Longevity through Upgrading Buildings Chapter 1200 - 416: Breakthrough—Peak of the Muscle Forging Realm! [Seeking Monthly Pass]

"Alright, stand up."

Yin Rou raised her hand slightly, leaning forward a bit, seemingly with a hint of a smile, she asked, "I remember you weren’t like this before. What’s this? You’ve come to the Central Continent and decided to change your appearance? Although, I still prefer your previous posture."

"I wouldn’t dare, I wouldn’t dare. At that time, I was young and ignorant, unaware of how vast the sky and earth were."

Qiu Qianhai, who had just risen, once again clasped his hands and bowed deeply.

"As you wish."

Yin Rou waved her hand indifferently, "The reason I called you over this time is to resolve this karma. Regardless of how you look at it, I returned to the Central Continent thanks to borrowing your body back then..."

After pondering for a moment, Yin Rou continued, "Let me give you a few choices."

"First, I’ll give you 10,000 upper-grade Spirit Stones."

"Second, I’ll find you a master at the peak of Divinity Transformation."

"Third..."

Yin Rou squinted her eyes slightly, giving Qiu Qianhai a once-over, and said, "Stay by my side, but if you choose this, you won’t get anything else."

Qiu Qianhai listened intently, without a moment’s hesitation, he bowed again immediately.

"Junior chooses the third option."

"Oh?"

This choice was somewhat unexpected to Yin Rou, "I thought you would choose the second option, after all, that’s a master at the peak of Divinity Transformation. If you have some luck, you could become a Refining Void disciple."

"Tell me, why choose to stay by my side?"

Qiu Qianhai clasped his hands and spoke in a deep voice, "I feel that staying by the senior’s side has more prospects than serving under a peak Divinity Transformation master."

"Oh?"

Yin Rou’s gaze flickered, "Do you really think so? To tell you the truth, I have just returned, and my cultivation is only at the peak of the Nascent Soul level, and when I eventually recover, I’ll have countless enemies."

"Your enemies are my enemies, senior."

Qiu Qianhai showed no hesitation, immediately expressing his stance.

Yin Rou chuckled after hearing that.

"Very well! In that case, from now on, stay by my side and follow my commands."

"..."

Although the refining effects of the Martial God Tower are good, the refining in the Thunderstorm Area has its own unique flavor."

In the Thunderstorm Area, Extreme East Sea, Ji Yuan, bare-chested, under the thousand strikes of lightning, though his flesh was bloody, his entire body emitted a faint Golden Light.

At this moment, the Blazing Sun Bone in his mouth was also being rapidly refined under the forging of the thunderstorm.

Now he felt it too.

To genuinely temper the body and enhance blood Qi, this Thunderstorm Area was the way to go.

The Martial God Tower is good, and its effects are excellent, but it primarily improves combat techniques and the life-and-death battle skills of Body Cultivators.

The effect of body tempering is just an added bonus.

"With the external Thunder Forging Body, internal supplementation of the Blazing Sun Bone and Profound Sun Blood Amber, plus my prolonged life-and-death battles in the Martial God Tower, this time... I’m afraid I’ll genuinely achieve a breakthrough to the Peak of the Muscle Forging Realm."

Five days after entering, Ji Yuan had this feeling.

"No, to succeed in one stroke, there needs to be more pressure."

Having already gone a hundred miles deep into the Thunderstorm Area, Ji Yuan turned to look deeper into this area, slowly standing up from sitting cross-legged on the sea surface.

Immediately, he stepped across the sea, entering deeper into the Thunderstorm Area step by step.

After a short moment.

Within the range of a hundred and ten miles of the Thunderstorm Area.

Ji Yuan, under immense pressure, found it extremely difficult to sit cross-legged, then took out a piece of Profound Sun Blood Amber and swallowed it; the lightning was fierce, but the blood Qi within his body was equally abundant.

Ji Yuan didn’t know how long had passed.

He only knew that under the trial of the Thunderstorm refining and the recovery of internal blood Qi, his body seemed to break through some kind of shackle, and the once exhausted blood Qi suddenly began to regenerate, endlessly.

And the immense pressure he was under also dissipated considerably.

He even felt that the lightning strikes on his body weren’t as painful anymore.

In the midst of his breakthrough, Ji Yuan opened his eyes, looking down at his physique, only to see that his body, once charred black by lightning, was now recovering at an observable speed.

The newly grown tendons and muscles continued to wiggle, eventually covered by the skin.

The newly grown skin, though still somewhat pink, soon turned a bronze color under the refining of the lightning.

Seeing the transformation of his physique, Ji Yuan couldn’t help but rejoice in his heart... the body of Peak of the Muscle Forging Realm, but he wondered if he could break through the second layer of the Martial God Tower?

But after a second thought, Ji Yuan felt it was still unlikely.

Currently, he had only reached the "Silver Area," with a "Golden Area" still ahead.

"However, if I can cultivate a second round of the Great Sun, I should be able to break through the second layer in this Muscle Forging Realm. Otherwise, it might have to wait until the Golden Body Profound Bone Realm before I can break through."

As Ji Yuan’s mind gave rise to this thought, he subconsciously turned his head to look towards the deeper ends of the Thunderstorm Area.

"This Thunderstorm is clearly not as strong as the Thunder Shock Marsh, as per Mei Manor’s words; with a physique at the Peak of the Muscle Forging Realm, after activating an anomaly, it should have the strength of the Golden Body Profound Bone Realm. If that’s true, maybe I can reach the deepest part of this Thunderstorm Area right now... and it just happens to test how strong my physique is now."

With this thought, Ji Yuan no longer hesitated, stepping further into the depths of the Thunderstorm Area.

At first, the journey was still relatively easy, but as he crossed the 120-mile boundary line, the pressure increased sharply, making it difficult for even Ji Yuan to lift his head.

When he struggled greatly to reach 130 miles, he could no longer withstand it.

The sharply increased pressure almost knocked him directly into the sea.

Realizing he couldn’t bear it, he no longer forced himself, instantly activating his Body Cultivator anomaly.

The Great Sun Soars!

As blood Qi began to circulate, and the Great Sun appeared behind him, the immense pressure he was under dissipated considerably, allowing Ji Yuan to stand up and breathe a sigh of relief.

"I can still hold on, so let’s continue to explore deeper."

Ji Yuan intended to release his Divine Sense, but as soon as it left his body, it was shattered by the lightning, so he didn’t self-inflict any more pain.

He continued to move forward slowly and ultimately crossed the 140-mile limit.

At this point, he even felt that the Great Sun Soars couldn’t protect him anymore, and his once recovered physique was again struck until his skin was split open.

Struggling, he looked towards the front with a single thought in his mind.

"Damn, if this Thunderstorm Area is only 150 miles, I might still hold on, but if it goes deeper... I’ll have to run!"

With this thought in mind, Ji Yuan pushed further into the Thunderstorm Area by another 10 miles, finally reaching 150 miles ahead.

At this moment, he felt his body had reached its limit; beneath the dense lightning strikes, he even found it extremely difficult to lift his head for a glance.

Nevertheless, in such a situation, he bit down and shattered the Blazing Sun Bone in his mouth, and as that pure blood Qi permeated his body, he forcefully lifted his head to look forward.

Thus he beheld a scene he would never forget.

For just another mile forward, there was actually a void of lightning.

Within, not a single trace of lightning fell upon the sea, but that did not mean the area was free from lightning; stronger, more ferocious lightning was striking something in mid-air.

However, that something was completely engulfed by lightning, making it impossible for Ji Yuan to clearly see what lay within.