Above the very center of the Life Tempering Spirit Pool, a hazy green glow radiated from a mystic wood platform, outlining a human figure.
This mystic wood platform was occupied by Li Qing. He, Rice Bucket, and several other demon beasts had entered the spirit pool early on and had not participated in the fighting and slaughter outside, easily obtaining a spot.
Li Qing sat cross-legged atop the mystic wood platform, silently circulating the Body Tempering Secret Arts known as the "True Body of the Brahma King" as he absorbed the abundant life energy around him.
Life energy continuously rose from the spirit pool below, drawn upward by the mystic wood platform. It seemed inexhaustible; no matter how ravenously Li Qing devoured it, the supply of life energy below never diminished.
As the dense life energy was refined within his body, Li Qing felt as if every cell in his body was cheering with delight.
It was an immensely pleasurable sensation, as though his entire being was about to undergo sublimation from the inside out.
His physical body was undergoing an extraordinarily thorough cleansing. His entire body was enveloped in life energy as it endured tempering.
Bzz!
Under the effects of this life energy, Li Qing could clearly sense that the potential of his physical constitution had increased.
Some of the wear and tear he had suffered in the past for various reasons was also rapidly restored to its original state.
"I never expected the wear on my body to be this severe. I clearly rarely fight anyone."
Feeling the damage to his body being repaired, Li Qing was incredibly astonished. He had not expected this body of his to require so much life energy merely to restore its wear and tear.
Ever since he began cultivating, he had followed