Invincible Little School Doctor

Chapter 1913: Chapter 1913: Path to Ascension

Ye Haochuan also discovered for the first time that the points on the pattern of the broken bowl matched perfectly with several major acupoints around the human body.

He tried to circulate Spiritual Energy along this trajectory, but as soon as the Spiritual Energy was drawn out of the Dantian, guided onto the correct path, a sharp, piercing pain came, causing him to convulse.

This meridian line was not a main channel, so it appeared narrower and more fragile. For this meridian, the flow of Spiritual Energy was like a channel struck by a flood, instantly eroded bare by the torrent.

It seems the control is still not sufficient!

Ye Haochuan sighed inwardly.

Whether the Spiritual Energy flows like a torrent or a trickle all depends on his control, and it was precisely because his control was not exquisite enough that the meridian could not withstand it.

Ye Haochuan realized he hadn’t really put much thought into control before.

Actually, it wasn’t entirely his fault; in previous battles, the Spiritual Energy ran through the main channels, which were broad and resilient, so a bit more or less Spiritual Energy, a slight loss of control, wouldn’t cause any consequences.

Now, he was gradually understanding the true meaning of Immortal Transformation.

The cultivation techniques of Spiritual Energy below Immortal Transformation were mostly crude and shoddy, seeming to contain something, yet only from a distance could they be observed, not to be toyed with. Up close, flaws and vulnerabilities were everywhere.

Above Immortal Transformation, one must refine everything to perfection, covering all facets thoroughly, cultivating to perfection.

With this realization, Ye Haochuan no longer let his mind wander and instead cast aside all distractions to wholeheartedly control the Spiritual Energy.

The first time, just as the Spiritual Energy exited the Dantian, it brought excruciating pain, causing Ye Haochuan’s mind to waver and the Spiritual Energy to lose control and disperse.

The second time, Ye Haochuan summed up his experience and reduced the amount of Spiritual Energy. With less Spiritual Energy, controlling it naturally became easier. However, as the Spiritual Energy traveled through the meridians, the meridians inevitably absorbed and impeded part of it.

This time, Ye Haochuan indeed easily traversed the meridian, but before reaching the end, all the Spiritual Energy was exhausted.

Undeterred, Ye Haochuan tried a third time, a fourth time, a fifth time...

By the twentieth time, his entire body was already drenched in sweat. From the slightly sickly red flush on his cheeks, one could easily see his fatigue.

Fortunately, the cultivation technique did not disappoint those who worked hard. After these twenty attempts, he finally succeeded in guiding a stream of Spiritual Energy through the endpoint, returning once more to the Dantian.

This stream of Spiritual Energy, after circulating through the meridians, seemed to have gained a certain spirituality, transforming from an initially extremely faint gaseous state into a misty form.

This change wasn’t significant, but Ye Haochuan saw hope because of it.

Seizing the moment, he didn’t let go of controlling that wisp of Spiritual Energy, guiding it along the meridian once again.

With previous experience, this time the guidance was smooth, and in just a moment, it circulated once more.

This time, the mist turned to dense fog, its volume decreasing slightly.

Overjoyed, Ye Haochuan resolved to let this wisp of dense fog become his first drop of condensed Spirit Qi Liquid.

But just then, the abundant Spiritual Energy inside him suddenly receded like a tide, causing his cultivation to instantaneously fall back to the Nascent Soul Mid-Stage.

”What’s happening?” Ye Haochuan was puzzled as he looked around, discovering the surrounding darkness, where the stars had completely vanished, returning to endless darkness.

He wanted to try once more to liquefy the gaseous Spirit Qi but found he simply could not guide the Spiritual Energy back into that meridian.

The entrance to that meridian was like a pipe suspended above a bottle, impossible to direct water through until the bottle was filled.

Ye Haochuan tried to move forward a few steps, finding no possibility of increasing the Spiritual Energy.

Damn, it really was just an illusion, wasn’t it? Is this a joke on me?

Ye Haochuan cursed inwardly.

After exhausting so much effort, just when it seemed he would succeed in liquefying the Spirit Qi, suddenly, the fall from joy to reality would drive anyone crazy.

But this illusion, who knows how it was cast, felt so real, even his Heavenly Eye couldn’t see through it.

Never mind, it wasn’t without any benefits; at least for Immortal Transformation in the future, he would have a direction, right?

With no better option, Ye Haochuan could only console himself this way.

Gathering his thoughts, Ye Haochuan pressed on, wanting to see what trials lay ahead.

”Huh? Did my cultivation drop?” After walking just a few steps, Ye Haochuan noticed curiously.

His Nascent Soul Mid-Stage cultivation, after just a few steps, had dropped to the Nascent Soul Early Stage.

Come on, can’t there be something new? Just now, it was cultivation rising, now it’s cultivation falling?

Ye Haochuan secretly chuckled.

After the previous trial, this drop in Soul power no longer intimidated him. A year or so ago, he was an ordinary person anyway; although it was hard to accept going back to that, becoming ordinary again wouldn’t mean forgetting how to walk.

Ye Haochuan walked steadily forward, covering hundreds of steps in an instant, his cultivation plummeting all the way to the Innate Realm.

Ye Haochuan remained indifferent, lifting his eyes to gaze at the end of the stone path, discovering he could now see the end and feeling joyful.

The end of this bluestone path linked to a staircase made of bluestone blocks, this suspended ladder leading straight to the sky, the end unseen.

Damn, after finally finishing this endless path, now there’s another endless suspended ladder; this Heavenly Road really lacks novelty!

Contempt rising in his heart, Ye Haochuan quickened his pace forward.

Soon, he stepped off the path and reached the base of the suspended ladder. His cultivation was finally exhausted, leaving him an ordinary person.

Ye Haochuan had anticipated this outcome and wasn’t surprised. He looked around, finally fixing his gaze on a small Stele by the side of the ladder.

”Ascension Ladder? So this is the Ascension Ladder?” Staring at the three small characters on the Stele, Ye Haochuan paused slightly.

The term Ascension Ladder was first mentioned to him at the Blood Clan base by that man with half black and half white hair. At the time, he didn’t know what the Ascension Ladder was, and now he realized it was part of the Heavenly Road.

”Huh? There’s a Stele here too!” Ye Haochuan suddenly noticed a similar Stele by the winding stone path he had just traveled.

”Path of Dust Cleansing?” Ye Haochuan pondered these three words carefully, reflecting on the previous experiences, as if understanding something.

This path was not meant to bar entry to the Heavenly Road, but rather to guide one further along the path of cultivation.

The rise in Spiritual Energy was to strengthen the cultivator’s determination, unafraid of the road ahead.

The Spiritual Energy filling the Dantian was to teach the cultivator how to transform gaseous Spirit Qi into liquid form.

And the drop in cultivation was precisely to teach the cultivator to let go of gains and losses, keeping a calm heart.

Ye Hao, he must have meant for him to understand these things.

Ye Haochuan smiled faintly, again shifting his gaze toward the Ascension Ladder.

The Ascension Ladder is the key to entering the Upper Realm. What kind of world lies beyond this ladder?