Chapter 143 Half-step Into The Nature Level (Part One)

Zen positioned himself as per the illustration in the Heavenly Ogre Fist book.

Since this was a refinement method for Ogres, it would take human beings a lot of time, energy, and
effort to master if they cultivated diligently.

Luckily, Zen was physically stronger than ordinary people. For anyone else, it would be impossible to
complete the first step of the Heavenly Ogre Fist during the refinement.

After the force coursed through his body, Zen's eyebrows furrowed a bit, as he didn't feel the demonic
life energy inside his body.

Zen wondered why.

Yesterday, only a small amount of demonic life energy had been produced inside Zen's body after his
refinement of the Heavenly Ogre Fist. Afterward, the demonic life energy engulfed Zen's Purple Light
Fist life energy as though it were a beast. In the end, all the life energy from Zen's Purple Light Fist had
turned into demonic life energy.

But as soon as he made the first move of the Heavenly Ogre Fist, which was known as Ogres Shaking
the World, the demonic life energy inside his body had been completely consumed...

In general, one's cultivation would be smooth for a period as long as he found the key to the refinement
method. Once a level was overcome, it was like a door was opened to the next stage.

Very few men would retrogress in cultivation like Zen.

He had been able to produce and utilize the demonic life energy the previous day, but now he had
failed...

Why? Did he forget a move?



After thinking it over for a while, Zen still couldn't figure it out. Since the Heavenly Ogre Fist was a tier
five cultivation method, its power would be immense. However, it was so hard to practice this
refinement method. It was far more difficult than Zen had expected.

How were his practice methods different from what he had done the previous day? Zen was lost in
deep thought.

He had almost died when he confronted Vale on Hell Mountain. In that critical situation, Zen knew that
he was fighting a losing battle, but he repeatedly tried to use the Heavenly Ogre Fist, still hoping to
survive in spite of the slim chance. After several attempts of this refinement method, a little demonic life
energy had finally condensed.

Today, Zen tried to make use of the Heavenly Ogre Fist on Drizzle Peak, where he was safe.

As Zen thought about this, it dawned on him that Heavenly Ogre Fist might only work when one was on
the verge of giving up hope.

On the previous day, when he was thrown into absolute adversity, Zen felt himself behaving under an
unbelievable state that he could hardly comprehend or describe in words. When faced with such a
crisis, he had repeated and thought about each move very slowly.

Now, Zen was in his room, racking his brain to recall what and how he felt the previous day.

Zen paced back and forth in his room. He was so lost in thought that it seemed as though he was
enchanted. He had been so consumed with his thoughts that Zen didn't notice that he had spent over
half an hour just pacing.

All of a sudden, his eyes gleamed as an idea flashed through his mind. Quickly, he jumped to his feet.
As his feet touched the floor, Zen made the first pose for Heavenly Ogre Fist.



"Maintain forces on the upper and lower body. Repel ogres' intent with heart if any..."

Zen lightly swung his arms along a direction. After rotating his arms, all his forces were concentrated
near his belly. It was not until this moment that a trace of dark purple demonic life energy appeared
between his hands.

Excitement lit up Zen's face when he saw the slight trace of demonic life energy.

On the previous day, he had experienced and witnessed the power of the Heavenly Ogre Fist. He had
been able to confront a man at the Illuminating Soul Realm by using one move known as Ogres
Shaking the World.

Zen had known that it would be impossible for him to defeat a man who had reached the Illuminating
Soul Realm by using the Heavenly Ogre Fist as he was only at the marrow refining level. However,
when attacked by Zen's Heavenly Ogre Fist, Vale had no choice but to counter-attack. Vale's reaction
had proven the might of a tier five cultivation method.

Despite his small victory, Zen had been challenged to condense the demonic life energy. Just now, he
had refined the cultivation method for a lap, but only a faint trace of demonic life energy had been
condensed. If this was going to be the pace, it would take several months for Zen to fill his belly with
demonic life energy...

After further thought, an idea came to Zen.

Since demonic life energy could engulf other types of life energy, Zen thought he might not have to
condense it.

When fighting Vale, Zen's body had been full of life energy from the Purple Light Fist. But after a trace
of demonic life energy had condensed, it absorbed all life energy from the Purple Light Fist. In addition,
the demonic life energy engulfed Vale's life vitality by consuming the lotuses.



Since the demonic life energy was so mystical, Zen decided to take advantage of the energy.

At this thought, Zen brought his knees together and started practicing the mind method of Purple Light
Fist that had been passed down to him from the Luo Clan.

Through years of cultivation, Zen had acquired a good command of the Purple Light Fist. While forces
were flowing along Zen's arms to his entire body, streaks of life energy from the Purple Light Fist
sprang up from his belly.

When this life energy was exuded in large quantities, the faint trace of demonic life energy in Zen's
belly instantly flew toward it, swiftly engulfed it, and then converted it...

Zen had just tried cultivating the mind method of Purple Light Fist. However, the more Purple Light Fist
life energy filled Zen, the more the demonic life energy he was able to consume. Soon, it began
accumulating inside his body. About two hours later, his belly was finally filled with demonic life energy.

As Zen stretched out his arms, demonic life energy spiralled up and out along his arms. To Zen, it
looked like a purple-black demon was fluttering around his hands.

At this sight, Zen flicked the demon with his fingers. Immediately, the little purple-black demon jumped
out of his palm and into a corner. The demon continued to hop once it had reached the ground.

"Huh! The life energy can be exuded out of my body!"

This scene shocked Zen who although, practicing this refinement method, had never heard of such a
thing happening.

A corporeal form had five levels. Life energy could only exist in vivo or on the surface of the body. The
energy should vanish once it left Zen's body, just like plants couldn't survive without roots.



Life energy could be only separated from the body of refiners who had been a half-step into the nature
level.

Zen remembered this because he had seen his uncle Bryson pour his life energy into his long sword.
Then, he manipulated the life energy inside and killed his enemies with the sword. This was only
possible for cultivators who were half-step into the nature level.


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