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The Seven Injuries Fist had seven training forms and seven combat forms, while the Body Refining Great Realm had nine minor realms.

The earlier Skin Tempering Fist and Skin Injury Fist, Sinew Tempering Fist and Tendon Injury Fist... Marrow Tempering Fist and Marrow Injury Fist went without saying; each fist corresponded to a minor realm.

However, once one reached the stage of Body Transformation and Marrow Cleansing, there was no corresponding fist technique. Instead, one could undergo Blood Replacement through Three Fists Combined—that was, combining the Skin Tempering Fist, Muscle Tempering Fist, and Sinew Tempering Fist.

As for the Earth Gate Realm, what it required was not Three Fists Combined, but Seven Fists Combined. Only then could one cultivate and enhance the Dantian.

Correspondingly, the combat forms could also be combined into Three Fists Combined or Seven Fists Combined. Through special techniques, one could throw three punches in an instant, merging them into one and unleashing unimaginable might.

Three Fists Combined could mobilize most of the Qi and Blood Power throughout the body, along with the power of the skin, muscles, and sinews. Its destructive force was terrifyingly immense.

But the Seven Injuries Fist harmed oneself before harming others. To unleash such a formidable combat form, one naturally had to endure the corresponding injuries first. Not only would the Qi and blood within the body be damaged, but even the skin, muscles, and sinews would suffer harm.

This meant that Song Ankang could use it fewer times, endure even greater pain, and require more time for the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance to convert the side effects.

Although Song Ankang's strength had increased considerably after entering the Blood Replacement Realm, and the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance had strengthened somewhat as well, the side effects of Three Fists Combined had increased even more.

Moreover, as had been mentioned before, although the skin, muscles, and sinews had already reached their current limits, under the effects of the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance, when they received feedback from the side effects, they could still climb a hundred-foot pole and advance another step, gradually breaking through their limits and even transcending them.

But the feedback required for that was astonishingly great, and the time and effort consumed were beyond imagination. If one portion of side-effect feedback had previously been enough to improve the skin, muscles, and sinews by ten percent, then now it would take at least dozens or even hundreds of such feedbacks for them to improve by ten percent.

And the further he went, the greater the side-effect feedback required. So even though Song Ankang knew this would benefit him, he did not dare stop and spend so much time continuing to improve his skin, muscles, sinews, bones...

Otherwise, by the time Song Ankang reached the Earth Gate Realm, others would likely have already transcended it and be able to kill him with a casual gesture.

Song Ankang needed to grasp the proper balance, consolidating his cultivation foundation without allowing his cultivation progress to fall behind.

"Skin Injury Fist, Flesh Injury Fist, Tendon Injury Fist!"

"Skin Injury Fist, Flesh Injury Fist, Tendon Injury Fist!"

The night was dark and heavy. After consecutively using Three Fists Combined twice, Song Ankang could barely endure any longer. He collapsed onto the bed, waiting for the side-effect feedback to arrive.

"You have used the Seven Injuries Demonic Scripture. You have been affected by the side effects of the Seven Injuries Demonic Scripture. The skin across your entire body has been damaged, the muscles across your entire body have been damaged, the sinews across your entire body have been damaged, and your Qi and blood throughout your body have suffered severe damage... The Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance is taking effect. It is absorbing external energy and will soon convert the side effects. Please wait!"

The Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance's notification had grown considerably longer, and it could become even longer, because Song Ankang could also use Four Fists Combined, Five Fists Combined, Six Fists Combined... Doing so could likewise temper and enhance his Qi and Blood Power, with even more astonishing results.

As for Seven Fists Combined, he could not achieve it for the time being unless he advanced to the Earth Gate Realm.

But Song Ankang had only just mastered Three Fists Combined, and the pain it brought was already difficult to bear. Four Fists Combined, Five Fists Combined, and Six Fists Combined were even less worth mentioning.

He should honestly begin with Three Fists Combined and slowly work his way upward.

Several hours later, the feedback Song Ankang had long awaited finally arrived. A gorgeous notification appeared in the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance.

"The Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance has accumulated sufficient energy and is beginning to take effect... Your injuries have been healed. Your skin is strengthening, your muscles are strengthening, your sinews are strengthening, and your Qi and blood are strengthening!"

The two rounds of Three Fists Combined combat forms had produced astonishing side effects, naturally bringing even greater feedback.

Feeling his skin, muscles, sinews, and Qi and blood all improving at once, Song Ankang smiled faintly and immersed himself in cultivation, so absorbed that he lost all sense of time.

In the dead of night, when Demonic Creatures and Ghosts were most likely to emerge, no one in their right mind would go out at such a time.

Even with Song Ankang's strength, at this late hour he would at most wander around within Chaoyun Manor. He would not lightly leave Chaoyun Manor to roam the wilderness outside.

But a mother's love was as towering as a mountain. Zheng Guiliang, a farmwoman from Mazhai Village, left the village at this hour and hurried toward Doctor Lu's home in Tongle Town.

Her youngest son had come down with a high fever in the middle of the night and urgently needed medicine. The village's small stockpile of fever medicine had happened to run out, so she could only make a trip to Tongle Town.

Although everyone tried their utmost to dissuade her and told her not to go out and throw her life away, since the area had recently been unsettled and Ghost Spirits appeared from time to time.

But looking at her youngest son, who kept convulsing and seemed as though he might die at any moment, Zheng Guiliang ultimately could not bear to watch him suffer like this. She risked leaving Mazhai Village.

Fortunately, the journey went fairly smoothly. She arrived safely in Tongle Town, knocked on Doctor Lu's door, and obtained a dose of medicine for treating high fever.

Zheng Guiliang left after offering profuse thanks. After all, there were not many doctors willing to risk opening their doors in the dead of night to dispense medicine. Doctor Lu was truly a good man.

Having successfully obtained the medicine, Zheng Guiliang quickened her pace and practically ran toward Mazhai Village several miles away. But just as she reached the halfway point, she heard a rustling sound from the road ahead.

Zheng Guiliang immediately stopped, looking fearfully toward where the sound had come from. There, she vaguely saw a small animal slowly hopping forward.

A wild rabbit?

Zheng Guiliang breathed a sigh of relief. As long as it was not some Demonic Creature or Ghost, it was fine. She continued forward, drawing closer and closer to the little animal.

"Rustle..."

The small animal ran forward a few more steps, yet it did not leave the main road and flee into the wilderness at its side. Its movements also seemed somewhat stiff.

Zheng Guiliang was a little stunned. What was wrong with this little animal? Judging by its movements, it looked somewhat like a wild rabbit. Under normal circumstances, shouldn't it flee at once upon seeing her? Why was it dawdling around here?

Curious, Zheng Guiliang ran a few steps faster.

"Rustle..."

The little animal ahead also ran forward a few steps, seemingly trying to widen the distance between itself and Zheng Guiliang. Yet rather than pulling away, it instead drew closer to her.

Could this wild rabbit be injured, which was why it could not run quickly and had foolishly come onto the main road?

At that thought, Zheng Guiliang grew a little excited. If that was the case, didn't it mean she had a good chance of catching this wild rabbit?

Her three children had not eaten meat in a long time. If she could catch this wild rabbit, she could let them have a proper feast.

Seeing more and more esteemed readers offering suggestions, this newbie writer would make time to revise some typos, wrong words, and inappropriate plot points. Please forgive anything that could not be revised in time; it would gradually be corrected later. Of course, readers sometimes had differing opinions on certain plot points. For now, this newbie writer had chosen to stand with the majority of readers.