Body Cultivation System

## Description

In the first volume of the Godfiend Body Forging Method, Leon was introduced to the realms of the Body Cultivation System from the primordial era. (Chapter 402)

Body cultivation had five primary areas of focus in body forging. These five areas of focus are flesh, blood, bone, marrow, and viscera. If divided these into stages and named them, they would be called Tempering Flesh, Refining Blood, Forging Bone, Cleansing Marrow, and Consolidating Viscera. The order of these five stages did not matter in body cultivation. The only true measurement for the level of body cultivators is the weight of their punches.

According to the five phases of body forging mentioned within the [Godfiend Body Forging Method], consolidating the viscera was most important after flesh tempering.

Consolidating the viscera has the benefit of fortifying the inner body, increasing one's lifespan, and granting heightened immunity against poison and diseases, leading to a healthy, strong body. If Leon can complete the consolidating viscera phase, he would not have to worry about contracting any strange diseases from the Dark Continent and even drink poison as he wishes.

After the consolidating viscera phase, comes the bone forging phase. Bone forging leads to explosive growth in strength and inner body fortification after viscera consolidation, eliminating the final weakness in one's defense.

The blood refining phase comes next. Refining the blood leads to explosive improvement in one's speed, regenerative capabilities, and stamina. If one had powerful blood, it was possible to never know exhaustion in battle, fighting forever until they suffer a fatal blow that cannot be recovered by their blood's regenerative capability.

The final phase was the most challenging phase within Body Cultivation, the cleansing marrow stage. The marrow cleansing heightens new blood productivity, granting more outstanding regenerative capabilities and an explosive increase in one's lifespan. It was not farfetched to say that one can become near-immortal after completing the cleansing marrow phase. They will recover from any non-fatal injuries, including damages to the organs.

As long as the organs are not removed or utterly destroyed, they can be recovered to a perfect state even if they are damaged beyond recognition.

Generally, there is no order to completing the five phases. Any phase can be first or last, depending on the Body Cultivator's choice. However, the cleansing marrow is usually left for last, even though completing the body forging phase would increase the difficulty of cleansing the marrow.

## Details

**Body Tempering Realm**

* Body Tempering Realm focuses on tempering the body to the limits.

**Body Transformation Realm**

* Body Transformation Realm focuses on transforming the body beyond the limits.

The Eight Hidden Gates and Nine Star Palaces were different from the first two realms and could be a completely different set of their own cultivation systems.

**Eight Hidden Gates**

* At the realm of Eight Hidden Gates and beyond, one can no longer strengthen the body through the standard method of using energy to refine the body. They are also required to seek worldly treasures and wondrous elixirs to further aid them in bringing out the absolute potential that lies dormant within the body. This is why it is called the **Eight Hidden Gates**.
* Regardless of race, it is said that every living entity had eight hidden points within its body that contain untapped power from another dimension. These eight hidden points are like the black holes in the universe that always draw things inside and never let anything out. To draw out the power from deep within, Body Practitioners had to go to great lengths to force them open.
* However, each opened hidden gate was equally rewarding. The power boost was immense, allowing Body Practitioners at this realm to be on equal footings with Celestials and practitioners at the Divine State.

**Nine Star Palaces**

* Beyond that was the **Nine Star Palace Realm** that is on par with Divinities. This was a realm beyond mortality, and no mortals can achieve this realm no matter how great their talents and body potential, at least not on their own.
* At the Realm of Nine Star Palaces, there is no more potential within the mortal body to draw out. As such, Body Practitioners must build these so-called Star Palaces to achieve greater strengths in their Body Cultivation.
* Each Star Palaces was akin to a miniature universe. As such, having nine Star Palaces was akin to having nine energy centers, whereas most divine practitioners of the Energy Cultivation System would only ever have one, which lies in their glabella region. From this, it could be seen how terrifying a Body Practitioner at the Nine Star Palace Realm is like.