Da Xuan Martial Saint

Chapter 818: After revision: Chapter 447 Barehanded Splitting the Void!_2

Because all power shall be harnessed by the physique, depending on the strength of the body as its foundation.

However,

Blood Exchange is a process.

Once the life-and-death barrier is crossed and the preliminary Blood Exchange is completed, the process of Heaven and Earth Infusion will cease, but the Blood Exchange won’t be finished at this point. In the subsequent period, a Martial Artist still needs to actively absorb the Power of Heaven and Earth to refine Martial Blood, making the entire Martial Blood more refined until it reaches the point of no further advancement, which is the end of Blood Exchange.

This process is much faster than the cultivation of Marrow Cleansing Realm, because the Marrow Cleansing process also refines the entire Martial Body, but when reaching the Blood Exchange Realm, the refinement of the Martial Body is completely finished, only needing to refine the Martial Blood.

Ordinary Blood Exchange Realm usually only takes a few years to be completely achieved, reaching its apex.

Like the current Qin Mengjun, based on Chen Mu’s estimation, he should have already finished the process of Blood Exchange. Now, his strength is most likely not inferior to Yin Heng, the Pavilion Master of Mysterious Mechanism Pavilion, and other such figures, no longer at the level of just entering the Blood Exchange.

“I wonder how long it will take me to completely finish Blood Exchange.”

Chen Mu’s thoughts flashed in his mind.

The process of him impacting Blood Exchange can be described as lengthy. Generally, martial artists of the Marrow Cleansing Stage take at most one month to impact the Blood Exchange Realm, while he took eight to nine months, nearly a year if previous preparations are counted!

This was partly due to Ji Yongzhao’s interference, but more importantly, his Martial Body’s foundation was too strong, requiring a longer duration of Heaven and Earth Infusion to fully penetrate the barrier between the body and Heaven and Earth, thus completely entering the Blood Exchange Realm.

However,

For Chen Mu, understanding the progress of Blood Exchange is much easier than ordinary people because he has a more intuitive judgment.

With just a thought, the System panel appeared in front of Chen Mu’s eyes.

[Physique: Blood Refinement (Minor Achievement)]

[Experience: 0 points]

Seeing the system panel’s evaluation of his current Realm, a slight gleam of surprise flashed in Chen Mu’s eyes.

“Only Minor Achievement?”

Based on his understanding of the system panel, if the Realm is marked as ‘Minor Achievement’, then there should be three more levels afterwards: ‘Major Achievement’, ‘Perfection’, and ‘Limitation’.

But since ancient times, Blood Exchange Realm does not have such divisions; most Blood Exchange Realm experts, once entering the Blood Exchange, take only a few years to reach the end of the Blood Exchange Realm, touching a state where no further progress can be made.

Recalling that God Realm which surpasses Blood Exchange.

Suddenly, Chen Mu had a realization.

Isn’t this the mark of Imperfect Body Tempering Martial Arts?

Due to insufficient foundation, lacking the intensity of Heaven and Earth’s Yuan Qi, and the shortage of various resources, all Martial Artists in this world, upon entering the Blood Exchange Realm, take a few steps forward and then reach the limit of their Martial Arts.

But actually, that’s just the limit of today’s Body Tempering Martial Arts, not the limit of ‘cultivation’; experts like Dragonwood Island Master stand at the end of the Blood Exchange Realm. However, the so-called end may just be the ‘Major Achievement’ displayed on the system panel, possibly not even reaching it!

Moreover,

When describing the ‘Blood Exchange Realm’, the system panel refers to it as ‘Blood Refinement’, implying that this Realm not merely completes the Blood Exchange process, but requires further refinement.

As for the Perfection and Limitation of Blood Refinement Realm, these are realms that should not exist in this world today.

With the system panel’s guidance, considering some secrets he had discovered, and the various insights he gained upon entering the Blood Exchange Realm, Chen Mu finally confirmed one point.

Beyond Blood Refinement,

is the God Realm!

When the Blood Refinement Realm is trained to its limit, taking one step further, one can truly break the shackles and fetters of Heaven and Earth, transcending the mortal world completely. When that time comes, the body that is trained may might as well be called a ‘Divine Body’!

“Divine Body…”

Chen Mu’s deep gaze swept across the dim and lightless seabed.

In today’s world, all top martial artists, the most powerful Celestial Masters, are pursuing the Realm beyond Blood Exchange and the path beyond the third step of Artistic Conception. But only he has truly seen that path clearly.

