Battle Realm, Heaven-Splitting Hall, twenty thousand and one hundred li out.
Fang Yun was charred black from head to toe. His skin and flesh had almost entirely turned to charcoal, and even his bones had cracked from the heat. His eyes, mouth, and nostrils had all been burned into black holes.
Fang Yun collapsed in a safe spot in the Land of Flames, drawing breath in but letting none out. He no longer even had the strength to use his Medical Book to heal himself, and could only lie quietly, relying on his own healing ability and the power of the Heaven-Splitting Hall to recover.
After killing Lei Zhongmo at the nine-thousand-nine-hundred-li mark, Fang Yun had continued deeper into the Heaven-Splitting Hall.
By directly devouring the dragon might of the Dragon Might Land, Fang Yun had greatly strengthened his body, Literary Palace, literary guts, and True Dragon Ancient Sword, giving him the strength to advance farther into the Heaven-Splitting Hall.
Fang Yun pressed onward.
But the Heaven-Splitting Hall was, after all, a place for tempering the dragon race. In places like the Dragon Might Land, which tempered the will, Fang Yun was not the least bit inferior to the finest Dragon Kings. In places that tempered the body, however, he fell far short of the dragon race, and even of most demon barbarians.
Unfortunately, every place between ten thousand and twenty thousand li was devoted to tempering dragons' bodies.
Along the way, Fang Yun suffered every imaginable hardship. The Heaven-Splitting Hall's power repeatedly destroyed his body, which then recovered again and again. Through this process, not only did his body grow stronger, but his willpower and literary guts also improved at a tremendous pace.
The fastest improvement, however, belonged to the True Dragon Ancient Sword.
Even the Half-Sage Wang Jinglong,