Translator: CinderTL
"System overload?"
Jiang Ye froze at the sight of the notification. This was the first time he had encountered such a situation.
Exceeding the energy limits of a Low Martial realm? Jiang Ye wondered. Could it be the heart fire I just condensed?
How could that possibly exceed the limits of a Low Martial realm?
Just as Jiang Ye was puzzling over this, another system notification appeared:
You have achieved a new accomplishment: As a Martial Saint, you have pioneered a technique for becoming an upper realm immortal!
Unlocked title: Lower Realm Immortal
Reward: You have broken through the lower realm's suppression, gaining access to the divine abilities of the upper realm. Your divine power fire now ignores the lower realm's rules, shattering its original limits.
"A technique to ascend to the upper realm and become an immortal?" Jiang Ye murmured, slightly taken aback.
The system had mentioned the 'upper realm' more than once, but its exact location remained a mystery.
"Does this 'immortal technique' refer to the heart fire?" Jiang Ye wondered, his thoughts turning peculiar. "If so, these so-called immortals must be remarkably cheap."
Never mind.
Jiang Ye turned his attention to the reward.
"Divine power fire?"
"It can ignore the rules of the lower realm?" Jiang Ye's eyes lit up slightly.
Ignore the rules!
What did that even mean? Jiang Ye couldn't quite grasp the concept, but he vaguely sensed that this ability would unleash unimaginable consequences.
"Jiang Ye," Bai Gui's voice echoed. "Congratulations! You've successfully condensed the heart fire."
"Senior Bai Gui," Jiang Ye replied, snapping out of his reverie.
"I honestly thought you were going to fail," Bai Gui chuckled. "But you managed to succeed at the last moment. Your luck is truly remarkable."
"Luck?" Jiang Ye nodded slightly.
Indeed!
He had spent an entire day trying to condense the heart fire without success. By all logic, it should have been impossible to achieve.
Yet, against all odds, he succeeded at the last moment.
Luck undoubtedly played a role in this.
My luck is truly remarkable, Jiang Ye thought to himself.
Take, for instance, his earlier encounter with the ninth breakthrough expert who ambushed him.
Whether it was the shadow hunter's sudden appearance or Chen Jiuxuan's timely arrival, it was hard to deny the influence of luck.
A hair's breadth of difference, and Jiang Ye would have faced certain death.
During my journey to the Star Realm Sea, I absorbed a vast amount of civilization fortune, Jiang Ye mused. With such high fortune, my luck naturally soared as well.
The so-called "child of destiny" doesn't mean one is immune to danger.
Rather, it means that whenever danger strikes, they can turn the situation around, transforming misfortune into fortune.
Regardless, this is ultimately a good thing, Jiang Ye concluded, dismissing further contemplation.
Whoosh!
With a swift movement, he darted out the door.
Swoosh! Encased in battle armor, Jiang Ye transformed into a streak of flowing light, surging out of White Dragon University.
Moments later, he arrived in a vast mountain range hundreds of miles away from the university.
Let's test the power of heart fire, Jiang Ye thought to himself.
Whoosh!
With a subtle mental command, a wisp of colorless, intangible flame surged from the depths of his heart, coursing along his Star Meridian to gather in the palm of his hand.
This... this is heart fire?
Jiang Ye gazed at the flickering flame in his palm, his eyes filled with doubt.
He had heard that only by condensing heart fire could one later comprehend the mysteries of fire.
Yet now, Jiang Ye sensed nothing extraordinary.
Suddenly—
"Hmm?" Jiang Ye jerked his head up, scanning the surrounding void. "What's this?"
Before his eyes, the world transformed.
Floating crimson lines of light materialized in the air, radiating scorching heat and darting through the void with blinding speed.
They vanished in an instant.
Could these be the mysteries of fire? Jiang Ye wondered.
With a thought, he recalled the small flame in his palm back to his heart.
