"According to Venerable Hun Yan, breakthroughs in cultivation, such as advancing from the first to the ninth layer of the true martial realm, are an accumulation of energy."
"This so-called energy is heaven and earth spiritual energy, converted into true essence."
Qin Hao's lips curled slightly. "Accumulating this energy takes the most time and is also the greatest trouble. By reaching the peak of the first layer of the true martial realm so quickly, I've saved at least half a month."
That was not all.
Within his dantian, Qin Hao vaguely sensed a surge of powerful true essence revolving.
So much so that true essence spilled out with his every movement, radiating terrifying power.
Something seems to have changed in my dantian.
Qin Hao's heart stirred. He had met warriors at the peak of the first layer of the true martial realm, but none had ever undergone such a tremendous change.
As his spiritual sense entered his dantian, Qin Hao immediately saw a tornado several dozen feet across standing within that space.
The tornado was composed entirely of true essence!
It was spinning at tremendous speed.
"This..." Qin Hao was dumbfounded.
"At the first layer of the true martial realm, true qi transforms into true essence, and a true essence spirit pool forms in the dantian. But mine has no true essence spirit pool. Instead, a tornado appeared?"
Qin Hao had never encountered anything like this.
Even the ancient books in the Myriad Phenomena Hall contained no record of it.
"A tornado composed entirely of true essence—that's a spiritual vortex!" Lingxiaozi said. "Qin Hao, this is a good thing. It means your true essence has greater offensive power, and you can condense more of it."
"Oh?" Qin Hao raised an eyebrow.
"It should be related to the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing