The Terror!

Inside the cave, as the figure slowly rose and gradually came into focus, the translucent sphere wrapped around it rapidly shrank, drying out and showing signs of weathering.

It was like a womb nurturing life, pouring out all its nourishment.

At that very moment.

Shhk!

The figure finally finished growing, tore through the confinement around it, and emerged.

Jiang Yan stepped onto the ground and glanced around at the surroundings, which looked as though they had been scorched by intense heat. He sighed.

"Not a bad experience."

He had never expected that breaking through this time would be rather like giving birth—and he was the child.

The cultivation technique had drawn on the world's Yuanji to supply "nutrients," advancing both his constitution and his martial realm.

After steadying himself a little, Jiang Yan began examining the abilities he had gained from this breakthrough.

The results pleased him, too.

Going by the name of the cultivation technique, this breakthrough had granted him three abilities: Giant Spirit, Sun Veil, and Dharma Body.

As the name suggested, Giant Spirit was an ability akin to a manifestation of heaven and earth. It allowed Jiang Yan to manipulate the world's Yuanji and grow enormous, making his attacks utterly ferocious; the power of a single strike could increase several times over.

Its drawback was that it made him rather slow, costing him his agility.

In a word: high attack, low speed.

Sun Veil was an area-of-effect ability that let the user create a "domain." Within this domain, the user gained various enhancements and could inflict all manner of negative effects on enemies.

The simplest application was to inspect the condition of all the living beings within the domain.

Dharma Body was an advanced form of the body's intangibility in the Talisman Realm, allowing those who had