Chapter 1086: Core Break (1/2)

Nie Tian was at the early Soul realm, which meant he was still a long way from the Void domain.

Before this, he hadn’t even witnessed others attempt to break through into the Void domain, much less the Saint domain.

He didn’t have any idea as to what dangers and wonders these breakthroughs held.

He simply observed.

The first step of Hou Chulan’s breakthrough seemed to be gathering wood power. The Realm of Wood Spirit was wreathed in rich wood power to start with. The five wood element sect elders further improved the speed at which she channeled wood power from her surroundings.

Because of this, she didn’t even have to absorb wood power from wood-attributed spiritual materials.

Nie Tian sensed with rapt attention, and discovered that, with the five elders’ help, the speed at which Hou Chulan’s domain absorbed wood power was several times faster than his Wood Thriving Formation.

“Thanks to the unique features of the Realm of Wood Spirit and the help she has, she doesn’t have to worry about wood power.” Nie Tian muttered softly.

With an envious look on her face, Lou Hongyan muttered, “If I hadn’t died that one time, I would have been attempting to break through into the Saint domain too. Perhaps I would have even made the attempt earlier than senior martial sister...”

She had been reincarnated once. Nie Tian had learned from Huang Jinnan that this Daughter of Flames had been a gorgeous woman in her previous life. Even among the four great sects, her beauty had been hardly matched.

However, the body she had been reborn into didn’t look so outstanding, which was the reason why she looked unimpressive in front of Hou Chulan.

She and Hou Chulan had joined the Five Elements Sect and become the Divine Daughters of the wood element sect and fire element sect at around the same time.

Back in the day, her cultivation talent and advancing speed had even outshone Hou Chulan’s.

It was her reincarnation that had held her back. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have only been at the early Void domain. She might even have entered the Saint domain already.

Huang Jinnan sighed. “Making fast advances in cultivation isn’t necessarily a good thing, senior martial sister. Didn’t that metal element sect senior martial brother of mine fail to break through into the Saint domain? His spiritual cores exploded and killed him. Even his soul scattered, killing his chance at reincarnation. If he was still alive, my master wouldn’t have chosen me as his new heir.”

Nie Tian’s expression flickered with astonishment.

As far as he knew, Huang Jinnan was the weakest of all of the Divine Children of the Five Elements Sect. His middle Soul realm cultivation base was only slightly higher than Nie Tian’s.

Lou Hongyan was currently at the early Void domain, despite her reincarnation. Hou Chulan’s cultivation base was even higher.

Before, Nie Tian had wondered why, as a Divine Son, Huang Jinnan’s cultivation base was so low.

Now, he finally realized that the reason was because the former Divine Son of the metal element sect had failed and perished during his breakthrough into the Saint domain, allowing Huang Jinnan to become the Divine Son of the metal element sect.

“Is the breakthrough into the Saint domain really so full of dangers?” Nie Tian muttered to himself with a grim face. “Even a Divine Son died beyond salvation because of some mishap during the process?”

As they spoke, He Lianxiong looked in Nie Tian’s direction every once in awhile.

His eyes flickered slightly after he heard Nie Tian’s words, as if he had suddenly become worried about his future breakthroughs.

A bitter expression filled Huang Jinnan’s face as he said, “The higher your cultivation base becomes, the more dangerous your breakthroughs will become. It’s not crazy difficult to break through into the Void domain, but the breakthroughs into the Saint and God domain are truly full of dangers.

“To break through into the Void domain, you only have to release your spiritual sea from your dantian region, and transform it into an illusory domain by mixing it with the wonders of your soul. Since this whole process is illusory, the breakthrough isn’t so scary.

“The breakthrough into the Saint domain, however, involves core break.”

Nie Tian’s expression flickered with astonishment. “Core break?”

Huang Jinnan gave him a sideways glance and asked, “Don’t tell me that you don’t even know the difference between the breakthrough into the Void domain and the breakthrough into the Saint domain. Who’s your master? Didn’t he teach you these things?”

“My master is Wu Ji,” Nie Tian answered. “He’s from the Domain of the Falling Stars.”

Huang Jinnan went blank briefly before asking, “What cultivation base is he currently at?”

Looking somewhat embarrassed, Nie Tian couldn’t give a definite answer. “Umm... I don’t know. He was at the Soul realm the last time I saw him.”

Hearing these words, both Huang Jinnan and Lou Hongyan had strange expressions on their faces.

Nie Tian then explained, “To answer your question, my master didn’t tell me anything about what I would encounter during breakthroughs. All he said was that I’d be able to see the wonders and subtle changes myself when I actually make the breakthroughs. No external guidance is needed.”

Huang Jinnan shook his head. “I’ve never heard of such an irresponsible master...”