In the blink of an eye, more than three months had passed since Qin Fang returned.
Throughout those three months, Qin Fang had practiced his soul-consciousness secret art without pause. Now, he had reached the Minor Accomplishment Stage of the first refinement.
When he reached that stage, a mysterious vertical mark had appeared between his brows of its own accord.
The mark looked simple, but it was filled with mysteries. Deep red, it resembled flame and blood.
It had appeared as his Nine Tribulations Soul Refining Chapter began to bear fruit.
He raised a hand and lightly touched the mark, which felt faintly hot, his eyes flickering.
He knew what it was: a mark left upon his soul by the Soul-Consciousness Tribulation.
As his cultivation advanced, the mark would undergo nine transformations. After each tribulation, its color and form would change, until he had passed all nine and reached perfection.
The first tribulation was the Blazing Body-Burning Tribulation, and the mark at this stage was called the Blazing Fire Mark.
He had only reached the Minor Accomplishment Stage, so the mark still looked rather simple. As he progressed through the first tribulation toward the Consummation Stage, it would fully condense into the Blazing Fire Mark.
The mark would make it easier for him to use the Nine Tribulations Soul Refining Chapter's offensive techniques.
For example, he could already plunge someone in an illusion into raging flames that burned their soul-consciousness.
Through the Illusory-Reality Transformation of soul-consciousness, that "burning" could even spread from the soul-consciousness to the flesh—
It was terrifying.
It was still weak for now, but its intensity would rise with his cultivation.
Eventually, a single thought would be enough to burn a soul to nothing!
And even if it failed to destroy the soul, imagine the advantage he