Gradually.
His Ah Man began to grow up, but he just couldn't grow taller, and was unable to inherit his powerful strength. He was also mocked by the tribesmen for being incompetent.
In order to make Ah Man become as strong as him, he once again sacrificed himself to the Ice Demon, and according to the Ice Demon's orders, he searched for human boys and girls with specific birth dates.
In another fragmented land where humans lived, he successfully found the boys and girls that the Ice Demon had requested, but he learned that those boys and girls were specially collected and that the humans were going to give them to the Thunder Dragon.
Although he knew that Lei Long was difficult to deal with, he still held on to a hope for the sake of his son's healthy growth.
He thought that Lei Long would not care about these things, so he brought the boys and girls back to Bingyan City and planned to sacrifice them to the Ice Demon on the altar.
result…
"call!"
The picture changed again.
A huge blue dragon came with a freezing blizzard, spitting out explosive lightning balls as big as millstones, destroying the entire Ice Rock City!
The offended Thunder Dragon destroyed the magnificent Ice Rock City, killed the Patriarch Yanshan, and tore apart the Cyclops's broken land.
In order to intimidate other tribes, the Thunder Dragon expelled those Cyclops who survived his wrath directly from the Third Realm to the Fifth Realm.
From this point on, there were no more Cyclops groups in the Third Realm.
…
I don’t know how much time passed.
"The clan leader Yanshan, the youngest son Ah Man, and Lei Long..."
Pang Jianru slowly woke up from a long dream.
He was still sitting on top of the altar, but the ice rock that had wrapped around his body had long since disappeared, and he found that he was soaked, with sweat covering his forehead and cheeks.
The huge stone palace where he was was no longer freezing cold, and the Ice Rock Island was no longer freezing cold.
The six stone pillars beside the altar broke at some point.
Even the altar where he sat had an incredibly large crack.
"You finally woke up."
Luo Hongyan, who had never left, had bright eyes and said with a pout, "Pang Jian, Pang Jian, do you know how long it took you to practice meditation this time?"
Pang Jian remained silent.
He was still sorting out his messy thoughts, recalling those scenes in his mind, thinking about the story of the Cyclops leader Yanshan and his youngest son A'man.
He didn't know whether the scenes he saw were real events in the past or a dream he had in a trance.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Luo Hongyan, who had too many doubts in her heart, couldn't help but said: "You have broken through."
Pang Jian's body shook, and he stood up suddenly, asking curiously, "Breakthrough?"
"Well, you broke through two days ago and felt like you were one with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth."
Luo Hongyan explained with a smile.
"Two days ago?!"
Pang Jian was stunned.
He felt like only a few hours had passed.
"Five days have passed since you entered meditation until you woke up."
Luo Hongyan sighed and said, "During the past five days, some Yunfan tried to come, but I drove them away. The Wuding ferry that was parked at Yun Island also hurriedly evacuated Yun Island because it learned what happened through the escaping cultivators."
"If you continue to be in a trance, I will force you to wake up."
"The commotion on the Three Immortals Island was too big. With the departure of those independent cultivators, the news gradually spread. It won't be long before the Blood Moon Sect and other sects send people over to check it out."
"The person who comes is most likely in the Concentrated Mind Realm."
Luo Hongyan breathed a sigh of relief.
Gao Yuan, the superior, had already counted the property of the deceased cultivators and had kindly urged her several times.
Of course she knew that it was not good to stay on Ice Rock Island for a long time, but because Pang Jian had not yet awakened after breaking through the realm, she could only endure it.
It has lasted until now.
"I… "
Pang Jian opened his mouth to speak.
"Let's leave Bingyan City first, and leave this Sanxian Island. We can talk about other things later."
Luo Hongyan was well aware that staying one more day would increase the risk, so she stepped forward and grabbed his arm without saying a word, forcing him to fly into the air.
As soon as they landed on Yunfan, which had been anchored above the ruins, Luo Hongyan ordered, "Gao Yuan, you can start the boat."
Gao Yuan, who had been tormented for several days and was looking forward to leaving early day and night, started the Yunfan without saying a word.
Yunfan immediately flew away from the ice rock island below.
"Ice Rock Island, it doesn't seem so cold anymore..."
Pang Jian muttered.
"Isn't it all because of you?"
Luo Hongyan smiled softly.
He was immediately told that because of his meditation this time and because he absorbed the extreme cold power through the altar, all the cold power that was dissipated outside disappeared into his body.
"Innate? So he has broken through."
Gao Yuan was also at the Xiantian realm. Hearing this, he was surprised and suddenly asked, "The spiritual energy of the heaven and earth on Bingyan Island has suddenly become much thinner. Could it be... because of your promotion?"
Pang Jian was stunned.
Luo Hongyan nodded with a smile.
Gao Yuan exclaimed: "Heaven and man are one!"
As a practitioner of the same level, he knew that advancing from the Marrow Cleansing Realm to the Innate Realm would be a qualitative leap.
The process of promotion requires the support of tremendous spiritual power.
Back then, when he was trying to break through to the innate realm, he prepared five hundred spirit stones and a dozen spirit jades. He built a spirit gathering array in the cave and continuously absorbed spiritual power before he was able to break through.
His Dantian spiritual sea also completed a new round of expansion when he was promoted to the innate level.
