The moon was down and the stars were thin.
The room was brightly lit and silent.
Chen Dong and Da Mang sat opposite each other.
Chen Dong was sitting cross-legged with his brows locked tightly, and a glistening blood colour was emanating from his body.
Da Mang, on the other hand, was looking at Chen Dong with curiosity and concentration, from time to time, he would still nod his head along with the glistening blood colour on Chen Dong’s body, his eyes did not hide the colour of appreciation.
After a day and a night of refining and fusion, Chen Dong had already finished melting the blood qi of the Swallowing and Sucking Moving Blood.
The melting was extremely smooth without any stagnation.
Even though Da Mang had expected this, he still could not hide his marvelling at Chen Dong.
“If this son does not die prematurely, his future achievements are bound to be higher than the five of us, the old thing is considered to have gambled correctly, there is still hope for all of …… us in the future.”
This was the thought in Da Mang’s mind.
At this time, Chen Dong, who was sitting with his eyes closed, slowly opened his eyes.
Doubts flooded his eyes as he pondered.
Da Mang seemed to have guessed what was in Chen Dong’s mind as he enquired, “Feeling the trapping of the Hitching God Bridge?”
Chen Dong nodded and said doubtfully, “It’s a very confusing feeling, that is, I can feel my strength skyrocketing, but I always feel that something is not right.”
“Hahaha …… normal, this is the key to the Divine Bridge Realm, and the subsequent realms.”
Big Mang said with a smile, “Divine Ming Realm and Moving Blood Realm, are both beyond the original class of life, to reach the so-called Divine Ming, among into the Great Realm of the Heavens within the Great Realm of the Heavens, from the Divine Bridge Realm can perhaps be said to …… seek inward.”
“Seeking inwards?”Chen Dong was a little confused.
Da Mang nodded, “Close your eyes and rediscover the state you were in just now, then make another attempt based on my words.”
Chen Dong nodded and closed his eyes again, holding his breath.
Soon, he once again entered the state he was in just now.
The light around him was all of a sudden dark to the extreme.
It was as if he had fallen into endless darkness all of a sudden, while it always seemed as if there was something looming in the surroundings that could not be felt or seen.
Immediately after, Da Mang’s voice rang in his ears.
“Luck flows, try to approach your Dantian.”
Chen Dong did as he was instructed, and when he was running the “Circumstantial Luck Method”, he consciously pushed his consciousness and his body’s Qi to the vicinity of his Dantian.
It was at this moment.
The endless darkness around him suddenly changed.
It was as if the dark water surface had violently lifted up a shocking wave.
More so, it caused Chen Dong to have a sensation of the sky spinning.
The shocking waves were like a heavy hammer, directly smashing towards Chen Dong one after another.
Chen Dong, who was caught off guard, violently opened his eyes, his eyes were filled with panic, and a fine bead of sweat seeped out from the corner of his forehead.
“Hoo…… hoo……”
Chen Dong panted heavily, thinking of that instant just now, he had a feeling of his heart pounding, “Senior, how could this be? I was obviously meditating, but after doing what you said, the sky suddenly swirled around, as if I had fallen into an endless dark sea all of a sudden, all of the waves slapped towards me.”
“Not bad, touching the Qi Sea in one go.”
As if he had expected it, Da Mang lifted his right hand and pointed at Chen Dong’s dantian location, “The ocean that you feel is the current situation within your dantian, or the sea of qi, when your qi and blood fills up to the Divine Bridge Realm, a sea of qi will automatically open up within your dantian, and building the Divine Bridge is to build a Divine Bridge in that sea of qi, and that bridge will be the only passageway for you to reach the other side of the shore.”
“What?!”
Chen Dong was dumbstruck, his scalp tingling.
Thinking back to that terrifying scene just now, the waves were shocking and rough, building a divine bridge in a place like that?
“Now you understand what the obstruction is, right?”Da Mang’s expression sank down, slowly said, “Many people are able to be in the blood moving realm, and raise their strength to the point of condensing the sea of qi, but in order to truly advance to the Divine Bridge realm, they need to build a Divine Bridge over the sea of qi, and many people are unable to advance to the Divine Bridge realm in their lifetime, not that they can’t reach the level of qi and blood, but that they are unable to build the Divine Bridge over the sea of qi, and are unable to complete the most crucial step in this advancement.”
Chen Dong pondered.
Qi and blood strength was easy to reach, and as long as one reached it, a Sea of Qi would automatically coalesce within the dantian.
However, what truly signalled the entry into the “Divine Bridge Realm” was the building of the Divine Bridge on the Sea of Qi.
According to what Da Mang said, this change in the way of advancement has trapped many people for a lifetime.
The Divine Brightness Realm and the Blood Moving Realm only require the strength of qi and blood to be reached in order to advance, while this “Divine Bridge Realm” has an additional restriction.
“Senior ……” Chen Dong looked at Da Mang and asked in a deep voice, “So if you can’t afford to build a Divine Bridge, even a strong qi and blood can’t forcibly break through to the Divine Bridge Realm?”
“Yes!”
Da Mang nodded without hesitation, “You see that my qi and blood are sufficiently full, right? But if I don’t build a Divine Bridge, even more abundant qi and blood can only be called the Blood Moving Realm, building a Divine Bridge is the first step, and an extremely crucial step, from pure qi and blood power, to the direction of …… touching the Dao!”
“The first two realms of Divine Ming, you can understand as arts, the third realm Divine Bridge is for you to start to touch the direction of the Dao, without this Divine Bridge, even the strongest qi and blood can’t touch the Dao, and can only stop at the level of arts.”
“Hiss~”
Chen Dong sucked in a breath of cool air, no wonder many people were stuck at the Blood Moving Realm for their entire lives.
With the existence of this layer of shackles, it meant that if one could not afford to build a Divine Bridge, one would simply lose the qualification to shift from Art to Dao, and the path to the future would be directly declared to be cut off!
“Then I will try again.”Chen Dong pondered for a moment and said with a firm gaze.
“There is no rush, this layer of obstruction will take time to try, it is not an overnight success.”
Da Mang comforted, “Everyone’s Qi Sea is different, so the time taken is also different, you should not be too stressed.”
Chen Dong nodded.
Then he took a deep breath and closed his eyes once again.
Darkness descended anew.
He urged his consciousness and Qi as much as he could towards the Dantian location.
Soon, the sensation of shocking waves and turbulent waves once again surged.
The sea of qi in the dantian was churning with waves.
And Chen Dong felt like a flat boat in this sea of Qi, the sky was spinning as if it was about to capsize at any time.
With the experience he had just had, this time he did not immediately awaken from his state.
Instead, he tried to adapt to the feeling of the sky spinning and the sensation of being pounded by shocking waves.
If one wanted to build a divine bridge in the Qi Sea, one had to adapt to this feeling.
If one could not even adapt to this sensation, then it would be even more difficult to build a Divine Bridge.
Although Chen Dong did not know what the next step should be, he was also clear that he could stay in this state for a long time without being disturbed before he could hope to take the next step.
Not only was he adapting, but at the same time, his consciousness and Qi, were also travelling towards the deeper part of the Sea of Qi to test the waters.
“What exactly is this Qi Sea …… like?”
Chen Dong was so curious that he kept on probing, as if he was a snorkeler, constantly groping towards the depths of the Qi Sea.
However.
A strange change occurred abruptly.
A cluster of golden light suddenly bloomed in the endless darkness of the Qi Sea.
As soon as the golden light appeared, it instantly became like a sharp sword, piercing through everything and directly stabbing over towards Chen Dong ……