Free Web NovelChapter 176: Chapter 165: The Body as a Prison, Forging the Divine Body
After anxiously pacing back and forth beside Shen Lang for a few steps, Li Su formed a Seal Technique with her right hand and lightly tapped his forehead!
"AH!"
Shen Lang, who had been slowly sinking into sleep and had momentarily forgotten the inhuman agony, suddenly felt a sharp needle pierce his mind. He let out a bloodcurdling scream as his consciousness returned once more.
"Embrace the Origin and Guard the One! Calm your mind, pacify your spirit, and focus on your core!" Li Su shouted as soon as she sensed his consciousness return.
Shen Lang immediately understood. He withdrew all the Spiritual Power that had scattered throughout his body and entered a state of Formless and Selfless.
BOOM!
The moment Shen Lang withdrew his Spiritual Power, he felt the maddening, excruciating pain suddenly transform.
The sensation went from feeling like ten thousand ants were gnawing at his heart to being trapped in a Melting Furnace that could incinerate him to ash!
The Melting Furnace seemed to exist throughout his entire body, and even his very soul.
Raging flames erupted even within his bones, threatening to incinerate him completely. freeweɓnovel.cѳm
A pool of sweat had formed on the ground where he sat, but now it began to boil, quickly evaporating into nothingness.
Not only that, but without even catching fire, Shen Lang’s black clothes suddenly disintegrated into ash. A gust of wind blew, and the ash scattered, leaving him completely naked.
Li Su let out a soft cry, her eyelashes trembling as her face turned crimson.
However, she continued to form Seal Techniques, sending streams of Divine Radiance into Shen Lang’s body like a great, surging river, pouring into him without end.
...
An indescribable burning pain spread from his meridians, cells, muscles, and bones—from every fiber of his being.
Shen Lang felt as if he had been thrown into a raging inferno. The scorching flames, capable of reducing anything to nothingness, seemed intent on burning his very bones and soul to cinders, their heat intensifying without mercy.
At the same time, as his mind began to clear slightly, he heard the sound of world-ending thunder exploding within his meridians, flesh, cells, and bones.
The destructive thunder roared through his heart, lungs, organs, and mind. With every peal, it shattered the Sea of Consciousness he had struggled so hard to coalesce.
The inhuman pain was one thing, but if his Sea of Consciousness shattered and could not reform, Shen Lang would likely become a complete vegetable.
’No! I have to hold on! I must hold on!’
A voice boomed like thunder from within Shen Lang’s Sea of Consciousness.
Immediately, the small Heaven-Sealing Cauldron in the center of his Sea of Consciousness began to rotate slowly. A spiral of mist instantly enveloped the entire Sea of Consciousness.
Then, his Sea of Consciousness, which had been constantly dissipating and was impossible to gather, began to rapidly converge. Just as it had when he faced the Ghost King, the vast Sea of Consciousness condensed into a single, tiny droplet, sheltered by the Heaven-Sealing Cauldron.
An unknown amount of time passed. Then, just like that, Shen Lang suddenly felt his entire body lighten.
All the maddening sensations vanished without a trace, as if they had never existed in the first place.
"Huh?"
At that very moment, Shen Lang’s eyes snapped open. Two startling beams of light shot out, brightly illuminating the area outside the pavilion!
Within his eyes was a sight like the Cosmos itself, filled with stars and countless Divine Beasts roaming about...
"Li Su!"
The first thing Shen Lang saw was Li Su, drenched in sweat, her face deathly pale and utterly exhausted.
Her eyes were tightly shut, and her body was trembling uncontrollably.
Offering a drop of her Essence Blood had already taken a great toll on her. Afterward, in order to help Shen Lang with the Refinement of that Essence Blood and awaken his Chaos Divine Body bloodline, she had completely exhausted her Spiritual Power, leaving her weakened to an extreme degree.
Shen Lang quietly watched the young woman he had just acknowledged as his sister, his heart filled with a thousand emotions.
WHOOSH!
