Stepping into the Innate Realm in One Step

At the edge of the deep pit, shattered stones rolled down.

Chu Kuanglei's chest bone had completely caved in. He took in more air than he breathed out, sprawled like a puddle of mud at Sun Yu's feet.

In the stands, the deathly silence was shattered by an angry roar.

"You insolent brat!"

The Heavenly Sword Sect Elder's eyes were bloodshot as he slammed a hand onto the armrest.

The entire Rosewood Chair exploded with a boom. He shot into the air and swept toward the ruined arena like a great bird.

The pressure of the Half-step Innate Realm burst forth without restraint, bearing straight down on Sun Yu.

Sun Yu raised a foot and kicked Chu Kuanglei's mangled body away as though kicking aside a dead dog.

Then he turned and looked directly at the Heavenly Sword Sect Elder in midair.

Extreme Yang crimson and Extreme Cold ice-blue flowed madly across his Dark Gold skin.

His fists hanging at his sides suddenly clenched, his bones cracking with an ear-grating burst.

"What? I beat the little one, so now the old one wants to step in?" Sun Yu's voice held no fluctuation.

The Heavenly Sword Sect Elder came to an abrupt halt three zhang in front of Sun Yu.

He stared fixedly at Sun Yu's completely uninjured body, the muscles at the corners of his eyes twitching violently.

Beneath his fury lay overwhelming shock and greed.

Without using a thread of true qi, he had endured the Thunder Sound Gangqi with his flesh alone—and had even killed its wielder in return.

A body-tempering treasure physique, one in ten thousand ages!

If he could bring this body back to the sect, draw its blood for study, or refine it into a Guardian Dao Soldier, its value would far surpass that of a single Chu Kuanglei!

"What a Horizontal Training Demonic Body."

The Blood Saber Gate Elder had appeared at the edge of the arena at some point. He licked his cracked lips, his eyes brimming with fervor.

"Boy, you crippled the Heavenly Sword Sect's direct disciple. You won't leave this prefecture alive today. Sign a Blood Contract and enter my Blood Saber Gate as a death warrior for fifty years. I'll guarantee your life and give you inexhaustible cultivation resources!"

"What the hell is Blood Saber Gate?" The lord of Iron Clothes Fortress strode forward, the iron armor over his body clanging.

"Sun Yu, my Iron Clothes Fortress specializes in the physical body. So long as you hand over a wisp of your Lifebound Soul to light a Soul Lamp and acknowledge me as your adoptive father, you'll be the next fortress lord!"

The leaders of several top sects instantly surrounded Sun Yu.

The olive branches they extended were exceedingly tempting.

Yet their bottom lines were exactly the same: contracts of servitude, Blood Contracts, Soul Lamps.

In this world, no sect would unconditionally nurture some wild-path cultivator.

The greater the genius, the more they had to be fitted with a dog chain by the harshest means.

Sun Yu swept his gaze across these lofty big shots.

He raised a hand and brushed the stone dust from his shoulder.

"I came here only for the prize for first place." Sun Yu extended his right hand and spread his palm.

"Give me the goods."

The Heavenly Sword Sect Elder's expression darkened at once. "You ungrateful wretch! Do you really think that with nothing but brute strength, you can provoke an Innate Realm sect?"

"You can try."

Sun Yu took a step forward.

Boom!

Several deep cracks instantly split across the Black Stone Floor beneath his feet.

The two utterly opposing currents of Internal Breath, Extreme Cold and Extreme Yang, coiled around his arms like two raging dragons.

A rapid series of sonic booms burst through the air.

The several Elders' breathing hitched.

They felt an exceedingly real threat of death.

This brat was a madman who did not care about the consequences! That Ice Fire Same Source Internal Breath was far too tyrannical. If they truly fought, even if they could take him down, he would absolutely drag several of those present down with him.

It was not worth staking their lives on a Rogue Cultivator unwilling to be enslaved.

The Prefecture Examiner ran onto the Ruins, clutching his dislocated wrist and drenched in cold sweat.

In his hands, he carried a wooden tray draped in Red Silk.

On the tray lay a Jade Slip and a White Porcelain Medicine Bottle sealed with red clay.

"Th-this is the prize for first place: Innate Grade Swimming Dragon Steps, and ten top-grade Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound Pills." The examiner's hands trembled as he offered the wooden tray to Sun Yu.

Sun Yu reached out and grabbed the Jade Slip and porcelain bottle.

"Thanks."

He tucked the items into his robes and turned toward the exit of the square.

"Let him go." Seated atop the high platform, the Prefecture Lord spoke coldly.

Several Elders wore livid expressions, killing intent surging in their eyes, yet in the end, not one of them dared to make a move to stop him.

Like they were avoiding a plague god, tens of thousands of martial artists frantically squeezed to either side, forcibly opening up a passageway three Zhang wide through the crowded square.

Sun Yu was bare-chested, wearing straw sandals.

Under countless gazes filled with awe, fear, and greed, he calmly walked out of the Prefecture Square.

A remote inn in the western part of the city.

Sun Yu pushed open the door to his room and bolted it tightly behind him.

He walked to the bed and sat down cross-legged.

He took the White Porcelain Medicine Bottle from his robes.

Then pulled out its red clay stopper.

An incomparably rich stench of blood mixed with a violent medicinal fragrance instantly flooded the entire room.

The faint sounds of tigers roaring and thunder rumbling came from the mouth of the bottle.

Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound Pill.

This was a supreme Qi and Blood Pill refined from the inner core of a Third-rank Beast together with dozens of rare medicinal herbs, specially meant for Viscera Refining Realm martial artists seeking to break through to the Innate Grade.

