Before the waterfall formation, there was a steward who looked like he was in his twenties or thirties. He had already received prior notice and said to Lin Ming: "Lin Shidi is right? You can go in now, limited to one hour. Todays formation is specially opened for new people like you. The difficulty level is set at seven levels, no problem?"

  "Ah, sorry to trouble you, senior!" Lin Ming didnt put on airs. This seventh-level difficulty corresponded to rankings from 110th to 130th. His ranking of 126th was actually at the bottom of this range. He would start with the basics and challenge the harder ones later.

  "You can go in, but although you barely meet the seventh level of difficulty, your cultivation is ultimately limited. If you cant stay inside for too long, come out and rest; generally, no one stays that long, exceeding their physical limits will only harm themselves." Thats what Executive Disciple Brother reminded Lin Ming.

  "Thanks, big brother. If I couldnt take it, I would say so."

  "Alright." The senior executive said, opening up the formation.

  From the outside, this waterfall and pool looked like an ordinary waterfall, just a bit more majestic. However, after stepping inside, the scene changed abruptly, Lin Ming felt as if he had entered an independent space, where all external information could no longer be transmitted in.

  This icy pool waterfall is a killing array, but it also contains an illusion array inside. The formation can accommodate twelve people to cultivate at the same time, but they cannot see each other. The illusion array isolates each cultivator, after all, no one wants others watching them while cultivating.

  Lin Ming turned around, forgetting to look back, and behind him the world had completely transformed into a pitch-black universe, as if the waterfall was suspended in the starry sky. In front of him, the icy pool was hundreds of feet wide, with an azure color like cold ice. Although not far away was the violent waterfall, this icy pool was eerily calm, without even a single ripple on its surface. Due to the extreme cold, a layer of frosty mist floated on the surface of the pool, half-concealing it from view.

  "Just looking at it, you can feel the chill, this wave of cold air is even colder than the north wind on the 39th day!" Lin Ming took a deep breath, circulated his true yuan to the extreme, and plunged into the icy pool.

  "Its so cold!"

  As soon as he entered the icy pool, Lin Ming felt a chill that pierced to his bones. He had no doubt that if this were in the outside world, the water would definitely freeze. But within the Shuiyue Seals array, the icy pool remained unfrozen, leaving one in awe.

  Lin Ming circulated the Chaotic True Yuan Technique to its extreme, his muscles also continuously trembling, using this to generate heat and resist the cold.

  "This water, why does it feel a bit like mercury?" Lin Ming began to try diving down and found that the waters resistance was astonishingly great. Using his hand to part the water was just like parting mercury, and this water was obviously much heavier than ordinary water and more viscous as well. If he were in an ordinary pool of water, after expelling all the air from his body, he would naturally sink down, but in this cold pool, even if he actively dove downwards, he advanced extremely slowly.

  "Its said that this pool of water is over a hundred meters deep, but I dont know who measured it. In my current state, even if it were just several meters deep, it would be extremely strenuous for me to dive down, let alone a hundred meters! Whoever can dive down a hundred meters must be an expert!"

  The deeper you go, the colder the water is. This chill seems to have a spiritual nature, drilling into the pores of human skin and directly into the bloodstream, freezing to the bone marrow. Lin Ming had no doubt that if someone who didnt understand martial arts came in, their body would be frozen stiff in an instant, and even their blood would freeze and solidify, leading to certain death.

  "My hands and feet are starting to go numb, its so intense." Lin Ming had dived down three zhang deep. At this depth, Lin Ming only felt the surrounding water like countless cold needles piercing his body. Because he was chilled to the extreme, the feeling of cold turned into pain. Here, he could no longer dive deeper, otherwise there would be danger.

  "Although I cultivate the Chaotic True Origin Scripture, my true origin is much more condensed than that of ordinary warriors, but after all, my cultivation is limited. The others who can open the seventh level of difficulty are all at least third-level body refinement cultivators."

  "Ah, theres a stone pedestal over there." Lin Ming saw that several zhang away, there was a flat stone pedestal attached to the rock wall. He swam forcefully over and then raised his true essence, standing on top of the pedestal.

  The internal breath of the martial artist is long, Lin Ming has not reached the stage of practicing the zang period, but he can hold his breath for a stick of incense time underwater. He sat directly on this stone platform and fully operated the "Hunyuan True Origin Skill".

  Everything around was eerily still, Lin Ming seemed to have entered a completely independent space-time, the pool water didnt have even a hint of movement, and all Lin Ming could hear was his own long and slow heartbeat, those rhythmic beats were like a metronome, evenly spaced and not a single one out of place.

  At that moment, Lin Mings soul seemed to have left his body, and there was no longer any sensation or thought in his body. He had completely entered a state of selflessness, and every muscle in his body was autonomously defending against the cold. The true yuan within him was also operating on its own without Lin Mings control, as if some kind of inertia had merged into it. And this true yuans circulation route was incredibly precise, far more accurate than when Lin Ming drove it with his thoughts, and its speed was several times faster!

  Lin Ming had just made a major breakthrough in the Chaotic True Yuan Technique, and his true yuans rotational speed had increased by many times. Now, it was once again boosted several fold, this speed was already enough to reach the threshold of the second heavy Chaotic True Yuan Technique. Unfortunately, this true yuan circulation was not driven by Lin Mings consciousness, but rather an automatic circulation. This state was something that could be encountered but not sought after.

