I've already reached the Nascent Soul stage, and you're saying I didn't time travel?

Chapter 83 The Third Transformation of Qi Refining

There are three pieces of good news and three pieces of bad news.

Let's start with the good news, so we can at least be in a good mood to face the bad news.

The first piece of good news is—

The series of horrific disasters that occurred earlier not only resulted in the execution of a large number of monsters on the spot, but also caused tremendous changes in the terrain.

This made it easy to resolve the geographical difficulties that he had been unable to overcome.

He is no longer in the original jungle, but has far exceeded the furthest boundary he had reached before, successfully entering a new environment that has never been explored before.

This breakthrough is nothing short of a fish entering the sea or a bird soaring into the blue sky.

Even if he doesn't encounter any natives later, he will become freer than ever before.

The second piece of good news is related to the Heaven-Seizing Bracelet.

The sun... well, maybe that thing isn't the sun.

The most important reason Qi Xuan discovered this was that he had come into close contact with fragments of the sun.

The stream of flames that rushed down instantly burned all the monsters, including the Great Octopus.

He was originally doomed to die, but fortunately a substitute talisman saved him.

This also allowed him to witness the new changes that occurred after the flames landed.

The land, which had been completely burned, immediately came back to life after the flames spread.

The barren land was transformed into lush green grass and dense vegetation in the blink of an eye.

The insects that hid underground grew rapidly into enormous creatures.

The earth expanded as a result, the earth's veins rose up to become mountains, and the fissures widened to become rivers.

He witnessed firsthand the world-shaking changes.

Then... he almost died a second time.

The flames contained terrifying spiritual energy, and all the strange changes around him originated from it. As the cultivator closest to the flames, if it weren't for the Heaven-Seizing Bracelet helping him absorb a massive amount of spiritual energy, he would have been burst apart on the spot.

After absorbing a massive amount of spiritual energy, the Heaven-Seizing Bracelet seemed to be further activated. He hadn't yet figured out its other functions, but it could now freely grow larger or smaller according to his will.

Combined with its incredibly hard and indestructible properties, this thing is definitely a powerful magical artifact!
He casually tossed it out, and it landed around someone's neck, then shrank with a snap—

What do you think is the difference between it and the Flying Guillotine?

Of course, there are still differences; it is more versatile than the Flying Guillotine.

Even if it doesn't hit the neck, it doesn't matter; if it hits the waist or chest, it'll cut someone in half on the spot.

That's fucking brutal to the extreme.

However, there is a prerequisite: you must be able to accurately target the right person; otherwise, there's nothing you can do.

He can only throw and retrieve the bracelet now; he can't control it freely to make it land in a designated location or even chase after an enemy to put it on.

However, according to Qi Xuan's estimation, once he reaches the Foundation Establishment stage, he will likely be able to freely manipulate this treasure, and might even be able to unlock its hidden secrets.

A Golden Core cultivator would probably explode on the spot after absorbing so much spiritual energy, but this bracelet was completely unharmed, even giving the impression that it hadn't absorbed enough. This indicates that its grade is at least comparable to a Golden Core cultivator, and it is by no means an ordinary magic artifact.

The third piece of good news is related to him personally.

Although the Heaven-Seizing Bracelet absorbed the explosive impact of a massive amount of spiritual energy for him, a very small amount still leaked out and was absorbed by him. This allowed him to instantly advance from the second level of Qi Refining to the third level, and he was not far from the fourth level.

The changes in strength brought about by the advancement in realm are self-evident. Speed, strength, and other physical attributes have been comprehensively improved, and even the speed of injury healing has been greatly enhanced, allowing him to escape danger and survive safely several times.

More importantly, he awakened the third stage of Qi Refining, gaining his third ability after [Essence Refining] and [Spiritual Perception]!
This ability is called the "Metacore," which, simply put, is the second core.

A cultivator typically has three dantians in their body. The upper dantian is located deep within the Yintang acupoint between the eyebrows, also known as the Purple Mansion, and is the center of mental activity.

The lower dantian is located in the Guanyuan acupoint area, and it is also the dantian frequently mentioned in cultivation manuals. It is closely related to a cultivator's breakthrough in realm.

As for the middle dantian, it is located in the area of ​​the Tanzhong acupoint in the chest. Except for some exercises that may mention it, it is often overlooked and has a very low presence.

The [Primal Core] is located within the middle dantian.

The [Primal Core] is an energy core the size of a marble. Despite its small size, it is the result of extremely compressed spiritual energy within the body.

Under normal circumstances, it takes about two rounds of draining the spiritual energy from the body for it to fully take shape.

This means that with the [Primal Core], he will have twice as much spiritual power as other cultivators of the same realm.

In this way, the enemy fought him and finally exhausted the spiritual power in his body... Sorry, I have to activate the hidden energy. Let's fight two more rounds.

In addition to a significant increase in combat and escape endurance, the existence of the [Metacore] also means that his output ceiling can be greatly improved.

Imagine if one day you were hit by a deadly move that could drain all your spiritual power at once.

With the boost from the [Elemental Core], the power is increased threefold.

An enemy who could only be severely injured could be instantly killed on the spot.

That's absolutely outrageous.

Qi Xuan estimated that even among those at the Foundation Establishment stage, probably very few could master such a terrifying ability.

After the good news, let's move on to the bad news.

Although there are three pieces of bad news, it can only be described as taking precautions.

The first two are related to his current environment.

After the sun collapsed, he fled in all directions amidst the landslides and earthquakes. Although he was disoriented and ran towards whichever was safe, he was generally heading downwards.

By now, he should have arrived at the cliff and sea of ​​mist he had seen before.

Based on initial observations, terrifying monsters, including the Golden-Eyed Pterosaur, were all entrenched in the Sea of ​​Mist.

Although many have been destroyed by the flames, the spiritual energy that surged forth afterward will likely cause a large number of surviving monsters to grow rapidly.

Considering the environment of the Fog Sea, the number and quality of the monsters here far exceed those he has encountered before.

The situation is extremely serious.

Besides the high-level demonic beasts, what made Qi Xuan's scalp tingle even more was the bloody handprints he had seen on the southern cliff.

He's now on the same level as the original bodies of those bloody handprints, and they might suddenly bump into each other at any time.

God knows what kind of monsters those were?

Qi Xuan made up his mind to stay far away from the south, the farther the better. Even if he didn't encounter any natives, he absolutely did not want to run into those monsters.

As for the third piece of bad news, it was naturally the three remaining suns in the sky.

One has two.

One of them has already crashed, and the remaining three might crash at any time.

He won't be as lucky as he is this time. If he gets grazed by the flames next time, he'll be annihilated.

We need to hurry up and improve our strength!
We need to find a way to become stronger!

Upon realizing this, Qi Xuan immediately opened the lottery page.

(End of this chapter)