Divine Ability: Bright Flame Qi; Vital Energy Secret Realm

[Half a year later, Heart Sword Venerable held his Spirit Transformation ceremony.]

[You attended and presented a gift.]

[You discovered that, besides the Spirit Transformation cultivators from Qijian Island, Spirit Transformation cultivators from other islands had also come.]

[Among them were Heart Sword Venerable's close friends.]

[He invited Heart Sword Venerable to explore Minghuang Island, where a Void Returning ruin was about to open.]

[Ancient Yuan Dan Venerable heard this and seemed to think of something. He looked tempted, but when he considered your cultivation realm, he could only shake his head helplessly.]

[At age 70, your sixth sword technique broke through its limit, strengthening your foundation.]

[At age 75, True Monarch Mingyang came to find you. In three years, the Vital Energy Secret Realm on Minghuang Island would open. It was exceptionally suitable for cultivation, and he asked whether you had any intention of going.]

[Please choose...]

[1. You do. Cultivation is a race against time. A treasured place that can speed up cultivation must not be missed.]

[2. You do not. The outside world is too dangerous. You will lie low in the sect. With your talent and foundation, as long as you can keep your head down, Spirit Transformation is well within reach.]

[3. Consider it carefully. Learn the details before making a decision.]

[You asked True Monarch Mingyang for information about the Vital Energy Secret Realm.]

[True Monarch Mingyang told you that the Vital Energy Secret Realm was left behind by an ancient great cultivator. It was a secret realm capable of producing vital energy, and vital energy was a form of energy even easier to refine and absorb than spiritual energy.]

[Even mortals who remained in an environment filled with vital energy for a long time could develop spiritual roots. To immortal cultivators, vital energy was an immense tonic!]

[The Vital Energy Secret Realm opening on Minghuang Island this time was a third-tier Vital Energy Secret Realm. It would remain open for ten years and only allowed cultivators at the Golden Core Realm or below to enter.]

[With your foundation and strength, entering would not be overly dangerous. That was why he recommended that you give it a try.]

[You were somewhat tempted.]

[At that moment, Ancient Yuan Dan Venerable's voice sounded in your mind.]

[He told you that vital energy truly was a rare kind of energy. If there was no great danger, the journey would be well worth it.]

[Furthermore, there were places on Minghuang Island that he wanted you to take a look at.]

[You made up your mind and told True Monarch Mingyang that you would go.]

[True Monarch Mingyang left in satisfaction.]

[Since you had decided to leave Tianjian Sect, you decided to improve your combat ability.]

[You decided to cultivate a simplified divine ability that would aid you in battle.]

[You examined your treasures.]

[You saw the lotus seed of the Great Sun Fire Lotus.]

[You decided to cultivate a simplified divine ability centered on Sun Intent and Fire Intent. With the fire lotus seed, it should not be too difficult.]

[You arrived at the Scripture Repository.]

[You found the simplified divine ability, Bright Flame Qi.]

[You read the description of Bright Flame Qi.]

[It stated that Bright Flame Qi had only one level.]

[You needed to comprehend Sun Intent and Fire Intent, then use a spiritual flame as a foundation before you could cultivate it successfully and obtain a wisp of Bright Flame Qi.]

[This qi could empower all things. When applied to mana, it could greatly increase the quality of mana.]

[When applied to the physical body, it could increase bodily strength and enhance the toughness of the flesh.]

[When applied to the divine soul, it could greatly increase the strength of the divine soul and the range of spiritual sense.]

[It could even produce different effects when applied to different parts of the body. It was an all-purpose type of divine ability.]

[You decided to cultivate Bright Flame Qi.]

[You returned to your residence and swallowed the lotus seed of the Great Sun Fire Lotus.]

[One day later, you gained an initial grasp of Sun Intent.]

[Three days later, you gained an initial grasp of Fire Intent.]

[You began cultivating Bright Flame Qi with the Skyfall Fire within your body as its foundation.]

[Half a year later, you successfully cultivated the divine ability Bright Flame Qi.]

[You decided to thoroughly test your strength.]

[You arrived at the Golden Core Heavenly Sword Path.]

[You cleared the Golden Core Heavenly Sword Path.]

[You obtained a large amount of contribution points.]

[You confirmed the level of your strength.]

[With Bright Flame Qi empowering your mana, your mana could rival that of the Nascent Soul Late Stage, and your combat strength could reach the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.]

[However, if Bright Flame Qi empowered your physical body or divine soul, you could only reach the Nascent Soul Middle Stage in the corresponding field, and your combat strength would be even weaker.]

[At age 77, you left your clone, which had already reached Foundation Establishment, in Tianjian Sect.]

[You boarded a fifth-tier seafaring ship and headed for Minghuang Island.]

[On the ship were not only disciples of Tianjian Sect, but also disciples from other Spirit Transformation factions on Qixia Island. Most of them were headed for the Vital Energy Secret Realm to cultivate.]

[At age 78, you arrived at Minghuang Island.]

[Venerable Gantu of Earth Sword Peak put away the seafaring ship and led you to the Vital Energy Secret Realm.]

[One day later, you arrived at the Vital Energy Secret Realm.]

[By then, a vast sea of people had already gathered outside the Vital Energy Secret Realm.]

[Most of them were Golden Core True Persons.]

[Several had especially powerful auras, drawing your attention.]

[You guessed that most of them had cultivated physical-body-type simplified divine abilities, which was why their auras were so obvious.]

[If they cultivated supportive, burst-type, or offensive divine abilities, it would be difficult to discover their true strength unless they used them.]

[One month later, the third-tier Vital Energy Secret Realm opened.]

[You temporarily handed the treasures on you that exceeded the third tier to Venerable Gantu for safekeeping, then entered the Vital Energy Secret Realm with the main group.]

[The moment you entered, you discovered that every pore on your body had opened.]

[They were madly devouring wisps of thin white energy within the secret realm.]

[You understood that this was vital energy.]

[Within an environment of vital energy, your cultivation speed increased.]

[You intended to find a place with a high concentration of vital energy to cultivate. This was also the choice of most Golden Core True Persons who entered this place.]

[However, places with high concentrations of vital energy either had powerful vital energy lifeforms entrenched there, or had already been occupied by powerful Golden Core True Persons who entered ahead of time.]

[You decided to kill powerful vital energy lifeforms.]

[Three days later, you discovered a place with a high concentration of vital energy.]

[A tiger-headed vital energy lifeform at the level of a Golden Core overlord was entrenched there.]

[The tiger-headed vital energy lifeform pounced at you.]

[You used Bright Flame Qi.]

[The quality of your mana rose greatly.]

[Your combat strength rose greatly.]

[You controlled Fire Sun Sword No. 3 and slashed out with a single sword strike.]

[The tiger-headed vital energy lifeform was cut into two.]

[It quickly transformed into the vital energy of heaven and earth and dispersed, leaving behind only a transparent crystal.]

[You obtained a third-tier supreme-grade Vital Energy Crystal.]