"Seal of the Soul... I understand now, I was exhausted from drawing this Seal of the Soul's power, that's why I slept for so long. Now is... what time?"

  The hourglass in the room had long since run out of sand, clearly indicating that more than a day's time had passed.

  "It was a success after all, I underestimated the difficulty of drawing the emblem, didn't expect each emblem to take so long to draw, previously I drew... the Yuan symbol."

  Lin Ming originally intended to draw two kinds of talismans: the Gathering Yuan Talisman and the Dou Zhen Seal.

  The character "Yuán" is engraved on the heart and mouth, which can increase the gathering speed of true yuan, thereby improving the cultivation speed of warriors.

  The seal of Dou is imprinted on the right hand, by improving the circulation of Zhenyuan, amplifying the power of Zhenyuan, and increasing the attack power of martial artists when using martial skills.

  Lin Ming's most important thing now is cultivation, so naturally he first drew the聚元符.

  Lin Ming tried it out and indeed, due to the presence of the Gathering Yuan Symbol, he absorbed the heavenly and earthly yuan qi and converted it into his own true yuan at a greatly increased speed.

  "At least a 40% increase! It seems that due to my self-hypnotic state, I overdrawn from my body, so there was no shortage of spiritual energy supply. Although this method is harmful to the body, the聚元符 I completed is much better than expected!" Lin Ming's heart was filled with great joy, a 40% increase in speed was already quite large!

  To know, generally three product medium innate martial artist, from twelve years old start practicing, in the case of not using extreme product Dan medicine assistance, practice to forty years old can reach Tempering Bone initial stage, taking thirty years time.

  And for the four-product medium-endowed martial artists, they also start practicing from the age of twelve. Without relying on top-grade elixirs and supreme techniques, it will take about thirty years to enter the early stage of Bone Tempering, a period of twenty years.

  It's actually just a decade apart, which is just a 50% difference in cultivation speed.

  But it's just this 50% cultivation speed that is extremely important. A 30-year-old martial artist is in his prime, and has the hope of breaking through the Condensing Veins stage, after which his strength will greatly increase, and he will make rapid progress, from then on he will be able to leap to great heights like a carp jumping over the dragon gate.

  But a martial artist who reaches the Tempering stage at the age of forty will soon face the consequences of physical decline and declining strength. Not only can't they compare to younger martial artists of the same level, but they also won't be able to make any further progress, let alone break through the Condensing stage.

  The cultivation speed increase of the four-elemental symbol is already incredible!

  "The Yuanyuan symbol is just the simplest of the soul symbols. Later, as my cultivation grows, I may be able to create even more powerful soul symbols, and at that time, my talent will no longer be a hindrance to me!"

  "When I was drawing the Douzhi Seal, my soul almost got damaged. Let's wait a bit longer, until my strength increases a bit more before making plans. After all, the Douzhi Seal is just an emblem that enhances one's strength, as long as it's successfully drawn before facing Zhang Guanyu, it won't be too late."

  Day after day, Lin Ming would go to the Waterfall of Hanyu to cultivate the Chaotic True Primordial Art. The tenth-level difficulty of the Waterfall of Hanyu was something that Lin Ming could sit in for four or five incense sticks at a time.

  Under the dual effect of the Gathering Spirit Symbol and Void Spiritual Will, Lin Ming's cultivation speed could be described as a thousand miles in one day!

  Furthermore, with the top-grade heart method "Chaotic True Origin Formula", Lin Ming's true origin had become thick and pure to the point of being almost tangible. The impure true origin caused by taking the extreme-grade elixir earlier had already been refined by Lin Ming.

  At present, Lin Ming's true yuan purity is even higher than that of a top-notch martial artist who has tempered his bones to the extreme!

  Half a month passed, which was the middle of the second month. Lin Ming, who was immersed in the icy pool under the waterfall and cultivating with Empty Spirit Wugong, suddenly had a thought. He found that the True Essence, which had already spread throughout his internal organs, began to seep into his tendons and bones gradually.

  "Fourth Stage of Body Refining: Easy Tendon Phase!"

  Lin Ming was delighted in his heart, but he wasn't too surprised.

  The core disciple assessment given by the Wu Clan was to let Lin Ming reach the peak of Changing Muscle at the age of 16, and at this cultivation speed, it would be a breeze.

  Generally, martial artists will encounter bottlenecks when breaking through a boundary.

  The reasons for the bottleneck are mostly due to a lack of solid foundation, such as ordinary practitioners in the initial stage, without top-notch skills and without undergoing rigorous training, very few people can infuse their true yuan into every subtle part of the five organs and six viscera, thus when they enter the easy tendon stage, they will encounter bottlenecks.

  Originally, there was not much true yuan in the internal organs, and it would be even more difficult to penetrate into the muscles and bones.

  Even if they barely broke through the tendon-changing period later, the tendon-changing period was still unstable, and it was even harder to break through the bone-tempering period, ultimately unable to enter the pulse-condensing period.

  A foundation of a boundary is not solid, leading to increasingly difficulty in advancing one's cultivation later on.

  But for Lin Ming, such problems did not exist at all. His true essence had already penetrated deep into every part of the visceral membrane in his body, even into each and every tiny unit that made up the visceral membrane. For him, breaking through the Easy Tendon, Tempering Marrow, and Condensing Pulse was as easy as water flowing into a canal.

  As long as the true yuan accumulates enough, it can break through!

  When Lin Ming urged the Chaotic True Devil Technique to its extreme, he could clearly feel that wondrous and unparalleled feeling of true essence entering his tendons and bones.

