No Pain No Gain

One month later, while the Romanium Kingdom was constantly prospering, Julius was on his knees, still holed up within his cultivation chamber covered in pure white blood with a bloody steel sword in his right hand. His body was covered in cuts and slits from head to toe; Julius was self-mutilating, so his blood ran out, hardening his skin and enabling it to reach the first stage of inner cultivation white stage. 

During the last month, Julius had successfully endured the immense pain of bone and blood cultivation, making great progress toward strengthening his body. Now, his bones were crystal white and much denser, making them near impossible for a rank one being to break. Likewise, his once red blood had turned pure white, signaling that his blood had evolved to the white stage of inner cultivation, greatly strengthening his organs and increasing his survivability and lifespan.