  After an unknown period of time, Lin Ming suddenly woke up from this state, "Huh? What happened to me?"

  His chest felt slightly stuffy, obviously due to lack of air. Lin Ming took a deep breath and floated up to the surface of the water, taking big gulps of the cold air above the waters surface. The air was equally icy and biting, and when he inhaled it into his mouth, it even condensed into a layer of frost.

  Lin Ming recalled the state he was in earlier, a feeling similar to the description of the "Powdered Body and Shattered Bones Fist", where every tiny unit of his body resonated in unison with his breathing, creating an extraordinary realm. If ordinary martial artists breathing and training were dominated by their brain consciousness, then Lin Mings breathing and training earlier were spontaneous movements of every tiny unit of his body itself. It was as if Lin Mings consciousness had detached, allowing his True Essence to operate according to its instincts, and its operational route was flawless!

  Lin Ming returned to that platform again, wanting to recreate that state, but no matter what he did, he couldnt achieve it.

  "Huh? My Chaotic True Origin Technique seems to have advanced even further, reaching a major milestone!" As Lin Ming circulated the Chaotic True Origin Technique to defend against the cold, he suddenly discovered that his true origins flow speed had increased by another 40%, which was exactly the major milestone of the Chaotic True Origin Technique!

  Its easy to make a big achievement, but its hard to reach perfection! Lin Ming thought that he still had a long way to go before reaching the first level of perfection in the Chaotic True Yuan Technique, and didnt expect it to happen so soon.

  "Could it be because of that state just now?" Lin Mings heart was racing wildly.

  It is said that martial artists sometimes enter a state of enlightenment, such as sudden realization, which is recorded in the classics. There are records of martial artists sitting under the Bodhi tree or on the edge of a cliff for one night, and suddenly becoming enlightened, with their skills greatly improved. Some even claim to have achieved immortality and can break through the void.

  The state you just entered is probably also a kind of wonderful realm similar to "enlightenment"!

  Unfortunately, I didnt stay in this state for long, but even so, I gained a lot of benefits.

  The strange state of the martial artist is elusive, it has nothing to do with the martial artists innate talent, but only with the martial artists heart and intention, these mysterious things. Lin Mings innate talent was ordinary, but in terms of his dedication to the way of martial arts, he did not lose to any genius since the beginning of Tianyun Countrys history!

  Unable to enter that state again, Lin Ming continued to use the cold spring water to temper his body. As the true yuan circulated, the medicinal effect of the聚元丹 was also continuously activated. The true yuan in Lin Mings body silently and imperceptibly flowed from his muscles and skin into his five organs and six viscera...

  While true yuan covers the five zang and six fu organs, it is precisely the sign of practicing body triple and practicing zang!

  Lin Ming had unknowingly already set half a foot into the Threefold Training Body, breaking through was only a matter of time now!

  As time passed bit by bit, Lin Ming discovered more and more benefits of this Cold Pond.

  Martial artists usually practice martial arts, although it is said that they reach the second level of physical training, where true energy infuses into the muscles, nourishing them. They then reach the third level of physical training, where true energy covers the five internal organs and guards the six external orifices. Further on, at the fourth and fifth levels of physical training, true energy goes even deeper, starting to transform tendons and bones.

  Although it can be said so, in reality, Zhen Yuan cannot cover every inch of a warriors flesh and blood.

  Generally, martial artists practice body strengthening by forcibly infusing true yuan into their muscles. This kind of forced and passive infusion has very limited effect, and the absorption of muscles often reaches a bottleneck, or due to leakage, they dont get nourished by true yuan at all, resulting in "leakage points" on the body.

  But in actual combat, every "weak point" is a weakness. Later, when impacting the peak of physical training and condensing the meridian boundary, having many "weak points" within the body is also a huge obstacle!

  But in this cold pool, its different. The cold stimulation of the pool penetrates every inch of skin, even entering the pores and stimulating the muscles, blood, and bones!

  This cold requires the operation of true yuan, trembling muscles to resist, which requires every small unit of the body to actively resist the cold and absorb true yuan!

  After a long time, every inch of flesh and blood in the body will be tempered by the true yuan, and the "leakage point" will be eliminated!

  Realizing this, Lin Ming took a deep breath. No wonder that in recent years, almost all of the Condensation Period martial artists from the Sky Fortune Kingdom came from the Seven Profound Martial House. They had such incredible resources, and when combined with their exceptional innate talent and superior cultivation methods, it was much easier for them to break through the Condensation Period compared to ordinary martial artists. Not to mention Ling Sen or Tu Qiu, those absolute geniuses, even if one only had three-grade heavens gift, as long as they had the support of peerless medicines that left no stone unturned, they would still be able to break through the Condensation Period!

  "At first, if I had chosen a second-rate Heavenly Fate Martial House, even with the Chaotic Fist Scripture, I wouldnt have been able to cultivate my body to every inch of flesh and blood! Just this one Cold Pool has such an extraordinary effect, let alone other cultivation locations that must have even more incredible effects. These seven killing arrays are too precious!"

  "I want to quickly improve my ranking and fully enjoy the resources of these seven killing arrays!"

  The last few hours on the list, just passed the new book period, asking for recommendations and support, thank you.