Ruler of the Star Sector

It took for Ren to cross first six stages of Body tempering realm less than three months. It was said that after person finished their bones forging and started internal organs tempering they were already half done with the first realm of cultivation! However, first six stages were about pain and efforts while the latter two were not only that, but also deadly. Especially heart and brain crystalization, the mortality rate was kind of huge for those that didnt have enough help from their Seniors, Heaven and Earth trasures and Alchemical products. It was about 20% for internal organs another 20% for heart and as much as 30% for brain! Thats why those who crossed sixth stage while being poor and without backing at all costs tried to join already established force.

In case of someone having using supreme elixir of body tempering stage like Ren Li, it wasnt dangerous at all, unless someone commited a blunder and died thanks to QI deviation. Which in truth wasnt that rare! Fortunely it seemed like Da Shan was really a kind and patient person or took Sima Long warning about his life seriously as he spent a lot of efforts to help him cross each stage. Its been two days since he finished bones forging and these two days he couldnt move at all! The phatom pain was still there! Even if his body didnt hurt at all, the pain was still there.

Alchemist long ago made a solution to the painful process of body tempering, be it pills or elixirs there were a few that could one make feel nothing! Most of them were of third grade so Sima decided to make his disciple take cultivation seriously... Temper him through his blood and sweat, while crossing the realms of Hell etc. etc. Value of them wasnt high for him, but they were still not cheap! He could bed few women, gamble some of them or just buy some good wine. Why would he give them to some stranger kid?

While Da Shan misunderstood his Mountain Lord and thought that he wanted to temper his disciple for real! After all for a ignorant kids from who knows where expierencing hell after reaching this Heavenly place was often done by those who valued their accomplishment!

There were cases of many kids becoming silk pants young Masters after becoming discples of Elders and while its not said that someone who behaves like that wont cross Core realm and reach legendary Mystic realm by some dogshit luck or supreme talents, the reality said that those who spent their time honestly cultivating instead of wasting around had higher accomplishment! Take Sima Long for example, he was born to be great alchemist. With powerful innate Soul ability that works well with Alchemy as well high attunment to fire element, he was one of the few that had a shot to make it to 9th tier of Mortal grade Alchemists. To say it more bluntly, their Blue Phoenix realm didnt have even one Alchemist of this tier, at least no one heard about them! There were cases in the past, but currently the last one known died over 30000 years ago, while there was another one, he left this Starfield after being invitied to join a powerful sect that ruled over this Star sector!

No matter what said and done no one dared to make a comment about him, since the Hegemon Sect "owned" more than 20 star fields in this Star sector, they were absoulte hegemon Sect with many existences in the Mystic realm! They didnt rule them openly, but each force of certain power had to make a offering every 1000 of years, which in truth was about 30% of everything they could mine or earn as a tax! While many deals could be make under table and thus hidden in reality about 25% of resoruces mined or gathered by each force of this star field was given away! They all bled, but this was the price for remaining independent. Those who refused or plainly cheated met their end fast as a bounty would be placed on their heads and many forces of this Star field would jump on them at the very first moment thanks to the possible rewards while showing their loyalty!