Human Body Apertures

Just like that, Su Yu stopped fighting. This decision caught many people off guard. Plenty had assumed he would fight to the bitter end. Yet upon second thought... this was hardly the first time Su Yu had pulled a stunt like this! Last time, everyone had also believed he would battle to the finish. In the end, he had fought just a few rounds before deciding to quit, throwing matches and racking up over eight thousand losses! It was the exact same thing this time! Yet strangely enough, nobody felt there was anything wrong with him stopping. In fact, it seemed perfectly reasonable, with nothing to criticize. Su Yu, Wu Jia, and Chen Yong turned and left. Behind them, Zhai Feng roared once more! "Su Yu! Don't even dream of Wu Jia entering the Top 100! You can concede, but can she? I will guard the very last spot on the Top 100 Rankings all the way until next year! She won't be setting foot on the list!" Su Yu could afford to concede; he didn't care. Everyone could see his strength, and everyone recognized his talent. Truthfully, Wu Jia didn't care about the prestige either, but she needed a ranking in the Top 100! And Chen Yong needed it too! In the distance, Su Yu couldn't even be bothered to look back. Supported by him, Wu Jia looked glum and somewhat depressed. "Junior Brother..." Su Yu chuckled lightly. "Senior Sister, ignore him! We're just playing him for a fool. There's plenty of time anyway." "What do you mean?" Su Yu said with a grin, "Senior Sister, think about it. If he wants to block you, doesn't he have to stay at rank one hundred? If you challenge someone else—say, taking rank ninety-five—and then he challenges you, you just forfeit. Your rankings will swap, and you'll be at rank one hundred. I'd love to see if he can drop off the rankings entirely just to snipe you again, or if their faction will force several more people off the list to camp on you..." His smile grew radiant. "That would be even more fun! Let's see who outlasts whom! Besides, your injuries haven't healed yet, Senior Sister. Whenever you're bored, just go challenge the rankings and string them along like walking dogs every day. How fun would that be?" "Concede?" Wu Jia shifted uncomfortably. "Junior Brother, isn't conceding every single day a bit disgraceful?" Beside them, Chen Yong chided in a low voice, "Learn a thing or two from your junior brother. When you're clearly outmatched, what's the point of stubbornly digging in your heels?" "Master, you can lose the match, but not your spine!" Wu Jia pouted in protest. "Losing to anyone else would be fine, but losing to those bastards from the Single Divine Character Faction? I can't stomach it!" "Then nurse your injuries properly and grow strong as quickly as you can!" After reassuring her, Chen Yong's expression turned slightly grave. "Su Yu, be careful lately. Xia Yuwen is actually back! You humiliated him earlier, and he won't let it go easily. The man has flaws in his character—he's rather aloof and solitary, which is to say he sees himself as above all else. After being humiliated in public like that, he won't just let the matter drop." "Sees himself as above all else?" Su Yu asked in surprise, "Martial Uncle, is he really that arrogant?" "It's not entirely unearned." Chen Yong held no particular bias as he explained, "Many geniuses are like that. Xia Yuwen's aloofness, overbearing manner, and arrogance are all built on the fact that he is invincible within the same cultivation stage. All these years, he has never suffered a defeat. In the same stage, that is!" "Not even my master could beat him?" "Your master... was never in the same stage as him!" Chen Yong sighed. "Back when your master was in the Yangxing Realm, Xia Yuwen was already approaching the Tengkong Realm. Later, when he broke through to Tengkong, your master followed a few months behind. After that, your master never managed to catch up. Now Xia Yuwen is already at the Lingyun Third Layer, while your master is still at the Tengkong Eighth Layer. The gap is substantial." "Then if they were in the same stage, would Master be a match for him?" Chen Yong pondered for a moment before speaking slowly. "Hard to say. Xia Yuwen doesn't cultivate the War God Art; he cultivates the Heaven-Cleaving Blade! The Heaven-Cleaving Blade isn't just a martial skill—it's also a cultivation art, and a Heaven-rank one at that! It has multiple versions, and Xia Yuwen cultivates the Heaven-rank high tier. It opens many apertures, granting tremendous power." He paused, then added, "That is only his physical combat strength. As for the path of a Civilization Master, the divine characters Xia Yuwen cultivates are exceedingly powerful as well. If they were in the same stage, the outcome would be hard to call." Su Yu scratched his head. "Really? My master has the Dragon Slaying Sword, though. I think he's pretty formidable!" Chen Yong let out a chuckle. Hard to say didn't mean Bai Feng would lose. If they truly fought at the same cultivation stage, Bai Feng would most likely prevail. Of