Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword-Chapter 37 - Body Refinement Level 9

Zhou Heng’s gaze turned toward that blood-colored stele and he strode over to it.

All of this was caused by the stele, able to “resurrect the dead,” influence, and control the mind—what exactly was this thing?

“Junior Brother Zhou, don’t touch that thing; it’s too sinister!” Han Yulian said from behind him, her voice trembling; she was terrified.

Zhou Heng waved his hand and continued forward, stopping in front of the stele.

This time, the stele had no reaction whatsoever.

He couldn’t understand any of the characters on it, densely packed like stars in the sky.

He paused for a moment then slowly extended his hand towards the stele.

Han Yulian’s heart was in her throat.

She intended to stop Zhou Heng, but her feet were as if nailed to the ground, unable to move an inch.

She only felt her breath become heavy, as if she might faint at any moment.

After all, the shock of the skeletons resurrecting was too great for her, causing her to completely forget she was a martial artist above Zhou Heng in cultivation level, and instead felt like a worried, frightened woman.

As his hand approached the stele, Zhou Heng seemed to hear the wailing of a wintry gust, sending shivers and goosebumps over his body.

However, his heart was fearless, and his hand pressed down.

Boom!

A flash of blood light swept over the stele, rushing into his body through his hand, blasting him into the air and causing him to fall heavily to the ground.

Zhou Heng’s consciousness immediately withdrew into his body, unable to perceive anything around him.

Pain!

Such pain!

Zhou Heng’s body was suddenly filled with blood light, as if it was about to burst!

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But at that moment, the Black Sword trembled slightly, and an oppressive force capable of subduing the heavens and the earth instantly radiated out.

Like snow melting into soup, the blood light scattered, entering the flesh and veins of Zhou Heng’s body.

The Moonshadow Heart Jue operated automatically, attempting to refine the power within the blood light!

Zhou Heng wanted to come to his senses, but it was impossible.

He faintly felt that he must purge this blood light from his body.

You want to harm me?

I’ll drain you first!

He actively operated the Moonshadow Heart Jue, entangling with the blood light, continuously refining, refining, refining!

Although the blood light had been dispersed by the Black Sword, losing most of its power, the remaining energy was not to be underestimated and stubbornly tangled with Zhou Heng, not allowing him to refine it easily.

But within Zhou Heng’s body, with the Black Sword suppressing, this resistance was futile.

One by one, the blood light transformed into pure energy, absorbed by Zhou Heng and converted into his own True Yuan Force, rapidly enhancing his cultivation accumulation.

Over these many days, although the energy released by the Black Sword was less and less, it had still brought him to the peak of the Body Refinement Seventh Layer, and with the accumulation of this True Yuan Force, he was already able to make a breakthrough to the Eighth Layer of Body Refinement!

Although he was in a semi-comatose state and it was not a good time for a breakthrough, Zhou Heng had no choice but to proceed!

Without breaking through, he wouldn’t be able to accommodate any more True Yuan Force, and the Moonshadow Heart Jue was still operating on its own.

If he had no way to absorb the True Yuan Force within his body, he would burst alive!

Then, bring it on!

Zhou Heng’s mind was clear, and he began to make a breakthrough to the Eighth Layer of Body Refinement.

After entering the Bone Refinement Realm, every small realm breakthrough had become extremely difficult!

In relative terms, the accumulation of True Yuan Force was not that difficult thanks to the presence of Spirit Gathering Pills and other pills, some Heavenly and Earthly Treasures could even make someone complete a small realm’s True Yuan Force accumulation in a single day!

However, a breakthrough required not only the accumulation of power but also insight.

The higher the realm, the more prominent the importance of insight becomes.

Zhou Heng’s Divine Sense turned into a miniature human form, wandering within his body, introspecting oneself, guiding the True Yuan Force to strike at the barrier of the Eighth Layer of Body Refinement.

Introspecting oneself, this shouldn’t have been an ability possessed by a Body Refinement Realm martial artist, but something that is only possible in the Spirit Gathering Realm!

Yet Zhou Heng had broken this rule, where others attacking the barrier blindly groped like blind men touching an elephant, not knowing right from wrong beforehand, only understanding after the attempt.

But Zhou Heng was different.

He stood high above like a deity with crystal clear understanding of his own body, needing only to make the most accurate choices.

And his insight?

Compared to the Sky-soaring Nine Forms, this was child’s play!

In just half an hour, his body shook abruptly, and the aura around him surged, growing longer in an instant!

The Eighth Layer of Body Refinement!

But this was far from the end; countless remnants of blood light still resided in Zhou Heng’s body, he continued to suppress, refine, and absorb, with True Yuan Force continuously accumulating.

The process of accumulating True Yuan Force was the process of Body Refining.

During this process, Zhou Heng’s skin became tougher, muscles denser, and bones harder, only his blood could not be refined, for that belonged to the Blood Refinement Realm.

Mid-stage, late-stage, peak of the Eighth Layer of Body Refinement!

