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Chapter 265 Blood Replacement and Marrow Washing, Reborn from the Ashes_1
Chapter 265 Blood Replacement and Marrow Washing, Reborn from the Ashes_1
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Name: Gu Chen
Martial Skills: Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill (Perfected), Eight Desolate Azure Dragon Strength (Great Achievement), True Sun Finger (Minor Achievement), Controlling Wind Step Shadows (Minor Achievement), Star Tapping Sword Jue (Entry Level), Pure Yang True Body (Great Achievement)
Internal Strength: Great Sun Divine Illumination True Classic
Cultivation: Six hundred and thirty years
Realm: Returning to True Stage Great Perfection
Ability Points: 176
Gu Chen called up his panel, and at this moment, there were still one hundred and seventy-six ability points remaining on his panel.
Feeling the boiling blood and vital energy within his body, Gu Chen took a deep breath and spent eighty-eight ability points to raise his Pure Yang True Body, an ancient body refining martial art, to the realm of perfection!
Boom!
Instantly, raging flames ignited on Gu Chen's body, and all his clothes turned to ashes in the blink of an eye, even burning into nothingness.
At this moment, Gu Chen seemed to have transformed into a huge furnace, the temperature of the air around him reaching an extreme. All over his body, inside and out, endless flames were burning; it was visible that from every pore on Gu Chen's body, bursts of firelight were ejected.
Gu Chen's seated body trembled slightly, fists clenched tightly. Every inch of his flesh, bones, and even his internal organs were wrapped in a torrent of pale golden flames.
Every hair on his body also turned into nothingness in an instant.
Even flames wrapped Gu Chen completely, leaving only the silhouette of a seated figure visible.
Splat!
Suddenly, at this moment, Gu Chen's shoulder exploded, and from there, a gush of blood sprayed out, striking a nearby cliffside and causing plumes of white smoke to rise.
The blood inside Gu Chen was so scorching that one could imagine the intense agony he was experiencing.
Pop, pop, pop!
Immediately following, Gu Chen's body burst open in one place after another, with streams of fresh blood ejecting forth.
He was exchanging blood!
Only, Gu Chen's method of blood exchange was somewhat abnormal, or rather, it was exceedingly intense.
In just a short time, his entire body cracked, and blood poured unstoppably, but quickly, under the blazing light on Gu Chen's body, the flowing blood immediately vaporized.
"Ah…"
Such intense pain was almost unbearable even for Gu Chen, who let out a low roar as he endured with all his might. His body was dried and charred as if it was a piece of charred wood.
His body was covered with wounds, and Gu Chen seemed as if he was about to be torn apart; yet even so, the blazing light continued to burn on his body without showing any sign of weakening.
Gu Chen bit down hard on his teeth and stubbornly fought on. As time passed, with the fiery light burning intensely, his flesh, bones, and even his internal organs all turned a charred black.
And Gu Chen's vitality also became weak to an extreme.
Finally, after an indeterminate amount of time, his withered body, like old wood in spring, began to shine with specks of light.
This light originated from the deepest parts of Gu Chen's body. As his old blood drained away, his bone marrow began to emit bursts of light, its flow speed increasing, and as the bone marrow pulsed steadily, particles of impurities were expelled, and new blood was born within Gu Chen to replace the old.
With the nourishment of fresh blood, Gu Chen's withered body also began to gradually plump up and strengthen.
However, the good times did not last long. Before much time passed, his newly healed body tore open again under the terrifying flames, and fresh blood spilled out, flowing continuously from his body.
"Again?!" Gu Chen's expression immediately changed.
But the transformation had already begun, leaving Gu Chen powerless to stop it, only to endure.
Soon, as the blood drained away, Gu Chen's body once again became as withered and charred as before, devoid of any trace of life.
At the same time, the layer of firelight on his body also condensed to an extreme at this moment, completely enveloping him as if he had become a cocoon of fire.
For several days, there was not the slightest noise from inside the fire cocoon, and Gu Chen seemed to have died, utterly silent.
Crack!
It was on the ninth day that some activity finally came from inside the flame-formed cocoon.
Crack, crack...
Accompanied by a series of subtle sounds, beams of light burst forth from within the great cocoon of flame. Amidst the dazzling light, a gaunt figure stood up.
And at that moment, the immense cocoon of roaring flames swiftly contracted, then coalesced into a point and merged into the body of the gaunt figure.
At this moment, Gu Chen's body was charred and emaciated, resembling a dried corpse.
But in the next moment, dense light appeared on Gu Chen's body. With a series of crackling sounds, the charred skin on the surface of his body suddenly split apart.
As the charred skin was torn, Gu Chen's gaunt body also visibly began to plump up and regain fullness.
"This is the true rebirth from the ashes," Gu Chen murmured.
With the shedding of the old skin, a "new" Gu Chen appeared before the world, reborn anew.
"So this is the Rebirth Realm, no wonder it's revered as the realm of Grandmasters," Gu Chen whispered to himself.
At this moment, his body was fair and shimmering with light, as pure and translucent as the finest mutton-fat jade, flawless, with even his body hair and hair regrown, each as clear as crystal, and black as ink, subtly flowing with dark luminescence.
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His face was strikingly chiseled, with well-defined features as if carved by knife and axe, a pair of thick sword-like eyebrows slanted into his temples, his countenance remarkably handsome to the ultimate degree.
Especially his eyes, they were even more brilliant than the morning stars in the sky, one could say they were full of spirit.