course, since they had never shared a stage, Chen Yong couldn't be bothered to flatter Bai Feng. Even so, Su Yu remained slightly puzzled. "Martial Uncle, isn't he already an inspector in the Inspectorate? Why would he contest the position of deputy head of the Cangshu Pavilion?" Su Yu understood the academy's rules fairly well. An inspector's post was in no way inferior to that of a deputy head. It was arguably even more prestigious! Its authority was by no means small either! Why did Xia Yuwen insist on picking a fight with the Multiple Divine Character Faction? Chen Yong smiled. "Setting the position aside for a moment, he wants to win over the Single Divine Character lineage and even forge ties with the Zhou family. We have few members and are an easier target. If they don't bully us, who would they bully? "Of course, it's also only natural that he wants the deputy head position." Chen Yong explained, "You know that the academy has a total of forty-two elders! Among them, thirty-six are in the Shanhai Realm, and six are senior cultivators at the Lingyun Ninth Layer. You knew that, right?" Su Yu nodded. Chen Yong continued, "Of those six senior ninth-layer elders, four oversee the Secret Realm Area, one is the head of the Inspectorate, and one is the head of the Library." With a light chuckle, Chen Yong added, "Originally, the Cangshu Pavilion was more important than the Library, and I was supposed to hold the title of elder as well. However, due to past disputes, combined with my youth at the time, my spot was ultimately revoked." Chen Yong sighed. "Naturally, I couldn't be bothered to fight for it myself, so the title was left vacant! Their fight over the Cangshu Pavilion's leadership is partly to drive me out of managing it, and partly to seize this elder seat." A strange look crossed Su Yu's face. "Martial Uncle... you were originally supposed to be an elder?" Chen Yong nodded with a smile. "Of course. Though in truth, it makes little difference." "Martial Uncle, I'm very curious. What privileges does an elder actually have that would make Xia Yuwen willing to take sides just to compete for it?" "An elder..." Chen Yong thought for a moment before replying, "First, status! "Second, a voice! For instance, in Heart Cultivation Pavilion meetings, only elders can attend and only elders can vote. Sometimes the head of the academy cannot decide a matter unilaterally and must rely on the elders' vote! "Third, certain special resources can only be applied for by elders! "Fourth, direct communication with the Quest Realm. "Fifth, it sounds more impressive!" "..." Hearing that fifth reason almost made Su Yu pull a muscle in his back. "But if Xia Yuwen wants to become an elder, he's only at the Lingyun Third Layer..." Chen Yong smiled. "Reaching the ninth layer won't take him very long. Geniuses like him advance quickly! Xia Yuwen turned thirty this year. A little over two years from now, another opportunity awaits him. If he can reach the sixth or seventh layer of Lingyun by then, he can enter, and once he emerges, he should be at the Lingyun Ninth Layer. "In just over two years, he's confident in reaching the Lingyun Ninth Layer, but reaching Shanhai takes a very long time!" Chen Yong explained, "An elder enjoys privileges equivalent to the Shanhai Realm. Across the various prefectures and academies, elders are regarded on par with Shanhai experts. Holding that title will greatly aid his bid for the position of prefecture lord, because people can treat him as a Shanhai cultivator!" "A little over two years?" Su Yu thought for a moment. "Is it that Xingyu Mansion?" "Yes." "Martial Uncle, is that place really that wondrous?" "You could say that." "Have you been there, Martial Uncle?" Chen Yong smiled faintly. "I went once. Counting back... it's been about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years!" Su Yu nodded. He had heard of it before; one could only enter once every ten years. Twenty-seven or twenty-eight years ago indeed matched one of its earlier openings. "Martial Uncle, what kind of place is it really?" "You'll find out when you go in the future. There's no need to know now." Chen Yong shook his head. "If you ever secure a spot to go, I'll tell you then. Otherwise, you'll only crave it without being able to enter, itching with desire." That actually sounded quite reasonable! Beside them, having been ignored the entire time, Wu Jia complained resentfully, "You two keep chatting about that and completely forgot about me! I'm injured here!" She felt quite aggrieved! Their conversation was way too grand and lofty; it was making her head spin. What did Xingyu Mansion have to do with them right now? Chen Yong chuckled, then promptly scolded her, "Serves you right! I told you not to cause trouble out there, yet you insisted on accepting challenges. If your junior brother hadn't stepped in, you would have gotten beaten to death on that ring sooner or later!" Wu Jia kept her mouth shut. Master didn't know anything—it was clearly Junior Brother who had told her to go! Su