C120 The Breakthrough of the Realm!!

The Moonfiend who called herself Yue Fei seized the perfect moment to launch a surprise attack.

When her strike missed, she swiftly retreated, not lingering for a moment.

Yu Yuan lay in a pool of blood, several of his ribs shattered, his internal organs suffering damage.

His mind throbbed with unbearable pain, as if his head were about to split open.

That Moonfiend, Yue Fei, had unleashed her full strength. Had it not been for the protective sword light, Yu Yuan's soul might have been scattered to the winds.

Compared to the profound damage to his soul, the physical injuries seemed almost inconsequential.

"Yue Fei, do you truly believe you can escape from this forbidden area?"

Bearing the intense pain in his chest, Yu Yuan slowly sat upright, his gaze following the direction in which the green soul spirit had vanished. He swallowed a Seed of Life.

The power of the Seed of Life dispersed the moment it touched his stomach.

Yu Yuan held his breath and concentrated, cautiously avoiding the use of Evil Body Refining. Instead, he took out a soulstone and employed the Nine Glories Wheel to draw in the spiritual energy within it.

The reverse operation of Evil Body Refining required him to shift from stillness to motion, but his current physical state precluded any significant movement.

Left with no choice, he relied on the soulstone and the Seed of Life to mend his corporeal wounds.

During the early period of the Soul Awakening Realm, the focus of refining the corporeal body was on the sinews and bones.

The sinews and bones were the very foundation, and this was especially true for the practice of Evil Body Refining.

Often, Yu Yuan's cultivation left him with superficial wounds, his skin split and bloodied, yet these were merely flesh wounds.

The true forging was always of the bones and muscles.

The crucial tempering of flesh and blood was not part of this phase but awaited in the next realm.

Unbeknownst to him, the tumultuous spiritual energy of the forbidden area, combined with the Demon Core and the relentless practice of Evil Body Refining, had caused the bones beneath his flesh to gradually take on the lustrous sheen of green jade.

It was said that upon reaching the Veil Breaking Realm through Evil Body Refining, one's bones would become like clear green crystals, full of profound mysteries.

Although Yu Yuan was not quite there yet, his bones had already begun to resemble green jade.

Indeed, even Yue Fei's mightiest blow could only shatter Yu Yuan's breastbone, not pierce straight through his chest.

"Sizzle, sizzle!"

The spiritual energy drawn by the Nine Glories Wheel, mingled with the vitality from the Seed of Life, swarmed into his fractured bones like a multitude of fireflies. His jade-like chest bone shimmered with an eerie glow as the cracks slowly fused back together, and the intense pain began to subside significantly.

Yu Yuan consumed another Seed of Life. Beneath him, soulstones crumbled into gray rubble, their spiritual energy utterly absorbed.

Time passed indeterminately.

Yu Yuan abruptly rose to his feet, pacing slowly through the frigid, silent expanse, transitioning from stillness to motion.

The Evil Body Refining technique spontaneously activated, stirring the turbulent spiritual energy around him into a vortex storm. As the whirlpool spun, it filtered out the toxic mix, leaving only the purest spiritual energy to flow into the inner circle and seep into Yu Yuan's pores.

If one were to peer into the inner circle, they would see delicate white threads, like serpentine spirits, weaving into Yu Yuan's flesh.

Within Yu Yuan, his arms, harboring dormant sword light, seemed to be in a deep slumber. The bones within glowed with a soft, bright green radiance, reminiscent of jade or precious stones. Streams of spiritual energy seeped in from the outside, while threads of vitality emanated from the Blood Essence Pill, jointly fortifying and nourishing the joints.

From arms to chest vertebrae, to leg bones, and finally to the toes, time stretched on.

Then, in a sudden moment, Yu Yuan's skin and flesh became translucent. Beneath this transparent layer were blocks of green jade-like bones, giving the appearance of a jade skeleton cloaked in human skin. The flesh and blood were not prominent enough to overshadow the brilliance of the jade.

Within the vortex storm, spiritual energy continued to pour in relentlessly, empowering the jade-like bones and purifying any impurities.

