In recent years, Qin Shuang had come across many speculations on body cultivation left by the Sun God Emperor Roy in the library of Zhang Family Town, as well as other materials on the path of body cultivation.
Whether it was those who primarily cultivated the Sea of Energy, Dao Palace, Four Extremities, Dragon Transformation, or Immortal Platform realms, or those who practiced blood-moving, cave-heaven, spirit-transformation, inscription, array-formation, or venerable stages, they all seemed to have a certain logic. However, this contradicted the condition that "anyone can cultivate."
Opening up those paths might lead to becoming a powerhouse, but their widespread applicability was far inferior to the mainstream cultivation of laws.
Therefore, Qin Shuang ultimately modified the Qi Gathering Stance based on the knowledge he possessed.
Finally, after five years, Qin Shuang successfully developed the "Body Tempering Stance" after the Qi Gathering Stance, which could directly cultivate to the Saint Realm.
As Qin Shuang moved, the muscles and bones of his entire body began to ache, swell, itch, and tingle, causing Qin Shuang's own physical strength to gradually increase.
Finally, when Qin Shuang felt his body had reached its current limit, he didn't stop his movements but repeated them over and over again.
"Boom!"
After an unknown amount of time, everything seemed to fall into place naturally. Qin Shuang felt his body break through its limit and reach Saint Realm level strength.
Putting away his stance, Qin Shuang revealed a satisfied smile.
This feeling of slowly creating a new cultivation stance and achieving a breakthrough was truly exhilarating.
With his body reaching the Saint Realm, Qin Shuang felt his lifespan had significantly increased.
He silently calculated in his mind, from three thousand years to over four thousand seven hundred years.
After his body broke through to the Saint Realm, Qin Shuang felt that with just a thought, his body could instantly generate a powerful "force."
Casually throwing a punch, the powerful "force" erupted from his body, transforming into a white pillar of energy that struck a distant mountain.
There was no explosive fire, nor was there a soaring mushroom cloud.
That mountain was directly shaken into fine dust by the white pillar of energy Qin Shuang unleashed, disappearing from this world.
When others cultivate to the Saint Realm, they gain the power of laws within their bodies.
However, as Qin Shuang's body broke through to the Saint Realm, what he gained was a surge of "force" that converged his entire body.
Based on current testing, the power of this "force" was no less than the power of laws.
Next, Qin Shuang left Zhang Family Town and continued his journey, fighting wild ferocious beasts or other powerhouses while continuing to create cultivation stances beyond the "Body Tempering Stance."
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In the Starry Sky Universe, life and death revolve, and as one era ends, another begins. Every thousand or ten thousand years, new figures emerge to stir up the winds of change.
In the last thousand years, another cultivation trend has quietly emerged in the Starry Sky Universe.
They have created various miraculous cultivation techniques for the body, not involving laws, but only developing the body's potential.
Through the efforts of countless people over thousands of years, they have finally achieved some success.
Some individuals who successfully cultivated their bodies could even rival ordinary Emperor level powerhouses with the physical potential developed by their techniques.
This greatly shocked all the onlookers.
Although body cultivators did not involve laws and could not inscribe laws into the Heavenly Dao, everyone still recognized the people who developed these cultivation techniques.
Any body cultivator who reached the Emperor level was called an "Alternative Dao Proving" by everyone.
As the major secret realms of the human body became widely spread, later generations even delved deeper into the cultivation of these secret realms.
Some of them specialized in a single secret realm, pushing its potential to the limit, and could even rival Alternative Dao Proving.
For example, the Sea of Energy Secret Realm involved opening the sea of suffering, excavating the life spring, building the divine bridge, all the way to the other shore.
If cultivating the Dao Palace, one would nurture the essence of the five internal organs, deriving the Five Elements from the essence of the five organs, and nurturing the Five Elements divine treasures.
Specializing in the Four Extremities meant cultivating the limbs and head, where every punch and kick could shatter the heavens and crack the earth.
In the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm, the spine was tempered into a great dragon, with surging blood energy, almost rivaling an immortal body.
The Immortal Platform Secret Realm, with each step a new heaven, did not enhance physical fitness but allowed one's "spirit" to undergo a transformation, becoming substantial, and the mind moved with intention.
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"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
A figure moved like wind and thunder, each attack shattering the air and creating afterimages.
Qin Shuang focused his attention, his hands moving in a defensive posture, blocking all attacks. No matter how fierce the opponent's assault, they couldn't break through the defense of his hands.
Despite the earth-shattering roars, the destruction caused by the combat of the two was not significant.
Both Qin Shuang and his opponent were body cultivators, capable of completely controlling their own existence.
Qin Shuang's opponent was a body cultivator who practiced the "Sea of Energy Secret Realm," using his dantian as the sea of suffering, his entire blood as the life spring, and his meridians as the divine bridge, capable of unleashing his greatest strength with every move.
Qin Shuang, on the other hand, only cultivated his own body, having even abandoned his cultivation from the God Realm to nurture his physique.
Judging by the destruction around them, even the battles of Rank 8 powerhouses who cultivated laws had a wider range of destruction than theirs.
But that was just the range.
Every collision between Qin Shuang and his opponent could unleash powerful shockwaves.
However, the range of the shockwave was tightly confined to their immediate surroundings by the two of them.
The folds, resembling extreme heat, showcased the immense destructive power of both individuals.
Let alone an eighth-level expert, even an Emperor-level expert who had achieved the Dao would be severely wounded if they entered the combat zone.
Both were Emperor-level experts who had achieved the Dao through alternative means. Their physiques were powerful, and their combat endurance was high, allowing them to recover quickly even after sustaining severe injuries.
The battle lasted for ten days and ten nights. In the end, Qin Shuang emerged victorious due to his more balanced physique.
"Amazing, truly amazing."
Despite the loss, the man showed no signs of dejection. The flesh and blood around the wounds on his chest and abdomen writhed and quickly healed.
"Qin Shuang, I, Tuoba Hu, acknowledge you."
Tuoba Hu was the one who had been fighting Qin Shuang.
As a newly emerged Body Cultivator who had achieved the Dao through alternative means, there were very few such individuals.
Therefore, whenever two Body Cultivators who had achieved the Dao through alternative means met, everyone would usually settle things with their fists first, and then they would sit down to discuss the Dao.
Then, they would take the strengths of the other party to see if they could fill in their own weaknesses.
Qin Shuang was the third individual Tuoba Hu had encountered who had achieved the Dao through alternative means.
Unlike the previous two, Qin Shuang was not a Body Cultivator focused on a single secret realm, nor was he a cultivator who had united secret realms. Yet, his physique was the "strongest" Tuoba Hu had ever seen.
No, it shouldn't be said as "strongest," but rather "most average."
In terms of defense, Qin Shuang was no match for Tuoba Hu, who cultivated the Reincarnation Secret Realm.
In terms of vital energy, Qin Shuang was inferior to the one Tuoba Hu had encountered who cultivated the Dao Palace Secret Realm.
In terms of strength, Qin Shuang was also not as strong as the alternative Dao Proving cultivator who practiced the Four Extremities Secret Realm.
In terms of blood and qi, the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm was unmatched.
In terms of spirit, the cultivator of the Immortal Platform Secret Realm stood alone in the Starry Sky Universe.
Yet, bizarrely, Qin Shuang gave Tuoba Hu the impression of being the most "correct" one.
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