5: Chapter 005 Breakthrough to the Acquired Realm!

"System, consume 200 yuan crystals and exchange them all for cultivation!"

Rumble!!~~

As the thought faded, the two hundred yuan crystals instantly vanished into thin air, turning into a vast surge of True Qi that was several times more majestic than before, violently surging into his body.

If the True Qi that appeared earlier was like a trickling stream, then this time, the True Qi was like a terrifying tsunami.

The violent yet incredibly condensed True Qi instantly filled the Meridians throughout his body, surging like a great river and washing away the clogged Acupoints along its path with unstoppable force.

The originally stagnant barriers of his Meridians shattered one after another, and closed Acupoints were cleared in succession. The blood and Qi throughout his entire body boiled, and his Physical Body was simultaneously tempered and strengthened by the True Qi.

The shackles of the Condensing Qi Stage 6 disintegrated layer by layer, and the barriers of his Realm shattered inch by inch.

Condensing Qi Stage 6!

Condensing Qi Stage 7!!

Condensing Qi Stage 8!!!

The reserve of True Qi in his body surged wildly, its circulation becoming increasingly thick and continuous. Coupled with the already Major Achievement "Qi Gathering Art", the efficiency of Spiritual Qi absorption and true essence conversion multiplied, causing his entire aura to skyrocket and climb steadily.

The True Qi in his body became increasingly condensed and heavy, his Meridians were continuously widened and reinforced, and his Physical Body's bones and muscles grew even tougher under the repeated tempering of the True Qi.

Ninth Stage of Condensing Qi!

Condensing Qi Stage 10!!

Condensing Qi Stage 11!!!

The airflow around him vibrated faintly, and the Spiritual Qi inside the small room twisted and spiraled, all gathering toward Chen An's body.

He closed his eyes tightly and used his Divine Thought to look inward, watching his own cultivation charge forward irresistibly.

Stage 12!!!

Within just a few breaths, he steadily reached the Peak of the twelfth stage of the Qi Condensation Realm, standing at the absolute pinnacle of the Qi Condensation Realm.

The True Qi throughout his body reached Perfection and was abundant, every inch of his Meridians and every acupoint were completely cleared to Perfection, leaving absolutely no room for further progress on the path of Qi Condensation.

However, the impact did not stop.

The ultimate barrier of the twelfth stage of Qi Condensation lay firmly across the path ahead, a chasm between Qi Condensation and the Acquired. Ordinary Martial Artists could spend their entire lives in bitter cultivation and might still fail to take this step.

"Not good!!!"

Just as Chen An was pleasantly surprised to see himself clearing the Twelve Standard Meridians and advancing to the Perfection of the Qi Condensation Realm, he suddenly discovered a fatal problem.

That was, the "Qi Gathering Art" was only a Low Grade Profound Rank Cultivation Technique, which only covered the Qi Condensation Realm and did not touch upon the locations or circulation methods of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians in the body at all!

Without knowing the positions of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and the distribution of the Acupoints within them, and without a corresponding cultivation method, how could he break through the shackles of the Qi Condensation Realm?!

Most fatally, he could feel that the majestic True Qi surging within him did not stop because he had reached the Perfection of the Qi Condensation Realm. Instead, more and more True Qi gathered in his body, even causing his blood and Qi to surge violently, and a dull pain radiated from his Meridians.

Chen An knew that if this continued, the excess True Qi would not be able to circulate, refine, or be stored, and would only keep expanding his extraordinary Meridians, eventually tearing them apart and causing him to explode and die.

However, just as Chen An was in a state of panic, a rush of memories suddenly appeared in his mind, detailing attempts to locate the Eight Extraordinary Meridians.

The first year: Failure, ruptured Meridians, becoming a cripple!

The second year: Failure, body exploding and dying!

The fifth year: Failure!

The seventh year: Finally found the first of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians!

The twelfth year: Confirmed the second of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians!

...

The fifty-third year: Confirmed the eighth of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians!

Immediately after, he saw the surging True Qi in his body rush toward the soles of his feet, as if it had finally found an outlet.

Boom!

A muffled explosion erupted from the inner side of his foot, in the small depression just below the tip of the medial malleolus. The surging True Qi actually poured into a wide meridian near the Zhaohai acupoint, sweeping irresistibly along his calf, thigh, and lower abdomen.

"The Yin Qiao Vessel of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians!"

Suddenly, information about this meridian flooded into his mind.

"What?!"

