The bitter cold is gradually moving away, having ravaged the plains with mournful howls for a whole winter. The biting wind of the frozen plain is slowly dying down at this time.

  The biting cold wind transformed into a cool spring breeze, sweeping across the land, and all things came alive with spring.

  The originally bare and somewhat lifeless Yin Wind Valley began to gradually show signs of vitality, with withered tree branches bursting forth with powerful life force, displaying some tender green new buds, slowly blooming.

  Winter has gone and spring has finally stepped into people's sight with a light pace.

  The sky was faintly lit, and in a secluded clearing surrounded by the Yin Wind Valley, a young man sat with his eyes tightly closed, his face slightly trembling as he endured the icy cold water baptism, while absorbing the power of the stars, bearing pain that ordinary people could hardly imagine.

  Finally, as the last bit of cold air surged into his body and his body reached a point of saturation, the young man slowly opened his eyes, let out a long breath of turbid air, stood up, and jumped out of the wooden barrel.

  "Good job, kid! You're on the right track now!" Ling Zhan said with satisfaction as he watched the young man walk out of the wooden barrel.

  This young man was naturally Wang Chen. As he gained a deeper understanding of the Star Body Tempering, Wang Chen gradually adapted to this cultivation method. Although the pain was unavoidable, he managed to persevere under his strong willpower and didn't encounter any dangers or mishaps. Everything went relatively smoothly.

  Upon hearing Ling Zhan's words, Wang Chen revealed a faint smile, looking somewhat weak. Every time he finished practicing, that feeling of soreness and weakness throughout his body still felt exceptionally clear, it was just much better than when he first started.

  A faint stench emanates from the body, which is the impurities eliminated from within.

  The results of a day's practice are remarkable, the effect of Star Refining Body is remarkable! The impurities excluded from these can be seen! These things are the impurities in the body, how can ordinary refining methods easily exclude these impurities? Even if they can, don't they have to cultivate to a certain level?

  For such a result, Wang Chen was also quite satisfied.

  More than half a month's time, the Star Refining Body had been tempered for more than half a month, and Wang Chen could clearly feel that his physical strength had increased significantly, becoming much stronger compared to when he first started.

  The most direct manifestation is that the physical defense has reached a strength of 4,000 catties, which is a direct increase of 500 catties compared to the original 3,500 catties.

  In other words, even if a second-order True Martial Artist were to attack Wang Chen with all his might, he would not be able to cause him any harm.

  If we talk about substantial harm, under the consumption of power, a fourth-order Zhenwu warrior can cause substantial harm that Wang Chen would not have any fear, this is the most direct manifestation.

  On the other hand, with the enhancement of his physical strength, his power is also increasing. The average power of a fifth-rank True Martial Artist is around 7,000 jin, while Wang Chen's power has reached 8,000 jin! Under the tempering of Star Refining Body, as his body strengthened, his power has increased significantly compared to half a month ago, and now it has reached 8,300 jin, surpassing that of an average sixth-rank True Martial Artist.

  All of this is the most intuitive harvest, and these gains also make Wang Chen full of confidence.

  At the same time, today's Wang Chen is thinner than half a month ago, but this thinness makes Wang Chen look more solid and full of explosive power.

  This is a solid achievement after excluding physical impurities, which ordinary people cannot match.

  Take a look at the cool water in the wooden barrel behind, revealing a hint of a smile, this is the method that Ling Zhan came up with. At the beginning of cultivating Star Body Tempering, absorbing the power of the true sun star, in order to prevent the first loss of control from happening, and as a precaution, every time, Wang Chen was required to cultivate inside the wooden barrel, and the clear water inside the wooden barrel naturally had cold spring water added to it, making it convenient to control the power of the stars, and also convenient to alleviate the pain in Wang Chen's body.

  Ice and fire two heavy days, in this way, it has achieved a real effect.

  "Alright, you little guy go wash up! After that, continue cultivating. Tomorrow we'll enter the inner sect and there won't be much time for cultivation!" Ling Zhan reminded him, looking at Wang Chen's dazed expression.

  With more than half a month's time passing, tomorrow the Star God Sect will return to normal and enter a regular cultivation phase.

  Following which, Wang Chen will directly enter the inner gate!

  With the recovery of Xingchen Sect's cultivation, over the past two days, people have been returning one after another, and Xingchen Sect has once again become bustling.

  With the arrival of the new year, the outer gate also welcomed a batch of newcomers. After sending off top-notch players like Wang Chen, the influx of new members made the outer gate even more lively, with as many as fifty new members joining this time.

  This year's new members are indeed not few, more than in previous years! In the past, the number of new members was generally around twenty or thirty, and this year it has increased by a factor of two. The Xingchen Sect has already embarked on the road to rise, which can be seen from the number of new members.

