Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 911: Chapter 343: Five Cycles of Bone Tempering, 1,000 Zong Bone Burning in the Visible Yang Realm (Part 2)

Next is the Small Ancestral Spirit Tablet, which not only adds a means to enhance the overall strength of the camp but also allows the establishment of a set of religious rituals in Great Xia with the attributes of the Sect Spirit Tablet.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to add the establishment of religious rituals in Xia Li, Xia Hong has already established a complete sect system in Great Xia, from major to minor sects, main sects to branch sects, from the inheritance of the lord’s position to clan succession, down to father-son inheritance, with clear regulations on seniority almost entirely set, forming a more complete Longshan Succession System.

Of course, the most important thing about the Level 5 Sect Spirit Stele is still the last item.

A boost from incense fire cultivation!

Last year, as soon as the Spirit God Stele ascended to Level 5, Xia Hong immediately announced the establishment of religious rituals, then gathered all the people in the camp to begin the first ceremony, and took this opportunity to personally experience an increase in incense fire cultivation.

The terrifying effect of the cultivation boost allowed Xia Hong to instantly see the opportunity to continue tempering his Silver Bone.

After three months, in January this year, he successfully refined his Silver Bone to the level of Golden Bone, with this enhancement in strength being even more exaggerated, a full five times.

Golden Bone, could it be the limit?

At this time, Xia Hong was still not satisfied and chose to continue his seclusion.

After five months, in June, Xia Hong completed the fourth round of Bone Tempering.

At this time, his bones had turned into a transparent green jade color, with a similarity of seventy to eighty percent to those of an Advanced Cold Beast.

This time, the strength enhancement was another five times!

"I’m really crazy, four refinements, the cumulative bone strength is already thirteen times that of normal Iron Bone, and still not satisfied, I actually went out of my mind and underwent a fifth one, what is going on with my bones now!"

Xia Hong came to his senses, used inner vision to observe his own dark red bones, and saw the bright golden marrow fluid seeping from the bones, his expression full of surprise and doubt.

At the end of July, in the final stages of the fifth Bone Tempering, he found that the originally indestructible Jade Bone within him had all cracked.

Seeing this scene at that time, he naturally thought that after the bones had become green jade in color, the strength had already reached its peak and could not withstand further tempering, cracking due to the medicinal power.

In shock and fear, he immediately stopped using medicinal power for Bone Tempering and chose to directly break through.

But to his utter surprise, by this time it was already too late!

The cracked bones were already out of control, even conveying the intent of craving medicinal power into his mind, leaving Xia Hong no choice but to continue ingesting Yangyuan Pills incessantly to maintain the medicinal power needed for the cracked bones.

In two months, he took a total of two thousand Yangyuan Pills, the immense medicinal power almost bursting his physical body, yet it was all absorbed bit by bit by the bones.

The cracks became more numerous, and Xia Hong gradually realized that if he kept providing medicinal power like this, the bones might not shatter from being overwhelmed, but his body would fail to withstand it and burst open instead.

Today at dawn, he realized this was a good opportunity.

On the ninth day of the ninth month, Sect Sacrifice Day, everyone in the camp would come to the Sect Temple to offer sacrifices, giving him his annual chance to enjoy the cultivation boost from incense fire.

If he did not break through now, death would be inevitable!

Breaking through to the Xianyang Level hinges on four words: Bone Tempering and Marrow Nourishing.

The last step of completing this process is to mobilize the newly formed marrow fluid to wash over the entire skeleton once.

After Xia Hong used the new bright golden marrow fluid to flush his bones, he indeed successfully broke through, but his bones turned dark red; the marrow fluid, contrary to what Li Tiancheng said, was not absorbed by the bones but directly adhered to the outer layer of the bones, forming a solidified lava-like appearance.

"My power certainly increased; at the Iron Bone Stage, when I fully unleashed my energy, I could only significantly raise the temperature within a 10-meter radius; at the Silver Bone Stage, it was 30 meters, at the Gold Bone Stage, 80 meters, and at the Jade Bone Stage, 130 meters, but now it’s reached an astonishing 500 meters, a mile around!"

Xia Hong’s eyes twinkled slightly, with a hint of suspicion still on his face but also so discernible excitement in his pupils.

At the moment of completing the Bone Tempering, he understood deeply the meaning of the word Xianyang.

Previously, he thought the Xianyang Level meant that once a person reached this level of cultivation, they would no longer fear cold light and could openly reveal themselves under the cold sun;

Now he knew that Xianyang signified that a person was like a blazing sun, with the mere hint of releasing the energy of their bones quickly dispelling a large swathe of cold air, abruptly increasing the temperature of the surrounding area.

"Raising temperature is secondary; the key is strength. My basic strength at the Iron Bone Stage increased about threefold, amounting to not quite 300 zang in total, the Silver Bone Stage added another 100 zang, the Gold Bone Stage another 100 zang, and the Jade Bone Stage increased by another 200 zang, now..."

After the fifth round of Bone Tempering was completed, Xia Hong had not yet tested his strength, not because he was unwilling, but because he dared not, for he feared that if he exerted himself fully, the already cracked bones would not withstand it and collapse.

"It should be fine, I can clearly feel that these cracks are not fatal injuries; rather, they are somewhat similar to the Holy Pattern at my brow, seemingly enhancing the stability of my bones, I should give it a try!"

Xia Hong pondered for a moment, then suddenly raised his hand and punched towards the sky.

Bang...

A violent sonic boom sounded, and within a 5-mile radius above the Star-picking Hall, the originally large floating snowflakes were instantly shattered, first turning into snow mist filling the sky, followed by the snow mist accompanying the cold air, which was again directly dissipated by the shockwave caused by the punch.

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