Chapter 482

481. Chapter 476: Body Tempering

Ding Huan exhaled slowly and ceased his cultivation.

In this place overflowing with immortal spiritual energy, he reached Xuan Immortal Level 12 in less than two years.

He glanced back at the Grand Void Flame.

Four flame patterns—this meant his Grand Void Flame had reached Level 4 Immortal Flame.

Ding Huan gestured with his hand, and the Grand Void Flame shot out of the Eon Fire Marrow Pool and landed in his palm.

Feeling the potent fire elemental law resonance, Ding Huan was satisfied; he turned his hand, and the flame sank into the depths of his consciousness Dao Universe.

He could leave this place now.

But before leaving, he must take the Eon Fire Marrow Pool with him.

This was a valuable treasure.

Ding Huan pulled out over a thousand array flags and tossed them down, preparing to pack up and carry away the entire Eon Fire Marrow Pool.

Yet after setting up a Level 6 Teleportation Immortal Array, Ding Huan discovered he could not move the Eon Fire Marrow Pool at all.

What was going on?

Ding Huan tried again—still, he could not budge it.

After attempting over a dozen times, Ding Huan helplessly settled for using space to extract some Eon Fire Marrow, sealed it, and sent it into his iron pot.

After hesitating, he summoned the Grand Void Flame again.

"Grand Void, absorb the fire elemental law resonance here and ascend. I'll go out for a while, strengthen my cultivation, then come back for you."

Ding Huan stared at the Grand Void Flame in his palm and gave his instructions.

The Grand Void Flame still had no fire spirit, but it seemed to sense Ding Huan's intent, flickering and drifting toward him.

Ding Huan sent the Grand Void Flame into the Eon Fire Marrow Pool, then continuously tossed down array flags to seal the pool.

Such a prime location must not be casually discovered by others.

This place contained not only the Eon Fire Marrow Pool but also his Grand Void Flame—if someone found it and took it, he'd be ruined.

Once he left, the natural barriers here would automatically repair themselves.

He had to leave, because he was about to undergo Tribulation Crossing and ascend to Da Yi Immortal.

…

A month later, Ding Huan had distanced himself from the Eon Fire Marrow Pool's location; he immediately threw out a high-grade immortal spiritual vein and prepared to undergo Tribulation Crossing to become a Da Yi Immortal.

After two years of cultivation beside the Eon Fire Marrow Pool, aided by a complete high-grade immortal spiritual vein, Ding Huan triggered the Da Yi Immortal Lei Jie after just one Zhou Tian.

Nine thick arcs of Lei Jie descended; Ding Huan prepared to endure them with brute force.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Crack!

The first wave of Lei Jie tore through Ding Huan's arm, giving him a bad feeling.

Previously, though his Tribulation Crossing arcs were far stronger than those faced by peers, they had still been easily survivable for his strength.

But this time, the first wave already tore his arm—relative to his cultivation, the Lei Jie had grown excessively strong.

Continuous arcs of Lei Jie fell, forcing Ding Huan to redirect the lightning's source into his consciousness Dao Universe.

These powerful Da Yi Immortal Lei Jie arcs could inflict serious damage to his body.

Even with his consciousness Dao Universe as support, what if one day the Lei Jie grew strong enough to tear it apart?

Besides, even if the Lei Jie didn't rupture his consciousness Dao Universe, drawing all arcs into it was not a sustainable solution.

It would interfere with his own lightning refinement.

No, he must change this situation.

His Great Universe Technique was among the most perfect Dao arts in the cosmos, but it wasn't enough.

He needed to add something else.

Boom! Boom! Boom! The second wave of nine Lei Jie arcs descended; one tore a bloody gash across Ding Huan's back, shattered his spine, and nearly slammed him into the ground.

Ding Huan frantically channeled the Great Universe Technique and barely managed to withstand it.

The third wave of Lei Jie was still gathering.

Ding Huan took a deep breath: to strengthen his resistance to Lei Jie, if he couldn't summon artifacts, he had to enhance his body.

Summoning artifacts meant abandoning his plan to use Lei Jie to strengthen himself.

During the Immortal Sect Grand Competition, Ding Huan clearly understood how much stronger his power was compared to peers.

Besides his Dao art and spiritual sense, Lei Jie was also a reason.

To strengthen his body, he must practice body tempering.

Previously, Ding Huan had never taken body tempering techniques seriously, because his Lei Jie had never harmed him.

This Da Yi Immortal Lei Jie changed his mind.

He needed body tempering—and he absolutely needed it.

The strongest race for body tempering was the Wu Clan.

The Wu Clan now hid within the Chaos Zone.

To obtain body tempering techniques, he must seek out the Wu Clan in the Chaos Zone.

Boom! Boom! Boom! The third wave of Lei Jie descended; Ding Huan's mind was filled entirely with the Wu Clan's body tempering techniques.

He had been in the Great Immortal Realm long enough to know how strictly the Wu Clan controlled the transmission of body tempering techniques.

The Wu Clan had supreme Wu Kings, even Wu Emperors.

Even after this Tribulation Crossing, he would still be merely a lowly Da Yi Immortal—could he possibly obtain the Wu Clan's body tempering techniques?

Crack!

Puff! Puff! Puff!

This time, eighteen Lei Jie arcs descended, each one splashing blood mist from Ding Huan's body.

Although Ding Huan had swallowed a billion-year sea marrow, as his cultivation advanced, its effect was no better than his own recovery.

