Chapter 3

As the Holy Land of Qingzhou City, the Qingzhou Academy occupies a vast area, built against the mountains, with the Tianyao Mountain at its back. Even the outer disciples have their own independent courtyards within the Qingzhou Academy.

Ye Futian returned to the residential area for outer disciples, entering his own courtyard, with Yusheng quietly following behind him.

"Yusheng, I'm thinking of giving up," Ye Futian stopped and said in a low voice.

"Even if you don't awaken your heavenly destiny, you are still a genius," Yusheng said, looking at the young man in front of him. When Ye Futian said he was a heavenly destiny mage, everyone thought it was a joke, but only Yusheng knew that this was not funny.

Ye Futian indeed was a heavenly destiny mage.

"I understand that, but I just can't bear it," Ye Futian said with a bitter smile. "Three years have passed. If this continues, I'll really be left behind by you. It seems I need to work hard."

"Let's go, start practicing," Ye Futian looked back at the young man who was a head taller than him. Yusheng had a larger build than ordinary people, with a naturally powerful aura.

The two walked to the practice area in the courtyard. Ye Futian sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and instantly, a brilliant aura flowed around him. The surrounding spiritual energy seemed to go mad, surging toward Ye Futian's body. Yusheng sat quietly behind him, watching this scene. At this moment, Ye Futian was like a terrifying vortex, devouring all the spiritual energy. If others saw this, they would be amazed.

The terrifying aura flowed through Ye Futian's body, heading toward a certain part of his brain, which was his Life Palace.

The Life Palace contains a soul, known as the Life Soul, which can be called a heavenly destiny practitioner.

At this moment, in Ye Futian's Life Palace, there was a towering ancient tree with lush green branches and leaves, surrounded by desolation. When the spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged in, the ancient tree greedily absorbed all the spiritual energy, the green leaves rustling without any wind.

Under the ancient tree, a faint figure condensed, which was Ye Futian's. He looked at the ancient tree and said softly, "After absorbing the spiritual energy for three years, there is still no change, only taking. Since that's the case, from now on, I won't pour any more spiritual energy into you."

After saying this, Ye Futian's consciousness faded, and the spiritual energy that had flowed into his body went to his limbs and bones, no longer entering the Life Palace.

The powerful spiritual energy of heaven and earth washed over his body, preparing to refine it. But at this moment, a sudden change occurred, and a powerful suction force came, causing the spiritual energy to flow back and rush toward the Life Palace again.

This sudden change made Ye Futian's body tremble, and he felt a strong sense of discomfort. For three years, all the spiritual energy had been sent to the Life Palace, but there was no change. Now, it was even trying to forcibly take it, preventing him from practicing?

Thinking of this, Ye Futian wanted to resist, but the tyrannical force ignored everything, crazily sucking all the spiritual energy, even the essence in his body. In just a short moment, his face turned pale.

"Damn it," Ye Futian cursed. As the spiritual energy crazily surged into the Life Palace, he felt his head shaking violently, as if a great change was happening inside the Life Palace. His consciousness tried to enter but was instantly torn apart by a violent force.

"Ahh..." A low, hoarse roar came from his mouth. Yusheng suddenly stood up, staring at the dramatic change in Ye Futian's body. Not only was Ye Futian's body changing, but the spiritual energy of heaven and earth around him was also surging toward him. The surrounding plants and trees were withering rapidly. Yusheng's eyes flashed with a brilliant light, and he walked to Ye Futian's back, sat down, and placed his hands on him. Indeed, in an instant, a powerful suction force devoured the spiritual energy in his body.

Is he finally awakening?

...

When Ye Futian woke up, he felt extremely weak. He opened his eyes, and the sunlight was blinding, indicating that it had been a night.

"What happened?" Ye Futian sat up, seeing the withered plants around him and Yusheng, who was also weak and meditating.

Recalling what happened yesterday, he closed his eyes, and his consciousness entered the Life Palace. His body suddenly trembled. At this moment, in the once desolate Life Palace, moonlight shone from the sky, and a vast land appeared, with mountains and rivers. The ancient tree of the Life Soul stood on the land, swaying in the wind, with lush and greener leaves, as if filled with spiritual energy.

"The World Tree," the consciousness of Ye Futian appeared under the ancient tree. Could it be that his father didn't lie to him?

His father had once told him that his ancestors had a heavenly destiny mage with the Life Soul World Tree, which could steal the essence of all things in heaven and earth. However, the family's lineage was broken, and he, Ye Futian, was the only one who inherited the talent of his ancestors.

"Does that mean the Great Freedom Visualization Method is also real?" Ye Futian thought of the Great Freedom Visualization Method he had memorized since childhood, feeling excited. He then closed his eyes and recited the obscure incantation. Soon, he became focused, his mind clear, and his thoughts free to roam the world.

