The breakthrough to the Return to One Realm was an exceedingly long process. Lin Ze emptied his mind and body, allowing his natural constitution and the resonance between his physical form and the laws of heaven and earth to facilitate his recovery.
A surge of vital energy flowed within him, as if his very being were being purified and baptized. His muscles and bones hummed in unison, sounding like the beating of war drums. Beneath the black clouds of the Eternal Night, his body burned like a furnace, emitting a radiant glow. A mysterious power scorched his flesh and blood, akin to smelting away impurities and casting off the dross.
A year passed before the breakthrough concluded. When he channeled his First Level of Return to One Realm cultivation, his body became like the legendary gluttonous beast, devouring natural spiritual energy and condensing a vast amount of essence within him. Over the past few years, he had utilized the Eight-Dragon Calamity-Swallowing Scroll to endure more than fifty heavenly calamities for body tempering—a truly terrifying figure.
Chapter 169