Gu Ningyun had previously noticed that star power possessed a healing quality capable of repairing meridians during her cultivation.
Perhaps because her cultivation was insufficient, the 《Record of Primordial Stars》 had not yet unlocked any specific techniques for her.
Having no method to utilize this star power, she had simply let nature take its course and ignored it for the time being.
Since she had long known about star power's effect on meridians, she wasn't particularly surprised when it emerged to repair them this time.
What truly surprised her was that both cultivation techniques had unlocked simultaneously, automatically guiding the lightning to temper the remaining four of the twelve primary meridians.
Once the tempering process within her body was on the right track, Gu Ningyun examined the techniques and realized what was happening.
It turned out to be caused by the perfection tendency inherent in the 《Xiaoyao Wind Records》 and the unique nature of the 《Record of Primordial Stars》.
A cultivation technique, at its core, used the soul, dantian, and spirit root as its center to absorb spirit energy. It was the foundation and method of cultivation, and in truth, it was not strictly limited to magic or body refining.
However, the most direct manifestation of a technique—and the most common method for most cultivators—was magic cultivation: circulating and refining absorbed spirit energy within the meridians until it became docile spirit energy stored in the dantian.
Body refining, on the other hand, involved circulating the absorbed spirit energy through the meridians to temper the physical body. While the body was strengthened, the spirit energy was refined into the flesh to enhance one's physical power—this was body-refining cultivation.
In the entire cultivation world, body refiners were rare, and those who practiced both magic and body refining were even rarer.
If one were a pure body refiner, there were specific, standalone body-refining techniques.
But for magic cultivators or those practicing both, the unlocking of their techniques was mostly tied to their magic cultivation progress.
The reason was quite straightforward.
Within a cultivator's body, the physical tempering of a body refiner was always a gradual, step-by-step process.
But for a magic cultivator, the process involved refining spirit energy and sending it into the dantian.
When it came to meridians, the dantian, and spirit roots, one could never be too careful.
Choosing the lesser of two evils to better protect the cultivator, most techniques were designed from the start to have their unlocking tied directly to magic cultivation progress.
The 《Xiaoyao Wind Records》 and 《Record of Primordial Stars》 were exceptions.
Just now, her body-refining cultivation had completely stabilized at level twelve Qi Refining, but it lacked a touch of perfection because of those final four primary meridians.
The 《Xiaoyao Wind Records》 was a divine-rank wind-attribute technique, and its core philosophy was that wind cannot be defined.
Since it was undefined, why should it be restricted by magic cultivation progress and limit her body-refining cultivation?
As for whether it would cause any damage to her magic cultivation?
Since it possessed this perfection tendency, it naturally wouldn't allow anything to harm her magic cultivation progress.
Wind was meant to be reckless and unconstrained.
Since her body-refining cultivation had already reached level twelve Qi Refining, the technique intended to temper it to the absolute limit.
As for her magic cultivation, any cultivator recognized by the 《Xiaoyao Wind Records》 couldn't possibly be a fool.
As long as they didn't treat their own body like a joke or mess around blindly, wouldn't it be enough to just follow the technique's guidance?
The 《Record of Primordial Stars》 was the exclusive technique for the Innate Star Body, a special manual that could complement the main cultivation technique.
Since it already complemented the main technique, and Gu Ningyun's progress in both wind spirit energy and star power was neck and neck...
If the main technique was unlocking level by level, it naturally had to follow suit.
After figuring this out, Gu Ningyun felt at ease and focused entirely on tempering the remaining four primary meridians.
Crackling sounds echoed within her. Gu Ningyun gritted her teeth, enduring the excruciating pain that pierced her to the core from those four meridians.
During her previous tempering, she had long since intentionally tempered the Ren and Du Meridians along with the first eight primary meridians using both wind spirit energy and star power.
Her entire body, from her skin to her organs, had also been honed by body-refining spirit herbs and her daily training.
