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When Su Xin had fought Yue Qingping aboard the flower boat, he had sensed the aura of the Divine Palace Realm on him. That had allowed Su Xin to gradually approach that realm himself.
But they had been in the middle of a fight, and Zhuge Qingtian had interrupted them before Su Xin could break through to the Divine Palace Realm.
Now that he was fighting again, Su Xin could feel the aura of the Divine Palace Realm on Yue Qingping even more clearly.
At the Divine Palace Realm, a martial artist refined the Divine Palace between his brows with the power of heaven and earth. This acupoint was where a person's spirit resided. It was also the most fragile of all the acupoints, and the one closest to heaven and earth.
Refining the Divine Palace didn't mean you could borrow the power of heaven and earth, but the power around you would become more attuned to you. What Su Xin sensed now was this subtle feeling.
Postnatal Realm cultivators tempered their bodies; Xiantian Realm cultivators refined their qi.
Both involved cultivating oneself. It was only upon reaching the Divine Palace Realm that you truly felt the power of heaven and earth aiding you. The effect was subtle, but the world around you really was helping.
For instance, Su Xin was currently fighting Yue Qingping, so he could feel the power of heaven and earth around him resisting him. The sensation was minuscule, but by carefully focusing on it, Su Xin could truly sense the shifting power.
As he sensed it, Su Xin continued fighting Yue Qingping. Every time Yue Qingping struck, Su Xin had to retreat a step. In terms