Chapter Fifty-One: Sudden Enlightenment

  In the blink of an eye, Zhang Huaming had already entered the Flame Cave for five days. During these five days, Xuan Tianba and Karyn were inseparable from the entrance of the Flame Cave.

  "Grandpa, it seems like brother is still not making any moves!" Ka Yan said in a soft and gentle voice.

  Xuantian Ba's face showed a puzzled expression: "This little scoundrel can already withstand the temperature of the spiritual fire, why hasn't he guided the fire into his body to build his fire meridians yet? It's strange."

  Only to see Zhang Huaming's body at this moment, the green light on his body was not as bright as when he entered five days ago. At this moment, his skin was red and swollen all over, and his whole body was stained with blood that had just seeped out, making him a bloody man.

  Originally, Zhang Huaming was not practicing the "Ignite the Body" technique taught by his master, but rather the second layer of the "Longevity Technique", which is a physical cultivation method. This is because when he practiced the "Mixed Yuan Technique" in the Forest of Death, the Longevity Technique and the Mixed Yuan Technique complemented each other, allowing him to reach the peak of the second layer of the Longevity Technique. Now, he wants to use the spiritual fire from the Fire Cave to break through the second layer of physical cultivation and achieve the third layer of spiritual refinement.

  "Huh, you little brat, what is this place? There's actually a spiritual fire here? And you've even cultivated the Longevity Technique to the second layer? Ah! You're about to break through!" A surprised voice rang out.

  Zhang Huaming, who was in meditation, heard the surprised voice in his mind and suddenly felt delighted. He happily said, "Master Zhu, is that you? You're awake?"

  "Hmm, you little stinker, how long have I been asleep?"

  "Zhū lǎo, you have been asleep for one year and four months."

  "One year and four months? How did you cultivate then? No, didn't you cultivate some other technique as well? Why is there a very overbearing true energy in your dantian?"

  "Master Zhu, I've paid respects to my master, this set of skills was taught by my master."

  "Your master?"

  "Uh-huh."

  "Your master should have taught you well, this set of skills is not bad, but you young man must remember, the Longevity Formula on the surface seems to be an auxiliary skill, in fact, as long as you break through the second layer of body training, you will find that this set of skills is never as simple as you imagined."

  "Zhu Lao, you mean that after I cultivate to the third layer, Changsheng Jue has an attacking method?" Zhang Huaming heard Zhu Lao's words and suddenly became overjoyed.

  "Alright, but the conditions here are not suitable, you can't break through the second layer. Do you remember what realm the third layer is?"

  "Little one remembers, it's refining the spirit."

  "What is refining the spirit? What is refinement and what is spirit, can you understand?"

  "What is Lian and what is Shen." Zhang Huaming began to mutter to himself, half a moment later, his eyes lit up and he said: "Zhu Lao, could it be that you want to refine the spirit and return to emptiness?"

  "Heh heh, it's roughly like that. You can't rush it for now. If I'm not mistaken, are you planning to ignite the inner flame and build up your fire meridians?"

  "Yes, Elder Zhu."

  "Fool, if you bring fire into your body to build the Fire Pulse, then forget about cultivating the Longevity Technique to its ultimate level. You dimwit, don't you know that the Longevity Technique is a life attribute? Even if you want to cultivate it, you should be looking for an attribute that opposes the life attribute. Don't you know what attributes are contained within the life attribute?"

  After being scolded by Zhen Lao, Zhang Huaming fell into deep thought. A moment later, his eyes lit up and he said, "Life attribute? Wood gives birth to fire? Could it be that I also have a fire attribute within me?"

  "You're only realizing this now?! You little brat, if you can just break through the second layer of boundaries, you'll naturally possess true fire. What's the point of using these trashy spirit fires? I really don't know how you managed to catch the eye of the master, that old man outside is truly misguided." Zhu Lao scolded with a face full of disappointment and frustration.

  "Alright, your second layer has already reached its peak, and your physical strength is sufficient. You don't need to continue cultivating anymore. What you need to cultivate now is your spirit. Alright, let me help you." As soon as Old Man Zhu's voice fell, Zhang Huaming felt a darkness in front of his eyes, as if his soul was being sucked into a massive black hole by an irresistible force.

  Space? The next scene that appeared in Zhang Huaming's eyes was a vast expanse of empty space, with stars twinkling throughout the entire space, and small beads constantly rotating around him. As the king of soldiers in the 21st century, he naturally saw that this was a void, and those small beads were not star balls?

  "What is Pearl making me stay here for?" Zhang Huaming thought to himself, his eyes fixed intently on the scenes unfolding around him.

  Whoa! A bright light flashed by, and in an instant, a planet emitted a deafening explosion. The next moment, the planet turned into ashes and vanished into the vast universe.

  "Explosion? Destruction?" Zhang Huaming gazed at this star that had turned into ashes.

  At this moment, a stunning scene appeared. The planet that had turned to ashes suddenly lit up, and a small bead of light flashed brightly. After a short while, the planet that had turned to ashes began to swell gradually. Dozens of breaths later, a bright star reappeared in his line of sight.

  Die and then be reborn? Die? Be born? Without destruction, where does rebirth come from? Life and death in a single thought, life after life, death after death, is this really the ultimate truth of Tao?

  Suddenly, Zhang Huaming seemed to have realized something, and his whole person was as if he had become stupid, standing quietly in the empty starry sky, staring blankly.

  One day passed, two days passed...

  In the empty starry sky, a figure appeared here. The newcomer saw Zhang Huaming's enlightened appearance and smiled, stroking his beard, nodding in satisfaction.

  Zhang Huaming was immersed in epiphany, grasping the inspiration in his heart, while Xuan Tianba outside the Flame Cave was stunned.

  "Grandfather, what's wrong?" Karyn asked, seeing Xuan Tianba's stunned expression.

  "My god! This kid has actually entered the Realm of Heaven and Man? How is this possible?" Xuan Tian Ba couldn't help but blurt out a crude remark, but even so, the look of shock on his face couldn't be faked.

  "This kid, he's actually so lucky, has a great future ahead of him!" Xuan Tianba was walking back and forth with an excited expression, muttering to himself. No one understood the significance of the Heavenly Man Realm better than him. If someone who had reached his level of cultivation were to enter the Heavenly Man Realm, they would benefit greatly from it. At this moment, he firmly believed that after his disciple finished the Heavenly Man Realm, their cultivation would definitely break through to the Martial God Realm from the Martial Emperor Realm. A 20-year-old Martial God? Heaven! What kind of freak had he taken on as a disciple?!

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