Therefore, even when she sat in meditation and let the lightning surge through her, the resulting pain had been within her tolerance.
These four primary meridians were different.
Tempering them for the first time involved three powerful forces at once. Although the star power provided continuous repair and the 《Xiaoyao Wind Records》 stabilized the situation, allowing her meridians and acupoints to be tempered at an unprecedented speed...
But this was just too painful!!
Earlier, the shock and concern for her internal state had taken precedence, so she hadn't felt it as much.
Now that the worry was gone, she felt as if her heart, liver, gallbladder, and limbs were being torn apart!
It was even more painful than when her skin and flesh were torn away by ice on the Path to Immortality during her entrance trial!
She gritted her teeth so hard they nearly broke, and her entire body trembled violently. Sweat mixed with blood seeped from her skin, only to be instantly cleared away by the self-cleaning inner layer of her disciple robes.
The intense pain made her consciousness drift. She seemed to be thinking of many things, yet also nothing at all.
She only vaguely remembered that hundreds of Minor Orbits had already passed within her.
Gradually, the pain began to subside.
Eventually, it reached a level she could once again endure.
Was the tempering of these four primary meridians about to catch up with the others?
Gu Ningyun suddenly focused her mind. No, the cracks in the meridians from being split and repaired were far more numerous than in the previous eight meridians.
It wasn't that the progress had caught up; it was that her pain tolerance had increased.
Gu Ningyun chuckled weakly and comforted herself. “Fine, I suppose this is a good thing.”
“In the future, if I encounter danger outside, my body won't lose its effectiveness because of pain.”
With her consciousness clear again, Gu Ningyun took the initiative to accelerate the circulation of the technique. After seventy-two Minor Orbits, the tempering of the final four primary meridians was finally equal to the others.
To catch up as quickly as possible, almost all three powers had been directed toward these four meridians.
Now that they had caught up, such a focused effort was no longer necessary.
Gu Ningyun circulated the technique, and lightning poured into the fifty-two acupoints of the Ren and Du Meridians. Following the Minor Orbits, it cycled silently through those two meridians and her dantian.
During the cycle, it followed the orbits to flow evenly into the twelve primary meridians before spreading to every part of her body.
After another thirty-six Minor Orbits, Gu Ningyun's body-refining cultivation was perfectly stabilized at the early stage of level twelve Qi Refining.
The lightning in this area no longer had any effect on her.
Gu Ningyun opened her eyes and looked toward the very center of the Shocking Thunder Platform—the final zone.
Little Theater—
Gu Ningyun (tearfully): “《Xiaoyao Wind Records》, are you getting ahead of yourself? Who else could endure this kind of pain!”
《Xiaoyao Wind Records》: “Someone else? Would I have chosen them if they were just anyone else?”
Gu Ningyun: “Then aren't you afraid something might happen to me?”
《Xiaoyao Wind Records》 (haughtily): “Hmph, I am a divine-rank wind-attribute technique. Little girl, do you have some misunderstanding about what ‘wind’ is?”
Gu Ningyun was fuming but dared not speak. She was just a small fry in the Qi Refining stage; what deep insight could she possibly have about wind?
She let out a long sigh and pulled the 《Xiaoyao Wind Records》 into her arms.
Sigh, she had chosen this technique herself, so she had to bear it herself.
《Xiaoyao Wind Records》 (flashing purple light wildly): “Hmph, at least you're sensible. You should be rejoicing that you met me!”
The 《Record of Primordial Stars》 had just emerged from Gu Ningyun's sea of consciousness when it saw the 《Xiaoyao Wind Records》 being held in her arms.
Its heart ached, and waves of bitterness welled up from within.
So, was it just picked up from the side of the road? Such blatant favoritism!!!
《Record of Primordial Stars》: “Had I known it was coming, I wouldn't have come.”
Gu Ningyun: “?”
《Xiaoyao Wind Records》: “???”
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