Tiger Might Body

This was the soundest, deepest sleep Dong Lin had had since stepping onto the path of cultivation.

In his dream, Dong Lin kept a tiger company, following behind it and observing and studying its form and spirit day after day.

"What is this?"

Dong Lin was still muddleheaded from sleep. After waking from the dream, he took a long while to recover,

before realizing that he had just been dreaming.

"Have I been in the cultivation chamber all along?"

Freshly awakened, Dong Lin felt a faint sense of loss.

He glanced at the White Tiger painting on the wall. After this sleep, Dong Lin could now see some of its hidden mysteries.

This was a Divine Intent Diagram.

Generally, only high-tier body-tempering techniques that had reached a certain level possessed such Divine Intent Diagrams.

A Divine Intent Diagram could help cultivators better grasp the intent within martial arts. It was the foundation of a superior body-tempering martial technique.

Only the most original, most fundamental Divine Intent Diagrams personally drawn by a technique's creator allowed others to comprehend the entirety of that martial art from within them.

"The original owner's father was an immortal cultivator. How could he possess an original Divine Intent Diagram of such a rank?"

Dong Lin silently sensed the body-tempering technique, the Tiger Might Body Formula.

Once mastered, his attacks would carry White Tiger Divine Might, capable of intimidating the mind and spirit.

It could cultivate White Tiger True Qi. It truly was an exceptionally superior technique.

Anything connected to a divine beast was never ordinary.

"I can faintly sense that this technique seems highly compatible with me. But cultivating both immortality and martial arts

will consume an enormous amount of time and energy. Do I really have such talent?"

Dong Lin hesitated slightly.

The only painting hanging in Dong Xiaotian's Spirit Chamber, this snarling White Tiger painting, suited him so perfectly—

it could not possibly be a coincidence.

Dong Lin sensed there had to be some deeper reason behind it, but he did not yet know what it was.

"Forget it. I'll cross the bridge when I come to it. To refuse meat already at my mouth would make me a fool.

I don't lack resources now, and after tempering my body, my ability to preserve my life will increase greatly as well."

In the end, Dong Lin made up his mind and decided to step onto the path of body tempering.

It happened that during this period, he was nourishing his Dantian. Blind, bitter cultivation alone could no longer increase his strength.

"I'll give it a try."

Following the Tiger Might Body Formula he had comprehended, Dong Lin began practicing its movements one by one.

Since entering Qi Refining, his body had never felt pain like this.

Dong Lin felt every tendon and muscle in his body being stretched.

"Pain, pain, pain! It really hurts!"

Cold sweat poured from Dong Lin. This was utterly incomparable to the ease and comfort of Qi cultivation.

The path of body tempering was simply too arduous.

After completing one full set of the technique, Dong Lin was so exhausted that he nearly collapsed onto the floor.

Fortunately, as a cultivator at the Mid Qi Refining Stage, nourished by an ocean of spiritual energy, he recovered his vitality in less than a quarter hour.

"Cultivating both immortality and martial arts does have its advantages."

Dong Lin could not help sighing.

What Dong Lin did not know was that the vast majority of body-tempering martial artists, and even immortal cultivators,

would never have such a dense spiritual energy environment to support them.

Dong Lin could recover so quickly after body-tempering cultivation only because spiritual energy was inexhaustible for him.

The path of body tempering was the source of mortal martial arts.

Cultivation depended on talent—elemental affinity, one's own comprehension, and so on. Missing even one of them meant one would find it difficult to have any further affinity with the path of cultivation.

Martial arts were different. Martial arts did not rely on heaven and earth; they were a path upward that humanity had tailored for itself.

Entering Qi Refining required the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, while entering the Body Tempering Realm required only a sufficient supply of nourishment.

Martial artists could cultivate true qi through their techniques.

Although an environment rich in spiritual energy indeed helped martial artists generate true qi more quickly,

even if spiritual energy was scarce, it did not hinder gifted martial artists in the slightest from cultivating martial arts, comprehending divine intent, and thereby continuously generating true qi of corresponding attributes, until they reached the pinnacle step by step.