After just three hours, Zhou Heng had completed the entire strength accumulation required for the Eighth Layer of Body Refinement and was ready to break through to the Body Refinement Ninth Layer!

“How is that possible!” Han Yulian finally snapped back to reality.

She had witnessed Zhou Heng breaking through the Eighth Layer of Body Refinement with her own eyes, which had almost shocked her into fainting.

What happened next made her forcibly maintain her consciousness.

She could clearly sense Zhou Heng’s breath rising from the initial stage of the Eighth Layer of Body Refinement to its peak, feeling as if she were dreaming!

Did this guy eat an Immortal Pill?

“That stele!” Han Yulian’s beautiful eyes turned towards the blood-colored stele, for it was after Zhou Heng had touched it that he began to change.

Could it be that it could increase one’s Cultivation Level?

However, she had also seen Zhou Heng’s strange changes with her own eyes; his body was covered in a blood light, seemingly about to burst him open.

If she were to touch it, would she be instantly turned into a billion pieces?

After all, it was Zhou Heng who had saved her from a state of powerless waiting for death, which showed that he had the ability to resist the stele, but she…

couldn’t!

Although she was greedy, she was not foolish.

Now all she could do was wait quietly, hoping that once Zhou Heng awoke, he might be willing to help her gain some benefits as well!

Zhou Heng was oblivious to the situation outside and immediately began his attempt to break through to the Body Refinement Ninth Layer.

Too easy!

Another half hour later, that barrier was completely open to Zhou Heng.

True Yuan Force surged through the bones in his entire body, the Bone Refinement Realm was fully cleared, and True Yuan Force could enter any corner of his bones, that liberating sensation was indescribable!

“Hiss!” Han Yulian took in a sharp breath of cold air, he had broken through again!

She must be seeing ghosts!

Being experienced, she knew all too well the difficulty of advancing from the Seventh to the Eighth and Ninth Layers of Body Refinement.

The challenge wasn’t in accumulating True Yuan Force but in how to break through.

Take her, for instance, it took her seven months to go from the initial stage to the peak of Body Refinement Seventh Layer, but five months to break through the barrier!

It took her nine months to go from the initial stage to the peak of the Eighth Layer and another nine months to break through to the Body Refinement Ninth Layer!

The higher the realm, the more the ratio of accumulating Cultivation Level and breaking through reversed.

After reaching the Blood Refinement Realm, it might take one or two years to accumulate strength but three or four years to break through!

Zhou Heng was definitely a freak of nature!

Her beautiful eyes swirled with thoughts, and she couldn’t help but sigh with regret in her heart.

If only Zhou Heng had been born ten years earlier, when she was also in her prime, she was confident that she could have tempted Zhou Heng to become her devoted follower!

It was a pity, though, that she was now still in her charming years but nevertheless seven or eight years older than Zhou Heng!

“What am I thinking about!” She couldn’t help shaking her head with a chuckle, then refocused her attention on Zhou Heng, her eyes filled with tension—if this guy died here, she would have to die too!

The blood light in his body had not been completely cleared!

Zhou Heng was in no hurry to wake up now; instead, he hoped there would be even more blood light, so he could charge directly to the peak of Body Refinement Twelfth Layer!

He believed that even the barriers of the Spirit Gathering Realm would not hold him back for long!

And once he became an expert of the Spirit Gathering Realm, he could go to White Jade Valley and create an utter upheaval!

Mid-stage of Body Refinement Ninth Layer!

Finally, the blood light was completely refined.

Zhou Heng sighed softly, regaining control over his body, and suddenly opened his eyes.

Two flashes of sharp light passed, returning to normality.

“Congratulations, Junior Brother Zhou!” Han Yulian sincerely said.

She admired Zhou Heng’s monstrous talent down to her bones and truly wanted to forge a friendship with him.

Zhou Heng smiled and said, “It’s just a matter of chance!”

He looked back at the stele and saw that the blood light on its surface seemed a bit dimmer.

Wondering if he could absorb more, Zhou Heng reaching out his hand again.

Boom!

The Broken Sword in his Dantian vibrated on its own, and instantly, a large amount of blood light was drawn out, but this time not a bit was given to Zhou Heng, with all of it being swallowed by the Broken Sword!

The absorption power of the Broken Sword was incomparably strong; in only the time it took to breathe, the blood light was completely drawn out by the Broken Sword!

Zhou Heng couldn’t help but be astonished; just a single beam of blood light from the stele had allowed him to leap across two minor realms.

If he had swallowed all this blood light, to what level could it have taken him?

To the Body Refinement Twelfth Layer?

Or even directly to the Spirit Gathering Realm?

“Junior Brother Zhou, we should hurry and leave this place!” Han Yulian was still scared.

Creak!

Just then, the stele arched upwards slightly, emitting a very grating noise.

What’s going on?

Creak, creak, under Zhou Heng’s and Han Yulian’s intense gaze, the stele arched again, and the frequency was getting faster.

Boom, a burst of dust and debris flew up as the entire stele suddenly collapsed, and a dark figure soared out.

“Wahaha, I am finally out!”

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