5 Chapter 5: Terminus Devil Body

"Click~pop~click~pop"

The bones of Lin Dong's body suddenly made clicking and popping sounds while a warming sensation emerged from his bones. He felt that his body grew a little stronger signifying that broke through to the Tempered Body Realm 1st level.

He opened his eyes with surprise and joy as he yelled "It's done!" He silently felt the newborn strength in his body and could not help but look and feel happy that he took his first step on his cultivation journey. Looking into the stone pool of water where there is still light red in color 'Hmmm, it seems that the ancestral stone spiritual liquid is still there. From the amount left, it might just help me until I step into the Earthly Yuan realm. The amount I used just now must have had minimal effect.'

Suddenly, he jerked his head as he noticed that it was somewhat dark outside the cave. "Oh no. It is already very late. I must go back home otherwise mother will definitely scold me again." He immediately swam like a fish would out of the water, speedily dressed, and then sprinted towards the mountain where they moved to live in.

Once home, Liu Yan did not scold Lin Dong. Instead, she brought a bowl of crimson medicinal liquid to him saying "Son, drink this medicine liquid. It was made using the first-grade spirit medicine red ginseng and then boiled. Your father personally picked it from the mountain. He stated that now that you are cultivating you must drink this medicine every day in the future."

Lin Dong's heart was warmed upon hearing those words and immediately accepted the bowl with both hands "Thank you, father. Thank you, mother."

A soft laugh came from across the room "Son, drink it quickly. Once you finish, hurry over to eat dinner. When you enter the second level of the Tempered Body realm, I will teach you a first-grade martial art called Penetrating Fist."

Lin Dong finished the medicinal liquid in one gulp. He hastily wiped his mouth clean and quickly walked across the room while looking at the rosy-cheeked Lin Xiao "Father, since you have recovered from all your injuries, why don't we return to the inner area?"

However, Lin Xiao shook his head and took a sip of his wine in a leisurely manner, and responded back "Go back? No need. This is a quiet and suitable environment to train you and your sister. Besides, I want to take this as an opportunity to see the other Lin clan members' faces. Because before I was injured, they would all show flattering attitudes towards me, but ever since this incident they have shown their arrogant personalities." Stopping slightly, he looks towards his somewhat silent son, and could not help but lose his seriousness and laugh, "You are still young. There is no need for me to discuss this with you. Focus on eating dinner and rest early. You have to get up early tomorrow to cultivate."

After the meal, both Lin Dong and Qing Tan went back to their rooms to rest in a good manner. In the middle night, however, Lin Dong heard moans "mm-hmmm- ". He immediately ran to Qing Tan's room and his face changed to one of seriousness and worry "Qing Tan, the cold qi in your body attacked again!?" He subconsciously reached out to catch the cold qi which was tormenting his sister again.

He knows that this keeps occurring because his sister's body is the Terminus Devil Body. This body is regarded as a type of extremely tyrannical Yin body. It is very much different from other types of Yin-natured bodies as this body contains no Yang energy. The Yang energy is unable to exist in this body. It is impossible to neutralize the Yin energy within the body and the owner of this body cannot condense a Yuan Dan like ordinary people.

Yuan Dan is formed through the fusion of Yin and Yang energy, while the Yin Dan is purely made up of Yin energy. In addition, the Yin energy in this body is known as Terminus Devil Qi and this kind of Qi can be condensed into a Dan. A pure Yin Dan or Yang Dan would be a little stronger than the ordinary Yuan Dan. But these are unique to people with certain special constitutions, an ordinary person would be unable to condense them. Therefore, they need to continue absorbing various kinds of Yin energy, the more potent it is, the better.

The downside is that this condition causes the person who has this condition to have excruciating pain every so often. The bone-piercing chill was akin to thousands of razor-sharp needles relentlessly stabbing into your body.

[The previous three paragraphs are from Fandom. They, excluding the downside, were not part of the original novel fanfiction, and I did not edit them. I just felt that there should be a description of the body and copied this information as is from Fandom.]

Before he got the ancestral stone, there was nothing he could do to help, and was only able to watch helplessly along with his parents. Now, he can make use of the stone to help his sister.

Qing Tan forcefully endured the pain and tightly grabbed Lin Dong's wrist while pleadingly asking "Brother…help me close the door…I do not want to worry father and mother…please!"

Lin Dong quickly closed the door and helped Qing Tan by holding her hand "Don't worry, big brother is here Qing Tan." He can see clearly even though she was not making noise, her eyes were tightly closed, and her eyebrows were tightly wrinkled together on her delicate face as the pain increased in bursts displaying her pain.

Lin Dong knew that he could not stall any longer and immediately took out the Ancestral Stone and placed it in front of her "Buzz". A buzzing noise immediately sounded out softly as a powerful suction force erupted and sucked away all the dense cold qi which almost materialized in his sister's room. Every bit of the cold qi disappeared, even the ice flakes on his sister's cheeks. It was as though the attack never happened just now.

At the same time, three bean-sized milky white crystals quietly emerged from the groove of the ancestral stone. He carefully looked at them for a while as he thought 'Is this the yin bead compressed from the top-grade yin and devil qi? It is definitely a great resource as these will be helpful for when I breakthrough into the Earthly Yuan realm.'

