Perfect Spirit Body

Perfect Foundation Establishment—how long ago was it proposed, and by whom—could no longer be verified. But one thing was certain: the person who devised this method had been a Spirit Formation Master. Because this method required a special Spirit Formation.

The Spirit Formation itself was very simple; it could be found in nearly any kind of book. Yet to the vast majority of people, it was like a legend. Because the number of Body Tempering Pills required by the formation was simply far too great.

The vast majority of people, even some fairly powerful lineages and sects, still did not possess such financial resources. Even if they did, they would not be willing to spend them on a single person. Every lineage had quite a few descendants, but at the Spirit Body Realm, it was impossible to tell which descendant possessed extraordinary talent. Using this method on an ordinary person was simply a waste.

Only forces so powerful that they did not even consider Body Tempering Pills worth mentioning could use such a method.

There were two main reasons the Huo Family had not allowed Huo Hai to use this Spirit Formation. First, this method consumed too many Body Tempering Pills and required too great a financial expenditure. The Huo Family was not a merchant lineage; such an enormous expense was something even the family head had to consider carefully.

The other reason was that using the Body-Refining Spirit Formation inflicted tremendous pain upon its user. Ordinary people simply could not endure it. And the consequences of failing to endure it were not merely failed Foundation Establishment, but severe injuries as well. Such grave wounds could even affect future advancement. Without absolute certainty, no one would use it lightly.

At this moment, Huo Hai was carefully inscribing the Spirit Formation on the floor of his room. Earlier, he had already told his family that he was entering seclusion and was about to make a breakthrough, telling them not to disturb him.

Even if Huo Hai did not come out for the next few days, no one would visit him. As for Huo Yuner, that was even simpler. Huo Hai had directly given Little Gold to Huo Yuner to play with for a few days. Huo Yuner would never run into a courtyard full of insects; it was simply too unbearable.

Once the formation had been inscribed, Huo Hai evenly smeared the powder from the materials he had prepared beforehand into the grooves of the formation. Among them were several Spirit Stones that ordinary people found extremely difficult to obtain. They were the key to activating the formation.

"Fortunately, the Body-Refining Spirit Formation isn't high-grade and only uses the simplest materials. Otherwise, I really couldn't have completed it alone." After piecing together the formation, Huo Hai wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Even this simple Body-Refining Spirit Formation had taken him more than half a day to complete. A Spirit Formation Master truly was not something just anyone could become.

The Body-Refining Spirit Formation primarily suppressed and harmonized the power of the Body Tempering Pills, making it slow and stable, while thoroughly tempering the body to the level of an Innate Spirit Body. An Innate Spirit Body was a special physique most suited to cultivation.

At the very least, one needed a hundred Body Tempering Pills to use it; otherwise, failure was guaranteed. This time, Huo Hai had obtained two hundred, and he intended to use them all at once. Once the tempering was complete, the remaining Body Tempering Pills would be useless anyway.

Nor could he take them out—they would draw too much attention. Besides, the more Body Tempering Pills placed inside, the better the tempering effect on the body. Adding another hundred would not improve the effect by much, but to a Spirit Master, even the slightest increase in talent was precious beyond measure. Sometimes, a mere sliver of talent was the difference that left some Spirit Masters stuck at one level for their entire lives, unable to advance an inch.

Looking at the medicine bottles inside the Body-Refining Spirit Formation, their caps already completely removed, Huo Hai muttered to himself, "I should be able to endure it, right? If I want to survive in this world, what does a little pain amount to?" Huo Hai narrowed his eyes.

Back on Earth, Huo Hai had drifted with the current because he had never had an opportunity. No matter how hard he tried, he could never become one of the upper class. But in this world, he had such an opportunity: becoming a Spirit Master. Since he had been given the chance, if he did not fight for it, would he not be letting himself down? If he was going to do something, he would do it to the best. Could a little pain really stop him?

With that thought, Huo Hai fiercely placed the Spirit Stones into the formation's nodes. The moment the last Spirit Stone fell into place, the entire Spirit Formation activated. Spirit power emanating from the Spirit Stones flowed continuously along the formation.

The formation was extremely simple, yet spirit energy could not leak from it no matter what. As the spirit power circulated without end, the formation gradually emitted a hazy glow. From afar, it looked like a special pattern formed from neon lights, dazzlingly brilliant.

Huo Hai had no time to consider any of that. With his eyes closed, he poured all his effort into circulating his Foundational Spirit Art. Before the Spirit Adept level, regardless of whether a Spirit Art was good or bad, it was a Foundational Spirit Art. Therefore, the Spirit Art Huo Hai cultivated had no name.

