Chapter 116: 115 Divine Body Complete! Burn the Life Fire!
"Life Fire..."
After leaving the stone hall, Chang Qing took out the Divine Body Cultivation Technique and carefully read through it.
The teacher said the bet is set for a month later, and he must achieve mastery of the Divine Body before then.
"Refine the meridians with the blood and energy within, engrave Dao patterns above the meridians, and explore the world of rivers, lakes, and seas within the body..."
Chang Qing’s eyes flickered with strands of understanding as he simply attempted to mobilize the blood and energy within his body.
Blood and energy surged, running through the whole body.
Strands of blood and energy flowed through the meridians, engraving profound and complex patterns.
The meridians that were refined emitted a faint, blood-colored light, with flowing and interlacing divine patterns, appearing very mysterious.
But this phenomenon lasted only briefly, being interrupted due to the lack of subsequent strength from the blood and energy.
"With my blood and energy, I can’t even refine a fifth of a single meridian."
"It seems the further the cultivation progresses, the more resources are needed; otherwise, it’s just a matter of time..."
Chang Qing gained a deeper understanding of the preciousness of resources.
He quickened his pace and soon returned to the array.
Upon seeing the mountain-like resources, Chang Qing’s face broke into a smile.
With this batch of resources, he would soon achieve mastery of the Divine Body.
By then, he could sweep away all the resources of the lower realm tier.
"No, why is it wrong? The array patterns are arranged just like the ones recorded in the cultivation technique..."
Not far away, Wu Yong’s eyes were bloodshot, engraving dense array patterns on the ground.
He muttered to himself at times, sometimes smiling, sometimes angry, his mind immersed in cultivation.
Chang Qing curiously approached, looking at the densely arranged array patterns on the ground.
"Hmm?"
After a quick glance, Chang Qing couldn’t help but utter a soft ’hmm’.
He noticed that many of the array patterns Wu Yong engraved were somewhat similar to the ’Seal the Heavens’ needle technique.
Seal the Heavens, although a needle technique, also contains a lot of array mysteries.
However, the difference is that an array guides and utilizes the Power of Heaven and Earth.
While a needle technique controls and gathers the Power of Origin deep within the human body.
The two have similarities but differ greatly in fine details.
Chang Qing watched for a while, relying on his understanding of the Nine Profound Celestial Doctor’s Needle, he couldn’t help feeling that Wu Yong’s array arrangement seemed somewhat chaotic.
He initially wanted to remind him, but then reconsidered, fearing that he might accidentally misguide since he knew nothing about arrays.
"Cultivation techniques have their legacies, surely the younger brother has his considerations, I better not worry about it."
Chang Qing shook his head, took out a portion of resources, and found a relatively secluded spot on the mountain peak to sit cross-legged.
With a casual hand, he swallowed a pill, and a vast amount of blood and energy erupted rapidly within his body.
Chang Qing’s expression remained unchanged, he circulated the blood and energy using his cultivation technique.
Hiss!
A reddish glow emerged from Chang Qing’s body as his internal meridians were rapidly refined under the strong impact of blood and energy.
It was clearly visible that as the vast blood and energy propelled forward, the meridians engraved divine patterns and emitted a misty light.
With each portion of blood vessels being refined, the blood and energy within Chang Qing’s body grew more vigorous accordingly.
The increasingly powerful feeling made Chang Qing completely immersed in it.
And as the meridians continued to be refined, the world within him was quietly transforming.
Broad and intersecting riverbeds appeared from the earth.
These riverbeds, like the meridians within the human body, spanned across the heavens and earth, large and small, interwoven and gathered.
As viewed from the sky, the intersecting riverbeds formed an immense, boundless ancient Dao pattern, gradually revealing itself.
Once Chang Qing’s first meridian was fully refined, the dry riverbeds within the heavens manifested surging giant waves.
Waves meandered forward from the broad riverbeds, gradually linking the previously chaotic but orderly waterways.
...
