Chapter 5: Yellow Realm

The first step was to open the "Qi Pool" under the Sacred Mark on his eyebrows.

The so-called "Qi Pool" referred to a pool that stored the Genuine Qi power.

The bigger the pool, the more storage for that power. The "Qi Pool" would also expand with cultivation and study.

Generally speaking, if Zhang Ruotian wanted to develop a "Qi Pool", he needed to cultivate it under the guidance of an experienced and older practitioner.

However, this was not applicable for Zhang Ruotian as he had memories of Ancient Gods who reached the Peak of Immortal Cultivation.

He immediately started circulating "The Sixty-Six Eternal God Emperors Technique", a vigorous Genuine Qi was immediately transferred to his eyebrow like a black hole sucking energy.

At the same time an indescribable pain surfaced, but it was not comparable when he created his dantian on his lower body. Then, Zhang Ruotian endured the pain in total silence.

More Genuine Qi around him went over his eyebrow without stopping once.

Open!

The sound of something opening resonated inside his body as more Genuine Qi was absorbed by him.

A big ball like a bowl of water formed on his eyebrow, it just meant one thing.

He finally built his Qi Pool!

Zhang Ruotian only needed a few minutes to accomplish this feat, it was totally abnormal even for a genius!

However, for other monks, it would take at least several days to figure out how to build a "Qi Pool".

Zhang Ruotian, a evil doer, just needed a few minutes.

He clearly understood that the Qi Pool was a storehouse for Genuine Qi.

Zhang Ruotian had to establish his own meridian practice to allow genuine Qi to flow through his body.

To become a true warrior by cultivating Genuine Qi, the first step was to establish the pratice of meridians.

After that, it was step two, Washing Marrow and Breaking out of the Channels.

Zhang Ruotian took the small jade flask of Marrow Washing Liquid. He sniffed the liquid to make sure it was real and then poured the entire bottle of liquid into his mouth.

The taste of the Marrow Washing Liquid was relatively cold in his throat. It only lasted a few seconds, followed by a burning sensation.

His whole body seemed to be in the "Amaterasu" flames as the pain of being fried kept increasing. He gritted his teeth and endured the immense pain.

Genuine Qi went to his meridian channels, the current of Genuine Qi spreading in his meridian channels like fire, causing even more pain for himself.

Bang!

Suddenly a stream of Genuine Qi headed for its meridians, crushing it in the process, but Genuine Qi still couldn't get through. Without giving up, he circulated the "Sixty-Six Emperors Eternal Gods Technique" even faster.

The amount of Genuine Qi being sucked in by it has increased dramatically, also increasing the pain.

However, Zhang Ruotian's high determination as Mount Everest helped him to overcome the pain. Even though he was sweating profusely, he never gave up.

"Just... a little... more..."

Certainly, Zhang Ruotian did not need to build all his meridians for the time being. What he needed to do was build a path outside of 36 so that he could reach the stage of Washing Marrow and Breaking out of the Channel Stage.

And Zhang Ruotian was very close to the opening of the first Meridian. He had to break even if it meant failure!

He had to do this. He had to reach that stage successfully!

With a rallying cry Zhang Ruotian launched himself towards his goal, almost crushing all Genuine Qi as he moved it towards his Meridian.

Bang!

A huge noise sounded from Zhang Ruotian's body, loud enough to make a person deaf. The shock of the noise made his head shake and hear several humming sounds.

Eventually, the pain went away. Zhang Ruotian could only feel a coldness flowing through the meridians. He had never felt anything more invigorating than that.

"Haha! I made it! I am a true warrior now, after reaching the Marrow Washing and Breaking out of the Channel stage!" Zhang Ruotian shouted like he had won the lottery.

For martial artists, practicing different exercises would open up different meridians.

There were a total of 36 meridians that martial artists can open on their bodies. The higher the classification of the cultivation technique, the more meridians you can open.

The Marrow Washing and Breaking out of the Channel stage had been accomplished, which meant cultivating the Initial Stage of Yellow Realm.

The Martial Arts Practices were divided into: Yellow, Black, Earth and Heaven, corresponding to the Yellow Realm, the Black Realm, the Earth Realm and, finally, the Heaven Realm.

In each realm, there were seven more states: the Initial Stage, the Middle Stage, the Advanced Stage, the Dawn State, the Medium State, the Final State, and last but not least, the Conclusion.

Four major realms and seven minor states.

The cultivation that Zhang Ruotian completed in minutes was the Initial Stage of the Yellow Realm.

After building the Meridians and piercing Genuine Qi in the Early Stage, the Middle Stage and the Advanced Stage of the Yellow Realm, the power in the body would become stronger. Each time someone was elevated to the next realm, his power would greatly increase.

For example, the Eighth Prince had a cultivation in the Advanced Stage of the Yellow Realm. This explained why he was able to lift a 300-pound stone at 3 meters high with a single hand. His fist was probably as strong as a bull.

Most warriors in the Advanced Stage of the Yellow Realm were able to cultivate a technique called "Strength of a Bull".

Above the advanced stage, there were four states, which included the dawn state, the middle state, the final state, and the conclusion.

After moving to the Advanced Stage of the Yellow Realm, a person reached the Dawn State of the Yellow Realm, which meant acquiring the "Strength of the Four Bulls" technique, which was four times more powerful than the previous state.

Therefore, the warriors of the Dawn State and the Advanced State of the Yellow Realm were like adults playing with children. Even if one of them fought 10 people, the warrior in the dawn state could easily deal with them.

The other three minor states, the middle state, the final state and the conclusion, were even more frightening. The warriors who belonged to these three states would probably have obtained a power that no one could have imagined.

The Royal Family's End-of-Year Assessment would take place within three months. To examine the results of cultivation over the past year, each of the Royal Family warriors, including all the princes, princesses and relatives, had to attend.

Three months!

Three months was the time left for him to reverse the situation he and his family found themselves, as it was a world of cultivation where the strong are respected and the weak despised. As long he was strong and showed talent enough to scare everyone off at Yunwu Commandery, he could spontaneously elevate his and his mother's position "Concubine Lin".

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Equivalent to God Emperor's Chapter 3: Yellow Realm

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