Only when the spiritual energy had coursed through his entire body, finding no crevice in any bone to penetrate, did it begin to transform.

With a resounding "Boom!" Yu Yuan's body expanded, and the translucence of his skin vanished entirely.

He seemed to have transformed into an inflatable ball, his flesh and blood quietly swelling.

The flesh and blood, having absorbed the spiritual energy and the vitality from the Seed of Life, had officially begun the first round of purification.

"In the middle period of the Soul Awakening stage, the second phase emphasizes the refinement of flesh and blood!"

In a flash, Yu Yuan realized that his cultivation in the Soul Awakening stage had advanced, entering the phase dedicated to honing muscles and blood.

Refining muscles and bones in the early period, blood and flesh in the middle period, and internal organs in the late period are the essential steps of the Soul Awakening stage.

Each step also involves refining other aspects, though the emphasis varies.

For instance, in the early period of the Soul Awakening stage, while bones are being refined, spiritual energy and vitality also nourish the flesh and internal organs, albeit in small amounts.

The majority of power is channeled into the bones, rendering them as translucent as jade.

"The synergy between me and the sword spirit is steadily increasing. Entering this realm, I can activate the power of the rune circle's restrictions and masterfully control the sword spirit's power..."

Yu Yuan mused, and then his eyes brightened. "It's intimately connected to the strength of the arm bone!"

He was well aware of the formidable and fearsome nature of the Evil Body Refining technique, enhanced by the Demon Core.

The dark arts had granted him considerable benefits.

The jade-like hue of his bones allowed the sword light etched onto his hand bones to use his arm bone as a sword, conveying the sword's will and sword spirit more effectively and sharply.

This meant that with each sword swing, the force surged exponentially.

If his arm were a sword, then his practice of the Evil Body Refining technique was akin to sharpening that sword, making it increasingly deadly!

Moreover, with repeated slaying of alien souls and evil spirits, coupled with the practice of Soul Forging through Enlightenment, his heaven soul had also made marked progress.

"This land will be my treasure trove, a place of great fortune for Yu Yuan!"

Upon realizing he had officially advanced to the second stage of the Soul Awakening Realm, Yu Yuan wasn't in a rush to engage in arduous cultivation. Instead, he pondered whether to pursue the escaped Moonfiend or to rendezvous with Lee Yuchan and the others.

The Moonfiend, now merely a soul without a body, was no longer a threat to him.

Yu Yuan was confident that as long as he remained in this world, Yue Fei would meet her end the next time they crossed paths, regardless of whether she had taken over another's body.

"Let's find Lee Yuchan."

With his mind made up, he set off in her direction.

An hour later, a bright moon emerged unexpectedly in the overcast sky.

The temperature in the wilderness plummeted, and the wind's howl intensified. From afar, under the moonlight, came the piercing wails of countless ghosts, enough to shatter one's soul.

Yu Yuan paused, then sped towards the source of the cries.

Soon, he witnessed thousands of bizarre, multicolored soul spirits swarming the sky like locusts, desperately rushing inward.

Lee Yu, beneath the Soul Orb, was bleeding from his eyes, desperately holding them back with a shimmering light screen.

A purple soul spirit, resembling a flood dragon, lashed out with its tail, sharp as a blade, piercing a small hole in the light screen.

Instantly, a goast the size of a toddler's fist darted through.

The goast made a beeline for the meditating Lee Yuchan.

Above her, the web of spiritual sense had taken on a tangible form.

Another Lee Yuchan, invisible to the naked eye, sat at the center of the spiritual sense web like a spider, devouring the intruding goast.

Lee Yuchan's Lunar Spirit was in the process of solidifying, drawing on the sacrifice of soul spirits to fully manifest.

But the sheer number of goasts and alien souls outside posed a grave threat. If they breached the Soul Orb's defenses, her nascent and fragile Lunar Spirit could easily become their prey.

With one glance, Yu Yuan grasped the perilous nature of the situation.

"Yu Yuan!"

Lee Yu's voice rang out with a mixture of shock and elation as he spotted him, clutching at the sight like a lifeline.

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