Immortal Ascension Tower

Chapter 15 - Entering Secluded Meditation

"Goldy, could you repeat what did it take to reach Copper Stage Fleshly Body? I would like to know exactly what kind of cultivation this thug had..." Cheng hao asked.

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!" It immediately yelled.

"FromwhatIhaveseenyouhaveabsorbedthebodiesofaboutahundredandfifteenMonstrousBeasts. Alongwiththosefiveotherguysitmakesforatotalofaboutahundredandtwentybodies. Meaning..." The snake hurriedly spoke as it did his best evading Cheng Hao's sword strikes "That guy was worth eighty normal Initial 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... Almost halfway through to the Copper stage. 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 turned towards the golden snake. Before it could say anything, the boy 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, from the lowest to the highest, 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.

[Note: Mind that the names of these stages were selected due to the material's hardness in the del world, overall worth or stuff like that. The stupid author just liked it that way, so it IS that way!]

Anyways, although this kind of division is similar, the two kinds of cultivations are not the same:for example, while the Fleshly Body still 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.