Chapter 162 – Combustion (2/2)

His divine sense transformed into a gust of wind, freely traversing that Heaven and Earth.

The wind was he; he was the wind.

He saw the nine broken mountain ranges, saw the endless wild plains and saw that lake which was suspended within the air.

Finally, he saw that snow plain.

The snow plain was separated into tens of fragments by exceedingly deep fissures.

In comparison to the meditative introspection he had done some days ago, the snow plain was much thicker, even at this time, there were snowflakes continuously falling.

For these past few days, he had incessantly guided Starlight into his body.

The snowflakes were all extremely pure Star Brilliance, all they needed were to be inflamed by divine essence and they would become a clear water that could nourish this world, a clear water that is True Essence.

In the words of Zhuang Huan Yu, of many others and the countless words recorded upon the scripture; for cultivators, the most important thing, is True Essence.

Chen Chang Sheng remained hesitant for a long time.

He truly was unafraid of death, but he didn’t want to experience that pain once more, because that pain really might cause him to go into a coma, if that were to happen, this match would naturally result in a loss.

But it was something that had to be done.

Hesitation is just hesitation; that gust of wind didn’t halt, it drifted towards a fragment of the snow plain in the Southeast.

Akin to a wildfire descending upon a mountain that is overflowing with dry leaves.

An explosion rung out, the snow plain fragment was violently set ablaze.

In the tranquil and secluded room on the second floor, the important figures all sat in their respective positions silently, waiting for Chen Chang Sheng’s concession of defeat, the end of this match and the final outcome to this year’s Grand Examination, with the tradition faction’s plot, or perhaps attempt, suffering a heavy setback.

Yet, at this moment, an aura suddenly appeared within the tower.

That aura was rather frenzied, intensely fiery, akin to someone having lit a pyre on the floor below that was exceedingly large in size.

Mo Yu’s expression faintly trembled, she stood up, her court gown left behind a blur within the dark room as she instantly moved herself to the window side.

Her gaze went behind the window blinds and rested on the floor below, her face was expressionless, but her eyes revealed a strange glimmer.

All the important personages within the room were experts of a high level, how could they possibly not be able to tell what that aura represented? No one at this moment, was concerned with the ability level Mo Yu just displayed, they all arrived, one after the other, beside the window, looking down towards the lower floor, following what they saw, their expressions immediately changed, momentarily becoming speechless.

Before the stone wall below, Chen Chang Sheng closed his eyes and stood atop the sand, beside his bare feet were grains of sand, soaked through by the blood that was trickling down from his body.

That frenzied and fiery aura, came from his body.

Everyone could clearly feel that his cultivation level was in the process of rising, the True Essence within his body was increasing and his presence was becoming more powerful.

Under the perception of divine sense, he became increasingly radiant.

Akin to a real pyre.

“How could this be possible?”

“How could this be possible.”

They all stood by the window, witnessing this scene, the expressions on their faces became extremely strange, extraordinarily shocked.

Chen Chang Sheng was actually commencing meditative introspection at this moment, transitioning Star Brilliance into True Essence.

The problem was, apart from at the very beginning, when entering the Meditative Realm from the Purification realm, could such a strong aura leak out into the surroundings, all while the cultivator completely burns the Star Brilliance they had previously amassed into True Essence.

After that, the cultivator’s transitions of Star Brilliance into True Essence would be nothing more than a trickle, how could there possibly be such a big disturbance?

Was this Chen Chang Sheng’s first meditative introspection?

Impossible, from the previous few matches, they all clearly knew that he had completely moved from Purification to Meditation in his cultivation, otherwise, his body wouldn’t have any True Essence flow.

Then, what was this current scene?

Could it possibly be, that this world can have someone that could undergo their first meditation twice?

Silence filled the tower.

Everyone was shocked to the point of being speechless.

Whether be it those important figures by the window that were highly knowledgeable, or the Li Palace clergy.

Zhuang Huan Yu was even more shocked, unable to say anything.

The temperature within the tower instantly surged.

Chen Chang Sheng closed his eyes, the sand near his feet rose into the air, the clumps of sand that were formed from his blood, after being scorched by that formless heat, dried and broke apart in turn.

All the blood evaporated into smoke.

Within the dancing sand, Chen Chang Sheng’s complexion became increasingly red, it could be perceived that his body was becoming increasingly hot.

Seeing this scene, one of the Archbishops from the Holy Church lightly held his brows, calming slightly.

He didn’t know how Chen Chang Sheng could undergo his first meditation twice, but he could tell that the youth wasn’t able to control the Star Brilliance’s burning within his body.

“If this continues, even if he doesn’t burn to death, his mind will be damaged from the heat,” said Prince Chen Liu in a worried voice.

Only by successfully completing Purification, could a cultivator’s body withstand the temperatures and the power that came from transitioning Star Brilliance into True Essence in their first Meditation.

But Chen Chang Sheng’s current Meditation was evidently rather strange, the amount of Star Brilliance that was burning within his body seemed slightly excessive, his body’s temperature was hard to restrain, continuously rising.

The Tower of Purging Dust became increasingly hot, outside of the tower, there was suddenly the sound of cicadas, as if Summer had arrived early.

Deep within the Li Palace complex, there is a palace.

Within that palace, in a corner, there is a grey flowerpot.

Within the pot, there is a plant, with multiple green stems, yet there existed but a single green leaf.

The edge of the green leaf was slightly withered, lightly curled.

“One’s memory really does worsen when getting old, to have actually forgotten the watering.”

His Holiness walked up to the flowerpot, gazing at the green leaf and sighing.

He then picked up a wooden ladle and extended it towards the pool besides the pot.