C90 Evil Body Refining Skill

As soon as Zhan Tianxiang departed, Yu Yuan, shivering, retrieved another Elemental Pill.

With a grimace, he swallowed it whole.

"Evil Body Refining Skill!"

He inhaled deeply, feeling the Elemental Pill's medicinal power slowly seep into his system, mending his flesh and blood.

In this new realm, his chosen method for strengthening his physique was the Evil Body Refining Skill, a technique that truly belonged to the realm of Devil Spells, just as Zhan Tianxiang had indicated.

The Evil Body Refining Skill hailed from the Evil Demon Sect in the northern reaches of the Quietus Continent. This Devil Dao sect once stood shoulder to shoulder with the likes of the Red Devil Sect and the Blood God Cult. It was a formidable force, second only to the Demon Palace and the Demon Palace in the second echelon.

Alas, the sect had long since met its demise.

Legend has it that during the last confrontation between the Heavenly Source Continent and the Quietus Continent, the brash experts of the Evil Demon Sect ventured deep into enemy territory only to be ensnared in an ambush, meeting a tragic end.

The experts of the Evil Demon Sect perished on the Heavenly Source Continent.

As the sects of the Heavenly Source Continent converged upon the Quietus Continent, the now leaderless Evil Demon Sect was overrun. Their scriptures were incinerated, their disciples slaughtered.

Thus, the Evil Demon Sect faded into obscurity.

Yu Yuan had selected the Evil Body Refining Skill during his time at the Spirit Accumulating Stage, intrigued by whispers of the Evil Demon Sect's unique approach to body tempering.

While the Devil Spells of the Evil Demon Sect might present numerous drawbacks at higher realms like the Yin God, the Soul Shadow, the Yang God, and the Freedom, their Evil Body Refining Skill was unparalleled in its efficacy for physical refinement.

This was the very reason why Yu Yuan, prior to his reincarnation, had gone to great lengths to acquire the Evil Body Refining Skill, etching it deeply into his Earthly Soul for future study upon rebirth and reaching the Spirit Accumulating Stage.

Aware of the skill's potency and uniqueness, his lack of cultivation aptitude in his past life meant he had never endured the rigors of training, leaving him with scant knowledge of the technique.

Until now.

Only through actual practice, and enduring the excruciating agony akin to being sliced and diced, did he truly comprehend the formidable and savage nature of the Evil Body Refining Skill.

He never anticipated that initiating the Evil Body Refining Skill would cause such a drastic change in the chaotic spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth within the forbidden area.

This technique recklessly draws in all the turbulent spiritual Qi, rife with impurities and even toxins.

The spiritual Qi would then wage war within his body, treating his flesh and bones as a battleground, clashing and tearing through him, rapidly ravaging his very being.

In the Spirit Accumulating Stage, cultivation is about breaking down and rebuilding—first tearing apart the flesh and bones, then healing with nourishment.

But the damage inflicted by the Evil Body Refining Skill was excessively brutal, domineering, and wild!

Within a mere quarter of an hour, Yu Yuan was so tormented that his consciousness blurred.

Had it not been for his prior cultivation of the Soul Forging Technique, which had refined and toughened his Heavenly Soul, he might have succumbed to the excruciating pain, possibly leaping to his death from the cave.

The agony he endured was beyond what any ordinary person could withstand.

"I was aware of the intensity and uniqueness of the Evil Body Refining Skill, but I hadn't realized the extent of its..."

Yu Yuan reflected, feeling the healing essence of the Elemental Pill coursing through his damaged tissues like a soothing stream, when a new possibility dawned on him.

"No, that's not it! The Evil Body Refining Skill wouldn't be this overwhelmingly terrifying if practiced elsewhere!"

"Could it be that the ferocious and disordered spiritual Qi of this Fallen Moon Forbidden Area is precisely what the Evil Body Refining Skill harnesses, resulting in such unbearable pain?"

He had an epiphany.

On the Quietus Continent, the majority of spiritual Qi is calm and orderly.

