Chapter 1426: Introduction to Body Forging Technique! Star Core Lei Gang!

"Understood."

Xu Jingming nodded in response.

He no longer glanced at the surrounding wonders, but sat cross-legged in midair at the center of this spherical space.

He closed his eyes and sank his spirit into his mind.

He began carefully recalling and activating the first-level cultivation method of the newly inherited Star Core Lei Gang Body.

Soon, a complex spiritual force circuit took shape in his thoughts, and his Yuan energy began to circulate slowly along a specific path.

It focused primarily on the spine, the bone marrow cavities of limbs and extremities, and the depths of the five viscera and six bowels.

A faint, elusive pull emanated from within his body, like a parched earth yearning for rain.

"Teacher, Younger Brother Xu is ready."

Sensing Xu Jingming's state, Ye Li softly reported to the void.

"Good."

The frost-crowned Sovereign's cold voice seemed to echo directly within this core space.

In the next instant, change occurred.

There was no earth-shattering roar, no explosive rumble of energy.

Only the semi-transparent blue-purple Lei Ting crystals forming this spherical space.

Beginning from the outermost edge, they melted away as slowly and steadily as spring ice thawing.

It was not physical melting, but the gradual removal of absolute stasis.

The first to awaken were the crystal layers farthest from Xu Jingming.

At the moment of stasis release, those once-frozen, liquid-sapphire-like primal Lei Gang.

Like suppressed dragons raging for countless ages, they suddenly regained freedom of movement!

"Zi-la—!!!"

A low, majestic thunderclap exploded within the depths of Xu Jingming's soul!

Even though only the outermost Lei Gang had revived,

that pure, ancient thunderous primal vibration made every hair on his body stand on end, each cell trembling with instinctive dread.

Immediately after, visible blue-purple lightning arcs.

Seeped out from the melting crystal walls, like living serpents, slowly gliding through the spherical space.

The temperature within the space surged rapidly; the chill was swiftly replaced by a gentle yet undeniable warmth.

This was the power of lightning itself, hiding terrifying thermal energy capable of vaporizing star-iron.

More and more lightning arcs appeared, gradually interweaving into a thin blue-purple thunder mist that enveloped Xu Jingming.

"Steady your spirit, guide them, follow the method."

Ye Li's voice came just in time, reminding him.

Xu Jingming would not falter.

He exerted full force to activate the energy pathways of the Star Core Lei Gang Body!

Soon, the drifting blue-purple lightning arcs seemed to sense this attraction.

They began moving proactively toward Xu Jingming.

The first slender arc touched his skin.

"Hng!"

Xu Jingming grunted, his body jolting violently!

This was no ordinary electric strike—it was a direct invasion of primal thunder law power!

Excruciating pain! Numbness! Burning heat!

And a strange refining sensation erupted simultaneously!

This strand of Lei Gang did not injure his skin surface.

Instead, it seeped in, following the skin's texture and the path of Yuan energy circulation.

Drilling deep into his body, especially into the interiors of his bones!

The first level of the Star Core Lei Gang Body—Drawing Thunder into the Marrow—officially began!

The frost-crowned Sovereign's control was exquisitely precise.

The speed and intensity of Lei Gang release perfectly matched Xu Jingming's physical tolerance and absorption rate.

More layers of thunder crystals melted; more primal Lei Gang transformed into mist.

Fine threads, ceaselessly surging toward Xu Jingming.

He was gradually enveloped in a blue-purple lightning light cocoon.

Within the cocoon, his trembling body was faintly visible.

Veins stood out on his forehead, clearly enduring immense pain and pressure.

Yet at the same time, the faint golden patterns on his body grew brighter.

Intertwined with the blue-purple Lei Gang, radiating a vigorous aura of transformation.

Ye Li stood silently beside him, guarding.

Her beautiful eyes focused intently on every subtle change in Xu Jingming, ready to intervene at any moment.

As the Star Core Lei Gang Body circulated,

the blue-purple lightning cocoon swirling around Xu Jingming grew denser, its internal energy fluctuations more turbulent.