As he knows, when a martial artist enters the Earthly Yuan realm, he or she needs to absorb the Yin Qi of heaven and earth and fuse it with their Yuan Power. And when he or she enters the Heavenly Yuan realm, he or she needs to absorb the Yang Qi of heaven and earth and fuse it with Yuan Power. This is because the martial artist will be required to compress the fusion of the Yin Qi and Yang Qi into a Dan in order to break through to the Yuan Dan realm. This means the final quality of the Dan depends on the strength of the Yin and Yang Qi absorbed by the martial artist in the Earthly and Heavenly Yuan realms.

The higher the level of Yin Qi and Devil Qi absorbed, the stronger the battle power one would have when stepping into the Earthly Yuan realm and the greater future potential one would have.

This means that Lin Dong can gain the Yin Qi and Devil Qi required for his cultivation while simultaneously reducing his sister's pain should the attacks occur again.

Qing Tan, who was struggling on the bed until just a few seconds ago, suddenly opened her eyes and looked at her room in disbelief. 'How could the Cold qi which erupted so suddenly disappear? In the past, each outbreak would last at least half an hour, or sometimes even longer. The longer ones would be unusually torturous and even more difficult to handle than the shorter time frame ones.'

Lin Dong had already put away the ancestral stone before she looked towards him and reached out to help tuck in Qing Tan "Well, this time it receded sooner than last time. Little sister, you should rest early tonight. Don't worry about this matter."

The exhausted Qing Tan didn't think much about it since her older brother said so and fell into a deep slumber in an instant. She had a sweet smile on her delicate face that shows that she might be able to get a good sleep tonight.

Lin Dong sat in front of Qing Tan's bed for a short while longer thinking to himself 'Little sister, believe me, I will make sure you do not have to endure the torment of the Yin and Devil Qi in the future. Once I get the supreme yin item, the Extreme Fatal Yin Dragon Saliva, I will help you condense the Yin Dan in your body. This will definitely solve your physiques' downsides in one fell swoop.' He then turned around to sleep in his bedroom.

[So, I tried searching if this was the name of the item, but I couldn't find it. I did not have the patience to go through the original novel at this time. If anyone knows or searches on their own, please let me know and I will change it.]

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During the one-month time frame his father provided him to break through to the first level of the Tempered Body realm, Lin Dong's continued usage of the supply of spiritual liquid within the stone pool of water in the hidden cave led to his cultivation realm level to soar ass the way to the Heavenly Yuan realm. Of course, he only showed progress in breaking through to the second level of the Tempered Body realm.

When he showed that he broke through to the second level of the Tempered Body realm, his father taught him the first-grade Penetrating Fist martial arts.

~ Flashback ~

Lin Xiao extended his palm and signaled to Lin Dong "All martial arts in the world can be classified into nine levels and three categories. The first levels, 1-3, belong to the lower category, the next three levels, 4-6, belong to the middle category, and the last three levels, 7-9, belong to the top category. Now the Penetrating Fist is a level 1 martial arts skill. Even though martial arts have different levels, the most important part lies in the user himself. In the hands of a strong user, even a level 1 martial arts skill can become a powerful and deadly force. Therefore, the stronger one's body is, the more powerful the martial arts attacks become.

Penetrating Fist requires one to exert force while sticking closely to one's clothes. If I had exerted more force or even used a trace of Yuan power, your whole arm including your bones will be completely shattered. In order to master Penetrating Fist, you need to train with your clothes. Since this martial art emphasizes exerting force while sticking closely to one's clothes, when you are training in this skill, the clothes that stick to your body will produce a sound as well. There are a total of 9 forms for this skill, also known as the 9 echoes. This is because when you use each form, a crisp sound will echo out. And as each form is used in succession and the 9 echoes eventually all sound out, its power can even be comparable to that of a level 2 martial arts skill.

You had better watch closely and memorize all nine forms closely!" With a low shout, Lin Xiao stretched out his limbs and positioned his stance as though he was a fierce tiger, and exerted his moves like an agile monkey. A series of crisp crackling sounds continuously sounded out from his figure.

As this was happening, Lin Dong gazed attentively and concentrated his mind and sight solely on the sight before him.

~ Flashback ends ~

Of course, during the month he had perfected the fist martial arts technique using the Ancestral Stone space and increased its power daily.

After he broke through to the Earthly Yuan realm, Little Marten took the initiative to remind Lin Dong that he can begin to cultivate his spiritual power.

During the month of training and cultivating, everything was slowly unfolding in an orderly manner…

Cultivation Ranks:

Rank 1: Tempered Body – 9 Stages – (1-9)

Rank 2: Earthly Yuan – 3 Stages – (Early, Middle, Late)

Rank 3: Heavenly Yuan – 3 Stages – (Early, Middle, Late)

Rank 4: Yuan Dan – 3 Stages – (Initial, Advanced, Perfect)

Rank 5:

Rank 6:

Rank 7:

Rank 8:

Rank 9:

Rank 10:

Rank 11: Samsara – 3 Stages – (Ordinary Samsara, Ultimate Samsara, Reincarnation Enlightened Samsara)