[Detected entry-level Body Refining Technique: Vajra Bright King Body. You may simplify it by consuming 300 Spirit Stones. Simplify now?]

Just then, a red prompt popped up on Lin Chang'sheng's panel.

"Simplify."

Lin Chang'sheng immediately pulled out 300 Spirit Stones and clicked confirm.

[Great Dao is Simple: Simplifying Body Refining Technique Vajra Bright King Body... Simplification complete... Vajra Bright King Body = Bathe in ocean waves]

Moments after Lin Chang'sheng clicked confirm, another red prompt appeared on his panel.

"Bathe in ocean waves? What, does it expect me to take a bath in the sea?"

Seeing the result after simplification, Lin Chang'sheng stood there, stunned.

Washing off in the ocean waves—well, that works.

The Cloud Map Tribe is right by the sea, so the conditions fit.

"I'll take my Immovable Golden Buddha Technique manual, then rinse through experience points for Vajra Bright King Body along the coast. When I reach Perfection, my physique will be even tougher, and I'll be more confident crossing the Fire Radiance Dunes."

With his mind made up, Lin Chang'sheng picked up both the Immovable Golden Buddha Technique and Dragon Elephant Technique body refinement manuals and headed for the shore.

Just five or six miles from the Cloud Map Tribe lay the rocky beach.

The white mist over the sea had cleared; it was blue seas and open skies now.

Waves crashed against the rocks with thunderous roars, one after another.

Lin Chang'sheng stripped off his clothes, revealing a sinewy, muscular body, and leapt into the water. Powerful waves slammed into him, but he stood rooted by the shore, unyielding as a boulder.

Vajra Bright King Body Experience +1!

Vajra Bright King Body Experience +1!

........

Right then, another red prompt appeared on Lin Chang'sheng's panel.

"Not bad. Not bad at all."

Watching the experience points steadily climb, and at a decent pace too, Lin Chang'sheng's eyes showed his satisfaction.

"At this rate, I'll only need a few days to max out Vajra Bright King Body. Then, if I fuse it with my Vajra Indestructible Body, what kind of technique will I wind up with?"

Lin Chang'sheng looked forward to it.

With Vajra Indestructible Body at Perfection, his fleshly strength was about Foundation Establishment Third Layer. If he maxed Vajra Bright King Body, the power would stack—they'd be even stronger together.

And when those fused into a new body-refining technique, plus maxing out Immovable Golden Buddha Technique and Dragon Elephant Technique...

"If I max out all four body-refining arts, merge them into something new, and perfect it, could my physique break through to the Peak of Foundation Establishment? Maybe even further?"

His thoughts drifting, Lin Chang'sheng prepared to study the Immovable Golden Buddha Technique, then realized the crashing waves had soaked his manual.

Obviously.

Trying to farm experience for Vajra Bright King Body and read a manual at the same time by the sea wasn't the brightest idea.

"Well, damn..."

Lin Chang'sheng thought for a second, glanced around, and moved over to a large rock. He soaked his feet in the seawater, placed the Immovable Golden Buddha Technique manual on the rock, and read there, letting the waves crash against his legs.

With the rock as cover, the manual wouldn't get wet anymore.

"Nice—multitasking. I can read the Immovable Golden Buddha Technique and keep gaining experience points; two birds, one stone."

Lin Chang'sheng grinned, satisfied, and dove into his reading.

Time passed.

In the blink of an eye, two days had gone by.

It was a gloomy day. Mist hung over the sea, and after two days of being battered by ocean waves, Lin Chang'sheng's Vajra Bright King Body had climbed up to the Great Success Realm. His body was visibly stronger and had improved a lot over his Vajra Indestructible Body foundation.

Now, his physical strength matched Foundation Establishment Fourth Layer.

As for his Dragon Elephant Technique, he'd unlocked entry level, but after simplification, it became Riding the Dragon and Elephant—which was a bit tricky for him at the moment.

He'd never seen a dragon, and Spirit-Seizing Land didn't exactly have elephants. He'd have to wait until he got out before finding one of each.

Just then, three girls came walking up in the distance.

