I am an Eldritch Entity-Chapter 233: Theory of Qi Condensation

Eryndor looked at the time, there was only half an hour left.

Even though these pills didn't take much time to be dissolved, his break wasn't a short one.

Will I be able to completely consume these two pills and break through to the Qi Condensation realm in half an hour?

Eryndor knew his own state right now.

A level two Pure Qi pill was whole another matter.

Even though he had broken through to stage nine of Qi Gathering realm and received an overall boost to his physical and mental capabilities, it still burdened him heavily to manipulate the incoming flow of Qi from a level two Pure Qi pill.

He would definitely need to take a break again right now.

Currently, he had two more pills, which meant he would need to take a break once more after taking the second level two pill.

There was no need for a seperate exclusive break after consuming the third once as he could spend time with his teammates in the name of resting.

He had underestimated the effect of these pills. After experiencing them, he knew that there was a possibility that he might step into the Qi Condensation realm, the second level of the cultivation power system.

If he did indeed make that breakthrough, then his physique and mind would go through a huge upgrade, which meant he wouldn't need to even rest.

He deposited the two level two Pure Qi pills beside him and went to recharge his time in the private cabin.

He paid for another hour as a backup, and also notified his teammates about his current situation before he began resting.

His resting included practicing cultivation technique, meditating or simply taking a nap.

Approximately half an hour later, he took one of the level two pills and popped it in his mouth.

Just like before, as soon as the melting of the pill began, a torrent of Qi strands rushed in his body.

His focus heightened, and he immediately began controlling the Qi to move them into the correct location.

It went on for about several minutes before he stopped.

Eryndor checked his meridians, and noticed that he had already crossed the mid level of ninth stage.

Looking at the last level two Pure Qi pill, he thought.

I really hope I can break through to the Qi Condensation realm.

Eryndor once again took to resting, this time consuming forty five minutes to recover to his absolute peak stage.

Taking a deep breath, he sat cross legged on his bed and popped in the last pill.

Just as always, multiple strands of Qi dissociated from the Pure Qi pill after it melted and rushed into the body.

At a certain point, Eryndor finally began encountering a wall.

It wasn't anything physical, or mental, but purely just a feeling.

It was as if his Qi Storage had stopped growing.

Encountering this phenomenon, Eryndor knew he had hit the bottleneck between the Qi Gathering realm and the Qi Condensation realm.

Once an individual reached this stage, it meant they were at the peak stage of Qi Gathering realm, and no more Qi could be stored.

From now onwards, they would have to use the excess Qi they absorbed while going through the practice technique into making a dantian.

Compared to a closed route of meridians which the cultivators in the Qi Gathering realm used, Dantian was a better storage equipment, which unlocked at Qi Condensation realm.

After reaching the peak of Qi Gathering realm when no more extra Qi could be stored, all the absorbed Qi would head towards a spot below their navel region.

It was three finger width below the navel where the Dantian would start forming through the excess Qi.

During this time, as if it was the guidance from the universe itself, the absorbed excess Qi would head towards the region below the navel by itself.

The cultivator just needed to ensure that the Qi wouldn't enter any meridian by mistake, after all the guidance of the universe wasn't accurate.

It was more like a destination guidance, as only the end point was provided but not the route.

It meant that the Qi only knew it had to head towards the region where the dantian would start forming, but not how, this task was cultivator's.

Once the Qi safely arrived at the location, the cultivator would have to start condensing those Qi strands to form a hollow sphere.

This process usually took time, as the daily absorption speed of people wasn't as fast taking pills.

The reason they didn't consume pills like Pure Qi pills for breakthrough was because one would have to divide their focus to control Qi at two spots if they used it.

By normal absorption, a few strands of Qi would enter, after which they would stop their absorption if they didn't have enough confidence in their control.

They would then manipulate this Qi to not enter the meridians and reach the area of dantian, where they would use their control to compress the Qi and start forming the shape of a sphere.

However, if one used pills, the incoming rush of Qi strands wouldn't simply stop.

As they guided one batch of Qi strands and began condensing them, another batch would immediately arrive, which meant they would have to deploy their control prowess at two different locations, which was the first batch of Qi strands and second batch, which wasn't as simple as one plus one equals two.

Even among those with high control, very few had the confidence to use pills to break through to the Qi Condensation realm.

One also couldn't take out the pills from their mouth to stop the rush of Qi, because once the pill was activated, it couldn't be stopped.

If they took it out of their mouth, the Qi would simply dissipate into the environment instead of heading towards the body, which would be an enormous loss.

As soon as Eryndor's Qi storage was full, he welcomed the first batch of excess Qi, ready to start forming the dantian.