Chapter 216 - 215: Celestial Human Perfection

Chapter 216: Chapter 215: Celestial Human Perfection

The heavy snow that had blanketed White Jade City for three straight days had just ceased. The night sky was washed clean, and the moon and stars shone brightly.

In the outer Sleeping Palace, Su Ling’Er, Hanik’s Heart, and the other peerless beauties were sleeping soundly. They had spent a long time attending to Xia Wuyang the previous night and were now quite exhausted.

After his round of pleasure, Xia Wuyang made his way to the Practice Room. He adjusted his Essence, Qi, and Spirit, preparing to break through to a higher realm.

On the glazed tiles of Wenhua Hall, the snow was a foot deep. Icicles hanging from the eaves glinted coldly in the moonlight. Occasionally, a patch of snow would slide from a corner of the roof with a soft RUSTLE.

Inside the Practice Room, the Warm Jade glowed with a faint red light, making the room quite warm. Even without a burning brazier, the temperature reached over ten degrees.

From the bronze, beast-headed Incense Burners in the four corners, the smoke of Calming Incense rose in wisps. It formed various auspicious patterns in the air before slowly dissipating.

In his Sea of Consciousness, over three hundred points of Spiritual Power flowed like a Star River. He had already comprehended the Dragon Tiger Fist to its absolute limit, improving it many times, and was now getting closer and closer to a true transformation.

His Cultivation at the Celestial Human Late Stage was already as stable as bedrock, and his Essence, Qi, and Spirit were in a state of perfect unity. It was the ideal time to consume a Miracle Treasure.

Midnight was approaching—the time when yin ends and yang is born.

Xia Wuyang opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing within them. He took out two Mortal Treasures he had long prepared: an over 800-year-old Monkey Wine and a Blood Lotus Fruit, both of which were High Level Mortal Treasures.

He was well acquainted with them, having consumed them before, and understood their medicinal potency. He was confident that their combined power would allow him to shatter his bottleneck and ascend to a higher level.

The Monkey Wine had been refined using Princess Xiang Yun’s recipe. The amber liquid sloshed inside the Jade Altar, its rich aroma suffused with an immense floral essence.

The shell of the Blood Lotus Fruit had natural lotus patterns that flowed with a faint, opalescent glow under the light of the Luminous Pearl. The medicinal power contained within was intoxicating.

’Wine first, then the fruit. Use the gentle to overcome the unyielding.’

Silently circulating the Dragon Tiger Fist, Xia Wuyang tilted his head back and drained the entire Jade Altar of Monkey Wine.

The liquor slid down his throat, at first as gentle as a spring stream, but it soon transformed into a surging torrent of heat that flooded his entire body.

The floral essence contained within the over 800-year-old Monkey Wine was gentle and long-lasting, perfect for nourishing the meridians, conditioning Qi and Blood, and enhancing his power.

Under his Introspection, his already thick blood condensed even further, and as it flowed, it faintly echoed with the sound of a rushing river.

Without a second thought, he focused completely on circulating the Dragon Tiger Fist, continuously absorbing the medicinal power of the over 800-year-old Monkey Wine. His Dragon and Tiger Qi Blood began to strengthen at an astonishing rate.

He had only just reached the Celestial Human Late Stage, and his Qi and Blood Power, once as stable as bedrock, began to skyrocket once more.

Its quantity and quality were both increasing explosively. In turn, this accelerated the purging of impurities from his Dantian and the surrounding channels.

HISSS...

Xia Wuyang could almost hear the sound of the impurities and filth being forcibly scoured from his body. He felt increasingly clear and light, his overall constitution steadily improving.

Although it wasn’t quite on par with the improvements from breaking into the Blood Transformation Realm, it wasn’t far off.

By the time the medicinal power of the over 800-year-old Monkey Wine was almost fully absorbed, Xia Wuyang’s Cultivation was approaching Celestial Human Perfection, and he had a chance to attempt a breakthrough.

However, he did not attempt the breakthrough. Instead, he used the remaining medicinal power to stabilize and polish his Foundation. After all, he still had the Blood Lotus Fruit. He decided it would be much safer to use the fruit for the breakthrough rather than risking it with the dregs of the Monkey Wine’s power.

