Aspiring to the Immortal Path

Chapter 416: Tempering the Body

Watching Wang Yun leave, Tang Jie muttered, “I see what’s going on. It seems like they had everything planned out.”

There was no doubt that Wang Juemie had been looking to play the role of the rescuer, first hiding in the shadows and luring out someone to deal with Tang Jie, and then coming out to assist Tang Jie while demanding payment from him. It probably wouldn’t be long before someone came and told Tang Jie that the one who saved him this time was from the Seven Absolutions Sect, and to show his gratitude, he should offer his goods at a discount.

The only thing Tang Jie wasn’t sure about was if this was the work of the Seven Absolutions Sect or the Wang siblings. But since Wang Yun had made the move, there was a higher chance that it was Wang Juemie who was angling for a better deal.

This would rather match with his style and personality.

Tang Jie’s Dao of Insight had allowed him to notice that someone was in hiding some time ago, so he had pretended to be no match to see just who this person was. He hadn’t expected that it was Wang Yun, and that she had this sort of plan.

Tang Jie couldn’t help but curse, “Shit, I miscalculated. If I had known that it was this woman, I would have never played out this act. I might even owe them a favor now, fuck!”

Tang Jie’s face twisted in pain.

There were still two balls of Jail Demon Flame burning on his body, and even with his willpower, he couldn’t help but tremble, though it wasn’t as bad as he had acted like it was. The Jail Demon Flame’s pain truly did affect his casting somewhat, but at best, it only reduced his casting speed. It wasn’t so bad that he couldn’t even cast an ordinary spell art.

As Tang Jie’s body burned, his powerful life force healed his wounds, and so his skin shifted between charred and ruddy. It seemed like the actual damage done by this Demon Flame was essentially equal to his recovery power.

But there was no telling what it would be like with his original body.

This thought suddenly made Tang Jie realize: Isn’t this a flame perfect for tempering the body?

The Jail Demon Flame burned endlessly, and it wasn’t very powerful, which made it perfect to temper his original body. Unlike the firebird’s Southern Divine Fire, which would burn him into ash after three blasts, this Jail Demon Flame could burn for three years without killing the original body.

As for the pain dealt by the Jail Demon Flame, it served to only better temper his willpower.

The avatar mostly relied on spell arts, so willpower wasn’t too important, but the original body, as a body refiner, had a serious need for the willpower to support it. The stronger one’s willpower was, the more training one could sustain and the greater the power one could exhibit!

Tang Jie grew anxious to experiment on himself.

He suppressed his pain and flew upward, reaching a point where the clouds were very thin before stopping. When he saw that the blue flames were still burning, he chuckled and took out the Mountain River State Diagram. He threw the diagram into the air, where that world holding the Eternal Universe and teleportation formations appeared.

With great heartache, Tang Jie began to throw some things into the formation.

Each time he activated the teleportation formation, he needed to expend some resources. To experiment with the Jail Demon Flame, Tang Jie was spending tens of thousands of spirit coins.

As the teleportation formation activated, the waterfall began to flow upward, and a black cave entrance appeared.

With a boom, an enormous figure jumped out of the cave: Tang Jie’s original body.

The moment the original body appeared, it reached out and grabbed the two balls of blue flame, one in each hand.

The two blue flames leaped around in his hands, the tongues of flame leaving behind faint burns on his palms. A moment later, his powerful self-recovery abilities healed the wounds.

The constitution of his original body was such that the speed that the Jail Demon Flame dealt damage could not match Tang Jie’s rate of recovery. Even so, the original body let out a groan of pain, the immense body trembling.

Tang Jie muttered, “It deals such little damage, but it still makes me feel pain? It really lives up to its title as the Flame of Punishment. Of course, it wouldn’t suit me if it weren’t like this!”

He roared and then thrust those two balls of Demon Flame onto his body.

Boom!

The two blue flames exploded on Tang Jie’s body, instantly engulfing him in blue flames.

“Awooo!” Tang Jie let out an unprecedented howl of pain.

As he howled, the Jail Demon Flame flickered and then went out. It was clear that this stimulation had expended all of its power.

But this moment was enough for Tang Jie to confirm that the Jail Demon Flame was immensely helpful to his body. It could temper both his body and will while not dealing fatal damage. To the avatar, which primarily used spell arts, it was a counter, but it was a huge aid to the original body that cultivated the Diamond Body.

“Refreshing!” Tang Jie threw his head back and roared, laughing in the middle of the pain.

