Supreme Emptiness

Chapter 2103: Chapter 2147: Body Refinement

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Poison Body grabbed the chain of the Flying Claw and snatched it from the hands of the Two-faced Alien Race Sage.

"No..." The Two-faced Alien Race Sage sensed something unusual and wanted to take it back, but the defense around her body was about to break.

She couldn’t stay any longer!

"You wretched old man, I’ll remember you!"

In the next moment, she made a hasty escape using Instantaneous Movement!

Poison Body quickly untied the chains on my body, allowing my soul to return to my physical form.

It turned out that when he first noticed there was a problem with the Cultivation Technique, he had already taken precautions by giving the Bone Tube to Poison Body in advance, just in case.

"Better safe than sorry." Jiang Fan slowly regained some strength, sat up, and stored away Poison Body.

Then he checked the Flying Claw he had retrieved.

The end of the Flying Claw was tied with a transparent tendon serving as a rope, reaching a length of a hundred feet.

It was unknown from what creature the tendon came, but it was retrieved from the ice flame and was not damaged in the slightest.

The Flying Claw was blood-red, with claws as sharp as knives.

Even the powerful sage Feng Lingxiao had suffered a bloody loss under the Flying Claw.

One could imagine the power of these claws.

It was far superior to the Spiritual Artifacts in the ice pool!

"Thanks a lot, old buddy, for gifting me a Flying Claw!" Jiang Fan happily tucked it into his Storage Device.

Bingxin also slowly sat up at this moment, looking at Jiang Fan with a face full of incredulity.

All the sages fought fiercely, yet in the end, it was this old man in the Divinity Transformation Realm who took the prize!

Is this what it means when they say ginger gets spicier as it gets older?

But he’s way too spicy.

His underhanded tactics were incredibly skillful, rivaling that bastard Jiang Fan!

But soon her attention was caught by the No.1 Lotus Platform beneath her feet, and she exclaimed in surprise, "Who are you?"

"Why can you come to the No.1 Lotus Platform? If I remember correctly, outsiders aren’t allowed on the No.1 Lotus Platform!"

She had some knowledge of the Ice Realm.

The ten outer lotus platforms normally wouldn’t easily let people onto them, let alone the No.1 Lotus Platform?

Jiang Fan glanced at him and said, "Senior, you have a lot of questions."

"Make sure to find your own opportunity fast, you broke into the center of the ice pool like this, and if the Ice Realm sages find out, they’ll kick you out."

The permission from the Ice Realm should only allow them to select one opportunity on the No.1 Lotus Platform.

As it turned out, they took advantage of the Ice Realm sages fighting the Ancient Giant to recklessly intrude into the center of the ice pool.

If they got caught, there’s no way they wouldn’t be angry, right?

Bingxin slapped her forehead and said, "Don’t mention it, I almost forgot."

"Thank you, fellow Daoist, for bringing me to the No.1 Lotus Platform, and for saving me."

Remembering the previous group of six, two were dead in the blink of an eye, and two were injured, she shuddered.

If it weren’t for Jiang Fan’s intervention, her fate would have been dire.

Jiang Fan said expressionlessly, "No need to be polite, you used the few laws to protect me here, and I gave you an opportunity."

"We’re even."

Bingxin smiled happily.

The old man in front of her was still a good person, ten times better, no, a hundred times better than that bastard Jiang Fan, who only makes her angry!

So, both began to select among the floating ice in the ice pool.

After Jiang Fan looked around, he was slightly disappointed.

There were indeed a few natural ice-element Spiritual Artifacts in the central Mysterious Ice, but for a non-ice-element cultivator like him, these Spiritual Artifacts were of little use.

The large number of droppings from the World Embryo he expected didn’t appear either.

Better to honestly temper his body and strive for a breakthrough to the Virtuous Realm physique!

He had taken a precious treasure from the Two-faced Alien Race Sage, and the other party wouldn’t let it go so easily, so he needed to quickly enhance his strength.

With determined eyes, he looked at a clump of ice flame the size of a thumb next to the lotus platform.

