Chapter 534 - 57: Thunder Flame Mountain

Chapter 534: Chapter 57: Thunder Flame Mountain

「Seven days later,」

Inside the dilapidated Mountain Gate of the Xiangshan Sect,

Shen Changchuan moved through the damaged Confusing Array, which distorted one’s senses and vision. He carefully avoided the Killing Arrays embedded within the fragmented array, which gave off terrifying fluctuations.

He traversed a long, secluded path and arrived before a bare, rocky mountain.

This mountain was a thousand zhang tall, composed entirely of dark black rock. Looking up from its base, one could faintly see what appeared to be blue serpents of electricity slithering across its surface.

Along with the faint rumbling of Thunder, a wave of scorching heat washed over him.

"Thunder Flame Mountain!"

Before the bare mountain stood a massive stone, upon which these three words were carved with forceful and elegant strokes, declaring the mountain’s name.

However, during the great battle three hundred years ago,

the entire Xiangshan Sect suffered unimaginable devastation, and this great stone was no exception.

A web of cracks spread across its surface, leaving the massive stone shattered. Even the final word, "Mountain," had crumbled away into a pile of rubble.

Shen Changchuan gave it a brief glance,

not lingering for long.

At this moment, his gaze was completely captivated by the scene before him.

On the path ahead, spatial rifts, fragmented like a shattered mirror, flickered in and out of existence.

As the rumbling Thunder from Thunder Flame Mountain vibrated through the air, the rifts in the void around the mountain flared up one after another, blinking erratically.

Although these spatial rifts seemed gentle, their power level insignificant and seemingly non-threatening compared to the shattered sky overhead,

in reality,

their sharpness and terror were far beyond what an ordinary person could imagine!

That kind of power, born from tearing space itself,

was something an ordinary Soul Emergence Realm Cultivator could not possibly withstand.

Even if Shen Changchuan were to carelessly bump into one, he could be instantly sliced in two!

’Every step is a death trap!’

Gazing at the crisscrossing, flickering spatial rifts in the void around the mountain,

Shen Changchuan’s heart sank.

’This is too dangerous!’

’Amidst this flickering Power of Space, the slightest carelessness could lead to decapitation!’

’But... am I supposed to just give up on this opportunity?’

For a moment,

Shen Changchuan’s brows knitted together as he was caught in a dilemma.

This secret land of Thunder Flame Mountain before him,

was a place of opportunity he had uncovered during his seven-day search of the Xiangshan Sect Gate Ruins,

pieced together from Jade Slips found in the Storage Bags of dead Xiangshan Sect Disciples and information from the Sect’s records.

Moreover, this Secret Realm could not only solve his current predicament,

but it was also very likely a treasure land that no one else had yet set foot in!

Shen Changchuan was truly reluctant to just give it up.

Recalling his experiences searching the Xiangshan Sect Gate Ruins over the past few days,

the reluctance on Shen Changchuan’s face grew even stronger.

Before he had entered,

Shen Changchuan’s goal had been very clear: the legendary Secret Realm within the Xiangshan Sect Mountain Gate said to enhance one’s Comprehension, which he would then use to devise a method for integrating the Power of Space.

But he knew nothing about the situation inside the Xiangshan Sect Mountain Gate and could only hope to find relevant clues within.

Thus,

during the first few days,

he focused his time and energy on searching the Xiangshan Sect Ruins.

In the process,

he also obtained a fair number of benefits from the Storage Bags of the dead Xiangshan Sect Disciples he found, as well as from the legacies left behind in some of the cave abodes and palaces.

For example, he found over a dozen Top Grade Spirit Stones.

Adding to that were Middle Grade Spirit Stones, Magical Artifacts, Spiritual Artifacts that had lost their spiritual nature, materials, Elixirs, and so on.

He could be considered to have made a small fortune.

However, that was about the extent of his final haul.

For one, the location of the Xiangshan Sect Gate Ruins and the token for entry were both given to him by Shen Chong.

This meant that Shen Chong had been here before, and likely more than once.

The most precious and valuable things inside had most likely already been taken by him.

And in fact, that was indeed the case.

During this time,

Shen Changchuan had also visited a place in the Xiangshan Sect akin to a Pill Hall.

He found that the Array at its core had already been broken open, and the collection within was completely empty.

And this meant,

that what was left was basically the scraps that Shen Chong hadn’t even bothered with.

At that time,

Shen Changchuan actually had other worries on his mind.

After all,

before he came in,

rumors were already spreading outside about the appearance of ruins in the desert.

As a result, the once-ignored border town had recently attracted a large gathering of Soul Emergence Realm Cultivators.

Shen Changchuan couldn’t guarantee,

that those people wouldn’t find a way in.

With these thoughts in mind,

Shen Changchuan abandoned the idea of continuing to scavenge for loose treasures in the surroundings.

Instead, he turned his attention to the remaining Jade Slips, especially the records detailing the basic situation of the Xiangshan Sect.

He hoped to find the location of the Secret Realm rumored by the outside world to enhance Comprehension.

However,

before Shen Changchuan could find that Comprehension Secret Realm,

he first found records about this Blessed Land, Thunder Flame Mountain, in the archives.

This immediately drew his attention away from the Blessed Land that could enhance Comprehension.

This Thunder Flame Mountain,

although it was just a mountain,

in reality,

it could be described as a massive, natural Magical Treasure, or rather, an exposed Blessed Land.

According to the records,

this mountain had been moved here two thousand years ago from the North Sea by a Profound Pill Realm Zhenren of the Xiangshan Sect, at great effort.

And its function was also incredibly powerful.

The entire Thunder Flame Mountain would continuously absorb the Spiritual Qi and essence of the Dao from the world, and through the mountain’s transformation, convert it into a special Thunder Flame Spiritual Qi that could be absorbed by the human body.

If a Cultivator practiced their Cultivation within it,

the Thunder Flame Spiritual Qi would seep into their skin and flesh, rapidly increasing the strength of their Physique, and even accelerating the Cultivation of Body Refining Techniques!

That’s right.

It accelerated the speed of cultivating Body Refining Techniques!

This point,

was especially enticing to Shen Changchuan.

’The reason the progress of my Body Refining Techniques on the progress bar panel increases so slowly is mainly because the progress of Body Refining Techniques is related to my Physique.’

’With the Cultivation Experience I’ve accumulated from two thousand different types of Magic, I can master Tier One and Tier Two Body Refining Techniques with just a single glance... If they were like Magic, I could probably achieve Perfection in less than a day.’

’But it’s precisely because the progress is tied to the enhancement of my Physique, and the improvement of my Physique is extremely slow, that even though my understanding of the Techniques is no less than that of Perfection, the progress shown on the progress bar panel still crawls up slowly...’

’But if it’s the other way around, and my Body Refining Cultivation improves rapidly, does that also mean the progress of my Body Refining Techniques on the progress bar panel can quickly reach the state of Perfection?!’

The moment he learned about Thunder Flame Mountain and its function,

Shen Changchuan’s eyes lit up!