The news that the Flame Emperor came from an outside world didn't surprise Austin much, because he
had also lived on earth before passing through the tunnel of time and space to land in the Prime Martial
World. As a time traveler, he knew well that the Prime Martial World was not the only world in which
humans lived in.
"The world I lived in before was called the Divine Continent," the Flame Emperor said.
He raised his index finger, and a silver stream of flowing gloss poured into Austin's Soul Sea. Pictures
depicting the Divine Continent scrolled continuously behind Austin's eyelids like a film show.
Austin could see the Divine Continent clearly. It was a continent with much more spiritual energy of
heaven and earth than the Prime Martial World. All the warriors there were powerful enough to cut off
rivers and crumble mountains. A fierce fight between any two of them could leave a crack in thousands
of miles of the earth and crash the very canopy of the heavens itself, leaving strips of horrible empty
space rifts stretching several thousand miles across the sky.
For the warriors living in the Divine Continent, the ultimate goal was to exceed the Mortal Realm and
enter the Immortal Realm!
In fact, many of them had already exceeded the empty space through cultivation and flew up to the
Immortal Realm.
Just looking at the Divine Continent in his mind roused Austin's enthusiasm. He felt attracted to the
continent.
"Senior, the warriors on the Divine Continent are so powerful in cultivation base."
He sighed with admiration.
"Well, indeed. In your Prime Martial World, a warrior is considered successful if his cultivation base is in
the level of the Sky Realm.
But in the Divine Continent, any warrior who isn't able to reach the Sky Realm in his cultivation base
before the age of ten is deemed poor in martial arts. He won't accomplish anything in martial arts his
whole life," the Flame Emperor said, smiling.
Austin gasped in surprise. "Reach the Sky Realm in cultivation base before the age of ten?"
It was too incredible to believe.
He had just reached the medium stage of Mysterious Realm in his cultivation base at the age of
seventeen. If he had been born in the Divine Continent, he wouldn't even be in the bottom rung of
warriors.
The thought made Austin break out in cold sweat.
As the proverb went, "No matter how strong you are, there is always someone stronger!"
"So, how did you leave the Divine Continent, Senior?"
Austin asked curiously.
"Listen to me carefully."
The Flame Emperor sighed as he recalled his past.
"All the warriors on the Divine Continent yearn to enter the legendary fairyland, Immortal Realm. That is
their ultimate goal of martial practice.
Generally speaking, two methods are adopted to enter the Immortal Realm.
In the first method, cultivators have to practice until they reach the Realm of Elixir Gathering, after
which they will face various adversities and calamities. The men who manage to defeat all those
adversities will be able to penetrate life and death, break into the empty space, and enter the Immortal
Realm.
But this is a difficult method and only very few warriors have ever entered the Immortal Realm in this
way.
But the Divine Continent is home to hundreds of millions of warriors.
It's too tough for ordinary warriors to enter the Immortal Realm in this way.
The second method requires one's fate of becoming an immortal.
There are many places in the Divine Continent where lucky warriors can find the fate of becoming an
immortal, which means that they can directly enter the Immortal Realm.
Unfortunately, it's quite hard to define the fate of becoming an immortal.
Some warriors can interact with the Immortal Realm through a powerful Immortal Weapon, which
sends them directly to the Immortal Realm.
Some enter the Immortal Realm after consuming some elixir, freeing them from any pain.
Others enter the Immortal Realm after finding the portal between the Earth Realm and the Immortal
Realm.
As for me, I accidentally found a suspected cave dwelling for immortals.
When I decided to enter that cave to seek my fate of becoming an immortal, one of my friends learned
about what I was planning to do and requested to enter the cave together with me.
Of course, I turned him down.
So, he took me unawares and hurt me badly, pressing for the location of the cave dwelling.
Finally, I managed to slip away unseen while he had his attention elsewhere.
By a lucky coincidence, I triggered an ancient teleportation array as I ran and was teleported to the
Prime Martial World.
Later, I kept trying to go back to the Divine Continent, but my broken elixir field and weak cultivation
base made it impossible for me to go back home.