Yu glanced sideways at Chen Yong, suspecting his martial uncle probably knew he had instigated it, given that he had just visited her this morning. Was he hinting at him? Su Yu felt a bit awkward. It was true: Senior Sister hadn't fully recovered, yet he had egged her on to accept matches, and now her injuries were even worse. His martial uncle hadn't called him out directly only to save him face. Wu Jia's injuries were more severe now; Chen Yong knew it, and Su Yu knew it too. Su Yu fell silent. He stole another glance at Wu Jia. This senior sister of his... was really a bit too straightforward. He had told her to feign injury on stage, but she ended up actually getting hurt worse, leaving Su Yu feeling rather guilty. The superficial wounds were manageable, but her willpower injuries seemed to have worsened as well. Thoughts flashed through his mind, and just as he was about to speak, Chen Yong said, "I'll send over some healing pills shortly. Take proper care of your wounds over the next few days, especially the broken arms. If bone fractures aren't set properly, the impact on your physical body will be severe!" Chen Yong grew serious. "Don't be so reckless next time! Not even the Shanhai Realm can regrow a body from a single drop of blood; only the Sun and Moon Realm has any hope of doing so! Don't truly think a Civilization Master can just shatter their physical body without consequence. Damaged flesh can be mended, but if you break your body too many times and mend it poorly, you won't even be able to step into the Sun and Moon or Eternal Realms. It will still have a massive impact!" "Understood!" Su Yu hastily agreed. Chen Yong escorted him all the way back to the Research Center. After offering a few more reminders, he didn't linger and left with Wu Jia. Wu Jia had to return to treat her injuries as well. As for Su Yu, Chen Yong would send over some high-grade pills soon, so there shouldn't be much of an issue. Flesh wounds could ultimately be treated with medicine, unlike willpower, which was extremely difficult to heal before achieving manifestation. ... Inside the Research Center. After resting for a moment, Su Yu went up to the second floor and entered the filtration chamber, beginning to absorb blood essence and origin qi to nurse his injuries. He felt he desperately needed a healing divine character! Or perhaps a healing cultivation art! His physical wounds were quite severe: his left arm fractured, his right arm broken, and the sole of his foot pierced clean through... Zhou Hao! That fellow was genuinely powerful. This was the first time Su Yu had encountered such a formidable Qianjun cultivator—a pure warrior with no willpower! A martial practitioner! Who knew where Xia Yuwen had found him? Su Yu's overall combat prowess could match the Wanshi Seventh Layer, yet he had still been beaten into such a state. Once Zhou Hao stepped into the Wanshi Realm, Su Yu might not even be able to suppress him. Were there experts like Zhou Hao over at the War Academy? Previously, Su Yu had believed that at the Qianjun Ninth Layer with 180 opened apertures, his physical might alone would make him invincible among Qianjun cultivators even at the War Academy. Now, that seemed far from certain. "Zhou Hao... if that guy reaches the Wanshi Realm, and merges sixteen apertures to do so, he'll be terrifying!" Were there geniuses like that at the War Academy? Cultivating top-tier Heaven-rank arts, merging sixteen apertures into one! The power of a single aperture in such a Wanshi cultivator would far surpass one who had merged only nine. As for those who merged seven or eight, someone higher could easily leap five or six layers to thrash them without breaking a sweat. As for the weakest "Two-Stone Realm," Su Yu suspected that a Wanshi First Layer could beat a Two-Stone Ninth Layer to a pulp! The number of merged apertures made far too much difference! "The War God Art..." Su Yu furrowed his brow. His War God Art was merely the foundation art cultivated by geniuses, with 108 apertures in total. Its explosive output was strictly the power of 108 apertures, no greater than anyone else's. He had opened 180 apertures now, and could open even more. Should he insist on cultivating only the War God Art? Should he find a Heaven-rank cultivation art to practice instead? "Even the Body Strengthening Art is stronger than the War God Art!" The Mountain-Breaking Ox race's Body Strengthening Art opened over 110 apertures. And Su Yu was capable of learning it! What's more, it was an art suitable for humans! It wasn't as though he had no way of obtaining Heaven-rank arts. If he could get his hands on some god and demon blood essence, he might even unlock divine and demonic arts—which could, of course, be adapted into cultivation arts suitable for himself. "The War God Art is naturally fine for dealing with ordinary people, but an Earth-rank art simply lacks the explosive force of a Heaven-rank art!" Even with all the extra apertures Su Yu had opened, that fact remained unchanged. The sole advantage of