No matter how the pain came, every inch of my body remained under my complete control. On top of that, tempering a mortal body was like bathing in fire and being reborn, so with this goal in mind, I pushed my endurance beyond its limits. All the excess impurities that needed burning away were incinerated by the earth-vein essence, while whatever remained was scoured with earth-vein essence gathered through my realm power.
I had no idea how much time had passed. Under my realm-power spells, the earth-vein essence had washed my body into a blue-gold color. My entire body looked just like the essence of the earth vein itself. It had already been cleansed until it was nearly the color of the earth vein.
And precisely because this realm's earth veins were exceptionally rich, I had chosen to temper my body here. Once the tempering was complete, I would also gain perfect compatibility with realm-power spells, making up for the regret that my true self's affinity with realm power was insufficient.
Once my affinity with realm power reached its limit, I would be able to reach Zhao Qian's level and use realm power as my primary attribute and the source of my spell output. This was an ability my true self did not possess.
From then on, I would also be able to transfer realm power and bring spells such as realm-power spells, realm-power restoration, and spatial reconstruction to their utmost potential. I would no longer need to rely solely on Shrinking Earth to Move for travel. Even large-scale, long-distance teleportation would become possible.
Zhao Qian was irreplaceable precisely because her Dao Body cultivation had developed an affinity for realm power. Now, I would follow in her footsteps and become an existence like her.
Moreover, under the projection of my