The Spirit Formation operated at its limit, releasing an exceedingly strange power. Merging with the laws of this world, the formation swiftly located the Body Tempering Pills. It was as if it had been born solely for the sake of those pills. In an instant, spirit power extracted the force within the Body Tempering Pills. After merging with spirit energy, it transformed into an invisible flame.

The invisible flame ignited from nothing, floating in the air just like that. Had Huo Hai opened his eyes at that moment, he would surely have been astonished beyond measure.

But Huo Hai no longer had any chance to be astonished. After circling once within the Spirit Formation, the flame found the only living being inside it. As though it understood its mission, it plunged directly into Huo Hai's body.

The violent power of the flame entered Huo Hai's body and immediately began burning through his entire body. Outwardly, nothing seemed wrong with Huo Hai, but he felt as though he were standing in a sea of fire, his entire body seemingly about to melt away.

The flames burned without end. Gradually, things could be seen moving beneath Huo Hai's skin. Under the effect of the flames, large amounts of black impurities slowly began to be forced out of his body.

The spirit-energy flames caused no harm whatsoever to any other objects, seeming to target Huo Hai alone. At this moment, earth-shaking changes were taking place throughout his body. His body began to turn crystalline and translucent; spirit energy fused more and more closely with his body, making it ever clearer and more transparent. Huo Hai's affinity with the spirit energy between heaven and earth grew higher and higher, while the impurities within him were expelled outward.

If Huo Hai had been able to look inward, he would even have seen the crystalline, translucent Spirit Veins within his body growing increasingly tough and increasingly lustrous under the flames' effects. Spirit Veins were the key to cultivating spirit power in the future.

Unfortunately, Huo Hai had neither the time nor the energy to notice any of this. All his attention was focused within his mind. From the moment the Spirit Formation began operating, intense pain had surged into his heart.

No—it should have been said that it swept through his entire body. This pain even seemed to rise from his soul itself. Had Huo Hai not already lost control of his body, he might have wanted to stab himself and end this terrifying agony sooner.

As time passed, the pain grew ever more terrifying. It was not physical pain that would become numb after lasting long enough. The longer it continued, the more intense Huo Hai felt the pain become, until it reached a level almost impossible to endure. The last remnants of Huo Hai's thoughts understood that he absolutely could not give up. If he did, something would happen that he would deeply regret.

As for what that thing was, Huo Hai had already forgotten. There was only pain in his mind now. The only words flashing through it were: endure. His spirit concentrated completely, resisting the pain and refusing to let himself lose consciousness.

The only thing that could be called good news was that this pain did not exhaust him. Not only did it not make him tired, it made his mind grow sharper and sharper. As his senses became increasingly acute, the pain became ever more intense.

The excruciating pain did not make his mind grow muddled, nor did it make him want to sleep, much less cause him to faint. Huo Hai knew that as long as he gave up, he could instantly escape this pain and comfortably fall unconscious. Yet a voice in his heart kept reminding him: he absolutely could not give up. Huo Hai no longer knew why that voice was there.

But no matter the reason, endure. Endure to the end. I want to see what I'll find if I endure until the very end. Perhaps even these thoughts were beginning to fade from Huo Hai's mind.

All kinds of thoughts grew dimmer and dimmer, yet the obsession in his heart became stronger and stronger. Endure, endure, endure... He did not know where the end lay. But that did not matter. He only needed to keep enduring.

He did not know what the final result would be, but that was unimportant as well. He only needed to endure to the end. He had to endure. Even if pain killed him, he would die on the road of endurance. Gradually, fewer and fewer thoughts remained in Huo Hai's mind. He had even forgotten that he could give up. Only the two words endure remained in his mind.

Outside, after a hundred Body Tempering Pills had been consumed, Huo Hai's body had already been fully tempered. The remaining Body Tempering Pills formed spirit-energy flames, but did not continue tempering his body. His Spirit Body was perfect; further tempering was useless.

Those flames then began continuously tempering Huo Hai's Spirit Veins. Without his noticing, his Spirit Veins began growing stronger and stronger. This excess power was actually being used entirely to strengthen his Spirit Veins and raise their potential.

In truth, even Huo Hai himself did not know what an enormous advantage he had gained. No one knew that the Body-Refining Spirit Formation could enhance the potential of one's Spirit Veins. People only knew that too many Body Tempering Pills would cause greater pain and increase the chance of failure. Even those who could afford to use the Body-Refining Spirit Formation usually used only a little over a hundred pills, never too many more.

No one knew that after reaching a Perfect Spirit Body, the excess medicinal power would actually strengthen the Spirit Veins and even raise their potential. This meant, in another way, increasing the highest achievement one could attain in the future.

Huo Hai did not know, and neither did anyone else. Today, merely because he did not want to waste anything, Huo Hai obtained such enormous benefits. Only after his cultivation became higher in the future would these benefits gradually reveal themselves.