Cultivation Begins with Skill Points-Chapter 223: Return to the Xuan Gui Continent

"The comprehension of conception is not only about battle, but also concerns future cultivation. It is said that to break through the Xuandan Realm and above, one needs to comprehend conception. If you cannot, you will never break through in your lifetime," Chen Jia sighed.

Zhong Lin’s heart leaped with joy: "Master, does this mean that by comprehending the sword intent, I have already set one foot into a higher realm?"

"Hehe, you’re overthinking it. A higher realm is not something you can reach with just a superficial understanding of conception. Take sword intent as an example; you have only comprehended one percent of it so far."

"Does sword intent have levels?"

"Indeed. It is like the Meridian Passage Realm, where you unlock one after another of the meridians and acupoints. It is divided into ten degrees. Comprehending sword intent to ten degrees leads to the realm of Perfection. A hundred years may pass, yet the sword intent remains undispersed. It is said that there is a Sword Testing Cliff in the Seven Stars Sect, with a trace of sword intent on it. Even after millennia, it still exudes a terrifying sword intent. Anyone with insufficient cultivation would collapse mentally just by looking at it, becoming an idiot."

Zhong Lin gasped, finding it difficult to imagine whether the sword intent Chen Jia mentioned was the same as what he had comprehended.

"If one can comprehend sword intent to the Great Perfection, without using any Spiritual Origin, one can tear through the void with just a thought. A swordsman who hasn’t comprehended sword intent wouldn’t even have the courage to draw their sword in front of them."

Chen Jia’s face was full of longing as he spoke.

"Master, how can one improve sword intent?"

Chen Jia replied grumpily, "If I knew that, I would have already comprehended sword intent long ago and wouldn’t be wasting words with you."

Zhong Lin chuckled awkwardly, scratching his head without further inquiry.

Chen Jia sighed, "The cultivation of sword intent lies in ’comprehension’. Only through extreme emotion, extreme sword... well, these words are not suitable for you. Since you were able to comprehend sword intent from the Sunset Sword Technique, you should observe more sword martial skills in the future. It might enhance your understanding of sword intent."

After speaking, he shook his head, and his soul body returned to the Soul Nourishing Ring.

The shocks experienced tonight were too great, not suitable for further discussion.

Zhong Lin pouted, inputted a stream of Spiritual Origin into the Soul Nourishing Ring, then sat cross-legged to begin restoring his Spiritual Origin.

The stars fell, and the golden crow rose in the east.

When the sun hung high in the sky, Zhong Lin slowly opened his eyes.

His Spiritual Origin had fully recovered and even slightly improved. It seemed it wouldn’t be long before he could fill all the Innate Acupoints with Spiritual Origin, reaching the Perfection Realm of Spiritual Origin.

Zhong Lin exhaled deeply, smiling lightly: "Indeed, battle is the best way to enhance cultivation. The Qidian author did not lie to me!"

With a wave of his right hand, two corpses were thrown out of the Storage Bracelet. Their space equipment was also opened by Zhong Lin for careful inspection.

Spirit Stones, elixirs, cultivation techniques...

Although not much, it was an unexpected fortune.

The most captivating thing for Zhong Lin was a Jade Token, with a star pattern carved on one side and a pagoda on the other.

Zhong Lin played with the Jade Token, his face full of confusion.

The Jade Token didn’t have anything special, merely carved from jade stone, extremely exquisite. Checking with Spiritual Origin revealed it was an ordinary stone.

But for two Spirit Sea Realm experts to fight desperately over it, it was surely no ordinary Jade Token.

When in doubt, ask Chen Jia.

Zhong Lin knocked on the Soul Nourishing Ring and asked, "Master, do you recognize this item?"

Chen Jia’s soul body emerged from the ring, glanced at the Jade Token, and exclaimed, "So it’s this thing. No wonder it attracted two Spirit Sea Realm martial artists to fight over it."

"Master, you know it?"

"Yes, this is an Identity Jade Token to enter the Seven Star Secret Realm, equivalent to a credential. With it, you’ll have the qualification to enter."

Zhong Lin raised an eyebrow. He knew about the Seven Star Secret Realm. It was recorded in the library of the Purple Cloud Sect and could be understood as a dungeon in past life games. As for how it was formed, the books didn’t record it, leaving Zhong Lin only speculations.

The Secret Realm can be understood as a subsidiary space to the main world. The Seven Star Secret Realm is located above the Luoxing Islands, controlled by the Seven Stars Sect, and opens only once every two hundred years. During that time, many martial artists enter to search for treasures.

Being just a subsidiary space of the main world, its area is small and extremely fragile, hence strictly controlling the strength and number of entrants.

Every entry, the Seven Stars Sect accounts for forty percent, various other islands share another forty percent, and the remaining twenty percent are obtained by some loose cultivators through tokens.

It’s not that the Seven Stars Sect is benevolent, but because the number of loose cultivators is too large. Giving them no chance would easily lead to riots, which, although suppressible, would be a loss.

The twenty percent quota isn’t much, and these loose cultivators’ martial prowess isn’t a match for the sect members. Even if they get the chance, they might not acquire anything valuable inside.

The token before him was the credential for loose cultivators to enter the Seven Star Secret Realm, no wonder the two just fought to the death over it, but now it ended up in Zhong Lin’s hands.

"There are still three years until the opening of the Seven Star Secret Realm, and they’re already distributing tokens?" Zhong Lin wondered.

Shaking his head, he stopped dwelling on it, storing the token in his Storage Bracelet. With a wave of his right hand, the two corpses were engulfed in blazing flames, turning to ash in an instant, carried away by the wind. freēwēbnovel.com

He took out a Fasting Pill and swallowed it, then sped off in a chosen direction.

A few hours later, Zhong Lin arrived again at the cave with the Transmission Array. He inspected the surroundings, then slipped inside.

Replacing with Spirit Stones richer in Spiritual Energy, accompanied by spatial fluctuations, Zhong Lin’s figure vanished, reaching the location of Xuan Gui Continent.

Stepping out of the Transmission Array on Xuan Gui Continent, Zhong Lin’s face slightly changed.

Staying on the Luoxing Islands was fine, but returning to Xuan Gui Continent and feeling the thin Heaven and Earth Essence Qi made Zhong Lin feel like suffocating, even uncomfortable.

"A submerged dragon cannot grow. Though Xuan Gui Continent is not a Land of Absolute Spirit, its Heaven and Earth Essence Qi is extremely thin, barely supporting up to the Innate Realm. Going further is essentially impossible."

Zhong Lin shook his head, activating his Spiritual Origin. The Red Flames Wings expanded, turning him into a stream of light, flying swiftly towards the Sword Cauldron Sect.

On the Xuan Gui Continent, his cultivation in the Spiritual Origin Realm could be considered the strongest, without worry about exposing the existence of the Earth Level Cultivation Technique.

In just half a day, Zhong Lin crossed countless towering peaks, arriving above the Sword Cauldron Sect.

Looking down at the familiar place under his feet, he felt a peculiar sentiment.

He had only left for less than a year, but recalling it, it felt entirely unfamiliar.

When leaving, he was at the Innate Realm, worried about how to go to sea, but now he had broken through the Spiritual Origin Realm, a feat no one on Xuan Gui Continent had achieved for centuries, and even became a Fifth Grade Alchemist. If he wished, he could suppress the entire Xuan Gui Continent alone.