Chapter 111: True Fire

  "True fire."

  Looking at the stone wall in front of him, Qin Tianji's spirit stirred, as if he could feel the scorching aura emanating from the stone wall.

  As soon as he made up his mind, he arrived in front of the stone wall, his right hand touching the characters on the stone wall, and then a powerful spirit suddenly extended out.

  Almost the moment his spirit touched the stone wall, a fierce flame suddenly appeared in the spiritual world. This flame was immediately reflected on his body, causing all the true energy in Qin Tianyi's body to have a tendency to burn out at any time.

  "True fire! By stimulating the rotation speed of the true yuan vortex to its limit, one can use true yuan as fuel, ignite true fire, and convert true yuan into true energy. True energy is transformed into vigor, which in turn comes from the dense essence and blood throughout the body. The true fire ignited by true yuan contains the cultivator's heart and soul, and can burn everything, or refine spiritual instruments..."

  At this moment when his spirit came into contact with the stone wall, Qin Tianqi had an extremely thorough understanding of the realm of condensing true fire.

  He used to be, despite having the inheritance of Yunlai Sword Sect, and even though the founder of Yunlai Sword Sect, Qin Donglai, was a strong man who ignited his true fire, but he had been practicing all his life, and many times breaking through the boundary was just luck, and he never got any systematic guidance from anyone.

  Therefore, Qin Tianyi's understanding of the two stages of Qi Xuan and True Fire can be said to have always stopped at the surface of the words.

  Even later, when he entered the Divine Void Academy, there was a detailed division of the three stages of swordsmen, but at that time, he had only reached the stage of great swordsman and had not even refined his true yuan, nor did he have a thorough understanding of these stages.

  Only at this moment...

  With his hands touching the stone wall, Qin Tianyi seemed to have witnessed with his own eyes the extraordinary sword emperor's cultivation realm as a monarch, clearly and perfectly transforming from the vortex of energy to the true fire boundary.

  This kind of personal teaching method is only used on the most favored disciple, and only then would a master devote so much energy.

  If it weren't for Qin Tianyi's 2.7 spiritual sense, he would have missed this opportunity to perceive the subtle changes on the stone wall, and could only understand the notes on condensing true fire through literal meaning like others.

  "True flame! This is the true flame boundary!"

  Qin Tianji's mind conjured up the true fire igniting from the central point of the whirlwind, to the entire process of thorough combustion. The true energy in his body seemed to be about to burn and rise as well.

  For a moment, a wave of intense heat emanated from his body, rolling and spreading out in all directions around the platform.

  Although this heat wave is not worth mentioning, it's even inferior to the heat wave brought by ordinary fire, but on the platform where two great swordsmen are cultivating, one of them, a great swordsman, opened his eyes at the same time, revealing a shocked expression.

  "This is true fire! This is a sign that he has grasped the transformation of true fire! Who is this person? He can actually directly grasp the unpredictable changes of true fire?"

  "The process of igniting the true flame is even more perilous than condensing the spiritual vortex. One misstep, and the true flame will lose control, thoroughly burning the cultivator from the inside out, reducing them to ashes. Therefore, even for the Shén Xū Zōng, the deadline for practitioners who ignite the true flame is forty years old. In these decades, only Sū Tiān Luàn has gained enlightenment on Huáng Zhě Fēng, and only those with the strength of a great sword master can comprehend the Unity of Essence, Qi, and Spirit... This man, although not yet enlightened to the Unity of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, has already grasped the various changes in the true flame stage. His probability of advancing to the True Flame realm will be higher than that of ordinary people by countless times."

  That great swordsman, the sword master, looked at Qin Tianyi, who was emitting heat waves all over his body, and one by one, their faces showed surprise.

  "This young junior brother, didn't he advance to the Sword Master realm by relying on elixirs? Those who rely on elixirs to improve their cultivation should be feeling hopeless about breaking through and have ordinary talent. Why did he step onto this platform for just a moment and suddenly comprehend the transformation of True Fire?"

  Jiangbei, this god-like expert from the Northern Spiritual Academy, ranked fourth on the Divine Ability Ranking Chart, had a mix of shock and admiration in his eyes.

  At the same time, there is also a hint of puzzlement.

  It's unclear why Qin Tianyi, who clearly has this kind of insight, still needs to rely on the power of elixirs to break through.

  It's not easy...

  Is this time's enlightenment of true fire just a coincidence?

  Under the gaze of several people's suspicion, Qin Tianyi slowly withdrew his right hand that was pressed against the stone wall, with a hint of regret in his expression.

  "My body's true energy hasn't fully liquefied to 100%, even if I have the method of condensing air swirls and grasped the many changes of true fire, I can only temporarily remember these epiphanies in my heart. If at this moment I had the cultivation of a second-tier sword master peak, perhaps the true yuan within me wouldn't be emitting heat waves anymore. Just by pouring this true yuan into the vortex, rapidly refining it, and easily igniting the power of true fire with one move, I can set foot in the third tier of sword master cultivation!"

  Although there was some regret in his expression, Qin Tianyi didn't lose heart.

