Breaking through to Tendon Forging did not happen overnight.
It was a process of cultivation and strengthening.
Seven days had passed since Liu Yunche returned from the solitary peak. Every day, he had taken Tendon Forging Pills and Meridian-Protecting Pills to temper his tendons and meridians.
By now, he had tempered ninety percent of them.
To a Spirit Cultivator's eyes, ninety percent of the tendons and meridians in Liu Yunche's body glowed a murky yellow, radiating a wild, primordial aura.
What remained were mostly tiny meridians. Tempering them would take time, like water slowly wearing down stone.
Tendon Forging was an unusual stage of cultivation. While tempering their tendons and meridians, martial artists had to rest rather than fight. Otherwise, the tempering might turn uneven, and any untempered meridians could tear when they struck.
His Skin-Locking Method was already perfected. In the past few days, Liu Yunche had begun cultivating the second layer of the Dragon-Imprisoning Stance—the Flesh-Locking Method.
The Flesh-Locking Method built on the Skin-Locking Method and differed little from it. Liu Yunche had grasped its basics in just one day.
Liu Yunche cultivated the Flesh-Locking Method, swallowed a Tendon Forging Pill, then glanced up and murmured to himself:
"The weather is fine today. It's the perfect time to break through."
The pill dissolved on his tongue, becoming a gentle, cooling medicinal energy that nourished the tendons and meridians throughout his body, especially the final ten percent he had yet to temper.
As noon approached, the sun hung high and blazed at its brightest.
Waves of scorching light began to surge through every part of Liu Yunche's body, accelerating the tempering of his tendons and meridians.
His Child of the Great Sun talent was at work. Whenever the sun appeared, Liu Yunche could draw strength from it.
His gaze