Breaking Through to the Xiantian Realm, Indestructible Golden Body Art

A moment later, Xu Yang opened his eyes and let out a long sigh of relief. With a look of joy, he thought to himself, "As expected of a spirit pill, its efficacy is truly powerful. I feel that my current realm has been stabilized, and I am now sprinting toward the middle stage of the Peak Realm."

"More importantly, this spirit pill can consolidate my foundation and nourish my essence. Now, the potential I overspent while using the Heavenly Demon Great Art can finally be partially restored." Thinking of this, Xu Yang felt a surge of excitement.

Afterward, he ate some food and began to practice the martial arts created by Old Man Tianjue. Before breaking through to the Xiantian realm—that is, the first level of Qi Refining—he still needed to practice martial techniques to enhance his strength.

In the days that followed, Xu Yang meditated and practiced Qi every day, striving to absorb the medicinal power of the Peiyuan Pill while training his martial arts. His days were incredibly fulfilling. The efficacy of the spirit pill far exceeded Xu Yang's expectations; it took him a full week to completely digest a single pill, and his internal energy rapidly broke through to the middle stage of the Peak Realm.

Xu Yang was overjoyed and pressed on with his efforts. Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, Xu Yang had been living in the cave dwelling for about three months. By now, he had consumed six spirit pills, and the true energy within him was immensely powerful, circulating rapidly through his meridians.

A week ago, Xu Yang had broken through to the peak of the Peak Realm. At this point, he could clearly perceive a massive bottleneck. Over the past few days, he had tried to charge through it several times, but the bottleneck remained completely unmoved, as solid as a wall of copper and iron. Only then did Xu Yang realize the difficulty of breaking through to the Xiantian realm; it was no wonder that no Xiantian experts had appeared in the martial arts world for over a hundred years.

Fortunately, he possessed the Xiantian secret technique created by Old Man Tianjue. Having already thoroughly comprehended this technique, he knew it was worthy of being created by a high-level expert at the ninth level of Qi Refining; it was sufficient to help him break through the bottleneck. After several days of adjustment, Xu Yang finally decided to attempt the breakthrough today.

He sat cross-legged on the stone bed, took out a spirit pill, and swallowed it. Then, he closed his eyes tightly and circulated his cultivation technique with all his might. The true energy within Xu Yang began to flow rapidly, becoming increasingly violent under the assistance of the spirit pill's medicinal power. Guided by Xu Yang, it surged toward the Baihui Acupoint at the top of his head.

To enter the Xiantian realm, one must open the Baihui Acupoint at the crown of the head to connect with the bridge between heaven and earth, thereby absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth from the outside world and transforming one's true energy into Xiantian Gang Qi.

At this moment, Xu Yang guided the churning true energy within his body, charging continuously at the bottleneck before the Baihui Acupoint. Waves of pain radiated from his mind, and a rumbling sound echoed in his ears. Xu Yang gritted his teeth and pushed his true energy to strike the bottleneck with all his strength.

However, the bottleneck was impregnable. Although it shook repeatedly under the impact, it refused to shatter. Seeing this, Xu Yang immediately manipulated his true energy to pull back temporarily and activated his secret technique. The true energy within him slowly compressed, turning into a drill that rotated fiercely. The meridians near this true energy drill began to show cracks, clearly unable to withstand such immense pressure.

Seeing this, Xu Yang did not dare to be negligent and immediately manipulated the drill to bore into the bottleneck. With a loud 'boom' that resonated in his mind, the drill slammed into the barrier, and cracks immediately appeared across it.

Under Xu Yang's full control, the two stalemated for a moment before the barrier could no longer hold. With a 'pop,' it shattered. The true energy drill surged through and entered the Baihui Acupoint directly. Subsequently, Xu Yang felt a coolness at the top of his head, as if a large hole had been opened, and a stream of cool energy flowed down from his crown.

After this energy entered Xu Yang's body, a portion of it immediately combined with his true energy, which began to undergo a transformation. As for the other portion, it merged into his body, rapidly strengthening his physical form. For a time, Xu Yang felt incredibly comfortable all over.

A moment later, Xu Yang regained his composure and sensed the state of his body. He was overjoyed; his meridians had become crystal clear and extremely wide, and a mass of Xiantian Gang Qi was now coiled within his dantian. His physical body had also been reinforced, with his overall attributes greatly improved. The hidden dangers previously caused by using the Heavenly Demon Great Art had been completely restored.

Furthermore, a strange divine sense had appeared at the center of his brow. Under the coverage of this divine sense, the surrounding scenery was clearly visible, all appearing in his mind. However, because this divine sense had only just emerged, it was still very weak, currently only able to cover about three meters around Xu Yang.

Even so, Xu Yang was extremely excited, because with this divine sense, he no longer had to fear sneak attacks from others. Under the shroud of his divine sense, nothing could remain hidden.

Excited, Xu Yang was just about to test the power of his Gang Qi when an unexpected change occurred. A powerful aura suddenly radiated from his chest, pinning Xu Yang firmly in place, unable to move. Under his gaze, two objects floated out from his robes.

