Breakthrough! Body Tempering Realm! (Seeking Monthly Votes, Follow-up Reads!)

Effort!

Struggle!!

Give it your all!!!

In the woods, a figure danced tirelessly!

Just as he had set his goal!

Over the next few days, he passed by his dormitory three times without ever entering!

After stocking up on enough food, he spent his time in the woods, whether awake or asleep.

He would leap up at the first hint of dawn, sweat like rain under the scorching sun, and continue his tireless training until the night fell and the stars and moon hung in the sky!

He practiced when awake, ate when hungry, and slept when tired.

Just like in the early days of his startup in his past life, he threw himself heart and soul into the martial path, undisturbed by external matters!

The grass in this clearing in the woods had been trampled nearly bald by him, with countless patches of soil churned up.

Realm: Mortal (514/860)...571/855...628/851...685/847...

With the daily consumption of one Body Tempering Pill, his cultivation speed grew at a rate visible to the naked eye, and he could feel a distinct change in his strength every day!

Time ticked away, and Ye Li became so obsessed with the martial path that he lost track of the days.

He only remembered the sky above brightening and darkening, brightening and darkening, for six full cycles.

And his strength, vitality, bones, and physical stamina were all growing continuously throughout these few days!

When his experience points reached 700, he could faintly feel a warm current flowing through his limbs and bones!

And as time passed, this warm current gathered more and more! It turned from threads into strands!

According to Feng Yue, this warm current was the sensation of Qi!

To enter the realm meant controlling the Qi generated within the body to merge with the skin, weaving an airtight net of vitality across the surface of the body!

Theoretically, as long as one gathered the warm current to the size of a thumb, one could attempt to enter the realm.

But Ye Li noticed that even after his entire body was seamless, the value displayed on the panel had not reached its limit; it was still 10% away from completely filling the experience bar.

Therefore, he suppressed the urge to break through and chose to trust his trait! He kept his head down and continued his efforts!

Realm: Mortal (799/840)...799/837...

Seven days after Ye Li began his seclusion, the panel now read:

Realm: "Mortal (835/835)"?
Technique: "Azure Dragon Force (1846/100)"

Through the dual approach of medicinal pills and arduous training over these few days, he had shortened what was originally a month's work into a single week!

And as for the realm column.

With the experience points filled, the Qi flow within his body had reached over a hundred strands!

A golden "?" appeared in the realm column!

After a month and seven days of hard training, have I finally reached the point where I can use the Deep Blue upgrade?

Ye Li could hardly hide his excitement as he looked at the display on the panel!

At this moment, when his experience points reached 700, he already had the ability to break through into the entry realm.

He only needed to follow the instructions Feng Yue had given him previously, step by step, to break into the Body Tempering Realm!

But human effort has its limits; when ordinary people weave their net of vitality, there are inevitably omissions, forming weak points of varying sizes.

So, how could individual hard work compare to the solid foundation provided by an upgrade?

One shouldn't stop using cheats just for the sake of effort!

If he could achieve a perfect breakthrough, he would be willing to trade it for driving a luxury car and living in a villa!

Thinking of this, a flash of excitement crossed Ye Li's mind. He focused his attention on the golden "?" and chose to press it!

BOOM--

A silent thunderclap exploded deep within his soul!

In an instant, the hundreds of dormant Qi sensations within Ye Li's body spontaneously surged out from his Dantian, rushing toward the surface of his entire body!

Countless fine threads composed of Ye Li's vitality continuously wound and intertwined, converging into a dense net of Qi.

Starting from his Dantian, these Qi nets completely merged with his skin and flesh.

Ye Li felt an indescribable heat rising first from the skin of his abdomen!

Following that, this burning sensation spread like a wildfire, sweeping across every part of his body!

His torso, his limbs, his head, and even the tips of his hair!

In the blink of an eye, Ye Li felt his skin wrapped in a layer of incredibly resilient webbing, seamless and perfect!

How could one even describe the sensation of such a breakthrough?

If other martial artists entering the realm were like suitors desperately begging a goddess for her favor, then Ye Li's point-added breakthrough was...

Body Tempering Realm: Hngh-hngh-hngh-oh-oh-oh!!!??? No, no, no!

Body Tempering Realm: The weakest points of the realm are being covered by the sensation of Qi; I can clearly feel every part of the sinews and bones being woven and assembled by the Qi!!!???

Body Tempering Realm: This shouldn't be happening! Breaking through the Body Tempering Realm isn't done like this!

Body Tempering Realm: One is supposed to painstakingly weave Qi to fuse with the flesh, but it has already been controlled and adjusted by [Dazzling: World-Shocking Wisdom] into the form most suitable for Lord Ye Li!

Body Tempering Realm: Hngh-hngh-hngh-oh-oh-oh!!!??? I'm becoming a slave to Lord Ye Li!

Body Tempering Realm: There's no turning back; I have completely become the shape of Lord Ye Li's flesh???!!!

Hmm, after the personification of the Body Tempering Realm, that is roughly the situation (contemplating)!

The Body Tempering Realm is just like Andy Lau, every Lunar New Year going "Yeah-eh-yeah-eh" → "Hngh-oh" → "Oh-oh" → "Oh~!"

Regardless, throughout the entire process, Ye Li didn't need to make any effort to feel the Qi frantically weaving within his body.

In front of [Dazzling: World-Shocking Wisdom], there were no bottlenecks; it had adjusted the realm into something else entirely!

He could clearly feel every inch of his skin fusing with the Qi force, and this coverage was actually spreading... inward?

"This is..." Surprise flashed in Ye Li's eyes.

He could even clearly perceive that the resilient web of blood and Qi was spreading and covering the interior of his body, following natural orifices such as the mouth, nasal cavity, and ear canals!

This was a situation never encountered before!

In martial arts common knowledge, the Nine Vital Apertures of the Human Body are the weak points that Body Tempering martial artists find difficult to cover completely.

Such as the mouth, eyes, ears, and the...

These nine apertures of the human body are the weak points for most Body Tempering martial artists, extremely easy to be breached.

However, at this moment, under the unreasonable fusion and weaving of Dazzling: World-Shocking Wisdom, this web of blood and Qi meridians began to connect the inside and outside, reaching a perfect state of "no leaks"!

The temperature on his skin surface climbed sharply, his blood surged like a roaring river, and his bones emitted a faint, dense humming sound.

Ye Li felt as if he were placed inside the great furnace of heaven and earth, undergoing calcination and tempering.

A sense of immense power, accompanied by an unprecedentedly strong defensive will, was growing wildly within him!

But such precise and violent operations brought with them a massive energy deficit.

It was like knitting a sweater; others were small manual workshops, while Ye Li was industrial-grade precision weaving. Although fast, the instantaneous energy consumption was terrifying.

An extreme sense of hunger rose from Ye Li's abdomen, causing him to turn his head and lock his gaze onto the remaining 4 Body Tempering Pill in the corner!

Half an hour later, a sigh escaped Ye Li's lips.

Ye Li's hair was disheveled, his upper body bare, as he felt the powerful vitality filling his flesh!

"It took 37 days and thirteen Body Tempering Pill, but I have finally broken through the Body Tempering Realm!"

Looking at his fair fists, Ye Li could feel the earth-shattering difference between before and after entering the realm!

"Strength has increased by onefold, speed hasn't been tested yet, but the most outrageous part should be the defense..."

Ye Li looked at the panel:

Name: Ye Li

Realm: Body Tempering Initial Stage (1/1835)

Techniques:

"Azure Dragon Force (1846/100)"

"Nine Chapters Fist Manual (3/500)"

Traits: [Dazzling: World-Shocking Wisdom]