Breakthrough
"A little bit more," Apollo muttered, eyes closed, his face serious. Inside the dark universe, he sat cross-legged while the Qi, like stars, entered his body in a torrent.
They followed the pattern of the Revised Revised Simple Breathing Technique. Yes, that's the name the beggar came up with for the second revision of the breathing technique.
With this revision, he could now reach the 4th-Step of the Qi Condensation Stage without needing to buy from the System. But currently, he was on his way to breaking past the Half-Step.
His focus shifted inward, landing below his navel at his dantian, where a small ball of Qi resided. The surrounding Qi settled in the ball, but instead of getting bigger, it grew smaller—shrinking back to the size it was when he first reached the Half-Step Qi Condensation Stage.