At the end of the stone path, Nie Tian and Yanlong Kai had a clear division of labor. One was absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and the other was gathering the energy of fire.
Nie Tian's spiritual sea was violent and disorderly. In the mist-like spiritual sea, all the spiritual energy was swirling in the form of mist, uncontrollable.
He tried his best to bring those spiritual energies back to peace.
But he found that the more he tried to control it, the more violent the spiritual energy became, as if it had turned into a furious beast that could not be suppressed.
"Qi refining realm, acquired heaven realm..."
He gradually calmed down and ignored Ling Hai's frenzy, but instead thought about his master Wu Ji's explanation of the Qi Refining Realm and the Acquired Heaven Realm.
According to Wu Ji, he knew that once a Qi Refiner crosses the Qi Refining Realm and enters the Houtian Realm, the spiritual sea... seems to undergo huge changes.
What exactly that change was, Wu Ji did not explain clearly, but told him that once he broke through, he would naturally understand it immediately.
Wu Ji told him that starting from the Houtian realm, every realm crossed, flesh and blood, spiritual sea, including soul, may produce different and wonderful changes.
The process of mutation requires him to understand it with his own heart. Only by pondering it by himself, without relying on other people's descriptions, can he most clearly understand the difference between one realm and another.
"Variety… "
He muttered secretly, calmed down, and carefully captured the movements of his soul.
When he ignored the problem of bottlenecks and only focused on the changes in the spiritual sea, he suddenly discovered that... the mania of the spiritual sea and the restlessness of the mist-like spiritual energy did not seem to be traceable.
He saw that the spiritual energy flowing around seemed to want to condense together, as if to form something.
He no longer tried to calm down the rioting mist-like spiritual energy. Instead, he concentrated his mental awareness and tried to speed up the turmoil of those spiritual energy based on the changes in the spiritual energy.
He let go of himself and took the initiative to cooperate with Linghai's actions, which was like adding a handful of firewood to the oil pan, making Linghai's riot even more violent.
The violent mist-like spiritual energy was churning, gathering, and gathering crazily in his spiritual sea!
Soon after, a large amount of spiritual energy gathered more and more, forming an unstable spiritual energy vortex in his spiritual sea.
The whirlpool of spiritual energy suddenly formed, and the disordered, scattered, and turbulent spiritual energy around it seemed to have suddenly found an outlet.
"Hoo ho ho!"
Wisps of spiritual mist gathered from all directions, all pouring into the spiritual whirlpool.
The newly formed, still unstable spiritual energy vortex, after the mist-like spiritual energy gathered crazily, the swirling speed became more and more violent!
A suction force suddenly emerged from the center of the spiritual vortex!
At this moment, Nie Tian suddenly felt that the speed at which his spiritual sea absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth increased several times in an instant!
Originally, he needed to use the Qi Refining Technique to continuously guide him in order to merge the spiritual energy from the outside world into the spiritual sea bit by bit.
But after the whirlpool of spiritual power formed in his spiritual sea, everything changed.
The swirling of the spiritual vortex generates suction, which, in conjunction with his Qi Refining Technique, draws away the nearby rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth at several times the speed.
He tried not to use the Qi Refining Technique or to practice, but found that the whirlpool of spiritual power in the spiritual sea was still swirling.
However, without his subjective guidance and the cooperation of his Qi Refining Technique, the speed of the spiritual vortex of the spiritual sea was obviously several times slower.
But even so, the whirlpool of spiritual power from his spiritual sea was still slowly absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
This made him suddenly realize that in the future, even if he did not practice and did not sit quietly and run the Qi Refining Technique, his spiritual sea would still be in a state of gathering the spiritual energy of heaven and earth due to the existence of the spiritual vortex.
Whether he is eating, sleeping, or fighting with others, as long as the spiritual vortex does not stop spinning, he can continuously gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
"Acquired Heaven Realm! Could this be the essential difference between Acquired Heaven Realm and Qi Refining Art?"
At this moment, he felt the changes in himself, and seemed to understand the key without anyone's guidance.
Immediately, he clearly realized that the formation of the spiritual vortex in the spiritual sea seemed... to be the biggest difference between the Qi Refining Technique and the Houtian Realm.
It can even be said that once a whirlpool of spiritual power is formed in the spiritual sea, it means that a Qi Refiner has stepped from the lowest Qi Refining Realm to the Houtian Realm!
"The day after tomorrow! This should be the day after tomorrow!"
He woke up in an instant, and then ran the Qi Refining Technique again, using his own conscious guidance to speed up the rotation of the spiritual vortex.
The next moment, he felt that the rotation of the spiritual vortex suddenly accelerated several times, and he also felt that the suction force from the heart of the spiritual vortex strengthened several times.
The speed at which he gathered the spiritual energy of heaven and earth suddenly became extremely fast because of this!
"Wonderful!"
He was so happy that he no longer felt any discomfort in his body. He found that the originally peaceful spiritual sea seemed to have suddenly become full of vitality due to the formation of the spiritual vortex.
The spiritual sea seems to have been given life due to the formation of the spiritual vortex. In the future, the speed at which he can gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth will increase several times.
