Borrowing a sword

Chapter 220 Heavenly Treasure Chest, Body Refining Divine Power!
Those who cultivate their bodies are like an advanced version of martial arts practitioners.

The only difference is that many human martial artists only train their physical bodies but cannot carry spiritual power within them.

Body-refining cultivators follow the path of storing spirit within the body, and their development of the spiritual embryo's hidden treasures is often very low.

Therefore, spiritual fetus supernatural powers are incompatible with physical cultivation.

To be precise, the spiritual embryo of a body cultivator contains only a very small amount of spiritual power, which is not enough to activate supernatural abilities.

Unless you can cultivate your body to the eighth or even ninth realm.

In this way, even if the spiritual embryo's secret treasure only accounts for a small portion of the total spiritual power in the body, by then, when one's cultivation has reached the heavens, this small portion may be enough to unleash supernatural powers.

However, as far as Chu Huaixu knew, there had never been a body cultivator in the ninth realm in this world!

"Oh no, that's not right either. Perhaps the Dao Ancestor could be considered one."

"He just seems to be hiding it very well," he thought to himself.

Body cultivators develop their physical bodies, and once their cultivation reaches a certain level, there is a chance to unleash body-refining supernatural abilities.

Furthermore, the difficulty of activating the Body Refining Divine Power is several times that of activating the Spirit Embryo Divine Power!
There's no way around it; the path of body refinement is inherently the most difficult and arduous path of cultivation.

Body cultivators with supernatural powers are extremely rare in this world.

There are very few recorded body-refining supernatural abilities to date.

"In addition, the grade of body-refining divine abilities is often lower than that of spiritual embryo divine abilities, and they are not as profound as spiritual embryo divine abilities."

"There's nothing we can do; the spiritual embryo is, after all, the most wondrous part of the human body."

“Crude body cultivators are inferior even in this aspect.”

However, Chu Huaixu really didn't expect that the Daoist Canon could also cover both supernatural powers and other aspects.

This "sword man" was determined to possess two sword hearts, something he hadn't previously considered.

"I feel like my thinking is becoming more and more 'sword-like'," he thought to himself.

He seems to have a deeper obsession with anything related to swords.

At that moment, a system notification sounded in his ear.

"[Ding! Do you wish to claim your Body Refinement Technique?]"

Upon hearing the notification, Chu Huaixu did not claim it immediately but instead fell into contemplation.

"Back then, I took a perfect-quality Xuan Tian Fetal Breathing Pill, which was personally refined by the Pill King. Combined with that small black sword, I inexplicably comprehended the Spiritual Embryo Divine Power."

"But I'm opening a Heavenly-level treasure chest now!"

"Its value is definitely higher than that of the Xuan Tian Fetal Breathing Pill."

"What's funny is that body-refining supernatural abilities are often a bit weak."

"Unless..." Chu Huaixu had a slight guess in his mind.

He silently prayed in his heart: Receive!
The next moment, a system notification sounded in his ear again.

"[Ding! You have obtained the Body Refinement Divine Power—Physical Sainthood!]"

"Physical ascension to sainthood?" Chu Huaixu naturally knew what those four words represented.

This matches his earlier guess.

Since it came from a Heavenly-grade treasure chest, its grade must be quite high.

But now it seems that it's not just that the rank is not low, but that the rank has been directly maxed out!

But he had no time to think about it now.

Because the power of the body-refining divine ability has begun to be activated within his body!
Those who cultivate the body have a spirit hidden within their physical form.

Every part of his body contained a trace of spiritual energy.

Now, these spiritual energies have become incredibly active.

In addition, Chu Huaixu's skin seemed to be coated with a layer of golden light!
An extremely domineering aura emanated from his body.

This immediately attracted the attention of everyone inside the Gentleman's Temple.

"Hmm? Something's not right!" Jiang Zhi, who was lying on the rattan chair, suddenly disappeared and instantly teleported into the training room.

For the next fifty days, he would come over at a fixed time every day, just like clocking in for work, to check on Chu Huaixu's condition and force a fasting pill into his mouth.

He had just been here two hours ago.

At that time, there was nothing unusual about the young man.

But now it's very strange.

He was actually glowing.
Jiang Zhi stood in front of Chu Huaixu, watching him glow.

The golden light was not dazzling, but rather soft.

But the power contained within is incredibly domineering and fierce.

This unusual situation was immediately noticed by Xiang Yan and the others.

A group of high-ranking members of the Daoist sects rushed to the scene and stood in front of Chu Huaixu. None of them dared to utter a sound, communicating only through telepathy.

The array master Lu Pan immediately set up another layer of restrictions inside the house to prevent him from being disturbed.

"What's going on? Why is it still glowing?" Li Chunsong was dumbfounded.

He telepathically told Zhao Shuqi, "Quickly use your pupil technique to check on his condition!"

"it is good."

The Fifth Elder, who had been squinting, slowly opened his eyes.

Those were a pair of pupils with a hint of dark gold!

Then, the dark gold color became increasingly intense until the pupils turned completely golden!