He sat cross-legged at the center of the spherical space, his body trembling slightly under the continuous influx of Lei Gang.

Time within this space, severed from the Sovereign's will, seemed to lose all measure.

The outer layer of thunder crystals continued to melt steadily, releasing an increasingly dense primordial Lei Gang.

From initial mist, it gradually became a trickle, then merged into a surging sea of thunderous pulp, rushing into the light cocoon!

Xu Jingming's body was like an endless black hole.

Greedily yet methodically absorbing these supremely yang and rigid energies, guiding them toward his limbs, bones, and spinal marrow cavities.

The pain never ceased, even intensifying layer by layer as the Lei Gang's strength grew.

Yet, amid this extreme agony, Xu Jingming's breathing maintained a deep, steady rhythm.

His spiritual force was hyper-focused, strictly controlling the torrent of Lei Gang flowing within his body according to the method.

Ye Li remained silently standing beside him, her spiritual perception fully extended.

She could sense that the energy level within Xu Jingming was steadily rising.

The strength of his physical body was evolving at an astonishing rate.

Even more, she silently nodded in approval—Xu Jingming's tolerance for pain far exceeded her initial expectations.

"No wonder he mastered the Source Core Secret Scripture in half a year..."

She whispered in her heart, a faint trace of admiration crossing her cold, exquisite face.

Time swiftly passed.

One day, two days, three days.

Soon, ten days had passed!

Finally, when the last layer of thunder crystals surrounding the spherical space completely melted.

All primordial Lei Gang was released, filling the entire space with a sea of blue-purple thunder!

The light cocoon had now expanded to several meters in diameter, its surface crackling with wild lightning arcs, its internal energy boiling to its peak.

Ye Li's expression hardened—she knew the most critical moment was upon them.

The infusion of Lei Gang would reach its peak, completing the final refining of bone marrow and internal organs, laying the foundation for the Body Forging Art.

At that moment, inside the light cocoon, Xu Jingming suddenly opened his eyes!

"Boom—!!!"

Brilliant dark-golden Lei Guang shot forth from his pupils.

The Annihilation Doushen Shenlei collided and merged violently with the surrounding blue-purple thunder!

A qi, stronger by several times than before, erupted like a slumbering ferocious beast awakening!

The thunderous light cocoon surrounding him shattered instantly, and even his battle robe dissolved into a shower of electric sparks like flying fireflies.

Xu Jingming's figure reappeared.

He still sat in a cross-legged posture, but his entire aura had changed utterly.

His exposed skin gleamed like jade, yet faintly radiated a cold, metallic luster.

Beneath it, the interwoven patterns of blue-purple and pale gold slowly faded away.

His muscle contours did not become exaggerated; instead, they grew smoother and more restrained, as if every inch concealed terrifying power capable of shattering mountains and splitting earth.

Most strikingly, a faint golden aura of Lei Gang naturally enveloped him.

Minute lightning arcs spontaneously flickered and vanished within the aura, emitting a low, continuous crackling sound.

As if he himself had become a miniature thunderous star core.

This was the innate Lei Gang effect naturally accompanying the successful cultivation of the T0-level Body Forging Art, the Star Core Lei Gang Body!

"This is the T0-level Body Forging Art?!" Xu Jingming's eyes blazed with intense light.

He felt an unprecedented power!

With a simple clench of his fist, fine sparks of electricity flew from the friction of his knuckles.

Without deliberately channeling Yuan energy, surging thunderous power surged and roared through his bloodlines.

Perfectly fused with his physical strength, every gesture and movement carried a unique aura—calm as a star, explosive as thunder!

"Success!"

Ye Li, who had been waiting beside him, also revealed a faint smile.

She was about to speak, when Xu Jingming suddenly rose from his seated posture.

But Xu Jingming's battle armor had long since dissolved in that endless thunder.

Thus, this moment of him standing up.

Caused her originally cool, calm, water-clear eyes to freeze in place.

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