Epiphany

Time slipped away, and in the blink of an eye, more than ten days had passed.

On the surface of the ocean not far from the planetary continent, Qi Jingshi and the other two were still sparring to verify their insights into their own power.

Under Qi Jingshi's guidance, Qi Tianshou and Qi Shangye gradually began to perceive that sense of will, consciousness, power, and energy merging together through their repeated battles.

Although that feeling was impossible to describe in words, through slow experimentation, Qi Shangye had managed to grasp a few tricks; he was only a hair's breadth away from mastering that state, whereas Qi Tianshou still lagged behind a little.

"What's going on?"

The three on the sea surface suddenly stopped their sparring because they felt a tremor coming from the seabed, and they immediately rose into the high air together, seeing ripples rising on the distant horizon.

"What is that?" Qi Tianshou asked curiously.

"I don't know, let's go take a look together." After Qi Jingshi finished speaking, the three of them erupted with high speed, rushing toward the center point where the "ripples" were originating.

But the closer they got, the more they felt that terrifying power vibration, and the amplitude was growing stronger and stronger.

By the time they reached their destination, the tens of thousands of meters high, monstrous waves were already causing the three of them to feel a hint of pressure; this was clearly not a normal tsunami or natural disaster.

"This power, it's the Buddha Lord!" After just a brief sensing, the three immediately judged that the person causing such a massive commotion was none other than Qi Tian.

"Big Brother, what should we do?" Qi Shangye asked, turning to Qi Jingshi.

Qi Tianshou looked at him as well upon hearing this. Qi Jingshi remained relatively calm, surveying the surroundings; the rising giant waves were stacking layer upon layer, already reaching a dangerous level.

"We cannot let the tsunami continue. Let's go down to the seabed together to see what the situation is."

After Qi Jingshi finished speaking, he expanded his golden energy to envelop the other two, taking them down into the seabed together, pushing against the increasingly intense tremors as they approached the submarine trench where Qi Tian was located.

On Qi Tian's side, having fallen completely into a state of epiphany, the flow of energy within his body was accelerating, and its density had surpassed its original intensity, slowly aligning with a strange fluctuation.

The originally cramped trench walls around him had already crumbled into rubble from his repeated attacks, and were blasted into massive, deep craters by the subsequent release of energy.

Meanwhile, Qi Tian, suspended in a "big" shape over the deep seabed crater, kept his eyes tightly shut, sensing the mysteries of heaven and earth. With his fists clenched tight, the golden energy was constantly solidifying and compressing.

The surrounding seawater formed a vortex on both the left and right sides, accompanied by the terrifying energy, slowly transforming into a fearsome waterspout.

"It's no good, I can't continue forward. The vibrating power is making my blood surge and my internal organs ache even from this far away."

Among the three descending toward Qi Tian, Qi Shangye was the first to be unable to withstand the fluctuations caused by Qi Tian's energy release, and he hurriedly sent a telepathic message to the other two.

The two who heard Qi Shangye's message were not faring much better. Aside from Qi Jingshi, who could still hold on, Qi Tianshou also felt the pressure weighing on his internal organs.

Qi Jingshi controlled the water flow driven by his energy to a halt. Having confirmed that it was Qi Tian in the deep, dark seabed, he sent a telepathic message directly, hoping Qi Tian would receive it.

"Buddha Lord... Buddha Lord..."

Qi Tian, who was in the midst of brewing a terrifying move, felt a faint voice enter his mind, breaking his strange state.

"Who is it?"

Qi Tian opened his eyes abruptly, a powerful pressure of will erupting from his gaze as he angrily searched for the source of the telepathic message in his mind.

"Buddha Lord, please stop. If this continues, the land will be destroyed."

This time, the telepathic voice was clearly sensed by Qi Tian. At the same time, he expanded his consciousness and saw Qi Jingshi and the others, who were struggling against immense pressure to get closer to him.

"What is it?" Qi Tian's voice was devoid of emotion, asking the three in a tone of a superior that he had never used before.

Seemingly sensing the hidden, simmering rage in Qi Tian's voice, the three were terrified and hurriedly spoke through telepathy.

"Buddha Lord, please calm your anger. We did not mean to disturb you, but the impact of your cultivation is too great. It has formed turbulence on the seabed and triggered layer upon layer of terrifying tsunamis. If the power continues to increase, I fear it will directly strike and submerge the entire continent."

Qi Tian was stunned upon hearing this. He immediately expanded his consciousness to inspect the sea surface, discovering that terrifying waves had formed across a range of thousands of kilometers, and the giant waves stacking up in the distance were already tens of thousands of meters high.

He was glad that Qi Jingshi and the others had interrupted him; otherwise, the low-level civilization he had worked so hard to build would have been destroyed by his own hands.

"What a pity."

The impression of his previous state was already beginning to blur in Qi Tian's mind. That fist, which was about to take shape, had faintly aligned with some kind of strange fluctuation he had felt earlier. If he had been given more time, that strike would have become his most powerful move.

"Although it didn't take shape, the lingering resonance in that punch has given me other insights."

After calming his emotions, Qi Tian flashed to the location of the three, bringing them up from the seabed to hover above the ocean surface.

"I entered a certain state while cultivating and lost control for a moment," Qi Tian explained to the three.

Qi Jingshi and the others, who were hovering to the side, breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Qi Tian's explanation. Seeing that there was no anger on his face, they believed that Qi Tian had forgiven them.

"Thank you for your understanding, Buddha Lord," the three said in unison, bowing their heads toward Qi Tian.

Qi Tian nodded. "You three return to the Holy Temple first and call for Shi Xuan. I will arrive later; I have something to announce then."

The three responded in unison, bowed to Qi Tian, and flew quickly back toward the continent.

Watching the three leave, Qi Tian remained in place and closed his eyes, carefully sensing the lingering resonance of his previous epiphany, racing against time to recall that state.

During this process, strange fluctuations appeared and disappeared on his body once more, but they soon vanished entirely.

Until he could no longer feel the lingering resonance of the epiphany, Qi Tian sighed, sensing that his Will Divine Fire and soul had undergone slight changes, and he turned his consciousness toward his sea of consciousness.

"I didn't expect that after such a short period of being scorched by the will, not only has my will grown stronger, but my soul has also expanded slightly."

"Moreover, this Will Divine Fire is no longer like a candle in the wind. Now that my will is stronger, the fire ignited by it has also turned into a small cluster of flames."

"This Undying talent truly did not disappoint me. I look forward to the day it undergoes a qualitative change."

On the other side, with Qi Jingshi exerting his golden energy to envelop them, the three returned at great speed, arriving back at the Holy Temple of the Gold Soul Clan in little more than half an hour.

Shortly after, Qi Shixuan, having received a telepathic message from Qi Jingshi, hurried over. Upon entering the temple and seeing the three of them standing respectfully beneath the altar, he quickly made his way to their side.

"Father, Uncle Tie... Uncle Tianshou, Uncle Shangxie," Qi Shixuan greeted the three.

The three nodded slightly. Qi Jingshi looked at his son before him, feeling a sense of gratification in his heart, and spoke, "You have worked hard managing the clan's affairs these past few years."

Qi Shixuan shook his head and replied, "For the Buddha Lord, and for the Gold Soul Clan, everything is as it should be."