Only in rare regions does the spiritual Qi become wildly chaotic, and in certain unique places, it mingles with toxic miasmas, causing flesh to decay upon absorption.

Disciples of the Evil Sect in the early stages of practicing the Evil Body Refining Skill would normally avoid such perilous locations.

It seemed he had stumbled into this tumultuous spiritual Qi by sheer accident.

"Enduring the Evil Body Refining Skill in this land may well be the most excruciating chapter of my life," Yu Yuan mused, gazing out of the cave. "It's truly because my cultivation level is too low. Anyone else in my shoes, attempting to cultivate here, would likely have perished by now."

With the immense aid of the Soul Forging Technique, I've clung to life! The refinement of my Heavenly Soul, along with my intact intellect, has seen me through."

"If I can endure, right here, using the Evil Body Refining Skill in tandem with the tumultuous spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and bolstered by the Elemental Pill, my cultivation at the Spirit Accumulating Stage might just eclipse everyone else's."

"I might even achieve the strongest physique across the Quietus Continent!"

These thoughts ignited a resolute glow in Yu Yuan's eyes.

"This is the place!"

In his past life, the Evil Sect had been annihilated, ceasing to exist.

Truth be told, he was unaware of the peculiarities and perils of the Evil Body Refining Skill.

Practitioners from the Evil Sect, when in the Spirit Accumulating Stage, would never dare to train in such a skill amidst the chaotic, wild spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Cultivators must prioritize the forging of their bodies, a process reserved for two distinct stages: the Spirit Accumulating Stage and the Profound Break Stage.

At the Spirit Accumulating Stage, the twelve primary meridians are open, allowing for the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to refine one's sinews and flesh.

At the Profound Break Stage, the Eight Extraordinary Meridians are also open, the Profound Gate within the central dantian unlocks, and the essence of Qi and blood can permeate even deeper into the flesh and the minutiae of the organs.

Evil Sect cultivators, when practicing the Evil Body Refining Skill, would intentionally seek out places with violent spiritual energy during the Profound Break Stage.

This is because, at the Spirit Accumulating Stage, they had already once fortified their flesh and blood.

Renowned for their robust physiques, Evil Sect practitioners only dared such extreme measures at the Profound Break Stage, braving perilous locales for their rigorous training.

Yu Yuan, having been removed from the Evil Sect for too long, and having acquired the Evil Body Refining Skill not directly from its disciples, was oblivious to its intricacies.

He began his training at the Spirit Accumulating Stage without issue.

However, at this very stage, the spiritual energy of the forbidden area became tumultuous and uncontrollable, creating, by a twist of fate, a cultivation environment that could prove fatal.

He was utterly clueless, yet he boldly undertook cultivation, relying on the refinement of his Heavenly Soul and the indestructibility of his intellect.

Subsequently, Yu Yuan used two Elemental Pills to restore his vitality, spending half a day lying in a cave before he could truly stand on his own.

Leaning on Zhan Tianxiang for support, he continued on the journey with the main group.

Two days later, the wounds he'd sustained from his first attempt at the Evil Body Refining Skill had finally healed.

He sought out another cave and, in a masochistic ritual, practiced the Evil Body Refining Skill once more, his cries echoing like ghosts, his roars splitting the heavens and earth.

Before long, he was again at death's door, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, unable to move.

Upon entering and witnessing his pitiful state, Zhan Tianxiang couldn't help but regard him with solemn respect, saying, "You're too harsh on yourself. When I was cultivating the Demon Spell, I never pushed myself to the brink of death as you do."

Yu Yuan was too weak to respond.

Yet, he miraculously discovered that his grievously injured self had adapted to the tumultuous Spiritual Qi environment of the forbidden area.

The oppressive atmosphere that weighed heavily on Zhan Tianxiang, Han Hui, Zhao Yafu, and everyone else no longer troubled him.

His physique, refined twice over, had undergone an astonishing metamorphosis, almost imperceptibly.

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