Lu Kun sat cross-legged in a spirit energy pillar in the Devil's Den. Pure spirit energy and the surrounding demonic energy continuously flowed into his body.
The muscles all over his body were taut, like lumps of iron. They trembled fiercely, and a frightening aura of destruction circulated inside.
It had been two months since the last Sect Opening Ceremony. During this time, Lu Kun had borrowed the rich demonic aura of the Demon Abyss's underground cave to explore the cultivation path of the Bone Transformation stage.
After a body cultivator crossed the heavenly tribulation and entered the Bone Transformation stage, the body would synthesize a special energy called demonic energy. When the life force was separated, the demonic energy would enter a state of cultivation. It would destroy each other in the bones, producing a destructive power.
However, after the cultivation of the Bone Treasure stage, the body cultivator's bones had become extremely powerful. Even the destructive power of the Bone Transformation stage was very slow to strengthen.
The Bone Transformation stage body was of the same origin. Even if one didn't cultivate, the powerful cell origin of the bones would imperceptibly influence the muscles, blood, and internal organs, causing the other parts of the body to slowly improve.
Of course, this imperceptible influence was also slow. If one didn't care, it would take tens of thousands of years for there to be obvious changes. Therefore, one needed to actively cultivate to accelerate this imperceptible process.
According to this point, Lu Kun concluded that the Bone Transformation stage cultivation used the bones as the core to accelerate the assimilation of the muscles, blood, and internal organs.
Muscles were a powerful part of the body second only to the bones. They were attached to the bones through the tendons and were the most affected by the bones.
Lu Kun's current muscles, in a tense state, had a defensive power that was no less than an ordinary magic weapon. It could withstand the tempering of the destructive power.
After an unknown period of time, Lu Kun stopped absorbing the demonic energy. His muscles relaxed and he opened his eyes. He felt the changes in his muscles and revealed an expression of 'as expected'.
"My previous judgment is the same. This kind of rough muscle tempering won't work."
"Although the destructive power entering the muscles has been reduced by a lot through the dispersal of the bones, it still has a strong destructive power to the muscles."
"Under the tempering of the destructive power, the muscles are repeatedly broken and reformed. The material quality is rapidly improving, but the vitality of the muscles is also being destroyed by the destructive power."
"If I continue to cultivate like this, the quality of my muscles will become stronger and stronger. However, without vitality, my muscles will become incomparably stiff, turning into dead muscles like Demonic Zombies. I won't even be able to use the Flesh Condensation Technique."
Bones were naturally solid materials and could be used as a treasure to temper them.
However, muscles were different. They were as soft as cotton and as hard as iron. That was its essence. It was a living body.
When the muscles were tight and contracted, they could become as hard as magical equipment. When they relaxed, they could stretch freely, displaying astonishing flexibility and elasticity.
This kind of property was not like a magic treasure at all. Instead, it was more like a life form. It could not be refined like a bone treasure.
Lu Kun deduced in his heart, "The cultivation of the Bone Transformation Stage requires the gradual assimilation of the corporeal body. The bones are already in the mature stage of the magic treasure. If the muscles want to transform to this level, they must maintain these two characteristics."
"The hardness of muscles in the taut state is no less than that of magical equipment in the mature phase. Secondly, the muscle fibers in the relaxed state can be stretched agilely, if not longer.
"After being tempered by the destructive power during the Bone Treasure Stage, it takes time to nurture. Because the bones are dead objects, their self-healing ability is poor, and they need to be nurtured to recover."
"However, the vitality of muscles is extremely high. During the tempering process of the destructive power, they can self-repair broken muscle fibers. However, in this process, their vitality is destroyed."
"If you want the muscles to reach a perfect state, you have to strengthen the vitality of the muscles at the same time."
"Muscles are not magic treasures. Vitality cannot be nurtured through magic power. Blood essence can only accelerate the repair of the tendons."
"Only the energy gifted by the Heavenly Tribulation can do that!"
Thinking of this, Lu Kun's body suddenly emitted a rich aura of life. This aura flowed through his muscles in a unique way.