  At present, he lacks nothing but the degree of true yuan liquefaction. As long as he has enough yuanqi, his zhenqi will soon be fully liquefied, and at that time, it is natural to condense a vortex in a short period of time, and advance to the second stage of sword master. Moreover, after stabilizing the cultivation of the second stage of sword master, relying on today's understanding of the true fire stage, stepping into the third stage of sword master will also be effortless, without any bottlenecks.

  "Shinto cultivation... I'm now, in terms of spiritual level, not inferior to any Sky Sword Master. Cultivating the Way of Qi is equivalent to a cultivator who has fallen from a higher realm and is re-cultivating from scratch. Perhaps it will waste some time, but the speed is absolutely unmatched by any ordinary Qi cultivator who follows the usual path. Just like what Yoru said back then, before reaching the Sky Sword Master stage, I almost never encountered an insurmountable bottleneck..."

  Qin Tianji was moved in his heart.

  At this time, he had an extremely clear feeling of the spiritual scale's help in his qigong practice.

  "Jing, Qi, Shen, the three cultivate together, originally not separate from each other, representing the three major paths. However, those who cultivate the Shen path are not only difficult to enter, but also do not have any life-saving methods in the early stages, and thus gradually exited the historical stage. But this does not mean that Shen path cultivators are inferior to Qi path..."

  After understanding the changes of true fire, Qin Tianji also didn't intend to stay on this platform.

  "Rumor has it that the key to becoming a Sword Master and a Great Sword Master lies in the unity of Jing, Qi, and Shen. Only when these three are combined can one cultivate the Golden Elixir within their body and enter the realm of a Great Sword Master. This is also the first time I've heard of a realm related to spiritual cultivation among all the realms of Qigong... Let's go to the fourth platform immediately and take a look at the method of unifying Jing, Qi, and Shen - what kind of mystery does it hold?"

  Thinking of this, Qin Tianyi arrived at the edge of the platform and was about to head towards the fourth floor.

  "Junior Brother Qin Tianyi."

  At this time, Jiang Bei suddenly shouted: "Qin Tianyi, junior brother, are you going to the fourth layer platform?"

  "Of course."

  "Junior brother, between the third and fourth levels of the platform, the pressure from the top of the mountain peak will increase by a level. Even for us swordsmen who are considered strong, we need to exert our entire true yuan to withstand it. You've just recently advanced to the realm of a swordsman... your internal true yuan is unstable... you'll have to exert your true yuan to resist the pressure from the top of the mountain peak and also climb the mountain. If something goes wrong, I'm afraid there's a risk of falling off... Now that you've already grasped the True Fire Condensation Method, I suggest that instead of continuing up the Emperor's Peak, find a place with dense yuan energy to break through and close your cultivation, convert all the true qi in your body into true yuan before proceeding..."

  Qin Tianyi heard Jiangbei say that he had just been promoted to sword master, and his words were somewhat hesitant. Suddenly, he understood that he was afraid that he would lose control of the true yuan in his body while climbing the mountain peak, and thus lose control.

  The true yuan is out of control, and there is no small danger, let alone when climbing the Emperor's Peak?

  Once out of control, falling from a mountain peak over three hundred meters high, even if he was a strong swordsman, it would likely be a fatal outcome.

  "I appreciate the kindness of the senior from Jiangbei, but since I've decided to head to the fourth floor, I naturally have some confidence."

  "You are unaware, but at this moment, there is actually another person climbing to the fourth floor, who is none other than Yan Tianqi, ranked first on our Divine Ability List... This Yan Tianqi... has a somewhat arrogant personality... cannot tolerate others being on an equal footing with himself... perhaps..."

  "Will you interfere with me?"

  Jiang Bei nodded slightly.

  Qin Tianyi listened, a hint of cold smile appeared on his face: "The great name of the first strong man on the Divine Communication List, I have already heard it like thunder. At that time, let's take a look and see who can disturb whom."

  If it were the Qin Tianyi who had just entered the Divine Void Holy Mountain, after offending Gu Wu Shuang, he might not have become an enemy with Yan Tianqi, the first strong man on the God's List, but now...

  His goal is to replace Yantianqi, and the two will inevitably have a fierce battle. What difference does it make whether they collide sooner or later?

  "This..."

  Jiangbei wanted to persuade a few more sentences, Qin Tianyi had already slightly nodded his hand and jumped up, climbing towards the fourth platform.

  As soon as he stepped out onto the third platform, a peak at the top of the mountain, an overwhelming pressure several times stronger than before suddenly descended upon him. In an instant, Qin Tianyi felt that his limbs had become extremely heavy, as if he was carrying a massive boulder weighing thousands of kilograms on his back.

  "Indeed... This pressure is incredibly strong, no wonder the Shenwu Academy has so many students but only a handful of powerful ones can climb to the fourth platform each year... Except for those who have condensed their true yuan vortex and can recover their true yuan endlessly, second-stage swordsmen, first-stage swordsmen who want to climb up face several times more danger, even... life-threatening danger..."

  Qin Tianji looked at the top of the mountain peak, a glint of light flashed in his eyes, and a powerful true yuan was immediately activated, flowing through his whole body, offsetting the huge pressure applied to him, step by step climbing towards the top of the mountain peak.

  Compared with the third layer, his climbing speed at this moment has slowed down a lot.