Although the development of Body Tempering Martial Arts is still insufficient to set foot on the road leading to God Realm, with the system panel, even without a road, he can still forcefully connect such a path.

Swish.

After a brief pause, Chen Mu turned around and stepped back into the undersea cavern.

At this moment, the undersea cavern had long been submerged by seawater, but it had no effect on Chen Mu. Including that pool of Dragon Blood, which remained fiercely scorching like a burning flame, constantly emanating rolling waves of heat.

“Let’s first test how far my current resources can push my blood refinement.”

Chen Mu fixed his gaze on the Dragon Blood Pool.

Now that the direction of training for the Blood Exchange Realm or ‘Blood Refinement Realm’ is clear, it should be the same as before, relying on resources to gain Experience Points and then using the system panel to forcefully elevate.

Although he fears no Celestial Masters in this world, even figures like Heavenly Blade Gongyang Yu and Master Xuantian of Mysterious Heavenly Observatory might not surpass him, the difference is not yet vast enough for him to easily crush them.

The closer he gets to the peak of martial arts in this world, the zenith of ‘invincible in the world’, even being almost at the pinnacle, Chen Mu’s mood becomes more composed and unwavering, not in a hurry to announce his existence to the world.

Fame, wealth, power,

All these things are like dirt to him now.

The only pursuit he has is the God Realm beyond Blood Refinement; everything else is irrelevant.

Zii Zii!

After staring at the Dragon Blood Pool momentarily, Chen Mu stepped forward into the Dragon Blood Pool!

Red Dragon’s blood is excellent material for refining the physique, especially when it’s not just one or two drops but an entire pool, extracted from the essence of an entire Red Dragon, even including its heart’s blood which Chen Mu had squeezed out and added to the Blood Pool. This means it is still effective for some Blood Exchange Realm experts.

Gulu Gulu.

Once Chen Mu stepped into the Dragon Blood Pool, he immediately submerged into the pool, and then the Red Dragon’s blood around his body started bubbling, as waves of fierce demonic power surged around his body.

If the martial artists below the Marrow Cleansing stage, who haven’t formed their Martial Body yet, were to fall into this Dragon Blood Pool, they would instantly be evaporated and dissolved by the Dragon Blood. Even Marrow-Cleansing Grandmasters need to be cautious while stepping into such a pool for refinement.

But Chen Mu differed, his gaze was calm, he didn’t even resist intentionally, he just relaxed his body and let the boiling Dragon Blood flood into his body with waves of turbulent and flaming demonic power, like an erupting wildfire.

[Experience: 1 point]

[Experience: 2 points]

[Experience: 3 points]

…

Meanwhile, Chen Mu summoned the system panel and immediately saw the Experience Points gradually piling up on the system panel.

“Very good.”

Seeing this scene, a glitter of light appeared in Chen Mu’s eyes.

For him now, the refinement of Red Dragon’s blood is almost useless, nearly ineffective. Even if this entire pool of Dragon Blood was the most condensed Red Dragon heart’s blood, it would only slightly enhance the efficiency of his Martial Blood refinement.

But the system panel, as always, could turn the ordinary into extraordinary, absorbing all these nearly ineffective resources and converting them into Experience, accumulating them on the panel.

From Minor Achievement to Major Achievement in Blood Refinement would require a total 1000 Experience!

Though the accumulation of Experience is very slow, growing by single digits, in Chen Mu’s judgment, the entire pool of Dragon Blood could still bring hundreds of Experience Points increments, even exceeding his expectations somewhat.

Gulu Gulu!

As time passed, the Red Dragon’s blood continued to deplete, with the fiery heat constantly being absorbed by Chen Mu’s body like a bottomless pit, and the Experience Points on the system panel continuously accumulated.

The digestion of Dragon Blood took a long time, and Chen Mu soaked in the Dragon Blood Pool for several months before the vast pool of Dragon Blood finally dried up entirely. The Experience Points accumulated on the system panel had impressively reached 417 points!

He was still more than halfway short of achieving Major Achievement in Blood Refinement, but Chen Mu’s expression remained unchanged. After waving his hand, he took out the Qiankun Bottle and poured out thousands of pounds of Xunmu Spirit Liquid harvested from Xunmu Cave Heaven, retaining only a small part and pouring the rest beside the Dragon Blood Pool, forming a Xunmu Spirit Pool!

Splash!

Then Chen Mu stepped forward again and entered the Xunmu Spirit Pool.