He used all the remaining medicinal power from the Monkey Wine to consolidate his Foundation. After acclimating for a moment, Xia Wuyang felt a pleasant warmth spread through his body as every pore seemed to open up and relax.

’Time to break through!’

Xia Wuyang picked up the Blood Lotus Fruit. The fruit split open in his palm of its own accord, revealing flesh as red as blood.

Unlike the gentleness of the Monkey Wine, the moment the Blood Lotus Fruit entered his mouth, a violent energy erupted within his body like a volcano.

BOOM...

The clothes on Xia Wuyang’s body billowed without any wind, and his long hair flew about. The Dragon and Tiger Qi Blood surged through his body like a great river, quickly reaching the very peak of the Celestial Human Late Stage and crashing headlong into the bottleneck that constrained it.

Xia Wuyang activated the breakthrough Technique from his Dragon Tiger Fist. He controlled his Dragon and Tiger Qi Blood with his Extraordinary Spiritual Power, using it to assist the Qi Blood in assaulting the bottleneck.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BANG! BANG! BANG! THUD! THUD...

Soon, a cacophony of breakthrough sounds began to ring out. Battered by wave after wave of impact from the Blood Lotus Fruit’s medicinal power, the Dragon and Tiger Qi Blood, and his Extraordinary Spiritual Power—all assisted by the improved Dragon Tiger Fist—this barrier was not particularly difficult for Xia Wuyang to overcome.

RUMBLE...

In just over an hour, the barrier was broken. The Dragon and Tiger Qi Blood roared with the sound of rushing water as its quantity and quality skyrocketed.

Nearly half of the Blood Lotus Fruit’s medicinal power remained. He used a portion of it to consolidate his Foundation, while the rest continued to enhance his Dragon and Tiger Qi Blood, making it even more massive and pure.

At the same time, the increasingly massive and pure Dragon and Tiger Qi Blood expelled the remaining impurities and filth from his body at an astonishing speed, washing over his Dantian and the surrounding channels again and again.

Soon, the impurities and filth in the channels were completely scoured away. One channel, two, three...

In a short time, several channels had been fully opened. A great deal of the impurities in his Dantian had been expelled, and he felt as if a tremendous weight had been lifted from him, every movement now incomparably light.

But it wasn’t over. In the deepest part of his Dantian, and in several connected channels, the very last dregs of filth and impurities remained.

These dregs of filth and impurities were pitch-black and hard as iron. They were the innate impurities a Martial Artist carries from the womb, and the final obstacle preventing Celestial Human Communication with the world.

They could not be cleared away in a short time. It would take a long time to slowly cleanse and expel them. Once they were all gone, his Cultivation would reach the absolute peak of the Body Refining Stage. Then, he could perform Celestial Human Communication, condense a True Qi Seed, and step into a higher realm.

For now, however, most of the impurities in his Dantian had been cleared, and most of the surrounding channels were open. Many parts of his Dantian were now as brilliant as jade, its inner walls as smooth as a mirror. His Qi and Blood surged through his meridians, circulating with swift and effortless ease. It was, one might say, an extremely comfortable feeling.

Just then, Xia Wuyang felt a strange sensation in his mouth.

He opened his mouth, and his last few old teeth loosened and fell out all at once, landing on the floor with a crisp CLINK.

Immediately after, a numb, itching sensation came from his gums. New teeth grew in at a speed visible to the naked eye, each one as white as jade and tightly packed. Including the ones that had grown in before, he now had exactly forty teeth.

This was precisely the "Mark of Forty Teeth" recorded in the Buddhist Scriptures, a symbol of one’s cultivation reaching a certain state of Perfection.

The newborn teeth were much stronger than the old ones, with a bite force sufficient to shatter gold and break jade.

One of the signs of the Celestial Human Realm was the shedding of old teeth and the growth of new ones.

Ordinary people only get to replace their teeth once, but Martial Artists of the Celestial Human Realm have a second chance, and the teeth that grow in are far superior to what came before.