There was no day or night in the Inheritance Space, no changing seasons, no wind or rain.
Huang Yun floated inside the golden orb, his body wrapped in endless thunder.
Thunder surged toward him from every direction, piercing his skin, penetrating his bones, and burrowing into his meridians. It tore his flesh apart inch by inch, then rebuilt it inch by inch.
Pain ran from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet, from his skin to his marrow. Not a single part of him was spared.
The pain reached deep into his soul, as though someone were scraping a red-hot blade back and forth through his blood vessels, or pulling every bone from his body and hammering it repeatedly on an anvil.
Most of the time, he hovered in a semiconscious haze, occasionally regaining awareness for a brief moment between waves.
When he was lucid, he could feel some profound change taking place within his body.
The golden membrane beneath his skin grew thicker and denser, seeping deeper into his flesh until it enveloped his muscles, bones, and meridians.
Under the thunder source's relentless forging, his Indestructible Vajra Body slowly progressed from newly achieved mastery toward complete stability. Every inch of skin grew tougher, every bone denser, and even his blood acquired a faint golden sheen.
His Thunder Kunpeng Eyes were transforming as well.
At his brow, the golden-purple lotus patterns deep within those pupils expanded, deepened, and grew more intricate under the thunder source's cleansing force.
His vision reached farther, his gaze penetrated deeper, and his perception of flowing energy became more precise.
During occasional moments of clarity, he tried activating his eye technique. He could see previously invisible energy channels within the Inheritance Space, pulsing slowly through the void like blood vessels.
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