At this moment, Chu Huaixu appeared almost transparent to Zhao Shuqi. He could see the blood flowing in his veins, his bones, his internal organs, and his spiritual embryo.
Everything, everything, is laid bare!
He couldn't help but transmit his voice to everyone: "All the spiritual power contained within his body is unusually active at this moment, even somewhat chaotic!"

"But his physical strength seems to be constantly increasing."

"In addition, the golden light emanating from his body gives me a feeling that is somewhat similar to the Buddhist secret technique [Vajra Realm], but there are also obvious differences."

"But they all seem to have the effect of being indestructible," Zhao Shuqi continued telepathically.

"What's even more astonishing is that not only is his physical defense increasing, but the power within his body is also soaring."

Just as he was about to say something, Chu Huaixu's body began to crack again!
This scene is somewhat similar to when he made consecutive breakthroughs in the Daoist Canon, but it is also different.

“Initially, it felt like he was refining his body, the cultivation technique was tempering his body, his physical body was constantly being injured and then recovering,” Zhao Shuqi said.

"But now it feels more like a reshaping?" he asked, his tone somewhat uncertain.

Jiang Zhi narrowed his eyes, nodded, and said with certainty, "This kid is currently reshaping his physical body!"

He continued to transmit his voice to the crowd, saying, "Some of the most precious natural treasures in the world can also achieve similar effects."

"They can transform a person completely!"

"But this only exists in legends."

"But isn't Chu Huaixu's current state a complete transformation?"

As soon as Jiang Zhigang finished transmitting his voice, sure enough, the boy's body started to crack and pop, all from his bones.

Immediately afterwards, Chu Huaixu's body began to get very hot, and white steam started to rise from it.

His blood began to boil, and even a blood-red aura began to emanate from his body.

“This is the power of Qi and blood!” Zhao Shuqi made the judgment.

Even the blood is changing, generating new power?

Xiang Yan couldn't help but ask telepathically, "Junior Uncle, this doesn't look like refining a fragment of origin."

Jiang Zhi gave a definite answer, saying, "This kid has finished refining! He already contains a wisp of primordial power within his body, and I can clearly sense its presence!"

"Moreover, his original power actually resided in his sea of ​​consciousness."

"His current situation has nothing to do with refining the fragments of origin."

"On the contrary, it's more like it."

Zhao Shuqi was the first to answer: "Body Refining Divine Power!"

Upon hearing this, everyone became even more surprised.

"Most body-refining techniques are quite ordinary, how could they have such terrifying effects?" Lu Pan transmitted his voice.

Chu Yinyin remained silent because she had a narrow perspective and limited knowledge.
But she immediately said, "I wouldn't be surprised if anything happened to Chu Huaixu!"

Zhao Shuqi nodded and said, "If it really is a body-refining supernatural power, then it is truly profound."

"Not only has his vital energy increased, but the toughness of his physical body has also been greatly enhanced, by at least 40% to 50%, and it is still improving!"

"The increase in the body's internal energy is similar!"

"And have you noticed that his body's self-healing ability seems to have been further enhanced?"

"Since he is currently rebuilding his physical body, does that mean that even if he loses an arm, it's possible for it to grow back?"

Chu Huaixu's wounds are healing twice as fast as before, and the entire remodeling process is quite remarkable.

Actually, this is not surprising.

Because the so-called true physical ascension to sainthood is said to be able to—be reborn from a drop of blood!

Even if only a single drop of blood remains, one can rebuild oneself!
At this moment, Xiang Yan clicked his tongue in amazement: "Both spiritual embryo divine power and body refining divine power, Chu Huaixu has actually become a person with dual divine powers, it's simply unheard of."

"Is it because the Daoist canon is miraculous, or because he is a special person?" He couldn't come to a conclusion.

Because only the Dao Ancestor and this kid in front of me have mastered the Dao Canon.

The Dao Ancestor was so ridiculously powerful that no one could fully understand his true strength.

Just as everyone was chatting enthusiastically, Jiang Zhi's expression suddenly changed.

He transmitted his voice in surprise: "His physical body reconstruction is about to end, yet the power of his physical body is still spontaneously drawing upon that wisp of primordial power!"

"It seems that it wants to absorb a portion of it into its physical body."

The situation unfolded exactly as Jiang Zhi had predicted.

This primordial power first traveled through Chu Huaixu's limbs and bones, going to every place where the body could contain the spirit, but it did not linger there.

It acted very delicately, as if it disliked these places and was unwilling to settle down here.

Even his level six mid-grade spiritual embryo couldn't keep it.

Ultimately, this wisp of primordial power swirled around the Heart Sword.

At this time, however, half of them were forcibly dispersed and absorbed.

This wisp of primordial power was divided into countless parts and integrated into every place where the body could conceal its spirit.

The next moment, an extraordinary phenomenon occurred in the heavens and earth!

A golden phantom appeared in the sky above Junzi Temple!

The phantom was thousands of feet tall, seemingly connecting heaven and earth.

Chu Huaixu suddenly opened his eyes, golden light surging within them.

This golden, ten-thousand-foot-tall phantom also opened its eyes, radiating a terrifying pressure in all directions!

—Achieving sainthood through physical means, embodying the laws of heaven and earth!

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