Volume 1: Setting Sail Chapter 84 This kid has gone mad

  Xiao Chen's heart is now fully focused, completely immersed in the state of cultivation. In his mind, the sixteen-character mantra resounds like a warning bell, transforming suffering into a refreshing spring breeze.

  In the lower abdomen, the five Qi guide, true Qi transforms Yuan, thunder and fire double power, refining and transforming within, merging with the origin to become one, it's simply a mechanical operation method, everything is in order, waterways are clear.

  True energy and thunder fire intertwined, constantly refined and condensed into rolling true yuan, flowing in the dantian. The nine-turning air swirls faster and faster, already exceeding the highest speed, on the verge of collapse.

  But Xiao Chen didn't have a single worry, this was an omen of entering the Ling Jue Mirror.

  Enter the spiritual awareness mirror, in the dantian, the nine mouthfuls of air will all shatter and transform into a rolling flow of true yuan. Thick and powerful, with a single movement of thought, the thick true yuan will follow the movement of thought and spread throughout the body. The power is much stronger than true qi. At the moment of entering the first heaven of spiritual awareness, a yuanqi dan (also called yuandan) will condense in the dantian.

  When he reached the Tongxuan boundary, the nine yuan dan would shatter, and the refined spiritual dan, also known as the Tongshen Golden Dan, was still very far away for Xiao Chen at that time.

  At the moment, what Xiaochen needs to do is to condense the first Yuan Dan, achieve Ling Jue's first heaven, and make Jing Qi Shen three in one, five Qi internal prosperity, and the soul transcends.

  Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

  Nine whirlwinds of gas in Xiao Chen's dantian began to rotate wildly, causing the true energy in Xiao Chen's dantian to be wildly refined, compressed and mixed with thunder and fire dual powers, transforming into Thunder Fire True Yuan.

  Xiao Chen still had to operate the Small Return to the Sea Art to absorb the power of the Thunder Fire, using his mind and hands at the same time, making Xiao Chen extremely busy. Fortunately, he had the assistance of the 'Return to Origin Pill', otherwise, it would not have been so easy for Xiao Chen to cultivate the Thunder Fire True Essence.

  Xiao Chen has now successfully achieved the Half-Step Spiritual Awakening, while at this moment Gu Xiuxiu and others have just been forced to reveal their Battle Body attributes. The intense pain from the Dragon Pool thoroughly stimulated their souls, forcing out their hidden potential.

  Gu Xiao Wei's eyebrows slightly furrowed, comprehending the sixteen-character mantra. She remained still and calm, but her soul was awakening in agony. She sat cross-legged on the golden liquid of the Dragon Pool, her hands forming a seal, her shoulders flat against her knees.

  The fragrance of flowers burst forth from her body, the true energy in her dantian surged and churned, the true yuan continuously refined and emerged, a hundred flowers wafted their fragrance, a strong grassy and woody aura enveloped her entire being, eventually forming a hundred flower divine dragon that coiled around her, lifting Gu Xiang up, completely separating her from the Dragon Pool's golden liquid. The Hundred Flower Battle Body awakened, absorbing the grassy and woody energy between heaven and earth, gathering it into her body, breaking through to spiritual awareness!

  On the other hand, Ximen Wudi's battle body also awakened at this moment. His body burst forth with waves of frosty snow and mysterious cold energy, constantly colliding with the scorching high temperature of Longchi, producing a surge of steam that shot into the sky, as if a basin of icy water had been poured onto a piece of red-hot steel.

  A loud "hissing" sound erupted, and the heavenly fire energy surrounding Ximen Wudi's body was actually frozen, even the power of lightning could not flash, and was directly frozen by the powerful Xuanhan force.

  Cough! Cough!

  Gradually, a layer of icy and mysterious aura condensed around Ximen Wudi's body, causing him to be completely frozen in the ice and snow, like an ice sculpture. With him as the center, he connected with heaven and earth, and endless mysterious and cold aura descended upon him, merging into his body, becoming the power that awakened his martial soul.

  Yu Chenwei was slightly slower, but not much slower. Just after Ximen Wudi woke up, Yu Chenwei's battle body also awakened, and his whole body suddenly burst out with boundless golden light, dazzling to the extreme, as if a god or Buddha had descended into the world, shining brightly like the sun.

  That intense golden light, as if substantial, converged on his body, transformed into a golden copper bell cover, lifted him up gently, suspended in mid-air, detached from the Dragon Pool's golden liquid, detached from the sea of suffering.

  Only Ye Heng was the only one who had not yet awakened to the war body. At this moment, there were only two people in the entire Longchi, Xiao Chen and Ye Heng. However, Xiao Chen was free and easy in the Longchi, like a spring breeze, and he had realized the 16-word mantra. The suffering of the Longchi, Xiao Chen didn't feel at all, but instead, the heavenly fire in the Longchi continued to temper his body, making it even stronger.

  Ye Heng obviously did not comprehend the sixteen-character mantra, and his martial body had yet to awaken, unable to escape the sea of suffering.

  Ye Heng was in unbearable agony, struggling constantly in the sea of flames, as if he could be burned to death at any moment. His entire body was shrouded in dark mist, but no matter what, the dark mist couldn't condense into anything.

  "Qī Shīxiōng, that disciple's war body hasn't awakened yet, it's been eight days, will there be a problem..." Qin Lǎo said with a slightly furrowed brow, still gazing at the movements of the disciples practicing in the Dragon Pool.

  "It doesn't matter, I have my own calculations. Ye Heng's comprehension is relatively low, and it's also expected that he would be slower to realize than others." Qi Changlao said disapprovingly, then furrowed his brow and continued: "What I find strange is why Xiao Chen still hasn't awakened until now?"