"Senior Sister Yu, do we really have to grow old and die in this place?"

Fu Qingyu looked at Senior Sister Yu Lingfei, defeat clouding her bright eyes. Not long ago, the three of them, along with Senior Brother Zhuo Yijian from Celestial Sword Immortal Sect, tried crossing the Fire Radiance Dunes and failed.

Without magical power, they simply couldn't withstand the blistering heat inside the Fire Radiance Dunes.

"Junior Sister Fu, I wish I knew."

Yu Lingfei sighed.

The place was surrounded on three sides by sea. Their only hope was the Fire Radiance Dunes, but it was basically impassable. They'd even visited the Fire Radiance Tribe to check out those mummies.

Clearly, those mummies were once cultivators who blundered into Spirit-Seizing Land over the years.

"Without magical power, even if we're at the Foundation Establishment Stage, we'd only have a few decades to live."

Zhang Aoxue looked out at the sea and sighed softly.

For a moment, all three girls lapsed into silence.

"Hey, look! Isn't that Daoist Long by the shore?"

Suddenly, Fu Qingyu pointed at a spot by the rocky outcrops, calling out in surprise.

Yu Lingfei and Zhang Aoxue followed her gaze.

They saw a tall, well-built young man, strong features, muscles tight as steel, leaning on a rock and letting the waves crash over him—still reading something in his hands.

The young man's solid build and chiseled lines made all three girls blush.

"That really is him. What's he doing by the sea?"

Zhang Aoxue looked at Lin Chang'sheng, curiosity glinting in her eyes.

"Senior Sister Yu, Senior Sister Zhang, Daoist Long seems so calm in this predicament. Does he even want to get out of Spirit-Seizing Land?"

"Or... maybe he actually has a way?"

Fu Qingyu looked at Yu Lingfei and Zhang Aoxue, suspicious.

She remembered—just a while ago, they invited Daoist Long to join their attempt at Fire Radiance Dunes, but he declined, saying he was in closed-door training.

"Junior Sister Fu, I'm not sure either. Maybe we should ask him?"

Yu Lingfei had been wondering the same thing for a while now.

After all, in such a deadly place, Daoist Long's composure was... odd, to say the least!

"Let's wait till he's finished bathing then."

Zhang Aoxue's eyes twinkled as she spoke.

Without magical power, they weren't much different from ordinary people. As female cultivators, they couldn't hunt sea demons either; their only role in the tribe was sewing and patching clothes with the other women, earning bits of food in exchange.

Yu Lingfei and Fu Qingyu both nodded.

Time passed.

The sun began to set.

[Immovable Golden Buddha Technique Entry Level]

Next to the rocks, Lin Chang'sheng saw a red prompt appear on his panel.

"So I finally unlocked entry-level Immovable Golden Buddha Technique?"

His eyes lit up at the notice. Once this body refining technique was simplified and maxed, his body would become even stronger. No magical power? No problem—physical might counted just as much!

[Detected entry-level Body Refining Technique: Immovable Golden Buddha Technique. Simplify by consuming 300 Spirit Stones?]

Another red prompt popped up right away.

"Simplify!"

Lin Chang'sheng clicked confirm.

[Great Dao is Simple: Simplifying Body Refining Technique—Immovable Golden Buddha Technique... Simplification complete... Immovable Golden Buddha Technique = Stay unmoved while watching beautiful women dance!]

Yet another red prompt showed up on his panel.

"Stay unmoved watching beautiful women dance?"

"Man, that's probably impossible for most guys."

Lin Chang'sheng blinked in confusion at the Immovable Golden Buddha Technique's new effect.

Watching beautiful women dance—what guy wouldn't feel *something*? How was he supposed to stay unmoved?

[Vajra Bright King Body Perfection]

Just then, as the waves continued to crash over him, Lin Chang'sheng's experience bar filled up. Another red prompt appeared on his panel.

"Vajra Bright King Body Perfection?"

Seeing the notice, Lin Chang'sheng's eyes blazed with excitement.

At that moment—

He felt his whole skeleton crack, bang, and pop, as a surge of power flooded outward from his body.

