Chapter 130: Seven Mortal Transformations, Physical Anomalies

Chen Mo grabbed a handful of Blood Essence Stones from the bundle before him and took two Mirage Spirits to swallow.

The pure and dense power of Blood Qi was continuously absorbed and digested by him, sent one by one into the Transformation Pearl.

The bundle previously given by his foster father soon grew thin, and Chen Mo took out another one.

These Blood Essence Stones were obtained from selling the Blood Pills he had on hand, totaling sixty-five pieces.

Naturally, there were markets near the Capital for Qi Refiners and Martial Artists to trade; one hundred and twenty li west of the city, there was a royal garden where the market within was built by the current imperial clan.

Under the guidance of Ma Jianxin, Chen Mo went to that market for a trip and exchanged all the medicinal pills he had on hand.

Picking up the Blood Essence Stones one by one, Chen Mo refined them one by one for cultivation.

If it were any other Martial Artist, wanting to refine these sixty-plus Blood Essence Stones would require at least half a year of effort.

And that is assuming the Martial Artist could continuously refine the power of Qi and Blood without encountering any bottlenecks.

In reality, the vast majority of Martial Artists could not achieve this; at most, after absorbing thirty or forty pieces, they would temporarily reach a bottleneck and need time to slowly digest the power they had gained.

Only Chen Mo could absorb these resources without limit, transforming them into his own strength.

Of the sixty-five Blood Essence Stones, he refined forty-seven in one go.

The Transformation Pearl within his dantian had finally accumulated to fullness, ready to initiate the next Transformation at any time.

Chen Mo did not intend to use the remaining Blood Essence Stones, but would instead use them to upgrade his weapon.

The silver-white spear could also increase in weight by devouring Blood Essence Stones; while there was an upper limit, Chen Mo had yet to test what that limit was.

With his current strength, for normal combat, a weapon weighing five hundred catties was sufficient.

However, he did not know what level his strength would reach after the next Transformation, so he had to wait until after the Transformation to upgrade it.

Chen Mo calmed his breath and adjusted his rhythm, first letting himself enter a state of Embryonic Breathing.

In this way, if there were any hidden injuries or ailments in his body, even the smallest flaws would be repaired, and his physical body could maintain a state of perfection without leaks.

After reaching a state of perfection, he would then proceed with the shedding of his mortal frame; all Blood Qi would be used to improve himself, without the slightest waste.

Self-circulating Inner Qi, holding firm and guarding the one, is called Embryonic Breathing.

With every inhalation and exhalation, Chen Mo no longer used his nose or mouth, but gradually isolated himself from the outside world, his own Inner Qi connecting into one and circulating within his body.

The vitality hidden within his body was stimulated and began to repair his physical body; even the most insignificant little flaws were repaired under this state.

Not only that, after the state of Embryonic Breathing ended, Chen Mo's own essence, Qi, and spirit would also be restored.

In the state of Embryonic Breathing, Chen Mo could not feel the passage of time, feeling only that in an instant, everything had already ended.

With his physical body no longer possessing a single flaw, he then slowly exited Embryonic Breathing and stimulated the Transformation Pearl to undergo the Transformation.

The murmuring Blood Qi surged, not like a great river, but rather like a trickling stream; the flow was neither hurried nor slow, constantly and steadily surging outward.

The Blood Qi of this Transformation first flowed into his five viscera and six bowels, fundamentally remodeling and improving Chen Mo's five viscera and six bowels, making them stronger.

Chen Mo could clearly perceive this as these Blood Qi flowed through his internal organs.

His already extremely formidable five viscera and six bowels were improved once again; with every leap, it seemed as if blood-colored radiance bloomed, and a majestic, vigorous, and heavy power of Blood Qi flowed from his five viscera and six bowels throughout his entire body.

His physical foundation was further strengthened; now, it was not to say there were no successors, but there were certainly no predecessors.

From the flesh and blood to the tendons and bones of his five viscera and six bowels, Chen Mo's entire body was bathing in this baptism and Transformation; the surging Blood Qi covered his whole body, and even his skin was covered by a faint Blood Qi.