Ever since then, I've been living in the Prime Martial World."
The Flame Emperor sighed, his eyes filled with sadness.
"You told me that the Golden Sun Scripture I'm practicing is your refining formula, can you explain
that?"
Austin asked in surprise.
"Yes. I got the Golden Sun Scripture when I entered that cave for the first time.
It was with me when I was teleported to the Prime Martial World. Later, there were some unforeseen
events that made me bury it in the depths of Grand Desolation Mountain.
I suppose you must have gotten it from the vital energy stone."
After hearing these words, Austin had no more doubt about the owner of the Golden Sun Scripture. He
nodded and confirmed the Flame Emperor's words.
At the same time, he felt quite surprised that the Flame Emperor had found the Golden Sun Scripture in
a cave dwelling for immortals.
'It is likely that the Golden Sun Scripture belonged to immortals!'
The thought stunned Austin.
It was too amazing to even wrap his head around.
"You were lucky enough to find the Golden Sun Scripture.
Try your best to practice it. This scripture is far superior to the low-grade cultivation methods in the
Prime Martial World.
I suppose it's not inferior to any other refining formula in the Divine Continent either.
Lad, you managed to get your hands on the Golden Sun Scripture and entered the inner circle of the
Mysterious Nether World. It is fate that has brought you here to meet me.
Well, I have something for you.
Look at the thick forest behind me. It is the essence of the vital energy that I left before I died.
I will give it to you as a gift.
Just walk into the thick forest and absorb it," the Flame Emperor said.
Austin raised his head and looked at the lush and verdant forest in amazement. 'Was this forest formed
by the essence of his vital energy? I've never heard of such a thing before!'
Austin mulled in his mind.
"Senior, how could I accept such an invaluable gift?" he asked hesitantly.
Every warrior had to devote his whole life to form the essence of his vital energy. It was invaluable.
"My flesh body doesn't exist anymore. The essence of vital energy may be invaluable, but it is of little
significance to me now.
It will fade away with time if you don't accept it.
Just take it."
Hearing this, Austin nodded his head.
"Well, in that case, I will take it! Thank you for your gift."
Under the Flame Emperor's guidance, Austin rose to his feet and entered the thick forest.
He could see threads of vital energy essence skipping before him like sacred sun lights.
They came together and formed the shapes of various animals and plants.
It was a marvelous spectacle to watch. The thought that this whole forest had been formed by the
essence of the Flame Emperor's vital energy stunned Austin. "It's too magical," Austin breathed.
"Focus your mind on one point and begin to practice the Golden Sun Scripture!"
The Flame Emperor's voice shook Austin out of his reverie.
He quickly calmed himself down and silently practiced the Golden Sun Scripture in his body.
After a few moments, there was a zipping sound.
All the threads of vital energy essence strewn around the forest flew at him from all directions at once.
When they made contact with his skin, they endlessly melted into every pore and meridian point of his
body.
Austin could feel his body being filled with wisdom and enlightenment.
Soon, the essence of vital energy flew into every energy meridian like a sweeping and surging river.
All his energy meridians swelled like balloons as the essence continued to pour in with a hissing sound.
These sounds indicated the continuous ripping of his energy meridians.
They were breaking and expanding so that they could hold more vital energy than they could before.
At last, all the vital energy poured into the elixir field after circulating his body. Austin's elixir field had
already been the size of two footballs.
Now, with the absorption of all this vital energy, it was glowing like a ball of light and kept getting bigger
and bigger.
Meanwhile, Austin felt the forest around him dissolving. The tall trees, the thick vines in the shape of
forearms, and even the birds singing in the woods were all slowly melting and decomposing before
forming threads of vital energy that flooded into his body.
The entire thick forest was disappearing, leaving behind a vast expanse of empty space.
Only strips of vital energy were left in the air.
As the absorption process continued, Austin could feel that he was somehow beginning to make a
breakthrough in his vital energy realm.
Finally, when his absorption reached a critical point, a blast of energy spurted out from his body with a
bang.
His whole body convulsed for a moment.
Then, everything was quiet. Austin had reached the premium stage of the Mysterious Realm!
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