Life Spring Realm

As the power of that wisp of Solar Trueflame was released within Yan Kuan's body, the Flame Divine Power enveloping it began to transform as well.

The Flame Divine Power circulated along the route of the Burning Art Wheel Sea Chapter. The first thread of divine power began an unusual fusion with that wisp of Solar Trueflame.

No, rather than fusion, it was more accurate to say that this not-so-powerful wisp of Solar Trueflame was gradually being devoured by the divine power generated by the Burning Art.

Yan Kuan was naturally delighted when his consciousness sensed all this. Although he had known that the Burning Art could continuously advance and transform by devouring powerful flames, he had never tried devouring powerful flames from the Shrouding the Heavens universe before. He had not been entirely sure.

As the crimson Flame Divine Power continuously circulated along the Burning Art Wheel Sea Chapter's route, it kept merging with that wisp of Solar Trueflame. As vast amounts of flame energy were refined, the Burning Art's route gradually grew more complex.

When the final circulation cycle was completed, the foreign Solar Trueflame and his own Flame Divine Power had almost completely merged into one. Faint golden patterns had appeared within the originally crimson Flame Divine Power.

The changes in his Flame Divine Power naturally could not escape Yan Kuan's divine sense. Sensing its steadily increasing fiery might, he was overcome with excitement and joy.

Although the Solar Trueflame he had refined was only a small wisp, far from enough to condense a Fire Seed, this was a good beginning. With this expanse of Solar Trueflame here, Yan Kuan was confident that he could carve out a place for himself in this End of Dharma era.

"Though it is only a trace of Solar Trueflame, its power is stronger than many Heavenly Flames from the inheritance!"

Within Yan Kuan's body, that wisp of Solar Trueflame was gradually refined. A hint of gold was now mixed into the crimson radiance blazing around his body.

Though it was only a minute change, it multiplied the power of the flames he could control severalfold, showing just how formidable Solar Trueflame was. Amid his joy, his consciousness gradually merged into his divine power, which rapidly grew stronger as it circulated along the cultivation route.

"At the beginning of cultivation, the Sea of Bitterness is paramount. There are countless methods in this world, yet all begin the path to immortality from here."

"All things have a place where they are born and begin, and there is such a place within the human body as well. It is the foundation of life's vitality, containing all the essence of the body. It is called the Life Source Wheel, or the Wheel of Life."

"The Wheel of Life is where ordinary people produce offspring and Taoists cultivate their bodies. It is the foundation of cultivators. The Wheel of Life is the source of divine power; for cultivators to embark upon the path to immortality, everything must begin here."

"The Wheel of Life may be called a cultivator's foundation. If one reaches the legendary realm and keeps the Wheel of Life crystalline, free of scars and marks, ever as it was at birth, then perhaps there will be a sliver of hope for Becoming Immortal."

"The Sea of Bitterness is the endless sea of tribulations that obscures the Wheel of Life. Once cultivators reach a certain realm, the Wheel of Life, though seemingly only palm-sized, contains a true world within. The Sea of Bitterness is born alongside it and exists with it."

"The Sea of Bitterness overlaps with the Wheel of Life. Everything fundamental to a cultivator lies in the Wheel of Life, and one purpose of cultivation is to cross the Sea of Bitterness in its entirety."

"Cultivators must first open up the Sea of Bitterness and gradually expand it, then release endless life essence that spreads throughout the body, nourishing the flesh, organs, and bones, strengthening the mortal shell and allowing one to initially transcend ordinary humans. This is the first realm of the Wheel Sea Realm—the Sea of Bitterness."

"One must open a passage through the Sea of Bitterness, reaching its depths and connecting with the Wheel of Life, allowing a vast amount of life essence to gush forth and halt the Sea of Bitterness's erosion, thereby extending one's lifespan."

"When quantitative change brings qualitative change, the surging life essence will ultimately gather and turn liquid, forming a Divine Spring that rushes into the Sea of Bitterness. By carving out a Life Spring within the desolate Sea of Bitterness, linking it to the Wheel of Life and letting the Divine Spring flow endlessly, one reaches the second realm of the Wheel Sea Realm—the Life Spring."

"Cross the Sea of Bitterness, forge the Life Spring. The Life Spring is the source of a cultivator's power. Only after achieving the Life Spring can one wield all kinds of mysterious arts and divine abilities with unfathomable might."

"This is a crucial step in a cultivator's transformation. So long as the source of divine power remains unceasing, one's magical power will be inexhaustible. Upon reaching the Life Spring Realm, one can ride Divine Radiance, soar through the skies, and travel through the earth, with countless exquisite mysterious arts at one's command."

After Yan Kuan refined the first wisp of Solar Trueflame, the Burning Art divine power within his body spontaneously drew in the flame energy around him. More scorching aura was attracted over, enveloping his entire body.

At his dantian, the fiery-red Sea of Bitterness had been opened to a certain limit. Flames churned endlessly, life essence ceaselessly emerged, and a powerful flame phenomenon appeared outside his body, continuously shattering the incoming flame energy and drawing it into the circulation cycle.

At the center of the Sea of Bitterness, rolling clouds of flame-like radiance surged upward like columns of smoke. They no longer merely spread and coiled about, but instead resembled a living volcano erupting violently.

Yan Kuan's fiery-red Sea of Bitterness constantly spewed divine power as it repeatedly attempted to connect with the Wheel of Life. Whenever he entered a state of emptiness, waves would resound within the Sea of Bitterness, and faint sounds of surf would drift from his body as his entire form was shrouded in a sacred glow.

The phenomenon of the Sea of Bitterness grew ever clearer. Its central point continuously erupted like an active volcano. His life fluctuations also kept strengthening, and his fiery-red Sea of Bitterness blazed as brilliantly as the midday sun.

Life essence continuously sprang forth, nourishing every limb and bone in his body and making his fleshly body extraordinarily powerful.

Boom!!!

After an unknown amount of time, a powerful aura suddenly erupted. Yan Kuan's essence surged throughout his body as crimson-gold divine fire blazed fiercely around him. Divine light shone brilliantly in his eyes like two bolts of lightning, exceptionally dazzling within this dark underground palace.

Yan Kuan rose to his feet. At that moment, he possessed a majestic aura, and the energy spilling from him shook the entire underground palace until it trembled.

In the next instant, his figure transformed into a crimson-gold bolt of lightning and shot out. A blazing Divine Radiance enveloped him as his body slowly rose into the air.

At the very center of Yan Kuan's Sea of Bitterness, a spring had appeared, connecting to the Wheel of Life. A crimson Divine Spring streaked with gold gushed forth, wreathed in hazy golden-red mist.

Yan Kuan activated his Fiery Golden Eyes divine ability. Dazzling pale-gold firelight shot nearly ten feet from his eyes, almost tangible as it struck the underground palace's rock walls and left behind two blackened, scorching burn marks.

"The advantage of the Shrouding the Heavens Method is that its energy is of a higher and purer grade. At merely the Life Spring Realm, one can already fly through the sky and travel through the earth. In Doupo, one would need to be at least a Dou Ling to do that!"

Yan Kuan could sense that the dou qi—or rather, divine power—within his body was several times more abundant than before. Though his dou qi realm had not completed a breakthrough, reaching the second realm of the Wheel Sea Secret Realm had brought an earthshaking transformation to his strength.