Spirit Release Realm First Level

"She's back—Gu Li is back."

"Not only is Gu Li back, she brought a Unicorn Boar with her! And there's a scrawny, ugly man who seems absurdly strong!"

As Yi Chen and Gu Li arrived, every member of the Flame Mountain Tribe came out to greet them.

When they learned that Yi Chen had killed the Unicorn Boar, everyone found it unbelievable.

Yet the power Yi Chen had displayed left them with no choice but to believe it.

Naturally, the Flame Mountain Tribe members celebrated Yi Chen's willingness to join their Tribe.

Tribal Chief Tai Shi even announced that a bonfire celebration would be held that night, with the entire Tribe celebrating Yi Chen's arrival.

Even Luo Ge, the Tribe's other warrior, was tremendously excited.

Not only did he want to become the Tribal Chief of the Flame Mountain Tribe, he also wanted to win Gu Li's heart.

With someone so powerful suddenly appearing, he should have been displeased.

But he did not see it that way.

In his eyes, although Yi Chen possessed great strength, he lacked a burly physique, rugged features, and dark, rough skin. There was no way he could win Gu Li's heart.

Likewise, though Yi Chen was exceptionally gifted and possessed terrifying power—

His agility surely fell far short of Luo Ge's.

If Luo Ge stayed on guard and they truly fought, Yi Chen might not necessarily be his match.

That being the case, once he became Tribal Chief, Yi Chen would only become his right-hand man.

With Yi Chen and Gu Li assisting him, he would surely lead the Flame Mountain Tribe to greater glory.

Therefore, not only did he refrain from plotting anything behind Yi Chen's back, he deliberately tried to befriend him.

By nightfall, after all the commotion, Yi Chen finally returned to the small Wooden House that the Flame Mountain Tribe had hurriedly built for him.

The Wooden House was exceedingly crude, barely fifteen or sixteen square meters in size.

But in the Flame Mountain Tribe, it already counted as a mansion.

Before this, the only people who could live in such luxurious Wooden Houses were Tribal Chief Tai Shi and the High Priest.

After them came the two warriors, Gu Li and Luo Ge.

Now, Yi Chen had been added to that list.

He sat cross-legged on the wooden bed.

Yi Chen quickly entered a Meditative State.

The dense Spiritual Energy around him gathered toward him.

After that, it was as though he had returned to the Mountain Cave, becoming a seasoned shut-in once more.

Every day, the Flame Mountain Tribe organized hunting parties.

According to tribal rules, adult men did not need to join every day, but they had to participate at least once every three days.

But whether it was Gu Li inviting him, Luo Ge inviting him, or even Tribal Chief Tai Shi coming to his door—

Yi Chen found all manner of excuses to decline.

Fortunately, the Unicorn Boar weighing more than ten tons had been hunted by him, which counted as a great contribution to the Flame Mountain Tribe.

Though it violated tribal rules and left some members dissatisfied, they could only endure it for the time being.

As the days passed, the Flame Mountain Tribe members' resentment gradually accumulated.

The viewers before their screens, however, did not grow tired of it.

Because Yi Chen, wholly focused on cultivation, advanced by leaps and bounds.

In less than five days, he broke through to the Qi Condensation Realm Seventh Level.

A little over five days later, he broke through to the Qi Condensation Realm Eighth Level.

A little over six days later, he rose to the Qi Condensation Realm Ninth Level!

For the viewers before their screens, Yi Chen's focused cultivation and rapid advancement would allow him to test the limits and side effects of this cultivation method sooner.

It was exactly what they had hoped for.

The only flaw, in the viewers' eyes, was that Yi Chen had never copied down the incantation for the Flying Knife Art.

It was like a thorn lodged in everyone's heart, making them unbearably uncomfortable.

Being afraid to learn it because of possible side effects was one thing. Being unable to learn it was another matter entirely.

Whether or not they learned the Flying Knife Art, the initiative in the former case lay in their own hands. In the latter, it did not.

The feeling was completely different.

But the Live Stream Room viewers could do nothing about it.

If Yi Chen would not copy down the incantation, they could only fret anxiously and wait patiently.

In the blink of an eye, more than twenty days passed.

Inside the Wooden House—

Yi Chen was still tirelessly cultivating.

Bzz!

His body trembled slightly.

Immediately afterward, a powerful aura burst forth from within him.

It actually stirred up a fierce gust of wind out of thin air throughout the Wooden House.

The wind dissipated.

Yi Chen suddenly opened his eyes.

He had broken through!

He tried waving a hand.

An invisible stream of Spiritual Power shot forth from his palm.

After breaking through to a New Realm, the Spiritual Power in his Qi Sea could now be released beyond his body.

This was undoubtedly an enormous advancement.

