Chapter 317: Chapter 262: The Unnatural Bottleneck Chapter 317 -262: The Unnatural Bottleneck Fire Suppression Perfection, it was also the culmination of Refining Essence to Qi realm; this signified that his “great medicine” had been thoroughly refined.
Inside his Dantian, the spirit light of life essence was exceptionally dazzling, representing the embodiment of Wang Sheng’s life essence.
The spirit light seemed round but not completely circular; it had the unity of a round shape, indivisible—neither more nor less would suffice.
One could also refer to it as the Golden Core of great success.
But regardless of what it was called, the completion of the great medicine marked Wang Sheng’s full entry into the path of immortality.
Swallowing a Golden Core, “my life is up to me, not heaven.”
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Although the saying was presumptuous, it underscored the significance of the perfect great medicine.
When Fire Suppression ended, and the great medicine reached perfection, his body underwent indescribable changes once more, akin to a sublimation or evolution.
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His lifespan received yet another boost.
However, the Fire Suppression realm itself was merely an aftertaste of the Alchemy Realm, not a true transformation.
Fire Suppression Perfection merely locked in his ultimate lifespan.
His lifespan reached 1,200 years, a two-hundred-year increase, not a lot, yet not a little either—equivalent to the lifespan of a Grandmaster.
But lifespan is not set in stone; this is just the usual expectancy.
If an accident occurs, it could be shorter or longer—no one can be certain.
Moreover, he didn’t feel any crisis regarding his lifespan presently, so there was no particular sensation.
However, upon reaching Fire Suppression Perfection, he also discovered a significant problem.
That was the feeling of a massive mountain looming before him.
This was a bottleneck, although there were some issues with these bottlenecks.
This bottleneck was not the naturally formed kind.
The sensation was just as Zhu Xiao had described—it was as if someone had deliberately placed a mountain in front of him to obstruct his path forward.
That’s why he had such an exclamation.
It seemed he was also affected.
But—
“My situation is indeed a bit better than Zhu Xiao’s.”
The profound effectiveness of the progress bar was indubitable; with its existence, even such an unnatural bottleneck was only a matter of time to break through.
“Refining Qi into God bottleneck: 1%”
This was a new progress bar.
It was because of the emergence of this progress bar that Wang Sheng confirmed he was indeed affected.
He also had a clear inkling of the reason why he was affected; his initial start was through the use of Qi Blood Martial Arts, and even now, he had yet to completely rid himself of that influence, so encountering such an unnatural bottleneck was not impossible.
“Quite the headache indeed!”
Originally he thought his lifespan wasn’t restricted, and he wouldn’t face Zhu Xiao’s situation, but now it seemed, without the progress bar, he might have been blocked on this path as well.
His inner self felt a rare irritation.
“Taking things slowly could work, but I must prepare for all contingencies, rather than sitting idly by and waiting for death.”
Since he was influenced by the bottleneck, who knows what else might affect him?
Hence, sitting idly by was definitely not an option.
Nevertheless, solving this was certainly not going to be simple.
“Apart from waiting for the progress bar to break the bottleneck, there are two other directions to consider: one is the power of Blood Qi, and the other is Divine Thought.
The power of Blood Qi, although closely related to Qi Blood Power, is an independent system in itself, so perhaps another breakthrough could resolve the issue.
As for Divine Thought, from the reactions of Heavenly Father and others, it’s evident they hold a deep apprehension of the path of Divine Thought—old Scholar Zhou Tongwen, Qiao Nian, Huangtian, and even I myself have been targeted, so enhancing Divine Thought to break through is also viable…”
Wang Sheng analyzed his situation.
But—
“Actually, there is only one path to take!”
The path of Qi-Blood Power indeed held hope, yet the advancement of ‘Blood Qi like Dragon’ was just too slow.
He felt that even if the progress bar managed to break through the bottleneck of ‘Refining Qi into God,’ it wasn’t necessarily true that the Qi-Blood progress would break through as well, so it was fundamentally unreliable.
As for Divine Thought, it was different.
The progress of Divine Thought was still rising because of the ‘Lifeless Vacuum Sensing Chapter,’ so it was increasing quite quickly.
Moreover, the stage of ‘Refining Qi into God’ was also greatly connected with Divine Thought.
Therefore, enhancing Divine Thought to prematurely resolve the situation was the best choice.
From the beginning, this was his only option!
“Although it’s difficult to enhance Divine Thought, and it’s not so simple, but—”
Indeed, improving Divine Thought was hard, but he had the “Harvesting Technique” at his disposal.
If properly utilized, it could significantly strengthen his Divine Thought in a short period of time.
Of course, what he wanted from the Harvesting Technique was primarily the roaming spiritual power, but despite some gains over the course of the year, he still hadn’t completely found the existence of roaming spiritual power.
“It seems like I’m only a footstep away, but it’s uncertain when I’ll be able to step over.
However, there’s still hope.”
“‘Lifeless Vacuum Sensing Chapter,’ currently only having two breakthroughs, will soon have a third.
Perhaps after the third breakthrough, I will see such effects…”
Wang Sheng might feel hopeless about other prospects, but he believed that ‘Lifeless Vacuum Sensing Chapter’ could achieve a third breakthrough before the progress bar faced another bottleneck.
By then, perhaps he could truly resolve the issue.
“For now, this is the only way.
One, to continue practicing the Inner Core Skill to break through this unnatural bottleneck, and two, to bring ‘Lifeless Vacuum Sensing Chapter’ to its third breakthrough.
Tackling both fronts is the right approach.”
Wang Sheng wasn’t one to gamble on such matters.
So, he couldn’t put all his eggs in one basket.
After considering these options, Wang Sheng entered closed-door cultivation once more.
This time, he would not leave seclusion until he broke through the realm of ‘Refining Qi into God’!
But—
Wang Sheng hadn’t expected his words to be so quickly contradicted.
On the third day after he went into seclusion again, he sensed a familiar yet strange aura.
“A Demon King at Great Grandmaster level?
No, it seems more like a Spirit King?”
A Spirit King at the Grandmaster Level had come to the village, and he naturally couldn’t ignore it.
So, he instantly teleported out of his secluded spot to the location where he sensed the presence.
“White Lotus Spirit King?”
Looking at the figure shrouded in white mist, Wang Sheng called out subconsciously.
“Senior, you must be the powerful being my mother mentioned, right?”
Upon seeing him, the Spirit King immediately spoke, sounding somewhat urgent.
“Your mother?
You are a descendant of the White Lotus Spirit King?”
“Yes, Senior!”
“What brings you to me?” Wang Sheng was curious.
It wasn’t strange for the White Lotus Spirit King to know of his whereabouts, which was easy to deduce.
But it was somewhat odd for them to seek him out.
To speak frankly, their interactions weren’t particularly deep.
“I’m here to request the Senior to come out of retirement, hoping you will save my mother, or if that’s not possible, at least save our kin!”
“Save you all, what has happened?”
“It’s like this, Senior…”
(I’ve been slacking for three days; this can’t continue.
There are ten more days of daily 10,000 words, I must use my trump card to force my hand.
If there’s no recovery of the daily 10,000 words by tomorrow, as usual, face the consequences!)