Chapter 79: Cultivation Regression

Shen Yuan finally settled down as he breathed deeply, "I can't handle your cliffhangers anymore, I will just go ahead and begin cultivation for now."

He sat down cross-legged and breathed in deeply, "Give me the Primordial Vessel Cultivation Art, I should get started. But I'm already in the 5th level of Qi Gathering Realm, what will happen then?"

Yue Lan jumped in front of him and began explaining,

[You need not worry about that, you broke through without a cultivation technique, so your foundation is still pure without any outside influence, the Primordial Vessel Cultivation Art will use that excess Qi together with the Primordial Essence of Yuxin, but it's too much for the current you, so only a part will be used and I will seal it again. You can begin now without worry.]

She waved her paw as she finished speaking, sending a wave of light into Shen Yuan's head, he closed his eyes as the Primordial Vessel Cultivation Art began imprinting into his very soul.

He began rapidly comprehending the technique as the qi in the surroundings violently churned, Yue Lan was still sitting there, and none of the qi in the surroundings went even an inch closer to her.

All the trees, plants, and grass in the surrounding rustle as the winds begin moving in all directions.

Shen Yuan's cultivation, which was on the 5th level of the Qi Refinement realm, began weakening as his cultivation base dropped from the 5th level to the 4th level.

All the excess Qi, which was released from the drop in his cultivation, gathered around him in a sphere, making it look as if it was trying to engulf him.

Shen Yuan paid it no heed as he continued comprehending the Cultivation Art, and it revolved inside of him automatically.

His cultivation base continued dropping from 4th to 3rd, while Yue Lan looked with eager eyes, "Let's see how many of the Acupoints you can open as qi vessels. If I remember correctly, Purity Sage was the only one who was able to open 300 Acupoints, and most of his disciples were stuck at 81 or 108, after all, it gets progressively harder the more Acupoints you open.

And the pain which follows opening an acupoint...hehe, I will take this as my revenge for making me horny and do such shameful things."

She spoke aloud with a wicked smile as she knew he couldn't listen to her now.

A lot more vortexes formed on top of his body as Yue Lan counted and stood up in shock.

"He has already opened 300 Acupoints on his body, will he be able to unlock all of them?" She thought of something else as anxiousness filled her gaze as she looked at Shen Yuan, "I should have warned him about the pain, it would be unimaginable how painful it might be for him, will he be able to endure it?"

She paced left and right anxiously as this was one of the first times in Eons that she was so anxious, and it was even for a mortal boy.

Meanwhile, Shen Yuan continued his training as he had already opened 360 Acupoints, leaving only 5, which were the Acupoints of his Sea is Consciousness.

He knew he had to be delicate here as even a small mistake can be fatal, he stopped comprehending the technique further as he personally began performing the technique.

Carefully guiding the qi strands towards his glabella, he opened one qi point after another. Finally opening all 5 of them after a few more minutes, but these few minutes felt like an eternity to him as he truly focused himself to the extreme to not make a single mistake.

He finally heaved a sigh when he felt that all 365 Acupoints were opened, before he could smile, he felt something ominous as he felt a pain so bad that he felt he was better off dead.

His eyes snapped open as they had already changed color to blood red due to extreme tension in his body.

The pain was not only on his physical body but it was much more than that, even his soul was affected by the opening of all Acupoints, so he was feeling the pain on the soul level.

"Ahhhh!" He screamed as he tumbled forward, clutching his head as his Sea of Consciousness affected the most.

Yue Lan moved forward to try to help him but stopped as she knew she couldn't help him here, lest she risk ruining his future prospects.

She gritted her teeth as she looked at him, even her heart bled as she looked at how much he was suffering.

Shen Yuan finally adjusted to the abrupt pain as he clenched his teeth and tried to sit down. He put his hand on the ground, trying to get up, only to fail as he fell down.