Free Web NovelChapter 86: Chapter 86: Emperor’s Body Ointment (Part 2)
The Body Ointment was ready. Li Qiye, wearing only his trousers, didn’t hesitate to jump into the furnace the moment it was done, immersing himself completely in the paste.
The Furnace God slowly closed, sealing the Venerable Treasure Furnace. But this was far from over. The Saint Elder still controlled the Treasure Furnace. The Fire Source within gradually receded and the flames weakened, but they continued to lick at the Body Ointment, bringing the rich, creamy paste to a slow boil.
Inside the furnace, Li Qiye was fully submerged in the Body Ointment, including his head! At this moment, the pores all over his body opened as he activated the True Technique of the Prison Suppressing Divine Body.
A rumbling sound echoed from within Li Qiye. The Body Ointment, like mercury, seeped into every pore and drilled into his body. As soon as it entered, the ointment’s essence immediately merged with the essence of his physique.
Li Qiye cultivated the Prison Suppressing Divine Body, so a Body Ointment with the Hell Iron Bull as its main ingredient was the most suitable for him. At this moment, the essence of the ointment was sculpting his physique!
Li Qiye’s constitution was that of a Mortal Body. Although he was cultivating the Body Techniques of the Prison Suppressing Divine Body, it was not yet complete. His physique could be described as scattered and difficult to congeal.
However, the Body Ointment tempered his sinews and bones, refining his flesh and blood. Under the repeated hammering of the Prison Suppressing Divine Body’s Immortal Technique, his very foundation underwent a massive transformation as its essence was extracted and purified.
This extracted essence was then shaped by the Body Ointment. Li Qiye was born with a Mortal Body, so the essence of his flesh, blood, bones, and sinews was quite thin. While it had greatly improved after cultivating the Prison Suppressing Divine Body, it still couldn’t compare to a constitution like an Innate Saint Body.
Therefore, this Baptism was extremely important for Li Qiye. His constitution was inherently lacking, so he had to rely on a Body Ointment to form his physique. Of course, the higher the level of the ointment, the more beneficial it was for him.
The entire process of forming a physique was agonizing. It was as if his bones were being dismantled, his muscles pulverized, and even his marrow extracted. Then, with the help of the Body Ointment, the essence of it all was reformed into a physique.
Despite the excruciating pain, Li Qiye endured it all. He didn’t even let out a single groan.
It was impossible to tell how long the process took. Eventually, the Body Ointment in the furnace was completely used up, leaving behind a residue like sun-dried mud. All of its essence had been refined by the Prison Suppression Immortal’s Immortal Technique and used to sculpt his physique!
BOOM! At this exact moment, it felt as if something had exploded inside Li Qiye. His physique was finally formed. A physique, small as a baby’s fist and as black and lustrous as iron, was sculpted. This tiny physique was unimaginably heavy, like the heaviest Divine Iron in the world. At this moment, thread-like Laws of the Prison Suppressing Divine Body coiled around the dark, lustrous physique!
Finally, the physique, wreathed in the Laws of the Prison Suppressing Divine Body, slowly concealed itself within his heart, sinking into it. But the Laws of the Prison Suppressing Divine Body continued to flow without end!
The physique is hidden in the heart, the Life Wheel in the mansion, and the Life Palace in the acupoint! The physique was hidden in the heart, the Life Wheel was hidden in the posterior mansion—the back of the head—and the Life Palace was hidden in the Spirit Platform Mud Palace Acupoint!
The formation of his physique brought a flicker of joy to Li Qiye’s heart. As long as the physique existed, even if his physical body were to be destroyed, his constitution would remain unchanged when he was reformed in the future!
The completion of his physique meant that Li Qiye had reached Great Perfection in the Yun Body Realm and had stepped into the Palace Breaking Realm!
CREAK—CREAK—CREAK— The Furnace God opened its mouth. Li Qiye jumped out and said with a smile, "It’s done. Thank you for your hard work, Saint Elder."
The Saint Elder and the others looked at Li Qiye. His muscles were lean and powerful, as if cast from bronze and forged from iron, exuding a feeling of immense strength.
"The Emperor’s Body Ointment... it’s truly incredible. To think it could sculpt a Mortal Body to this degree." Elder Sun was visibly moved and envious when he saw Li Qiye’s body. The Xiyan Ancient Sect only had one portion of Emperor’s Body Ointment, and now it had all been used on Li Qiye.
The Saint Elder and Li Shuangyan had keener eyes. Li Shuangyan, in particular, had a faint guess as to what physique Li Qiye was cultivating. When they looked, they saw more than just his bones and muscles. The moment they looked at Li Qiye, they were hit by a wave of immeasurably heavy force, as if he were a Divine Mountain of incalculable weight. His body alone could crush everything. It seemed his body was a monstrous weapon, filled with raw, violent power!
Li Shuangyan was even more shaken. She understood that Li Qiye had successfully formed the physique of the Prison Suppressing Divine Body. As a genius, she knew exactly what that meant!
Although Li Qiye still had a long way to go before reaching Great Perfection with his Prison Suppressing Divine Body, the formation of its physique meant that the foundation for it was now firmly established!
Li Shuangyan now understood that once Li Qiye unleashed the power of his body alone, countless Treasure Artifacts and True Artifacts would be unable to withstand its crushing force!
