Chapter 101: Achieving Perfection in Five Elements Body Refinement Technique

Yu Liang woke up feeling refreshed, completely unaware of what had happened after he left The Jade City.

After cleaning himself, he ordered some food and ate it with relish. Once he was done, he decided to take a look around and see what the ship had to offer.

He left his room and spent some time walking around the ship. It didn’t take long for him to get the gist of it.

The ship was big. Really, really big.

And almost everyone he came across was at the Core Formation Realm or above.

After looking around for a while, Yu Liang decided to return to his room and start practicing. After all, he still had two days left on the journey.

The door of the cultivation room was tightly sealed. The walls were inscribed with Tier 3 Soundproofing and Spiritual Gathering Arrays, ensuring that not even a wisp of sound or spiritual energy could leak out.

In the center of the room he took out a massive black iron cauldron.

Yu Liang stood before the cauldron.

The technique he was going to use today was the Five Elements Body Refinement Technique, a Tier 1 High Grade technique.

The black cauldron was one of the things he had bought from the store. It could be used for various purposes, but today, Yu Liang planned to use it as a tub for his Body Refinement process.

To under that process let’s take The Body Tempering Realm as an example, this realm was meant to strengthen the body from its foundation, tempering the muscles, bones, organs, blood and flesh until they could withstand forces far beyond what an ordinary human body could endure.

However, tempering was only the first step. Once the body had been tempered to a certain level, cultivators could enter the Body Refinement Realm, where the focus shifts from simply strengthening the body to refining what had already been strengthened.

Every part of the body would be further purified and improved, removing impurities, strengthening its structure, and making the connection between the muscles, bones, blood, organs and meridians far more harmonious. In simple terms, Body Tempering made the body strong, while Body Refinement took that already powerful body and refined it into something stronger, purer and more complete.

The Body Training Cultivators mainly focuses on Body Refinement. While most of the cultivators breaks through to Qi Condensation Realm.

After reading the technique, Yu Liang muttered to himself. "If the sequence of the medicinal materials is wrong by even a fraction or if the temperature fluctuates beyond what’s written, my meridians will rupture, and I will be reduced to a cripple."

He sighed, wondering how many more times he would have to endure this kind of pain.

First, it was the Ultimate Grade Pill, then his breakthrough which started the refinement process. After that it was the Iron Marrow Refinement Technique.

Thinking about it, he couldn’t help but sigh again.

Still, he comforted himself with one thought. ’At least all that pain had made me much stronger.’

Yu Liang then took out materials from his system storage. A stream of clear water flowed from a jade bottle into the black iron cauldron. This was not ordinary water, but Moon Essence Spring Water, a Tier 2 liquid that possessed excellent benefits regarding spiritual energy.

After that he ignited the Fire Gathering Array beneath the cauldron. As the water began to glow, he put the first set of materials according to instructions.

"First step: Open the pores and temper the skin with Fire attribute."

Yu Liang took out three Crimson Flame Scorpion Tails, a Tier 2 Mid Level spirit beast material and a bundle of Scarlet Ember Grass, a Tier 1 Mid Grade material. He didn’t just throw them in. He grounded the scorpion tails into a fine powder, carefully removing the venom sac at the tip because the venom would poison his blood, while the residual fire energy was what he needed. He then crushed the Scarlet Ember Grass to extract its purest sap.

He sprinkled the scorpion powder into the boiling water, followed by the sap.

Buzz!

The moon essence spring water instantly turned a viscous, blood red color. A strong, spicy heat radiated outward, making the air in the room distort.

Yu Liang didn’t hesitate. He stepped into the cauldron and sat down, submerging himself up to his neck.

The moment his skin touched the liquid, a violent hissing sound erupted. The fiery energy, like countless tiny needles, violently drilled into his pores. His face instantly turned red and beads of sweat mixed with the red liquid.

But he didn’t roar in pain. He immediately closed his eyes, started circulating his spiritual energy according to the Five Elements Body Refinement Technique.

As the fire energy is too violent. If he just let it burn, his skin will char. He must use his spiritual energy to act as a buffer, guiding the heat to expand his pores rather than burn his flesh.

Under his control, the fiery energy was forced into his pores. His skin began to shed, peeling off in thin layers, but beneath the old skin, a new layer of flesh was rapidly growing, taking on a faint bronze luster.