A moment later, he suddenly flew down like a comet from the heavens.

“Lan Yu!” he roared, his voice resounding through the world.

It traveled over a great distance, reaching Lan Yu’s ears and causing him to freeze.

He turned his head and saw a giant figure rapidly approaching.

Lan Yu said in shock, “Who are you?”

Tang Jie’s original body was far too different from his original appearance, and he had used Duplication to modify his appearance further. Let alone Lan Yu, even Xu Miaoran wouldn’t be able to recognize him.

“Save the talk for later and fight me!” Tang Jie roared as he charged at Lan Yu.

Aghast, Lan Yu thrust out his palms. “Snow Frost Mist, rise!”

The clouds in the air turned into walls of water vapor that encroached on Tang Jie from all sides.

“A puny trick!” With this arrogant cry, a steely fist slammed into a wall and punched straight through it. The walls of water vapor were blasted to pieces.

Lan Yu paled and immediately used the Oceancrosser Step to rapidly retreat. At the same time, he threw out a blue flame and then used the Karmic Cycle Finger.

After that was ball after ball of Jail Demon Flame…

This barrage of attacks displayed all that he had learned over his lifetime. The clouds roiled, engulfing this giant who had come out of nowhere, and the blue flames landed upon that giant’s body and made him bitterly wail in pain.

Lan Yu scoffed, “Where did this reckless fool come from…”

But in reply, a giant fist rushed out of the flames, striking him on the nose and sending him flying.

“You!” Lan Yu was in disbelief that his opponent could still fight back while being burned by the Jail Demon Flame.

He then saw that blazing giant throw his head back and roar, “Is this all you have?”

“Bastard!” Lan Yu gnashed his teeth and unleashed a large wave of Jail Demon Flame.

It was not easy to cultivate the Jail Demon Flame. Each flame placed a considerable burden on the body, and even against Tang Jie, he had not used this much. But this inexplicable giant had thoroughly enraged him.

Surging Demon Flame swept over Tang Jie, engulfing him and causing his roars of pain to resound through the heavens.

Amidst these crys, Lan Yu smugly smiled.

But a moment later, he saw that burning blue giant still standing, even excitedly looking at him with a smile on his face.

He said, “That hits the spot!”

He charged out and aimed another punch at Lan Yu, shouting, “Not even using armor!”

Alarmed, Lan Yu instinctively applied a layer of armor made of spiritual energy.

A moment later, the bowl-sized fist slammed into Lan Yu’s body like a hammer.

The giant man lunged forward and grabbed Lan Yu’s leg. “Too weak!”

He threw him at the ground.

This was a hard throw, and Lan Yu plummeted to the ground like a meteor. The inertia was too powerful for him to take flight, so he could only apply a barrier to himself and brace for impact.

Boom! Lan Yu collided into the ground in a giant plume of dust.

When the dust settled, there was a large crater in the ground.

Lan Yu was lying at the bottom of the crater, his body coated in dust.

He wasn’t dead, though his bones had been dislocated and his internal organs had been damaged. If he weren’t at Nine Revolutions, he really might have died from the impact. Even so, he wasn’t able to get up for the moment, only able to stare in shock at Tang Jie.

How strong did one have to be to reach this level?

Lan Yu didn’t dare to believe it.

In the sky, Tang Jie’s body still blazed with blue flames.

The immense pain made Tang Jie grimace, but it only made him more excited.

He muttered. “This is it… this is it… This is the feeling I want… hahahaha, wonderful!”

He glanced at Lan Yu one last time before flying off, muttering, “Alas, this Jail Demon Flame is still too weak. He needs more time to mature… That being the case, I’ll let him live for now.”

He once more returned to that world in the sky. Entering the cave, he reappeared in the Nine Executions Immortal Formation.

Grooow!

His body blazing with blue flames, Tang Jie called out, “He Chong, come out! Fight me!”

While tempering his body, Tang Jie didn’t forget to have He Chong also get a taste of this Demon Flame.

He trusted that it would be a most stimulating experience.

At the same time, avatar Tang Jie saw that the original body had returned to the Nine Executions Immortal Formation, so he put away the Mountain River State Diagram.

As he was planning to leave, he felt the compass heat up.

Startled, he took it out and saw a small light flashing upon the compass…

Has Tang Jie perhaps gone too far in seeking the pleasure of pain? Is there any way of curing him of this gross masochism?