A Martial Artist who had reached Great Success in the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm was already considered a top-tier expert in the Mortal World.

What delighted him even more was how the Golden Marrow generated new blood. As the new blood flowed through him, his body, which should have been transformed gradually over a long period, was instead perfected in a single breath with the Attribute Panel’s help.

His muscle fibers were like interwoven Profound Steel Threads. The explosive power released when they contracted cracked the stone platform beneath his feet into a spiderweb pattern. With a slight bend of his knees, he leaped, his body shooting into the sky like an arrow. He even managed to hang in the air for three full breaths before descending.

His heart beat like muffled thunder, each pump of blood like the pounding of a war drum. Driven by the Golden Marrow, his efficiency in absorbing Spiritual Qi with every breath surged tenfold. The once-thin Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi now flooded into his body like a tidal wave.

With the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm at Great Success, he could finally begin cultivating the Ten Extremes Martial Arts. This involved driving Strength into the Viscera. Once he had tempered his organs, he could use the aura they produced to transform his Powerful Qi into Gang Force.

If he didn’t have the Ten Extremes Martial Arts, he would have naturally cultivated the Empty Clarity Sword Washing Technique. But with a better option available, Xu Yunfan certainly wouldn’t hesitate or settle for less.

By using the Ten Extremes Martial Arts to refine his organs, he could absorb the most proficient realm from the Various Martial Arts Styles and forge what Dugu Jiu called the Ten Extremes Martial Body—the perfection of the Martial Dao.

Xu Yunfan sat down again, shaking his head in wonder.

Xu Yunfan’s consciousness drifted in the golden torrent of the Attribute Panel. A massive flood of cultivation memories regarding the Yijing Marrow Cleansing Skill was carved into his Divine Soul as if by knife and axe.

It was a period so long it was suffocating—thirty years.

In the memory, his younger self, whose black hair had turned white with age, sat cross-legged in the Daoist Sect’s Cold Jade Cave, surrounded by a mountain of medicinal dregs.

Every day at 3:00 AM, he would use Silver Needles to stimulate his acupoints and invigorate his Blood Qi. At 5:00 AM, he would swallow a Dragon Blood Marrow Cleansing Pill, enduring the searing pain in his meridians. And at Midnight, he would use Profound Ice Soul Condensing Soup to suppress the raging internal fire.

For thirty years, every day was the same. He even used the Linn Character Technique in place of sleep, living like a tireless puppet.

By the time he was fifty, his arms were covered in dark purple bruises from ruptured capillaries caused by forcefully circulating his Blood Qi. A dry, scraping sound of bones grinding together constantly echoed in his ears, like two pieces of dry kindling rubbing against each other.

On his seven-thousandth attempt to break through, the wrinkled face in the mirror looked like a completely different person from the high-spirited youth of thirty years prior.

Although it was just a memory, Xu Yunfan could clearly feel the bitterness within it. To cultivate the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm to Great Success, he had spent the vast majority of thirty years, even the time meant for sleep, practicing the Linn Character Technique. And even so, it had still taken a full thirty years to accomplish.

The hardship of martial cultivation was clear to see.

Among all the Martial Artists in the world, how many in the entire Great Zhou could even break through to the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm?

In this cultivation memory, he had spent twelve years just to make his skin take on a faint golden hue. During that time, he had bled from all seven orifices more than thirty times due to conflicting medicinal potencies.

Next, to condense his blood to the state of "marrow like frost, turning crimson-gold," he had completely exhausted the medicinal properties of three thousand-year-old blood ginsengs.

His self in the memory wasn’t lazy. In fact, he worked so hard that no other disciple in the Daoist Sect could even hope to keep up. He had memorized the three thousand volumes of body refining scriptures in the Daoist Scripture Pavilion and mastered the medicinal properties used in the alchemy of the nine Medicine Peak Elders. He had even created the "Meridian Confrontation Method" to accelerate the absorption of medicinal power.

But no matter how he racked his brains, his progress in marrow cleansing was as slow as an old ox pulling a broken cart.

In the memory, he went through a period of depression. After getting drunk once, his remembered self had carved a line into a stone wall: "Aptitude is like a Stubborn Stone; even if irrigated by the Ten Thousand Laws, it will never blossom with the flower of comprehension."

However, reaching Great Success in the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm through this robotic Water Grinding Skill left Xu Yunfan feeling a bit numb.