Soon, in Ye Futian's visualization, dense spiritual energy of heaven and earth appeared. He could even see the different colors of the spiritual energy, the purest of different attributes. Each color represented a different attribute.

"Fire," Ye Futian's mind locked onto the fiery-colored spiritual energy, which was the fire attribute of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The Life Soul World Tree turned fiery, shining brightly. Instantly, the external fire spiritual energy surged into Ye Futian's body, flowing through his organs, and the burning sensation was intense.

"Wood," Ye Futian practiced the Great Freedom Visualization Method, visualizing the green spiritual energy. In an instant, the wood spiritual energy poured into his body, and his depleted essence quickly recovered.

"Metal, Earth, Wind, Water..." Ye Futian kept trying, and after a long time, he finally stopped, opening his eyes and staring blankly ahead.

"Is this real?" Ye Futian looked at his hands, not daring to believe it.

"Of course it's real. You are a full-attribute mage," Yusheng said, his fists clenched, his body trembling with excitement, his eyes fixed on Ye Futian. "And you are a full-attribute heavenly destiny mage who can practice both martial arts and magic."

"In that case, my talent must be..." Ye Futian's eyes sparkled.

"Unmatched," Yusheng said. "There is no one else in Qingzhou City."

A brilliant smile spread across his lips. The talent of his ancestors, which so many people had not inherited, had fallen to him. Was this his destiny? A heavenly destiny mage, bearing the will of heaven.

"Let's go," Ye Futian suddenly stood up and walked out of the courtyard.

"Where to?" Yusheng asked.

"The back mountain," Ye Futian replied. The back mountain referred to the Tianyao Mountain that the Qingzhou Academy backed against.

"The back mountain is full of beasts. Why are you going there?" Yusheng asked.

"Just the edge area, what are you afraid of?" Ye Futian said, already walking out. Yusheng did not say more and followed closely behind.

The Tianyao Mountain was a vast mountain range with steep terrain, full of beasts, and few knew how deep it went. It was said that the Qingzhou Academy was built against the mountain to prevent the beasts from causing harm and to provide a place for the disciples to train.

At noon, the two young men climbed to the top of a peak at the edge of the Tianyao Mountain, standing on a large rock, looking down at the majestic academy. Ye Futian exhaled a deep breath.

For three years, he, who knew he was a heavenly destiny mage, was not content to only practice martial arts. However, the Life Soul had not changed, and his proud exterior always hid a layer of melancholy. Now, everything was finally over, and he would move forward toward his dream, becoming a powerful heavenly destiny practitioner.

The sun was high in the sky, shining on Ye Futian's body. The young man looked up at the sun, his squinted eyes filled with strong confidence.

The essence of the Great Freedom Visualization Method lies in visualization and imagination.

At this moment, he was visualizing the sun.

Ye Futian visualized the sun on the top of the mountain, and soon, the sunlight turned into a fire, enveloping him. The fire then entered his body, a tyrannical sun fire moving through his organs, reaching his limbs and bones, filling his entire body.

Yusheng watched, seeing Ye Futian transformed into a fire person. A smile appeared in his determined eyes, as the sleeping dragon was finally awakening.

Crackling sounds came from Ye Futian's skin, which was scorched red by the fire. Under the burning of the sun fire, his body was constantly transforming.

After a long time, Ye Futian's skin became crystal clear, as if glowing with fire. Inside his body, fire dragons appeared, colliding with various meridians, making loud rumbling sounds. The noise was great, but fortunately, no one was on the mountain top, and only Yusheng could hear the violent sounds.

The noise of refining the body and opening the meridians was terrifying.

Unconsciously, it was already dusk. The sun set, and Ye Futian's body was enveloped in flames. Inside his body, it was like a storm, and his bones made cracking sounds. When the sun disappeared, Ye Futian stopped, his eyes slowly opening, and a flame shot out from his pupils.

"Three realms in one day," Yusheng said in shock. After three years of suppression, he burst out in one day, using the power of the sun to refine his body, breaking through the realms of refining the body and opening the meridians, and entering the fourth realm of awakening, Iron Bone, with a body of copper skin and iron bone.

"Too tyrannical," Ye Futian muttered. For ordinary people to forge a body of copper skin and iron bone, it would take at least several months. As a heavenly destiny mage, using the Great Freedom Visualization Method to visualize the sun fire and forge his body, with the help of the Life Soul, he forged a body of iron bone in half a day.

At this moment, he felt full of strength. Standing up, Ye Futian walked to a huge ancient tree at the top of the mountain. The wind whistled as he punched the thick trunk of the tree. Instantly, a cracking sound came, and the trunk shattered, the tree splitting into pieces and collapsing, the place where his fist landed turning black.

"Even a person at the Divine Power realm would not be a match for your punch," Yusheng said, seeing this. At the fifth realm of awakening, the Divine Power realm, one has immense strength, but Ye Futian's punch was definitely stronger than the strength of ordinary martial practitioners at the Divine Power realm.