Reincarnation Girl Becomes Immortal

She released her internal energy, circulating it throughout her body to temporarily stabilize her physical condition.

One trial yielded the lesson—even a martial artist at the Transformation Realm has fragile internal organs and blood vessels.

If you force your blood and qi to flow into the dantian under strong pressure, the meridians will break apart before they can flow into the dantian.

"As long as one is still human, when trying this so-called method of 'embracing the elixir,' one must divert energy to maintain the physical body in order to avoid death... This completely contradicts the concept of 'embracing the elixir.'"

The idea behind the method of "embracing the elixir" is to gather all the essence, energy, and spirit of the whole body into one point.

However, due to the fragility of the meridians in the human body, humans can only try to use a portion of their Qi and blood to form the elixir, and during this process, they also need to allocate a considerable amount of energy to maintain the normal function of the internal organs.

The two contradict each other, making the method of achieving the elixir seem like a dead end...

"I've run into restrictions again." She pouted.

As soon as he tried to glimpse beyond the level of Transformation Realm, he began to encounter one setback after another.

The more setbacks you encounter, the more you'll discover:

"Human beings have limits."

"Unless one can break through the limits of the human body through other means, it is impossible to glimpse beyond the level of Transformation Force."

"Then let's not be human."

After casually reciting a joke, Xi Heng took out a pale gold pill from his inventory and put it to his lips.

He closed his eyes, swallowed the food, and sat up cross-legged again, returning to his previous meditative state.

The lifespan within the Dragon Transformation Elixir dissipated, and the dragon energy overflowed, merging into the flesh and blood inside and outside the body. Dragon horns grew from the sides of the hair, and some crimson scales emerged from various parts of the body.

As a guide, the longevity energy drew most of the dragon energy back into the lungs and meridians of the body.

With the amplification of dragon energy, the meridians become stronger and more resilient, and the energy and strength increase several times over.

She continued to repeat the previous steps: concentrating her mind and pressing all the blood and energy in her body into her dantian.

Even if every meridian in my body feels swollen and uncomfortable, I ignore it.

He relied solely on his strength to gradually stabilize his fluctuating blood and qi under pressure.

To outsiders, Xi Heng appeared calm and composed, simply meditating in meditation.

But inside, the sea was raging like a stormy sea.

The greater the pressure, the stronger the resistance from the body's vital energy (qi and blood), until the pressure and resistance reach a limit.

The qi and blood tightly bound in the dantian remained completely still. The dantian contracted with all its might, and even with the dragon body, it felt that the physical body was on the verge of collapse.

"Even with the physique of a dragonman, it is impossible to fully solidify the qi and blood... It seems that this most direct method cannot be used to form the elixir."

She wasn't insistent and simply changed her approach:

"The core idea of ​​Hunyuan Gong is to condense essence, energy, and spirit, leading to the formation of the elixir within the body..."

I'm only using my Qi right now; my essence and spirit aren't fully involved.

Vital energy is considered a part of 'essence', and the greatest 'spirit' within her is her sword heart.

Therefore, Xi Heng tried to involve Jian Xin in the circulation of internal energy.

This is not difficult, because each time the Sword of Life is used before, the sword heart will guide the transforming energy and blood to gather on the blade.

Simply use that feeling to guide your Qi and blood to change direction.

She experimented slowly.

First, continue pressing tightly as before, then twist it into a ball, and then try to gather the essence, energy, and spirit in your dantian into a vortex shape...

Gradually, Xi Heng tried out most of the ideas mentioned in Hunyuan Gong.

As for progress—I can only say that I've learned about at least a dozen of the conjectures, but none of them have had much of a social impact.

Only a few unverifiable guesses remain.

She placed her hopes on only one of them.

“The three elements return to one.” Xi Heng murmured these three words.

The method of embracing the elixir is the idea of ​​solidifying essence, qi, and spirit, while the method of unifying the three elements is not about solidifying into an elixir, but about first firmly binding essence, qi, and spirit.

While flipping through the books, Xi Heng came across the words "Three Elements Return to One," and it reminded her of something she had done before.

Furthermore, there are two other types.

First, the three strands of dragon energy merge into one, forming a new dragon energy with a ring structure, which expands to have different functions.

Secondly, her ultimate sword itself seems to possess the phenomenon of "three elements returning to one".

The three elements—Sword Heart, Qi and Blood Transformation, and Vital Energy—will unite when the Sword of Life manifests, transforming into a mighty sword aura like a mountain torrent and a tsunami, which will then burst forth.

However, it is still somewhat different from the Three Elements Returning to One described in Hunyuan Gong.

The Sword of Despair relies on its powerful offensive to draw the spirit and energy close to the blade.

When the blade strikes, all the power will surge forth in an instant.

The three elements that condensed within naturally disappeared completely.

The "Hun Yuan Gong" describes the unification of the three elements, which means that the three elements intertwine and flow, naturally condensing and expanding in motion, to achieve a state of continuous life.

One is an instantaneous burst of energy, the other is continuous work.

Converting between the two seems equally difficult.

If one is not careful, one will inevitably suffer the consequences of going astray.

Furthermore, imitating the Sword of Life is extremely dangerous; one might not even need to go mad to die on the spot.

In this world, perhaps only Xi Heng would be indifferent to this.

Only she was qualified to attempt to cultivate the Three Elements Returning to One.

