C4 Oceanic Wheel
Meanwhile, at the Su residence, Su Li wasn't rushing into his cultivation practice. Instead, he employed the Internal Insight Technique to assess the state of his body.
Hiss!
Upon witnessing the transformation of his internal organs once more, Su Li couldn't help but sharply inhale in shock. "Such a cruel heart," he murmured, his face turning icy cold.
Shen Qiang, the sect master of the Trembleglades, was indeed a formidable and ruthless figure. Now, Su Li found himself with nothing but his peak Body Tempering cultivation and chaotic Genuine Qi. Worse still, his internal organs were laced with dozens of toxins!
Shen Qiang, determined to ensure Su Li's demise, had administered a multitude of lethal poisons. Without any intervention from Yang Qian, Su Li wouldn't survive more than a few days.
"Fighting the Heavens!"
Settling into a cross-legged position, Su Li briefly reflected before swiftly moving his hands, channeling the Fighting the Heavens technique to expel the toxins from his body. It was no overstatement to say that this technique had been crucial for his rapid advancement to the Sky King Realm in his previous life.
Without Fighting the Heavens, Su Li would never have ranked among the top ten Sky Kings of the Kunlun Realm.
Hiss!
Aided by Fighting the Heavens, the poison within Su Li transformed into a pale green liquid, seeping continuously from his skin.
Phew!
After about half an hour, Su Li slowly opened his eyes, revealing a glimmer of elation. The Fighting the Heavens technique was an extraordinary method of cultivation, perhaps not overly significant for the average warrior. But for someone like him, stripped of his Most High bones, it seemed custom-made.
Su Li surmised that the creator of the Fighting the Heavens must have shared his plight, a person robbed of their Most High bones. This technique possessed a unique and remarkable ability: the regeneration of the Most High bones!
The consensus was that Most High bones were irreplaceable, yet Fighting the Heavens defied this belief. In his previous life, Su Li had practiced this transcendent technique and ultimately regenerated his Most High bones, ascending to become one of the mightiest Sky Kings in the Kunlun Realm.
Su Li shook his head, casting aside the thought that had surfaced in his mind. He employed the Internal Insight Technique once more to assess his body's condition.
"Not bad."
Given his combat experience,
even at the peak of the Body Tempering Realm, he could hold his own against an early-stage Oceanic Wheel practitioner!
Naturally, he stood no chance against someone in the mid-stage of the Oceanic Wheel Realm.
"Oceanic Wheel."
Su Li slightly furrowed his brow as he regarded the Fortifying Pills and Revitalizing Pills before him.
Typically,
advancing to the Oceanic Wheel Realm from the pinnacle of Body Tempering required extensive preparation.
Life-saving pills were essential.
But Su Li was aware,
he wasn't like most warriors.
To make his breakthrough to the Oceanic Wheel Realm, he didn't need those life-saving pills. Devouring was enough!
His current goal wasn't to force his way into the Oceanic Wheel Realm, but to consume the pills and find a way to form an embryonic Supreme Bone at the site of the original one!
If he could form the embryonic Supreme Bone, he would not only elevate his cultivation to the Oceanic Wheel Realm but also unleash the power of the embryonic Supreme Bone to battle beyond his rank!
In his past life,
he was not only the Heavenly Battle Pill Sovereign but also the Heavenly Battle Emperor!
"Devour!"
With a swift motion of his wrist, Su Li popped the Fortifying Pill into his mouth.
Crack!
The pill dissolved instantly, traveling down his throat and settling in his stomach.
The formation of the embryonic Supreme Bone was crucial.
Once the Fortifying Pill was ingested, Su Li's concentration intensified.
Despite the pill being third-grade, Su Li was acutely aware of his current frail state. The pill might not even be enough to heal his concealed wounds, let alone form the embryonic Supreme Bone!
Puchi!
Just as he suspected.
Roughly half an hour later,
Su Li discovered
that the medicinal power of a single Fortifying Pill had only restored 30% of his hidden injuries.
This meant
to return to his peak condition, he would need at least three or four Fortifying Pills.
Fortunately, thanks to the elixirs provided by Xie Yan, Su Li now possessed four Fortifying Pills, one Body Tempering Pill, and two Celestial River Beast Cores.
"The four Fortifying Pills are for recovery, the Body Tempering Pill for refining the body, and the Celestial River Beast Cores for condensing the embryonic form of the Most High Bone," Su Li determined the course for his upcoming cultivation.
In the journey of cultivation, a solid foundation is paramount. Without it, even if one's cultivation level surpasses others, their combat prowess may still fall short.
Drawing from his experience of two lifetimes, Su Li knew that forcefully condensing the embryonic Most High Bone had a high success rate. However, his goal was to condition his body to prevent it from being overwhelmed by the Most High Bone.
Tick-tock! Tick-tock!
Time steadily slipped away.
To recover his body, Su Li spent roughly two hours.
To temper his body, about an hour was needed.
Following that, Su Li popped the two Celestial River Beast Cores into his mouth.
Crunch! Crunch!
