Bone Marrow Cleansing was a tempering process deep within the body, going even further than the five viscera and six viscera. Any mistake during the process could cripple a person, so it was always approached with extreme caution.
When most people broke through, they would consume various supplementary elixirs to prevent any accidents during the Bone Marrow Cleansing. These were mostly medicines that gently nourished the body.
Yang Chan had also prepared some, but it seemed he wouldn’t need them after all.
Yang Chan had a premonition of this while he was preparing. But being a cautious person, he prepared them anyway and even placed them in front of him.
But now, he had no use for them at all. The pace of his body’s recovery was far superior to what these medicines could offer.
Healing elixirs and the like weren’t as effective as his Tai Chi Health Cultivation Skill and other Health Cultivation Techniques.
If these healing elixirs could provide Potential Points, Yang Chan would have taken some every day for no other reason than to gain those points.
However, since they didn’t provide Potential Points, they were just left to collect dust in Yang Chan’s possession.
He would basically only keep a small portion on hand for emergencies, exchanging the rest for whatever Spiritual Materials he needed.
Yang Chan only accumulated the elixirs he actually needed, like the Five Revolutions Nourishing Organ Pill and Seven Revolutions Nourishing Organ Pill, which gave him Potential Points. These were elixirs directly related to the progress of his Cultivation.
His goal was very clear.
Keep what was useful, discard what was not.
The duration of the first Bone Marrow Cleansing was somewhat beyond Yang Chan’s expectations. He originally thought it would only take a little over an hour to complete one cycle, especially since his breakthrough from Inner Master to Bone Marrow Cleansing Grandmaster had been incredibly smooth, taking only about half an hour.
Yet, to his surprise, a full two hours had now passed, and he still hadn’t completed the first cycle of Bone Marrow Cleansing.
The books he had found in the Cyan Yuan Sect didn’t have many details about the first Bone Marrow Cleansing. They only mentioned that it would take a relatively long time, but he never expected it to be *this* long.
Yang Chan could feel that his entire body had not yet finished one cycle of Bone Marrow Cleansing. Only a portion, about a third, was complete. If he continued at this rate, it would take at least another four hours.
This duration was much longer than he had anticipated.
’Sure enough, sometimes you need to get the specifics.’
’Just like with "a relatively long time." You have to quantify it to know how much time is actually needed.’
Fortunately, to prevent any accidents, he had not only chosen a desolate mountain for his breakthrough but had also dug a secret chamber underground.
Moreover, he had announced to the Cyan Yuan Sect that he was entering seclusion, so he didn’t have to worry about anything in the short term. A longer breakthrough time wouldn’t have much of an impact.
During the breakthrough, Yang Chan glanced at his panel and discovered that both his Lifespan and Talent had increased.
His Talent, in particular, had increased. This was the first time an improvement in his Martial Arts Realm, aside from his Health Cultivation Skill, had brought such a boost.
’It seems that if I hadn’t practiced a Health Cultivation Technique, the only way to increase my Talent would have been to reach the Cleansing Marrow Grandmaster Realm.’
’For those with ordinary Martial Arts Talent, the difficulty of defying the heavens and changing their fate is just too great. They can’t even see the path forward.’
Although Yang Chan didn’t rely on Talent to advance his Martial Arts Cultivation, thanks to the improvements from his many Health Cultivation Techniques, his Talent had long since surpassed that of countless others.
Within the Cyan Yuan Sect, it was likely that no one could compare to him anymore.
And now that his Cultivation had broken through to the Cleansing Marrow Grandmaster Realm, his Talent had risen once more, making this even more true.
After a quick glance, Yang Chan focused once more on the Tempering of the bones within his body, feeling the comprehensive enhancement he was undergoing.
Time passed, bit by bit, and Yang Chan’s aura grew steadily stronger. This aura radiated outward, startling a great white-fronted tiger that had just been about to patrol its territory on the desolate mountain. The tiger had just opened its maw, ready to let out a roar that would echo through the forest, but it snapped its mouth shut and fled in terror.
It couldn’t care less about its territory now. It was even afraid that a single roar would attract the attention of this terrifying presence, and it would end up as food.
The radiating aura was simply too powerful. The incredibly ferocious white-fronted tiger sensed immense danger; if it didn’t flee, it would surely be killed. At this moment, it was no longer a mighty tiger roaring through the forest, but a frightened kitten desperate to escape. It moved with extreme speed and vanished in an instant.
As a sensible great white-fronted tiger, it knew what was good for it.
After all, territory could be replaced, but it only had one life.
This was a being far more powerful than itself. Its aura was too terrifying; it was better to stay far away.
Yang Chan, of course, was oblivious to all this. The aura around his body continued to circulate, growing stronger without him even realizing it.
If breaking through to the Cleansing Marrow Grandmaster Realm had given Yang Chan’s body a comprehensive threefold enhancement, then completing the first cycle of Bone Marrow Cleansing was a fivefold enhancement. This level of improvement was simply terrifying.
The further one progressed in the Late Stages of Martial Arts Cultivation, the less human they became. No wonder they could eventually break the Human-God Boundary and be called gods.
’Bone Marrow Cleansing Grandmasters are too powerful. Just breaking through to the Cleansing Marrow Grandmaster Realm brings a terrifying, all-around enhancement to the physical body. No wonder they can so easily suppress Inner Masters.’
Yang Chan was deeply moved as he felt the changes in his body.
Just the comprehensive threefold enhancement from breaking into the Cleansing Marrow Grandmaster Realm was already terrifying.
For example, if a person could run a hundred meters in twelve seconds, a threefold increase in speed would let them do it in four seconds. The difference in capability was far greater than just three times.
After all, even thirty people who could run a hundred meters in twelve seconds couldn’t combine their efforts to run it in four. This was a qualitative change, something that was difficult to overcome.
And speed was just one aspect. There were also improvements in strength, agility, Spiritual Power, and many other areas, which made the gap grow ever wider.
Thirty Inner Masters working together would be no match for a cultivator in the Cleansing Marrow Grandmaster Realm; they would be crushed with ease.
As for Yang Chan, he had completed the first cycle of Bone Marrow Cleansing. On top of the threefold full-body enhancement from breaking into the Cleansing Marrow Grandmaster Realm, he had gained another fivefold enhancement. This meant he was now fifteen times stronger than before his breakthrough, a qualitative transformation that was even more terrifying.
Yang Chan had a feeling that with a single, casual punch, he could level this entire desolate mountain.
This wasn’t a delusion but a genuine sensation, because the strength of his body was now just too immense.
If, as an Inner Master, using the power of his Martial Seal, his all-out strike could destroy a courtyard...
...then upon reaching the Cleansing Marrow Grandmaster Realm, he had already reached the level of shattering mountains and splitting peaks. While this power was still far from the City-Destroying Level of a Martial Saint, his Combat Power was already a terrifying force.
No wonder virtually no one dared to provoke a Sect guarded by a Bone Marrow Cleansing Grandmaster. They could securely preside over an entire prefecture. With this kind of Combat Power, countless people wouldn’t dare to have designs on them, because this Level of Combat Power was simply too formidable.
Daring to move against such a power would likely invite total annihilation!