Cultivation through Skin Making

Cold Pool Valley Market, tavern...

Song Yan sat within the array, focused on his enlightenment.

In the Life Span Calculation, messages of "death" kept "flooding the screen."

Sometimes it only consumes a few breaths of lifespan, sometimes it takes an hour.

Yet, as the number of successful attempts increased, the Demon Beast essence from the Changwang Tiger Race was being rapidly absorbed.

After consuming a whole year of lifespan and dying nearly ten thousand times, Song Yan finally absorbed the Demon Beast essence completely.

This was based on his Ninth Layer of Refining Profound level cultivation; imagine... if an ordinary Ninth Layer of Refining Profound cultivator encountered such essence, they would probably die upon contact.

The Crimson Palace Pill is an essential elixir for every regular Human Race cultivator aspiring to enter the Crimson Palace Realm.

Who else could die ten thousand times just like him?

[After absorbing the Changwang Tiger Race's Demon Beast essence, you feel your blood boiling, urgently employing the remnants of the Blood Fusion Technique, while simultaneously drawing Profound Qi from your surroundings and stirring up your Dantian Profound Qi]

[The Dantian Profound Qi meets meteor-like impacts, waves of Profound Qi soar to the sky, each thread aiming at the foreign Demon Beast essence, trying to assimilate and digest it]

[But the accumulated Profound Qi of the Ninth Layer of Refining Profound is insufficient for such a task; you have to continue drawing Profound Qi from the outside world, and only then you discover that your body, which could no longer store any Profound Qi, is now capable again]

[You perceive that the Profound Qi density of Cold Pool Valley Market is several times lower than that of Paperman Peak, but considering you might have to flee soon, you refrain from using the 59 Profound Crystals in your storage bag, instead taking out some remaining Great Profound Spirit Pills for consumption during this cultivation]

[Even with the remnants of the Blood Fusion Technique, the efficiency of drawing Profound Qi far surpasses cultivation techniques of Refining Profound level; you swiftly absorb Profound Qi and repeatedly capture foreign Demon Beast essence, then, according to the Blood Fusion Technique, channel them to the Central Palace of the Crimson Palace]

[The Central Palace of the Crimson Palace is the core of the heart; human essence blood is pumped from there and converges back here]

[In the first year, you drew 30 threads of Profound Qi and successfully digested one thread of Changwang Tiger Race essence blood]

[In the hundredth year, totaling 3000 threads of Profound Qi absorbed, Changwang Tiger Race essence blood fully integrated into your body, situated at the Central Palace of the Crimson Palace, merging with your essence blood.

During heartbeats, the strengthened essence blood quickly transforms your body structure, though this process occurred during previous cultivation, it lacked order. Now you need time to sort out the Qi Blood and adapt to your new body.

You sense a vast difference from the blood exchange at the Refining Profound level, then the blood exchange was still confined to purification of the Human Race bloodline, whereas now... your life level has elevated]

[In the hundred and first year, you feel reborn, your flesh undergoing a complete overhaul]

[You've entered the early stage of the Crimson Palace Realm]

[The early stage of the Crimson Palace requires external blood to fill the Middle Three Palaces of the Crimson Palace; only after achieving Perfection can you progress further. You've filled the core Central Palace, but still need the Left Palace and Right Palace]

Song Yan slowly opened his eyes.

He recalled some information he heard during the previous "exchange gathering"; most cultivators in the Three Kingdoms use advanced Demon Beast blood of the Refining Profound level to fill the early stage Crimson Palace Middle Three Palaces.

He could also do this; after all, Cold Pool Valley Market has places selling advanced Demon Beast blood.

By simply doing this, he could quickly fill this "early stage of the Crimson Palace" just like filling a bottle with water, regardless of what water it was, as long as it was full.

As for what happens later, sellers are not responsible.

The Central Palace needs essence blood, while the Left and Right Palaces only need ordinary blood; even if essence blood is placed there, it only exhibits the effect of "ordinary blood," known as "minister assisting the monarch."

Yet, even for the Left and Right Palaces, he does not want to be so casual.

As for the cultivation time...

If he had something more advanced than the Great Profound Spirit Pill, such as the Little Profound Liquid Pill, a cultivation method higher than remnants of the Blood Fusion Technique, was conducting cultivation at the core of the Ghostly Land or even at Paperman Peak's Cave Mansion, the speed would be tenfold or more faster.

Moreover, using "Profound Jade" recklessly, a century's time might be completed in less than a decade.

'But the conditions aren't met...' Song Yan sighed lightly.

There's no way he could run to the Evil Land or break through at Paperman Peak now.

However, leveraging "lifespan" to compensate for external deficiencies is his greatest advantage.

...

...

Song Yan no longer dwelled on these issues, quickly comprehending the changes in his surroundings, rapidly understanding the Crimson Palace Realm from his body condition.

The first aspect is the Divine Soul.

Though his Divine Soul cannot leave the body, Song Yan has cultivated many Divine Soul techniques, so he has some sensation.

It feels like a mass of Qi, hiding behind the "Flesh Castle" as a "weak little princess."

The essence of the Soul-Searching Skill is to break into the opponent's "Flesh Castle," then enter the opponent's "Flesh Castle" with one's Divine Soul, directly capturing and interrogating that "weak little princess."

However, this "princess" is so fragile that a few touches would cause her complete chaos, thus... ordinary people become dazed if subjected to soul searching.

Ninth Layer of Refining Profound cultivators fare better; as long as the Soul Searcher is careful, the Divine Soul will be damaged but not necessarily result in a daze.

The Ghost's Reincarnation involves using Evil Qi to impact the opponent's body, then snatching the opponent's Divine Soul back to one's side, adding new information before sending it back.