199: Chapter 198 Samadhi Fire

When he returned to the Immortal Cave, night had already fallen.

Qingzhu was meditating in the courtyard; seeing him return, she hurriedly stood up and bowed.

Jiang Hanzhou waved his hand and walked straight into the cultivation room, sitting cross-legged on a prayer mat.

He took out the nine heavens gang wind stone and placed it in front of him.

Then, he closed his eyes.

The second level of the Heavenly Dipper Treasure Refining Art, [Refining Treasure into Gang], was divided into two sub-levels—'Protective Aura Condensation' and 'Gang Fire Like Wind'.

He had already mastered 'Protective Aura Condensation'; that Heavenly Dipper Precious Qi could now be condensed into various forms at will; whether for protection, trapping enemies, or attacking, he could use it with ease.

However, he had been unable to achieve a Breakthrough in the 'Gang Fire Like Wind' sub-level for a long time.

Because he lacked a nine heavens gang wind stone.

This item was produced above the Nine Heavens and contained the purest power of the Gang Wind; it was an essential item for refining 'Gang Fire'.

He took a deep breath and pressed his hand onto the greyish-green stone.

Inside his body, Heavenly Dipper Precious Qi slowly surged out, flowing into the stone along his arm.

The stone trembled slightly, and the green light within the holes on its surface suddenly brightened!

The next instant—

An extremely sharp power of the Gang Wind surged wildly out of the stone!

That Gang Wind was invisible and intangible, yet as sharp as a blade, madly pouring into his body along his Meridians!

Everywhere it passed, his Meridians trembled slightly, as if being scraped by countless tiny blades!

Jiang Hanzhou gritted his teeth and desperately circulated the Heavenly Dipper Treasure Refining Art, guiding the incoming Gang Wind power to undergo Fusion with the Heavenly Dipper Precious Qi in his body.

Those Gang Wind forces rampaged through his Meridians, attempting to break free from his control.

But Heavenly Dipper Precious Qi was originally refined Protective Aura, sharing the same origin as these primitive Gang Wind forces.

The moment the two met, there was no violent conflict; instead, like two tributaries flowing into the same large river, they naturally began to undergo Fusion.

As the Gang Wind power fused into the Heavenly Dipper Precious Qi, the Heavenly Dipper Precious Qi began to change.

Its originally invisible and intangible gaseous state now became solid, showing a faint trend of transforming into a liquid state.

And those incoming Gang Wind forces, after fusing into the Heavenly Dipper Precious Qi, no longer rampaged but flowed slowly along the Meridians, finally gathering within the Dantian.

Deep within the Dantian, that dark-gold Blood Core rotated slightly.

The newly born Heavenly Dipper Precious Qi, fused with the Gang Wind power, circled around the Blood Core, forming a faint green halo.

Within that green halo, countless tiny wind blades seemed to be rotating, howling, and cutting.

Jiang Hanzhou opened his eyes and looked down at his right hand.

With a slight thought.

In the center of his palm, a wisp of green flame quietly emerged.

That flame was extremely faint, so faint it was almost transparent, but at the edges of the flame, countless tiny wind blades circulated. Those wind blades rotated at high speeds, and with every rotation, the surrounding Void Realm distorted slightly.

Gang Fire.

He had finally succeeded in refining it.

Although it was only the most rudimentary Gang Fire and still required continuous nurturing to grow stronger, this step had finally been taken.

He smiled slightly, dispersed the Gang Fire in his palm, and looked out the window.

The night was deep, and the sky was full of stars.

He took out the crimson Jade Slip and probed his Divine Sense into it.

The cultivation method of the Samadhi True Fire Art flooded into his Sea of Consciousness like a tide.

—

Ten days later.

In the cultivation room, Jiang Hanzhou sat cross-legged, fine beads of sweat seeping from his forehead.

His face was slightly pale, his brows furrowed, and his teeth clenched, as if he were enduring some unspeakable pain.

Inside his body, two forces were in violent conflict.

One was the Baleful Qi cultivated from the Li Huo Golden Body Art, blazing and domineering, flowing wildly along specific Meridian routes.

The other was the True Qi route that the Samadhi True Fire Art needed to guide, equally blazing, yet completely different from the circulation path of the Baleful Qi.

When the two forces met in several Meridians—

Boom!!!

That feeling was like two streams of lava flowing into the same riverbed, colliding wildly, biting wildly, and devouring wildly!

The walls of the Meridians were trembling violently, convulsing wildly, and—tearing!

Those fine tears, though small, were dense and spread across several key Meridians.

With every tear, a wisp of fresh blood seeped from the crack, only to be instantly evaporated by the blazing True Qi, turning into blood mist and merging into the True Qi, making the conflict even more intense.

Even more terrifying was that the True Intent contained within the two forces was also in conflict.

Within the Baleful Qi, his Pure Yang True Intent was contained, blazing and pure.

Within the True Qi guided by the Samadhi True Fire Art, the Concept of the 'Essence, Qi, and Spirit' triple fires that he had forcibly simulated was contained; although only a prototype, it was equally domineering.

When the two types of True Intent met in the Meridians—

Boom!!!

That was not just a conflict of True Qi, but a slaughter between Concepts!

The Pure Yang True Intent was like a great sun, hanging high above the Meridians, radiating endless heat and light.

The Concept of the Samadhi True Fire was like three clusters of flames, respectively representing Essence, Qi, and Spirit, rotating wildly in the Meridians, attempting to devour, fuse, and assimilate the Pure Yang True Intent!

The two Concepts launched an invisible war within his body!

What that war brought was a pain even more intense than the conflict of True Qi.

Because Concepts point directly to the Divine Soul.

Every collision was like an invisible giant hammer smashing ruthlessly against his Divine Soul!

His Sea of Consciousness was trembling, his Heart Blade was trembling, and his consciousness was trembling!

That trembling made him almost unable to think, unable to operate his Cultivation Technique, and unable to control the True Qi that was in conflict.

But he did not stop.

He could not stop.

Master Xue Mu had said that he needed a true killing move.

And the Concept of 'Three Fires as One' in the Samadhi True Fire Art was the key to refining this killing move.

If he couldn't even achieve comprehension, what killing move could he talk about? What Dragon Gate Trial could he talk about?

He gritted his teeth and desperately operated his Divine Sense, attempting to suppress those conflicts.

But the more he suppressed them, the more intense the conflict became.

The tears in those Meridians became more numerous and deeper.

The collisions within those Concepts became fiercer and more frenzied.

A wisp of fresh blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth.

His face was as pale as paper.

His body began to tremble slightly.

It couldn't go on like this.

He forcibly stopped operating the Samadhi True Fire Art, leaving only the Baleful Qi of the Li Huo Golden Body Art to flow slowly through his body.

The conflicts finally subsided.

The torn Meridians began to heal slowly.

The trembling Divine Soul began to gradually stabilize.

He opened his eyes and exhaled a long breath of turbid Qi.

That turbid Qi carried a faint scent of blood.

He looked down at his hands; they were still intact, but he could sense that several key Meridians within his body were currently covered in fine cracks.

It would take three days to completely repair them.

He raised his head and looked out the window.

The night was deep, and the sky was full of stars.