  Upon hearing this, Qin Long said: "Could it be that Shifu places great importance on this disciple?"

  "His comprehension is top-notch, logically speaking he should be the first to awaken his war body, but how come until now he still hasn't flown out of the Golden Pond?" Qi Chang Lao was very puzzled, a deep doubt flashing in his eyes.

  "Could it be that he is..." Qin Lao also furrowed his brow, speculating, but felt that his idea was somewhat unlikely.

  "Shi Mei's meaning is..." Qi Chang Lao seemed to understand what Qin Chang Lao wanted to say.

  "Ah, he has achieved self-awakening!" Qin Lao said, voicing his speculation: "Look at his expression, not a hint of pain, but rather a subtle joy, as if bathed in spring breeze. He must have fully grasped Master's sixteen-character mantra, and look, his body is surrounded by surging thunderfire..."

  "Is it Thunderfire?" Elder Qi was reminded, and upon closer inspection, he indeed discovered that Xiao Chen's body was surrounded by surging thunderfire. The faint power of lightning crackled around him, as if an invisible heavenly flame was rising from his body, colorless and light, yet omnipresent.

  "This little guy is crazy! He actually dares to refine the power of heavenly thunder and heavenly fire! Doesn't he want his life anymore?! Qi Chang saw this scene and suddenly became anxious, previously he hadn't noticed that Xiao Chen's body had thunder and flames surging around him. Obviously it was because Xiao Chen had already refined a large amount of thunder and flame dual powers, and had reached the moment of forming the yuan dan. The primordial energy compressed, and the phenomenon of the thunder and flame dual powers seeping out appeared."

  "Haha…… Qi Shixiong, I think this little guy is interesting. If you think he's crazy, I'm willing to take him as my closed-door disciple. What do you say?" Qin Lao's gaze was venomous, and naturally saw that Xiao Chen wasn't crazy, but instead felt that Xiao Chen was a genius.

  In the Ichiyomoto Sword Sect, there were less than ten people who could awaken their souls and battle bodies on their own. Xiao Chen not only accomplished this feat but also boldly refined the violently explosive Heavenly Thunder Force and the ferociously blazing Heavenly Fire Qi.

  To know that the power of thunder and the energy of heavenly fire are not something that ordinary people can control, only a warrior with a body that has this attribute can absorb it into their body.

  Xiao Chen was a Starry Sky War Body, originally without any elemental attributes, but he actually achieved this feat, it has to be said that his talent is exceptional, surpassing others, and even surpassing the number one genius of the Yun Jian Sect, Ye Fei Long!

  "Haha……Qin Shimei is really good at joking, you can pick anyone else, but Xiaochen is not for you." Qi Changlao burst out laughing upon hearing this. He couldn't help but notice Xiaochen's exceptional talent, and the previous words were just an expression of his strong surprise. How could he possibly give away such a outstanding disciple? That would be crazy.

  "......" Qin Lao looked at his laughing, flushed-faced Shixiong and was speechless. He shot a fierce glance at Qi Lao with his piercing eyes.

  "Heavenly frost is profound and cold, ice seals without borders!"

  But at this moment, in the Dragon Pool, Ximen Wudi, who had turned into an ice sculpture, suddenly let out a loud roar. With a deafening crash, he burst out of the mysterious ice sculpture, his body surging with dark and cold energy. Ximen Wudi's black hair instantly transformed into a head of silvery white hair, and his Heavenly Frost Divine Body was awakened!

  "Hurry! Hurry! Open the tripod!" Seeing this scene, Qi elder immediately let Qin elder go and open the tripod.

  Upon hearing this, Qin's elder foot tapped the ground and he burst out, his jade-like hand shining with a blue light as it enveloped the Five Elements True King Cauldron, and with a sudden surge of great strength, he lifted it up!

  Splash!

  At this moment, Ximen Wudi burst out of the Dragon Pool, his body in mid-air, making several rapid movements before landing beside Qi Changlao.

  "The hundred flowers bloom in battle formation, the mysterious female's mother!"

  Then, Gu Xiuyi also burst into drinking, and the rolling hundred flowers turned into a lotus platform. Gu Xiuyi sat on the lotus platform with a dignified appearance, slowly rising up and flying out of the dragon pool.

  "Great Sun of Golden Light, Illuminating Heaven and Earth!"

  Yu Chenwei also burst into a violent drinking spree, his entire body radiating an intense golden light that was as dazzling as the sun descending upon the world. His whole being seemed to transform into a Vajra child, piercing through the eyes of onlookers, bursting forth from the Dragon Pool.

  At this moment, Ye Heng, who was struggling in the Dragon Pool, suddenly disappeared. Then someone shouted: "Great Dark Heaven, escape from the Five Elements."

  Although he heard someone shouting, he couldn't see where the person was. By the time he saw the person, there was already one more person beside Qi Changlao, and it turned out to be Ye Heng.

  At this moment, Ye Heng finally awakened the Dark War Body. The war body's attributes burst forth, thoroughly merging with the darkness, making it impossible to see, and even his divine soul was hard to detect. Silently and soundlessly, he transformed into a patch of darkness and descended beside Old Man Qi.

  "Qī Zhǎnglǎo, Qín Zhǎnglǎo."

  "Qī Zhǎnglǎo, Qín Zhǎnglǎo."

  “……”

  Ximen Wudi and other awakened disciples of the War Body flew up, all greeting Qi Changlao and Qin Changlao. This was a moment worth getting excited about, with every face filled with happy smiles.

  Qī Zhǎnglǎo this time also didn't look serious, but instead everyone strongly encouraged each other.

  Among the crowd's laughter and chatter, one person was completely absorbed in their training, oblivious to everything else. At this moment, Xiao Chen had also reached the final crucial step of refining his Yuan Dan.