Fairyland Sunshine

Chapter 135: Condensation
There is not much to record during the days of cultivation, as every day is just a grind.

Xu Heng was methodical and followed the method in "Shangying Zhenyang Baolu" to combine the Xuanming Yinsha with magic power. In just three months, his magic power had more than doubled.

Although the initial stage is also the easiest stage to significantly increase mana, even if the speed slows down afterwards, after the evil spirit is fully condensed, the mana can probably be increased by more than ten times.

Superior Taoism, strong foundation, first-class earthly evil, these conditions that ordinary practitioners cannot achieve come together, and are obviously giving birth to immeasurable achievements.

But the prerequisite is that he can successfully overcome the current difficulties.

At this moment, Xu Heng's entire body was pale blue. Although his skin was not decayed or withered, he seemed to be in a strange dead silence.

During the three months, Xu Heng absorbed a large amount of Xuanming Yinsha. While his magic power increased, a lot of dark energy also accumulated in his body.

Xu Heng had been using his strong physique to resist the erosion of the dark energy on his vitality, and even tried to use his true power to refine the dark energy. Unfortunately, from beginning to end, there was no progress at all.

Xu Heng knew that he must have taken the wrong path. If he continued like this, he might be able to suppress the dark energy with his physical strength and inner strength for a short period of time, but he could not dispel it, and sooner or later it would burst out completely.

Rather than waiting until the problem becomes ingrained and beyond repair, it is better to make decisive changes before it becomes a serious problem.

Therefore, Xu Heng gave up his resistance and allowed the dark energy to penetrate into every tiny part of his body.

Gradually, Xu Heng felt that his once strong body began to lose its vitality, his blood and qi were no longer surging, and his internal organs were all quiet...

He seemed to be in the midst of incomparable cold. His vitality had begun to freeze out, and even his spirit began to show signs of weakening. His magic power also became somewhat stagnant when it was running.

A person's essence, energy, and spirit have always been interdependent. If one of them weakens, it will certainly drag down the other two.

There is no doubt that if this continues, Xu Heng will not only lose his vitality and foundation, but his condensation of evil may also fail.

However, in this situation where it seemed that he was inevitably sliding into the abyss at every moment, Xu Heng transformed his body, spirit, magic power, earthly evil, even evil points and the Nine Netherworlds, all external objects into a vacuum.

Not moving or shaking, not worrying or fearing, not thinking or wanting, this is called great concentration. When the mind is not moved by any thoughts, without coming or going, without entering or leaving, then one can naturally remain in this state forever.

Xu Heng still remembered that when he was in Taiguang Mountain, he heard Ling Lingxiu say that there was a senior brother in the sect who was able to maintain fetal breathing all the time. As a result, he reached the thirty-sixth level of skill and laid a superior foundation.

In fact, on the eve of achieving Xuan Guang, Xu Heng finally realized the permanent state of fetal breathing.

Even after he had achieved great magical powers, there seemed to be no need to enter the fetal breathing state frequently. The heavy workload did make it difficult to extricate himself, but Xu Heng would still enter the fetal breathing state occasionally.

It is not for the sake of gaining any benefit, or even for this mysterious state, but sometimes when the spirit returns to its roots and thoughts stop naturally, one will enter into it, just like at this moment.

Xu Heng didn't even think about entering the fetal breathing state. He just let go of his resistance to the dark energy and no longer wanted to refine it. Instead, he wanted to comprehend the changes of life and death while letting nature take its course. So, he entered the fetal breathing state unknowingly.

As the saying goes, the fetus is formed from the dormant qi, and the qi is exhaled from the fetus. When qi enters the body, it is life, and when the spirit leaves the body, it is death. Knowing that spirit and qi can be kept alive, stick to the void to nourish spirit and qi. When spirit moves, qi moves, and when spirit stops, qi stops - if you want to live forever, spirit and qi must stay together!
Xu Heng entered the fetal breathing state, and it seemed that the true meaning of Taoism was fulfilled in some way. The dark energy accumulated in his body suddenly underwent mysterious changes.

The dark energy seeped into every tiny part of his body, but it was no longer a corrosive force. Instead, it naturally blended into it, and new vitality emerged.

In this way, time passed like lightning, and four years passed in a flash.

The pale blue color on Xu Heng's body had completely faded away, and there was no trace of death anymore. His vitality was even stronger than before, like a volcano about to erupt.

In this silent underground space, when his heart pumped, it made a loud sound like a god beating a drum, and when his blood flowed, it looked like a surging river.

He had already successfully passed the hurdle of life and death, otherwise after four years, he would have been in such a state of despair.

However, the method of passing the pass was slightly different from what Xu Heng had expected.

Xu Heng originally expected that he must completely grasp the changes of life and death in this process, just like comprehending the principle of yin to yang, so as to transform the dark energy into living energy and transform it into a new "dharma nature" in his own magic power.

If this is true, Xu Heng's magic power after condensing his evil spirit should be able to infuse vitality into all "living" things. Not to mention the mysterious power of reviving the dead and turning bones into flesh, things like ripening plants, healing wounds, etc. are certainly not a problem.

Naturally, it can also nourish one's own vitality and make up for the losses previously suffered by the dark energy, so that one can successfully pass this hurdle.

But in fact, Xu Heng did not really master the changes of life and death. He just naturally integrated the dark energy into his body during fetal breathing and turned it into a force that nourishes vitality.

This was of course a pity, but Xu Heng thought about it again. How could the words life and death be so heavy that they could be easily understood? Now that he had passed this test, he could smoothly condense his evil spirit until it reached perfection. This was the best possible result.

So he put aside all distracting thoughts and focused all his attention on Condensing the Evil.

The so-called practice of condensing evil spirit from the outside to the inside, from shallow to deep, over and over again, has enabled Xu Heng to gain a deeper understanding of the change from yin to yang. While maintaining the equality of the two, he also began to be able to control his energy freely.

His efficiency in combining evil began to increase, and he absorbed the Xuanming Yin Sha into his body faster and faster. Gradually, it was like a whale drinking, and he actually swallowed up all the Xuanming Yin Sha within a hundred feet around him.

The corridor in the evil cave is actually corroded by evil spirits, and mysterious evil spirits rush out from the depths at every moment.

In the past, Xu Heng only absorbed part of it, but now it seems to have turned into a bottomless hole, stretching across the corridor, intercepting all the mysterious and dark evil spirits, and the growth of his magic power has also increased by leaps and bounds.

The time required to reach the state of Condensation is closely related to the practitioner's foundation and skills.

Xu Heng originally had a superior foundation in Taoism, and the Taoism he practiced was of a powerful kind. He also had several opportunities to increase his foundation. Normally speaking, it would probably take him seven or eight years of effort to complete the first level of Condensation of Evil.

However, not everything can be done as usual. If Xu Heng can maintain such a rapid momentum, he will be able to achieve great success within half a year to a year.

(End of this chapter)