Xu Yunfan felt the surging Blood Qi in his body. From deep within his bones came a clear ringing sound like a Jade Chime—a sign that his Yijing Marrow Cleansing Skill had reached Great Success, and also a sign that his innate constitution and aptitude had been fundamentally changed.

However, the memory of thirty years of bitter cultivation infused by the Attribute Panel lingered in his mind like a festering wound that clung to his very bones.

’Is my aptitude really that poor?’

’But none of that matters anymore...’

What mattered was that he had now entered the Great Success stage of the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm. His innate constitution and aptitude had been changed. He was no longer the person he once was.

’When it comes to talent, I definitely won’t lose to any ordinary genius!’

He flicked a finger, shattering a Stubborn Stone beside him. The resulting dust glinted in the morning sun like gold flecks.

"This body, right now, is the true beginning of my Martial Dao!"

After reaching Great Success in marrow cleansing, a vast new world had opened up to him. In a single step, he had left the vast majority of Daoist Sect disciples far behind.

The Mituo Temple’s method of changing one’s innate constitution through Yijing Marrow Cleansing could truly be called a creation-defying method. It was an incredible surprise.

At the very least, Xu Yunfan was now truly worthy of being called a man of extraordinary talent.

Upon returning to his private courtyard and stepping through the gate, Xu Yunfan was eager to test out his newly acquired Divine Weapon to relieve some boredom. Afterward, he would have to start cultivating the Ten Extremes Martial Arts. This martial art was extremely profound. Even with his Attribute Panel, it would take a considerable amount of time just to get started and begin the process of refining his internal organs. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Taking the pair of Shaking Mountain and Sea Double Hammers from his waist, he caressed the ancient Cloud Patterns on their handles. Feeling the immense power contained within, he couldn’t help but praise them inwardly.

’The Daoist Sect’s foundation is truly unfathomable. They even have complete martial arts to accompany divine weapons like these!’

The day after he emerged from the Sword Burial Abyss, Bi Yuan had sent the Cyan Pine Daoist Child to deliver two Cultivation Technique scrolls.

The Shaking Mountain Sea-Suppressing Hammer Technique and the Sky-Sundering Cloud-Piercing Bow Skill.

The Shaking Mountain Sea-Suppressing Hammer Technique recorded nine ferocious and unparalleled Hammer Techniques. Each move secretly aligned with the power of the mountains and Earth Veins. If mastered to Great Success, a swing of the hammers could trigger tremors in the Earth Qi, with power comparable to a Mountain Collapse or a tsunami.

The Sky-Sundering Cloud-Piercing Bow Skill was an extremely rare long-range Ultimate Skill. When the bowstring vibrated, an arrow could tear through the sky, even borrowing the power of wind and thunder to enhance its piercing strength. It was rumored that at its peak, a single arrow could shatter a mountain.

"Senior Brother Xu!"

Cyan Pine excitedly pushed open the courtyard gate, an unconcealable look of joy on his face. He didn’t even notice that the cuffs of his Daoist robe were damp with morning dew.

He closed the distance to Xu Yunfan in a few quick strides, his eyes shining brightly. "Senior Brother, where have you been? I looked for you several times this morning. Even Senior Sister Chishao at the medicine lodge said she hadn’t seen you!"

Xu Yunfan was currently weighing the Shaking Mountain Sea-Suppressing Hammer, its head humming and vibrating continuously. Hearing Cyan Pine’s words, he had to set it down for the moment. He turned and smiled faintly. "I went to the summit of Qingwei Mountain at 3:00 AM today to temper my body with the East Coming Purple Qi."

His gaze paused on Cyan Pine’s excited face, and he raised an eyebrow. "Seeing you like this, don’t tell me you found a lost alchemy recipe from the Daoist Collection Pavilion?"

Cyan Pine chuckled, leaning in and lowering his voice. "It’s more than just good news! If this succeeds, our Daoist Sect won’t have to worry about resources for the next ten years! Perhaps even your daily provisions, Senior Brother, could be raised a level."

The Iron Hammer in Xu Yunfan’s hand paused slightly. Although Cyan Pine was young, he was the most level-headed Daoist Child under Bi Yuan. For him to lose his composure like this, it had to be an extraordinary opportunity.

"Oh?"

He deliberately drew out the sound. "It couldn’t be that the Sect Leader is planning to open the ninth floor of the Langhuan Book Tower to all disciples, could it?"