"But..."

Luo Jingxuan hesitated upon hearing Ye Luo’s words, but, after some thought, she helped him up and walked towards that room.

Ye Luo sat cross-legged on the bed, the picture of exhaustion.

"What should we do now?" Luo Jingxuan was somewhat panicked and unsure of what to do.

"You go out first. I need to begin healing myself. Don’t worry about me, I won’t die so easily."

Ye Luo mustered his last bit of strength to say these words. Then he began to take out the Star of God.

Looking at Ye Luo, Luo Jingxuan’s eyes reddened slightly, but ultimately she walked out.

Meanwhile, Ye Luo grasped the Heart of God with one hand, and the Nine Yang Mystic Art within him instantly sprang into action.

A powerful force of attraction erupted from his hand, and in an instant, streams of rich spiritual energy madly poured out from the Star of God, directly entering Ye Luo’s body.

As the pure and unmatched spiritual energy entered his body, Ye Luo immediately felt an all-over soothing sensation; the intense pain inside his body began to dissipate, and he felt as relaxed as if he were bathing in a hot spring.

Soon, this pure and unmatched spiritual energy surged toward Ye Luo’s limbs and through all his meridians, starting to heal his damaged meridians and organs.

Spiritual energy is the world’s purest and most powerful force, and with such powerful spiritual energy present, coupled with the restorative power of Ye Luo’s Nine Yang True Qi, the incredibly severe internal injuries in Ye Luo’s body began healing rapidly.

An hour later, the damaged organs inside Ye Luo’s body had all recovered, and even the fragmented bones in his shoulder had gradually knitted back together under the nourishment of the spiritual energy.

Ye Luo’s complexion improved, and he looked as though he had been restored to his original state.

Having sustained such severe injuries and recovering so quickly was nothing short of terrifying, but Ye Luo knew that all of this was thanks to the Spirit Stone within the Star of God. Without the substantial and pure energy of the spiritual energy contained within it, he would not have been able to recover so quickly.

"Now is the time for a breakthrough!"

Ye Luo thought to himself. Clearly, now was the perfect time for a breakthrough. Tonight’s two fierce battles not only allowed Ye Luo to grasp many of the true meanings of martial arts but also led to severe damage to his body.

As the saying goes, one must be broken down before they can rebuild. Now was the ideal moment to seize the opportunity to break through. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Without any hesitation, Ye Luo began to circulate the cultivation technique of the Nine Yang Mystic Art to break through to the Innate Realm, frantically absorbing the terrifying spiritual energy from the Star of God.

The powerful spiritual energy rushed into his body, and Ye Luo immediately felt a swelling sensation throughout, quickly transforming it into Nine Yang True Qi.

As a great amount of spiritual energy poured in, Ye Luo felt the Nine Yang True Qi within his Dantian reaching a tipping point. He began directing this True Qi towards all the major meridians and acupoints in his body.

To break through from the Acquired Realm to the Innate Realm, one must open up all thirty-six meridians and seventy-two acupoints in the body, forming a cycle to channel nature’s spiritual energy and advance to the Innate Realm.

However, opening these thirty-six meridians and seventy-two acupoints was no easy task. Up to this point, Ye Luo had only managed to open eighteen meridians and thirty acupoints, with more than half still unopened.

Tonight, he began to assault those unopened meridians and acupoints using the spiritual energy from the Star of God.

With the help of the powerful spiritual energy, Ye Luo concentrated all his energy, pushing the Nine Yang Mystic Art to its limits. The Nine Yang True Qi transformed into a ferocious tiger, charging towards the meridians and acupoints throughout his body.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

In a short period of time, meridian after meridian and acupoint after acupoint within Ye Luo’s body were forcefully opened. With each one opened, Ye Luo felt his strength increasing and sensed himself drawing closer to the Innate Realm.

In another hour’s time, with the assistance of the spiritual energy from the Spirit Stone, Ye Luo broke through the barriers of the meridians and acupoints time and again.

In the blink of an eye, only five of the thirty-six meridians in his body remained, and of the seventy-two acupoints, only the last three were left.

By this time, these meridians and acupoints had become even harder to penetrate. Ye Luo’s multiple consecutive attempts all failed to break through them.

Finally, after failing over ten times, Ye Luo managed to break through the remaining three acupoints. His whole body shuddered suddenly, feeling much lighter all of a sudden, and even more places allowed the flow of True Qi.

Nearly another hour passed, and a significant portion of the Spiritual Energy from the Star of God had been depleted, leaving Ye Luo with only two meridians to unblock after his forceful impacts.

These two were the greatest obstacles that prevent many warriors from the Acquired Realm to break through to the Innate Realm—the Governing Vessel and the Conception Vessel.

These two major vessels, which run through the entire network of human meridians, are crucial. Only by unblocking these two can Ye Luo form the Zhou Tian cycle within his body, and completely advance to the Innate Realm.

By now, Ye Luo’s expression had become extremely solemn, fully aware of the challenge these two meridians posed. If he failed to penetrate them, his dream of ascending to the Innate Realm would be utterly dashed.

Taking a deep breath, Ye Luo ran the Nine Yang Mystic Art to its extreme limit, frantically absorbing the Spiritual Energy from the Spirit Stone of the Star of God and converting it into Nine Yang True Qi.

Once his body had accumulated a massive amount of True Qi, Ye Luo directed it all towards the Governing Vessel in his body with a thought.

"Break for me!"

Ye Luo roared, all his energy focused on this one moment. All the Nine Yang True Qi merged together, like an angry dragon charging towards the Governing Vessel.

Boom!

A thunderous noise echoed within him, Ye Luo’s body trembled, and he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

He had failed...

The first strike had failed, but Ye Luo was not the least disheartened. He had known this attempt would fail, so he quickly launched into a second strike.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

...

After a series of strikes, Ye Luo’s teeth were clenched tight, his eyes flashing with unwavering determination, with failure after failure, he relentlessly assaulted the barrier again and again.

In front of Ye Luo, a pool of fresh blood had already formed, but he still held no thoughts of surrender.

"Break!"

Another deafening roar erupted, and all the Nine Yang True Qi in his body surged like a breach in a dam towards the Governing Vessel.

Boom——

A boom unlike any before resounded, Ye Luo’s body shook, and suddenly he felt a sense of sublimation, as if he were about to ascend to another world. The Governing Vessel was forcefully breached, and True Qi rushed in madly.

Ye Luo exhaled deeply, his entire being showing a hint of joy.

Through his tireless efforts, the Governing Vessel had finally been opened. Ye Luo felt he was on the cusp of experiencing the wonders of the Innate Realm; just a little more and he would fully experience the formidable nature of Innate True Qi.