A cool breeze blew past, making Shen Lang shiver. He looked down, realized he was completely naked, and his face instantly flushed red. He quickly pulled a set of clothes from his Sumeru Ring and put them on.
He took a Withered Wood Revives Spring Pill from his Sumeru Ring and walked over to Li Su.
"Li Su, eat this Elixir Pill. I’ll help you recover."
Panting softly, Li Su opened her eyes, her expression immediately turning to one of joyous surprise. "You’re awake! It was a success!"
"Yes." Shen Lang nodded lightly, then moved to stand behind her.
He pressed both palms against Li Su’s back, pouring all of the Spiritual Power that was surging to an extreme within his own body into hers.
Li Su was about to speak when she was suddenly shocked to feel an incredibly familiar energy flowing into her along with the Spiritual Power!
"Brother!"
Shen Lang remained silent, waiting until all the energy converted from the Life Spiritual Liquid had been transferred into Li Su’s body. Only then did he cautiously send a mental transmission: "Li Su, you’ve done so much for me, so I won’t waste words on thanks. This is all the Life Energy I have right now. I’m giving it to you to help you recover. After a while, I’ll find you again and bring you more Life Spiritual Liquid."
"This..." Li Su was overjoyed.
She had only guessed that Shen Lang might have more Life Spiritual Liquid, but something that came from the Spring of Life in the Pangu Realm was a treasure one could only stumble upon by chance, never actively seek out.
Back then, the Celestial Crocodile Race had only managed to obtain a single drop, and that was a gift from the people of the Pangu Realm. Powerful races like the Demon Dragon Race coveted it, but couldn’t get their hands on any.
So, while a part of her had been hopeful, she hadn’t truly believed Shen Lang would have any more.
The Shen Lang of today was still unaware of the heaven-defying properties of the Life Spiritual Liquid. For now, he merely thought the Spiritual Liquid could bring the dead back to life, mend flesh and bone, heal injuries, and perform Purification of Essence and Marrow.
However, Li Su’s Divine Beast inheritance contained extremely detailed information about this substance; she knew the specific uses of the Life Spiritual Liquid with perfect clarity...
This was a heaven-defying treasure, something that could drive countless powerful races into a frenzy and cause rivers of blood to flow.
By consuming just one drop of Life Spiritual Liquid, even if one’s soul were scattered to the winds, their Divine Soul could be quickly reassembled... It was practically a guarantee of immortality!
Furthermore, it was rumored to contain a wisp of creation from the very dawn of time, something that not even the Venerable Emperors of the Ten Thousand Realms would dare to underestimate.
If not for this item, the Pangu Realm would not have been nearly invaded by a coalition of other realms countless years ago... ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
Shen Lang was oblivious to all of this, but it was all perfectly clear within Li Su’s inherited memories.
Now, having received a considerable amount of this Life Energy, she heard Shen Lang promise to bring her even more Life Spiritual Liquid...
Li Su made no attempt to hide her elation. She gently tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and said softly, "Thank you, brother."
A short while later, Li Su had completely absorbed Shen Lang’s Spiritual Power and refined the medicinal energy of the Withered Wood Revives Spring Pill. At last, the color returned to her face.
She then said gratefully, "Brother, I’m fine now. You just awakened your bloodline. You need to rest and examine your body to familiarize yourself with your new strength."
Shen Lang let out a long breath and slowly walked out of the pavilion.
’This Chaos Divine Body is truly heaven-defying,’ Shen Lang thought. When he activated his bloodline, nearly all the Moisture in his body had been wrung dry, his Sea of Consciousness had been shattered countless times, and he had endured an ordeal of inhuman agony. Yet, he had only felt a little fatigued upon waking. Even after completely depleting his Spiritual Power to help Li Su recover, he still felt invigorated!
His Divine Sense had also grown much stronger!
’What a strange and astonishing Divine Body!’
Shen Lang marveled inwardly.
Right now, he felt as if every cell in his body was brimming with the immense power of a Demon God.