Without the slightest hesitation, Sun Yu poured out a dark-red pill and tossed it straight into his mouth.

"Gulp."

The pill entered his stomach.

"Boom!"

It was as if he had swallowed a red-hot charcoal!

The violently potent medicinal power instantly exploded in his stomach, turning into rolling torrents of heat that, like wild horses breaking free of their reins, madly scoured his five viscera and six bowels!

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His five viscera became like a furnace, utterly ignited at this moment!

Great Sun Boiling Blood Art and Cold Toad Breath Swallowing Technique automatically began operating at their limits.

The Yin Yang Qi Vortex spun madly, greedily devouring this immense medicinal power.

The muscles all over Sun Yu's body convulsed violently, while the dark-golden patterns on the surface of his skin darted about like living creatures.

Gritting his teeth, he endured the agonizing pain as though his internal organs were being torn apart. He grabbed the Jade Slip containing Swimming Dragon Steps and pressed it against his forehead.

A vast amount of intricate circulation routes and methods for lifting qi instantly poured into his mind.

Unlike the basic lightness skill Levitation on Grass, which relied purely on muscular exertion.

The Innate Grade Martial Skill Swimming Dragon Steps emphasized using qi and blood to commune with heaven and earth, circulating Internal Breath through the major acupoints in the soles of one's feet—like a swimming dragon commanding the wind, walking through empty air!

Ripples spread across his retina.

[Martial Skill: Swimming Dragon Steps (Innate Grade/Not Initiated)]

Sun Yu timed it precisely.

A dull watchman's clapper sounded outside the window.

Zishi had arrived.

The "+" symbol behind the entry lit up right on time.

A brilliant light burst from Sun Yu's eyes as his consciousness smashed fiercely into the plus sign!

"Buzz!"

[Swimming Dragon Steps (Initiated)]!

There was no gradual process whatsoever.

The system's empowerment mechanism intervened with extreme tyranny!

A portion of the boiling qi and blood within Sun Yu's body was instantly diverted, following the exceedingly complex Meridian routes of Swimming Dragon Steps as it madly surged toward his legs and the many hidden major acupoints in the soles of his feet!

"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"

The instant the major acupoints in his soles were forcibly blasted open, clumps of bloody mist burst from Sun Yu's legs.

But immediately afterward, the immense medicinal power of the Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound Pill rushed in, forcibly repairing, widening, and reinforcing the damaged Meridians!

Destruction, repair.

Destruction again, repair again.

His fleshly body underwent a mad transformation amid the most extreme agony.

The terrifying explosive muscle power granted by Giant Spirit Trample and the incomparably exquisite Internal Breath circulation method of Swimming Dragon Steps underwent a wondrous fusion at this moment.

"Roar!"

From deep within Sun Yu's chest came an extraordinarily clear tiger's roar!

Immediately after—

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Like muffled thunder rolling.

This was the tiger-and-leopard thunder of his organs refined to their utmost limit, his blood and qi grinding against his bones!

The limit of the Viscera Refining Realm was shattered in an instant!

The blood and qi within Sun Yu's body stopped surging at that moment.

All his blood began to contract madly.

The blood that had once been bright red rapidly darkened, becoming as heavy and viscous as mercury.

Every drop contained terrifying vitality and strength, enough to blast apart rocks.

As it flowed through his veins, his blood made a dull sound like lead and mercury rolling.

The first stage of the Innate Realm—the Blood Washing Realm!

Breakthrough!

Blood as heavy as lead and mercury began, with the pumping of his heart, to wildly scour every blood vessel in his body.

Then, this high-density blood began to seep thread by thread into the depths of his bones.

Blood and qi nourished the bone marrow in return!

The Innate Realm had three great thresholds: Blood Washing, Marrow Exchange, and Fetal Transformation.

The Blood Washing Realm condensed blood and qi.

The Marrow Exchange Realm reshaped one's foundation.

The Fetal Transformation Realm shed the mortal flesh, achieving a true Innate body!

What Sun Yu had entered was precisely the most basic—and most crucial—Blood Washing Realm.

He could clearly feel that, nourished by this high-density blood, his bone marrow was undergoing an exceedingly slow yet earth-shattering transformation.

The potential of the Cold Iron Demonic Body was further unleashed.

"Whew!"

Sun Yu slowly exhaled a long breath of turbid air.

When that stream of white breath struck the blue-brick wall, it was like an iron arrow, directly punching a small pit more than an inch deep into it!

He opened his eyes.

The icy blue and crimson within them had completely receded.

In their place was an unfathomably deep darkness.

Sun Yu rose from the bed.

Without making any motion to exert force, merely with a slight stir of thought—

His feet actually lifted half an inch from the ground, leaving him suspended in midair!

Internal Breath spouted from the soles of his feet, achieving perfect balance with gravity.

Sun Yu lightly tapped the air with the tip of his toe.

Whoosh!

His body became an afterimage, darting back and forth seven or eight times in an instant within the cramped guest room.

He did not stir even the faintest whisper of wind. Even the teacups on the table did not tremble in the slightest.

A perfect fusion of utmost stillness and utmost motion.

Giant Spirit Trample was sheer, straight-line, brutal impact.

Swimming Dragon Steps, meanwhile, granted him unparalleled agility and versatility.

Sun Yu landed back on the ground, his feet firmly planted.

He clenched his fist, feeling the blood within him, heavy as lead and mercury.

His strength had increased severalfold compared to when he had been in the Viscera Refining Realm.

"The Blood Washing Realm."

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