Chapter 23

It was three months until Yi Tian would turn eighteen and become a warrior of the tribe.

However, to break through to the sixth stage, these three months would be insufficient. According to Yi Tian's estimation, it would take at least half a year to achieve the breakthrough.

That night.

Yi Tian, as usual, his consciousness descended upon the star-mud-transformed body, and the Fiery Blaze Technique naturally operated.

He continued to optimize the Fiery Blaze Technique.

Before this, Yi Tian had optimized the Fiery Blaze Technique half a year ago. For the past half year, he had been unable to further optimize it. It seemed that this Fiery Blaze Technique had already reached perfection, absorbing and refining the elemental energy of heaven and earth at a speed that surpassed even the best human-grade cultivation techniques, reaching a terrifying level.

Especially when he cultivated the Fiery Blaze Technique under the midday sun, the sunlight around him would even distort, forming small whirlwinds like black holes, devouring the solar fire and elemental energy around him.

That night, Yi Tian, as usual, was optimizing the Fiery Blaze Technique.

Yi Tian was thoroughly familiar with the Fiery Blaze Technique, and his mind seemed to be in a state of spiritual wandering, not deliberately controlling the technique, yet it ran autonomously, absorbing the elemental energy around him.

Suddenly, the continuously operating Fiery Blaze Technique trembled.

Boom!

Yi Tian's mind felt as if it had been struck by lightning, and a terrifying, pure yang energy seemed to burst forth within his body.

What?

Yi Tian came to his senses and was startled to find that the Fiery Blaze Technique had changed. The path of the true qi's circulation was still the same, but in Yi Tian's eyes, it had become different, seemingly filled with profound mysteries.

At this moment, the Fiery Blaze True Qi also underwent a transformation.

With each cycle of the Fiery Blaze True Qi, it became extremely condensed, emitting a pure yang energy.

After forty-nine cycles, the Fiery Blaze True Qi in Yi Tian's dantian had completely disappeared, transforming into another pure yang true qi, which only occupied one-tenth of the original Fiery Blaze True Qi.

The cultivation technique had advanced!

This thought flashed through Yi Tian's mind, and he couldn't help but feel shocked.

The original Fiery Blaze Technique had already reached the peak of human-grade techniques. Now, it had clearly advanced. Could it be that the Fiery Blaze Technique had advanced to an earth-grade technique?

Earth-grade techniques were extremely rare in the entire Tianfeng Empire. Very few forces possessed them.

Cultivating an earth-grade technique to break through to the human stage had a success rate of over seventy percent.

As for high-grade human techniques, the success rate of breaking through to the human stage was less than ten percent. Even so, this was already highly sought after and a closely guarded secret among various forces.

One could say that each earth-grade technique was incredibly precious, the foundation of the enduring power of major forces, and absolutely not allowed to leak out. The appearance of each earth-grade technique would trigger a competition among various forces.

After converting all the Fiery Blaze True Qi into another fire-attribute true qi, Yi Tian then had the time to study the differences between the advanced new technique and the Fiery Blaze Technique.

After his research, the new technique was even more profound and natural, seemingly containing some principle of the universe.

Under his complete control of the body, all the mysteries of the advanced technique were thoroughly understood by him. The new technique's path of circulation through the meridians seemed to activate each acupoint, filling them with vitality.

These acupoints were interconnected, forming a profound and boundless rune, like a brilliant sun, making him feel warm all over.

Yi Tian wanted to see the rune clearly, but it always seemed hazy.

"Since this true qi is pure yang, let's call this technique the Pure Yang Technique!"

After some thought, Yi Tian named the new technique.

He began to cultivate the Pure Yang Technique, and the elemental energy of heaven and earth rushed towards him at an accelerated rate, being rapidly refined.

The Pure Yang Technique absorbed elemental energy three times faster than the peak human-grade Fiery Blaze Technique, but due to the extreme condensation of the Pure Yang True Qi, the quantity of true qi actually decreased.

