Chapter 4

Qin Wentian woke up in the middle of the night from a daze, shook his head, and suddenly felt a tightening in his heart.

"My star soul..." Qin Wentian seemed to recall something, suddenly closed his eyes, and instantly entered a meditative state. In the next moment, a dazzling light illuminated the room, and above Qin Wentian's head, a giant hammer shadow appeared, brilliant and radiant, as if woven from starlight.

"It worked. Since it's a star soul that communicates with the Heavenly Hammer Star, let it be called the Heavenly Hammer Star Soul. Now, I need a cultivation technique that matches the star soul." Qin Wentian muttered to himself. However, at this moment, his brows furrowed slightly, and it seemed there were points of starlight in his mind.

"What is that?" Qin Wentian's perception sank into his mind. Inside his mind, there was also a shadow of the Heavenly Hammer Star Soul, occupying the star gate. But behind the shadow, there was a small star figure floating, releasing a faint star power, as if locking the Heavenly Hammer Star Soul.

Qin Wentian's heart trembled slightly. Why did a small star figure appear in his mind?

"Could it be..." Qin Wentian suddenly remembered something. Yesterday, there seemed to be a change in his chest. He looked down at his chest and saw only a rope, the stone tied to it was gone.

"The stone left by my deceased father." Qin Wentian's expression stiffened.

At this moment, the light from the small star figure seemed to be released entirely onto the shadow of the Heavenly Hammer Star Soul. The points of starlight in Qin Wentian's mind exploded, and with a loud boom, a stream of memories suddenly flooded into Qin Wentian's mind, making him feel a slight pain in his head. The starlight from the small star figure dimmed and eventually faded away, even becoming undetectable.

"The Thousand Hammers and Refinement Technique. This is a memory technique. The small star figure actually contained a scripture, and after sensing the presence of the star soul, it revealed the memory technique!" Qin Wentian's heart pounded. The additional memories in his mind were a cultivation technique. Martial cultivators absorb the elemental forces of heaven and earth or star forces, and through the technique, they refine their bodies, strengthen their muscles and bones, cleanse their meridians, and connect their internal organs. This is the first realm of martial cultivation, the Body Refinement Realm, where they forge a perfect body.

The Body Refinement Realm is divided into nine levels. When the body is perfected and the meridians are cleansed, one can use powerful internal energy to activate all the acupoints, connecting the meridians within the body to form a complete wheel meridian, making the bloodline unobstructed and the boundless power circulate. This realm, the Wheel Meridian Realm, allows the use of divine techniques, which are incredibly powerful.

In the Body Refinement Realm, the body is forged to perfection, possessing terrifying strength, capable of tearing apart tigers and leopards and splitting boulders.

In the Wheel Meridian Realm, one can unleash various divine powers, which are incredibly powerful and can do anything.

After that, there is the formidable Essence Palace Realm. In this realm, one gathers vast elemental forces, transforming them into liquid droplets and opening an essence palace within the body, containing terrifying energy. The strength is boundless, allowing one to fly through the air and soar in the sky.

Martial cultivators who condense star souls can absorb star forces into their bodies. Moreover, the elemental forces are imbued with the attributes of the star soul. For example, if one has a Lion Star Soul, the power in their body during cultivation will be as fierce as a lion, and each strike will be much more powerful. Using the star soul further enhances the power. Therefore, people on the Nine Heavens Continent revere martial cultivators.

"Ordinary cultivation techniques refine and temper the body, making the physical body suffer. This Thousand Hammers and Refinement Technique is even more brutal, almost self-torture, hammering and refining the body to break through its limits." Qin Wentian carefully comprehended, his heart pounding. He then got up and went outside to the training ground in the backyard.

"Phew..." Taking a deep breath, Qin Wentian looked up at the endless stars in the sky, a smile appearing on his lips. Now that the star soul had condensed, he could finally store star forces in his body and embark on the path of cultivation.

Closing his eyes, Qin Wentian released his star soul, and his perception reached the Fifth Heaven, connecting with his martial destiny star. In an instant, the fierce and domineering star forces from the Fifth Heaven rained down on Qin Wentian, enveloping him in a layer of starlight. At this moment, Qin Wentian could clearly feel the ferocity of the star forces from the Fifth Heaven.

The star forces descending from the Fifth Heaven were incomparable to those from the First or Second Heaven.

After a long time, the star forces in Qin Wentian's body reached saturation. He began to circulate the Thousand Hammers and Refinement Technique. Instantly, it seemed that star hammers appeared within his body, crazily colliding with his body. Simply absorbing star forces alone would not achieve the effect of body refinement. Only by using the technique to refine the body with the absorbed star forces could the body become strong, achieving the effect of body refinement.

