Zhang Ruochen entered the Scroll World and first went to see Ao Xinyan who was impacting the Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation. Only to see that the surface of Ao Xin Yan’s skin had already surged with a faint glazed glow, clearly reaching a critical moment.
Afterwards, Zhang Ruochen came to the edge of a lake that covered a hundred miles in circumference, sat down on the ground, and took out one of the Five Elements Spiritual Treasures, the “Source of Spiritual Fire”.
With the Five Elements Spiritual Treasure, Zhang Ruochen had already refined the Black Water Glazed Crystal, Purple Cloud Sinking Scented Wood, and Sacred Blood Soil, and cultivated into the Three Spirit Treasure Body.
At the same time, he had already refined a large amount of Spiritual Fire Source, and as long as he succeeded in cultivating the Fire Spirit Treasure Body, he would be able to reach the level of the Four Spirit Treasure Body.
The power of the five elements was originally the most balanced power in the heavens and earth, however, cultivating the Five Elements Chaotic Body was to break this balance, it was like working against the heavens and earth, and it was obviously incomparably difficult.
The further one progressed, the more the five elemental forces within the cultivator’s body, the more intense the conflict became.
Right now, Zhang Ruochen was actually only a little bit away from cultivating into the Fire Spirit Treasure Body. Just this little bit of distance, yet it was like a heavenly moat, and the difficulty involved in trying to step over it was simply beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
“Puffing!”
Zhang Ruochen’s hands were placed on his abdomen, with his left hand on top and his right hand underneath.
Between the palms of the two hands, there was a brightly glowing Spiritual Flame Source suspended, and from within, a very scorching temperature was emitted.
“Xuan Tire Flat Demon Heaven.”
The true qi and holy qi of the entire body, following the operation of the fifth layer of the Nine Heavens Bright Emperor Scripture, rapidly operated within the thirty-six meridians and four holy veins.
Instantly, a suction force was born in the palms of both hands, causing the Source of Spirit Flame to turn into two tiny whirlpools that rushed into the palms.
“Boom!”
Every trace of the Source of Spiritual Flame surging into the body was like a great river of flames rushing into the sea of ice, forming a fierce conflict with Zhang Ruochen’s physical body.
The two forces were incompatible.
However, Zhang Ruochen had to use his powerful will to try to suppress it, trying his best to make the two forces merge into one.
After just half an hour had passed, Zhang Ruochen’s robe was completely drenched in sweat. His skin, at times, swelled as if it had turned into an obese giant;at times, it contracted and became as thin as a bone.
At this moment, Zhang Ruochen was quite close to cultivating into the Four Spirit Treasure Body, however, his state was also quite dangerous.
His body, at any time, could burst and thus go up in smoke.
It was also possible that the blood qi in his body would be devoured by the power of the five elements, turning him into a lifeless withered bone.
“Ruochen, you have to remember that the moment you embark on the path of cultivation, it is an adventure. Every strong person is bound to have gone through countless trials and tribulations, enduring the tests of life and death. “In Zhang Ruochen’s mind, echoed, what the Xuan Gui Sword Saint had once said.
“I will definitely be able to succeed, and even if there are even greater ferocious dangers, I will definitely push through.”
“Fearing the ferocious dangers will only lead to a quicker death.”
……
Zhang Ruochen gritted his teeth and persisted, and at the same time, he was also adjusting his own state, trying to achieve peace of mind.
Three whole days passed, beads of blood gushed out from every pore of Zhang Ruochen’s body, and every moment, he was suffering from pain that was unimaginable to normal people, and even his will began to become blurred.
It wasn’t until he really couldn’t hold on that he stopped.
“In the end …… or failure ……”
Zhang Ruochen exhaled a long breath and checked the interior of his body, finding that the meridians of his entire body were almost broken; the internal organs of his entire body; were on the verge of shattering; even the bones of his entire body were densely cracked.
His body, was shattered beyond repair.
It could be imagined how menacing it was just now, if, Zhang Ruochen had held on for another split second, he was afraid that his body would have exploded and died.
Although the impact had failed, it wasn’t completely unproductive; Zhang Ruochen had gained a great deal of valuable cultivation experience, and his understanding of the Four Spirit Treasure Body had deepened a great deal.
“With the experience of this failure, it will definitely be much easier to impact the Four Spirit Treasure Body again.”
