Within the secret realm.
A fine, drizzling rain fell without cease, as though seawater were leaking from the ocean overhead.
Yet strangely, a figure sat cross-legged amid the curtain of rain, while the water around him automatically flowed around him without dampening him in the slightest.
Luo Chen boldly continued absorbing the Immortal Qi, then cautiously converted it into his own mana.
This energy, a whole level higher than spiritual qi, was truly a great tonic for cultivators.
It differed from Chaos Energy, its nature incomparably pure and ethereal.
After his initial attempts, Luo Chen's conversion efficiency grew ever higher, and his Late Spirit Transformation cultivation steadily advanced.
But gradually, Luo Chen noticed that the Immortal Qi here was constantly flowing in a fixed direction.
That was presumably where the key was located.
Luo Chen was not in a hurry for now.
This secret realm was not particularly large. If he wanted to search for it, it would take only a moment.
For now, his own cultivation came first.
Yet as he further absorbed and refined the Immortal Qi, he suddenly discovered that the rate at which his mana increased had slowed.
"The Immortal Qi here is ultimately transformed from Immortal Jade. It was not naturally born and nurtured, so it can be regarded as something without a source."
"If I were to throw caution to the winds and absorb it freely, I might be able to push my cultivation straight into the Void Refinement Stage. But then this secret realm that nurtures the key would collapse along with it."
"I can only stop here."
Luo Chen sighed and ceased cultivating.
This secret realm had been built through great effort by the Ethereal Spirit Palace and the Flying Star Gate. If he truly did that, it would be difficult to