter 287
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Chapter 287: Breaking Through to Open a House (Part 2)
The process of advancing from Qi Training to the Purple Palace mainly involves four steps: sensing, Spiritual Transformation, breaking through, and opening a house.
Throughout history, countless Qi Training cultivators have been stuck at these four critical stages, wandering outside the doors of the Purple Palace and never able to glimpse the scenery of higher realms.
Breaking through to open a house requires not only strength in cultivation level but also a bit of luck at times.
Some cultivators with perfect mastery in Qi Training, having reached the peak of their abilities and successfully gone through sensing and Spiritual Transformation, are unable to break open the Heavenly Apex acupoint, resulting in their failure.
Wang Chen faced the same issue now.
After eight consecutive attempts, he still could not break through barriers.
The reasons for his failure might be insufficient luck or inadequate root bone.
At this moment, Wang Chen actually had another option.
He could swallow a second spirit pill and gather enough power to charge ahead again.
If he succeeded, it would indeed be a vast and open sea!
However, Wang Chen chose to invest 1 point of Heavenly Merit in the Cultivation Panel after the main wielded technique, the Five Element Technique.
Just 1 point of Heavenly Merit!
This wasn’t because Wang Chen was reluctant to spend his Heavenly Merit, but simply because it only required 1 point to enhance his primary technique for the first time.
Boom!
At the moment the upgrade was completed, he felt a jolt run through his entire body, as if countless fireworks had suddenly erupted in his Sea of Consciousness.
The surrounding spiritual energy surged into Wang Chen’s within (one’s body) at an almost frenzied speed, creating a spiritual energy vortex within the cave.
Not only that, but a visible spiritual energy vortex appeared above the cave, even through the thick stone walls.
A larger area of spiritual energy was drawn in, further amplifying the vortex.
At this moment, nearby cave dwellings were all affected!
Such an extraordinary phenomenon inevitably drew the attention of the managers of the North Mountain Cave Dwelling.
Several cave overseers rushed to the vicinity of Wang Chen’s dwelling. As they looked at the swirling vortex filled with clouds above, they were all left dumbfounded.
Since the establishment of the City of Ten Thousand Cultivators, countless cultivators had rented cave dwellings in North Mountain for breakthroughs.
However, very few had made such a significant commotion during their breakthrough!
“Chief Manager, what should we do now?”
One overseer turned to a nearby black-robed cultivator and said, “It is already affecting others’ cultivation.”
“A breakthrough causing such a massive spiritual phenomenon—nothing but a Golden Core and boundless prospects await!”
The black-robed cultivator maintained a neutral expression: “You’re asking me what to do? Are we going to stop someone from achieving enlightenment at a time like this?”
The overseer suddenly found himself speechless.
Stopping someone from achieving enlightenment was a matter of life and death, especially against someone with potential for a Golden Core!
He was momentarily out of his mind to ask such a question.
"Look quickly!"
At that moment, another overseer suddenly pointed to the sky.
Within the swirling vortex of spiritual energy, the clouds began to take on the shape of a flying dragon soaring into the sky!
The black-robed cultivator opened his mouth, wanting to say something.
But it was as if something was lodged in his throat.
He couldn’t utter a single word!
At this very moment, Wang Chen’s Tianzhong acupoint suddenly opened. The Tianzhong bone, which had been a barrier between the inside and outside, silently melted away, and the surrounding spiritual energy poured in, reaching directly to his feet.
The Tianzhong bone is the hardest bone within the human body and is considered an "extra" bone.
It sealed the Tianzhong acupoint, serving as a crucial obstacle for Qi Training cultivators attempting to break through to higher realms.
The disappearance of the Tianzhong bone signified that Wang Chen had successfully broken through!
He had overcome the greatest challenge!
But at this moment, Wang Chen was still not yet a Purple Palace cultivator.
He maintained his focus, not letting the joy of breaking through cloud his mind. He began to unleash his spiritual strength and open the Purple Palace within his Sea of Consciousness, building his second Dantian.
The second Dantian, also known as the Upper Dantian, is used to store spiritual strength and refine divine sense.
Once his divine sense was established, he could connect with heaven and earth, summoning the spiritual energy of the universe to cast spells in battle.
This is the key reason why Purple Palace cultivators surpass Qi Training cultivators.
As time passed, a haze of purple spiritual light gradually condensed in Wang Chen’s Sea of Consciousness.
Though it was still weak, its core was filled with Wang Chen’s soul power.
It resembled a newly born star, carrying terrifying potential!
The boiling Qi and blood within his body calmed down, and the spiritual energy vortex above the cave slowly dissipated. Wang Chen sat cross-legged on the mat, repeatedly strengthening his nascent Upper Dantian.
At this moment, Wang Chen’s powerful soul attributes began to show their advantage.
The recently opened Purple Palace was in a "primordial state," equivalent to a foundation or a groundwork.
The more solidly he established this foundation, the smoother and more perfect the expansion of the Purple Palace would be in the future!
If it were any other cultivator, they would likely be utterly exhausted by this point, unable to support any further effort.
But Wang Chen still had strength to spare.
His Purple Palace continued to expand after its establishment.
Though the degree of expansion was small, even a slight increase would allow for much more spiritual strength to be stored.
Once activated, it would be stronger than the Purple Palace of others at the same level!
Wang Chen understood the importance of establishing the Purple Palace, so he exerted all his efforts until he could no longer draw even a trace of spiritual strength from his Sea of Consciousness into his Upper Dantian.
At this moment, his Purple Palace had expanded by two full times!
Wang Chen opened his eyes, exhaling a long breath of impure air, and the purple light shone brightly in his dark eyes.
【Name: Wang Chen】
【Lifespan: 22/200】
【Cultivation Level: First Layer of Purple Palace】
【Body: 13】
【Root Bone: 7】
【Comprehension: 6】
【Soul Attributes: 20】
After advancing to the Purple Palace, his lifespan soared to two hundred. His body, root bone, and comprehension attributes remained unchanged, but his soul attributes surged by 4 points!
20 points of soul attributes!
Wang Chen distinctly felt that his perception of the world had undergone a significant transformation.
He became more acute.
The information he gathered through his senses—sight, hearing, taste, and smell—became far more vivid.
Most importantly, as a Purple Palace cultivator, his sensitivity to spiritual energy was vastly superior to when he was merely a Qi Training cultivator!
Wang Chen raised his hand, his fingers closing as if grasping the entire world!
Is this the essence of the Purple Palace?
Wang Chen deeply realized how narrow his previous perspective had been!
Yet, he did not let this newfound power inflate his ego, for Changchun had once imparted a crucial lesson:
"Below the Golden Core, all are but ants!"
To a Qi Training cultivator, a Purple Palace master is an almost unattainable existence.
However, in the eyes of a Golden Core true master, there is no fundamental difference between the Purple Palace and Qi Training.
The Purple Palace is merely a larger ant!
To truly command one’s destiny, achieving the Golden Core is merely the beginning; forming a Yuan Ying is what grants the power to influence the power of cause and effect.
Wang Chen remained in the cultivating cave for another three days.
Only after fully consolidating his realm did he depart.
"Congratulations, fellow traveler!"
At the rental office, a black-robed cultivator greeted Wang Chen: "You have successfully established your palace!"
Wang Chen returned the greeting, saying, "Thank you."
The other was also a Purple Palace master, overseeing thousands of cultivating caves in North Mountain, wielding considerable authority.
If Wang Chen were still a Qi Training cultivator, it would have been nearly impossible for him to even meet this person.
Now, they stood as cultivators of the same rank!
