Chapter 404 - 383: Devoted Cultivation, A Thousand Miles a Day

In the Cultivation Room of the Han Guang Glaze Residence, Song Ciwan once again set out her Concentration Jade Pottery.

A tranquil silence enveloped her. She calmed her spirit and focused her mind, operating the Heaven and Earth Scale.

[You have sold Death Qi: the death of a demonized Mid-Stage Divinity Transformation Cultivator. Weight: five jin and six taels. As the Qi exceeded five jin, you have fulfilled the specification and obtained the cultivation method for the Fourth Layer of the Thunder Fire Body Devouring Technique.]

BOOM!

The vast Cultivation Technique, carrying with it endless profundities, came crashing down like a cataclysm of thunder and fire, pouring into Song Ciwan’s Sea of Consciousness and Heart Soul.

She remained seated cross-legged, her body trembling slightly as she marshaled her entire focus to receive this Cultivation Technique.

The Thunder Fire Body Devouring Technique was a Body Refining Technique. The First Layer, Jade Bone Dharma Body, corresponded to the Qi Transformation Stage among Cultivators; the Second Layer, Body of Impermanence, corresponded to the Qi Cultivation Stage; and the Third Layer, Flesh and Blood Slaughter, corresponded to the Divinity Transformation Stage!

Thus, although Song Ciwan had always suppressed her Main Cultivation Method and delayed her breakthrough to the Divinity Transformation Stage, in terms of her Body Refining Technique, she had entered the realm of the Third-Layer Flesh and Blood Slaughter long ago.

In other words, as a Body Cultivator, Song Ciwan already possessed a Body Refining Realm equivalent to that of a Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivator.

In fact, due to the unique nature of her Body Refining path, Song Ciwan’s physique was even stronger than the vast majority of Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators.

She rarely showed this side of herself, though. ’After all, there’s no need. Why use Martial Arts and Body Techniques when Magic will do?’

’It’s better to have more hidden aces. Imagine when everyone thinks I’m a Magic-type Cultivator, only to discover I have the powerful physique of a demon god.’

’If I were their enemy, how despairing would they be?’

Thunder Fire Body Devouring Technique, Fourth Layer: Opening the Universe.

Once she entered the Fourth Layer, she would be considered on the same level as a Divine Refining Stage Cultivator—in other words, the Earth Immortal Realm!

And upon reaching the Fourth Layer, a Body Refining Cultivator would finally gain various miraculous combat abilities in addition to a powerful physique.

The main aspect of the Fourth Layer of the Thunder Fire Body Devouring Technique was that the Cultivator could naturally generate a Myriad Thunder-Fire Domain.

Once the domain was formed, it would exert a special suppression on everyone at or below the same realm.

This was different from the control over force fields that a Refining Spirit Earth Immortal possessed. If used in combat, this control would undoubtedly provide an extraordinary advantage.

The Body Refining Technique wasn’t actually weak. The reason Body Cultivators had gradually declined among the various Cultivation Daos was twofold: on one hand, Body Refining consumed too many resources, and success was difficult without them. On the other hand, Body Cultivation was a path that only showed its power in the late stages.

In the early stages, Body Cultivators were limited to their powerful physiques, with simple and crude methods—

In the Nine Provinces World, both humans and demons were treacherous, and a Body Cultivator with only a single trick up their sleeve could be easily subdued by all sorts of bizarre techniques.

With their powerful physiques, Body Cultivators were like walking, humanoid elixirs of great nourishment, making them prime targets for Demon Fiends and Evil Cultivators.

As a result, the survival environment for Body Cultivators became extremely poor. Even if they could turn the tables in the late stages, how many could actually survive long enough to cultivate to that point?

If you couldn’t survive the early stages, the late stages were just an empty promise.

Over time, the Dao of Body Techniques could only decline.

As for Song Ciwan, if not for the Sutra of Sitting and Forgetting, which could naturally conceal all auras, her Body Refining Realm at the Third-Layer Flesh and Blood Slaughter would have likely turned her into a humanoid elixir, coveted by all manner of Demon Fiends.

Song Ciwan had currently cultivated the Third-Layer Flesh and Blood Slaughter to the Mastery Realm.

