Immortal Refiner

”Master, by the time you read this letter, your disciple will have already embarked on a long journey.”

”I’m not setting out to follow in your footsteps, but rather to explore this world thoroughly, to understand its true vastness, and to seek out its hidden truths.”

”There’s no fixed return date for this journey. Perhaps I’ll return one day, or perhaps I’ll never come back. When my lifespan nears its end, I’ll simply find a quiet place to bury myself.”

”Don’t worry about my safety. Your disciple has grown incredibly strong now—strong enough that even you might not be able to defeat me!”

”With the dynasty newly established and pioneers forging new paths in the martial dao, I sense that powerful vital energy martial artists will emerge in droves in the future. My continued presence here would serve little purpose, which is another reason for my departure.”

”There are so many things I want to tell you, Master, but I don’t want to confine these words to paper.”

”I hope that one day, if we ever meet again, I can share my experiences from these years of wandering with you in person.”

”As I write this, I’m already filled with anticipation for this journey, eager to set out immediately and embark on this unknown adventure.”

”Take care, Master!”

— Lin Jing

The letter was brief, simply mentioning that Lin Jing had already embarked on her journey.

Clutching the letter, Li Qing remained lost in thought for a long time, as if he could see Lin Jing personally writing the words.

After a long silence, a faint smile slowly spread across Li Qing’s face. He carefully folded the letter and tucked it securely into his storage bag.

”She’s gone on a journey... That restless disciple of mine.”

Shaking his head, Li Qing turned to Chen Chaosheng and asked, ”How many years has Lin Jing been gone?”

Chen Chaosheng frowned in thought, replying uncertainly, ”About two or three hundred years, I believe. I remember it was around the time I shattered my first shackles that the supreme elder left this letter.”

”The supreme elder’s strength is formidable. Having obtained the full inheritance of the Yellow Spring Stele from the boundary river, there should be no existence capable of threatening her.”

Only then did Li Qing recall Lin Jing’s mysterious connection to the Yellow Springs Holy Sect’s Inheritance Stone Stele.

Though he couldn’t fathom what transformations she had undergone, Li Qing estimated that Lin Jing must have possessed at least nascent soul realm-level combat power before her departure.

With such strength, self-preservation should pose little difficulty.

Afterward, Li Qing followed Chen Chaosheng to a secret cellar within the martial alliance’s main headquarters. This hidden chamber housed several supreme cultivation techniques of the current vital energy martial dao.

The martial alliance’s current strength was formidable, boasting over a dozen Martial Dao Sages. These powerhouses had ignited their divine fires, illuminating their beings and shattering at least one set of shackles.

The Martial Dao Sages in the royal city were merely the tip of the iceberg.

With so many Martial Dao Sages, it was inevitable that a few brilliant minds would forge their own paths, blazing new trails and creating even more advanced cultivation techniques.

Li Qing retrieved the cultivation technique created by Chen Chaosheng. This foundational text, the most fundamental of all, could directly lead one to the Divine Fire Realm.

All other cultivation techniques were based on this foundational text.

The Divine Fire Realm was achieved when the blood qi within one’s blood core reached a critical density. At that point, the blood qi served as fuel to ignite the flame of life within oneself.

This divine fire was inextricably linked to one’s life force. Extinguishing it meant the end of one’s existence.

Igniting the divine fire carried significant risks. Without precise heat control, one could be consumed by the flames, burning through all their qi and blood in a short time, leading to death.

Once the divine fire is ignited, it opens a gateway to becoming a Martial Dao Sage, making one half a saint.

This realm doesn’t drastically enhance combat power; it offers no qualitative improvement over the Qi-Blood Embracing the Core realm.

The essence of the Divine Fire Realm lies in kindling the flame, intensifying the flame of life to illuminate every shackle within one’s body.

Accumulate, comprehend oneself!

These two phrases best describe the Divine Fire Realm: accumulating more life essence to fuel the flame, and using its radiant light to perceive the shackles binding oneself.

When the fire’s brilliance reaches its peak, one can begin attempting to shatter these shackles. Success marks entry into the next realm, earning the title of Martial Dao Sage!

”Remarkable! On the path of vital energy martial dao, you truly deserve to be called a pioneer,” Li Qing exclaimed, his admiration genuine. ”Using the divine fire to observe oneself, to discern shackles and constraints—this perfectly aligns with the true intent of the great dao.”

Chen Chaosheng chuckled bitterly. ”Senior, you flatter me. But now the road has reached its end. After a century of stagnation, I remain clueless about how to advance further.”

Li Qing shook his head. ”Pioneering a path is no easy task. It requires countless predecessors to accumulate experience, often at the cost of their lives.”

”Through repeated failures, we eventually find the sole path to success.”

”The road narrows as you progress—this is no mere saying.”

Unlike before, those capable of igniting the divine fire and cultivating to the sage realm are exceedingly rare throughout the Blood Martial Dynasty.

Chen Chaosheng is currently the only one who has shattered all the shackles and constraints within his body. Thus, when he declares the road has reached its end, it stems from his own tangible experience.

Perhaps in the future, someone of even greater brilliance will extend this path further. And Chen Chaosheng himself will become a stepping stone along that road.

”To gain further insights, the entire dynasty is now dedicated to excavating the remaining immortal dao classic texts from the Sunlight Era.”

”In over ten great domains, we’ve discovered numerous ruins and unearthed many artifacts—immortal dao scriptures, and some...”

At this point, Chen Chaosheng’s eyes widened as he stared intently at the upright figure before him.

From Li Qing’s body emanated familiar fluctuations, with faint signs of a flame beginning to ignite.

(End of the Chapter)

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