Lu Kun murmured, "The thing that can really maintain the vitality of muscles is the power of life."
After entering the Bone Transformation Stage, he had been studying the power of life. However, other than separating and fusing the chaos magic energy, he did not find any other uses for the power of life.
Until Fairy Fang Yuan gave him the Spirit Transformation Art.
A jade slip appeared in Lu Kun's hand. He revealed a rueful expression, "That senior of the Spirit Transformation Sect is indeed powerful. She was able to determine that the Spirit Transformation Art would inspire my body refining cultivation method. She must have guessed the power of life."
"After a body cultivator passes the Thunder Tribulation, the power of life appears in their body. The same is true for a transformed monster beast."
"For a transformed monster beast, the power of life is an indispensable factor for a breakthrough in cultivation. Conversely, the cultivation of a body cultivator during the Bone Transformation Stage must also be greatly related to the power of life."
"Although the Thunder Tribulation of Heaven and Earth attempts to destroy body cultivators, the power of life left behind after a breakthrough is an incomparably precious gift."
Lu Kun looked at the "Spirit Transformation Art" in his hand. The power of life circulated more and more smoothly, and waves of refreshing feeling came from his muscles.
The method of using the power of life in the Spirit Transformation Art inspired him greatly. After repeated experiments, Lu Kun found a method to use the power of life to strengthen the vitality of his muscles.
"The muscle cultivation method of the Bone Transformation Stage should be divided into two stages."
"The first stage is to temper the material of the muscle fibers. At this time, the muscles of the entire body must be taut to maintain the strength of a magic treasure. The destructive power radiating from the bones must be used to temper the muscles."
"The second stage is to use the power of life to restore and strengthen the vitality of the muscles."
"If my judgment is correct, the taut state of the muscles is comparable to a magic treasure in the Mature Stage. When the flexibility and elasticity of the muscles greatly increase, that is when the next small stage is reached, the middle stage of the Bone Transformation Stage."
Thinking of this, Lu Kun's smile suddenly froze. "Wait a minute. At that time, the muscles and bones will be at the same level. The muscles will also be able to contain magic energy."
"Only when the physical strength and energy of the body transform at the same time can I be considered to have entered the next small stage."
"But the power of life in my body is limited. Even if the muscles can contain magic energy, the power of life is not enough to cover more magic energy."
Lu Kun couldn't help but withdraw the power of life and exit the cultivation state. He stood up and paced back and forth.
"From the eighth level to the middle stage of the Transformation Stage of the ninth level, and then to the late stage of the Transformation Stage of the tenth level, which is comparable to a Great Cultivator, the power of life will become denser and denser. Therefore, their appearance will gradually become more similar to that of the human race."
"In order to enter the Nascent Soul Stage with the Spirit Transformation Art, one must borrow the power of life from the Transformation Stage of the Demon Beast. After that, the middle stage and late stage of the Nascent Soul Stage rely on even denser power of life."
"Therefore, the Nascent Soul Stage cultivators of the Spirit Transformation Sect all had cultivation levels closely following their spirit beasts."
"When a demon cultivator breaks through the eighth level and above, there will no longer be a Transformation Thunder Tribulation. In other words, the cultivation of a Transformation Stage demon cultivator will increase their power of life."
Thinking of this, Lu Kun squeezed the jade slip in his hand and frowned. "The Spirit Transformation Art only has the method to use the power of life. There is no method to cultivate the power of life, nor is there any record of the cultivation method of demon cultivators."
"Strange. Fang Yuan can't have a secret stash. Could it be that there is some taboo about the cultivation method of demon cultivators that it is not recorded?"
After pondering for a long time, Lu Kun shook his head. "Forget it. In any case, I will go to the State of Chu this time. When the time comes, I will catch a few Transformation Stage demon cultivators and study them. If the cultivation method of the Bone Transformation Stage can also increase the power of life, then it will be truly perfect."
"Right, the prototype of the Battle Treasure still hasn't been repaired. It also needs the power of life."
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