The next moment—
The crimson lines of light in the void vanished completely, and Jiang Ye lost all sensation of them.
Whoosh!
Jiang Ye revealed the small flame again, and the crimson light reappeared.
"Bai Gui, do you know the principle behind this?" Jiang Ye couldn't help but ask, knowing Bai Gui had been observing him in secret.
Unexpectedly, Bai Gui responded with a question of her own: "What exactly do you see?"
"After manifesting my heart fire, I discovered..." Jiang Ye immediately recounted everything he had seen and felt.
"What?" Bai Gui's voice carried a hint of shock. "You mean you can actually see those crimson light rays?"
"Yes."
"Senior Bai Gui, what's wrong?" Jiang Ye was puzzled, having never seen Bai Gui so astonished before. In his mind, she had always been an ethereal, otherworldly figure.
"My apologies," Bai Gui said, clearing her throat and quickly regaining her composure. "I lost my composure for a moment there."
"It's alright," Jiang Ye replied, still curious. "But what exactly is happening?"
He vaguely sensed that his recent experience might be far from ordinary.
Bai Gui pondered for a moment before explaining, "Those crimson light rays are the 'fire' that permeates the heavens and earth."
"They can also be called the mysteries of fire!" she continued. "But typically, only those who have achieved at least the sixth breakthrough have even a slight chance of perceiving them."
"The mysteries of fire?" Jiang Ye realized.
So his earlier guess had been correct.
"Didn't they say that condensing heart fire helps one comprehend the mysteries of fire?" Jiang Ye asked, puzzled. "Is it really that strange that I can perceive them now?"
"It's different," Bai Gui said, shaking her head. "Even with condensed heart fire, you can only perceive the mysteries of fire after the sixth breakthrough."
"The sixth breakthrough is called 'Name Attracts Celestial Phenomena.'"
"Only at the sixth breakthrough stage can the human body comprehend the heavens and earth, and thus perceive the mysteries of heaven and earth."
"But you've only reached the fifth breakthrough," Bai Gui said, her voice tinged with bewilderment. "Logically, it should be impossible for you to perceive the existence of the mysteries of heaven and earth."
Jiang Ye was stunned.
He had assumed that the mysteries of heaven and earth, like the Heaven and Earth Divine Essence, could be comprehended through high comprehension alone.
But now it seemed it wasn't that simple?
Could it be because of the system's reward earlier? Jiang Ye pondered. Did my heart fire break through its original limits, defying the plane's rules?
If that were the case...
Was he defying the heavens themselves?
"In fact..."
"The vast majority of sixth breakthrough experts may never even perceive the existence of the mysteries of heaven and earth," Bai Gui said. "Those who do perceive them can often undergo rapid metamorphosis to the seventh breakthrough."
"The seventh, eighth, and even ninth breakthroughs," she continued, "all involve continuously deepening one's understanding of these mysteries. Only by fully comprehending a single mystery can one achieve divinity."
Jiang Ye nodded slightly. He was already somewhat familiar with these concepts.
The seventh breakthrough was known as the Dharma Manifestation Realm.
The eighth breakthrough was called the Sea-Scorching Realm.
The ninth breakthrough was the Fallen Star Realm.
The so-called Dharma Manifestation-level, Sea-Scorching-grade, and Fallen Star-Level Geniuses were classified according to these realms.
For example, a Dharma Manifestation-level genius was someone with the potential to reach the seventh breakthrough. However, this was merely potential, not a guarantee of actually breaking through.
The seventh breakthrough, the Dharma Manifestation Realm, involved condensing one's own dharma manifestation using the mysteries of heaven and earth. Therefore, the prerequisite for the seventh breakthrough was perceiving at least a trace of these mysteries.
The eighth breakthrough took this further, using the mysteries to forge the Sea-Scorching Cauldron, which would replace the Guanyuan Acupoint as the body's energy core.
This underscored the critical importance of the mysteries of heaven and earth.
(End of the Chapter)
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