Chapter 620: Heavenly Origin

Tianquan Peak, Elder Liu Liu Qingyuan's Hall.

He Song arrived in haste, clasping his hands outside the hall and saying, "Master, disciple He Song requests an audience."

"Come in!" Liu Liu Qingyuan's voice rang out from inside the hall.

Adjusting his robes and cap, He Song entered the great hall.

"What business brings you to seek your master?" Liu Liu Qingyuan spoke first.

He Song said, "Elder Song Song Yushao asked me to inquire if you can find a way to transfer Xu Yang away from the Ziyang Sect. He said if we delay any longer, Xu Yang will reach the Heavenly Origin Realm."

Hearing this, Liu Liu Qingyuan felt somewhat agitated; he naturally knew they could not delay. Given the talent Xu Yang had displayed, he could break through to the Heavenly Origin Realm in about a year.

However, the current Xu Yang is a top contender for the Ziyang Sect's second Dragon Ascent. Even as an Elder of Tianquan Peak, he cannot interfere with matters concerning Xu Yang's missions.

Unless Elder Elder Huoyun speaks up, even the Sect Master is powerless against the disciples of Tianquan Peak, and the Sect Master would never support him in killing Xu Yang.

Xu Yang himself is sharp; he simply refuses to leave the Ziyang Sect, leaving even him with no recourse.

"I understand!" Liu Liu Qingyuan said, waving his hand to dismiss He Song.

At this moment, he regretted rashly acting while Elder Elder Huoyun was absent; not only did he fail to transfer Xu Yang away from the Ziyang Sect, but he likely aroused Xu Yang's suspicion.

If that incident had not occurred, and it were merely the matter of Li Li Chuyang, it could still be resolved.

Now, resolving it is likely difficult.

"I can only wait. At worst, I will learn from him and hide within the Ziyang Sect without going out."

As for coercing Xu Yang through Xu Qing, he had tried recently, but Elder Changchun values Xu Qing highly, so he too cannot interfere.

If he arouses Xu Yang's suspicion again, and Xu Yang truly decides to fight him to the death, he can only wait until Xu Yang leaves the Ziyang Sect to strike; he must not act himself.

Day and night alternated; in the blink of an eye, a month had passed since the Great Perfection of the Blood Prison Heart Blade Sutra. Xu Yang cultivated the Eight Evils Subduing Dragon Strength while simultaneously raising his cultivation base.

That day, while Xu Yang was cultivating in the quiet chamber, he suddenly shuddered, his bones and tendons roaring together, and his internal blood and qi surged like a dragon.

He quickly turned his inner sight inward and saw new blood condensing like mercury, bones white as jade, seeming ready to emit light. A feeling of perfection rose in his heart; the bone marrow no longer generated new blood, and his bones and tendons had been refined to their limit.

His entire body, from the vital energy to his flesh and blood, formed a perfect cycle, whole and round as one.

"Bone marrow washing is complete!" Xu Yang's heart rose with realization, his eyes full of joy.

Since breaking through to bone marrow washing two years ago, he had finally achieved its perfection.

【Fu Yue Xiong Jing · Perfection】

Xu Yang felt his entire body as clear as washed water, inside and out as one, while his mind and spirit realm rapidly surged.

His strength had not changed, yet he felt a sense that he had become stronger.

In the following days, he did not rush to assault the Heavenly Origin Realm. Instead, he hid in the quiet chamber, contemplating the mysteries of bone marrow washing perfection.

He temporarily halted his cultivation of the Blood Prison Heart Blade Sutra, the Immovable Bright King Body, and the Eight Evils Subduing Dragon Strength, focusing all his effort on comprehending the Li Huo Gong to prepare for breaking through to the Heavenly Origin Realm.

Seven days passed in a row. Xu Yang finally felt that his body had undergone no further changes; every aspect had reached a critical point where no further progress was possible.

He knew that only by breaking through to the Heavenly Origin Realm would his cultivation base improve further; otherwise, it would not rise at all.

【Li Huo Gong · Not Entered (999/100)】

He had comprehended the Li Huo Gong almost completely; he only needed one final step to enter. That final step was the difference between bone marrow washing and the Heavenly Origin Realm.

Cross it, and he would be a Heavenly Origin martial artist.

Fail to cross it, and he would remain a bone marrow washing martial artist.

"To break through from bone marrow washing to the Heavenly Origin Realm, one must draw the power of heaven and earth to flood the body, using the immense pressure of heaven and earth to transform vital energy into primordial energy."

"Gang yuan is condensed from the power of heaven and earth, thus it is also called Heavenly Origin."

"When the power of heaven and earth floods the body, one must endure the immense pressure radiating from heaven and earth. Those with weak wills cannot withstand the pressure of heaven and earth; lightly, their mind and spirit will be damaged; heavily, they will become Bai Chi."