The deadwood on his knees shattered soundlessly, crumbling into a handful of fine powder.
The emerald vital essence sealed inside for untold years seemed to have found an outlet. Like floodwaters bursting through a dam, it surged madly into the meridians of his arms.
Yi Yang's body arched backward involuntarily, and a dense succession of cracks erupted along his spine.
Every meridian in his body was stretched to its limit.
Pain.
Indescribable pain exploded simultaneously from every inch of his limbs and bones.
The numbers on the Heavenly Mandate panel began racing at an unprecedented speed.
[Wood-Nurturing Longevity Art · True Astral Realm Completion: 2100000/8000000] [Wood-Nurturing Longevity Art · True Astral Realm Completion: 3530000/8000000] [Wood-Nurturing Longevity Art · True Astral Realm Completion: 4020000/8000000]
In a single breath, it had risen by over a million.
And its speed was still climbing.
Yi Yang's cloth tunic billowed and snapped under the pressure spilling out of his body. A layer of golden-red sweat began seeping through his skin, reeking foully.
Those were impurities forced out from the deepest recesses of his body as the vital essence battered his blood vessels.
Sensing the onslaught within his body, the Martial Extreme Dragon Elephant Body began circulating on its own.
The body-tempering cultivation art, at major accomplishment, wrapped his muscles and bones in an invisible suit of resilient armor.
His bones hummed like bowstrings under the impact of boundless vitality, yet held firm without shattering.
Through repeated cycles of rupture and reconstruction, his muscle fibers grew denser and stronger.
The Five-Organ Internal Refining Force pulsed in tandem, shielding his internal organs and carefully guiding the violently surging vital essence toward his Qi Sea.
Yi Yang clenched his teeth so tightly that blood had begun seeping from the corners of his mouth.
He could clearly