Chapter 37: Refining the Body Nine Layers

  These corpses were all refined bodies in their lifetime, so after death, they had been blown by the wind and washed by the rain, and the hardness of their bones was no longer comparable to that when they were alive. Under Zhou Heng's long sword, they fell down one after another like withered grass.

  It's all thanks to Zhou Heng, if it were someone else, without the support of Fei Yun Bu, how could they not be affected in the slightest under the siege of so many walking corpses?

  Poison doesn't necessarily need to hit the vitals!

  Bang, bang, bang, the corpse fell to the ground, dust returned to dust, earth returned to earth, and the green fire in his eyes also went out.

  After more than ten minutes, hundreds of corpses were all knocked down, Zhou Heng stopped and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

  This victory seems to be a complete success, but it is also extremely dangerous. During this time, if he is slightly careless, he will be caught by those walking corpses. If he gets infected with the toxin, he has no idea what will happen!

  Nothing good will come of it!

  Zhou Heng's gaze fell on the blood-colored stone monument, and he strode over in big steps.

  All this was done by this stone monument, which can "resurrect the dead", influence and control the mind. What is this thing?

  "Zhou Shidi, don't touch that thing, it's too evil!" Han Yulian said in a trembling voice behind him, she was already frightened.

  Zhou Heng waved his hand and continued walking forward, stopping in front of this stone tablet.

  This time, the stone monument did not react at all.

  Those characters above, he couldn't understand a single one, densely packed like the stars in the sky. He paused for a moment, then slowly stretched out his hand and pressed it against the stone tablet.

  Han Yu-Lian's heart sank to the bottom of her throat, she wanted to stop Zhou Heng but her feet seemed to be nailed in place and couldn't move an inch. She felt her breathing getting heavier and was on the verge of fainting at any moment.

  After all, the shock of the skull's resurrection was too great for her, making her completely forget that she was a warrior with a cultivation higher than Zhou Heng, and only being a worried and fearful 'woman'.

  His palm was getting closer and closer to the tombstone, Zhou Heng seemed to hear the wailing of the "yin" wind, and he felt a chill that made his hair stand on end.

  He had no fear in his heart and pressed down with a big hand.

  Boom!

  A streak of blood light flashed on the stone tablet, along his hand rushed into his body, instantly blasting him off the ground and heavily slamming him to the ground. Zhou Heng's consciousness instantly retreated into his body, no longer sensing anything around him.

  Ouch! It hurts so much!

  Zhou Heng's body was suddenly filled with a bloody glow, as if it was about to burst. At this moment, the black sword lightly trembled, and a wave of oppressive momentum that shook the nine heavens and ten earths instantly dissipated.

  Like snow washing away broth, the blood light scattered and entered Zhou Heng's body, flesh and meridians.

  The Moon Shadow Heart Sutra automatically rotated, and it was actually going to refine the power of these blood lights!

  Zhou Heng wanted to wake up and turn over, but he had no way to do so. He vaguely felt that he must clear these blood lights out of his body.

  Want to harm me? Drain yourself first!

  He voluntarily activated the Moon Shadow Heart Technique and began to entangle with these blood lights, constantly refining and refining!

  Although the blood light was dispersed by the black sword, losing most of its power, the remaining force was still not to be underestimated, stubbornly entangling with Zhou Heng and not allowing him to easily refine it. However, within Zhou Heng's body, there was also a black sword suppressing it, making this resistance completely useless.

  One, two, three, these blood lights transformed into pure energy, were absorbed and converted by Zhou Heng into his own true yuan force, rapidly increasing his cultivation accumulation.

  After so many days, although the free energy released by the Black 'Color' Broken Sword is getting less and less, it has also brought him to the peak of the Seventh Layer of Refining Body. With the accumulation of this true yuan power, he can now impact the Eighth Layer of Refining Body!

  Although in a semi-dazed state, it's absolutely not the right time to break through, Zhou Heng has no choice but to shoot!

  If he doesn't break through, he won't be able to hold any more True Yuan power, but the Moon Shadow Heart Technique is still running on its own. If there's no way to absorb the True Yuan power in his body, he'll be burst alive!

  Then come on!

  Zhou Heng's heart was clear and pure, and he began to impact and refine his body to the eighth level.

  After entering the Bone Refining Realm, every small boundary breakthrough becomes extremely difficult! Relatively speaking, due to the existence of Dans like Jīng Líng Dān, the accumulation of True Yuan has no difficulty at all. Some heavenly materials and treasures can even allow people to complete the accumulation of True Yuan within a day in the small boundaries!

  What is needed to break through is not just the accumulation of strength, but also the acquisition of 'nature'.

  The higher the boundary, the more prominent the importance of understanding 'nature'.

  Zhou Heng's divine consciousness transformed into a miniature human body, strolling inside his own body, introspecting himself, guiding the true yuan force to impact the barriers of the eight layers of refinement.

  Introspecting one's own body, this shouldn't be an ability that a Body Tempering cultivator should possess, it should only be available at the Gathering Spirit stage! But Zhou Heng broke this rule, others when breaking through the barrier are like blind men 'feeling' their way, whether they're right or wrong can't be known beforehand, and can only be understood after breaking through.

  But Zhou Heng was different, he was like a god who had complete control over his body, and only needed to make the most accurate choice.

  And what about his enlightenment?

  Compared to Ling Tian's Nine Styles, this is simply child's play!

  Just half an hour ago, his body suddenly shook, and his breath instantly lengthened by a section!

  Cultivate Body Eight Layers!