Even every strand of his hair seemed to be overflowing with the purest explosive power!
Even with his Spiritual Power completely depleted, he could still feel an endless, ferocious strength welling up inside him!
With a single thought, the Spiritual Power from within his Tai Chi Diagram began to pour into his depleted Pill Sea. In the blink of an eye, his once-empty Pill Sea was surging with power again.
Closing his eyes, Shen Lang began to inspect the changes within his body.
The inspection gave him a huge shock. He saw that his bones had turned a brilliant gold, suffused with a golden light, resembling the Undying Golden Body of a Buddha.
His internal organs were as hard as metal and stone, having also undergone an earth-shattering transformation.
His blood flowed like a great, unceasing river, and as it surged, it even produced a roar like the Nine Heavens Thunderbolt.
Shen Lang stood a short distance from the pavilion, his long hair drifting though there was no wind. A terrifying, invisible power radiated from him, sweeping in all directions. It sent bluestone blocks flying into the air with a series of loud CLATTERS.
’Use the blood and qi of the Ten Heavenly and Earthly Divine Beasts as a guide, and one’s own body as a crucible to forge the Divine Body. Once the Divine Body is complete, every movement can shatter the heavens and split the earth, suppressing all ages.’
’The human body is composed of sixty trillion cells. If their potential is awakened, each cell can possess the power of a Divine Beast. If all are awakened, one can overturn rivers and seas, devour stars, subvert Yin and Yang, and reshape the universe with the flip of a hand.’
’At the Great Success stage, the Chaos Divine Body can seize the very fortune of creation, command the profound mysteries of the Chaos Technique, and devour the heavens! Even the gods become mere sustenance. With the entire world in hand, one becomes immortal and indestructible, able to evolve the Ten Thousand Realms with a single thought!’
Streams of thought from an unknown source appeared in Shen Lang’s mind, feeling as if he had always known these things. They were exceptionally profound.
Shen Lang committed this information to memory, then sent his Divine Thought to investigate his blood. He was startled to discover...
...that countless particles were floating in his blood. It seemed that only one or two particles out of every few tens of millions contained the phantom images of the Ten Divine Beasts he had seen earlier. The rest of the particles contained only the purest blood-qi.
’It seems I’ll have to follow Li Su’s advice and find the Essence Blood of the Ten Divine Beasts. Only then will the Divine Beast phantoms within these particles solidify, allowing this Divine Body to mature.’
’As the Chaos Divine Body matures, the phantoms of the Ten Divine Beasts will appear in the particles that currently only hold pure blood-qi, and my power will increase exponentially! I can’t even imagine how terrifying it will become in the end...’
Opening his eyes, Shen Lang nodded to himself.
CRACK!
Shen Lang clenched his fists. With a casual stomp of his right foot, a current of air erupted from beneath him and began to swirl around his legs.
The current of air gathered without dispersing, spinning faster and growing larger. In an instant, it enveloped his entire body, forming a small tornado!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Shen Lang began to walk, taking large strides. With every step, a new small tornado formed, sweeping across the area.
This was formed purely from the physical power of his body, containing not a single shred of Spiritual Power. Yet it was this physical power alone that carved gullies into the ground.
Nearby blocks of bluestone turned to ash the moment they came into contact with the whirlwind!
Shen Lang now felt like a humanoid Fierce Beast that had strode forth from ancient times, possessing the terrifying power to topple mountains and overwhelm the Azure Vault itself.
’This is terrifying. I’ve only just awakened my bloodline and have barely begun to cultivate its growth. My Cultivation is still at the Spirit Martial Realm Second Heaven, without any improvement, yet the strength of my physical body has already reached the Xuanwu Realm Middle Stage!’
’If I ran into someone like the Netherworld Wolf King now, I could probably obliterate him with a single, full-powered punch! And if I were to fuse this physical strength with my Sword Intent and Thunder Power... This level of power is just insane. I’m going to need to spend some time getting used to it!’ Shen Lang felt the urge to throw his head back and roar at the heavens.
