Chapter 213 - 120: Flesh and Blood as Warp and Weft, Tendons and Bones as the Shuttle, Refining the Body into Glazed Glass and Transforming into a Celestial Human

Chapter 213: Chapter 120: Flesh and Blood as Warp and Weft, Tendons and Bones as the Shuttle, Refining the Body into Glazed Glass and Transforming into a Celestial Human

The Feathered Immortal Robe!

Ji Xiu’s breathing grew heavy. He hadn’t even had a chance to rejoice over breaking through in his Dao Skill and mastering Qi Absorption and Grain Avoidance—a feat that would allow him to practice Qi Eating in every moment, imperceptibly strengthening his organs and quenching his flesh, bone, skin, and membrane.

The instant he saw what Duan Chenzhou produced...

His heart immediately pounded with even greater excitement.

Refining the Bone Marrow was the starting point, and ninety-nine percent of the world’s Martial Artists were trapped at this stage.

Bone Tempering, in the end, was merely a form of practicing External Skills.

Even if he broke through to the Extreme Realm, cultivated his Spinal Dragon into the "Dragon Form," achieved Mercury Blood Silver Marrow, and became absurdly powerful...

...at the end of the day, using Blood Marrow Force to draw a Hundred Stone Bow and being tough enough to resist being torn apart by five horses was the absolute limit.

But Skin Refining was different!

The most crucial point was the old saying: "Three years for tendons, ten for bones, a lifetime for skin." Why exactly did Skin Refining take a whole lifetime?

Because Skin Refining wasn’t just about the outer skin; it also involved the internal organs.

It was a process that worked from the outside in, unifying the body’s flesh, bone, skin, membrane, blood marrow, and organs. This allowed one to generate Force from their entire being, leading to a process known as "Blood and Flesh Derivation."

Once the first step, "Jade Skin," was accomplished...

...one could undergo a transformation, a sublimation, and refine an "Outer Gang" of force that could project from the body.

Going even further, one could manifest an "Immortal Robe"—thin as a cicada’s wing, capable of blocking any Mortal Weapon and traversing both fire and water!

Whether one was Opening the Sea of Qi to become a Qi Cultivation Grandmaster or earning a Title, it all began from this stage. This was the foundation upon which a towering skyscraper was built.

By refining the outer skin and the inner organs, one’s Force would proliferate, causing a complete transformation.

Even after breaking through the "Qi Barrier," the cultivation of Grandmasters and practitioners of the Titled Martial Dao involved using Qi to nourish the body. This process continuously elevated the physical form, which had already been forged to the very limit of a mortal, causing it to sublimate further.

This would allow them to rival the Human Immortals and Martial Saints of ancient legends, who could shoulder mountains, cross seas, and lift peaks.

Setting aside distant figures like Martial Saints and Human Immortals, Ji Xiu focused on what he knew, based on Master Duan’s previous explanations of Qi Cultivation Grandmasters.

The most direct manifestation of the Qi Sea...

...was the extension of one’s lifespan!

In ancient times, divine beings would swallow the Qi of Heaven and Earth to strengthen their organs, their appearances remaining youthful even after a sixty-year Jiazi cycle had passed.

Modern people were frail, growing old and decrepit in just thirty to fifty years. But once a Qi Cultivation Grandmaster opened their Qi Sea, their lifespan would instantly increase!

It was said that a Qi Sea Grandmaster who remained free of disaster, disease, tribulation, and injury...

...could live for a full "three Jiazi cycles"—a total of one hundred and eighty years!

Imagine what that meant!

No wonder those Prefecture City Grand Lineages could build such massive enterprises.

It was often said that for a Powerful Martial Artist, their Blood Marrow would begin to decline after the age of forty, their potential exhausted. Although they might still have a chance to open a Qi Sea, it would be of the Lower Grade at best. To even reach the Middle Grade would be considered extraordinary.

