Chapter 117: Major Completion of the Aperture Opening Realm, Communion with Heaven and Earth

Chapter 117: Major Completion of the Aperture Opening Realm, Communion with Heaven and Earth

The Chen Family was flourishing with male descendants. From the elder generation—Uncle Chen Changhe, Father Chen Changkong, and Third Uncle Chen Changfeng—to the younger generation, including Chen Yue, Chen Cheng, Chen Feng, and Chen Zhuang, the family was well-populated. Chen Yue was the only female among them.

All the wealth and resources of the Yang Family now belonged to the Chen Family, greatly bolstering their financial and material strength.

Chen Feng then imparted an Aperture Opening Technique capable of unlocking 180 visible acupoints to the Chen Family members. It wasn’t that he lacked better techniques, but there was simply no need for them. Opening acupoints required both resources and talent, especially for the hidden acupoints, which demanded even more astonishing resources and higher innate aptitude.

Generally, those without a divine trait would find it far more difficult to unlock hidden acupoints, requiring exponentially more resources. While Chen Feng could provide some resources to the Chen Family, he couldn’t offer too much at this stage. Moreover, it was uncertain whether the Chen Family members could even unlock all 180 visible acupoints.

In addition to the technique, Chen Feng also supplied the family with pills necessary for the Body Forging Realm and Aperture Opening Realm. He even gave them some Dragon Marrow Spiritual Liquid to refine and enhance their physiques, strengthening their foundations.

Though Chen Changhe and Chen Changfeng had each unlocked ten acupoints, they had only broken through at the Ninth Level of the Body Forging Realm, leaving their foundations mediocre. The Dragon Marrow Spiritual Liquid could refine their bodies, fortify their acupoints, and deepen their foundations, benefiting their future cultivation.

After completing these arrangements, Chen Feng began his seclusion.

He meticulously studied and mastered the Aperture Opening Techniques from nine major factions: the Nangong Imperial Clan, Zhenwu Sacred Land, Tianyuan Sacred Land, Xiao Family, Yang Family, Juejian Palace, Tian Dao Sect, Ba Yue Sect, and Qi Sha Hall.

While most of the acupoints unlocked by these techniques overlapped, a few differed—and these differences were precisely what Chen Feng sought.

After comprehending and mastering all nine techniques, he fused them with the Huntian Sect’s Aperture Opening Technique to create an entirely new, more comprehensive method. For Chen Feng, who possessed the Divine Talisman Of Creation and the Dao, this task was far from difficult.

Once the new technique was complete, Chen Feng began unlocking acupoints.

With an unparalleled foundation—arguably the strongest in the history of the Eastern Wasteland, unmatched by any past or present cultivator—he didn’t even need additional resources. His own power alone was sufficient to continuously break through and unlock acupoints.

Inside a secluded chamber within the Chen Family, faint starlight began to glow across Chen Feng’s body—270 points in total. Each point represented an acupoint, each one robust, vast, and brimming with incredibly pure and potent internal energy.

An overwhelming aura radiated from him, as if suppressing everything around him.

Then, a sudden transformation occurred!

Chen Feng’s body trembled slightly as the 271st point of starlight ignited, flickering before rapidly growing clearer and brighter. Waves of dense, powerful internal energy pulsed outward.

There was no stopping it now.

One after another, new points of starlight emerged, growing from faint glimmers to blazing brilliance. The internal energy within Chen Feng’s body surged, its might intensifying and pressing down on his surroundings.

Any ordinary Aperture Opening Realm cultivator present would have felt suffocated, unable to withstand the pressure.

The further one progressed in unlocking acupoints, the more difficult it became, demanding resources on an astronomical scale.

But Chen Feng’s foundation was too strong, his innate power too overwhelming.

(To be continued...)

An Aperture Opening Realm cultivator capable of rivaling a Qi Sea Realm expert was proof enough of Chen Feng's astonishing power. With such strength to open acupoints, unless it was a saintly herb, no other pill could compare—especially since Chen Feng also wielded Destiny Power.

Outside the chamber, a figure stood guard—Yang Tao. Though unaware of the specifics of Chen Feng's cultivation, his keen perception allowed him to sense the overwhelming energy fluctuations within. The increasingly potent and vast surges of internal energy left Yang Tao visibly stunned.

He couldn't comprehend it.

Could it be… the young master's cultivation was still advancing?

But hadn't he already opened 270 acupoints?

Yang Tao never considered the possibility of new acupoints being opened. After all, even among the three sacred lands of the Eastern Wasteland, the upper limit for acupoint opening was 270.

First, there were no higher-tier techniques.

Second, locating new acupoints was exceedingly difficult.

