After three full days and nights of tempering, an Origin Essence Mark finally formed.
The moment the Body Mark formed, Chen Lin's body began recovering rapidly. In less than two hours, it was completely restored.
Not only was he now brimming with vigor, but his entire being seemed reborn. He had become more handsome, his features more sharply defined. His skin, in particular, resembled white jade, possessing a mysterious texture.
Even his face had grown younger. He looked like a graceful young gentleman.
Chen Lin examined himself and was startled by the tremendous changes in his body.
Although forming this Body Mark had been perilous, the benefits were immense. With his physical strength alone, he could now contend with a Void Refinement Cultivator. If he had a powerful complementary Divine Ability, he could even fight a Dao Rhyme Cultivator or a Dao Integration Practitioner!
Moreover, after being reconstructed and tempered, his flesh had undergone a fundamental change. It was no longer the body he had originally taken through body-snatching, but an entirely new one.
His only regret was that even this tempering had failed to resolve the incompatibility between his body and soul. The barrier between them remained.
But Chen Lin soon put that aside and began testing the Body Mark's power.
With a flick of his finger, a stream of invisible energy shot out and struck the wall.
An indentation immediately appeared in the wall.
Yet he was not satisfied.
An attack of this magnitude was practically useless. Without a matching Divine Ability, he could not yet put this energy to use.
Still, ancestral dragon qi's primary effect was tempering the flesh. As long as it could keep advancing his true body, that mattered more than any other function.
Chen Lin also discovered that after condensing this Body Mark