Over seven days and nights, the water-and-fire yin-yang energies within the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well revolved and collided, their violent clashes giving rise to boundless life force. Chen Ming lay on the grass, instinctively sensing the changes in the yin-yang energies and adjusting his breathing with the rhythms of heaven.
Using the external force of water and fire in turmoil, the mysteries of yin and yang cycling, and the ever-changing energies of heaven and earth throughout the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well as an external furnace, he slowly tempered his body and slowly fused this Metal Nature into his nature and life.
Every breath and every heartbeat was a minute tempering. Every slight change and pressure in the yin-yang energies was a tiny polish upon Chen Ming.
Many people had been misled by the Indestructible Diamond Body, believing it to be merely a realm of body refinement.
In fact, it was quite the opposite. The term originated in Buddhism, referring to the Dharma Body attained by the Buddha. It used the unyielding nature of diamond as a metaphor, symbolizing its eternal and indestructible essence.
Firmness was merely external. Diamond was only a metaphor. Transcending the Three Realms and being impossible to destroy—that was the true core.
In Taoism, the core of Metal Nature was likewise immortality and divinity.
The Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum was metal-aligned, supremely hard and supremely yang, yet its core as a neutral medicinal herb lay precisely here. This metal did not simply refer to metallic substances, nor did it refer to weapons. Rather, gold was used to represent an extraordinary quality.
Transcendence, immortality, divinity.
There was nothing wrong with pursuing hardness and sturdiness alone, but that was the inferior path, clinging to appearances.
There was a saying: "To cultivate nature but not life is the