When Kle In was hit with a dagger on his leg and even piercing his femur, he did feel pain but the degree was not enough to cause him to lose focus or lose control of his body. However, the pain brought about by awakening his third set of meridian is heaven defying.

He thought he could at least endure it but not less than a minute since the connections were made from the second core to the newly lit up Qi Nodes yet he was already convulsing and slowly wiggling on the flat surface he built.

Kle In wanted to count to divert his focus, but was immediately replace with cries of agony when he reached twenty. Similar to the time when he was in prison, it felt like the passage of time is uncomprehendingly slow. Kle In stared at the roof of the cave. His face cannot be painted.

Now knowing how much time passed, his awareness caught the sudden dwindling of pain. He tried to get up and lean towards the wall. If this was earth and somebody would see him, they would suspect that Kle In had just thrown up due to excessive alcohol intake. Kle In wanted to cry again but this time because he could finally feel the pain subsided a lot. He wished there is a way he could sedate himself next time.

After another ten minutes, Kle In wiped the drool and tears on his face. He remembered that he felt immensely thirsty after the first awakening, however he did not feel it this time. As a precaution though, he still extracted blood from the dead body of the lion to drink and slice a chunk of meat.

Kle In closed his eyes. It did not excite him anymore when he saw the third set of meridians in his body, instead he wondered how would he overcome the succeeding awakenings without suffering too much. He did not know how long has he been in pain and he wished there was a way he could measure time. He was not even aware when the rain stopped pouring.

A man striving for power does not need an amazing prescience to envisage he will be going through such pain in the future anyway, so he decided to do it all off today. Kle In retrieved the other ingredients of Bloodline Awakening Pills for other elements and started refining them. Whenever he feels like his strength is exhausted, he would just use his second set of meridian to give him power. In layman's term, it feels like having an extra set of battery pack.

The natural Qi in the environment together with some pills gave him the ability to simultaneously meditate while refining the Bloodline Awakening Solutions.

After three hours, he felt exhausted and feel like may lose consciousness anytime soon. When he was refining the fourth and fifth solutions, he deliberately did not eat any pills. He wants to lose consciousness when he awakens his fourth set of meridians. He reserved the remaining bits of his strength to cook two kilograms of meat and for chipping and resizing the beast cores. If one day would come, he would like to understand how the metabolism of this world works.

Kle In drank a bottle of the solution. After confirming plus two from fire elements, he looked into the supplies of beast cores and starts resizing the beast core with his Qi. He decided to plant it on the fourth and fifth space of his other chest. He closed his eyes, then anguish arrived again. Due to exhaustion, he felt like he did not even have the strength to resist.

It was dark when he opened his eyes. He looked at the spatial ring where he stored the Bloodline Awakening Solutions. He suddenly felt lonely. This feeling of solidarity and meaninglessness.

"Is there even a sense to continue living?"

He did not have the appetite but he still retrieved another bottle of Bloodline Awakening Solution. He wanted to cry but did not stop on what he planned on doing. After awakening the rest of the sets of meridians, he would be able to explore this world freely. He closed his eyes to determine the locations of the newly awakened meridians. This time it is plus one if fire is the base reference and it should be Wood Element category.

When the pain assaulted his body this time, his face did not twitch. He could still feel the intensity of the stinging inexplicable pain that spread all over his body. He just lied there motionless and attempted to sleep.

Time passed and Kle In was getting ready for another round of awakening. It was afternoon when he took the metal type Bloodline Awakening Solution. He felt like his body adjusted and gained a certain level of immunity to pain. He had already planted a total of five Beast Cores in his body and he now has total of six sets of meridians including his original one.

The bottle in his hand should be for Lightning Element. After a deep breath, he opened the bottle and gulped it. One more after this and he should be able to roam.

Kle In noticed that it has already been passed five minutes and he could not detect any Qi Nodes opening. Just like when he ate the fire type awakening pill, nothing was happening. Either the liquid solution he concocted is a failure or lightning bloodline is already related to the previous elements.

He opened the second bottle and drunk it. Afterwards, he retrieved another set of ingredients from his spatial ring to refine the lightning related solution. He read the book again to make sure he did not miss anything.