Upon his lean and robust body, each muscle seemed to be calculated by the most exquisite proportions, like blocks of pristine white jade arranged upon Gu Chen's frame, his physique not bulky but rather exceptionally proportional.
"My flesh and blood..."
At this moment, as Gu Chen looked inward, he discovered that within his body, his flesh, bones, and even his internal organs, including the marrow, were twinkling with specks of rosy light, extremely dazzling.
Especially his blood, which had previously been a pale golden color, was now once again a red hue, quite clear and translucent, like agate.
Returning to the basic nature!
If there had been a Martial Grandmaster of the Innate Realm present, they would have definitely recognized that although Gu Chen's cultivation had not reached the Innate Realm, his physical body had already stepped into the Returning to True Stage ahead of time!
Not only that, because of the completion of the Pure Yang True Body, Gu Chen's flesh and bone marrow radiated a faint yet profound light, indicating the vigorous fire blazing slowly within him.
Having perfected the Pure Yang True Body, Gu Chen's every inch was imbued with a faint essence of solar fire lying dormant, which, once erupted and combined with the Great Sun Divine Gang, would be unspeakably terrifying.
This was no longer a body of mere flesh and blood, but could be called a treasure body. The yang energy inside Gu Chen was intensely abundant to an extreme, enough to burn everything to ash.
"Blood cleansing three times!" Feeling the vigorous power within him, Gu Chen's expression shook.
In nine days, Gu Chen had endured three blood cleansings, utterly transforming himself!
It was unheard of for anyone who had stepped into the Transformation Realm to directly undergo three blood cleansings, Gu Chen's experience was unprecedented.
If this news were to spread, it would undoubtedly cause an immense uproar throughout the Nine Provinces.
Of course, this was mainly because Gu Chen's cultivation and physical body had both reached their limits, having long surpassed the Returning to True Stage by an unknown amount.
Within Gu Chen at the moment throbbed an exuberant life force. He felt that with a single step, he could crack the ground, and with one punch, as if he could pierce the sky.
If he were to release this overwhelming life force without reservation, the mountain cave before him would be directly shattered to pieces.
The exuberant blood energy and the vast life force propelled Gu Chen's physical body to an incomprehensible level of terror.
Today, after undergoing three blood cleansings, and adding the one after achieving the indestructibility of the Vajra, that was four times!
Furthermore, the blood cleansing in the Transformation Realm does not only pertain to the physical body, but also to cultivation. After three blood cleansings, although the quantity of Great Sun Divine Gang inside Gu Chen had not increased, its quality had increased several folds compared to before.
The Great Sun Divine Gang, now turned from golden red to pale gold, resembled strands of essence of solar fire, flowing through Gu Chen's meridians as wide as rivers.
After reaching the level of Grandmaster, with the Earthly Martial Skills of the Great Sun Divine Illumination True Classic, Gu Chen could now truly manifest some of the divine mysteries of this technique.
"It's like heaven and earth..." Gu Chen murmured softly.
Having personally experienced blood cleansing, Gu Chen now realized the tremendous gap between Grandmasters and those who aren't.
At the same time, Gu Chen couldn't help but yearn for the rumored wonders that Martial Grandmasters of the Innate Realm possessed.
With that thought, his gaze shifted, and he called up his panel.
Name: Gu Chen
Martial Techniques: Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill (Complete, can deduce), Pure Yang True Body (Complete, can deduce), Eight Desolate Azure Dragon Strength (Great Success), True Yang Sword Finger (Minor Success), Controlling Wind Step Shadows (Minor Success), Star Tapping Sword Jue (Beginner)
Inner Power: Great Sun Divine Illumination True Classic
Cultivation Age: 630 years
Stage: Early Transformation Realm
Skill Points: 88
Looking at the remaining eighty-eight points of skill value in the panel, Gu Chen gave it only slight consideration before enhancing the Superior Martial Skill, Eight Desolate Azure Dragon Strength.
Boom!
A loud dragon chant echoed, reaching the heavens and piercing the earth. Even though Gu Chen was trying his best to suppress it, at that moment, behind him faintly appeared eight incredibly intimidating azure dragon shadows, fleeting yet visible. The terrifying aura caused the entire cave to tremble, nearly on the verge of collapse.
A torrent of martial knowledge flooded his mind; in just an instant, it was as if Gu Chen had practiced this martial art for decades, mastering all its critical secrets.
As for the Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill and the Pure Yang True Body, upon reaching completion, they could indeed be deduced as Gu Chen had speculated, and by then, unless unexpected, Gu Chen would also obtain his first Earth Grade Martial Skill.
"I wonder what the current situation in Yan State is..."
Gu Chen furrowed his brows, calculating the time from when he went to the frontier at Yongxue City until now, roughly over a month had passed.
The court's reinforcements might have already arrived.
With this thought, Gu Chen quickly exited the cave, and upon reaching the outside world, he suddenly felt a chill on his skin.
Gu Chen looked down to see his bare body, and he then remembered that after his retreat, he had been engulfed in flames, naturally reducing his clothes to ashes on the ground.
Fortunately, he had prepared accordingly before the retreat, setting aside clothes in advance. Gu Chen, in his naked state, went to the designated place, took out the clothes, and put them on.
Suddenly, Gu Chen's brow furrowed and his gaze sharply turned to the distance. He sensed several Grandmaster auras rushing towards his location.
Because of his previous activity, he had been discovered!
"Devil Sect, or the barbarians?" Gu Chen pondered.