Chapter 676: A Sudden Change in the Situation (1/2)
Chapter 676: A Sudden Change in the Situation
After learning that everything was still well in the Realm of Flame Heaven, and that his family was still safe, Nie Tian finally set his mind at ease and settled in.
Lu Mingfei was the Spirit Condor’s founder and Lu Yuanxi’s forefather.
He had built a grand spell formation to protect the entire mountain valley before leaving to explore the starry river. According to Lu Yuanxi, even the early Void domain expert from the Lei Clan wouldn’t be able to sense the existence of their headquarters as long as that spell formation was activated.
For this reason, the Spirit Condor’s headquarters’ exact location was a mystery to most people.
As Nie Tian cultivated in a secluded open area in the valley, he discovered that that mysterious ward wouldn’t stop starlight from coming through.
Therefore, as he cultivated with the Fragmentary Star Incantation, the Nine Stars Flower, which had taken root at the bottom of his vortex of star power, continued to absorb star power and grow.
Thanks to the Nine Stars Flower, the efficiency of him refining and expanding his vortex of star power had improved significantly.
Now that the upgrades to his vortexes of spiritual power, wood power, and flame power had all been completed, all he needed was for his vortex of star power to be upgraded, and he would be set for his next breakthrough.
Then, given the right enlightenment or opportunity, he would be able advance to the Worldly realm.
He had a feeling that once he entered the Worldly realm and transformed his psychic power into soul power, he would be able to unveil what the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace had left underneath the forbidden region in the Realm of Split Void.
Perhaps by that time, he would also be able to get that air-transportation spiritual tool and the two scrolls that seemed to have connections to the Yin Sect and the Yang Sect out of the three lofty mountain peaks in the Realm of a Thousand Devastations.
Both Hua Mu and Zhao Shanling had reckoned that since the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace had chosen to open Heaven Gates and select their successor in the Domain of the Falling Stars, they must have left something for their successor.
That something might very well be the means by which he would be able to leave the Domain of the Falling Stars and visit the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace’s headquarters.
His master, Wu Ji, suspected that the reason why Nie Tian, who had already obtained three fragmentary star marks, was still trapped in the Domain of the Falling Stars was that the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace hadn’t finished testing him.
If he was able to accumulate enough strength and make consecutive breakthroughs without their help, then they would fully acknowledge him and eventually show him the way to leave the Domain of the Falling Stars.
He believed that advancing to the Worldly realm was the key to prying into the depths of the earth under the forbidden region and obtaining what the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace had left for him.
Therefore, Nie Tian spent day and night cultivating. He even threw in extra Star Stones to improve his efficiency.
During this time, he acquired some information through the Spirit Condor.
People from the Lei Clan were still traveling among the nine realms in the Domain of the Falling Stars, detecting spirit minerals with their special tools.
They discovered many spirit mineral veins in the Realm of Flame Heaven, the Realm of a Thousand Devastations, the Realm of a Hundred Battles, and the other realms. Some were already being explored by local powers, while others were discovered for the first time.
Immediately after their ‘discoveries’, the Lei Clan claimed those that contained rare minerals like Icy Crystal Essence.
The Yin Sect, the Yang Sect, the powers from the Realm of a Hundred Battles, and many other sects all made the same decision as the Ice Pavilion Sect, and gave up their right to those mineral veins.
Not just that, but members of the Lei Clan and the Thunder Mountain Sect did whatever they liked wherever they liked. Many crimes were committed.
However, many major sects, including the Heaven Palace Sect, chose to keep silent and bear with them.
Shortly afterwards, Nie Tian learned through the Spirit Condor that Xia Yi seemed to have reached some sort of agreement with the Lei Clan. He was willing to join the Divine Flame Sect along with all of his sect members when the Divine Flame Sect arrived.
In return, the people from the Lei Clan promised him that, since he practiced flame incantations, he would mostly likely win the Divine Flame Sect’s favor and be rewarded with the position of an elder of the Divine Flame Sect.
If Xia Yi, who had already entered the late Soul realm, could actually become an elder of the Divine Flame Sect, then he would be able to learn even more profound flame incantations and gain access to all kinds of precious materials that he would need to break through into the Void domain.
Deeply tempted, Xia Yi now couldn’t wait for the people from the Divine Flame Sect to arrive so that they could discuss the details.
After a few days, Nie Tian received word that Zhang Zhongchi from the Poison Sect and Lu Minhuang from the Spirit God Sect had both entered the late Soul realm.
The fact that the two of them were able to break through into the late Soul realm in just four years’ time had a great deal to do with the outsider invasion.
The Poison Sect’s poisonous incantations and the Spirit God Sect’s soul incantations had profound connections with the Fiends and the Phantasms.
After the humans of the Domain of the Falling Stars had won the war against the outsider invaders, the Poison Sect and the Spirit God Sect had exerted all means to obtain records regarding the Fiends and Phantasms’ bloodline power, which they had looted from the outsiders.
Those records had turned out to be extremely helpful to Zhang Zhongchi and Lu Minhuang. Their understanding of poisonous and soul incantations had risen to a whole new level, which had eventually resulted in their breakthroughs in cultivation.