Episode 103: Blood Refining and Body Tempering, Forging an Immortal

  The deaths of Lai Sanhe and Yin Huan, the two small demons, did not stir up much commotion. After all, the rules of the cultivation world and the mortal world are different. The death of the two small demons, although the Wan Yao Alliance is powerful, it's not enough to start a war with Li Yan, a top-notch master, for this reason alone.

  Of course, if it were the Golden Peng Demon King who was killed, not to mention that the Golden Peng clan would pursue relentlessly, I'm afraid the Ten Thousand Demon Alliance would not let go either. So, Li Yan only intimidated last night and did not really look for trouble with the Golden Peng Demon King.

  Firstly, although he is not afraid of the Golden Phoenix Clan and the Myriad Demons Alliance, now that he is no longer alone, whatever he does, once there is a certain level of risk, it is inevitable to have many concerns.

  Secondly, this Golden Peng Demon King has always been quite respectful to him, and there hasn't been any grudges between the two of them, so it's not necessary for him to kill him mercilessly.

  Moreover, Li Yan had gathered enough Yang energy and after returning to the hospital and his spirit returning to its original position, Li Yan immediately entered the bathroom in the ward under the cover of night, locked the door from inside, and then resolutely absorbed the Yang energy he obtained from Jin Peng into his own body.

  "Yin and yang combine, blood is transformed, the body is refined, and the orifices are sealed, immortality is achieved! The accomplishment of becoming a celestial being is right here in this one move!" As Li Yan took in the pure Yang energy into his body, he suddenly felt that his body was getting hotter and hotter, as if there was a furnace burning inside him, with hot air bursting out from every pore.

  The Jin Peng clan has the blood of ancient divine beasts, so they can bear the yin and yang energies. Li Yan's physical body, although it has already achieved the cultivation of Condensing Dan, is still no match for the innate advantages of the divine beast descendants. In an instant, a large amount of sweat flowed out, and at this moment, Li Yan's body was like a leaking water pipe.

  Extreme thirst, dizziness. Unbearable feeling. If not for Li Yan's will being strong enough, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to withstand this feeling of walking step by step towards death, relying on external forces to exchange blood and refine his body. After all, taking a shortcut in the cultivation world means encountering the same risks.

  The greater the input, the greater the output. This is an iron law that has never changed in the cultivation world for tens of millions of years, and no one can surpass it. Even a top strongman like Li Yan, once he had the idea of taking a shortcut, he would have to pay an equivalent price.

  Sweat poured out non-stop, soon making one feel a kind of near-fainting sensation. Then, in the sweat, there was a faint reddish tint, as if the sweat had turned into blood. This bloody sweat gave off an extremely foul and unbearable odor.

  Relying on external forces to change blood and refine the body is not a shortcut to heaven, only top-notch strongmen like Li Yan can use it, otherwise, they would not be able to withstand the accelerated circulation in their bodies from the start and die immediately!

  His past training was a natural process, but Li Yan didn't expect that this process of refining his body with the help of yin and yang energies would be so overbearing. As soon as the yang energy entered his body, he felt like he was walking towards death step by step, his body trembling uncontrollably.

  Soon, Li Yan's entire body emitted a wave of scorching hot air, which spread to the outside of his body. At this time, his body gradually turned bright red all over, and the original blood-colored sweat had dried up, replaced by threads of blood that continuously flowed out from the pores on his skin, covering his entire body.

  It has to be said that the pain caused by this kind of external force changing blood and refining body is really too difficult to bear. Before, Li Yan relied on the power of thunderbolt to condense his physical body and regain new life, and after that, he was also stimulated by the powerful heavenly thunderbolt's power, making his body very uncomfortable. However, compared to the current situation, it was simply a matter of comparing apples and oranges, and there is no way to mention them in the same breath.

  And this situation was not just a matter of one or two breaths, but rather it lasted for a full hour. After an hour, Li Yan's body had completely transformed into a blood-red cocoon. At the same time, his entire body was in unbearable pain, as if being bitten by ten thousand ants, and suffering from a thousand cuts. Even with Li Yan's extremely strong willpower, he could not endure this torture that was worse than death. His teeth were clenched tightly, making a "chattering" sound. This suffering was truly too difficult to bear, and so, Li Yan immediately decided to let his spirit leave his body, allowing his flesh to undergo its final transformation.

  As soon as Li Yan's mind moved, his primordial spirit immediately trembled violently, and then slowly separated from his physical body. After all, his primordial spirit cultivation had already reached the level of a third-order scattered immortal, and was no longer something that could be easily restrained by a physical body at the Condensing Dan Great Completion realm.

