Once the Wuyou Formula reaches the seventh level, one touches the threshold of the third major barrier: Tendon Shifting. This barrier reshapes the body's meridians; once perfected, it allows the practitioner to reverse their energy pulses and shift the location of their vital points, ensuring that lethal spots can be avoided during combat. The human body contains 52 single vital points, 300 paired points, and 50 extraordinary points—720 in total. When first encountering the Tendon Shifting barrier, one must open all 720 points. Each point cleared releases a gust of Xun Wind, meaning there are 720 such gusts to contend with.
Jia Lingyun had been focusing on his cultivation, and everything was proceeding smoothly, until he suddenly realized something. *Wait a minute, didn't I only just reach the fifth level of the Wuyou Formula? Xun Wind isn't supposed to appear until the seventh level! Don't tell me I skipped the sixth level entirely and jumped straight to the seventh!*
Jia Lingyun’s pupils constricted; he found the situation inconceivable. He immediately began multi-tasking, guiding the Xun Wind while checking his internal meridians. The second barrier is the Spirit Refining Technique; if one wants to know if they have perfected the sixth level, they need only focus their mind on their spiritual core. He saw energy surging all around him and felt a jolt of shock. *This proves I have reached the perfection of the second barrier! I didn't skip a level; I silently advanced fro…
Chapter 242