The forest kept vanishing and turning to vital energy. Austin had barely absorbed a fraction of the vital
energy the Flame Emperor had depleted.
Four hours later, he finally absorbed half of the vital energy.
BAMM!
A wave of violent vital energy began gushing out of Austin's body and it formed a hurricane, sweeping
up the forest.
He had reached the preliminary stage of the Sky Realm.
There was still more vital energy that he needed to absorb.
Time ticked by.
After another four hours, he had absorbed all of the vital energy from the Flame Emperor.
And the forest was gone, only barren fields stretching across the landscape.
Austin concentrated his mind to sense the amount of his vital energy, and as a delightful surprise, he
had reached the medium stage of Sky Realm.
Naturally, he had absorbed a great deal of vital energy these past eight hours.
He was in high spirits.
He miraculously escaped death after being attacked by five masters of the Sky Realm. He would have
died if it weren't for his impeccable physical strength.
Since he had reached the medium stage of Sky Realm, he knew the level of the five people's strength,
two members of the royal family—Bruce and Graham and the three disciples of the Ghost Sect.
These were the five other cultivators also at the medium stage of Sky Realm.
Bruce had stronger, higher-quality vital energy than the other four at this level.
He was more talented in mastering martial arts skills. That was why he was more powerful than the
other four.
He knew his cultivation base was much higher than the other five cultivators of Sky Realm and it thrilled
him. He swore to himself that he would make the five pay for what they had done to him once he saw
them again.
Austin returned to the Flame Emperor.
"Sir, I've made it.
Thank you for the gift!"
Without the Flame Emperor's help, Austin's journey to the Sky Realm would have been much more
difficult.
It would have been a long, difficult journey. 'The deeper I cultivated the Golden Sun Scripture, the more
masculine vital energy I need. Reaching higher levels in Golden Sun Scripture is more time-consuming
than other common vital energy refining formulas, ' he thought to himself.
Due to the large amount of the vital energy, he was able to reach the medium stage of the Sky Realm
in a short amount of time without too much effort.
"Well, what happened to you? Why do you look so bad?" Austin asked.
After getting the vital energy from the Flame Emperor, he wanted to know more about the latter.
"Just as Angus is, I, too, am a soul.
Since I came to the Prime Martial World, my physical injury had continued to worsen. At last, I died,"
the Flame Emperor replied bitterly.
"Is there any way to bring you back to life?" the lad inquired.
He had encountered two elders, Angus and the Flame Emperor in the Mysterious Nether World. The
two, to some extent, were his benefactors. However, they both had passed away. He felt he ought to do
something for them.
"Come back to life?" the Flame Emperor repeated with a pensive look on his face.
"Yes, there is. But the chance is quite slim.
There are many ways to renew one's life in the Divine Continent where I lived.
But now I only have a soul, so most methods won't work for me.
If I can return to my hometown and get the legendary Reincarnate Lotus to a place called Life and
Death, I might be able to restore my physical body and come back to life.
But Life and Death is one of the five restricted areas in the Divine Continent. Most warriors who
attempted to enter died. It is a gravely dangerous place," the Flame Emperor sighed hopelessly.
"Divine Continent. Life and Death," Austin muttered.
He memorized the two places. Even though he didn't know how far he would be able to go, he vowed
to go to Life and Death to get the Reincarnate Lotus to help the Flame Emperor.
The Flame Emperor read his mind immediately.
He laughed and said, "I am pleased that you want to help me. Tell you what? When you reach the Holy
Realm, you can come back here to meet me. Then I can tell you how to reach the Divine Continent.
The Prime Martial World is a low-grade space that lacks spiritual energy and luck. It's not a good place
for cultivators.
If you want to become the best cultivator and even reach the Immortal Realm, you must head for the
Divine Continent.
'Reach the Immortal Realm!'
Austin was taken aback by the Flame Emperor's words.