The Insight Technique panel displayed: Thunder Fire Body Devouring Technique (Third Layer Mastery 12658/100000).

She had not yet fully perfected Flesh and Blood Slaughter. Although she now had the method for the Fourth Layer, Song Ciwan would find it difficult to cultivate in the short term.

But she was not in a hurry. ’The reason I obtained the Fourth Layer of the Thunder Fire Body Devouring Technique right now wasn’t just for the method itself. I needed to sell a mass of Qi from the Second Young Master, convert the rest of his Qi into cultivation time, and thus maximize my use of this Celestial Level Cave Mansion!’

[You have sold human desires: the shock, confusion, and fury of a demonized Mid-Stage Divinity Transformation Cultivator. Weight: one jin and two taels. You have obtained one hundred and two years of cultivation time.]

’As expected!’

Because Song Ciwan had not yet broken through to Divinity Transformation, selling the Qi of a Divinity Transformation Cultivator could grant her a hundredfold return in cultivation time.

One hundred and two years of non-stop cultivation. Furthermore, during this cultivation in the void, the concentration of Vitality in the Void Space would be identical to the concentration of the Celestial Level Primordial Qi in the outside world.

’What could she gain from a cultivation session like this?’

Without a doubt, this cultivation session would be not just satisfying, but terrifyingly effective.

Song Ciwan did not take the opportunity to replenish her Dantian True Qi. Instead, she focused all her efforts on cultivating the Thunder Fire Body Devouring Technique.

In the Void Space, she simultaneously activated her Samadhi True Fire and continuously unleashed the Wind and Thunder Skill. Struck by lightning and burned by fire, she diligently practiced Body Refining for a hundred years without pause!

In this leap of time, she lost all sense of its passage.

Gradually, Song Ciwan’s Body Refining deepened.

Even though the Body Technique was incredibly difficult to cultivate, after a hundred years had passed, her Thunder Fire Body Devouring Technique had reached the Mastery Realm of the Third Layer!

When Mastery was cultivated to Perfection, Flesh and Blood Slaughter would be considered to have reached Great Success.

Flesh and Blood Slaughter at the stage of Perfected Great Success allowed a Body Refiner to achieve Limb Regeneration and reshape their own flesh and blood. It could even be said that at this level, even if Song Ciwan were injured to the point of having only her head left, as long as her head remained and her Primordial Yang was not extinguished, she could completely reconstruct her Dharma Body!

Body Refining Cultivators sacrificed various other abilities just to achieve the ultimate physique; there were certainly advantages to this path.

Song Ciwan stood up and began to walk around the Cultivation Room, carefully sensing the state of her own body.

Her physique had become so overwhelmingly powerful that her movements were now somewhat uncoordinated.

’I know,’ she thought. ’Even though only a moment has passed in the real world, I essentially just cultivated continuously for a hundred years.’

The temporal disparity was so great that, upon returning to the present, Song Ciwan found herself unable to adapt.

’It seems I shouldn’t cultivate like this again anytime soon.’

So, after moving around for a while, Song Ciwan switched to trading Demon Spirit Malice for Lifespan.

Previously, she could trade for a maximum of ten thousand years of Lifespan per day. It wasn’t that she couldn’t sell for more, but that her own body found it difficult to bear.

But now that Flesh and Blood Slaughter had reached Great Success, after obtaining two thousand years of Lifespan five times in a row, Song Ciwan suddenly felt that she could continue to withstand the increase!

Her limit, which was originally ten thousand years of Lifespan per day, had increased.

Song Ciwan immediately continued trading. This time, she directly exchanged for three thousand years of Lifespan.

With three thousand years of Lifespan added to her, the light, floaty sensation from before didn’t appear. ’This means I can take more!’

Song Ciwan immediately made her seventh trade. This time, she acquired a full five thousand years of Lifespan.

The floaty sensation returned, and Song Ciwan knew that acquiring five thousand years of Lifespan in one go was now her limit.

At this point, Song Ciwan still had one trade opportunity left for the day. Without hesitation, she once again exchanged for five thousand years of Lifespan.

In other words, in this single session today, she had increased her Lifespan by another twenty-three thousand years!

Having increased it this much, she seemed to have reached her new limit.