Chapter 14: Nine-turn Golden Body, Gained from Body Refining

"Use the body as an elixir, use the Great Desolate Ancient Furnace as a carrier, use the Great Sun Pure Fire as the power source, use the Shaoyang Holy Water as the medium, and then use dozens of spiritual medicines and minerals to forge the body..."

Seeing this, Hua Tian took a deep breath and realized the difficulty involved.

After all, how much pain would a person have to endure if he were to be refined as a pill?
As soon as a hint of hesitation arose in his heart, Hua Tiandu swung the sword of spirit to cut off that weakness.

"Fang Han can endure the pain and cultivate into the Yama Golden Body, how can I be worse than him?"

"If you can't even do the same thing, how can you defeat Fang Han and kick over the door to immortality in the future?"

Now that he had made up his mind, Hua Tiandu no longer delayed.

He looked at the Fire Spirit beside him and asked, "Teacher, how do I collect the spiritual herbs and ores needed to practice the first level of the Nine Transformations Golden Body?"

"And how do we obtain the Shaoyang Holy Water?"

Hearing this, Huo Ling laughed and said, "You don't need to worry about these little things."

"When we were in the abyss, I had already collected all the herbs and minerals. They are enough for you to practice the first level of the Nine Transformations Golden Body."

"As for Shaoyang Holy Water, I can extract it from the vital energy leaked from the gate to the fairyland, so don't worry."

The strong ones in the secret realm of immortality can absorb the spiritual energy leaked from the fairyland from the void.

However, if the Fire Spirit distributes its own spiritual energy, it will inevitably have a negative impact on itself.

Hua Tiandu was also clear about this.

He kept these favors in his heart and would repay them when he had achieved great success in the future.

A day later, everything was ready.

In the hall of the attic, the Great Wilderness Ancient Furnace was enlarged to the size of several people, occupying more than half of the hall.

The lid on the top of the ancient furnace opened automatically, and a pool of Shaoyang holy water gushed out from the Fire Spirit's sleeves and poured into the furnace.

The jade boxes on the table were also opened one by one, and the dozens of spiritual herbs and minerals contained inside all flew into the ancient furnace and sank to the bottom of the Shaoyang Holy Water.

"Okay, Tiandu, it's time for you to go in."

At the reminder of the fire spirit, Hua Tiandu, who had already prepared himself mentally, quickly swallowed a dozen blood pills, and then without any hesitation, jumped naked into the ancient furnace.

"Puff~"

As soon as the water splashed, the stove cover closed automatically.

"Bang~"

At the bottom of the Great Wilderness Ancient Furnace, a blazing Great Sun Pure Fire appeared out of nowhere, heating the entire ancient furnace.

"Tiandu, the body training has begun."

"You must remember the motto 'Respect the Tao and value virtue, and let nature take its course'. No matter how much pain you endure, you must firmly maintain a clear mind."

"When you're training your body, if your spirit collapses, you're completely finished."

The fire spirit's instructions passed through the ancient furnace and were remembered by Hua Tian one by one.

As time went by, the temperature of the Shaoyang Holy Water gradually increased, and finally, the Shaoyang Holy Water actually boiled.

"Too hot!"

Hua Tiandu, who had been enduring the high temperature and pain, could no longer bear it. He curled up his body as much as possible and then clasped his trembling hands together.

The hideous veins on the red back of his hand revealed his true feelings.

"Be patient for a while..."

"We must persist..."

In the boiling holy water and the pervasive steam, Hua Tian closed his eyes. The occasional twitching of the muscles on his face showed that he was not at peace and was obviously suffering from unspeakable pain.

In the holy water, the essences of dozens of herbs and minerals began to precipitate, and penetrated into his body through his pores. The essence of the blood pill also emanated from his abdomen, and began to flow from the inside out. Outside, the fire spirit began to control the ancient furnace of the Great Wilderness, calcining Hua Tiandu in the furnace.

The temperature in the ancient furnace continued to rise. Hua Tiandu, who was suffering from pain, opened his eyes with a snap. He felt that his endurance had reached a limit.

"If this continues, I'm afraid I'll lose my spiritual power and have a mental breakdown!"

Hua Tiandu, aware of the crisis, began to follow the instructions of Teacher Huo Ling, and kept repeating the mantra in his heart, "Respect the Tao and value virtue, and let nature take its course."

Despite all the pain, he was highly focused.

The countless pains he endured physically, like a sweeping tide, tortured his spirit over and over again, making him want to give up at every moment.

"No, I can't fail like this!"

"I can't be defeated like this!"

Hua Tian began to shout in his heart, and a strong sense of ruthlessness was born in the midst of the thought of giving up.

"Even if I die today, I can't let this body training be abandoned halfway!"

At the moment he made up his mind, the medicinal power of the blood pill from inside out met with the essence of the medicinal stone from outside in, and together they nourished his body.

The membranes that were scalded and boiled by boiling water began to fall off, and were replaced by tougher new membranes.

The impurities in the body seeped out along with the Shaoyang Holy Water that penetrated deep into the body.

These impurities were all waste hidden deep within the body. Now, under the calcination of the Great Sun Pure Fire, they were all cooked out.

Somehow, Hua Tiandu had a feeling that his flesh and blood had all been strengthened, and his strength, toughness, explosiveness, etc. had all increased significantly.

As his body was transforming, his spirit was also transforming.

Under the impact of countless continuous pains, his mental power began to condense, and gradually, it showed a tendency to become "sticky".

The spirit of transformation greatly increased Hua Tiandu's endurance.

He looked at the image of the eternally motionless bright moon in his mind, and thought of the Moon-Transforming Sword Technique he once practiced, and the "Eight Changes of the Moon Shape".

At this moment, he actually comprehended the true meaning of "movement and stillness, change and constancy" from the two.

"Respect the Tao and value virtue, let nature take its course..."

At this moment, he had a deeper understanding of this mantra.

"The myriad pains make the once clear mind become turbid, just like the evolution of the full moon gradually waning, and also like the natural evolution of the Tao."

"The changes in spiritual clarity and turbidity are like the waxing and waning of the moon. Why should I cling to a single change?"

"A full moon is beautiful, but a crescent moon is also beautiful in another way."

"The full moon and the crescent moon come from the same source. They are just the manifestations of the bright moon in different periods of time."

“The same is true for pain and beauty. They are just a change of emotions. They are essentially the same. Why should I only accept beauty and resist pain?”

Hua Tiandu understood the essence of the spirit from the changes in the bright moon, which caused his mental power to undergo another transformation.

The water of the abyss in my mind began to condense, and even showed a tendency to "crystallize".

Hua Tiandu no longer resisted and accepted all the pain in his body, but his spirit showed no signs of collapse.

He was like a bystander, standing outside of all feelings and emotions, watching their evolution but not being moved by them at all.

At this point, Hua Tiandu was completely free from the crisis of mental breakdown.

Unlike Fang Han in the future, he did not kill the pain, but accepted all feelings and emotions.

In a sense, he achieved what the Taoist scriptures said about the sea embracing all rivers.

(End of this chapter)