Volume 1, Chapter 277 – Success

There were simply too many spirit materials and treasures required for the True Martial Undying Body, and some of those rare treasures carried auras so powerful that they could easily alarm everyone nearby. So Shi Lan had long since carved an aura-concealing formation around the secret chamber.

For the sake of cultivating the True Martial Undying Body, Shi Lan had already had this secret chamber remodeled during the period in which she was recovering from her injuries.

The greatest change was the jade pool in the middle of the chamber.

The entire jade pool had been cast from Clear Spirit Jade. Clear Spirit Jade was a third-grade spirit material with the effect of calming the mind and focusing the spirit. An ordinary piece the size of a human head could sell for several thousand spirit crystals. This pool alone was worth no less than a million spirit crystals, a treasure of immense value.

With a thought from Shi Lan, various spiritual objects overflowing with vast spiritual qi were taken out one by one from her Qiankun Bracelet. The chaotic and immense spiritual qi instantly filled the entire secret chamber.

A faint spiritual mist rose within the chamber, while liquid spiritual qi like flowing water floated through the air like strips of star rivers.

Shi Lan let out a soft sigh and narrowed her eyes slightly. Her muscles and bones relaxed of their own accord, and her whole body felt at ease.

The cultivation method of the True Martial Undying Body was not difficult, nor did it require any special aptitude. So long as one’s cultivation had reached the Heavenly Astral Realm and one could gather the required cultivation materials, almost anyone could cultivate it.

There was only one problem. The materials required for cultivation were simply far too many and too complicated.

Beginning the cultivation of the True Martial Undying Body was not especially difficult. A few hundred kinds of spirit materials were enough. But if one wanted to cultivate the first layer to completion, it was far from simple.

Just the several thousand kinds of spirit materials required to complete the first layer, if all taken out at once, would not even fit in the secret chamber.

Back in the Battle Merit Hall, Shi Lan had spent an enormous amount of battle merit to directly obtain all the spirit materials needed to bring the first layer of the True Martial Undying Body to completion in one go. Her intention had been to take it straight to the end and cultivate the first layer to perfection at one stroke.

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If she could cultivate the first layer of the True Martial Undying Body to completion, Shi Lan would be able to suppress and kill Heavenly Astral Realm experts with a lift of her hand, and might even sweep through the Myriad Phenomena Realm!

If the first layer of the True Martial Undying Body were completed, tearing apart Myriad Phenomena Realm experts with bare hands would take no effort at all!

Looking at the jade pool before her, Shi Lan slowly clenched her fist. Only then would she truly count as having at least some power to protect herself.

What Yun Chen had said that day had filled Shi Lan with alarm.

Even Yun Chen knew that she was not a person of this world, so there was no telling whether her other secrets had also been exposed…

She shook her head hard, clearing away the distracting thoughts in her mind, then raised a hand and slowly poured a mass of spiritual liquid into the jade pool.

As the various spiritual liquids and treasured medicines entered the pool, the spiritual qi in the air almost thickened into clouds.

Once she judged that it was about right, Shi Lan removed her clothes and slowly stepped into the jade pool.

The water looked perfectly clear and carried a faint fragrance, but the instant it touched her skin, it seemed to turn into rolling hot oil, carrying a searing temperature that was almost unbearable.

The violent burning pain made Shi Lan frown slightly.

But… that was all.

After pausing for a moment, Shi Lan slowly slipped into the pool. Like a piece of white jade sinking into water, she let the spiritual liquid pass over her head and completely envelop her.

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Shi Lan sank to the bottom of the pool and began circulating the vast blood and qi within her body in accordance with the cultivation method of the True Martial Undying Body.

The spiritual liquid around her began to stir restlessly. The violent spiritual qi seemed to have found an entrance and surged into Shi Lan’s body in a frantic rush, filling every inch of space within her!

Beneath her skin, within her muscles and bones, inside her five viscera and six bowels, every last space was crammed full of violent spiritual qi!

Cracks split open across her jade-like skin, leaving bloody marks. Her immense blood and qi surged through her limbs and bones, driving the violent spiritual qi to begin remaking Shi Lan once again, body and soul!