  Xiang Gan and Kuang Ren, these two guys, unexpectedly made Wang Chen feel surprised, as they had rarely seen their figures recently.

  During this period of time, these two guys also seemed to know that entering the inner gate welcomed new challenges, so their cultivation was extremely bitter.

  Except for occasionally coming over at night to disturb him for a while, he rarely appeared during the day or when Wang Chen was cultivating.

  Especially this madman, who was worried that he would disturb him before, but unexpectedly, he appeared even less than Xiang Jiankan.

  It is said that this guy recently rushed directly into the depths of the Valley of Dark Wind, starting from the edge where the Wailing Plains meet, and began his arduous cultivation, entering a frenzied battle every day, returning with a bloody smell on him.

  Thinking of this, Wang Chen took a deep breath, and his eyes flashed with a resolute gaze, his whole body once again radiating intense fighting spirit.

  Others are also working hard, he naturally can't give up cultivation.

  With a burst of energy, he sprinted towards the distant pond, washed up, and put on clean clothes. Feeling that warmth, Wang Chen immediately entered the next stage of his cultivation.

  Now, as Wang Chen's cultivation of Xingchen Tempering Body enters its prime, and with his increasing understanding of the body's structure, under Ling Zhan's guidance, he also gradually begins to attempt cultivating Hidden Strength.

  Every muscle in the body must work together perfectly, with control of strength reaching an extremely high level. At the moment of impact, a sudden burst of force is released, with true yuan energy surging up to complement it. The power directly explodes into the interior of the target, causing internal destruction.

  These days, Wang Chen can barely manage to do them, which is considered passable.

  But perhaps due to his actual strength, the dark energy he unleashed was not very powerful, leaving people speechless.

  As for this point, Wang Chen was not in a hurry, he knew that it would take time. It's obviously impossible to reach the sky in one step.

  There are still four years! Four years from the promise with Ling Zhan, four years later set out to Tianfeng City Luo family. In these four years, he still has enough time to practice and many opportunities.

  For a whole day, Wang Chen was like a machine, constantly cultivating until late at night before finally stopping.

  Under such training, Wang Chen's daily training schedule was arranged to the minute, with no larger margin of error. Step by step, he strictly completed each step according to Ling Zhan's requirements.

  After finishing his daily cultivation, Wang Chen's entire body seemed to have been drained of all its energy, and as soon as he lay down on the bed, he would fall into a deep sleep in no time. The quality of this sleep was even better than his usual sleep by a huge margin.

  It wasn't until the sky was slightly bright on the second day that Wang Chen finally woke up!

  Rubbed his blurry eyes, subconsciously jumped up, ready to wash and then go practice.

  It wasn't until later that I realized today was the time to enter the inner gate. Suddenly, a wry smile appeared on my face. My body paused for a moment.

  Finally, the day has arrived. He is finally going to enter the inner gate. After four months of hard work to enter the inner gate, this is just a starting point. Core disciples, personally transmitted disciples, and the improvement of strength, there are more things waiting for him to complete in the inner gate.

  He took a deep look at the room he had lived in for almost half a year, and from today on, this place would no longer belong to him. The inner door was where he truly belonged. Thinking of this, a hint of reluctance appeared.

  Then, taking a deep breath, he looked at the time and saw that it was still early, with some distance to go before his scheduled appointment, Wang Chen tidied himself up and headed down towards the foot of the mountain once again.

  Even with just this little bit of time, he was unwilling to give it up and would seize this little bit of time to do a lot of practice.

  Of course, what he needs to cultivate is naturally Star Refining Body.

  On that empty land, Wang Chen practiced for a full three hours, feeling that his body had almost reached a saturation point before stopping.

  Look at the sky, it's about time, without staying for a moment, after washing up by the water pool, he rushed towards the sect.

  Just returned to Xingchen Sect, more than a hundred people had already gathered in the outer gate's square.

  This year's external members have reached over 340 people, a significant increase.

  "Boss, why are you just coming now?! Earlier I and Fatso went to find you but didn't see you anywhere. Don't tell me you're still cultivating today!" Just then, two figures in the distance quickly approached Wang Chen, and when they arrived in front of him, Crazy shouted loudly with an incredulous expression.

  These two men were naturally Kuang and Xiang Yu.

  "It's still early, I just went out for a bit of training!" Wang Chen said with a smile, facing the two.

  "My god, boss, are you human?! What day is today?! It's the day you enter the inner gate, can't you even take a break?! Pervert, you're too perverted!" The madman shouted loudly, attracting the attention of many people.

  On the other side, Xiang Gan was also helplessly watching Wang Chen, this kind of crazy cultivation indeed made them feel a bit ashamed and surprised.