"What a physique!" In the end, even the Saint Elder couldn’t help but praise him. Although he didn’t know what constitution Li Qiye was cultivating, the sheer presence that washed over them told him that Li Qiye’s Body Techniques were absolutely extraordinary.
As for Elder Sun, he didn’t ask what Body Techniques Li Qiye had cultivated. Perhaps the Patriarch had already bestowed upon him a peerless Body Technique in a dream.
Therefore, it was no surprise that Li Qiye was able to completely absorb the essence of the Emperor’s Body Ointment.
Although any cultivator could use any Body Ointment for Body Tempering, in practice, there were principles to follow.
For example, if you had an Innate Emperor Body, you could absorb the essence of an Emperor’s Body Ointment even without cultivating any Body Techniques. If you did cultivate an Emperor Body Technique, you could likely absorb its essence completely.
However, if you had an Innate Emperor Body and used a Holy Body Ointment for Body Tempering, the amount of essence you could absorb would be severely limited—perhaps only twenty or thirty percent. This would be a complete waste of the ointment. But if you were cultivating a Holy Body Technique, it would be a different story entirely, and you could absorb the majority of the ointment’s essence.
After preparing the Body Ointment for Li Qiye, the Saint Elder did not stay long at the Xiyan Ancient Sect. As he was leaving, he passed on a message to Li Qiye: the Sun Demon Emperor sent his regards and welcomed him to visit the Nine Saints Demon Gate at any time!
Without a doubt, the Sun Demon Emperor placed immense importance on Li Qiye. Otherwise, how could a mere disciple of the Xiyan Ancient Sect receive repeated messages from the Demon Emperor?
After seeing off the Saint Elder, Li Qiye returned to his small courtyard, sat down, and entered a meditative state to begin his cultivation. When it came to cultivation, he was more diligent than anyone. Moreover, he had slowed his progress over the last six months for the sake of the Xiyan Ancient Sect’s reforms.
After the Yun Body Realm came the Palace Breaking Realm. The Palace Breaking Realm involved carving out a new Life Palace within the Mud Palace Acupoint. This sounded simple, but constructing a new Life Palace was no easy task.
The newly opened Life Palace was different from the one a cultivator was born with. Cultivators called their innate Life Palace the Main Palace, and any constructed ones the Secondary Palace or Servant Palace.
For a cultivator, the Main Palace was where their True Destiny resided, which was why it was also called the True Destiny Master Palace. Therefore, even if a cultivator constructed a new Life Palace, it could never replace the Main Palace.
In the Palace Breaking Realm, one could only construct a single new Life Palace. However, a cultivator was not limited to constructing only one in their lifetime. In principle, a cultivator could possess up to twelve Life Palaces, also known as the Twelve Palaces.
In truth, throughout the ages, there had basically been no one who possessed all Twelve Palaces! Some even said that the Twelve Palaces didn’t exist at all, and that the maximum was the Eleventh Palace!
This wasn’t without reason. In fact, if a cultivator could possess three Life Palaces in the future, they were already considered remarkable. With six Life Palaces, they could be called a genius—even with average talent and constitution, six Life Palaces was enough to earn that title. With nine Life Palaces, they would be a peerless prodigy, a prodigy rarely seen throughout the ages! As for anything above the Nine Palaces, there had only been a scarce few in all of history.
The Palace Breaking Realm had five levels, from lowest to highest: Yigong Qi, Er Yong Spring, Three-Burning Fire, Four Earth-Breaking, and Five Pillars.
Li Qiye had already stepped into the Palace Breaking Realm. At this moment, within his Life Palace, the Kunpeng swirled around his True Destiny, transforming. As strands of laws tapped against the Main Palace, a change occurred within Li Qiye’s Mud Palace Acupoint!
Within the Mud Palace Acupoint, a pillar of bone rose up. As Li Qiye continuously circulated the Kunpeng Six Transformations, excavating the Mud Palace Acupoint, the cultivation technique slowly carved out the silhouette of a Life Palace...
This was the Yigong Qi level of the Palace Breaking Realm. The process was extremely slow, but Li Qiye was not in a hurry. He knew that one couldn’t rush breaking a palace. If a mistake was made, it could lead to the direct danger of the palace collapsing. Once a palace collapsed, trying to create a new one in the future would be harder than ascending to the heavens!
For an entire day, Li Qiye was immersed in this process. When he awoke from his Divine Travel on the second day, he saw Li Shuangyan standing quietly outside his door.
Stretching lazily, Li Qiye beckoned for Li Shuangyan to enter. After she came in, she just gave him a cold glance and said nothing.
Li Shuangyan, this Heavenly Pride Girl, was as cold as ice. Even after following Li Qiye for so long, she remained as silent as ever.
"Your Body Technique, the Yuqing Sacred Heart Skill, it comes from the War God Hall, doesn’t it?" Li Qiye said, looking at Li Shuangyan.
Li Shuangyan simply nodded, without any extra words. She had an Innate Emperor Body. In order for her to cultivate a Saint Body, the Nine Saints Demon Gate had expended a great deal of effort to obtain the Yuqing Sacred Heart Skill that was suitable for her cultivation.
"That Body Technique from the War God Hall is decent enough. Orthodox and magnificent," Li Qiye said with a nod.
Li Shuangyan couldn’t help but roll her eyes at him. The Yuqing Sacred Heart Skill was a Body Technique coveted by countless people. Even her own Nine Saints Demon Gate had paid a high price to obtain it from the War God Hall.