If a person reached the Qi Sea at forty, they could be hailed as a "Grandmaster" within a Prefecture. With a hundred and forty years to build their legacy, gather connections, and expand their lineage, just how deep would their accumulated foundation be?

Millions of common folk could struggle their entire lives and never even hope to catch up!

And this was only the starting point for a Qi Cultivation Grandmaster. What came after was even more incredible.

After the Qi Sea came the "Leakless Body," which was also known by another name: "Leakless Golden Soup."

This realm, which possessed nigh-supernatural abilities, was the very one Master Duan Chenzhou had mentioned more than once—the realm he currently hoped to achieve more than any other.

According to the literal description:

Those who achieved the "Leakless" state could seal their bodies as if cast from metal. Their state was non-increasing and non-decreasing, as the Flesh Secret Treasure within them formed a self-sustaining cycle of consumption.

They could go without food or water without their Qi and Blood diminishing, hold their breath in molten lava, and walk upon the mythical Ruishui River as if on solid ground.

And if they were injured...

...legend said they could open their pores and major apertures to devour "Spiritual Objects and spiritual Qi," allowing them to regenerate even a severed limb within a single day, like a fresh sprout breaking through the earth!

’Leakless... Leakless! A body that is perfectly whole!’

Its power was inconceivable, no longer human.

For Duan Chenzhou, who had lost an arm but had already passed his tribulation and was still advancing with triumphant strides, this was naturally an immense temptation.

To see a part was to know the whole; to see a single leaf fall was to know autumn’s arrival.

These details alone were enough to glimpse that the path after Skin Refining was a series of immense barriers, one after another.

The difference in power was far greater than the gap of a single Great Realm like that between Refining the Bone Marrow and Bone Tempering; it was like a heavenly chasm.

This realm was directly linked to Opening the Sea of Qi and could not be approached carelessly. It would determine one’s ultimate fate: to forever linger outside the gates or to ascend into the main hall.

Clutching the scroll, Ji Xiu calmed his mind, activated the Primordial Daoist Talisman, and prepared to comprehend its secrets.

[Feathered Immortal Robe]

[An ancestral Secret Technique of the Langya Xie Clan, one of the Nine Great Families. It consists of four volumes, encompassing Jade Skin, Outer Gang, the Immortal Robe, and the method to break the ’Three Limits’.]

[This Secret Skill’s True Intent is the ’Four Seasons Rotation.’ The Licensee may gather Spiritual Objects and Earth Treasures corresponding to the ’Four Seasons’ to quench their body.]

[Spring: Use Spiritual Objects embodying ’the revival of all things and vibrant life’ to polish the Skin Membrane and achieve ’Jade Skin’.]

[Summer: Requires Spiritual Objects and Spiritual Materials with a nature as fierce as fire. Use them as catalysts to break through the barrier and form an ’Outer Gang’ of Unparalleled Ferocity.]

[Autumn: Requires Spiritual Objects from the water with a cool nature, such as Spirit Fish, to create an ’Immortal Robe’ impervious to both Water and Fire.]

[Winter: Requires Spiritual Objects embodying ’the stillness of all creation and absolute silence.’ Only then can the barrier be broken, forming the ’Four Seasons Unpredictable,’ shattering the Third Great Limit, and allowing one to comprehend its ’Traits’!]

[The Licensee has cultivated the ’True Sect’ level Bone Marrow Forging Posture, breaking the first Great Limit, and the ’Dragon Descendant’ Bone Refining True Skill, breaking the Second Great Limit. The foundation of your flesh and bone has been established.]

[If you can break all Three Limits, you can use the ’Profound Blood Flood Dragon Tendons,’ the ’Dragon Descendant Treasure Bone,’ and the Traits obtained by achieving the Great Limit of Skin Refining to forge a ’Martial Dao Treasure Body’!]

[Does the Licensee wish to receive the first volume of the ’Feathered Immortal Robe’—the Glazed Scroll?]