"It hurts so much." Sweat instantly appeared on Qin Wentian's forehead, and there was a faint humming sound in his body. The fierce star forces were crazily colliding with his flesh, and the pain of body refinement was extremely hard to bear. But to forge a perfect body, one must endure it. Moreover, the more brutal the technique, the more intense the pain during body refinement.

"Ah..." Qin Wentian let out a low, deep roar but still gritted his teeth and persisted in self-torture. The rumbling sounds in his body became increasingly terrifying until the star forces in his body were almost depleted. But this was not the end. He stood up, a Heavenly Hammer appearing in his hand, and began to wield the star hammer. Even while enduring boundless pain, he had to endure it. The Thousand Hammers and Refinement Technique involved countless hammer strikes, constantly breaking through the body's limits.

Starlight from the Fifth Heaven poured down, landing on the Qin Wentian wielding the giant hammer. In the air, there were crackling sounds, indicating the transformation of his flesh.

After a hundred repetitions, the unique star meridian that had condensed in Qin Wentian's body seemed to take the shape of a hammer. The star forces flowed through the star meridian, moving smoothly throughout his body, making Qin Wentian feel a sense of exhilaration, gradually forgetting his fatigue.

"Crack!" Qin Wentian's body occasionally emitted crisp sounds, as if all his muscles and bones were trembling.

Finally, after several breakthroughs of his limits, he could no longer support himself, supporting himself with one hand on the ground, panting heavily. The Thousand Hammers and Refinement Technique was almost fatal. At this moment, he felt sore and weak all over, as if his body was about to fall apart, it was too painful.

"Is it because I have never cultivated before, and my constitution is weak, and my foundation is insufficient, that it is like this?" Qin Wentian muttered, sitting cross-legged and no longer wielding the giant hammer, continuing to absorb star forces. The starlight kept pouring down, seemingly endless. The power of the stars is inexhaustible and endless.

On a winter morning, the air was slightly damp, but Qin Wentian in the training ground did not feel the cold. Opening his blurry eyes, he stood up and stretched his muscles, feeling his body smooth and free of any soreness from the previous day. The whole night for Qin Wentian was like a nightmare, but everything seemed to be over.

At this moment, Qin Wentian felt refreshed and full of energy, never feeling so powerful before.

"Such a strong recovery ability, worthy of the Heavenly Hammer Star." Qin Wentian had studied the stars from the First to the Fifth Heaven with Uncle Hei, and the Heavenly Hammer Star was one of them. Therefore, he chose this star. The Heavenly Hammer Star has several characteristics: strong explosive power, strong defensive and recovery abilities, and the ability to forge, endowing him with talent in forging and refining.

"Thousand Hammers and Refinement, several breakthroughs of my limits, and in one night, I advanced from a blank slate to the third level of the Body Refinement Realm. This is what the star soul and the Thousand Hammers and Refinement Technique have given me. I'll test how much strength I have now."

Qin Wentian walked to a stone block and gathered his strength, striking it with a loud crack. The stone block shattered into pieces, turning into debris.

"This is strength, so powerful. A casual strike exceeds the strength of nine oxen." Qin Wentian muttered. "Nine oxen and two tigers" describes immense strength, but for martial cultivators, at the third level of Body Refinement, one can possess the strength of nine oxen.

At the first level of Body Refinement, one has the strength of one ox; at the second level, four oxen; at the third level, nine oxen; at the fourth level, sixteen oxen; and if one reaches the ninth level of Body Refinement, it is even more terrifying, possessing the strength of eighty-one oxen. The body is perfect, and the strength is unimaginable. This is why countless people want to become martial cultivators.

Strength!

Becoming a martial cultivator means possessing supreme strength. This is just the ordinary strength division for martial cultivators. For martial destiny cultivators, using star forces further enhances their strength, making them even more powerful at the same realm.

In one night, he gained strength exceeding that of nine oxen. How could Qin Wentian not be delighted? He walked to the center of the training ground, preparing to continue his cultivation. The Thousand Hammers and Refinement Technique, forging a strong body, was normal for him. The star forces contained in the martial destiny stars of the Fifth Heaven are terrifying, and combined with the self-torture-like extreme cultivation method of the Thousand Hammers and Refinement Technique, it naturally reshapes the body and rapidly increases strength in the early stages of cultivation.

Now, he did not want to waste a single moment. Staying in the Bai family was always dangerous. He had to leave, and he could only rely on his own strength. His adoptive father probably did not know his situation yet.