One-click learning

The Library Pavilion.

Chen Xuan had found the information he needed.

A total of 137 secret realms had been discovered in the Azure Cloud Realm.

The Azure Cloud Realm could be divided into two regions: the Nine Provinces Continent and the Endless Sea.

Of these, the Nine Provinces Continent could be considered the heart of the entire Azure Cloud Realm, with ninety-six secret realms.

This continent was divided into nine provinces, hence its name, the Nine Provinces Continent.

Each province covered an immensely vast area.

The Cloud Sea Sect was located in Jing Province, one of the nine provinces. Within Jing Province alone, there were twelve secret realms.

Three of them were Heavenly Dao Secret Realms.

Back to the matter at hand: since the Nine Provinces covered such a vast area, and Chen Xuan was only a Spirit Sea cultivator, he had best not venture too far in search of Heavenly Dao Qi. He would explore the three Heavenly Dao Secret Realms within Jing Province first.

Chen Xuan committed all the locations and information about the secret realms to memory, then left the Library Pavilion.

He now had a destination.

But there was no rush to set off.

He would improve his strength first.

The Sect Market.

Chen Xuan began buying ingredients for Spirit Sea Pills and second-tier Dragon Pattern Pills.

The ingredients for Spirit Sea Pills were much more expensive than those for Spirit Gathering Pills.

They were also much harder to refine.

Most cultivators could only use Spirit Gathering Pills for their regular cultivation, perhaps saving Spirit Sea Pills for breaking through a minor realm.

But Chen Xuan was different. Learning alchemy was simply effortless for the Purple Imperial Dragon Flame.

Refining Spirit Sea Pills might be difficult for other cultivators, but for him, it could not have been easier.

So he could absolutely use Spirit Sea Pills to cultivate.

With his ingredients purchased, Chen Xuan left the Marketplace.

After returning to Danxiao Peak, Chen Xuan did not hurry back to his quarters. Instead, he visited the Library Pavilion and began leafing through books on second-tier alchemy.

[Your Dao Technique, "Purple Imperial Dragon Flame," is learning alchemy.]

[Your Dao Technique, "Purple Imperial Dragon Flame," has successfully mastered second-tier alchemy.]

Chen Xuan intended to go all the way in one shot this time.

He spent the following stretch of time leafing through the Library Pavilion's other books on alchemy.

As time passed...

[Your Dao Technique, "Purple Imperial Dragon Flame," has successfully mastered third-tier alchemy.]

[Your Dao Technique, "Purple Imperial Dragon Flame," has successfully mastered fourth-tier alchemy.]

[Your Dao Technique, "Purple Imperial Dragon Flame," has successfully mastered fifth-tier alchemy.]

Now this was cheating.

Without spending much time at all, Chen Xuan had flipped through practically every book in Danxiao Peak's Library Pavilion.

The Purple Imperial Dragon Flame had already mastered fifth-tier alchemy.

As the Purple Imperial Dragon Flame mastered it, a wealth of alchemical knowledge also flooded his mind.

Unfortunately, the Library Pavilion's alchemical texts only covered up to the fifth tier.

But that was already enough for now.

He probably would not need to hone his alchemy any further for a long time.

Chen Xuan left the Library Pavilion.

On his way back, something suddenly occurred to him.

Brother Dragon, learning alchemy is like having a one-click learning cheat for you. Do you think you could learn artifact refining too?

Chen Xuan asked inwardly.

The idea had suddenly popped into his head.

Although he had no particular need for artifact refining right now, he would need it sooner or later.

Not every magical artifact or treasure could be commissioned from someone else or bought ready-made.

After reaching the Purple Mansion Realm, a cultivator could nurture a lifebound treasure within their purple mansion.

A lifebound treasure they refined themselves would not necessarily be the best treasure.

But the best and most renowned lifebound treasures were all refined by the cultivators themselves.

That was getting ahead of things. He was only in the Spirit Sea Realm, so there was no rush to think about lifebound treasures.

Chen Xuan soon returned to his residence.

