Heaven and Earth Furnace, My Body is Like Heaven and Earth

Their coats were pulled open, and their heat packs snatched away. The two senior and junior brothers instantly fell from heaven into hell.

Just then, a fierce wind rose, carrying countless streams of icy chill that burrowed into their clothes.

In an instant, it felt as though countless ice spikes had pierced through their flesh, even piercing their marrow.

Chen Ming's mental will far surpassed Long Aotian's. He immediately sat cross-legged on the ground and began circulating his Soul Power to resist the cold.

Once Long Aotian reacted, he too sat down trembling and began circulating his Soul Power.

However, no matter how they circulated their Soul Power, this icy chill was not something they could withstand at their current level.

Rather than being suppressed by their Soul Power, the icy chill spread throughout their bodies along with its circulation, even staining their Soul Power with its coldness.

"Circulate this icy chill the same way you circulated Yang Spring energy!"

Du Busi's reminder gave the two of them direction.

"Remember the points where your bodies generate heat. Sense them deeply. Under the stimulation of the icy chill, your bodies' energy conversion mechanisms will operate at maximum capacity. This is not merely the mechanism by which your bodies resist the cold—it is also the mechanism through which your bodies provide energy. You must experience every detail as thoroughly as possible."

"First, feel the points where your bodies generate heat and comprehend the sensation of your bodies resisting the cold. Then use your own Soul Power to stimulate your bodies, rather than suppressing this icy chill."

Unlike Yang Spring energy, which merged into the body and tempered it, this icy chill damaged the body, purely forcing it into an overloaded state.

Chen Ming activated Martial Soul Possession.

His Martial Soul was himself. At this moment, he rapidly sensed every change in his body, and with Spiritual Power at the level of Spiritual Sense, he grasped every minute change in every part of his body.

Moreover, ordinary soul masters could not absorb icy chill, but Chen Ming could.

He had yet to absorb an Ice attribute soul ring, but his Reincarnation Disk possessed the power of Yin and Yang rotation.

Following Du Busi's instructions, he sensed the parts of his body that generated heat and explored the mechanism behind it. While resisting the cold, he converted the icy chill into absorbable energy and used that energy to temper his body.

As the cycle repeated, he soon even forgot the bitter cold. His body felt like a furnace, blazing with heat.

When he came to, he opened his eyes to find Du Busi and Long Aotian gathered before him. Long Aotian was hugging a heat pack for warmth, while Du Busi observed him with astonishment.

"You're awake?" Du Busi asked curiously. "Do you remember your state just now? You seemed to have entered a Heaven and Earth Furnace state."

"Huh?"

Chen Ming was initially confused, but then he recalled what he had felt. His body had indeed seemed like a roaring furnace, suffused with warmth, as though it could refine all things and turn them into his own nourishment.

"The so-called Heaven and Earth Furnace does not refer to the external heavens and earth. Rather, it means that one's own body is like a small world, refining every power within it. Your state just now was very similar. A senior of the Body Sect once entered such a state as well. That senior was the founder of the Body Sect, and he was also the one who discovered Body Martial Soul Second Awakening. It is said that he absorbed his first six soul rings step by step, without understanding Martial Soul Second Awakening. While searching for his seventh soul ring, he made an error in judgment and exceeded the limits of what he could endure. At the time, our founder entered the Heaven and Earth Furnace state, allowing him to withstand the impact of that soul ring and complete his Martial Soul Second Awakening."

Du Busi was filled with emotion as he recounted this piece of history.

To put it bluntly, the secret of Body Martial Soul Second Awakening had been an accident.

Yet there had been no shortage of Martial Soul mutations throughout history. Was it not the founder's own ability that, after his Second Awakening, he deeply explored the mysteries of Body Martial Souls and applied them to all other Body Martial Souls?

The fact that he had cultivated a Body Martial Soul to rank seventy already proved just how extraordinary the founder had been.

Chen Ming was also deeply moved as he listened.

During his eight reincarnations, he had never encountered that Body Sect founder. At that time, he had still been struggling through reincarnation, with even his reincarnation abilities incomplete. Naturally, he had not paid much attention to the broader situation on the continent.

"The source of our Body Sect's body-tempering secret arts was all recreated from the feelings that founder recalled and summarized from his Heaven and Earth Furnace state. Though they are far from that state, they can still serve as an opportunity. The founder also hoped that someone among later generations could use them to trigger such a state."

Du Busi looked at Chen Ming and continued asking about his experience.

This was a living founder.

If he could gain some insight from Chen Ming and attempt to enter the Heaven and Earth Furnace state, Du Busi was confident that he could absolutely take that final step!

"My state probably wasn't Heaven and Earth Furnace, but it should have been similar."

Chen Ming carefully recalled his experience and told Du Busi what he had felt.

If Du Busi could break through, it would be a tremendous benefit to him as well.

Unfortunately, Chen Ming had merely relied on the advantage of his Spiritual Sense. He had gained a deeper understanding of his body's heat-generation mechanism and entered a nearly perfect heat-generating state, but this was not Heaven and Earth Furnace.

This was merely a state of internal energy circulation. He had yet to reach the realm of My Body is Like Heaven and Earth.

"Only near-perfect in terms of the energy mechanism?" Du Busi was somewhat disappointed, but he quickly adjusted himself.

He pondered it seriously, feeling that perhaps he could begin from this angle as well.

If he could perfectly control the human body's energy circulation mechanisms, together with the Power of Heaven and Earth he had comprehended, perhaps he could use this to enter the Heaven and Earth Furnace state?

The three continued deeper into the Extreme North.

Along the way, Long Aotian and Chen Ming tempered their bodies once each day. With the help of the icy chill, their physiques improved noticeably.

Even Du Busi waited until his two disciples had finished tempering their bodies before attempting to actively draw the icy chill into himself. Unfortunately, the icy chill had very little effect on him now, making it difficult for him to sense his body's instinctive resistance to the cold through it.

But little did not mean none, and difficult did not mean impossible.

He still gradually improved his control over his body's energy circulation mechanisms through daily accumulation.

One month later.

"This can already be considered the inner region of the Extreme North. The Ice attribute soul beasts here have all been selected by the environment, and they are all exceptionally powerful species."

As he spoke, Du Busi looked in a certain direction.

"Aotian, your target has arrived."

As Du Busi spoke, he charged straight out, Soul Power surging around him.

In the inner region of the Extreme North, the snow in many places was over a meter deep. At that moment, the snow in those areas was instantly compressed by half a meter.

Then, amid the endless white, a layer of snowy-white fur suddenly bulged up.

"An ice bear."

Having confirmed its species, Long Aotian shifted his attention to its age.

Its pleasant dream disturbed by Du Busi, the ice bear let out an angry roar and glared viciously in his direction.

Bang!

Du Busi's body expanded until he was even larger than the ice bear. He dropped down in an instant, stomping the ice bear into the ground.