"Sss—"

After twenty-five seconds, Ye Huan took a deep breath through clenched teeth, unable to hold on any longer, and lay back on the bench!

At this moment, many extremely hot Extreme Yang energies arose in his meridians!

Tianyun wanted to inquire about the situation, but Ye Huan had already picked up the Eight Gates Escape Armor scroll and continued to study it!

Eight Gates Escape Armor, the first style: Opening Gate!

"The divine dragon bears the map from Luo River, the colorful phoenix carries the book in the azure clouds, due to the fate of the wind post transforming into writing, the escape armor's marvelous gates began here!"

Below this text, two illustrations were drawn!

One of them is a handprint, which is the "key" to awaken the Opening Gate acupoint!

The remaining illustration details in a schematic figure how to guide the energies or blood into the Opening Gate acupoint!

Ye Huan began practicing according to the scroll's diagram, attempting to channel the Extreme Yang energies in his meridians into the Opening Gate acupoint!

The Extreme Yang energies were extremely difficult to control, making this process arduous, very slow, and he also had to endure the pain of burning!

But Brother Huan was amazed to find that the Extreme Yang energies actually disappeared into thin air after entering the Opening Gate acupoint!

After spending two hours, he finally directed all the Extreme Yang energies into the Opening Gate acupoint!

Subsequently, he formed seals with his hands and activated the Opening Gate for the first time!

"Boom!!!"

A world-shaking aura suddenly erupted from Ye Huan's body, enveloping the entire sky and causing the clear, boundless sky to resound with thunder in succession!

This gave several women quite a fright!

When they realized it was Ye Huan practicing martial arts, they breathed a sigh of relief!

Jiang Shishuang's beautiful eyes narrowed into a slit, and she stopped "tormenting" Shen Taoyuan, came to the front of Ye Huan, and asked solemnly, "How do you feel?"

"My power has been amplified."

Ye Huan gazed at his fist with golden-tinged eyes, his expression one of astonishment.

The moment his words fell, the aura around him suddenly vanished!

His whole body also collapsed weakly onto the bench!

"Are you okay?!" several women ran over worriedly.

"I'm fine, just a bit exhausted, a little rest and I'll be okay."

Ye Huan smiled nonchalantly on the surface, but inside he was very excited.

At this point, he has completely understood the auxiliary relationship between the Heaven Opening and Eight Gates Escape Armor, these two Ancient Martial Techniques!

The energies referred to in the Eight Gates Escape Armor scroll were indeed the Extreme Yang energies generated during the practice of Heaven Opening, akin to Samadhi True Fire, capable of burning through the meridians!

Practicing Heaven Opening can produce Extreme Yang energies, and by using the control methods from the ninth volume of Heaven Opening, these energies can be channeled into the Eight Gates Escape Armor's major acupoints during practice!

Not only has the technique for controlling power improved, but the Extreme Yang energies have also been stored!

Yes, stored!

Ye Huan discovered that as long as the Opening Gate acupoint is not activated, the Extreme Yang energies will remain in the acupoint long-term, and they will no longer burn through the blood vessels and meridians.

The benefits of storing them are immense!

For instance, just now, the Extreme Yang energies produced in twenty-five seconds of practice were only sufficient to ignite for three seconds after the acupoint was opened.

But with long-term practice of "Heaven Opening", storing the energies and accumulating them, at critical moments, they can be used to maintain the state of the Eight Gates being opened for a prolonged time!

And the higher the acupoint rank, the faster the consumption of Extreme Yang energies, growing exponentially!

Take the second acupoint—Rest Gate as an example, its consumption rate of Extreme Yang energies is about twice that of the Opening Gate acupoint!

However, there are a total of eight volumes of "Heaven Opening", from bottom to top, and the Extreme Yang energies produced during the practice of each volume will increase exponentially as well!

Ye Huan's intuition told him that as long as he mastered both "Heaven Opening" and "Eight Gates Escape Armor", his chances of winning the battle against the "catastrophe" would increase infinitely!

Practicing Heaven Opening can greatly enhance his body's limit.

Controlling the flow of Extreme Yang energies through the meridians can simultaneously eliminate the pain of burning and significantly boost the degree of enhancement!

Channeling the Extreme Yang energies into the Eight Gates can awaken the ultimate potential of the human body!

After the boost from Heaven Opening, the unleashing of the human body's potential when awakening the Eight Gates could reach a terrifying level that even Ye Huan dared not imagine!

The last time he entered that peculiar state during the battle with the second sequence, it helped him use his half-step Divine King power to confront and repel a higher-level Divine King!

If in such a state, with the Eight Gates opened, to what level could he reach?

Not to mention, subduing a high-level Divine King or sparring with an Extreme Divine King would surely present no problem!

"Heaven-defying Level Ancient Martial Technique!" Jiang Shishuang, merely observing for a moment, gave this evaluation!

Ye Huan sat upright, suddenly clenched his right hand into a fist, with a smile at the corner of his mouth: "Indeed, once mastered, it's enough to defy the heavens!"

Saying so, he saw Liu Tianyun and others looking at him worriedly, he immediately laughed: "Why are you watching me, keep practicing."

"Are you okay, do... do you need help? Like last time." Liu Tianyun's pretty face flushed with embarrassment, she asked tentatively.

"No need, I'm perfectly fine now, don't worry about me."

Ye Huan said this, and they were relieved, continuing to practice Tai Chi Soft Fist.

Although it was tiring to practice, the cool feeling given back by the meridians made them feel very comfortable, and a layer of grey, toxin-like substances was successfully expelled from their skin, making the detoxification process very effective!

So, they practiced diligently!

However, as time passed, their stamina gradually waned.

Forcing themselves to continue, they couldn't help but exhale in heavy, rapid, yet sweet breaths.

The sound made Brother Huan feel a surge of warmth, his heart racing.

...

After dinner, Ye Huan and Shen Taoyuan sat in a car in the courtyard.

As they drove away from Tingxiang Pavilion, Ye Huan keenly sensed a Celestial God level powerhouse hidden in the dark.

There was no need to think about it; it was definitely that guy, Di Yuntian.

Brother Huan had not agreed to contact him when the Empress arrived, so he hid here, waiting for the Empress himself.

However, Brother Huan ignored him.

With a Divine King level expert, Jiang Shishuang, overseeing the Fragrance Pavilion, if Di Yuntian dared to cause trouble, there would be only one outcome: death!