Xu Qing sat in place quietly for about an hour. For one thing, he wanted to make sure it really seemed like he had failed to open that final dharma aperture. Also, he could sense that he was changing after igniting his fourth life flame. His battle prowess was obviously advancing by leaps and bounds. What was more, he could now tell that 120 definitely wasn’t the final limit for his dharma apertures. He had not reached the ultimate level, and was actually missing one aperture.

It’s the 121st dharma aperture that Master mentioned. That final dharma aperture that four-flame cultivators all seek to open. And it can only be opened when in a spot between life and death.

Given what Master Seventh had said about the 121st aperture, he only spent a moment searching for it. There wasn’t any point in being anxious about it right now. [1]

Only by pushing the Balefire Soulswallowing Scripture to the great circle... can you unleash its true potential, and imprison souls in the dharma apertures. I have 120 dharma apertures, so I can imprison the same amount of souls! If I do that, then not only can my dharma apertures become even more powerful, but also, I can unleash a magical technique from the Balefire Soulswallowing Scripture. And that is... the Stygian Flame!

Xu Qing knew that once he imprisoned a hundred and twenty souls in his dharma apertures, he could use them to create something like a spiritual...