  This is far from over, the remnants of Zhou Heng's blood essence still lingered in his body, and he continued to suppress, refine, and absorb it, accumulating true yuan energy.

  The process of accumulating true yuan is the process of tempering the body.

  In this process, Zhou Heng's skin became more resilient, his muscles denser, and his bones harder, only his blood could not be refined, that belonged to the Refining Blood Realm.

  Refining the body's eight layers: mid-term, late-term, and peak!

  Just three hours later, Zhou Heng completed the entire accumulation of power for the eighth layer of Body Refining and could now attempt to break through to the ninth layer!

  "How is this possible!" Han Yulian finally came back to her senses, she had personally witnessed Zhou Heng break through the 8th layer of Body Refining, which had shocked her to the point where she almost fainted, and what happened next made her hold on again.

  She could clearly sense Zhou Heng's aura from the initial stage of Lian Ti's 8th layer to its peak, it was simply like a dream!

  Is this guy eating immortal pills?

  "That stone monument!" Han Yulian's beautiful eyes looked at the blood-colored stone monument, Zhou Heng just bumped into that thing and had such a change, could this increase his cultivation?

  But she had also seen Zhou Heng's strange transformation earlier, his whole body radiating a bloody glow, as if he was about to burst apart. If she were to touch him, wouldn't he directly disintegrate into billions of pieces?

  It was Zhou Heng who saved her from a state of powerlessness and impending death, which means that Zhou Heng has the ability to defy the stone monument, but she... can't!

  Although she was greedy, she wasn't a fool. Now all she could do was wait quietly until Zhou Heng woke up. If he was willing, maybe she could get some benefits too!

  Zhou Heng was unaware of the outside situation and immediately began to impact Refine Body Ninth Layer.

  Too easy!

  Another half hour later, this checkpoint was fully open to Zhou Heng again. The true yuan force surged through his bones, and at this time, the bone-refining realm was fully connected. The true yuan force could also enter any corner of the bones, and that kind of refreshing feeling was indescribable!

  "Ah!" Han Yulian took a sharp breath and broke through again!

  She must have seen a ghost!

  She's been through it herself and clearly knows that the difficulty of advancing from the 7th layer to the 8th or 9th isn't about accumulating true yuan energy, but rather how to break through. For example, she took seven months to go from the initial stage of the 7th layer to its peak, but spent five months breaking through the bottleneck!

  From the initial stage of Lian Ti's eighth layer to its peak, it took nine months. Breaking through to the ninth layer of Lian Ti also took nine months!

  The higher the boundary, the more time it takes to accumulate and break through. After reaching the Blood Refining Realm, it may take one or two years to accumulate power, but three or four years to break through!

  Zhou Heng is absolutely a freak!

  She was beautiful, with eyes that sparkled like flowing water, and in her heart she couldn't help but feel a pang of regret.

  If Zhou Heng were born ten years earlier, she would be in her prime youth now. She was confident that she could entice Zhou Heng to become her loyal minister under her skirt! Unfortunately, although she was still full of charm and beauty, she was after all seven or eight years older than Zhou Heng!

  "What nonsense is he thinking about!" She couldn't help but shake her head and smile, then fixed her gaze on Zhou Heng's body again, with a tense look in her eyes - if this guy died here, she would also be buried with him!

  The bloodstain in the body has not been completely cleared!

  Zhou Heng is now not in a hurry to wake up, but instead hopes that the amount of blood light can be increased a bit more, so as to let him rush to the peak of the 12th layer of Lian Ti all at once!

  He believes that even the barrier of the Spirit Gathering Realm can't hold him back for long!

  Only after becoming a strong practitioner of the Spirit Gathering Realm can he go to the White Jade Valley and kill until the heavens and earth are overturned!

  Refining the Body: Ninth Layer, Middle Stage!

  The bloodstain has finally completely disappeared.

  Zhou Heng let out a soft sigh, but regained control of his body, suddenly opening his eyes, two 'essence' lights flashed by, and immediately returned to normal.

  "Congratulations, Brother Zhou!" Han Yulian said sincerely. She had admired Zhou Heng's genius to the bone and this time she truly wanted to make friends with him.

  Zhou Heng smiled and said, "It's just a coincidence!"

  He looked at the stone monument again, only to see that the blood-colored light on its surface seemed to have dimmed a bit. He wondered if he could still absorb some more, and Zhou Heng's heart stirred as he placed his hand on it once more.

  Boom!

  In the dantian, the black sword suddenly quivered and a large amount of blood light was extracted, but this time it didn't give Zhou Heng any, instead the black sword swallowed it all by itself!

  The black sword's suction power is incredibly strong, and in just one breath, the bloodstain was completely sucked away by the black sword!

  Zhou Heng couldn't help but click his tongue, previously the stone tablet only emitted a single ray of blood light which allowed him to leap across two small realms, if he were to swallow all these rays of blood light, where would they send him?

  Twelfth layer of body refinement? Or should I just go straight to the Gathering Spirit Realm!

  "Zhou Shidi, let's hurry up and leave!" Han Yulian was still frightened.

  Squeak!

  At this moment, the stone tablet suddenly bulged upwards and emitted a very piercing sound.

  What's going on?

  Creak, creak, under the intense gaze of Zhou Heng and Han Yulian, the stone stele heaved upwards again, with increasing frequency.

  A loud crash, a burst of mud and sand flew up, the entire stone monument suddenly collapsed, and a dark shadow darted out.

  "Haha, I've finally come out!"

  "His Holiness" makes an appearance