'If a cultivator declares that he is trying to reach the Immortal Realm in the Prime Martial World, people
will rule him out as crazy.
But it is a goal for many cultivators in the Divine Continent. It proves that environment does play a
crucial role in one's development. Warriors' achievement and insights depends mainly upon the setting
in which they live in.
I get it now. I finally understood why the cultivators in the Divine Continent possess such overwhelming
power, ' the lad brooded.
After hearing his story, Austin longed to set foot on that mysterious territory—the Divine Continent.
"Sounds good to me. From this moment on, I'm focusing on cultivating. When I reach the Holy Realm,
I'll meet you here again," Austin replied.
He had set an even higher goal for himself in cultivation: to reach the Holy Realm, head for the Divine
Continent, and try to reach the Immortal Realm.
It seemed unrealistic, but Austin had faith in himself and was fully committed.
The Flame Emperor laughed at him.
"I'm glad to hear that. You're an interesting guy.
I like you.
I'll transfer my skills to you.
They will be helpful for you in your cultivation."
He pointed at Austin's forehead with his index finger, and then suddenly, several streaks of white lights
entered his Soul Sea.
Scripture characters flashed through his Soul Sea. Closing his eyes, Austin cleared his mind and
focused on the information.
Several minutes later, he opened his eyes and looked overjoyed.
The Flame Emperor had infused two martial arts skills into Austin's Soul Sea. One was the Kirin
Golden-body Scripture, and the other was the Flame Swordsmanship.
"Considering you mastered the Golden Sun Scripture, I bet these two skills will be the most useful.
I'll leave you with these skills," the Flame Emperor added.
He moved back to that scarlet stone pillar instantly. Sitting down with his legs crossed, he closed his
eyes and began to rest peacefully.
Even though the Flame Emperor didn't tell him the grade of the two martial arts skills, Austin could feel
that they were at a much higher level than the sixth-grade or seventh-grade ones he had gotten in the
Emperor Library.
'Perhaps the two martial skills belong to the Divine Continent where the Flame Emperor had lived.
That's why they are much more powerful than those in the Prime Martial World, ' he thought.
Austin sat down in a cross-legged meditation position and began to break down the Flame
Swordsmanship.
He started with Flame Swordsmanship because it would be easier for him to practice. After all, he had
mastered the level 1 sword potential.
He cleared his mind and began studying this new skill at hand.
He learned that he needed to turn his vital energy into swords. He also needed to form a Spiritual
Sword Aura in his Soul Sea as well as use the Spiritual Sword Aura to manipulate the swords formed
by vital energy to attack his enemies.
He was surprised to learn that this meant he didn't need a physical sword to use the Flame
Swordsmanship.
The first step was to release the first Spiritual Sword Aura in Soul Sea to make the sword formed by the
vital energy attack the enemy.
The second step was to refine the second Spiritual Sword Aura in Soul Sea to control the two swords
formed by the vital energy to attack the enemy.
The third step was to unleash the third Spiritual Sword Aura in Soul Sea to drive the three swords
formed by vital energy to attack the enemy.
According to its introduction, this martial skill would require him to use his spiritual senses along with
his vital energy.
Forming the Spiritual Sword Aura required him to possess a powerful spiritual sense; only one with a
high-quality vital energy could turn vital energy into swords.
Austin was destined for the Flame Swordsmanship.
That was why the Flame Emperor taught Austin this martial skill.
After figuring out how the Flame Swordsmanship worked, Austin was obsessed with practicing it.
His first task was to turn vital energy into swords.
It was not a challenging task for Austin. Since he had practiced the Golden Sun Scripture, the quality of
his vital energy was much better than that of other cultivators at the same level.
Within a couple hours, he summoned his vital energy.
'Phew!'
A faint golden sharp long sword of vital energy shot out from his palm. Visible golden flames made the
water vapor nearby evaporate instantly. The sword was undoubtedly powerful.
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