opening more apertures was superior endurance, deeper origin qi reserves, and stronger defense, but his raw striking power was lacking. Who were his enemies? Geniuses of the Xia family like Xia Yuwen, peak Shanhai experts like Zhou Mingren, and even top-tier god and demon powerhouses among the myriad races... They all cultivated Heaven-rank arts. If he stuck to Earth rank, erupting with the power of only 108 apertures, he would already be half a step behind in Qianjun. By the time he reached Wanshi, Tengkong, and beyond, he would fall even further behind. Relying on opening more apertures could close some of the distance, but it didn't completely erase the gap. Before meeting Zhou Hao, Su Yu had felt there was no rush since everyone seemed to practice the same thing. But now... someone was practicing something completely different, and a Heaven-rank art's explosive power was genuinely monstrous! If he had been able to erupt with the power of 144 apertures this time, Zhou Hao would never have been his match! Explosive power, defense, endurance—he would have surpassed Zhou Hao in every category. His ferocity, killing intent, and fighting spirit were in no way inferior either. There would have been no need to fight such a brutal, mangled battle. He had opened 180 apertures, yet he could only unleash the power of 108 at most. At best, he could add a few more when triggering a martial skill, which still fell far short of Zhou Hao. "The Body Strengthening Art counts as a low-tier Heaven-rank art. If I'm going to cultivate one, I need to find something even stronger!" After some thought, Su Yu stood up, climbed the stairs, and entered the archive room. ... Inside the archive room. Ignoring his unhealed wounds, Su Yu sketched and wrote, mapping out the circulation routes of various cultivation arts one after another. He also drew a diagram of the human body's anatomy. The Body Strengthening Art, the Yuan-Absorbing Art, the Yuan-Purifying Art, the War God Art, the Qianjun Art... Including the Heavenly Archer Art he had seized in the past... For each cultivation art, he traced its aperture circulation route. Aperture by aperture, he marked them onto the anatomical diagram. Su Yu had mastered many arts. Not only did he possess arts from the myriad races, but he also held numerous texts of will in his possession; even some garbage arts contained opened apertures distinct from the ones he already knew. After several hours of tireless effort, Su Yu finally mapped out every single cultivation art at his disposal. At this moment, 285 points of light were marked onto the diagram of the human body. "The cultivation arts I've mastered contain a total of 285 apertures!" Su Yu sank into deep thought, the same question surfacing once again: Just how many apertures does the human body have? Even the strongest top-tier Heaven-rank art could only unleash the power of 144 apertures. Was that truly the limit? If all those apertures could be triggered simultaneously... Say, unleashing the power of all 285 apertures at once—just how terrifyingly mighty would that be! Could such a Qianjun cultivator, while remaining merely at the Qianjun Realm, slaughter someone in the Tengkong Realm? "Merging apertures..." "Even in the Shanhai Realm, they are still merging apertures!" Su Yu muttered to himself, "The ultimate objective is still to unite all apertures into one—one aperture connecting a hundred apertures, unleashing all power! So in the end, everyone is walking the path of aperture merging; it's just that apertures opened through the same cultivation art are easier to merge!" Su Yu fell into contemplative silence. What if the human body possessed only a single unified aperture? If all apertures eventually merged into one, wouldn't that mean the full power of every aperture could be unleashed in a single strike? Creating a cultivation art from scratch... Su Yu wasn't qualified yet. Although he had mastered many arts, he still lacked a great deal of theoretical foundation. Of course, compared to his peers, or even ordinary Qianjun, Wanshi, and Tengkong cultivators, Su Yu likely possessed far more arts than any of them. After pondering for a while, Su Yu suddenly stepped out of the archive room. Before long, he returned. A burst of blade qi erupted, instantly shredding all the materials on the desk into confetti! Information like this could not be leaked, or it would invite tremendous trouble. After destroying all the notes, Su Yu blasted them with several strikes of lightning until not even ash remained. Only then did he leave the archive room. ... In the detention area. Su Yu had returned! He hadn't come to feed them today; barely a few days had passed since the last feeding. Several greater demons stared at him longingly. In truth, the three-day cycle had rolled around again, but alas... Su Yu had zero intention of feeding them. The greater demons initially felt a flicker of hope, which quickly turned into dejection. However, they did notice that Su Yu was heavily injured. He had clearly suffered a terrible