Chapter 783

After rescuing Huofeng Island and seeing that it was no longer under threat, Su Fan left immediately. During his stay, quite a few cultivators—whether from the local Immortal Alliance or external forces—came to pay him a visit.

After all, regardless of the circumstances, a Primordial Spirit stage cultivator—especially a stranger at that stage—is someone they would want to rely on. If they could get close to him, even if nothing else, wouldn't they be safer in this war between humans and demons?

For example, just before, if it hadn't been for this senior, their Huofeng Island would have been in danger.

However, Su Fan only met them briefly; the one Su Fan truly valued was Niu Po Tian of the Leather Armor Sect.

After exchanging ideas with him, he learned that in the current Yuanyang Realm, body-refining cultivators are already considered "unranked."

Although their Leather Armor Sect wears the skin of a body-refining sect, in reality, seventy percent of the disciples in the sect are Qi-refining cultivators, not body-refiners.

Only his own lineage still insists on body refining.

Currently, in the entire Yuanyang Realm, he is the most powerful body-refiner—a pure body-refining cultivator at the sixth level of the Nascent Soul stage.

"Senior, body refining is truly too difficult."

Niu Po Tian sighed as he said this.

Of course, he speculated in his heart that the other party was also very likely a Primordial Spirit expert who practiced body refining as a secondary path; otherwise, it would be impossible to block the magical tool of a ninth-level Nascent Soul demon with just his bare palms.

Niu Po Tian's sigh also made Su Fan realize that the path of body refining in the Yuanyang Realm is destined to come to an end.

Apart from their Leather Armor Sect, which still has Nascent Soul body-refining cultivators, only a few remaining Golden Core forces have any body-refiners at all.

This shows the decline of the body-refining lineage.

Body refining is easy to start; even the worst five-element spirit root cultivators have a great chance of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

But the resources consumed are even greater than those for five-element Qi-refining cultivators, so why not choose Qi refining?

This is the reason why body refining cannot be passed down.

The resource consumption is too high. The current cultivation world is no longer the ancient era. In the ancient era, humans needed powerful strength, and besides, there weren't as many cultivators as there are now, and the resources of the Yuanyang Realm were abundant.

It is different now.

Many small forces have to stretch a single portion of resources into several parts to use; how can you expect the body-refining lineage to rise?

Its decline is only natural.

In fact, even in the Zixiao Sect, not many disciples choose body refining, and those who do at most choose it as a secondary practice.

Those who truly focus on body refining are only a very small number. Clearly, they all know that body refining is more difficult, especially since it becomes more painful the further one cultivates.

Even though Su Fan brought out the "Nine-Refinement Golden Body Art," such a top-tier technique, there are very few who can truly persist.

The Zixiao Sect is not lacking in resources.

However, Su Fan did not force it. The decline of body refining is in accordance with the Heavenly Dao, and he cannot go against the heavens.

Only fools talk about going against the heavens at every turn.

All things in heaven and earth have natural laws.

The Yuanyang Realm is just a small world, even though this world looks very large—perhaps even larger than the solar system on Earth.

But the resources are just like that. After billions of years of exploitation, resources will only become scarcer. Body-refining techniques consume too much, so the human race will naturally choose the most advantageous method.

Therefore, Su Fan has never forced it. He can cultivate it because he is not lacking in resources. A single Star Heart is enough for him to cultivate; whether it is Qi refining or body refining, this Star Heart is enough to allow him to cultivate to the Immortal level.

In the world of *Swallowed Star*, a Star Heart is only considered an ordinary treasure, but for warriors below the Domain Lord level, it is indeed a very precious treasure.

But once one reaches the World Lord level, a Star Heart is just so-so; compared to a Life Fruit, it is far inferior.

This Star Heart is mostly something that many major forces give to core disciples to build a foundation, just like those "Foundation-Nurturing Pills" in martial arts worlds—things for consolidating one's roots.

However, this Star Heart is extraordinary when placed in the Main World.

I am afraid that some Immortals in the Upper Realm would covet it.

After all, this Star Heart is equivalent to the core essence of a life-bearing planet, which is to say, the source of a world's primordial essence.

One can imagine how much one's Primordial Power can be enhanced after refining it.

It is precisely because of such resources that Su Fan can cultivate without any worries. The high consumption of body refining is nothing to him.

However, Su Fan was very curious about the Leather Armor Sect's body-refining method, and he exchanged ideas with Niu Po Tian for a while.

Niu Po Tian was naturally very interested in exchanging cultivation insights with a Primordial Spirit stage cultivator; even exposing the body-refining techniques he had learned was nothing to him.

If it were other Qi-refining techniques, he might have hesitated, but body-refining techniques are actually nothing in Central Province.

Major first-class sects and clans actually all treasure various body-refining methods, and as for spreading them, they are all circulated.

However, there are not many who are truly willing to learn them.

Even many loose cultivators who cannot obtain techniques are unwilling to practice them; even sect disciples cannot afford the resources for cultivation, let alone those loose cultivators.

Therefore, this body-refining method is really not a precious thing in Central Province.

Exchanging ideas with a Primordial Spirit stage cultivator, on the other hand, is the most precious thing. After all, even in Central Province, Primordial Spirit stage cultivators rarely show their faces, let alone exchange ideas.

Generally, they only exchange cultivation insights with cultivators of the same level.

Primordial Spirit stage cultivators might only preach when they are in the mood.

But such opportunities are very rare.

Now that he had the opportunity to exchange cultivation insights with a Primordial Spirit stage cultivator, Niu Po Tian naturally did not dare to be negligent and blurted out everything he had practiced.

He was not afraid of others knowing his cultivation method and finding flaws.

The Leather Armor Sect's body-refining method is naturally not ordinary, but of course, it is certainly inferior to the "Nine-Refinement Golden Body Art" that Su Fan practices.

After all, this "Nine-Refinement Golden Body Art" is the core technique of a great cosmic clan in *Swallowed Star*; that great cosmic clan has many Immortal-level powerhouses.

I don't know if they have Venerables, but they definitely have King-level Immortals.

If placed in the Main World, I am afraid that all the Immortals the Yuanyang Realm has ever produced are not necessarily as powerful as that great cosmic clan.

How could their techniques be comparable to those of the Yuanyang Realm?

However, the Leather Armor Sect's technique also has a reference effect for Su Fan. After all, the "Nine-Refinement Golden Body Art" Su Fan obtained is not the complete version, but only the first few levels.

At most, it can be cultivated to the Domain Lord level; there is no subsequent method.

In the future, he must either return to the *Swallowed Star* world and obtain the full version.

But this is not an easy thing. The first few levels might be easy, but the subsequent ones are definitely the core techniques of the power; how could they be taken out at will?