Before the eighteen lightning tribulation arcs had fully passed, Ding Huan was blasted flat to the ground again, forcing him to guide the lightning tribulation arcs into his consciousness great dao universe.

Because the lightning tribulation arcs slammed into his consciousness great dao universe, Ding Huan felt his consciousness trembling in waves.

The incomplete stars, star bridges, star rivers, and starry skies swayed precariously under the terrifying Lei Jie arcs, as if about to collapse at any moment.

No, this cannot continue.

Did he rely on anyone for the Great Universe Art?

He had relied only on a cosmic vortex to create the Great Universe Art himself—why then could he not create a body refinement technique himself?

Who understands the laws of all things better than he does?

Who in this world controls more cultivation theories than he does?

If others can create body refinement techniques, why can't he?

A body refinement technique uses the damage from external laws to transform the dao rhythms of that damage into the strength of one's physical body…

As the fourth wave of Lei Jie began to brew, Ding Huan was no longer fully focused on the Lei Jie—his mind filled with countless methods of tempering tendons and bones, and the pathways of Zhou Tian.

Then the Great Universe Art began simulating the feasibility of the body refinement technique's Zhou Tian.

But Ding Huan had not yet found the first Zhou Tian pathway for the body refinement technique when the fifth wave of Lei Jie descended.

Boom!

The first Lei Jie arc struck, violently slamming into Ding Huan's shoulder.

To prevent his shoulder from being completely ruined, Ding Huan could only guide this Lei Jie arc into his still-incomplete body refinement Zhou Tian.

The powerful Lei source, radiating a force that tore through all things, surged into Ding Huan's body—but after traveling only halfway through the guided body refinement Zhou Tian, it suddenly hit a dead end.

Crack… crack…

Ding Huan clearly heard the sounds of his meridians and bones snapping.

His heart sank—he was finished.

If this terrifying Lei Jie dao rhythm couldn't proceed further inside him, it would cause him to explode.

The Lei Jie arcs did not stop; several more descended in succession.

As Ding Huan tried to frantically activate the Great Universe Art to heal, the Lei Jie arcs, unable to proceed further in the broken body refinement Zhou Tian, spontaneously carved out an entirely new Zhou Tian pathway.

The Lei dao rhythm, nearly tearing Ding Huan's body apart, instantly found an outlet—causing Ding Huan to relax completely.

Before Ding Huan could even catch his breath, the following Lei Jie arcs came one after another.

Because his meridians had snapped, his immortal qi could no longer circulate.

Fortunately, his consciousness great dao universe remained intact, and his divine sense suffered no impairment.

To Ding Huan's delight, after the first body refinement Zhou Tian passed, his injuries began healing rapidly.

Most of this body refinement Zhou Tian was discovered by himself; a small portion was spontaneously carved out by the body refinement Lei Jie with nowhere else to go.

His body refinement technique's first circulation cycle coordinated perfectly with the Great Universe Art's circulation cycle.

After just a few Zhou Tian cycles, the snapped meridians were already mostly repaired.

Previously, even with his miraculous healing technique, snapped meridians could not be restored so quickly.

The Lei Jie arcs that followed were all guided by Ding Huan into the newly opened Zhou Tian pathways of his body refinement technique.

As soon as the fourth wave's eighteen Lei Jie arcs ended, the fifth wave crashed down.

Ding Huan clearly sensed his body strengthening rapidly—and as the fifth wave descended, he discovered the second Zhou Tian pathway of his body refinement technique.

With one more body refinement Zhou Tian opened, even though the fifth wave's Lei Jie arcs were stronger than the fourth, Ding Huan suffered less damage.

Ding Huan's broken bones healed swiftly; before the fifth wave ended, he naturally understood how the third body refinement Zhou Tian should be operated for maximum efficiency.

The fifth wave consisted of only nine Lei Jie arcs; when all nine ended, Ding Huan's created body refinement technique now had five Zhou Tian pathways.

Boom! The sixth wave of Lei Jie arcs descended.

Ding Huan did not attempt to break through to Great Yi Immortal—the moment the sixth wave descended, his Great Yi Immortal cultivation bottleneck shattered automatically.

Ding Huan's cultivation surged violently; the immortal qi from the immortal vein was sucked out as if drained, pouring entirely onto Ding Huan.

Simultaneously, the sixth Zhou Tian pathway of the body refinement technique appeared.

Ding Huan frantically absorbed immortal qi to boost his cultivation while continuing to open new Zhou Tian pathways for his body refinement technique.

Such an opportunity was rare—while his thoughts flowed smoothly and his understanding of body refinement remained clear, the more he perfected, the better.

Ding Huan knew better than anyone: without the Great Universe Art, he would have been ruined the moment he tried to open the first body refinement Zhou Tian.

But he had the Great Universe Art—he could forcibly open a new Zhou Tian within a ruined body to refine his physique. Who else could do this?

The sixth wave of Lei Jie consisted of eighteen Lei Jie arcs.

As the final Lei Jie arc ended, Ding Huan's cultivation reached Great Yi Immortal Layer Two.

His body suffered almost no damage during the later Lei Jie arcs; Ding Huan silently marveled.

Someone like him absolutely needed a body refinement technique.

His Lei Jie was far stronger than that of others at the same level—if he lacked a body refinement technique, the higher his cultivation rose, the greater his chance of death.

His body refinement technique was not yet fully perfected—that was merely a matter of time.

Moreover, his body refinement technique could be used by no one but himself—anyone else who tried to cultivate it would become crippled after the first Zhou Tian.