Faint shadows of laws flickered in and out within the ice flame.

He carefully reached out his finger, and immediately, his finger turned blue, almost turning transparent.

An unimaginable pain instantly struck.

Jiang Fan couldn’t help but take a deep breath, his vision blackened, and he almost fainted.

But instead of resisting, he showed a satisfied expression and murmured:

"It’s been a long time since I’ve felt such extreme pain."

"To break through the bottleneck between Divinity Transformation and Sage, these ice flames are definitely an opportunity I cannot miss!"

This place was indeed the right choice!

Taking a deep breath, Jiang Fan decisively scooped up the ice flame from the pool and activated the "Heavenly Separation Sutra," refining his physique with the laws of the ice flame.

This scene startled Bingxin, who exclaimed softly, "Are you crazy?"

Jiang Fan could no longer hear her voice; his consciousness was fully occupied by indescribable pain.

It was like being in purgatory, suffering terrifying torment.

Even after multiple rounds of Body Refinement, he found it hard to endure, with darkness taking over his vision.

Only a deep-rooted instinct kept his body circulating the sutra.

Bingxin couldn’t help but smack her lips: "Using laws to refine your body? Truly a madman!"

Realizing Jiang Fan’s physique was in an extremely poor state, she paused her search for opportunity and sat cross-legged beside him, ready for anything unexpected.

If Jiang Fan’s body couldn’t take it, she would need to intervene and stop his cultivation.

Time passed bit by bit.

A day later.

Jiang Fan opened his eyes weakly.

The weakness was not in his physique but in his spirit!

The past day, every minute and second had felt like a year.

In one day’s time, he felt as if a whole year had passed.

To his bitter amusement, when he raised his hands, he found his physique had only slightly improved, without breaking the bottleneck!

"Is this a joke on me?" Jiang Fan felt an impulse that he had been severely duped.

He was nearly dead, yet his physique hadn’t shattered the barrier!

Recalling the extreme pain of the previous day, a strong thought of giving up sprouted in his mind.

The Virtuous Realm bottleneck was far stronger than anticipated!

However, leaving this place, he couldn’t have another such suitable opportunity for Body Refinement.

Clenching his teeth, he selected a larger clump of ice flame amidst Bingxin’s gasp.

The intense pain caused Jiang Fan to pass out!

Bingxin hurriedly intervened, stopping Jiang Fan’s cultivation, feeling a little shocked:

"At his age, to go all out like this in cultivation!"

Even more shocking to her was that when Jiang Fan woke up, he started cultivating again.

This time, he persisted for a while before passing out.

Then, upon waking, he continued to attempt.

This he did repeatedly.

As his cultivation deepened, his conscious time grew longer, until he no longer fainted.

And this was already two days later.

Moreover, his physique still hadn’t broken the bottleneck.

Jiang Fan gritted his teeth and declared fiercely: "Damn it, I’m not giving up!"

"I want to see just how thick this Virtuous Realm bottleneck is!"

Ten days later.

In the Ice Realm, a grand ice sculpture palace floated in the sky.

Along with the Ice Realm sage, several Virtuous Realm members stood respectfully below a long staircase.

At the top of the staircase was an ice-carved throne.

Sitting on it was a formidable figure shrouded in ice mist, emitting an overwhelming pressure that dominated the world!

"We congratulate the Great Sage on exiting!" Several sages bowed in respect.

Having undergone ten days of recuperation, the weakened Ice Realm Three Calamities Realm Great Sage finally exited!

His voice was ethereal, carrying a mysterious allure: "Champion Marquis, where is he now?"

The Ice Realm sage hurriedly bowed: "Reporting to the Great Sage, he is still in the World Embryo."

He anxiously said, "Is he staying too long? I shall go and invite him out."

The Great Sage in the ice mist was silent for three breaths before his slow voice advised:

"Let him be."

"For our own, there is no need for stinginess."

Hmm?

Our own?

The Ice Realm sage was initially taken aback, but then his pupils shrank slightly.