The next moment, like water overflowing its bounds, the power was completely out of control, and the energy within instantly broke through new meridians.

And this was only the very beginning of breaking through to the second level of the Kunlun Technique’s physique. Relying solely on the normal primordial energy of heaven and earth was absolutely not enough for Kevin Walker to continue opening the meridians required for the second level of the Kunlun Technique.

But now that it had started, if he stopped, his meridians would be damaged. Yet, over the past two days, Little Tyler had also been cultivating, and no matter how many times Kevin Walker called out to Little Tyler after sensing something was wrong, there was no response.

At this moment, it was like a siege battle. The power in the original meridians formed a charge, constantly opening up new channels and new battlefields, but as his strength waned, the development of new meridians gradually came to a halt.

In fact, if he could stop and continue next time, it would be fine. But if the great circulation wasn’t completed to stabilize the newly opened meridians, it would be like tunneling through a mountain without support or reinforcement. Once the circulating power stopped, the newly opened, unsupported, and unreinforced tunnel would collapse.

If it collapsed, it would mean going mad from energy deviation, and being crippled was certain—survival itself would be uncertain.

“Damn it!”

At this moment, Kevin Walker could only suffer in silence. For others, breaking through was a good thing, but for him, it felt like courting death.

He knew this was because the Kunlun Technique he cultivated, as described by Little Tyler, was not the common version but the original true interpretation. This Kunlun Technique was extremely special, making him far stronger than others at the first level, but the requirements for breaking through to the second level were even greater—far beyond what he could bear without any preparation.

Gradually, Kevin Walker had no time to think about anything else and could only desperately absorb primordial energy from his surroundings. The primordial energy here was already very dense, and under Kevin Walker’s frenzied absorption, a vortex over ten meters wide formed above his head.

This was only possible because Kevin Walker had opened his sea of spiritual consciousness; for anyone else, such absorption would be impossible. The stronger one’s spiritual power, the wider the range from which one could draw primordial energy. But even so, it was still not enough.

At this moment, Kevin Walker truly had the urge to drag out Little Tyler and ask him what the hell kind of technique he had given him. Was this thing even meant for humans to cultivate? Was there really a place where the primordial energy was a hundred times denser than here?

He had already opened his sea of spiritual consciousness to assist his cultivation, absorbing ten times more than normal at this level, and it still wasn’t enough. If even this wasn’t enough, how could anyone else possibly cultivate?

Hold on, just hold on. In the end, Kevin Walker even condensed his internal power into threads, not seeking to fully open up the meridians to be broad and smooth, but only to form a circulation so it wouldn’t collapse midway or lead to energy deviation.

But after nearly two hours of persistence, the power circulation for the second level of the Kunlun Technique was only halfway complete, and he could no longer hold on. Kevin Walker could already feel that his strength was completely depleted, and the newly opened meridians were showing signs of collapse.

No matter how unwilling or helpless Kevin Walker was, he could only accept this bad outcome and prepare for the worst. He reached out and took the box issued by the government when he first began cultivating, planning to take a Heart-Guarding Pill and a Meridian-Guarding Pill to at least preserve his life.

But having just exhausted everything, his body was now completely spent and he had almost no strength left. It took all his effort to open the box, and even picking it up felt incredibly difficult.

“Clang…” His hand trembled, and the box fell to the ground.

At this point, Kevin Walker could already feel that the meridians he had just opened, without completing the great circulation and without reinforcement, were showing signs of collapse. The collapse of meridians was extremely painful and dangerous, basically meaning that power would be difficult to circulate through them in the future. His internal energy and blood began to surge uncontrollably, and he felt dizzy and faint.

No, he had to hold on. He still had the Heart-Guarding Pill and Meridian-Guarding Pill—at least he could preserve his previous strength and avoid damaging other meridians and his heart meridian…

His vision blurred, but he managed to grope his way to where the box had fallen, and Kevin Walker found several pills by touch. Some of the pills were of different sizes, and one type was more numerous—by touch, he recognized them as Qi-Gathering Pills. Qi-Gathering Pills?

That couldn’t be right. He had already taken the Qi-Gathering Pills when he first started cultivating, so why were there more? Was it an illusion?

Impossible—he had already taken them, so how could there be more? Was this some kind of hallucination or delusion caused by energy deviation?

But in the next moment, when Kevin Walker used a bit of spiritual power to investigate, he was shocked to find that there were actually two Heart-Guarding Pills, two Meridian-Guarding Pills, and six Qi-Gathering Pills scattered on the ground. The box that had fallen clearly had a hidden compartment in the middle that had also come loose, and the extra pills were from beneath that compartment.

At this point, Kevin Walker had no time to think further, nor could he. He first swallowed the Heart-Guarding and Meridian-Guarding Pills to repair his damaged meridians and heart meridian, then immediately swallowed the Qi-Gathering Pills.

With the help of the Qi-Gathering Pills, Kevin Walker was finally able to activate the Kunlun Technique again, and the meridians that hadn’t completely collapsed were once more supported.

When Kevin Walker began cultivating, he had swallowed six Qi-Gathering Pills in one go. This time, during the breakthrough, six Qi-Gathering Pills seemed a bit insufficient, but at this point, Kevin Walker was no longer aiming to fully open the meridians and complete the circulation, so it wasn’t a problem.

Of course, this meant that this section of meridian would likely have some lingering issues in the future, but compared to the collapse just now, it was much, much better.