beating somewhere, with even his arms broken. Wasting no words, Su Yu looked directly at Water Person and asked, "Water Person, you're the strongest here! Let me ask you something. When warriors of the myriad races reach the Shanhai Realm, are they all merging apertures?" Water Person condensed into shape once more and answered softly, "You could say that. The paths of cultivation lead to the same destination! Whether human or of the myriad races, the ultimate path is similar!" "Then has anyone ever opened hundreds of apertures in the Qianjun or Wanshi Realm, and then merged them all into one..." Water Person laughed—seemingly for the first time—and asked in return, "If they've already merged all their apertures into one, why would they still be in the Qianjun or Wanshi Realm? If they can unite all apertures, they are already at the Shanhai Realm. Why would they be Qianjun or Wanshi?" "..." Su Yu was momentarily stunned. Only after a good while did he manage, "But above them, there are still Tengkong and Lingyun..." Water Person chuckled. "Tengkong tempers the bones, transforms the blood, and cleanses the marrow. Lingyun undergoes the metamorphosis of origin qi. The entire purpose of all this is to make the physical body and origin qi strong enough to withstand the immense explosive force of aperture merging in the Shanhai Realm! If you have already succeeded in merging all apertures, that means your physical body and origin qi are already strong enough. Realms like Tengkong and Lingyun are merely names, merely stages of a process! "The process isn't what matters; the result is!" As Water Person spoke, the Suanni, who had remained quiet at the side, suddenly chimed in, "When it comes to the physical body, I can certainly offer my two cents! These so-called cultivation realms—your human race calls it Tengkong, but other races might not! For instance, among our kind, we don't have rigid realm classifications. We simply have a growth phase, a maturation phase, a completion phase... It is a process of growth, a process of growing powerful. In the end, it all comes down to strength. Whatever realm you think my strength corresponds to, that's what it is!" Its massive eyes fixed on Su Yu as it spoke. "Su Yu, you aren't thinking of merging hundreds of apertures into one at your current stage, are you?" Su Yu didn't answer directly. Instead, he asked quizzically, "Is there any difference between aperture merging in the Shanhai Realm and aperture merging in the Wanshi Realm?" "Of course there is!" The Suanni opened its maw wide and said, "Wanshi aperture merging only merges the apertures of a cultivation art! Take the human race's War God Art, for instance—as you well know, Wanshi aperture merging merges those apertures. Some people even dare call themselves Wanshi after merging just two apertures! "Whereas for Shanhai, do you know what the hallmark of Shanhai is?" "I don't!" A grin spread across the Suanni's ferocious face. "Simple: if you can merge all the apertures of an Earth-rank art into one and shatter a mountain in a single strike, that is Shanhai!" Su Yu raised an eyebrow. "In other words, as long as you merge all seventy-three apertures into one and unleash a strike that destroys a mountain, that counts as Shanhai? Are there rules on how big the mountain has to be?" "No need. When you truly merge seventy-three apertures of the same cultivation art into a single aperture, you are Shanhai!" Seventy-three apertures was the minimum for the weakest Earth-rank art. "During this process, you will discover that merging nine apertures is manageable, and ten is possible, but with every additional aperture, the difficulty skyrockets! At that stage, you need a powerful physical body and robust origin qi! A strong body prevents your flesh from tearing apart, while powerful origin qi maintains the balance between apertures. If your origin qi isn't strong enough, the apertures easily collapse and cannot be nurtured. Yet when origin qi becomes too potent, it creates immense pressure and repulsion..." The Suanni was an expert in the physical path and understood these principles deeply. It shared a great deal! As Su Yu listened, comprehension dawned on him. From Qianjun to Lingyun, every realm was essentially a preparatory phase, a process of strengthening oneself in preparation for the ultimate merging of apertures. As for aperture merging in Wanshi, that too was merely preparation to make the final unification of apertures easier down the line. "So by that logic, even within the Shanhai Realm, the disparity between warriors is massive. Some merge seventy-three apertures into one, while others merge several hundred, right?" "Naturally!" The Suanni said matter-of-factly, "You can't just merge apertures haphazardly. If they don't belong to the same cultivation art, they will repel each other upon merging! Of course, if two arts share many overlapping apertures, there is hope of fusing them together. For example, the War God Art and Time share a fair number of overlapping apertures, so fusing