In cultivation, time flew, and half a month passed in the blink of an eye.
Chang Qing opened his eyes, vast blood and energy surged around him, and a strong aura permeated.
"Half of the meridians have been refined, it should be enough in another ten days or so."
Chang Qing lightly clenched his fist, feeling the rampant power within him, his face beamed with a smile.
Even without the Life Fire being condensed, his power had already increased substantially.
If the Divine Body was fully mastered, his combat power would undergo a qualitative change.
"Go fetch some more resources and continue cultivating..."
Chang Qing stomped heavily on the ground, causing rocks to crumble, and his figure shot forth like a sharp sword.
Not long after, arriving at the array.
"Puff!"
Just as Chang Qing arrived, he saw Wu Yong looking haggard, using Demon Beast’s blood to engrave array patterns on his body.
But just halfway through the engraving, he spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed onto the ground.
"Junior brother, what’s happening?"
Chang Qing was shocked and quickly stepped forward to support Wu Yong.
"It shouldn’t be... I’ve deduced it many times, why can’t I succeed?"
Wu Yong’s eyes were vacant, seemingly unaware of Chang Qing’s presence, muttering softly.
"Sigh, that Primordial Celestial Divine Body simply cannot be practiced, insisting on self-inflicted hardships."
Old Sun beside him shook his head, feeling unsurprised.
Over the past half month, Wu Yong had spat blood nearly ten times.
"Junior brother..."
Chang Qing hesitated, wanting to say something.
But suddenly, Wu Yong’s eyes lit up, "I know, it must be the wrong arrangement of patterns causing the array base to be chaotic..."
Wu Yong muttered words incomprehensible to outsiders, starting once again to engrave something on the ground.
Chang Qing hesitated but ultimately shook his head, taking resources and leaving.
...
Ten days swiftly passed.
Chang Qing sat cross-legged on the ground, his internal blood and energy roared like rivers, emitting a thunderous sound.
The meridians radiated a rich blood-colored light, with divine patterns flowing and crossing, as if enveloped by a layer of burning flame.
Internal world.
Those previously dried-up numerous riverbeds, torrents of surging waves meandered.
The rivers, lakes, and seas of all sizes within the world.
As the final meridian finished refining, the countless rivers intersected and completed in an instant!
Endless Dao rhymes emerged, the ancient Dao pattern of the character ’Life’, formed by intersecting rivers, suddenly emerged from the void!
Boom!
Fire! Blaze of sky-high flames spread across the world instantly!
Blood-red flames swayed from the void, with terrifying heat exploding suddenly from within Chang Qing’s body.
"Hm!"
Chang Qing grunted, immediately drenched in sweat, which flowed like water.
Yet right after, foul, dark impurities were expelled from his body.
The Life Fire ignited within the Spiritual Body, burning away all useless impurities inside and outside the flesh.
In just a few moments.
Chang Qing’s skin, which grew from a mountain village and carried some wheat-color, became as pristine as jade.
Jet-black hair glowed with specks of light, his tall and well-proportioned physique became perfect, his bones and flesh spotless.
Originally handsome, Chang Qing now appeared less like a simple villager and more like an ethereal and carefree cultivator.
Indeed, this is true transformation!
"Divine Body Mastery!"
Chang Qing stood up, feeling the vast divine power within him, his face filled with joy.
Just a minor breakthrough, yet his power increased manifold!
"Stone Axe..."
Chang Qing waved his sleeve, and the thirty-thousand-pound stone axe floated to his hand like a fluttering leaf.
As the seal descended, three seals dropped instantly from the stone axe.
Even so, Chang Qing still felt he had enough strength.
When he released another ten thousand pounds of weight, the familiar feeling emerged in his heart.
"An increase of forty thousand pounds of strength, combined with the previously unlocked, a total of seventy thousand pounds of divine power!"
Chang Qing’s face beamed with joy, inwardly viewing the burning Life Fire within.
"So... what is the effect of the Life Fire?"