Beacon Fire Realm

The room was dim.

Only the blood-red light filtering in through the window dyed everything a dark red.

Su Han sat cross-legged on the floor and closed his eyes.

The training methods of the Giant Whale Art flashed through his mind over and over.

From Ming Jin to An Jin, from An Jin to Hua Jin, from Hua Jin to Baodan, and finally to True Gang.

Every detail, every movement, every breath coordinated with them.

With his current physique and comprehension, cultivating a Secret Martial Art like this-

Could not have been easier.

He stood up and assumed his stance.

Move by move, form by form.

He performed them all in order.

A moment later.

Inside him, Heavenly Phenomenon Force and Red Thread Force had already fused into a dark red Gang energy.

Now, a third force, Giant Whale Force, appeared.

It flowed into the mixture.

Like a drop of ink falling into water, it spread and fused rapidly.

The dark red Gang energy began to deepen in color.

From dark red to deep crimson, then to nearly black.

At the same time, the Gang energy grew denser and heavier.

Every strand of Gang energy seemed to weigh a thousand jin. As it circulated slowly through his body, Su Han could feel his muscles, bones, and internal organs being tempered.

His physique was rising wildly.

[Physique: 925] (+100)

[Comprehension: 728]

Su Han took out his combat power meter and tested himself.

His normal combat power had soared from 55,000 to 64,000.

He was stronger than before by another notch.

But-

"Still not enough."

Su Han relaxed his Secret Martial Arts stance, but he did not stop practicing.

Instead, he began cultivating the Hundred Refinements Realm Immortal Martial Arts technique.

His physique was now stronger than before, and his qi and blood were more vigorous. As that terrifying qi and blood boiled,

The blood flames burned higher and higher.

Every part of his qi and blood was being tempered.

Once again, it took only a short while.

Su Han felt the qi and blood throughout his body tremble, and the flames around him soared into the sky, burning furiously like solid magma.

The flames turned into power.

His bone density, muscle density, and the boiling intensity of his blood all advanced further.

Beacon Fire Realm, breakthrough!

Su Han relaxed his stance and exhaled a breath of scorching, turbid air.

But he still did not stop. He took out the Canglan Immortal Martial Arts: Beacon Fire Chapter booklet.

He turned to the cultivation method for the third realm, the Beacon Fire Realm.

The Beacon Fire Realm trained the five organs.

The heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys.

Qi and blood tempered the five organs, making them burn like beacon fires, so that every movement carried a terrifying impact of qi and blood.

Su Han began cultivating.

Qi and blood surged through his body like molten iron.

It washed over his five organs again and again.

With every pass, his organs grew tougher, and his qi and blood grew purer.

His heart beat more powerfully, each beat like a pounding war drum.

He did not know how much time passed.

Su Han opened his eyes, and a glimmer of crimson light flashed through them.

Half an hour earlier, one final, even louder explosion had sounded outside, after which everything had fallen completely silent.

The battle was over.

Or rather, it had stopped for the time being.

By now, the sky was beginning to lighten.

The bloody light faded, replaced by the gray light of dawn.

Su Han looked at his combat data watch.

[Combat power: 80000]

After cultivating for half the night, his normal combat power had reached 80,000.

If he unleashed his full power and fused his qi and blood with his internal force, it should reach between 160,000 and 180,000.

His strength was even more terrifying than before.

Just then-

"Ugh..."

On the floor, Chen Yixi, who had been unconscious, let out a pained groan.

She had woken up.

With all four limbs crippled, she could only lie on the floor, unable even to turn over.

But her expression was grim, and she quickly recalled what had happened.

Suppressed anger burned in her eyes.

She turned her head to look at Su Han and asked in a low voice,

"You killed Zhao Lei too, didn't you?"

Su Han relaxed his cultivation stance, turned around, and nodded.

"Yes."

Chen Yixi's gaze was icy as she continued questioning him.

"Why?"

"Why?" Su Han asked in return. "You should know."

Chen Yixi said nothing.

Indeed.

She had been shocked by Su Han's talent earlier, but as soon as she recovered, she understood.

Su Han had a great secret.

Breaking through to the Hundred Refinements Realm in a single day-such talent was unheard of.

Senior Brother Kong had also indicated that they were to keep a close eye on Su Han and bring him to see him after the operation was over.

Naturally, she could not say that outright.

Chen Yixi spoke, her voice calm.

"You'd only just joined the Ten Thousand Immortals Cult for a day, yet you were promoted to an outer disciple and given the cultivation method for the third realm, Beacon Fire."

"That's unprecedented."

"Besides, it's been too short a time. We hardly know each other, and we haven't even built trust. How could we benefit each other?"

She stared at Su Han.

"If you stayed in the cult for two or three months and cultivated to Beacon Fire, we'd naturally acknowledge you."

Su Han looked at her ridiculous demeanor and smiled.

"Two or three months?"

"Sorry, I don't have that much time."

Chen Yixi's expression darkened, and a trace of anger appeared on her face.

"If you're not even willing to put in a little time, what can you expect to gain?"

Su Han looked at Chen Yixi, unwilling to waste time arguing with her.

He simply crouched down and asked,

"I don't want to waste words with you."

"Tell me everything you know about the Sturgeon Group, right now."

Chen Yixi was silent for a moment.

She thought it over and decided there was no need to hide it.

Things had come to this, so there was no harm in telling him.

And so she answered truthfully.

"The Sturgeon Group is one of the five major groups under the Heavenly Pole Society."

"Its headquarters are in Tianjing City in the outer city. It specializes in working for the important people in the Self-Circulating City."

"It has a wide range of operations, handling all kinds of dirty work, including framing people, silencing them, cleanup, imprisonment... and so on."

"Within the group, positions are divided by rank."

"The person in charge is at the top. Below that are the security groups, divided into levels one through five."

"The Level One Security Group has Black Grade enhanced humans and partially modified humans, with combat power starting at 100,000."

"Level two has beginner-level fully modified humans, starting at 200,000."

"Level three has advanced-level fully modified humans, starting at 300,000."

"Level four has top-level fully modified humans, starting at 400,000."

"Level five has ultimate-level fully modified humans and Dawn Divine Machinists, starting at 500,000."

"There are also scavenger teams made up of White Grade, Blue Grade, Red Grade, and Black Grade enhanced humans, plus various part-time Secret Martial Arts practitioners. These people don't have high combat power and only handle tedious little tasks. They're cannon fodder."

Chen Yixi spoke in great detail.

Su Han listened quietly, committing all the information to memory.

"What about the Earth Condemnation Bureau?" he continued.

Since she had already said this much, Chen Yixi went ahead and answered about the Earth Dispatch Bureau as well.

"The Earth Condemnation Bureau is an official organization."

"It's divided into the Human-Level Group, Tiger-Level Group, Dragon-Level Group, Ghost-Level Group, and God-Level Group."

"The Human-Level Group has partially modified humans and Black Grade enhanced humans."

"The Tiger-Level Group has beginner-level fully modified humans."

"The Dragon-Level Group has advanced-level fully modified humans."

"The Ghost-Level Group has top-level fully modified humans."

"The God-Level Group has ultimate-level fully modified humans and Dawn Divine Machinists."

"The highest-ranking person at the Jinghai City Earth Condemnation Bureau is the deputy director. Above him is the director at headquarters."

Chen Yixi paused, then continued.

"The deputy director of the Jinghai City Earth Condemnation Bureau is called Chu Xun. He's a Dawn Divine Machinist, and his combat power also starts at a minimum of 500,000."

Su Han nodded.

He committed each point to memory.