Gold Body Realm

After two days, Ryker head straight towards his target, the lava spring. However, he did not even need to see it to feel the scorching heat from just getting close.

"I could feel Law of Fire and Law of Earth working in tandem in the area, turning into Lore of Magma," Ryker exclaimed as his eyes looked around.

While the heat send many beast running away in terror, for him who master the Law of Fire, the heat barely did anything.

"This place would made a good tempering place," Rykee grinned as he found the reason to keep such place.

-x-

After he put his valuables and clothes to the side, Ryker braced himself into jumping into the lava spring. Then again, the spring had turned the water into a lava lake, so there are many places for him to jump in and tempered himself.

"This should be a good spot," Ryker said before jumping into the Lava lake. As he did so, he could feel the scorching heat starting to burn him alive.

He was certain if not for his mastery of Law of Fire, the flame would have burned him alive, turning him into ashes in mere seconds.

However, because of his strong cultivation plus his tough body, one at the Silver Body Realm, the flame of the lava did not hurt him by much.

However, he could feel his body being tempered by the flame, being burned before reconstructed almost instantly.

"Time to use this then," he took out the Celestial Body Art, a Body Tempering Art linked to Celestial Energy Art.

He then began to cultivate it, willing the flame to burn him and temper his body. When a part of him was burned, he used his impressive vitality to mend the burnt part, healing and strengthening the part in an instant.

In just minutes, he could feel some improvement to his body, showing how effective it is to Body Cultivator to jump into a lava spring.

'Then again, I'm probably the only one who could do this,' he thought to himself.

The perquisites for dipping oneself into a lava spring could be said to be having mastery of Law of Fire to the Elementary Understanding Realm and having a powerful body.

If one condition fell short, then, it would be instant barbecue for those foolish enough to attempt it.

For him, his body began to temper itself, all while he circulate the Celestial Body Art. He could feel his powerful vitality helping him improve his bodily strength.

He continue circulating the Celestial Body Art, tempering his body, forging it when it reach its limit from the lava spring and making it harder with each passing minutes.

'More! I need more fire!' he told himself before diving even deeper, where the flame starting to burn him faster than his vitality and Law of Life could heal him.

However, he did not care for the damage as he went even deeper, hoping to find a deep enough spot where his vitality would be having trouble in healing himself.

He soon find himself on a piece of rock, one that manage to survive the extreme heat of the lava spring.

'This is it,' he then let the flame hit his body, one he coated with qi for few minutes to give him a breather.

Immediately, agonizing pain erupted all over his skin as the lava burn through his skin, even rendering his flesh alight. A part of him could even see bones, showing how powerful the lava in such depth really is.

However, Ryker continue the torment, knowing it is the best way for him to temper his body to the level he so desire. As the flame began to get too intense, Ryker almost blackout but manage to hold a string of consciousness, knowing a moment of fainting could lead to his death.

'Come on, I can handle this much flame!' he thought to himself as he constantly circulating the Celestial Body Art.

Each time his flesh was burnt, and the silver sheen from his Silver Body dimmed, the said part let out an explosion, blasting the lava as his body was tempered, the silver sheen slowly turning into a golden gleam.

Each passing seconds, more and more of his skin showed the golden gleam, showing that his body slowly transformed from Silver Body to the Golden Body, the highest Body Cultivation in the Genesis Grand Realm.

'Come on, just a little more!' he activate the Celestial Body Art once more, tempering his body in the insane heat as slowly and surely, the silver sheen was completely transformed into a golden gleam.

As the last light turned from silver to gold, a powerful blast erupted from his entire body, as his body complete its transformation.

He then circulate the Celestial Body Art once more, increasing the speed of the formation of the Golden Body. Once the Golden Body was completed, he jumped out of the lava spring as his body roared, a golden light can be seen from a far distance.

He take a quick look, examining his body. He then did an experimental punch without using his qi. The result was devastating.

A single punch, with no qi in used, managed to destroy a large part of the landscape, showing the strength of his body.

"Haha! This is great!" he could not help but grinning.

'Since I reach the Golden Body Realm, I probably can fight Genesis Lake expert, maybe even Genesis Sea expert with my body alone,' he thought to himself.

Heck, even against a Noble Realm expert, as long as they don't practice Body Tempering Art, he could defeat them, at least when only body will be used.

Of course, it just a conjecture and he could not determine it until he fought against one, but he is not dumb enough to do so unless against his father-in-law.

"To bad there is no one I can test my current state against," he looked to the side and soon spot some Tier 9 Genesis Beast.

A wicked grin formed on his face as he found the perfect 'test subject' to test his current strength.

Soon, the wailed and roar of powerful Beast can be heard as Ryker used his strength against them, to see the limit of his current body.

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"Looks like he enjoyed his current strength," Duke Zalrus shook his head at his son-in-law antic. Then again, it better for him to do so against Beast rather than his Genesis Sea experts.

They will not recover if they get beaten handily in term of body compared to his younger and more talented son-in-law.