Immortal Ascension Tower - Book 1: Reborn! [CH 1 - 75]

Chapter 15 - Entering Secluded Meditation

"Goldy, what did it take to reach Copper Stage Fleshly Body? What kind of cultivation did this thug have?" The hovering dragon ignored Cheng Hao and was still coiling around in the air.  It took a few moments for it to stop spinning and a few more moments for it to recover from its dizziness. Then he did it time and time again.

Time that Cheng Hao spent turning the weapon that formed from the golden drop of blood into a dragonslayer (two handed sword with a gigantic blade. Berserk references, anyone?) and lifting it up.

"Itwastwohundredbodies! FromwhatIhaveseenyouhaveabsorbedthebodiesofaboutahundredandfifteenMonstrousBeasts. Alongwiththosefiveotherguysitmakesforatotalofaboutahundredandtwentybodies. Meaning..." The snake hurriedly spoke as it did his best evading Cheng Hao's sword strikes "That guy was worth eighty Basic stage fleshly bodies!"

Cheng Hao stopped swinging and just as the snake was about to put down his guard, Cheng Hao punched it to the ground. He then stood up and pondered

"So that guy had such a powerful fleshly body... With such a body and cultivation he would be undefeatable under the Advanced stage and could put up a good fight with most peak Advanced stage cultivators... Did I actually involve myself with some guy with a huge background again? Ugh, this is a pain"

As he was speaking, the golden dragon wrapped around his neck and tried to get him in a chokehold. Result? The black scarf nullified its efforts as his attempt at choking the boy failed. Cheng Hao smiled and tuned towards the snake. Before it could say anything, he axe-kicked it back in the dirt.

"But still... I finally have the Fleshly Body cultivation necessary to use the Black and White flaming gases at their lowest for a whole minute..." Although only at their lowest level, they were still incredibly powerful! Using them, Cheng Hao would have no problem defeating peak Advanced stage cultivators and even low level Superior stage cultivators would have to bow down to him if he truly tried.

Of course truly trying would mean blowing up his Pseudo-Core thus losing most of his power so he would prefer not to engage such existences.

Using just his fleshly body though, was totally different. Fleshly Body fortification was similar to Martial Cultivation in many ways, even the ranking system was similar just that the stages were twelve instead of fifteen and instead of the Mortal, Ageless and Immortal realm they were called the Mortal Metal realm, Precious Ore realm and Divine Gem realm. Another difference was that there was no low, medium or high level, just the cultivation stage.

The stages were: Mortal Metal realm, initial, copper, iron, black iron and black gold stages; Precious Ore realm, bronze, silver, gold and platinum stages; Divine Gem realm, sapphire, ruby and Diamond stages.

(Mind that these are not divided by hardness, overall worth or stuff like that. The stupid author just liked it that way, so it IS that way!)

Anyways, although they are similar, they are not the same and while the fleshly body depends a bit on one's cultivation or else the body wouldn't be able to wield its newfound power and would explode, cultivation did not depend on the fleshly body as cultivation power didn't affect muscles, organs and the likes but mainly affected one's soul, mind and Core.

Meaning that while a peak stage Mortal realm martial artist might have a low stage Mortal Metal realm fleshly body, a low stage Mortal realm cultivator cannot have a peak stage Mortal Metal realm fleshly body. If you are confused, think of it as a relationship between a boy and his girlfriend. While the girl may appear sexy and all in front of other boys, if the boy tries to appear hot and beautiful in front of other women, the girl will slap him.