Breath of All Things

This technique is extremely fast, with a destructive power reaching three times one's own strength, already exceeding one thousand. This is different from the Jiang Divine Body.

The Jiang Divine Body is equivalent to an overall amplification of combat power, whereas the power of the Explosive Flame Meteor comes from the conversion and collision of ki. The base strength remains unchanged, but because of the way the ki operates, the move unleashes power far exceeding one's own!

Because of the existence of the explosive flame power, Jiang Yun can no longer continue to compress the energy of the Explosive Flame Meteor based on his current cultivation and control of ki, because if he were to compress it any further...

Bang!

He would only end up blowing himself up instead of killing the enemy.

Since the Explosive Flame Meteor contains disordered and chaotic ki, Jiang Yun has even made it appear more chaotic, similar to the Rasengan from Naruto; the exterior is stable, but the inside is extremely disordered and chaotic!

Once it strikes a person, it will cause massive damage! Furthermore, because the explosive flame power acts as fuel, it functions like a thruster, amplifying the speed of the Explosive Flame Meteor to a terrifying degree!

It is time to continue the trial; the past few days were delayed due to cultivation.

Afterward, Jiang Yun covered his eyes again and leaped into the ocean.

In the days that followed, Jiang Yun became increasingly proficient. He slowly overcame the resistance of the water, and his concealment of ki became more and more effortless.

His perception of his surroundings grew increasingly sensitive; he could even feel the flow of water around his body. Even without using ki, Jiang Yun could catch the fish swimming nearby.

When using ki, Jiang Yun felt as if dense spots of light had appeared around him. Those were the ki signatures of living beings; although faint, they truly existed!

While Jiang Yun was focused and calm, the creatures in the ocean almost treated him as a rock. In their eyes, Jiang Yun was no different from a stone, so they did not view him as a dangerous factor.

Even as Jiang Yun sat cross-legged on the seabed, to them, he was like a rock with special seaweed growing on it, as they had mistaken Jiang Yun's hair for a type of unique aquatic plant.

Slowly, the world seemed to change in Jiang Yun's eyes. It felt as if everything were in slow motion, and everything around him fell silent for an instant. At this moment, Jiang Yun entered a profound and mysterious state.

In Jiang Yun's perception, the world seemed to have been rendered in new colors. In his senses, all things seemed to have life, each possessing joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.

Everything even possessed a special aura. To Jiang Yun, this aura was completely different from ki; it was an existence more advanced than ki.

If he had to name it, Jiang Yun would call it Vital Energy!

Yes!

Vital Energy!

In Jiang Yun's view, this special aura existing within all things was undoubtedly the Vital Energy that only appeared in the original work—an existence more advanced than ki.

In the original work, Goku had used a technique called the Spirit Bomb many times, saving the Earth from fire and water on several occasions.

As long as you collect enough Vital Energy, you can even defeat enemies countless times stronger than yourself, and Jiang Yun guessed that the function of Vital Energy should be more than just that.

Vital Energy is the foundation of life; all things possess it. If Vital Energy were to cease to exist, then that object would also be destroyed.

When it came to things related to Vital Energy in the original work, Jiang Yun thought of a magical tree.

The Tree of Might!

The fruit produced by the Tree of Might can significantly increase a person's combat power. Legend has it that it is a fruit of the gods that accidentally drifted into the universe. The Tree of Might requires the power of Vital Energy to grow, but because Vital Energy is scarce in the universe, the tree lacks nutrients and forcibly extracts Vital Energy to grow.

This is why planting the Tree of Might leads to the destruction of a planet, whereas the places where gods reside have sufficient Vital Energy to provide the nutrients the Tree of Might needs.

The gods do not even look down upon the combat power increased by the Tree of Might; they only use it as a fruit to quench their thirst, which is why the Tree of Might drifted into the mortal realm.

As the name implies, the greatest ability of the Tree of Might and its fruit is not to increase combat power, but to increase spiritual power, and it can even slightly elevate a person's dimension. As a person's dimension rises, their lifespan can even increase.

That Jiang Yun could feel the existence of Vital Energy at this moment was an incredible thing; he had entered this magical state through a special epiphany.

While Goku entered this state under the guidance of King Kai, the state Jiang Yun entered at this moment was even more perfect. Jiang Yun felt as if he could hear the breathing of all things, and all things radiated goodwill toward him. This made Jiang Yun feel that his body and mind were being nourished, and the surrounding Vital Energy gathered toward his body.

Jiang Yun was actually absorbing the power of Vital Energy!

If King Kai were to see this scene, he would surely be shocked. One must know that even he only utilized the power of Vital Energy to develop the high-damage Spirit Bomb, yet Jiang Yun was actually absorbing the power of Vital Energy.

Jiang Yun's surroundings seemed to have turned into a vortex, rapidly absorbing the Vital Energy scattered between heaven and earth into his body; even the Vital Energy of the surrounding objects began to converge toward him.

Jiang Yun heard the breathing of all things in a trance, as if everything possessed life. Just as Jiang Yun began to absorb the Vital Energy of all things, an extremely pure stream of Vital Energy surged toward his body, far beyond what the Vital Energy scattered in the heavens and earth could compare to.

Jiang Yun felt the joyful emotions of all things, as if they were dancing with him. If there were cultivators in this world, they would surely exclaim!

This is a sign of a spiritual body's epiphany!

How could the state Jiang Yun had stumbled into not be a form of epiphany?

In this state, Jiang Yun frantically absorbed the Vital Energy until, an hour later, he slowly stopped.

Having regained his senses, Jiang Yun was filled with immense joy. He felt that his body was in an incredibly good state, and his combat power had undergone a huge change, already reaching just over one thousand.

At the same time, this was not Jiang Yun's greatest gain. His greatest gain was that the Vital Energy had cleansed his body, even raising his aptitude by a level, reaching the level of a super genius. Although he could not compare to Vegeta, he had reached the level of Goku.

Do not think that Goku's aptitude is poor. Although his combat power at birth was indeed very low, his terrifying comprehension made up for his lack of aptitude. He laid a solid foundation from a young age, received guidance from various masters, and even after he became a Super Saiyan, his bloodline re-cleansed his aptitude, allowing him to firmly suppress Vegeta.

If one were to ask where the gap between Jiang Yun and the Saiyans lies now, it is undoubtedly the Saiyans' formidable bodies and the massive increase in combat power after recovering from the brink of death. This cannot be compared; after all, the racial talent is there.

But if one were to compare Jiang Yun with all the Earthlings on Earth now, there is no doubt that Jiang Yun's aptitude is the best in the world; even Krillin is far behind him now.

Jiang Yun soared into the sky in excitement, circling in the air and wantonly displaying his joy. At this moment, Jiang Yun believed that he finally had the capital to fight against future powerful enemies. In the past, he had cultivated frantically because the aptitude of Earthlings was vastly different from the monsters in the universe. Although he was confident in competing with them, he dared not have the slightest bit of slack.

Now, he is confident that he can chase anyone, and he even looks forward to a future battle with Jiren, who is rumored to surpass the God of Destruction. What Jiang Yun does not know now is that he will truly realize today's reverie in the future.

Of course, that is a story for another time.