Once Li Yan had truly set his mind at ease, he began examining his body carefully. Before long, he noticed something unusual: Zhili Poison had spread through every part of him.
Li Yan had not deliberately driven it there. Zhili Poison had dispersed on its own, changing as the rules within his body circulated...
After a body cultivator reached Body Integration, the rules of heaven and earth appeared within his flesh and could resonate with those of the outside world. If Li Yan had reached Body Integration through the Gui Water True Scripture, a Five-Element Wheel would have appeared within him—the embodiment of his internal five-element rules.
In his physical body, those rules were carried by the flow of blood and vital energy. Zhili Poison moved with that flow, rising and spreading throughout him. It had done more than simply disperse through his body; it had merged with the rules of his flesh.
For instance, whenever Li Yan's body was attacked, Flawguard would surface automatically. He had obtained this poison from the Blood-Eyed Toad and refined it.
First, Flawguard was intensely corrosive. Even the techniques Li Yan cast—and the Guiyi Water-Parting Spike, if it was not coated in other poisons—could not withstand its corrosion.
Second, the sticky substance it formed was highly resistant to all manner of attacks. Even Li Yan's Subduing Wave Soul-Killing had little effect on it, showing that the poison could also provide a measure of protection against intangible attacks.
Now Flawguard's corrosive and defensive powers had multiplied. When his body was threatened, the rules within it produced the corresponding defense, and Flawguard activated on its own. Li Yan did not have to do a thing. It was even a fraction faster than urging it on with his mind!
Thus, if Li Yan also used True Spirit