Chapter 1075: Chapter 455: Fifth Stage Body Refining

Pain!

A pain that penetrated to the bone, touching the soul, surged like waves against Xu Ping’s mental defenses.

At the same time, Xu Ping’s body seemed to transform into a bottomless pit, emanating a powerful attraction.

"Swish!"

The spring water in the Spirit Pool, infused with pure spiritual energy, rapidly diminished at a speed visible to the naked eye, pouring into Xu Ping’s body.

In the sky above, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi gathered by the Spirit Gathering Array formed a massive vortex, funneling down like a whirlpool.

Spiritual Qi!

He needed the energy of Spiritual Qi to complete this transformation and reinvention.

Time became blurred and elongated amidst this extreme pain and frantic energy infusion.

A day, a month, three months, a year...

Xu Ping was like an old monk in meditation, yet also as if struggling in purgatory.

His body’s surface sometimes turned red like blood, sometimes flowed with golden light, and at times, wind and thunder patterns appeared faintly.

His aura fluctuated with the pain, but overall, it steadily and resolutely climbed, transforming.

Outside the cave, Duan Shuang had long felt the disturbing energy fluctuations coming from underground and the occasional terrifying aura of blood and qi.

She dared not disturb and could only wait silently, her heart filled with worry and hope.

...

A full year and a half later.

On this day, the energy vortex that had persisted for ages suddenly came to a halt within the underground cave.

Immediately—

"Buzz!"

An indescribable, vast, ancient, majestic aura, as if a ferocious primordial beast awakened from eternal slumber, erupted violently from Xu Ping’s body.

Crack, crack!

Boom!

The layers of protective restrictions laid within the cave, in front of this pressure solely driven by flesh and blood, shattered and vanished like paper.

The entire underground cave vibrated violently, and rocks fell everywhere. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

The spring water in the Spirit Pool, which once overflowed, was now reduced to a shallow layer, almost reaching the bottom!

Xu Ping suddenly opened his eyes!

"Roar!"

A deep bellow not issued from the throat but from the whole body’s blood and qi resonance erupted fiercely from the cave, soaring straight into the sky.

Overhead Blood Bone Island, the weather changed, and the formless power of qi and blood stirred the clouds across a vast expanse.

The demon beasts around Blood Bone Island trembled with fear, almost kneeling on the ground from an instinctual awe originating from their life force.

Even Duan Shuang outside the cave, a new late-stage Nascent Soul great cultivator, was shocked beyond belief at the instant she felt this aura, her face turning pale and her body trembling slightly.

"Is this... the fifth-tier physique? Xu Lang succeeded!"

Duan Shuang sensed the heavy and profound oppression reminiscent of facing an ancient divine mountain, sending waves of shock through her heart.

She knew Xu Ping was in seclusion seeking a breakthrough, but the power after this breakthrough... was too formidable and astonishing.

Inside the cave.

Xu Ping slowly lowered his head.

His gaze, sharp as a probe, swept across his body inch by inch.

The seemingly unchanged skin, in his "eyes," had entirely turned into a glazed golden color with an inner treasure shine.

This gold wasn’t just on the surface but imprinted deep into every inch of his skin’s texture.

Every bone marrow, even every drop of surging blood, contained unimaginable terrifying power and traces of pale gold exuding an eternal, indestructible implication.

He gently clenched his fist.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, no burst of radiant visions.

But at the moment his five fingers tightened, the void around his fist rippled like water struck by a stone, creating subtle yet distinctly visible ripples.

Wherever the ripples extended, the space emitted a fine "zila" sound, akin to glass about to shatter.

Power!

Boundless and endless power roared and surged within him!

The sensation felt less like commanding mana and more like riding a surging galaxy.

As if, should he wish, with a full swing of his fist, he could shatter a star hanging in the outer heavens like smashing a glass lantern into pieces.

A complete leap in the level of life, a sense of mastery and strength like tides drowned all his senses.

"Ha..."

A suppressed low laugh escaped his throat.

Then, this laugh grew louder and more unrestrained, eventually transforming into a rumbling, thunderous laughter erupting out loud.

"Hahahahaha!!!"

The laughter, like a tangible sound wave mixed with the pale gold power of blood and qi, spread madly in all directions.

The entire cave trembled violently, the layers of laid restrictions flickering, the divine light flashed chaotically, seemingly about to collapse at any moment.

Outside the cave, over Blood Bone Island, the sky darkened and pressure enveloped the entire island.

The demon beasts surrounding the island trembled fiercely and involuntarily prostrated themselves in the direction of the cave in worship.

Nirvana Golden Body, breakthrough achieved!

The physique formally stepped into the fifth-tier Divinity Transformation level!

"After spending many years, hoarding countless resources, and enduring the agony of nirvana... finally achieved!"

Xu Ping’s laughter gradually subdued, but the jubilation and excitement in his heart, like magma underground, continued to surge vigorously.

He clearly realized that this was not merely an enhancement of power but a leap in the essence of life, a comprehensive, transformative rebirth.

Whether in direct combat power or the survival abilities necessary to live in the Cultivation Realm, both had undergone earth-shaking changes.