Eternal Life Starts from Tai Chi

Chapter 405: Chapter 405: Feedback from the Perfected 6 Fu-Organs, Heart Strengthening Potion

Martial Arts Cultivation begins from the outside and moves inward, advancing layer by layer, tempering the body step by step to ultimately forge a powerful physical form.

Grasping Power is the starting point of Martial Arts Cultivation. It is also the mark by which many Sects recruit Official Disciples, as it represents the first true step.

Only after cultivating Power within the body can one begin the External Refining of skin, tendons, and bones to gain a powerful physique. After completing External Refining comes the Inner Refining of the Five Viscera and Six Bowels. Each completed stage of Inner Refining brings a significant enhancement to the physical body—a kind of transformation.

The improvements are remarkably clear: expelling waste and impurities while absorbing fresh energy, leading to seamless breathing, deep reserves of stamina, and incredible endurance.

The most significant transformation during Inner Refining occurs when one advances from the Inner Refining of the Six Viscera to the Inner Refining of the Five Viscera.

If the Six Viscera are the auxiliary components, then the Five Viscera are the primary ones—the very source of the body’s power. The enhancement from their Tempering is a massive transformation, as it affects not just a single organ, but the entire body.

The body’s Six Viscera are responsible for separating the pure from the impure, transforming and transporting essences, and expelling waste products so they do not linger.

The Five Viscera represent the interplay of the five elements within the body. They gather the body’s essence and serve as the source of its power.

The influence of the Five Viscera extends throughout the entire body; each one is an indispensable organ. It’s a classic case of one part affecting the whole. Thus, breaking through to the Five Viscera Realm brings about a massive transformation, particularly in one’s power.

Yang Chan’s attention was fixed on the panel. His Martial Arts Cultivation was advancing at an incredible pace. By the time Sect Leader Liu Xuan and the others had left the Cyan Yuan Sect for the Merak Sacred Land, he had already accumulated nearly enough Potential Points. He was just a single step away from breaking through to the Inner Refining Five Viscera Realm.

However, completing the final breakthrough required a considerable number of Potential Points. Even so, he had a feeling that the final Tempering was imminent.

He just had to wait for the new day to dawn. Then, he could spend his newly acquired Potential Points, and his Cultivation would undergo another advancement—the transformation he had long awaited.

’Flood Dragon Demon Breath. Exhale the foul, inhale the pure. Cast out the waste and dregs...’

Yang Chan sat cross-legged in Cultivation, his aura beginning to shift.

He was only a step away from breaking through to the Inner Refining of the Five Viscera.

His aura was extremely unstable—a clear sign of an impending breakthrough.

To prepare for the breakthrough, he had secluded himself in an underground chamber that he had personally dug out. He chose a spot near the center of the area, where the fewest people would be.

He had also set up a nearby Magic Array to conceal his aura, ensuring his breakthrough would go unnoticed.

Although there were currently no Bone Marrow Cleansing Grandmasters in the Sect—the strongest being Gu An, who had only just broken through to the Inner Refining of the Five Viscera—it was still crucial for Yang Chan to conceal his aura.

The Inner Refining Five Viscera Realm was hardly a top-tier level. Across the entire Great Zhou Imperial Dynasty, there were true powerhouses like Bone Marrow Cleansing Grandmasters. Compared to them, a minor breakthrough like this was nothing.

As Yang Chan was adjusting his aura, the new day dawned. Sitting cross-legged, he naturally noticed the additional Potential Points that had appeared on his panel.

’Allocate points!’

In his mind, Yang Chan silently began spending the Potential Points.

As the number of Potential Points decreased, Yang Chan clearly felt the changes within his body.

Upon the completion of the Tempering of all Six Viscera, he clearly felt a transformation within his body. A connection had formed between the Six Viscera, and they began to nourish his physical form in return. This feedback loop didn’t just affect the Six Viscera themselves; it extended to his Five Viscera, tendons, bones, and skin.

Though the process was brief, Yang Chan distinctly felt his physical body strengthen once more. This enhancement far surpassed any improvement gained from tempering just a single organ.

’After completing the Inner Refining of the Six Viscera, a full cycle of nourishment flows back through the entire body.’

’The more perfected the Tempering, the greater the feedback. So it’s true!’

Yang Chan focused on the changes within him. He had read accounts of breakthroughs related to the Inner Refining of the Lungs and Spleens, which described this very scene: the body being nourished in return after the Six Viscera Tempering was complete.

That was why many cultivators strove for perfection during the Inner Refining of their organs. The more thorough the Tempering now, the greater the reward later. It was an investment with a guaranteed return.

Even if they couldn’t break through to the Inner Refining of the Five Viscera, just using those Cultivation Resources to build a more solid foundation was worth the price.

’But this is no time to get lost in the feeling.’

’The Five Viscera. Temper them!’

Yang Chan quickly snapped back to the present. He had to ride this momentum and push on with the breakthrough.

The Potential Points on his panel depleted further, and simultaneously, his aura began to grow stronger.

Yang Chan was no longer using the Meditation and Breath Holding Technique; he was now focusing all his energy on the breakthrough.

He was relying on the Magic Array for Concealing Breath. Besides, the first organ he chose for the Inner Refining of the Five Viscera was the heart, which demanded his full concentration. Completing this stage of Tempering required intense mental focus.

Within the physical body, the heart governs the bloodlines and houses the spirit. It is the sovereign of the Five Viscera and Six Bowels, the very master of life itself.

It is also said that the heart stores the spirit, is linked to the body’s Essence Upper Embryo, and is the place where the Soul resides.

The heart is the master of the body, the foundation of all things.

The Five Viscera and Six Bowels all operate under the control of the heart.

The heart is the monarch; the viscera and the entire frame obey its command.

The heart houses the spirit, allowing it to function with divine clarity.

Naturally, Yang Chan treated this breakthrough with the utmost gravity, focusing his entire being on the task. A single failure would result in a severe backlash.

Although he felt no risk of failure after spending his Potential Points, Yang Chan still took it extremely seriously, monitoring the process with intense focus.

A small possibility was not the same as zero possibility. If he failed, injury would be a minor concern; if it threatened his life, however, that would be a catastrophe.

If his heart were destroyed, he had no confidence he could regenerate it. Even though his Tai Chi Health Cultivation Skill had reached the Tier Four Masterful stage, and other Health Cultivation Skills boosted his regenerative abilities to an astonishing degree, regrowing a heart was a challenge of a whole other magnitude.

Yang Chan would never dare to gamble on such a thing. He was not a gambler; he prized stability, not recklessness.

Yang Chan’s mind and body were in a state of high concentration. Streams of Flood Dragon Demon Strength poured into his heart, causing it to begin beating faster.

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!

Yang Chan could clearly feel his heart rate accelerating. This was the Flood Dragon Demon Strength beginning its Tempering, forcing his heart to beat faster.

And this was only the beginning. As more streams of Flood Dragon Demon Strength surged in, his heart beat faster and faster, and the energy consumption of his body steadily increased.

Seeing this, Yang Chan remained calm and took out the Heart Strengthening Potion he had prepared. This Medicinal Liquid was made specifically for tempering the heart during the Inner Refining of the Five Viscera breakthrough. Its sole purpose was to stabilize the heartbeat and strengthen the organ’s endurance.

The potion’s effects would last for four hours. He had to complete the initial Tempering and break through to the Inner Refining Five Viscera Realm within that time, or he would have no choice but to abort the attempt.