Zhang Ruochen didn’t take any healing pills and directly lay flat on the ground.
Immediately, the residual holy power of the Half-Saint’s Light that Zhang Ruochen had once refined, as well as the power of the water attribute, the power of the wood attribute, the power of the earth attribute, and the power of the fire attribute, were released from the depths of his body in a steady stream, slowly nourishing the broken body.
Zhang Ruochen felt this process carefully, and his understanding of the Four Spirit Treasure Body was gradually improving again.
A whole half a month passed before Zhang Ruochen’s body, fully recovered.
“Boom boom.”
Zhang Ruochen practiced palm techniques for half a day in a row, causing his entire body’s true qi and holy qi to run freely before stopping.
“Just one failed cultivation actually made my fleshly body enhance quite a lot, if I succeed in cultivating the Four Spirit Treasure Body, how powerful would my fleshly body have to be?”
When Zhang Ruochen realised that his fleshly body had strengthened a lot, his heart naturally became more excited to successfully cultivate the Four Spirit Treasure Body.
Thus, he took out the Source of Spirit Flame again and impacted the Four Spirit Treasure Body for the second time.
Once again, it failed.
This time, Zhang Ruochen’s body, became withered and thin, his skin turned blackish brown, and underneath the skin, the outline of a skeleton could be clearly seen.
Just a little bit short, Zhang Ruochen’s blood qi was completely devoured by the power of the five elements, turning him into a skeleton.
Zhang Ruochen spent another half a month before his body recovered as before.
After two consecutive close encounters with death, even Zhang Ruochen felt his heart palpitate with the feeling of having survived a robbery .
Other cultivators, at this moment, would definitely stop and give up cultivating the Four Spirit Treasure Body.
However, Zhang Ruochen knew that anyone could give up, but he absolutely could not.
Chi Yao had cultivated for eight hundred years more than him, if, he was unable to cultivate into the Five Elements Chaotic Body, how could he surpass Chi Yao in the future?
The hatred in his heart, the unwillingness in his heart, and the anger in his heart continuously surged out.
Zhang Ruochen took a deep breath, his eyes became incomparably resolute as he said, ”In this life, if I can’t defeat Chi Yao, what’s the point of living? Could it be to live a life meticulously?”
Thus, Zhang Ruochen began to impact the Four Spirit Treasure Body for a third time.
It still failed.
Zhang Ruochen continued his fourth impact.
The fifth impact.
……
Zhang Ruochen finally touched the realm of the Four Spirit Treasure Body on the seventh cultivation, breaking through the final barrier, and in one fell swoop, the four forces of water, earth, wood, and fire, were perfectly balanced together.
“Boom!”
The very moment he succeeded in cultivating the Four Spirit Treasure Body, an incomparably vast power fluctuation surged out from Zhang Ruochen’s body, sweeping over a thousand miles in every direction.
“Five Elements Dharma Phase.”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes opened and he lightly shouted.
When one cultivated into the Four Spirit Treasure Body, they were able to execute the crippled Five Elements Dharma Phase.
The Dharma Phase of the Sacred Body and the original Dharma Phase of the Swift Ancient Legacy Seed were ultimately only Dharma Phases from themselves, and could only jump-start their own power to cast the Dharma Phase out.
However, the Five Elements Dharma Phase was condensed by mobilising the power of heaven and earth, and had the power of heaven and earth. The so-called five elements Dharma phase, in fact, is also the heaven and earth Dharma phase.
Human power was infinite, but the power of heaven and earth was infinite.
Even if it was only a crippled Five Elements Dharma Phase, it could still erupt with a rather terrifying power.
“Rumble!”
With Zhang Ruochen’s body as the centre, the power of the five elements in space became stronger and stronger, and even, became quite chaotic.
On the ground, the grass and trees grew rapidly, and using the naked eye, one could also see that they were continuously pulling out tender leaves.
In the sky, pouring rain descended, accompanied by bursts of thunder.
Around Zhang Ruochen’s body, the earth continued to rise up, forming a hill, and finally, transforming into a huge mountain.
Only a loud bang could be heard, and at the top of that mountain, crimson magma immediately gushed out, flowing down from the top of the mountain, transforming into a great river of magma that flowed past the place where Zhang Ruochen was sitting.
The heaven and earth in a radius of a thousand miles was also undergoing drastic changes.