them in the future is possible! Shanhai is divided into nine layers, which correlates directly with the number of merged apertures. Furthermore, those who cultivate arts below Earth rank will find it nearly impossible to reach Shanhai in their entire lifetime—though that can be remedied, as one can re-cultivate!" Su Yu understood and nodded. Cultivation arts with many overlapping apertures still held the possibility of merging into a single aperture. "By the way, do you know how many apertures the human body has in total?" "..." The Suanni was speechless. You're asking me that? Am I human? "No idea. A few hundred, probably. Who would bother looking into that!" The Suanni gave a careless shrug. Beside it, the Shadow suddenly spoke: "It should exceed 360! In truth, my Shadow race has records showing that long ago, during the primordial era when races were first creating martial arts, they didn't know how to advance through realms. They only knew how to open apertures relentlessly, continuously unlocking more... In that process, certain races opened an extraordinary number of apertures, and your human race was no exception. "Of course, those records date back to an extremely ancient era. Later, they discovered that continuously opening apertures—opening too many—did indeed grant immense power, but the fundamental nature of their life remained unchanged. Put simply, their lifespan remained that of an ordinary mortal. Even if you opened 360 apertures and could battle Tengkong or Lingyun cultivators, you wouldn't live long, and your essence hadn't transformed. Every full eruption would deplete your life force! "That is why systematic cultivation arts were developed later on, allowing you to advance through realms and undergo metamorphosis of life step by step!" Su Yu nodded, enlightened. So that was how it worked! At least 360 or more. In other words, the number of apertures he had opened wasn't actually that many. Asking no further questions, Su Yu casually tossed a few drops of yuanqi liquid to Water Person, the Suanni, and Shadow Person, then dashed off in a flash. Once he vanished, the Mountain-Boring Ox, the Fire Crow, and White Li were left utterly dumbfounded! He ran off? What about us? The Suanni grinned, its ferocious face splitting into a broad smile. "I knew it! Good thing I spoke up, or else only Water Person would have scored any yuanqi liquid!" While Su Yu was asking questions, it had been deliberating whether to jump into the conversation. If it hadn't spoken up, Su Yu likely would have rewarded only Water Person and given nothing to the rest of them. The outcome proved it had gambled correctly! White Li and the other greater demons were at a loss for words. The Fire Crow and the Mountain-Boring Ox in particular had received the least yuanqi liquid and were genuinely on the verge of starving to death. They exchanged a look; if they didn't save themselves, out of the six greater demons, they would definitely be the first to die of starvation! Next time! The next time Su Yu came, they had to speak up immediately! The six greater demons were now showing faint signs of division. It was not poverty that troubled them, but inequality. The other greater demons had received drops, while the two of them were the most miserable. The others wouldn't starve, but they truly were on the brink of death. At this point, who cared about whether they could escape or what grand plan they had? None of that mattered anymore! Next time, they absolutely had to save themselves! ... Su Yu couldn't care less about any of that. Right now, he was summarizing what he had learned. "So as long as I open enough apertures—ideally linking all cultivation arts together so their apertures overlap and encompass one another—then once I reach Shanhai, I'll be able to merge all apertures into one with swift efficiency..." Shanhai was still a distant prospect, but opening apertures carried no downsides! Opening more apertures would be of immense help in the future! Those who opened fewer apertures advanced faster in the short term, but in the end, they might not even be able to set foot into Shanhai. "Furthermore, opening apertures is simpler in Qianjun. The stronger the physical body, the harder it is to open apertures. Potent origin qi and a powerful body actually suppress the speed of opening apertures." Su Yu reached his conclusion: the stronger one was, the harder opening apertures became. Once someone grew too strong, opening apertures became arduous; switching cultivation arts at later stages would be brutally difficult! Right now, Su Yu opened apertures with ease because he was merely in the Qianjun Realm. If he were in Lingyun, with an immensely durable body and surging origin qi, the difficulty of opening even a single new aperture would skyrocket. A powerful body and potent origin qi would seal the apertures, making them vastly harder to unlock. Having figured this out, Su Yu was sorely tempted. In that case, he had to take full advantage of the Qianjun Realm to open as many apertures as possible!