The Nine Capturing Demon Scroll hovered ethereally in front of him, enveloped by what looked like immortal spirit Qi, amidst auspicious clouds and radiant lights cascading down in streams of color.
Zhang Yan sat calmly on the couch, eyelids lowered, inhaling and exhaling, as delicate strands of essence Qi drifted out from the Jade Scroll and were absorbed back into his body to be refined.
He operated the mental method as described in the "Ming Dao Can Shen Qi," using all this essence Qi to enhance his physical body.
Although the Nine Capturing Demon Scroll had swallowed the entirety of the essence Qi from two Xuan Guang Third Realm Demon Kings, it returned very little back to him. Nonetheless, it was sufficient for him to step onto the first threshold of this Dharma technique.
About six hours later, the essence Qi had traveled throughout his body, vibrating the acupoint barriers, merging above and below, and a cluster of essence Qi had formed in his lower abdomen.