Third, existing techniques were already refined to perfection.

No one could have imagined that Chen Feng would shatter this perfection and establish a new pinnacle.

For several days, Chen Feng remained secluded in the chamber, relentlessly breaking through and opening new acupoints.

Flecks of starlight shimmered across his body, dazzling like stars in the night sky.

The moment the 360th acupoint was opened, Chen Feng's body trembled violently. A deafening thunderclap seemed to reverberate in his ears, shaking his entire being and sending shockwaves through the air, crashing against the chamber walls with resounding echoes.

A low hum resonated.

Heaven and earth trembled in unison.

Chen Feng's mind reeled as an indescribable trance overtook him. The 360 points of starlight across his body seemed to shatter some invisible shackles, breaking free from an unseen restraint.

It was like a fish leaping from the sea or a fledgling bird soaring into the boundless sky—liberating, unrestrained, utterly free.

For a moment, he felt as though he were floating, drifting through the vast mysteries of the universe, immersed in the profound wonders of heaven and earth. An ineffable emotion welled up within him.

Time lost meaning before Chen Feng finally regained his senses.

"Such formidable internal energy…"

Feeling the surging power within his 360 acupoints, joy spread across his face. Compared to when he had only opened 270 acupoints, his internal energy had more than doubled in potency.

Not only that, but Chen Feng also sensed that he had broken through some innate physical limitation, as if his very being had merged with the world around him.

"Normally, one must reach the Divine Wheel Realm to strengthen spiritual power before breaking through constraints and communing with heaven and earth to advance to the Condensing Truth Realm…"

"Yet here I am, still in the Aperture Opening Realm, already capable of connecting with the world…"

The realization was staggering.

This was the benefit of reaching Major Completion of the Aperture Opening Realm by opening all 360 acupoints.

No one in the history of the Eastern Wasteland had ever achieved this feat, nor had they known of such rewards—otherwise, records would have existed.

"After reaching the pinnacle of acupoint opening in the Aperture Opening Realm, the next step is to refine internal energy, purifying and strengthening it further."

"Conventional refinement relies on personal effort supplemented by pills, refining the internal energy within each acupoint one by one—this counts as a single refinement cycle…"

"But now, I have broken through the constraints of my body and can communicate with the external world, which means... I can absorb external spiritual energy, integrate it into myself, and refine my internal energy without relying on pills."

Chen Feng took a deep breath, calming his excited emotions, and immediately began his experiment.

The spiritual energy in the secular world was sparse, but Chen Feng's perception was extremely sharp, allowing him to capture and absorb it into his body.

A new Aperture Opening Technique activated, beginning to refine the internal energy within his acupoints.

Normally, refinement was done one acupoint at a time—completing one before moving to the next—until all acupoints in the body were refined.

But Chen Feng absorbed external spiritual energy while simultaneously refining all Three Hundred and Sixty Acupoints in his body.

The advantage of this method was simultaneous refinement, but the downside was obvious: divided focus and control, resulting in low efficiency at first. However, as he grew more proficient, his efficiency gradually improved.

"Once my cultivation reaches the Condensing Truth Realm, I can use a Spiritual Source to assist in my training."

"But now that I can absorb external spiritual energy, I wonder if I can use a Spiritual Source for cultivation?"

Feeling the difficulty of refining his internal energy, Chen Feng couldn't help but entertain this sudden idea.

He immediately retrieved a Spiritual Source from the Creation Space.

This Spiritual Source was obtained by Chen Feng at Panlong Peak in the Hidden Dragon Secret Realm—a low-grade Spiritual Source.

Even a low-grade Spiritual Source held considerable value.

If others knew that Chen Feng, a mere practitioner in the Aperture Opening Realm, intended to use a Spiritual Source for cultivation, they would surely be shocked beyond measure.

Holding the Spiritual Source, Chen Feng immediately activated his technique to absorb it.

A surge of potent and pure spiritual energy instantly rushed out from the Spiritual Source, flowing through his palm and arm before rapidly flooding into his body.

The sheer volume and intensity of this spiritual energy was like a raging torrent, immediately causing Chen Feng's body to tremble violently.

A sensation of being stuffed to the brim overwhelmed him, as if his entire body was swelling to the point of bursting. Had he not laid an unparalleled foundation during the Body Forging Realm, he would have been unable to withstand it—likely exploding from the sheer force, as this spiritual energy was thousands of times more potent than what he absorbed from the external world.

Even so, Chen Feng felt as if he was on the verge of collapse, his body teetering on the edge of destruction.

Each of his acupoints was struck by the overwhelming flood of spiritual energy, trembling faintly.

It seemed as though they might be shattered and destroyed at any moment.