Chapter 107: The Light of Dawn

The dense points of light shimmer in the darkness, truly like stars captivating the gaze! Counting carefully—one, two, three... a total of three hundred and sixty-five, corresponding exactly to the three hundred and sixty-five acupoints within the body. Indeed, these points of light are the very acupoints that Zhou Yi had previously opened.

Energy flows like water, naturally serene and gentle, yet now, under the influence of the celestial river stretching across the sky, it surges forth in a vast, overwhelming flood, pouring into the acupoints.

At the moment energy floods in, a profound and mysterious rhythm suddenly arises within each acupoint, swiftly permeating the entire point. The incoming energy is instantly enveloped by this arcane rhythm.

Though invisible, this rhythm resembles a certain ancient order, eternally in motion since time immemorial. Energy is energy, but upon entering, it is absorbed by this rhythm, which instantly becomes enriched and, as more energy continues to flow in, grows ever more enigmatic.

As the rhythm reaches fullness, countless invisible rays of light emanate like halos, expanding outward. Wherever they reach, space instinctively stretches and broadens, becoming significantly larger.

This rhythm is the manifestation of the Enlightening Light, born from the heavens and earth in response to advancing beyond the False Core stage.

The Enlightening Light appears only upon a breakthrough in realm, but not every breakthrough summons it. The minimum threshold for its appearance is the transcendence of the False Core by the Celestial Being.

Its function is simple: to convert energy and expand space.

The Celestial Being’s breakthrough into the False Core involves a critical progression through six stages: the Acupoint, the Pool, the Cavern, the Hall, the Palace, and the Sky.

Each stage signifies the amount of magical power one can contain internally—the higher the stage, the greater the capacity, and naturally, the stronger the strength.

Magical power is not intangible. Or rather, though it originates as intangible, cultivation is the art of bringing existence from nothingness; the unity of essence, energy, and spirit can transform the false into the real. This “real” manifests as magical power.

Thus, when the Celestial Being breaks through the False Core, their internal force transforms into magical power—it moves from formlessness into something tangible and real.

If placed outside the body, it would genuinely exist.

Since it truly exists, it demands space for its existence, much like modern films and television. Originally illusions, at best they incorporate a trace of reality, requiring only minimal virtual space to exist and multiply.

But when part of it becomes real—recorded onto a disc, for instance—it demands actual physical space. For the same film, the virtual realm needs only a hard drive, but in reality, it requires a large physical medium.

Similarly, magical power is designed as real existence, and even more so than a recorded film disc. Therefore, it naturally demands greater space to exist.

To put it bluntly, when one’s magical power reaches a certain level of quality, even a single drop of it, if water-elemental, could, when released into the external world, become a river or even an ocean.

Though Zhou Yi’s current strength cannot achieve this, it does not mean he never will.

That digression aside, returning to the main point:

Although Zhou Yi’s current magical power cannot transform a single drop into a river, at the very least, turning a drop of magical power into a drop of water should be no problem. If not one drop, then ten, a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand drops combined could surely condense into a single drop of water.

And how many years of magical power does ten thousand drops represent?

Remember, the six stages of the False Core each hold a minimum of thirty-six thousand five hundred years’ worth of magical power at their completion, and the highest stage can even reach thirty-six and a half billion years’ worth.

If one truly attains the sixth stage of the False Core, it is imaginable that the quality of their magical power would be extraordinary. At that point, even if a single drop cannot become a river, it could certainly become a basin of water.

And how many drops of magical power would thirty-six and a half billion years’ worth amount to? When fully manifested, would it be any less than a real ocean?

Such immense magical power must ultimately reside within the body’s acupoints, so it naturally demands a corresponding spatial capacity.

Just imagine the size of space needed to hold an entire sea.

The greatest change in the breakthrough from Celestial Being to False Core lies in the transformation of the acupoints—a change so profound it could be called earth-shattering.

This is all due to the appearance of the Enlightening Light during the breakthrough.

The river of energy stretching across the sky is the energy river, the source of heaven and earth. When the Celestial Being breaks through the False Core, this river reverses its flow, endlessly pouring in.

Energy is boundless, but whether it becomes one’s own is not guaranteed.

The three hundred and sixty-five acupoints opened at the Celestial Being stage, during the breakthrough, utilize the received information from heaven and earth to construct profound structures, summoning forth the Enlightening Light.

The completeness of the heaven and earth information determines the quality and duration of the summoned Enlightening Light.

The duration of the Enlightening Light, in turn, directly influences the efficiency of energy conversion and the total energy absorbed.

This is the only time in the False Core realm when one can greedily absorb energy without restraint; after this moment, progress slows to a grind.

Energy transformed through the Enlightening Light expands the spatial capacity inside the acupoints, allowing them to hold more magical power.

Beyond the False Core, magical power can still be used to expand acupoint space, but without the Enlightening Light, the conversion rate is terrifyingly low.

Therefore, the breakthrough from Celestial Being to False Core is the stage in which strength grows most rapidly.

Those with exceptional talent can, through this opportunity, leapfrog the first stage of the False Core, reaching the second or even the third stage.

Even those with lesser aptitude can, during this time, nearly complete the first stage and look ahead to the second.

Rumble! Rumble!

A silent roar echoes in the darkness as the energy river flows into the three hundred and sixty-five acupoints. The sound does not come through the ears—it arises spontaneously in the mind upon sight.

The Enlightening Light shines brightly within the acupoints, receiving the ceaseless energy influx. Its radiance grows ever more dazzling, illuminating the surroundings. Rings of light waves emerge continuously, spreading outward and expanding the spatial dimensions with each wave.

Inside the acupoints, darkness still reigns; the energy is black. Only the presence of the Enlightening Light colors this darkness, and the ongoing transformations become vividly apparent under its glow.