What sort of plane was the Shattered Bone Realm? Standing beneath its heavens, one could detect nothing unusual about it through divine sense alone.
Here, too, forests grew thick, mountains towered high, and vegetation blanketed the land.
Yet it differed from the Aoteng Realm in one respect: amid the pure True Ghost Qi that filled this place, dense, exceptionally pure soul energy abounded.
For cultivators who remained in such an environment, there would be indescribable benefits to their soul essences and profound spirits.
Yet amid that rich yin qi and soul energy, a terrifying force ravaged Qin Fengming's body, seemingly intent on crushing his flesh to pieces.
His protective spiritual light could not ward off that strange force, nor could his resilient skin block it.
As that indescribably strange force ravaged his body, Qin Fengming could feel his flesh and bones being kneaded over and over by an invisible power. Agonizing pain flooded his entire body, which he could withstand only through sheer endurance. He could neither dispel it nor resist it.
Under these conditions, Qin Fengming believed he could endure for a while, but not indefinitely. Given enough time, his body, sustained by his body-refining art, would grow numb and lose all sensation. Then his flesh might suffer severe damage without his even noticing.
Still, the three of them did not need to worry unduly. While passing through the spatial passage before entering the Shattered Bone Realm, Qin Fengming had already contacted He Xuan and Jin Shi inside the Xumi Cave Dwelling.
Both the man and the beast reported that they felt something, but it was not life-threatening.
He Xuan's physical body was so powerful that it could be said to rival Qin Fengming's. He had once survived a full-strength strike from Qing Chuo, whose strength was comparable to