Free Web NovelChapter 599: Chapter 598 Body Refinement Physique
Seeing the Seven-Colored Demon Empress looking so dejected, Ye Fan consoled her, "Fate is already set. Neither of us can change it!"
"You should go! This door leads out of Demon Mountain!" fɾēewebnσveℓ.com
The Seven-Colored Demon Empress nodded and waved her hand, causing a stone door to open. Although Ye Fan was reluctant to leave, he knew it was meaningless for him to stay any longer. In the perilous Demon Mountain, staying would only invite danger.
As the stone door slowly closed, Ye Fan asked the Seven-Colored Demon Empress, "What is your real name?" He still didn’t know her name and hoped she would tell him at this final moment.
"Zi Xuan!"
"I know your name now. I will come back for you!"
The stone door shut completely. Ye Fan couldn’t see the expression on her face, but the name Zi Xuan was now deeply etched into his mind.
On the other side of the door, the Seven-Colored Demon Empress was overcome with a sense of loss. As the stone door closed, her heart filled with reluctance, but there was nothing she could do. If Ye Fan didn’t leave right away, she knew her master, the Undying Demon Phoenix, might not spare him. For him, staying on Demon Mountain was indeed a path fraught with peril.
She walked dejectedly out of the underground palace. This place had become the source of her deepest sorrow.
Following the secret passage, Ye Fan emerged into a bamboo forest at the edge of Demon Mountain and breathed a sigh of relief. He had finally left. Reflecting on his journey, from being kidnapped and brought here to now leaving with such reluctance, the change felt immense, almost like a dream. But he knew this wasn’t a dream; it was something he had personally experienced.
After leaving Demon Mountain, Ye Fan began a new pursuit. This time, he didn’t seek a breakthrough in his cultivation realm but in his Body Refinement.
He took out the Devil Clan Body Refining Technique and began to decipher it, character by character, overlooking none. As these characters imprinted themselves in his mind, Ye Fan felt as if he were being elevated.
He rapidly assimilated the text. After internalizing it, he began to refine his physical body—the foundation of any Martial Artist. Without a powerful physique, a Martial Artist attempting to reach higher realms could face a catastrophic collapse, as the body is key.
"What a powerful Body Refinement technique! The Demon Clan are truly natural experts in this field!" Ye Fan exclaimed in astonishment.
What he was doing now was qi refinement, the most fundamental step for strengthening the body. The purpose of qi refinement was to invigorate all the meridians in his body, enabling him to achieve higher realms. Therefore, this initial step was the most critical. And to think, I used to believe my body was already flawless. This trial has shown me that it still has many deficiencies. Those hidden blockages have been plaguing me all along.
This time, he focused on expanding his meridians. The process took him two whole days. Afterward, Ye Fan felt a new smoothness throughout his entire body, but he knew this was not the end. What came next was the true beginning of honing his physique—the so-called Body Refinement, which was the most crucial phase.
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This was the border between the Outer Domain and the Demon World.
Here stood a mountain that reached up to Yun Xiao. Although such mountains were common throughout the Divine Domain, Ye Fan decided to use this one as his ladder for Body Refinement.
For the next few days, Ye Fan climbed the mountain daily with weights. On the first day, he carried ten tons to the summit. On the second day, carrying twenty tons, he only made it halfway up. On the third day, with thirty tons, he managed just one-third of the way before being completely exhausted. My body’s current limit is thirty tons.
Once he had a clear goal, he found new motivation.
In the following days, he continued climbing with a thirty-ton weight. After two days, he could reach the halfway point. After five days, he could make it to the summit, though he arrived gasping for breath. Only then did he realize how arduous the process was. It was remarkable that he had persevered; in truth, it was nothing short of a miracle.
This was a test of willpower and endurance. For the entire period, Ye Fan did nothing but climb the mountain with weights.
Finally, by the tenth day, he could carry thirty tons and run from the foot of the mountain to the summit, then all the way back down, without resting. When he reached the bottom, he wasn’t even out of breath. I’ve met this standard as well, he thought, secretly thrilled.
But it was not yet over. Next came the most brutal phase. In the Outer Domain lay a region inhabited by Stone Ghosts, which were the prime material used by gods to create puppets. This time, Ye Fan planned to challenge them to further his Body Refinement. Of course, this challenge is a bit twisted. I won’t fight back but will simply let the Stone Ghosts attack me. As long as I can endure this, only one final trial will remain.
Stone Ghosts were beings formed from the condensation of Spiritual Energy in stone. They possessed immense strength but had no thoughts of their own; their only instinct was to battle. If a god wished to craft a puppet, they would need to imbue it with their own consciousness. Without that, a Stone Ghost possessed only the will to fight.
Ye Fan arrived at the location. He was immediately shocked to find himself before an endless, rugged sea of stone. It was a boundless, infinite expanse. The deeper one went, the larger and more intimidating the stones became.
With that, Ye Fan stepped into the stony expanse. As he entered, he was struck by the eerie silence. This doesn’t match the legends. Why is there no sign of life here?
Just then, the stones beside him suddenly moved. Ye Fan jumped in fright as they flew toward him. He instinctively prepared to defend himself, but then he remembered his purpose and stopped.
The stones crashed into him. He couldn’t help but groan from the terrifying impact, as each stone weighed thousands of pounds. He didn’t circulate his energy to defend himself; otherwise, even stones that heavy would have shattered upon impact.
More and more boulders began rolling toward him. Ye Fan was sent flying time and again, but he kept getting back up. It wasn’t that he enjoyed the abuse, but that he was in the midst of his Body Refinement. After this trial, only one last test would remain.
He stood firm, letting the stones batter him. But in the next moment, everything changed. Countless stones began to crack and merge, forming into hulking stone figures that surged with a formidable, unstoppable aura. Within a hundred-meter radius of him, these stone figures charged and began their assault.