Even if he does not practice in the future, his spiritual sea will always pull the nearby spiritual energy of heaven and earth, slowly gathering towards the spiritual sea.
This is the biggest change in the Houtian Realm and Qi Refining Technique!
"This... is considered a breakthrough?"
After figuring out the key, he was still a little confused. He passed through the rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth at the end of the stone path and merged into the spiritual sea for a while, and suddenly felt a little difficult to breathe.
Then, he felt the stone under his butt becoming hot and hot.
He subconsciously opened his eyes.
Immediately, he discovered that the end of the stone path and the surrounding stone walls seemed to have turned into red-hot flame crystals, all emitting amazing flame energy.
Staying here, unaware of the changes in the outside world, he was sweating and could no longer withstand the high temperature here.
He suddenly looked at the Flame Dragon Armor and saw that the Flame Dragon Armor was staying on the crystal-shaped ribbon, still absorbing the strands of flame threads.
He also saw that in the molten pool below, the huge figure of the Earth Flame Beast was still crazily gathering flame energy with some unknown blood talent.
"The Flame Dragon Armor and the Earth Flame Beast have a tacit understanding, and they want to attack both internally and externally to break the seal imposed by the ribbon. Once the seal is broken, the magma flames in the molten pool below will burst out crazily, and will rush through those stone paths. To the outside world.”
"At that time, I, who is closest to the molten pool, will be the first to suffer!"
"Outside, An Shiyi, who is waiting for me where I left, and perhaps others, will be submerged by the magma flames. No one can escape!"
Thinking of this, his expression changed unexpectedly, and he suddenly made a decision.
"When you get everything you want, please... come back to me." He expressed his thoughts by releasing a ray of spiritual consciousness towards the Flame Dragon Armor.
Then, he finally stopped staying and immediately returned along the original route.
At this time, he knew that if he insisted on staying, once the Flame Dragon Armor and the Earth Flame Beast worked together to break the seal, and when the magma flames burst out, he would instantly turn into blood.
If he could see hope and know that staying here would be helpful to Yanlong Kai and that he could escape safely before the situation got out of hand, he would continue to wait.
But now, from various clues, he already knew the outcome that was about to happen.
He no longer waited needlessly.
"laugh!"
Just as he galloped away and returned along the original path, the suspended flame dragon armor seemed to sense his thoughts and suddenly released a blazing fire.
Unfortunately, he could no longer see him. He just wanted to get away as quickly as possible and bring An Shiyi and others out of the cave in the low mountain.
On the way back, part of the stone path that was forcibly dug by the Yanlong Armor was blocked. Fortunately, the stone paths that were blocked were all exploding gravel. It took him a little effort, but he still slowly made his way to the surface from the blocked stone paths. And go.
"Nie Tian, Nie Tian!"
After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly heard An Shiyi's anxious shouts.
He felt warm in his heart, recognized An Shiyi's voice, and continued to gallop towards the surface.
"boom!"
After a while, he blasted open a blocked stone path and suddenly appeared in front of An Shiyi.
"Nie Tian! Where did you go?" An Shiyi was shocked at first. After finding out it was him, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I came here to look for you, but when I got here I found there was no way. I..."
Before she could finish her explanation, Nie Tian suddenly grabbed her jade arm, led her away, and shouted: "Stop talking, get out of here!"
Nie Tian saw that the place where An Shiyi stayed was the starting point for the Yanlong Armor's massive war to dig into the center of the earth.
The flame dragon armor's chisel attack blocked the new passage that had been open for a while again.
An Shiyi rushed here and found that the road was gone, but he was still nowhere to be seen. She could only shout loudly, hoping that he could hear her.
"What happened?" An Shiyi did not resist, letting him pull her and rushing outside at his pace.
She was at a higher level than Nie Tian, so she still had the energy to speak while running wildly.
But Nie Tian, who wanted to escape as soon as possible and had used all his strength, could no longer explain anything.
After asking a few questions, An Shiyi stopped asking after seeing that Nie Tian didn't answer. She just walked with him and looked at his resolute profile from time to time, her bright eyes slightly dazed.
"I've really grown up..." An Shiyi murmured softly.
After a while, a bright light appeared in front of the dark stone road.
"You're back." Pan Tao's anxious voice suddenly came.
Nie Tian felt relieved, knowing that the sudden change in the center of the earth had not yet occurred. If he could get here, at least everyone would not be swallowed up by the lava flames without warning.
"Everyone, get out of the cave quickly!" he said.
"You kid!" Pan Tao cursed, and while cursing, he walked out of the cave and said, "You think we want to stay in this hellish place? It's not because of you!"
Jiang Lingzhu and Ye Gumo were not polite either. They both yelled and cursed, saying that he was acting recklessly and causing everyone to suffer misfortune.
Nie Tian walked out of the cave and let them vent their dissatisfaction, but his face was full of smiles.
He could see that Zheng Bin and Han Xin were no longer among the crowd.
Those who stayed behind, no matter how much they cursed him, never abandoned him. They knew that he would do whatever he wanted, but they waited for him until the end.
These are the people he truly values and is moved by.