Right then—

Lin Chang'sheng could hear tendons and bones resonate, his muscles tremble, and fierce strength welling up in every inch of flesh. He realized achieving Vajra Bright King Body Perfection had massively increased his bodily power.

Even though both Vajra Bright King Body and Vajra Indestructible Body were Foundation Establishment Stage techniques, reaching Perfection in both had pushed Lin Chang'sheng's physical strength to that of Foundation Establishment Fifth Layer!

"Not bad."

"Once I perfect, then fuse, Immovable Golden Buddha Technique and Dragon Elephant Technique, I'll definitely hit Peak Foundation Establishment or even higher!"

Feeling the incredible strength surging within him, Lin Chang'sheng looked ahead with anticipation.

Lin Chang'sheng's breakthrough and the powerful aura he released were immediately sensed by the three girls.

"Senior Sister Yu... the aura from Daoist Long over there..."

Fu Qingyu stared out at Lin Chang'sheng by the sea, her eyes full of shock.

"He actually broke through in body refinement—dual cultivation of body and spirit, this is..."

Yu Lingfei's heart shook as she looked at Lin Chang'sheng.

She knew very well—

Compared to cultivating magic, body refining was even harder: it took way more resources and was much harder to achieve. Yet the aura coming off Daoist Long matched Foundation Establishment Fifth Layer, at least.

Dual cultivation of body and spirit demanded more resources and time than anything else!

At that, Zhang Aoxue was also visibly shaken.

"Daoist friends, what brings you here?"

With Vajra Bright King Body at Perfection, Lin Chang'sheng no longer needed to keep soaking in the waves. He left the rocks and spotted the three white-robed girls nearby.

"Daoist Long, we were worried and came to the shore, but I see you're cultivating. Congratulations on your breakthrough," Yu Lingfei said, interest flashing in her bright eyes.

Fu Qingyu and Zhang Aoxue both stepped forward and saluted.

"Thank you, all three of you. I was just bored and thought I'd train my body a bit. Every bit of strength helps."

Lin Chang'sheng brushed off their curiosity, hiding the fact he was actually farming experience points.

At the same time, a thought struck him: Stay unmoved while watching beautiful women dance? Well, there are three right here, aren't there?

Maybe he could negotiate and watch them?

"By the way, Daoist Long, you don't seem worried at all. Are you not trying to leave?"

Yu Lingfei's eyes sparkled as she looked at Lin Chang'sheng.

She remembered—last time they tried to scout the Fire Radiance Dunes, Long Ping'an had said no.

"Of course I want to leave, but fretting about it's useless. Only by getting stronger do I stand a better chance of making it through the Fire Radiance Dunes!"

Lin Chang'sheng gazed at the sea, his tone firm.

Then something dawned on him, and he asked Yu Lingfei, "By the way, when you checked out the Fire Radiance Dunes last time, did you find anything?"

Yu Lingfei brushed a strand of blue-black hair from her brow, looked out at the sea, and said worriedly, "Nothing. The deeper you go, the hotter it gets. At those temperatures, we'd be dead for sure without magical power. If we never find a way out of Spirit-Seizing Land, we'll eventually die here."

Hearing Yu Lingfei's answer, both Fu Qingyu and Zhang Aoxue's eyes dimmed with sadness.

"Daoist Long, do you have any ideas about escaping?"

Yu Lingfei suddenly asked Lin Chang'sheng. It was something she'd been wanting to ask for months now.

"Nope."

Lin Chang'sheng said, still staring out over the water, "I plan to check out the Fire Radiance Dunes again tomorrow."

"Would it be okay if we joined you?"

Yu Lingfei's eyes flashed with hope.

She was dying to know if Lin Chang'sheng had some plan.

"Sure."

Lin Chang'sheng nodded.

.......

While Lin Chang'sheng was trapped in Spirit-Seizing Land—

Back in the Southern Domain Cultivation Realm, the world was shaking from earth-shattering events!

The Beimu Immortal Race had already conquered a fifth of the Southern Domain Cultivation Realm, and the Golden Talisman Immortal Sect was forced to relocate!

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