"This is actually the Yin Qiao Vessel, one of the eight Meridians that need to be cleared in the Acquired Realm?!"

"Doesn't that mean I have already broken through the shackles of the Qi Condensation Realm and reached the Acquired Realm?!"

Upon receiving the prompt from the System, Chen An's face instantly filled with extreme shock, his pupils contracted, and his mind was deeply shaken.

Just moments ago, he had been driven to despair due to the lack of an Acquired Cultivation Technique and not knowing the circulation methods of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians. The chaotic and violent True Qi had been rampaging through his pathways, causing unbearable pain in his Meridians. He had fully believed his internal Qi mechanism was out of control, his True Qi was running wild, and sooner or later his Meridians would rupture, his cultivation would backfire, and he would end up in a miserable state with his cultivation completely destroyed or even his Physical Body exploding.

He never expected that a turn for the better would occur in his desperate situation, allowing him to accidentally break through the shackles and step directly into the Acquired Realm that countless Qi Condensation Cultivators dreamed of!

The Acquired Realm requires clearing the human body's Eight Extraordinary Meridians, linking all the Meridians of the body together, and forming a self-contained closed loop for the internal cosmic circulation.

Only in this way can True Qi circulate endlessly within a Martial Artist's body, ensuring an inexhaustible supply of True Qi.

Ordinary Martial Artists would Cultivate bitterly for over a decade or even decades, exhausting resources and enduring countless hardships, just to have a slim chance of deciphering the secrets of the eight Meridians and knocking on the door of the Acquired.

Yet, merely by relying on the power of the System, he had crossed the chasm in just a brief moment, achieving a leap in Realm that countless others could only look at with envy.

Yin Qiao Vessel...

Yang Heel Vessel...

Yin Linking Vessel...

Yang Linking Vessel...

Belt Vessel...

When the 200 years of cultivation time he exchanged was completely exhausted, his True Qi finally settled at the position of the Belt Vessel.

The Acquired Realm is divided into four minor Realms, namely the Early Stage, Middle Stage, Late Stage, and Perfection. Clearing two extraordinary Meridians constitutes a Breakthrough of one minor Realm.

And this time, Chen An cleared five extraordinary Meridians in one go.

In other words, his cultivation had already reached the Late Stage of the Acquired Realm!

Buzz!!!~~~

The air in the entire small room suddenly trembled, and a low hum of energy rippled out of thin air.

In the next moment, a majestic and heavy invisible energy, centered on Chen An, rapidly swept outward.

The wooden window vibrated slightly, the flame of the oil lamp on the table flickered violently, its halo distorting and shaking, and all the dust in the room floated into the air, slowly spiraling along with the invisible airflow.

The majestic foundation brought by clearing all the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and stepping into the Late Stage of the Acquired could no longer be suppressed, naturally leaking outward.

The True Qi of the Acquired Realm was thick and condensed, far more pure and ten times deeper than the True Qi of the Qi Condensation Realm. As it flowed, it was steady and domineering, carrying the powerful aura of a Physical Body that had undergone a complete transformation.

Chen An slowly exhaled a long breath of turbid air and slowly opened his eyes, and for an instant, it seemed as if two bolts of lightning flashed across the room.

Though he sat perfectly still, there was a natural, steady sense of pressure around him, making him look like a completely different person from the weak Qi Condensation Realm Martial Artist he was before.

"So this is a Acquired Realm Martial Artist!!!"

"Very good, very powerful!!!"

Chen An clearly perceived that he was stronger now than he had ever been before.

If he were to face his former self, who had been trapped in Condensing Qi Stage 2 and was incredibly weak, he could now easily crush and obliterate him with a mere wave of his hand, just like swatting a fly.

A Acquired Realm Martial Artist's foundation was completely different.

Looking across the vast Wurong County, the total number of Acquired Realm experts definitely did not exceed a hundred, all of whom were prominent figures in the county.

The ordinary martial arts halls, guardians of prominent families, and martial officers who suppressed bandits outside the city mostly lingered only in the Qi Condensation Realm.

Only the Instructors of the County Academy, core disciples of major clans, and veteran Martial Artists who had cultivated painstakingly for many years had the opportunity to step into the Acquired.

Once one stepped into the Acquired, they would be considered among the top combat forces of Wurong County, earning the respect of others, and their resources, status, and say would naturally rise accordingly.

Especially with the System on him, as long as he had enough yuan crystals, he could become infinitely stronger!

At this thought, the hesitation, anxiety, and confusion originally brought about by the Awakening of his past life's memories instantly vanished without a trace...