But he has always known that practitioners with extremely high talents will be promoted in the form of sudden enlightenment when they break through their innate level.
This kind of ascenders, at the moment of breaking through, will frantically absorb the spiritual energy of the nearby heaven and earth.
To be promoted to the innate state in this state is called "the unity of nature and man". The spiritual energy of the heaven and earth where the person is located will spontaneously flow into his body when he is promoted.
For practitioners, breaking through the realm through the "unity of man and nature" is something that can only be encountered by chance and is the most mysterious and magical.
However, such a mysterious way of promotion has both advantages and disadvantages.
The advantage is that, because practice is not constant, occasional breakthroughs are more in line with the essence of practice.
The disadvantage is that, due to lack of adequate preparation, if the environment you are in is a forbidden area, or the spiritual energy of the nearby heaven and earth is thin and contains impurities, it will not only be difficult to break through successfully, but you may also go astray in the state of "harmony between man and nature".
There are countless cases of accidental death.
In addition, in the state of "harmony between man and nature", the breakthrough person is completely unaware of his own condition and is in a state of half awake and half asleep.
If there are no protectors around, the person who breaks through the realm can easily be hunted by ferocious beasts or strangled by the enemy.
Even practitioners along the way could, through the abnormal changes in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, sense that someone was achieving a breakthrough in the "unity of man and nature" nearby, and thus commit murder and robbery.
In short.
Breaking through with the concept of "harmony between man and nature" will bring both gains and risks. Although there are many benefits, it is also accompanied by the risk of death.
“What is the unity of man and nature?”
Pang Jian was puzzled.
Luo Hongyan smiled calmly, first explaining the mystery of "harmony between man and nature", and then said: "The core disciples of the big sects are at the great perfection stage of the marrow cleansing realm. When they feel that they are about to break through, the sect will arrange for guardians to accompany them carefully."
"I have been following you for a while because I feel that you can successfully ascend to the Xiantian realm by following the path of 'harmony between man and nature' and in a way that best conforms to the laws of nature."
Luo Hongyan glanced at Gao Yuan and snorted, "Preparing early, finding a cave to build an array, locking the cave to force a breakthrough is not the best way to break through."
After saying this, Gao Yuan smiled awkwardly and said, "I don't have a good sister, nor do I have a protector who is always by my side. Of course, I think with my natural talents and abilities, it is difficult for me to achieve that kind of natural state of mind."
"Instead of struggling to achieve promotion through harmony between man and nature, it is better to take a steady approach and force your way to promotion as early as possible."
Many people who claim to be incredibly gifted try to achieve advancement through the "unity of man and nature" method and travel all over famous mountains and rivers, but they still fail to realize their goals after wasting half their lives.
By the time I recognized the facts and prepared to force myself to reach this state through acquired efforts, I realized that I had wasted decades.
People of the same realm around him often reach the Dongxuan realm or even the Ningshen realm after several decades, leaving him far behind.
Therefore, Gao Yuan believes that there is nothing wrong with his choice.
"It is best to be promoted to the innate level by chance. However, if you make many preparations after birth and then forcibly impact the innate level without waiting for the right opportunity, you will end up in the inferior position..."
Pang Jian muttered secretly.
The "Hutian Yangqi Jue" he practiced did not record any steps for impacting the innate realm through acquired preparation.
What is said in "Hutian Yangqi Jue" is that after reaching perfection in the Xisui realm, there is no need to practice hard all the time.
Practitioners should walk around, feel the beauty of the world, mountains and rivers, understand the treacherous complexity of human hearts, and the wonder of the changing of the four seasons.
Then, at a certain moment, you will naturally enter the state of "harmony between man and nature".
Pang Jian immediately understood that the "Hutian Yangqi Jue" must be an extremely profound technique that only follows the most orthodox and optimal route.
Luo Hongyan reminded softly: "Your advancement to the Xiantian realm is different from others. You absorb more than just the spiritual energy of heaven and earth..."
She remained in the Stone Temple.
She knew that Pang Jian, who was sitting on the altar, had extracted an extremely cold force from the rocks of the entire Ice Rock Island, and broke through along with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
The cold force was inside the rocks, deep underground on the Ice Rock Island, and people like Gao Yuan could only vaguely sense it.
She was so close to Pang Jian, watching him turn into an ice sculpture and watching beams of icy and electric cold energy escape into it, so she naturally knew what was going on.
"Um."
Pang Jian sat down on the Yunfan deck, closed his eyes and felt it silently.
His heart was slightly shaken!
His already vast spiritual sea expanded by twice as much due to his breakthrough in the innate realm and because he spontaneously condensed spiritual energy in the wonderful state of "harmony between man and nature"!
The vast spiritual sea is filled with pure spiritual energy, and he can call upon its power at any time.
With a thought, he tried to call upon the spiritual power in his spiritual sea, and immediately felt the spiritual power flowing into the eight extraordinary meridians and twelve regular meridians at a speed several times faster!
His harmony with spiritual power has reached a higher and more mysterious level!
This means that the three spear techniques he practiced, namely Earth Flame Technique, Yuan Yang Technique, Star Flow Technique, Moon Blade, and Shocking Spear, can burst out power at a time several times faster!
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(End of this chapter)