Lesser Bodhi Pill, Enlightenment Breakthrough!

Not long after,

Lu Chen emerged from the Scripture Pavilion, carrying the Lesser Divine Ability Dragon Flame Wings and the Greater Divine Ability Great Lo Heavenly Flame Sword, and left in high spirits.

The doors of the Scripture Pavilion slowly closed, and Sleeping Emperor's figure vanished without a trace.

Over the following days, Lu Chen secluded himself within the Nine Nether Palace, naturally for the purpose of studying those two divine abilities.

After several days of study, he easily gained an initial grasp of the Greater Divine Ability, the Great Lo Heavenly Flame Sword.

The Lesser Divine Ability Dragon Flame Wings, on the other hand, gave Lu Chen a tremendous headache.

After several days of study, Lu Chen gradually came to sense the unfathomable profundity of this movement divine ability, and he also understood why movement divine abilities were so rare.

Once one reached the Fifth Grade Sovereign realm, Sovereign experts would gain mastery over Space Power and could naturally travel through space. For a divine ability to dare bear the name of a movement technique among countless divine abilities, it was bound to involve profound Space Power.

Thus, rather than calling movement divine abilities movement divine abilities, it would be more accurate to call them space divine abilities.

Whether in terms of preciousness or difficulty of comprehension, they ranked among the very best of all divine abilities.

Although Lu Chen did not know the precise value of this Lesser Divine Ability movement technique, he estimated that it was quite likely worth no less than an ordinary Greater Divine Ability.

Naturally, such a precious divine ability also came with immense difficulty in cultivation. The Dragon Flame Wings were so difficult to cultivate that even Lu Chen was left clicking his tongue in amazement.

After several days, Lu Chen had only managed to grasp a little of its surface. He was still far from getting started.

Outside the Nine Nether Palace,

Atop a mountain peak that pierced the clouds.

Lu Chen rapidly formed hand seals with both hands. Purple flames burst from within his body and swiftly gathered behind him into a pair of gorgeous purple fire wings.

Next, Lu Chen raised his palms slightly before fiercely striking down through the air. Powerful invisible force surged forth, and the fire wings behind him abruptly flapped. Complex patterns flashed across their surface as dazzling purple light erupted, twisting the surrounding space.

Suddenly, Lu Chen's back trembled. The purple fire wings fluttered several times like lightning, emitting piercing sizzling sounds before instantly collapsing into strands of purple flame that drifted away.

"Still not working?"

Lu Chen rubbed his temples as he watched the Undying Fire scatter through the air, frowning as he spoke.

"There's no helping it. The Dragon Flame Wings involve Space Power. It's simply unrealistic to comprehend them well enough to get started in such a short time. I can only take some medicine."

As he spoke, Lu Chen reluctantly took a purple sandalwood box from his Mustard Seed Bracelet. The moment he opened it, a strange fragrance permeated the air.

Inside the box lay a pill the size of a longan, golden all over, with threads of golden airflow constantly circulating within it.

Upon closer inspection, the golden airflow had actually gathered into a tiny golden tree. As it gently swayed, a faint medicinal fragrance slowly spread outward. Lu Chen merely took a breath of it, and his soul involuntarily felt a cool sensation.

"This Lesser Bodhi Pill cost me five thousand Sovereign Spiritual Liquid. If even this doesn't work, there's nothing else I can do."

Lu Chen sighed and spoke helplessly.

The Lesser Bodhi Pill came from the Endless Fire Territory, one of the Great Thousand World's superpowers. Along with the Ancient Myriad Grassland and the Pill God Clan, it was known as one of the Great Thousand World's three great holy lands of alchemy.

Legend had it that the Bodhi Tree was a sacred relic passed down through generations in the Endless Fire Territory. It could help people attain enlightenment and bring instant understanding. One merely had to sit beneath the Bodhi Tree to experience a hundred lifetimes of reincarnation and become a saint on the spot.

Though the Lesser Bodhi Pill refined from its branches and leaves was not as mysterious and unfathomable as the Bodhi Tree itself, it could likewise aid one in attaining enlightenment.

With memories from his previous life, Lu Chen naturally knew that this legend was true. Back when he was in the lower planes, Emperor Yan of the Endless Fire Territory had relied on the Bodhi Tree's power of enlightenment to undergo a hundred lifetimes of reincarnation and directly break through to the Dou Saint realm.

"It's just too expensive. Five thousand Sovereign Spiritual Liquid—that's five years of salary for a commander-level expert. Alchemy really is profitable..."

Suppressing his heartache, Lu Chen shoved the Lesser Bodhi Pill into his mouth. The golden pill melted as soon as it entered, instantly turning into a warm current that rushed into his body.

In an instant, Lu Chen's mind jolted awake, and his head became clear. Everything he had learned in the past appeared one by one in his mind, instantly transforming into lines of characters that he easily absorbed.

Lu Chen sat cross-legged on the ground. Not daring to delay, he immediately began comprehending the space divine ability, Dragon Flame Wings.

As Lu Chen comprehended it, the phantom of an ancient tree several thousand zhang tall suddenly appeared behind him. It stood high in the air, and as it gently swayed, a stream of clear energy rippled above it before falling onto Lu Chen.

It was as though realizations flowed through his heart like spring water. Every difficulty he had previously encountered while comprehending the Dragon Flame Wings was instantly resolved, and he strode forward by great leaps.

Amid the tedious cultivation, roughly the time it took for an incense stick to burn slowly passed.

The phantom of the ancient Bodhi Tree behind Lu Chen grew increasingly indistinct. Then, at a certain moment, the ancient Bodhi Tree trembled slightly, and its several-thousand-zhang projection instantly transformed into a streak of clear light and dispersed.

The figure sitting cross-legged on the mountaintop finally trembled slightly, and his tightly shut eyes slowly opened.

As that figure slowly opened his eyes, strange ripples suddenly spread through the surrounding space...

A purple gleam flashed through Lu Chen's black eyes as he softly uttered several indistinct characters, containing boundless mysteries.

Whoosh!

In an instant, a pair of magnificent purple wings spread behind him. With a flap of those wings, the surrounding space rippled, and a mass of purple light erupted where he stood with dazzling brilliance.

Lu Chen's figure instantly vanished from his original spot.

The next moment, the space where he had stood twisted, and Lu Chen reappeared in the same place.

Wasn't this strikingly similar to the method Sleeping Emperor had used to suddenly appear in the Scripture Pavilion?

Spatial traversal! The signature method of a Fifth Grade Sovereign expert!

Standing atop the mountain peak, Lu Chen shot out intense purple light from his eyes. The purple fire wings behind him flapped continuously as his figure repeatedly vanished and reappeared within the surrounding space.

The purple flashes grew faster and faster. Faint figures seemed to emerge one after another in the sky, resembling human silhouettes dashing in every direction in all sorts of postures.

As though they had come alive, those figures caused space to ripple slightly. Countless silhouettes suddenly broke free from the restraints of space and shot directly toward the distant heavens.

The illusory figures were terrifyingly fast, as though they ignored the distance of space itself. In only a few breaths, they scattered across the mountain peak, densely packed together. From afar, they resembled a purple sea.

At last, the countless illusory figures merged into one. Amid flashing light, they became a young man in azure robes. Who else could it be but Lu Chen?

The space divine ability, Dragon Flame Wings, had been mastered at the beginner level!

"I finally succeeded. Even if I encounter a Fifth Grade Sovereign now, I have a means to save my life."

"After all, Fifth Grade Sovereigns have only just begun to touch upon Space Power. Their spatial traversal speed might not be much greater than mine now."

Lu Chen's face was filled with delight as he spoke happily.