The first stage of the body-tempering path was called Body Tempering.

It was divided into four minor realms: Skin Tempering, Bone Tempering, Blood Renewal, and Marrow Tempering.

After these four steps, one would shed one's mortal frame and exchange one's bones, forging an unparalleled golden body.

Baili Tianming was currently at the peak of Marrow Tempering, merely waiting to successfully comprehend a trace of the mysteries within the divine intent of his fundamental technique,

thereby successfully forging a golden body and entering the Golden Body Realm.

From then on, relying solely on his physical body, he could contend against Foundation Establishment cultivators.

After draining the cup of spirit tea outside in one gulp, Dong Lin hurried back to the cultivation chamber.

Now that he was at the peak of the Mid Qi Refining Stage, spirit tea could only nourish his Dantian.

As for its effect of increasing spiritual stones, he could barely feel it anymore.

For two whole days, Dong Lin continuously familiarized himself with this martial art's body-tempering method.

Through Dong Lin's unremitting efforts, the Tiger Might Body had finally shown some accomplishment.

He believed it would not be long before he truly entered the Body Tempering Realm and began Skin Tempering.

When Dong Lin had first begun cultivating, it had taken him three full days to step through the gates of the Qi Refining Realm.

Now, the gates of the Body Tempering Realm were close at hand as well.

"At this rate, it will take at least another ten days to integrate my body and officially begin body tempering."

Thinking of the hunting competition more than twenty days away, Dong Lin could not help feeling anxious.

Entering Body Tempering in half a month was indeed not slow, but it was delaying matters somewhat.

Dong Lin searched through his Spatial Ring and finally settled on a Vajra Pill.

This Vajra Pill had been part of the benefits issued to inner disciples when they first entered.

It seemed to be for inner disciples with some cultivation to temper their bodies and strengthen their foundations.

This Vajra Pill was an auxiliary medicinal pill for body-tempering cultivators.

It had quite remarkable effects in tempering the physical body.

But for Dong Lin, this high-quality Vajra Pill might be a little too much to handle.

"Whatever. I'm already at the peak of the Mid Qi Refining Stage. Could I really fail to digest a single Vajra Pill?"

Thinking of the approaching hunting competition, Dong Lin took a risk and put the pill into his mouth.

With Dong Lin's current strength, if he encountered a situation like last time, he would surely still be in a sorry state.

He could only rely on the Thunderclap Sword, filled to the brim with lightning, his ultimate trump card, to fight a late first-rank demonic beast.

Now, the possibility of breaking through to the Late Qi Refining Stage was slim, so Dong Lin could only strive for a breakthrough along the path of body tempering.

Before long, the Vajra Pill's medicinal effects began to spread.

An incomparably domineering, violent stream of heat began in Dong Lin's stomach and intestines, rapidly spreading throughout his entire body.

Dong Lin felt as though his whole body were being scorched by blazing fire, burning hot beyond belief.

If Dong Lin were thrown into a water vat at this moment, he would surely make the water inside boil.

Dong Lin hurriedly calmed himself. While mobilizing the spiritual energy throughout his body to suppress the pill's effects, he began tempering his body according to the technique.

Time passed second by second.

For the first time, Dong Lin experienced what it felt like for each day to stretch into a year.

Drops of sweat trickled down from Dong Lin's forehead. His entire body was red and burning hot.

Propelled by such immense energy, Dong Lin's body-tempering progress advanced at breakneck speed.

After five full hours, Dong Lin finally completely digested the Vajra Pill's medicinal effects.

Now, Dong Lin's physique had achieved a small degree of success. The once frail body now faintly displayed graceful lines.

"Only one final kick remains!"

Dong Lin, who had just undergone such intense tempering, did not stop. Instead, he continued to polish himself.

An hour later, his tendons and bones opened in unison, and Dong Lin finally truly entered the Body Tempering Realm.