  Many foundation-unstable, bottleneck-encountering martial artists, they want to break through the Easy Tendon phase often need to urge the True Origin, forcibly letting the True Origin merge with the tendons and bones, merging a little every day, using a long period of time to slowly break through the Easy Tendon phase, so many martial artists will stay at the peak of practicing Zang for several years.

  But Lin Ming was not the same, the true yuan stored in his internal organs and flesh had already reached its limit, just like a water tank that was full of water, because it could no longer hold more true yuan, so the true yuan would naturally overflow into his bones and merge with them.

  Two breakthrough methods, which is better and which is worse, are obvious!

  Lin Ming's breakthrough this time lasted for a full three days. During these three days, Lin Ming cultivated in the waterfall's icy pool for six hours each day, totaling eighteen hours. His true essence finally completely merged into his tendons and bones, as the saying goes, "Easy Tendons", which refers to the practice of tendons and bone membranes.

  After a long period of meditation, Lin Ming clearly felt that the true yuan in his body was surging and overflowing, and it had become easy to resist the cold air of the waterfall.

  As he emerged from the cold pool, Lin Ming casually swung out a palm, and the edge of his hand surprisingly formed a faint blue ripple pattern, like water ripples.

  Lin Ming saw this wave of gaze condense, "True Essence Transformation... I didn't think I'd actually reach the realm of True Essence Transformation..."

  Generally, cultivators in the Congealing Pulse stage can only manifest their true essence because of its extreme thickness. Some exceptionally talented and peak bone-refining martial artists might barely manage to do so as well. However, a martial artist like Lin Ming who achieved True Essence manifestation during the initial stages of Easy tendon transformation is the first in the history of Tianyun Continent.

  He clenched his fists, and Lin Ming's heart was filled with ambition. "Just entering the Easy Muscle period, I've already reached a state that ordinary warriors can only achieve in the Condensing Pulse period. I wonder how much of a gap there is between me and an average Condensing Pulse warrior now? When I reach the peak of the Easy Muscle period, will I be able to defeat an ordinary Condensing Pulse warrior?"

  Whether he can defeat a warrior of average strength in the Condensing Pulse period, Lin Ming does not dare to confirm, but at the peak of the Easy Tendon period, defeating Ling Sen, Lin Ming has some confidence. Even if Ling Sen possesses the Shura Martial Intent, how can he be an opponent for the "Chaotic Fist Scripture"?

  As for Lin Ming, entering the peak of the Bone Forging stage from the Bone Forging period is only a matter of time.

  "Ah, Lin Shidi! It's been a long time!" The elder in charge of guarding the Wooden Man Alley smiled and welcomed him warmly as soon as he saw Lin Ming.

  The Seventh Xuanwu Sect has seven major arrays for cultivation: gold, wood, water, fire, earth, wind and thunder. The Wooden Man Corridor is the Wood Array among them. Lin Ming had only been to the Waterfall Ice Pool and the Crazy Wind Cave before, so this was his first time in the Wooden Man Corridor. Therefore, when the Elder responsible for the Wooden Man Corridor saw Lin Ming's exceptional enthusiasm, he didn't dare to neglect him. After all, in a decade or two, Lin Ming might become the Sect Master of the Seventh Xuanwu Sect, and at that time, he would be the direct superior of his current superiors, so it was only natural for them to try to curry favor with him.

  "Senior brother, sorry about this, I made a sudden decision to come over here and didn't make an appointment in advance. Do you still have any openings?" After Lin Ming broke through the Easy Muscle period, he wanted to test his own strength, and among the Seven Great Killing Arrays, both the Golden Armor Warrior and the Wooden Puppet Alley were places where one could practice real combat skills.

  "There's a place, haha, Brother Lin can come anytime and there will be a place." said the smiling Executive Monk.

  "Thank you, senior brother. Then, could I trouble senior brother to help me unlock level 11 difficulty?"

  "Eleventh level difficulty?" The attending senior brother's eyes widened, generally speaking, the eleventh level of difficulty would only be unlocked by disciples who ranked among the top ten on the Ranking Stone. Could it be that Lin Ming already had the strength to enter the top ten?

  How is this possible, the core disciple assessment gave Lin Ming three months, and entering the top ten of the ranking stone in three months was already quite impressive. Now, it's only been a month and a half, if Lin Ming breaks into the top ten, that would be against the heavens!

  That deacon brother was feeling unbelievable, suddenly discovered Lin Ming's cultivation, he instantly widened his eyes, "Lin Shidi, you broke through? Easy tendon period!"

  "Yeah, I managed to break through by luck a few days ago."

  That senior brother unconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva, from the Refining Marrow stage to the Loosening Tendons stage there is a not big or small bottleneck. Although for geniuses it's only a matter of time before they break through this bottleneck, it shouldn't be so soon. He vaguely remembered that just a few months ago, Lin Ming had just broken through the Refining Marrow stage.

  From the Qi Refining stage to the Muscle Tempering stage, it only took a few months. What speed is this? He himself had a good talent at first, but he also used nearly three years of time.

  He's only 15 years old and has already entered the Muscle Changing Period, with more than a year to go before reaching the peak of the Muscle Changing Period. It's not even a challenge for Lin Ming to reach the Bone Forging Period. In other words, he has already passed the assessment of the Seven Profound Martial House with flying colors!

  The core disciple of the Seven Xuanwu Sect, born and raised in Tianyun Country! Brother Zhi took a deep breath, as long as he nodded, he could become the Supreme Emperor above the tens of millions of people in Tianyun Country!

  "Senior brother, please open the eleventh level of difficulty." Seeing that the senior brother was in a daze, Lin Ming reminded him.

  "Oh, okay, alright." The Executor Senior Brother finally reacted and manipulated the array disc to open the 11th level difficulty of the Wooden Man Maze.