Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 5438 Eternal Bones

An enormous spatial crack stood in front of Long Chen, stretching hundreds of miles wide, reaching far into the heavens like a scar torn through the fabric of reality. The jagged edges of the crack resembled the aftermath of a violent earthquake, while dark red spatial currents churned within, radiating an ominous hum that made the air itself tremble.

No one truly knew how this crack had formed. Feng Xinyue told Long Chen that it was like a cascading waterfall. By stepping through it, he would arrive directly in the Dragon Domain.

This was the quickest path to his destination, but it came at a cost. Traversing this chaotic space required an extraordinary physical body, a resilient soul, and an indomitable will. The crushing spatial blades would test one’s body, while the malicious entities within tested the mind.

Feng Xinyue had explained that this chaotic current was filled with the tormented spirits of countless experts from the primal chaos era. These spirits—unable to enter heaven, hell, or the reincarnation cycle—were eternally trapped in this spatial purgatory.

When any living creature ventured into this realm, these vengeful spirits would attack without mercy, attempting to possess the intruder’s soul. If they couldn’t, they would unleash various illusions to bewilder the intruder and draw them into a stupor for the rest of eternity.

Standing at the edge of this abyss, Long Chen halted. He couldn’t proceed in his current state—he needed to recover.

The battle against the Silver Hair Void Crusher had left him in ruins. That devastating wave of divine light had shattered every bone in his body, leaving him reliant on Huo Linger and Lei Linger to reach this place. However, they had also reached their limit.

The Silver Hair Void Crusher was simply too powerful; his divine throne was a cheat item.

Fortunately, Huo Linger and Lei Linger recovered quickly, condensing into dragons within the primal chaos space. Around them, the reborn Golden Crows flitted like delicate butterflies, voraciously absorbing energy from the Fusang Trees.

“Silver Hair Void Crusher,” Long Chen muttered, his voice laced with determination. “You just wait. Next time, I’ll beat you so hard your face will look like a pig’s, or I’m not Boss Long San!”

His frustration was justified. After advancing to the Heaven Saint realm, Long Chen had been brimming with confidence. He had crushed countless Silver Wing Heaven Devils, faced the blond man, and battled the Golden Wing Heaven Devils—all without hesitation. But by that point, he was exhausted. For the Silver Hair Void Crusher to appear at his weakest was truly unlucky for him.

Long Chen wanted to fight with the Silver Hair Void Crusher again, feeling like even if he couldn’t match the latter blow for blow, he could at least hold his ground and preserve his life.

But reality proved otherwise. The Silver Hair Void Crusher had arrived at the worst possible moment—when Long Chen was already drained from consecutive battles. If not for Ye Lingkong’s timely intervention, Long Chen would have suffered a devastating defeat.

The situation was frustrating, but Long Chen had long grown accustomed to such misfortune. Where someone else might have been consumed by rage, he simply acknowledged the reality.

Anger alone wasn’t useful. It was power that decided everything. If he were truly strong, he could have slain the Silver Hair Void Crusher even in his weakened state. That was the essence of absolute power.

After suppressing his anger, Long Chen began healing. As he calmed his mind, a warm current surged from his Dantian, flowing through his limbs. The soothing energy mended his shattered bones with remarkable speed.

“This is…?” Long Chen’s eyes lit up in surprise.

In his Dantian, the three leaves formed by his Eternal Runes spun slowly, and at their center burned a vibrant flame—his Root Qi. The three leaves and the flame had fused, forming a unique three-petal flower.

As the flower rotated, Eternal Runes traveled with his Root Qi, entering his bones and mending them. The process was miraculous; the runes transformed into a viscous, golden liquid that seeped into the fractures. When his bones healed, faint spots of light—tiny Eternal Runes—appeared within them.

At first, the spots seemed insignificant, but Long Chen quickly realized their importance. The Eternal Runes were etching themselves into his bones, strengthening them with every cycle of damage and repair.

“Hold on!” Long Chen suddenly cried out.

He threw himself into a boulder, shattering his barely repaired bones once more. His Root Qi tirelessly healed them again, and as expected, his bones strengthened once more.

Seeing this incredible transformation, Long Chen, like a mad man, started hurling himself into the hardest rocks he could find. With every collision, his Root Qi worked tirelessly to repair his shattered bones, each cycle infusing them with even more Eternal Runes.

This must have been how his Eternal Runes were meant to function all along. Until now, he hadn’t understood their true potential or how to activate them.

It was clear now—his Eternal Runes needed to pass through his Spirit Root’s flame to be refined and activated. Only then could they have any use.

In the end, his Eternal runes were branded on top of his bones, forming an unbreakable bond that spread through every fiber of his being.

Long Chen could clearly feel the rapid growth of his bones. With each cycle of destruction and recovery, they became significantly more robust.

After all, the bones were the true foundation of the body’s strength—the unyielding support system that determined how much power the body could unleash. The stronger Long Chen’s bones became, the greater his potential to wield overwhelming force.

Like a madman, Long Chen threw himself into mountains, reducing them all into ruins. When he found himself recovering too quickly, he resorted to striking his own body to slow the healing process, prolonging the enhancement of his bones.

He spent a full two hours pushing himself through this brutal cycle. With each self-inflicted injury and recovery, the power of his bones skyrocketed. By the end of his efforts, no matter how hard he tried, he could no longer damage them—they had reached their peak strength and fully healed.

Testing his newfound power, Long Chen unleashed a punch. A massive true void opened in front of him, distorting space itself. The void writhed as torrents of energy rippled outward in all directions.

“Haha, the power of my physical body has multiplied by at least tenfold!” Long Chen exclaimed in astonishment.

The leap in his strength was beyond anything he had anticipated. With the completion of his Eternal Bones, his physical body had reached a new level of dominance.

Before, it had been his muscles that carried his strength, but his bones had lagged behind, unable to fully support or amplify his power. Now, with his bones reforged and perfected, his physical might surged to unimaginable heights, stunning himself.

“Silver Hair Void Crusher, next time we meet, I’ll be the one doing the crushing!” Long Chen roared, clenching his fist tightly.