At first, he cautiously extracted a strand from the Yin and Yang Qi and slowly fused them together. This was a test of his mastery over Qi Mechanism Control. When the two streams of Qi Mechanism combined, the amount extracted from each had to be perfectly equal—neither a fraction more nor less.
It didn't take long before he realized that with his prior experience in maneuvering Qi Mechanism, performing this task was effortless, requiring no strain at all. Taking it further, he boldly drew over a hundred Qi Veins at once, cycling them through his meridians together.
Before long, he fully integrated the two streams of Qi Veins into one and stored them in his abdomen, where they rested heavily as if lead and mercury had been deposited within.
By this point, all the prerequisites for Opening Meridians had been completed.