Xu Yang looked over in a hurry and was stunned to see a small statue with three heads and six arms, along with a pitch-black small sword, floating before him. He was immediately dumbfounded. These two items were the treasures that Li Yuan and his senior brother had fought over. After obtaining them, he hadn't paid much attention to them, thinking they were just children's toys!

He never expected them to erupt with such a powerful aura. Under Xu Yang's gaze, the statue turned into specks of dust, and a golden light appeared before him, seemingly wrapping around a drop of liquid. Before Xu Yang could look closely, the golden light flew toward him and submerged into his body.

The other black sword also suddenly emitted a black light and, with a 'whoosh,' entered his dantian. As both disappeared, the powerful aura vanished without a trace. Xu Yang immediately jumped off the stone bed. Just as he wanted to check his internal condition, a dazzling golden light erupted from within his body, and a wave of pain struck him. Xu Yang immediately lost consciousness.

Xu Yang's body slumped softly to the ground, with streaks of golden light occasionally flickering across it. His muscles expanded and contracted rhythmically, looking incredibly bizarre.

Soon, a day passed. Xu Yang's body returned to calm, and his consciousness slowly began to clear. As soon as he woke up, he was startled. He quickly stood up from the ground, sat cross-legged on the stone bed, and used his divine sense to inspect his internal condition.

Upon looking inside, Xu Yang was stunned. The state of his body had changed drastically; his meridians had become tougher and wider, while his tendons, bones, muscles, and even his internal organs had become extremely resilient—a completely different level from before he lost consciousness.

He then looked into his dantian. What met his eyes was a mass of gaseous Gang Qi hovering within, which was fully three times larger than what he had seen before. A small black sword circled and danced around the Gang Qi, occasionally inhaling and exhaling it. Xu Yang discovered that after the Gang Qi was inhaled and exhaled by the sword, it became even more refined.

Seeing this, Xu Yang's face lit up with joy. The more refined the Gang Qi, the greater its power, naturally. He hadn't expected this small sword to have such a function. Next, in a corner of his dantian, he discovered a patch of golden light. As if sensing his arrival, the golden light 'whooshed' over to him and merged into his divine sense.

Xu Yang was startled and was just about to withdraw his divine sense from his dantian when a series of text and images suddenly appeared within his mind. He quickly browsed through them carefully, and then burst into loud laughter.

This golden light contained a cultivation technique that was incredibly profound, and it also explained the origin of the statue. It turned out that the statue was a legacy left behind by a great power from the Spirit Realm. This great power had fallen during a great war, and only a remnant soul had accidentally arrived in this world. Because the remnant soul's power was too weak to possess a body and be reborn, it had no choice but to leave behind its cultivation technique and a drop of True Spirit Blood before turning into dust.

The statue was condensed from the great power's magic, so it was naturally extremely sturdy and would only automatically collapse when it encountered a cultivator, revealing the legacy within. Unfortunately, this statue had been passed around the world and had never fallen into the hands of a cultivator, eventually being obtained by Li Yuan's master by chance, becoming a treasure of his lineage along with the family's black sword.

This time, Xu Yang's breakthrough to the Xiantian realm meant he had become a cultivator at the first level of Qi Refining, which naturally triggered the statue's reaction, allowing him to obtain the legacy within. As for the black sword, it was not left behind by the great power, but was an heirloom of Li Yuan's master, mysterious and of unknown origin.

The cultivation technique passed down by the great power was called the Indestructible Golden Body Art. It is said that upon reaching the Great Completion, one can become immortal and indestructible, capable of regenerating from a single drop of blood. Even more exaggeratedly, one can cultivate a golden body; with two sides to one entity, their strength would skyrocket after merging. Seeing this, Xu Yang was filled with excitement and secretly resolved to cultivate this technique to the Great Completion.

To cultivate this technique, one must possess True Spirit Blood. For every major realm broken through, a different drop of True Spirit Blood is required. True Spirits are immensely powerful and extremely rare, with traces of them found only in higher realms like the Spirit Realm. In the lower realm where Xu Yang resided, it was very rare to find any traces of them.

Fortunately, the technique contained a solution. It recorded a secret art for refining bloodlines, allowing Xu Yang to seek out demonic beasts or monsters that possessed True Spirit blood, kill them, and refine the True Spirit essence blood from their bodies to use for cultivation.

Seeing this, Xu Yang felt relieved. It was a false alarm; as long as there was a solution, he could cultivate it, otherwise, this technique would be nothing more than a useless trinket.

Now that he had already absorbed one drop of True Spirit essence blood, he could begin cultivating the Qi Refining stage of the Indestructible Golden Body Art. As for the subsequent essence blood, he would wait until his strength grew stronger before worrying about it!

Thinking of this, Xu Yang took another look at the black sword. Seeing it continuously inhaling and exhaling, refining his Gang Qi without any other anomalies, he felt temporarily at ease. His divine sense withdrew from his body and returned to the outside world.