Zu An obviously didn’t know that Bi Linglong was thinking weird things. After he answered her, he focused on absorbing primordial ki.

In reality, most of the primordial ki was used to stop the neverending meteors. However, the primordial ki used for that wasn’t wasted, as it served to continuously temper his flesh and bones. He could clearly feel every inch of his skin becoming sturdier. It didn’t become as hard as a rock, but rather had a powerful elastic strength.

After his skin was refined, he then used the primordial ki to temper his muscles, bones, vessels, and internal organs. He felt that after this process was complete, his body would become several times stronger than before; the attacks of normal cultivators wouldn’t be able to do much to him even if he didn’t bother using ki to defend.

Zu An remembered Yun Jianyue mocking him, saying that...