Whether it had been the first Dust-Cleansing Pill or the fusion with the Innate spiritual blood back then, Shi Lan was no stranger to the pain of being remade from the inside out. But this time, the pain was more than ten times worse!

Her skin split apart inch by inch, revealing crimson flesh. Pale violet spiritual blood dyed the entire pool. Her flesh gradually became unable to bear the increasingly violent spiritual qi and slowly tore apart, exposing white bones as clear as jade.

Crack.

Her bones, tougher than ordinary top-grade magical treasures, lasted less than half an hour before cracks appeared once more. Bone fragments gradually peeled away, revealing marrow like violet dew.

Shi Lan’s body had nearly collapsed by half. She could barely even be said to retain human form. Only half a human skeleton remained, supporting itself with difficulty.

Shi Lan was not particularly surprised by the miserable state of her body. Such scenes had all been described within the True Martial Undying Body. The fact that she could still be recognized as even vaguely human already spoke to the strength of her body.

With a thought from Shi Lan, a blood-red chunk of metal the size of a human head appeared beside her, then instantly shattered into fragments and completely wrapped around her.

Bloodpattern Steel, a fifth-grade treasure, had originally been an excellent material for forging spirit weapons. But now it began fusing into Shi Lan’s bones. The shattered bones were gradually repaired, and red markings like array patterns appeared across the originally jade-like skeleton.

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Once the shattered bones had been repaired, Shi Lan took out another handful of nearly transparent flowing sand, as well as a mass of colorless liquid.

The flesh that had collapsed and torn apart gradually began to recover, wrapping itself over the bones. Blood slowly began to circulate again, and the wounds started to heal…

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After an unknown length of time, the spiritual liquid in the jade pool had turned into clear water, while a layer of ash-like residue had settled at the bottom.

The spiritual qi floating in the air had also been swept completely away.

Splash.

Shi Lan broke through the surface of the water and stepped onto the edge of the pool. Water droplets could not remain on her skin at all and slid away one after another. Her flawless body was untouched by dust or impurity.

She slowly clenched her fist and looked at the space that distorted slightly for an instant in her palm. A trace of satisfaction appeared in Shi Lan’s eyes. As for how much power her body now concealed after being remade, even she could not say for certain.

But an ordinary peak Heavenly Astral Realm martial artist likely would not be able to withstand even one move from her.

She had still not brought the first layer of the True Martial Undying Body to completion. If the first layer were divided into initial, middle, and complete stages, then she had only just stepped into the middle stage now.

If she wanted to cultivate the first layer to completion, there was simply no way to achieve it in a short period of time. Even digesting those spirit materials would take time. A method to ascend to the heavens in a single step had never existed.

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Her earlier thoughts had been somewhat naive after all.

And after enduring such intense pain for so long, even she was somewhat unable to bear it any longer. She needed time to recover.

Glancing back at her reflection in the water, Shi Lan raised her brows slightly.

She… seemed to have grown taller, and her appearance also seemed to have changed somewhat…

Picking up her clothes, she put them on one by one. As expected, Shi Lan discovered that all of them had become a bit short. After estimating roughly, she had grown at least three cun. She had already been tall and slender to begin with, but now even an ordinary man standing before her would probably be half a head shorter.

Shi Lan had never cared much about her figure or appearance. After looking at it twice, she put the matter aside for the time being.

At this moment, two matters stood before her. The first was to head to the Illusory Star Domain and see what the star that belonged to her was actually like. The second was the world-traversal function of the All-Heavens Samsara System.

After thinking for a while, Shi Lan made up her mind.

The situation within the Illusory Star Domain was unpredictable, and life-bearing stars stood everywhere. When the Illusory Star Domain had first descended that day, the powerful auras that had poured out were enough to prove that there were likely no few strong experts within it.

As for the low-grade worlds within the system, there presumably would not be enemies that were too terrifying. With her current strength, she ought to be able to protect herself there.

And most importantly, she wanted to understand more about the functions of the All-Heavens Samsara System. That might be of no small help in awakening Samsara.