In the dim cave, Fang Chen sat cross-legged, with the peak Lava Demon Heart of the Primordial Embryo Realm quietly hovering in front of him.
Thud!
The Lava Demon Heart trembled lightly, and strands of visible blood-red light danced within the Heart before suddenly erupting and shooting into Fang Chen's body.
Sizzle!
A faint sound like something melting echoed as the blood-red light entered Fang Chen's body. In that instant, the previously motionless Fang Chen jolted, a fleeting expression of pain flashing across his tightly closed face.
Immediately after, an unusual flush appeared on his fair and handsome face, and the skin exposed to the air turned bright red. He looked like a boiled lobster. At the same time, the temperature in the cave rapidly rose.
However, this strange situation did not last long. About half a minute later, as two streams of white vapor resembling dragon breath, filled with scorching heat, escaped from Fang Chen's nostrils, everything gradually returned to normal. Once normalcy returned, the Lava Demon Heart that had been quietly floating in front of Fang Chen trembled again. A stream of blood-red energy shot into Fang Chen's body once more. Everything began anew.
At the cave entrance, Zuo Zongshou watched this familiar scene unfold. From initial shock to gradual numbness, he couldn't help but mutter, "To refine the Lava Demon Heart of the Primordial Embryo Realm with Qi Boundary cultivation... truly a freak."
Although the Lava Demon Heart is a great tonic for martial artists and can rapidly enhance strength and break through to the next realm when refined, it is not easy to refine. Not to mention that this Heart contains extremely toxic Fire Fiend Power; even just its intensely hot energy can cause immense suffering for martial artists of the same realm during refinement. Some with weaker wills might even lose consciousness in extreme pain, leading to failure and being burned to ashes by the terrifying fire energy.
If martial artists of the same realm face such risks during refinement, one can only imagine how much more dangerous it would be for someone at a lower realm than the Lava Demon itself. Attempting to refine it would not be supreme creation but rather suicide. Yet here was Fang Chen, who managed to endure it despite being two major realms below the Primordial Embryo Realm at Qi Boundary. Zuo Zongshou couldn't help but exclaim "freak" again!
In fact, if Zuo Zongshou knew that Fang Chen had refined a Lava Demon Heart from Alchemy Realm while in Body Refinement Realm, he would likely not be so shocked.
The scorching aura rose within the cave as milky white mist gradually emerged around Fang Chen's body. He sat quietly amidst this mist, his figure appearing hazy as his aura continuously ascended, enveloped by an inexplicable Dao essence that left others in awe.
Late Stage of Qi-Refining Realm, peak Qi Boundary...
As time passed, Fang Chen's aura quickly reached the peak of Qi Boundary. However, at that moment, his rising aura seemed to hit a bottleneck and began to stagnate slowly, making it difficult to continue ascending into Alchemy Realm.
His eyes fluttered slightly as Fang Chen opened them slowly.
"Failed," he murmured softly, glancing at the now calm Lava Demon Heart before him and furrowing his brow slightly.
With his current Martial Arts Realm, combined with the Lava Demon Heart from the Primordial Embryo Realm, breaking through to the Alchemy Realm should have been a natural progression. However, when Fang Chen reached the peak of the Qi Boundary, just a step away from the Alchemy Realm, he suddenly discovered that this step was one he could not take, no matter what.
It was strange.
Given Fang Chen's extraordinary realm accumulated from his past and present lives, there should be no concept of a bottleneck at such a low level. As long as there was ample energy, his cultivation would rise effortlessly. After all, his own realm had already surpassed his current cultivation by a significant margin. Yet this time, he found himself stuck at the edge of the Alchemy Realm.
Something unusual must be at play!
Fang Chen furrowed his brows, pondering where he had gone wrong in the process. Just then, he felt as if struck by lightning, shaking violently for a moment. Suddenly, something profound and mysterious flashed through his mind like an epiphany.
"Thunder Abyss!" Fang Chen exclaimed suddenly, raising his head and gazing far towards the Northwest Land.
"What’s wrong?" Zuo Zongshou asked, noticing Fang Chen's unusual behavior at the cave entrance.
"It’s nothing," Fang Chen waved his hand dismissively.
At that moment, he finally understood why he had previously been stuck at the edge of the Alchemy Realm and found it difficult to break through. It was not a bottleneck but rather his body instinctively preventing him from advancing to the Alchemy Realm.
In that moment of clarity, Fang Chen realized that within the Thunder Abyss lay his Supreme Creation! A Supreme Creation unique to him at the Qi Boundary!
Standing up, Fang Chen's gaze sparkled as he looked towards the direction of Thunder Abyss. A mist seemed to shroud his handsome face, making it hard to see through, but his deep eyes sparkled with captivating light like stars.
"Follow me to Thunder Abyss," Fang Chen said calmly.
Spiritual artifacts are easy to obtain, but Supreme Creations are rare—especially those that resonate with one's instincts. Therefore, Fang Chen had lost all interest in continuing to struggle in Lava Hell; Thunder Abyss was now his true goal!
…
Almost simultaneously with Fang Chen's instinctive realization, within Thunder Abyss.
Boom!
The blue-purple thunder was as thick as a barrel, dense and rapid, like a barrage of arrows piercing through the air, roaring as it shot forward.
After the frenzied thunder, a massive beast, about ten zhang in size, flickering with blue lightning and resembling a Qilin, stood on a thundercloud, roaring towards the sky. In the lantern-like huge eyes of the Thunder Kirin, through the dense thunder, two figures fleeing in panic were reflected.
"Roar!"
With another earth-shattering roar, the Thunder Kirin's thundercloud shifted, and its enormous body surged wildly towards the two fleeing figures in its line of sight.
"Run! This beast has gone mad!" An aged voice emerged amidst the myriad of lightning.
"This is the Thunder Abyss; this beast's power is nearly limitless. We can't afford to waste any more time; we must leave immediately," another person responded.
The two individuals were adorned in luxurious attire—one wore a feathered crown while the other donned a golden crown over white robes. They exuded an air of utmost nobility, but at this moment, that noble aura was undeniably diminished by their current predicament.
If disciples from the Jincheng Sect and Crimson Bright Sect were present, they would recognize these two as elders from their respective sects who had entered the Colorful Sacred Realm.
The esteemed Heavenly Realm experts were now frantically fleeing!
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