  "Ah!" After his primordial spirit escaped, Li Yan took a deep breath and turned around to look at his physical body, which had already transformed into a blood cocoon. He understood that even though his primordial spirit had left his body, the remaining vestiges of his consciousness would still automatically utilize the fusion of yin and yang energies to complete the process of exchanging his blood and refining his body. Moreover, although his physical body looked terrifying at this moment, he was clear that after being tempered by the Turning Dragon Technique, it had become incredibly resilient and absolutely wouldn't have any problems. However, after exchanging his blood and refining his body, his physical body would likely be extremely weak for a long time. After all, this process of exchanging his blood and refining his body was to forge a human immortal's body, laying the final foundation for condensing his apertures. This wasn't an ordinary matter - exchanging his blood meant first draining his original blood, then replacing it with the unique spiritual blood of immortals, which was an extremely painful process.

  Of course, when ordinary people want to break through the human immortal boundary for the first time, they can only replace at most 30% of their own blood. If half is replaced, it's already a very dangerous thing. However, the achievement after blood replacement will also increase greatly. And if more than 80% is replaced, it's enough to be considered a top-notch existence. Of course, the threat will also increase.

  Doing something like Li Yan, with a one-time flow of blood in his body, is simply a desperate move. However, the benefits of doing so are also obvious. If he succeeds, his strength will definitely be greatly enhanced.

  This situation continued for another two hours, and after two hours, Li Yan's physical body had stopped functioning and fell softly to the ground. Seeing that his physical body had returned to calmness, Li Yan's primordial spirit immediately returned to his physical body.

  As soon as he returned to his physical body, Li Yan felt a strong sense of weakness, rapidly sweeping over his heart. At this moment, he even felt that it was extremely difficult for him to lift his hand. This situation continued for a while before he finally recovered some of his strength. Then, he immediately turned on the faucet and began washing his body.

  Fortunately, although his physical body was weak, Li Yan was an ordinary immortal warrior after all. Relying on his strong yuan Shen cultivation equivalent to the three-tribulation scattered immortal realm, he drove a living machine that had already reached a nearly extinguished physical body, which was not too tiring, although it was a bit troublesome.

  It's just that controlling one's own body and living like a normal person is still somewhat difficult, fortunately, the large clam spirit pearls Li Yan obtained from the underground dark river earlier played a huge role at this critical moment.

  There was a heaven and earth that nurtured, in the body of a large clam, condensed, this spiritual pearl's innate spiritual power, no matter whether it was for martial artists or immortal cultivators, had an extremely great effect. With the help of a fist-sized spiritual pearl containing innate spiritual power, Li Yan finally successfully awakened his body's first strand of true energy after blood transformation and body refinement. Immediately afterwards, his strength began to enter a rapid recovery process.

  In the next few days, Li Yan's physical body was in a state of extreme recovery. He even used his yuan Shen to mobilize the spiritual energy within a radius of hundreds or thousands of miles to supplement his body. However, unfortunately, during this period, his physical body was too weak, so Li Yan could not personally experience the power of the human immortal.

  Helpless, Li Yan could only continue to absorb the remaining true yuan power in the Three Lives Stone, and expand his own yuan soul. The Hunyuan Dalaotian Jing was indeed one of the top cultivation treasures between heaven and earth, and it wasn't until he re-cultivated it for the second time that he further grasped its profound mysteries.

  In his previous life, he started cultivating for revenge. He was diligent and made rapid progress. However, once he achieved some success, he didn't care about the profound mysteries of cultivation. Instead, he pursued powerful killing techniques. Later, after all grudges were resolved, he began to cultivate wholeheartedly, seeking the ultimate truth. Unfortunately, by then, he had already become a loose immortal above seven calamities and wouldn't restart his cultivation from the three or four calamity stage.

  After several days, although the growth of his Yuan Shen's cultivation was not great, in fact, Li Yan had gained a huge benefit. Before he knew it, the Dragon Boat Festival was approaching. His physical body had finally recovered to 30% of its power, but this 30% was already beyond his previous peak. The progress made during this period was unspeakable.

  Sensing Li Yan's rapid progress, he was immediately stunned. Every time the vampire, Vancho, came to deliver medicine, he felt more and more shocked. Since borrowing the Lapis Lazuli Holy Grail to cultivate, his cultivation had made some progress, allowing him to break through the boundary and reach the rank of Marquis. This made him extremely delighted, but compared to Li Yan in front of him, he was left speechless...