The Collision

The cliff face was steep, stabbing straight into the clouds. Ancient, mysterious runes covered its surface, flickering with a faint, shadowy light as if recounting the legends of bygone days and the vicissitudes of time.

At Body Forging Cliff, Li Yang had turned back and once again arrived outside this mountain cliff that contained supreme body-forging secrets. He raised his head toward the cliff, and rune after rune entered his view.

These runes had been left behind by countless predecessors as they cultivated on Body Forging Cliff. They contained the supreme mysteries of the Body Forging Divine Technique. Normally, they lay hidden within the cliff face, appearing only at certain moments—when a cultivator with absolute sincerity and unyielding determination stepped onto this sacred ground—to slowly emerge and guide them toward the path of power.

His time spent with the Spirit Rock Body Forging Beast had allowed him to realize that body forging was not merely the tempering of physical strength. It was also a fusion with the power of nature, an unending challenge to and transcendence of his own limits. Now, standing beneath Body Forging Cliff, he could immediately feel that his ability to understand the runes had undergone a qualitative leap.

"Sure enough, the higher one's level of body refinement, the easier and deeper it is to comprehend Body Forging Cliff."

Li Yang slowly approached Body Forging Cliff. When his feet stepped onto the stone platform at the cliff's base, weathered by the passage of time, the runes on the cliff face instantly blazed with light, as if they had sensed his arrival—or were welcoming a brave warrior about to embark on a grand journey.

Li Yang drew a deep breath, closed his eyes, and calmed his mind. He slowly released his spiritual perception, attempting to establish a connection