After exactly one hour of time, the red liquid turned clear. The fire energy was completely absorbed.

"Now Second step: Hammer the Bones and Forge the Marrow with Metal and Earth attributes."

Yu Liang stepped out, quickly drying his body.

He took out a jade box. Inside was half a pound of Powdered Mountainbone Ape Marrow and a small pouch of finely grounded Star Meteorite Dust. These were heavy and dense materials.

He poured them into the cauldron. The water didn’t boil this time, instead it turned a dark gray and became incredibly heavy, as if filled with heavy stones.

Yu Liang stepped back in.

This time, there was no burning pain. Instead, it felt as if a mountain had been placed on his shoulders. The heavy metal and earth energy didn’t stay on his skin, it bypassed it, sinking directly toward his skeletal structure.

Crack!

Crack!

Muffled sounds of bones shifting came from within his body. The heavy energy was like countless tiny hammers, relentlessly pounding his bones.

Yu Liang’s brow was covered in cold sweat, his teeth clenched tightly. This was the most dangerous step. If his bones weren’t strong enough, they would shatter into powder, fortunately he had already practiced Iron Marrow Body Refinement Technique and achieved Iron Marrow Body.

"NOW!!!" Yu Liang snorted softly. He used his spiritual energy to compress his bone marrow, creating a vacuum effect inside his skeletal cavity. This vacuum forcefully sucked the metallic energy into the very core of his bones.

His bones were breaking at very fast rate, but the Mountainbone Ape Marrow acted as a binding agent, fusing the cracks together. With every break and fusion, his bones became denser, darker and harder. The Star Meteorite Dust added a layer of extreme toughness, giving his skeleton a metallic sheen beneath the flesh.

Two hours passed gradually. The gray liquid turned completely transparent, losing all its spiritual essence.

Yu Liang exhaled a long turbid air. He looked at his hands. His skin was bronze, but his knuckles looked like they were carved from dark iron.

"Now the Final step: Nourish the meridians and heal the Body with Wood and Water attributes."

Body Refinement was essentially a process of self destruction. The previous two steps had left his flesh, meridians and bone covered in many tears even if most of them were healed. If he stopped now, it would led to a permanent damage.

Lastly he took out one of the most precious materials he had, a drop of Thousand Year Green Lotus Sap and a vial of Deep Sea Water Essence.

He dripped the green sap and the water essence into the cauldron. The water instantly turned a vibrant, glowing emerald green. A rich, fragrant and incredibly gentle life force filled the room.

Yu Liang entered the water for the third time.

As soon as he submerged, the gentle wood and water energy wrapped around him like a mother’s embrace. It seeped into his pores, flowing through his bronze flesh and into his iron like bones, finally reaching his meridians.

The emerald energy acted as the ultimate nourishment. It filled the tears in his meridians, repairing them and making the meridian walls Thirty Percent thicker and more elastic. The life force also smoothed out the rough, damaged edges of his newly forged muscles, making his body perfectly coordinated.

He sat in the emerald water, carefully using his spiritual sense to monitor every inch of his body to check if hidden dangers remained or not.

When the emerald water finally turned completely clear, Yu Liang opened his eyes and a sharp, terrifying flash of light shot flashed in his pupils, lasting for a split second before disappearing.

He stood up from the cauldron.

Whoosh!

As he moved, the air around his body actually produced a faint sound of tearing cloth. His physical speed and strength had reached a terrifying level.

Yu Liang walked over and took out a Tier 1 Testing Stele made of Heavy Iron and put it in the corner of the room. He didn’t use any spiritual energy, relying purely on his raw physical body. He pulled back his right fist, his iron like bones and bronze muscles contracting perfectly and punched the stele.

BOOM!

A muffled explosion echoed in the room. The thick Heavy Iron stele, which could normally withstand a full strength strike from a Peak Qi Condensation Realm cultivator, instantly shattered into countless pieces!

Yu Liang retracted his fist. His knuckles weren’t even red.

He looked at the broken wood, his eyes showing a trace of satisfaction.

"Raw physical strength has increased exponentially. Bone hardness has reached the level of Tier 1 High Grade Spiritual Iron. Meridian elasticity also increased." Yu calculated in his mind. "With this foundation, even if I encounter a Peak Qi Condensation Realm expert, I can tear them apart with my bare hands."