"Let's find a place to use the Sword of Despair a few more times and get a feel for it."

After Xi Heng had made up his mind, he instructed the palace maids outside the door to prepare the carriage.

As for where to conduct the experiment, the natural choice is to return to the end of the cave, enter the Dragon Locking Well, and play with that old gray friend again.

Not long after, the girl returned to the cave alone.

Even now, the dragon continues to rear up and ram, and the surrounding area of ​​Penglai Mountain reverberates from time to time; residents of the nearby capital city may even be able to faintly hear it.

The imperial sword was thrust into his abdomen with a backhand motion, and when it was pulled out, a line of blood spurted outwards.

He took a step forward and fell into the well.

……

After the third kill, Xi Heng sat on the ground of the gray space where the save file was being loaded.

With his hands supporting his body behind him, he quietly looked up at the words above that hadn't changed in a long time.

"Where exactly did things go wrong?"

These past few times when she used the Sword of Despair, she no longer tried to hone her sword skills, but simply experienced the feeling during the use of the move, attempting to replicate the state of complete unity of essence, energy, and spirit when using the ultimate technique within her body.

But strangely, no matter how hard I try, I can't recreate the state I was in when wielding a sword within my body.

Just like the "three elements united" of the Sword of Absolute Life has a certain "uniqueness".

Only at the moment of swinging the sword can a person's strength be gathered into one.

No matter how I try to imitate that moment, it's always just a little bit off...

It's as if there's a thin layer of hard Xuan paper in front of you; once you break through it, you're bound to achieve something.

But... no matter how hard she tried, she was always just a little short.

"What is the difference between my usual physical condition and the moment I wield the sword?"

"An unwavering determination? The resilience to risk one's entire life? Or the ultimate swordsmanship in a single moment..."

Xi Heng couldn't understand it.

So, he simply continued reloading the save and repeating the Sword of Despair.

……

I reloaded the save file twenty more times.

After these incidents, Xi Heng stopped hoarding spirit stones and instead kept other items he carried with him.

For example, after returning from the palace, the first time you fight a dragon, you retain the Hunyuan Gong manual.

After that, he stored nine flying swords in succession.

He also tested the attack technique of simultaneously activating multiple flying swords.

At first, using only two swords was quite unfamiliar, but martial artists who have mastered the Transformation Realm are capable of multitasking and gradually become able to activate all nine flying swords simultaneously, thereby enhancing their combat power.

In this way, he gradually consumed dozens of spirit stones before he became proficient in operating the flying sword.

"This can probably be considered a slight increase in combat strength..."

But what she wanted even more was to reach the level of Transformation Realm.

Even if she is already the strongest in the world, if she uses the Dragon Transformation Technique and swallows the Dragon Pearl, she can easily defeat even if all the martial artists in the martial world are her enemies.

It is more meaningful to improve one's physical cultivation level.

"The Three Elements Return to One..."

The thirtieth Sword of Despair.

Under the white sword energy, the dragon's body lost fifty percent of its mass before it slowly came to a stop.

As his physical body weakened, Xi Heng slowly lowered his head, his gaze falling on the sword he had just swung.

"The moment the stab landed, the three elements merged into one, and then burst forth in an instant."

"Then... we can take it one step at a time."

Xi Heng nodded slowly: "Let's first combine the three elements at the moment the sword tip gathers and transfer them into the body."

"The simplest way would be... to deliver a fatal blow to oneself."

Such a direct approach sounds quite horrifying.

But Xi Heng believed it was possible, so he did it.

……

After another save/load, the girl returned to the area above the Locked Dragon Well.

After hearing the roar of the giant dragon below, she calmly drew her longsword from her waist and first stabbed it into her abdomen to break the bloodline restriction spell.

He drew the blade, wiped the blood off it, then raised it to his shoulder and moved lightly to steady himself.

His breathing was steady, and all his strength was channeled into the tip of the blade.

It's much easier to channel your Qi and blood into the sword blade than to forcefully press it into your dantian.

Compression of the dantian (lower abdomen) can cause distending pain in the meridians, internal organs, and blood vessels.

But when it falls on a sharp blade, there will only be a moment of pain.

At the same time, the sharp blade also gathers vitality and spirit.

The longsword is equivalent to the sword heart, and the sword heart is a part of her soul, no different from the soul within her body.

Thus, essence, energy, and spirit overlap on the sword, and are violently compressed by the powerful burst of power of the sword of lifelessness.

Ultimately, the unity of the three elements was achieved within the blade.

This is an extremely special power, like a master of internal energy but even surpassing it. The sword energy formed by this power is enough to slay a dragon in one strike, and its destructive power far exceeds that of ordinary martial arts.

While he could still barely suppress the raging power surging forth, Xi Heng gently turned it around, carefully reversed his grip on the longsword, and pointed it towards his dantian.

The layers of white, malevolent energy failed to erupt directly and quickly dissipated.

The girl took a deep breath, mustered all her strength to steady herself, and moved slowly.

Within seconds, a large amount of energy had been lost from both the inside and outside of the blade.

The razor-sharp blade easily sliced ​​through the outer layer of the tight-fitting clothes, then penetrated deeper, piercing through the skin and flesh amidst the stinging pain, severing the meridians, and landing perfectly on that small dantian area.

At this moment, the vital energy inside and outside the sword blade has dwindled to only one percent, or perhaps one-thousandth.