I Build a Shelter in the Eternal Night

’How should I test it...’

The Celestial Dao Blessing Effect was chosen. Chen Fan stared eagerly at the max-level Godslaying Cannon beside him. The truly powerful aspect of the Celestial Dao Blessing was its scope. Not only did this specific cannon possess the effect, but any future Godslaying Cannons he built would have it too, as long as they were connected to the camp’s Ghost Fire and remained within its range.

This might pose a problem for others.

But it was fine for him.

He had the Copper Pipe.

The problem now was...

He really wanted to test the Godslaying Cannon’s Celestial Dao Blessing Effect, but it was currently winter. The rainy season had passed, so there was no Ghost Tide, and there were no enemies for him to test a shot on.

"Forget it."

He clicked his tongue with some regret and sat back down in the rocking chair placed on the City Wall.

The sky gradually darkened.

The core Mortal Realm Members had all returned to the camp, giving it the feeling of people coming home from work. Some of the regular Mortal Realm Members had also returned, while others remained on duty in Mortal City and Xiyang City.

...

「Inside the Mortal Realm camp.」

A crowd had gathered at the entrance of the Yunling Pavilion. It wasn’t just members of the Mortal Realm Dark Pavilion; some of the returning official Mortal Realm Members were also standing on the outskirts of the crowd, craning their necks to look inside.

It was just that the scene inside was a little too lively.

"Is that Pavilion Master Qiu soaking in that vat inside?"

A Mortal Realm Member from the Battle Pavilion asked, his face full of curiosity as he peered into the depths of the Yunling Pavilion.

"Who else would it be?"

A Mortal Realm Member standing nearby said speechlessly, "What, you think it’s stewed pork belly?"

"Pavilion Master Qiu is really hard on himself."

The Mortal Realm Member who had spoken earlier couldn’t help but sigh with emotion.

"Tell me about it." A look of horror flashed in another Mortal Realm Member’s eyes. "Did you see inside that vat? It’s filled with all sorts of venomous creatures—centipedes, vipers, you name it. I just saw a centipede crawl right into his ear. How is that any different from torture?"

"The only difference between this and torture is probably that Pavilion Master Qiu chose this himself."

...

Qi Yue stood off to the side, silent and expressionless, not speaking for a long time.

’Deep down, he naturally hoped Shao Qiu could pull through. Of course, he felt that if Shao Qiu wasn’t just deceiving himself, if his conviction was truly that firm, then there shouldn’t be a problem.’

’He was just thinking about something else. If his own breakthrough had been a few days later, would he have been able to avoid all this physical suffering?’

’The Ten Thousand Swords Heart Slaying Body Tempering was cool, but it was also incredibly painful.’

’But it wasn’t entirely without its benefits, I suppose.’

’At least he saved the Mortal Realm some Martial King Pills. That stuff is pretty expensive, so it counts as a contribution to the Mortal Realm, I guess.’

Lame Monkey had also come over to see what the commotion was about. He stood in the crowd, gazing at Pavilion Master Qiu being boiled and soaked in the large vat inside the Yunling Pavilion.

He stared with a complicated expression at the vat filled with all kinds of poisons.

His duties included not only supervising the various Pavilion Masters but also conducting interrogations. However, he had never imagined an interrogation method like this. The main purpose of an interrogation was to get the information you wanted, not to kill the person. Could anyone even survive being tormented like this?

Time passed, bit by bit.

The people waiting at the entrance to the Yunling Pavilion gradually dispersed. After all, they still had work to do tomorrow and couldn’t stay up too late. Soon, there was no one left at the Yunling Pavilion’s entrance.

Only Shao Qiu, completely unaware of what was happening outside, remained soaking in the vat, letting out extremely bloodcurdling roars from time to time.

To be honest, the Mortal Realm camp was usually quite peaceful at night. Hearing roars like this, which sounded like a Ghost Object invasion, was genuinely unnerving.

Soon, an hour had passed since Shao Qiu began his Body Tempering.

Everyone else in the camp was already asleep.

Only Chen Fan stood alone at the entrance to the Yunling Pavilion, calmly watching Shao Qiu inside.

An hour had passed. If Shao Qiu’s goal had been Ninety-nine Percent Body Tempering, he should have come out by now. Since he hadn’t emerged, it meant his goal from the very beginning was Tenfold Body Tempering.

It was too late to stop him now. All he could do was wait.

In two hours, this place would either hold a corpse or a Tenfold Body-Tempered Shao Qiu.

"..."

Chen Fan stood there, silent for a long moment, before finally leaving. There was nothing he could do now. He had to go back to his room and sleep, too.

Soon, day broke.

A new day had begun.

Once again, a crowd had gathered in front of the Yunling Pavilion.

This time, however, the discussions were filled with admiration and disbelief.

"Pavilion Master Qiu actually survived."

One of the Mortal Realm Members said in shock, "That level of Body Tempering... I feel like it’s even more terrifying than Brother Qi’s Ten Thousand Swords Heart Slaying Body Tempering. To think he actually survived!"

"What’s so strange about that?" a member of the Dark Pavilion standing nearby said, his eyes filled with pride. "Never mind three hours, our Pavilion Master Qiu would have no problem with another thirty hours."

As a member of the Dark Pavilion, the guy was clearly very proud of Pavilion Master Qiu’s success in achieving Tenfold Body Tempering.

"Cut the bullshit."

Having been tortured all night, Shao Qiu was now soaking in an altar inside the Yunling Pavilion. He looked weakly out of the pavilion. "If you’re going to boast, boast for yourself. Don’t drag me into it. Thirty more hours? Another half-hour and I would have died in here."

’To be honest, I really almost died this time.’

’The Ten Thousand Poison Body Tempering Technique was far more terrifying than I’d imagined.’

’It’s simply not something a human can endure.’

’This Body Tempering method had appeared directly in my mind; it was a technique that came with being a Living Dead, a special type of Cultivator. It made me very curious. Who invented this method in the first place? Or rather, who was the first person to temper their body this way?’