Just as Li Yan had guessed, the Fragmented Poison Body meant separating every piece of flesh, bone, and meridian within the body into tiny fragments, as though the body had been dismembered. Each small piece of flesh, bone, and meridian was continuously tempered, transformed, and separated, leaving the inside of the body in a state of utter fragmentation. Li Wuyi had mentioned these things when he first introduced it, but anyone who had not cultivated this poison body could not truly understand their meaning. Li Yan had originally understood it to mean that this physique had already formed within him. As for Li Wuyi's words that "the separation is extremely painful," Li Yan had felt no pain at all. Even now, he had not felt the slightest discomfort. Subconsciously, he had assumed that this physique had been completed while he was unconscious, which was why he had not felt any pain.
The reason the jade slips did not mention this was because those three seniors had never encountered a situation like Li Yan's, where it had failed to form in one go. Their Fragmented Poison Bodies had formed all at once. Unlike Li Yan's, whose parts were still connected and only slightly separated at the meridian nodes, every piece of theirs had formed independently. They separated when exhaling and gathered when inhaling, constantly strengthening and nourishing each separated body through this motion. Yet when they circulated their cultivation, they became a single whole again, operating flawlessly and perfectly.
Simply put, Li Yan's Fragmented Poison Body was actually a half-finished product—perhaps even just a rough blank. That was why he had been unable to find any answers.
On one hand, Li Yan did not dare ask anyone else, since this involved the greatest secret of the Gui Water Immortal Sect. On