His physical foundation was further strengthened, which in turn set the Xuanhuang Indestructible Body into motion.

The vast and mighty Heaven and Earth Power, like a river, was continuously drawn into Chen Mo's body; the Array within the mansion was fully activated, drawing and absorbing the boundless Heaven and Earth Power to provide for Chen Mo's absorption.

However, even so, it did not cause any changes to the heavens and earth, because there was too much Heaven and Earth Power—so much that even if a portion were absorbed, more power would instantly fill the void.

Of course, there were still some experts currently cultivating who could perceive that within the range of the Inner City, someone was continuously pulling on the Heaven and Earth Power.

If such a sign appeared, there was only one possibility: a Qi Refiner was guiding the Heaven and Earth Power to be used for alchemy, weapon refining, or setting up an Array.

Only in this way could such a majestic and vast Heaven and Earth Power be mobilized; otherwise, unless a Martial Artist directly broke through to the Innate Realm, it would be absolutely impossible to trigger so much Heaven and Earth Power.

Chen Mo had great talent, and no one doubted that he could break through to the Innate Realm in the future, but no one felt he could break through right now.

Everyone just assumed he had invited some Qi Refiner to help set up an Array in his new mansion.

This was a common occurrence; the vast majority of people would do this after moving into a mansion in the Inner City, adding a new set of Arrays on the basis of the original ones.

After all, the previous Arrays were set up by others, and while one could master them, it was difficult to guarantee there were no backdoors.

No one would think Chen Mo was cultivating, because only a Qi Refiner could use their own cognition and understanding of the heavens and earth to mobilize so much Heaven and Earth Power.

And a Post-Heaven Martial Artist could never achieve this, no matter what.

A large amount of Heaven and Earth Power was drawn into his body, and the Heaven and Earth Furnace constructed by Chen Mo was continuously refining these powers, turning them into his own Blood Qi.

The Heaven and Earth Furnace was condensed from Chen Mo's Blood Qi; the stronger his physical foundation, the stronger this Heaven and Earth Furnace would be.

At this moment, the Heaven and Earth Furnace resided within his Mysterious Aperture, and a phantom of a blood-colored cauldron vaguely appeared.

This was originally a characteristic that could only be displayed when the Xuanhuang Indestructible Body reached the second level of perfection, yet because Chen Mo's foundation was too profound, it had now directly manifested.

The Heaven and Earth Furnace continuously inhaled and exhaled Heaven and Earth Power, turning it into his own Blood Qi.

Chen Mo did not send this Blood Qi into the Transformation Pearl, but instead let it improve his own Qi and Blood.

This was an improvement brought about by the strengthening of his physical foundation; there was no need to forcibly suppress it, just let nature take its course.

If one were to forcibly suppress it, it might instead be detrimental to one's cultivation.

Chen Mo's Blood Qi surged all around him, and the Qi and Blood within his body began to further condense.

The Blood Qi, which was already as heavy as lead and mercury, now had specks of golden light flowing within it; this was an omen that would only appear when the physical body reached its absolute limit.

The Buddhist school calls it the Glazed Golden Body, and the Daoist school calls it the Saintly Physical Body.

And according to the records of the Xuanhuang Indestructible Body, this is a body that is immune to all things and impenetrable by ten thousand laws.

Once this realm is reached, no means can easily cause any influence on a Martial Artist's physical body.

Of course, Chen Mo could currently only be said to have a slight sign of this; he did not know how far he was from truly achieving this realm.

And being able to produce this slight omen was also because his physical foundation was strong enough to have this specific manifestation appear.

Even if he did not cultivate the Xuanhuang Indestructible Body, his physical body having transformed to this point would still produce this omen.

However, by practicing this cultivation method, Chen Mo could better understand his current state.

Heaven and Earth Power was continuously converted into his own Blood Qi, and Chen Mo's strength also climbed steadily, only slowing to a halt when it reached the 32,000-jin mark.

Chen Mo currently possessed over 8,000 jin of physical strength; this was the power gained from his own Mortal Transformation, and he would have such strength even without practicing any cultivation method.