For now, he could fend off enemies from a distance.

If he had a weapon in hand, he could even unleash Sword Qi or blade qi.

Furthermore, as he broke through to the New Realm, his Spiritual Power underwent a qualitative transformation, becoming several times more compressed and refined.

Stimulated by the Spiritual Power, his Qi Sea and meridians were also constantly expanding, growing broader and broader.

"After reaching a New Realm, Spiritual Power can be released externally. Then I'll call it the Spirit Release Realm!"

Yi Chen did not spend much time pondering the name of the New Realm.

What he wanted more was to stabilize his Realm as soon as possible, then go out and compete for the position of Tribal Chief.

Only by conquering the entire Flame Mountain Tribe, with its more than one thousand members as his foundation, could he be said to have taken the first step toward massively expanding his territory and increasing the bonuses of the Strongest Talent System!

After steadying his emotions and suppressing the excitement and joy in his heart from reaching the Spirit Release Realm First Level—

Yi Chen sat cross-legged once more and resumed cultivating.

Unfortunately, he was disappointed.

After breaking through to the Spirit Release Realm First Level, his Qi Sea, meridians, and Spiritual Power had all undergone qualitative transformations.

As a result, continuing to cultivate with the Chaos Art was astonishingly ineffective.

The external Spiritual Energy drawn into his meridians was negligible.

In other words, if he wanted to stabilize his Realm and continue cultivating in the future, breaking through to the Spirit Release Realm Second Level and Third Level, he would have to improve the Chaos Art into a cultivation technique suited to the Spirit Release Realm.

"Sure enough, as a Pioneer, the road ahead is arduous and obstacles abound! This means that every time I break through a Great Realm in the future, I'll have to spend time improving the Chaos Art or creating a new cultivation technique."

Yi Chen let out a long sigh.

Fortunately, there was still time before the contest of hunting results to compete for the position of Tribal Chief.

He quickly adjusted his mindset.

He began sensing the properties of the Spiritual Power within his body and the external Spiritual Energy, comprehending their similarities and differences, studying how to improve the Chaos Art and make it more suitable for Spirit Release Realm cultivation.

At this moment—

The hundreds of thousands of viewers in the Live Stream Room—

Were utterly dumbfounded.

Every time one advanced by a minor Realm, one's physical attributes, Spiritual Power intensity, and the amount of Spiritual Power in the Qi Sea would all increase.

Everyone had long accepted this.

But as Yi Chen broke through to the Spirit Release Realm First Level, a world-shaking development suddenly appeared.

Though he had only broken through one minor Realm, the intensity of his Spiritual Power, his Qi Sea, and his meridians had all undergone qualitative transformations, increasing severalfold.

"My god, advancing from the Qi Condensation Realm Ninth Level to the Qi Condensation Realm Tenth Level actually brings such an enormous increase?"

"Not the Qi Condensation Realm Tenth Level—the Spirit Release Realm First Level."

"His Spiritual Power intensity, Qi Sea, and meridians have all achieved major breakthroughs. No wonder he didn't call it the Qi Condensation Realm Tenth Level after breaking through, but gave it a new name: the Spirit Release Realm."

"Although his physical attributes did not undergo a drastic change after reaching the Spirit Release Realm, his Spiritual Power intensity, Qi Sea, and meridians have all greatly improved. By that logic, even more Spiritual Energy will dissipate during future cultivation, improving physical attributes even faster."

"I'm done waiting. After all this time, he still hasn't reached the limit, and no side effects have appeared. I'm going to start cultivating the Chaos Art!"

"Those bold people who started imitating the Chaos Art cultivation method earliest—those with high talent have already reached the Qi Condensation Realm Eighth Level! Likewise, they have neither reached the limit nor shown any side effects."

"I'm starting to cultivate the Chaos Art too!"

Just as many viewers were clamoring about preparing to cultivate the Chaos Art, someone discovered a piece of data shocking enough to stun the entire world!

"Heavens! Everyone, look at the genetic data—look at the Repair Gene data scanned by the Scanner."

"After Yi Chen broke through to the Spirit Release Realm First Level, his Repair Gene value suddenly doubled. Doesn't that mean his lifespan has doubled as well?"

"Based on Yi Chen's original Repair Gene data, even without illness or disaster and living in a sterile environment, his maximum lifespan was about the same as the Human Race's average maximum lifespan—around one hundred and twenty years."

"That was because the division limit of the cells in his body was only one hundred and twenty years. After one hundred and twenty years, most of his cells would no longer be able to divide, meaning he had reached the limit of his lifespan."

"But now, his Repair Gene has doubled, which means the cells' division limit can double as well."

"Wouldn't his maximum lifespan soar from one hundred and twenty years to two hundred and forty?"