He then went into seclusion to refine pills.

I'm counting on you, bro.

With that silent thought, Chen Xuan summoned the Purple Imperial Dragon Flame.

The Purple Imperial Dragon Flame immediately got to work.

First came the Spirit Sea Pills.

Purple flames precisely enveloped the pill furnace as portions of medicinal herbs were tossed inside.

The flames' temperature and shape shifted minutely inside and outside the furnace. The whole process flowed like drifting clouds and running water, precise beyond measure.

Before long, a rich medicinal fragrance wafted from the furnace.

The furnace opened.

Twelve round, crystalline pills flew out, their surfaces bearing distinct pill patterns and faintly shimmering spiritual light, and landed in the jade bottle Chen Xuan had prepared.

Chen Xuan glanced at them and smiled.

Sure enough, the Purple Imperial Dragon Flame was fucking amazing.

Every single one was a supreme-grade first-tier Spirit Sea Pill.

The Purple Imperial Dragon Flame did not pause. Without missing a beat, it continued adding ingredients and began another round of refining.

Batch after batch of Spirit Sea Pill ingredients passed through its flames with practically no possibility of failure, and its efficiency was astonishing.

Soon, jade bottles covered the space before Chen Xuan, each containing ten supreme-grade Spirit Sea Pills.

Once all the ingredients had been refined...

Chen Xuan smiled as he looked at the pills.

Then he took out a Spirit Sea Pill and swallowed it.

[Your cultivation technique, "Flowing Cloud Technique," has sensed immense medicinal power!]

[What a kick! What an incredible kick!]

The pill dissolved the instant it entered his mouth, turning into a surging torrent of spiritual energy many times greater and purer than that of a Qi Gathering Pill, roaring through Chen Xuan's body.

Yet this medicinal power, which would have taken an ordinary early-stage Spirit Sea cultivator a long time to refine and absorb, was swept away at astonishing speed the moment it appeared by the Flowing Cloud Technique, which had long been lying in wait. It swiftly became Chen Xuan's own golden spiritual energy and flowed into the golden spirit sea in his dantian.

The Spirit Sea Pill's medicinal power was potent, but the Flowing Cloud Technique converted it with incredible efficiency, wasting almost nothing.

After taking just one pill, Chen Xuan could clearly feel that the spirit sea within his dantian seemed to have grown considerably.

Without the slightest pause, Chen Xuan took out another Spirit Sea Pill and swallowed it.

[Yes! That feels amazing!]

[This packs way more of a punch than Qi Gathering Pills!]

[Another one! Don't stop!]

Fuck... this makes it sound like I'm popping drugs.

Fine... I really am popping drugs.

Chen Xuan continued taking Spirit Sea Pills.

One after another, he swallowed them, feeling like a tireless pill furnace. The Flowing Cloud Technique was its supremely efficient conversion core, continuously transforming vast quantities of medicinal spiritual energy into his cultivation.

The golden spirit sea within Chen Xuan's dantian expanded and deepened at a rate visible to the naked eye, its waves surging ever more fiercely.

His cultivation began skyrocketing along with it.

Early-stage Spirit Sea Realm!

Mid-stage Spirit Sea Realm!

Late-stage Spirit Sea Realm!

Peak Spirit Sea Realm!

Chen Xuan encountered practically no bottlenecks as his cultivation rose, his realm soaring with the unstoppable force of splitting bamboo.

After his cultivation reached the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm, the surging spiritual energy gradually settled.

Despite advancing straight from the early stage to the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm in one go, Chen Xuan had no worries about an unstable foundation.

In this realm, a cultivator's foundation was not judged by their cultivation speed, but by their spirit sea and Dao foundation...

With a golden spirit sea, if he then achieved Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment, his foundation would be as solid as could be, regardless of how quickly he cultivated.

After improving his cultivation...

Chen Xuan released the Purple Imperial Dragon Flame and resumed refining second-tier Dragon Pattern Pills.

Automatic pill refining began.

Waves of pill fragrance once again spread freely through the air.