Chapter 421: Chapter 147: Fifth Heaven of the Spirit Awakening Realm, Great Success in the Twelve True Forms Fist; The Blood Curse Hunt Approaches...

The first glimmer of dawn pierced the horizon.

Chu Fan sat motionless, cross-legged upon his bed like an old monk deep in meditation.

A silent battle was quietly unfolding within his body.

His meridians were like riverbeds choked with silt. He could only transform his own Primordial Qi into an engraving knife, chiseling through the hard blockages bit by bit and carving out the pathways inch by inch.

The day before yesterday, he had mastered and fused the Three Saber Techniques, finally comprehending the Nine Tribulations Blood Prison Saber.

He then forged the essences of Palm Technique and Fist Technique together, creating his unique Twelve True Forms Fist.

For the past two days, he had been so completely immersed in the profound mysteries of the Twelve True Forms Fist, training arduously without rest, that he had completely forgotten the threshold to the Fifth Heaven of the Spirit Awakening Realm was already within reach.

It wasn’t until last night that he suddenly realized only ten meridians remained to be opened before he could break through to the Fifth Heaven of the Spirit Awakening Realm.

Now, after a single night, nine of them were clear. Only the final meridian remained, lying like a thousand-year-old slumbering dragon across the path his surging power must travel.

’Almost there...’

Chu Fan’s will was as firm as Profound Iron. He furiously condensed the Primordial Qi accumulated in his Dantian and launched a final assault on the walls of that last meridian.

The Primordial Qi surged like a tidal wave, smashing violently against the tough walls of the meridian and creating a dull roar only he could hear.

Sweat had long since soaked his robes, and the veins on his temples throbbed faintly.

Each impact brought the sharp pain of his meridian tearing slightly, but it was followed by signs of the barrier loosening bit by bit.

Just as the golden sun finally pierced through the clouds in the eastern sky, bathing the earth in its gentle light—

BOOM!

It felt as if something inside him had completely shattered!

Under the tireless, continuous assault of the Primordial Qi Engraving Knife, the final meridian was suddenly blasted open!

In that instant, all one hundred forty-four meridians linked together, forming a single, perfect, and flawless Great Heavenly Cycle!

The streams of Primordial Qi that had been rushing through his meridians instantly transformed into a surging, torrential river!

As a result, his Dantian Qi Sea began to rapidly expand its borders!

However, opening the meridians had consumed a tremendous amount of Primordial Qi, and little now remained in his Qi Sea.

Chu Fan flicked a finger. The cap of the Elixir Bottle he had long since placed beside him popped off, and a round Essence Enhancing Pill landed precisely in his mouth.

The Essence Enhancing Pill dissolved the moment it entered his mouth, spreading out as a warm current.

A vast wave of Spiritual Mechanism was then continuously refined into Primordial Qi, which flowed through his meridians and converged in his Qi Sea.

Cultivating with the aid of such immense resources was truly a world apart from the arduous path of an ordinary person.

Chu Fan didn’t even need a moment’s rest. Aided by the Primordial Qi converted from the Essence Enhancing Pill and the power of his one hundred forty-four open meridians, he began to expand his Qi Sea with even greater fervor.

The Primordial Qi within his Qi Sea gradually formed a massive vortex, spinning and churning without pause.

It was as if a whole new territory had been opened up in his Dantian Qi Sea, making it far vaster and capable of holding much more, and much stronger, power.

Time passed, bit by bit, as he cultivated. Only when his Dantian Qi Sea had completely stabilized and ceased to change did Chu Fan slowly open his eyes.

A sharp glint flashed through his eyes and vanished, like a meteor streaking across the night sky.

He gently clenched his fist, and his knuckles let out a series of crisp, pleasant cracks.

Feeling the surging power within his body, practically bursting to be released, a tired yet gratified smile finally appeared on Chu Fan’s face.

’The Fifth Heaven of the Spirit Awakening Realm... I’ve made it!’

Chu Fan rose to his full height, and his bones emitted a series of fine crackling sounds, like a long-slumbering dragon finally stretching its limbs.

He pushed open the door and strolled into the Martial Arts Arena, bathed in the faint morning light.

At the other end of the Martial Arts Arena, Zhao Tianxing had already begun his daily training.

He drew his bow into a full moon, and an arrow shot forth, carrying a strange, corrosive power—this was the brand-new Moon Eclipse Arrow that Chu Fan had improved for him.

Zhao Tianxing’s talent in the Arrow Dao was truly astonishing. His progress was incredibly fast.

The trajectory of the arrows he now fired, and the intent they contained, seemed to be separated from the Realm of Perfection by only a paper-thin wall.

Chu Fan nodded slightly in approval, then turned and walked toward the heavy, dark Profound Iron Giant Stones at the edge of the arena.

These Profound Iron Giant Stones were incomparably hard, making them the perfect objects for testing one’s strength.

He didn’t use any Martial Arts. He simply clenched his fist and threw a punch.

THUD!

A huge, dull sound, like the beat of a war drum, echoed through the Martial Arts Arena.

The Profound Iron Giant Stone trembled violently, a clear, inch-deep fist print left on its surface. Spiderweb-like cracks rapidly spread out from the impact point.

Chu Fan slowly withdrew his fist, silently sensing the changes in his strength.

’The power of this punch... it’s more than doubled compared to before my breakthrough!’

The moment he threw the punch, his Primordial Qi had spontaneously gathered at his knuckles. It flowed more smoothly, and its explosive force was far more ferocious.

He couldn’t help but think of the woman from Medicine King Valley he had encountered in the forest.

That woman’s Cultivation was at the First Heaven of the Acupoint Realm.

At the time, he had only been at the Second Heaven of the Spirit Awakening Realm. Even at full power, he couldn’t even dent her Protective Primordial Qi. He had only managed to escape with his life by relying on his ghostly speed and the unpredictability of his Ghost Shadow Illusionary Body Step.

Before his breakthrough, he had estimated that he would need to reach at least the Fourth Heaven, or even the Fifth Heaven, of the Spirit Awakening Realm to break through her Protective Primordial Qi.

And now...

A thought flickered in Chu Fan’s mind. He slowly raised his right hand and gently spread his fingers.

The surrounding temperature plummeted, and fine, white ice crystals rapidly began to form in the air.