The other 24,000 jin of strength was brought to him by the Xuanhuang Indestructible Body, and the two combined to make 32,000 jin of strength.

The Mortal Transformation ended, and feeling his full and surging Qi and Blood, Chen Mo exhaled a long breath of stale air and took the Jia Wood Azure Dragon Art from his Storage Bag.

Ever since he obtained this cultivation method, he had not yet been able to spare the time to practice it, but now he finally had the time.

Browsing through the entire cultivation method again, Chen Mo calmed his heart and focused his spirit, beginning to convert his Dantian Internal Qi.

The Internal Qi of the Jia Wood Azure Dragon Art was different from the Five Elements Essence Cultivation Method; it was Yang-attributed and rich in the vitality of the eastern azure wood.

Chen Mo's progress in switching his cultivation was very smooth, and the Internal Qi he had condensed to near-solidity, like erupting lava, was being continuously converted.

The Internal Qi circulating within his Dantian and meridians had originally appeared a faint blue-purple color; this was the Heaven and Earth Power normally absorbed during cultivation.

Now, under the influence of the Jia Wood Azure Dragon Art, Chen Mo's Internal Qi presented a cyan glow rich in vitality.

This made his Internal Qi purer, and whether for healing wounds or countering certain creatures of the Mirage Sea, it could exert a greater effect.

The process of specializing in the Jia Wood Azure Dragon Art was very smooth, and Chen Mo did not spend much effort to convert his Internal Qi once.

The newly born Internal Qi circulated within the Dantian and meridians, performing a new round of nourishment on them.

This was an extremely slow process, and only over a long period of time could the effects be seen.

The newly born Internal Qi resided in the Dantian below and reached the Mysterious Aperture above; as for the Shenhai, that was not yet a place Internal Qi could reach.

Chen Mo's Divine Sense power was not bad because he had a sufficiently formidable physical body, and with the help of Wei Xia's Soul-Condensing Water, he far surpassed the vast majority of Martial Artists.

In fact, having arrived at the Capital and learned more information, Chen Mo also had a new assessment of his own strength.

Not counting physical strength, the vast majority of Post-Heaven Martial Artists could not possibly possess Internal Qi as condensed as his own.

The reason he said "vast majority" was because he had not yet seen every Post-Heaven Martial Artist in the world.

According to the information he had obtained, Post-Heaven Martial Artists who cultivated Internal Qi to perfection only barely reached a liquid state, which could not be compared to Chen Mo at all.

His current Internal Qi, essence, and Divine Sense had all reached the peak of a Post-Heaven Martial Artist, and even a Martial Artist at the Houtian Consummation Realm could not compare to him.

Therefore, no matter what cultivation method he switched to now, or if he continued to cultivate at this realm, he might be able to have some slight improvements, but it would be difficult to have significant progress.

To truly go a step further, he had to unify the three treasures of essence, Qi, and spirit to reach the Houtian Consummation Realm, preparing for the breakthrough to the Innate realm.

Wanting to reach this step, with his current state, he could just try.

Of course, if the attempt failed, there would inevitably be some damage.

However, this was not a big problem; Chen Mo had mastered the fetal breathing state, and even if he suffered damage, he could recover—it would just waste a bit more time.

Moreover, since he dared to attempt the breakthrough now, he had a ninety percent chance of success, which made it very worth doing, and the risk of failure was not great either.

At worst, he would just recuperate for a few days and then attempt the breakthrough again.

Chen Mo calmed his breath and adjusted his spirit, sinking his heart and mind into one, and began to prepare for the breakthrough according to the records in the Jia Wood Azure Dragon Art.

The Divine Sense within the Shenhai was rapidly integrated, turning into a single thought that surged from the Shenhai toward the Mysterious Aperture.

The Dantian Internal Qi was condensed, and the Internal Qi originally in the Mysterious Aperture was quickly withdrawn by him.

All Internal Qi was completely under his control, and only then did he split off a wisp to return to the Mysterious Aperture.

The three treasures of essence, Qi, and spirit converged in the middle Dantian; if condensed into one, one could enter the Houtian Consummation Realm.

(End of this chapter)