The energy within the Celestial River Beast Cores was even more formidable than that of the Fortifying Pills.
With the cores digested, Su Li could feel his blood coursing through his veins at an accelerated pace.
"Heaven Battling Art!" Su Li bellowed, his hands moving in swift motions as he wildly channeled the technique.
As his hand seals shifted, a torrent of Genuine Qi within him surged towards the former site of the Most High Bone.
"Condense!" he commanded, focusing intently.
With his eyes closed, Su Li forcefully directed the Genuine Qi inward.
Thump!
A crisp thud echoed silently within Su Li's body. As the sound reverberated, he exhaled a murky breath and slowly opened his eyes, his consciousness delving into his physique.
Near his heart, a golden bone had materialized.
The Most High Bone!
The bone, no larger than a fingernail and somewhat ethereal, was undeniably the Most High Bone.
In that instant, Su Li had successfully regenerated the Most High Bone.
Thud!
Just then, another muffled sound emerged.
Without delay, Su Li employed the Internal Insight Technique to examine his Qi Sea.
A small cyclone was spinning rapidly within his Qi Sea—a sure sign that the Spiritual Cyclone had formed, marking his entry into the Oceanic Wheel Realm. Su Li's face beamed with delight at the transformation within.
A skyscraper rises from the ground up, and Su Li was acutely aware of this. His use of four Fortifying Pills and one Origin Cultivating Pill had significantly replenished his body, resulting in a Qi Sea brimming with Genuine Qi, far surpassing that of his peers at the same level. His cultivation was now at the early stage of the Oceanic Wheel Realm, yet the potency of his Genuine Qi could rival that of a martial artist in the mid-stage of the Oceanic Wheel Realm.
In essence, with the memories of his past life and the robust Genuine Qi in his Qi Sea, Su Li was an unmatched opponent even for those in the mid-stage of the Oceanic Wheel Realm.
"Sky Fiend Palm!" Su Li, having successfully ascended to the Oceanic Wheel Realm, did not allow himself to become complacent. The Sky Fiend Palm was one of the combat techniques listed in the Heaven Battling Mantra. While ordinary martial artists might dismiss the Sky Fiend Palm as a worthless, low-tier technique, for Su Li, it was the perfect fit. To unleash its full power, one needed the aid of the Most High bone.
Su Li's mind was a repository of numerous intermediate and advanced combat techniques. Yet, he was well aware that with his current early-stage Oceanic Wheel cultivation, he could only execute a peak third-grade combat technique. It wasn't that he lacked the ability to perform a fourth-grade technique; rather, the consumption of Genuine Qi was simply too great. At his current state, he could only manage a single move with a fourth-grade technique before depleting all his Genuine Qi.
Thus, training in the Sky Fiend Palm was the most appropriate choice. The technique comprised nine distinct palms.
"The first palm, Dust!" Su Li's legs bent slightly as he concentrated all his Genuine Qi into his wrist before unleashing it with a fierce thrust. In an instant, a ghostly palm imprint materialized.
"Go!" The palm imprint shot forward with remarkable speed.
"Explode!"
Su Li's eyes narrowed as he uttered a low shout. In an instant, the ethereal palm imprint detonated, sending the surrounding air scattering in all directions.
...
As evening approached, Su Li ceased his practice of the Heavenly Evil Palm and decided to visit Xie Yan to see if he could purchase additional medicinal ingredients to continue the condensation of the Most High bones.
The Heavenly Evil Palm and the Most High bones were mutually reinforcing.
Should the Most High bones be fully condensed, the might of the Heavenly Evil Palm would be formidably powerful.
Without even the embryonic form, the Heavenly Evil Palm's strength would be merely average.
Swish!
However, the moment Su Li opened his door, a piercing cold gleam shot out, aiming for his face.
Without flinching, Su Li transformed his right hand from a fist to a palm and thrust it forward with force.
Bang!
The next instant, the sound of a fist striking a palm echoed.
After the exchange, Su Li fixed his gaze ahead and demanded in a stern voice, "Who goes there?!"
Despite the brief encounter, Su Li was certain that his opponent was at the middle stage of the Oceanic Wheel Realm.
"Hehe, my identity is irrelevant. What matters is that someone has paid for your demise."
Across from him, a warrior shrouded in a black robe let out a sinister chuckle, licking his lips as he ominously remarked, "Tsk tsk, it seems the intelligence was flawed. You're actually at the Oceanic Wheel Realm, not the peak of the Body Tempering Realm."
"Flawed intelligence? Out with it, was it Yang Qian who sent you, or Mo Wentian?"
Su Li extended his senses, discreetly scanning the vicinity.
Once he ascertained that there were no other formidable presences besides the black-robed warrior, he allowed himself a measure of calm.
A middle-stage Oceanic Wheel Realm martial artist was not an overly challenging adversary.
"Hahaha! Mo Wentian doesn't have the authority to dispatch me; our relationship is merely transactional... Blast, you've tricked me into talking!"
Before he could finish, the Death Monarch, enraged and embarrassed, leapt into action, charging directly at Su Li!
