Eternal Life Starts from Tai Chi

Chapter 406: Chapter 406: Inner Refining the Heart, Tiger Capturing and Dragon Catching Martial Seal

The waste gases and impurities within the physical body are carried away as the heart pumps blood. From there, they are sent to the lungs and expelled from the body through respiration. Once the tempering of the heart is complete, the physical body enhances this entire process, progressively reducing the amount of impurities within.

Yang Chan was currently experiencing this very change. The rapid beating of his heart, however, was placing immense pressure on his body, causing extreme discomfort from the inside out.

The Heart Strengthening Potion he had just taken was meant to address this very issue.

In truth, when breaking through to the Inner Refining of the Five Viscera, one would face various problems regardless of which organ they started with. As long as one successfully tempered the first of the Five Viscera, the remaining four would also undergo tempering without this issue recurring.

Yang Chan closely monitored the changes in his body. As the Potential Points on his panel decreased again, his heart began its tempering. The process continued until the entry for the Flood Dragon Demon Breath Method on his panel changed from Tier Three Mastery (100%) to Tier Four Masterful (1%).

He hadn’t noticed this as clearly during his previous breakthroughs because they didn’t require many Potential Points. After hitting 99%, he would quickly break through to 1% of the next stage. This time, however, the 100% value felt very distinct. This was especially true because completing the Inner Refining of the Six Viscera had allowed him to clearly perceive the process of his body’s strengthening.

"Phew!"

’I’ve finally broken through!’

Watching the changes on his panel, Yang Chan let out a long sigh of relief.

The breakthrough had been even smoother than he had anticipated. Once the Potential Points were spent, it proceeded without a hitch.

The Heart Strengthening Potion he had prepared hadn’t even been in effect for very long before it was completely used up.

His heartbeat gradually returned to normal, eventually becoming even a bit slower than usual.

Every beat of the human heart hastens the body’s journey toward death. The slower the heart beats, the longer one’s lifespan.

Yang Chan glanced at his lifespan on the panel.

[Lifespan: 18/345]

It had increased from 339 to 345, an addition of six years. While not a huge jump, it was still good news for Yang Chan.

When some people broke through to the Inner Refining Five Viscera Realm, the process took so long that the lifespan consumed outstripped the lifespan gained, resulting in a net loss.

For most people who broke through, their lifespan more or less broke even. Thus, for many, this realm’s breakthrough offered no extra benefits beyond an increase in strength.

At the same time, because of the toll a breakthrough to the Inner Refining of the Five Viscera took, those who were too old couldn’t sustain the process and might even die trying.

Yang Chan, on the other hand, had an extremely smooth breakthrough and even gained lifespan.

The moment he broke through, his physical body was strengthened in every aspect, boosting his power once again.

His strength, speed, and spirit all saw significant improvement. This was a secondary enhancement, even stronger than the feedback he had received from achieving Six Viscera Perfection.

The gap between the enhancement from the Inner Refining of the Lungs and Spleens and the one from the Inner Refining of the Five Viscera was like night and day.

’My body should be strong enough to use the Tiger Capturing and Dragon Catching Martial Seal now!’

Yang Chan felt the changes in his body, especially the power now originating from his heart.

His progress in cultivating the Flood Dragon Demon Martial Seal was much faster than he had anticipated. This was particularly true after he had formed his Soul Body; his progress in a spiritual Visualization Method like the Flood Dragon Demon Martial Seal was simply astonishing. This was one of the benefits his Soul Body had brought him.

When Spiritual Power was cultivated to a certain extreme, it could also feed back into one’s overall cultivation.

Take his current physical body, for instance. The enhancement from the Essence Upper Embryo alone was substantial. That by itself was enough to make his physical body far surpass that of other Martial Arts Cultivators at the same realm.

Even so, Yang Chan had never attempted to use the Tiger Capturing and Dragon Catching Martial Seal before this. It was an advanced application that required a powerful reinforcement on a specific internal organ.

It required using not only the Flood Dragon Demon Martial Seal but also the Tiger Demon Martial Seal, overlapping the two Martial Seals. This was a synergy between Yang Chan’s current Cultivation Techniques.

Back when he was cultivating the Ox Demon’s Mighty Fist and the Tiger Demon Bone-Refining Fist, he had used the Nine Oxen and Two Tigers Martial Seal. This was essentially the next step up.

Following his cultivation breakthrough, inside the breath-concealing Grand Array, the aura around Yang Chan slowly began to change.

Two explosive forces erupted. A colossal Flood Dragon hovered in the air, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws. Then, a massive Tiger Demon stepped out of the void. The two appeared simultaneously and then slowly began to merge.

Two powerful streams of Demon Intent converged as streaks of black light surged forth and began to overlap.

Finally, the powers of the Flood Dragon Demon and the Tiger Demon started to fuse. A phantom image took form above them, depicting a figure capturing a tiger and catching a dragon—this was the Tiger Capturing and Dragon Catching Martial Seal.

The phantom in the center vaguely resembled Yang Chan, a manifestation of his own power.

When he had subdued the Ox Demon, Tiger Demon, and Flood Dragon Demon, his Spiritual Power had poured into them, ultimately converting their power for his own use.

By subduing the Demon Intent, he ultimately empowered himself.

The entire fusion process was far easier than Yang Chan had expected, but he knew very well that this was due to the power of his Soul Body.

After forming his Soul Body, his Spiritual Power had reached a certain peak and begun to transform. However, improving it further would be very difficult.

He had searched within the Cyan Yuan Sect but found no records of Soul Body Cultivation, let alone any Cultivation Methods for it.

For now, he could only cultivate using the Martial Seal Visualization Image for slow improvement. While he could feel some progress, it was a far cry from the qualitative leaps he had experienced when he first began Martial Seal Visualization.

He was at an impasse on this matter. Perhaps he could find a way at the Merak Sacred Land. The other possibility was the Black Dragon within the Profound Yin Hanging Bead. He had tried to probe it again later, but the Black Dragon remained deep in slumber, leaving him with no other good options for now.

Although the Soul Body represented the apex of spiritual power, it didn’t provide a massive boost to Yang Chan’s combat power. He tried using his Soul Body for telekinesis, but it couldn’t handle much force, and he couldn’t maintain it for long.

It was probably only useful for launching a Hidden Weapon, perhaps for a sneak attack during an evenly matched fight, and not much else.

After a single use, it required time to recover and couldn’t be used again quickly. In contrast, the enhancement to his physical body from a Martial Seal was far greater.

However, Yang Chan knew that the Soul Body had an extremely high ceiling. The Black Dragon, despite being heavily restricted and ambushed by the Profound Celestial Divine Monarch, had still nearly brought him to a bitter end.

His current, powerful Martial Arts Cultivation had been completely helpless against it. That kind of power was an absolute, crushing force. Having witnessed the strength of a Soul Body, he knew that if cultivated to its peak, it would be incredibly formidable.

He had a premonition that with sufficient cultivation, even a being as mighty as a National Guardian Martial Saint would have no choice but to bow before it.

This was a feeling Yang Chan had, a suspicion that Soul Body Cultivation might be related to realms like the Divine Acupoint, Divine Sea, and Divine Body!