Yi Tian's consciousness returned to his main body, and the body transformed into an iron ring, which he wore on his hand.

Then, he began to cultivate the Pure Yang Technique.

The changes in the body of the clone were replayed in his main body.

The Fiery Blaze True Qi continuously transformed into Pure Yang True Qi, shrinking at least tenfold, making the dantian space feel spacious. His cultivation seemed to drop to the fourth stage.

Even so, his strength had greatly increased.

The next day, Yi Tian returned to the valley on the outskirts of the Fulong Mountains and cultivated the Pure Yang Technique with all his might. In the next moment, the light within a few dozen feet around him suddenly dimmed, and the temperature dropped immediately.

Most of the solar fire and elemental energy in the valley rushed into his body. By the end of the day, the true qi in Yi Tian's dantian had only recovered to thirty percent.

In the following days, Yi Tian continued to recover his true qi.

However, when Yi Tian spent a week restoring his true qi to its original quantity, he found that he had not yet reached the limit of the fifth stage.

The dantian had undergone four transformations and was now several dozen miles in size.

When Yi Tian was at the peak of the fifth stage, the Fiery Blaze True Qi in his dantian had already reached its limit and could not accommodate any more true qi. He could only slowly refine the true qi to further expand the dantian.

Now, Yi Tian's Pure Yang True Qi was extremely condensed and powerful. After reaching the limit of the Fiery Blaze True Qi, the Pure Yang True Qi continuously resisted the pressure from all sides of the dantian space, showing no signs of being affected, and continued to slowly increase.

Thus, it took Yi Tian a month and a half to reach the peak of the fifth stage, where the Pure Yang True Qi could no longer increase.

At this point, the Pure Yang True Qi in the dantian occupied one-tenth of the entire space, ten times the previous capacity. Under the immense pressure of the dantian space, it formed a Pure Yang Fireball, like a small sun, illuminating the entire dantian space brightly.

Although Yi Tian's realm was only at the peak of the fifth stage, and his dantian had only undergone four transformations, his true qi, in terms of both condensation and quantity, far exceeded that of the sixth stage.

Especially the strength of his Pure Yang True Qi, which could only be compared to that of a ninth-stage warrior.

Due to the advancement of his cultivation technique, Yi Tian's strength had greatly increased, allowing him to face the unknown and dangerous world with more composure. Of course, first and foremost, he now had the confidence to face the tribe, no longer being at their mercy.

"Brother, you haven't taught me today!"

When Yi Tian returned from the valley, Xiaoting immediately came over, pulling his hand and pouting.

"Alright, today I'll tell you about the grades and types of spirit medicines."

Yi Tian quickly began to explain some of the rare spirit medicines that grew in the wild mountains and forests, as well as their characteristics.

Ever since Xiaoting wanted to cultivate, Yi Tian had taken on the responsibility of teaching her some basic knowledge. Once Xiaoting turned fourteen, her meridians would be fully developed, and her mind matured, he could then teach her cultivation.

Xiaoting was very serious about her studies.

Three months passed quickly.

On this day, the coming-of-age ceremony was held at the ancestral temple.

This coming-of-age ceremony was a stage for the tribal elders to inspect their cultivation levels. The level of cultivation would affect their status as tribal warriors. After the coming-of-age ceremony, the annual ancestral sacrifice would follow.

Of course, martial arts competitions were an essential part of the coming-of-age ceremony.

This made the coming-of-age ceremony a highly anticipated event by the entire tribe. Most of the tribal members would watch the ceremony on that day and speculate who would be the top performer that year.

Thousands of people gathered around the square of the ancestral temple.

Yi Kuang, Yi Hong, Yi Cen, Yi Tian, Yi Shan, and twenty-three other young men stood on the square, the main characters of this coming-of-age ceremony.

The tribal elders were also present, looking at the young men below with satisfaction.