Chapter 633: Myriad Sword Qi

Although Luo Tian was at Celestial Brilliance Academy for a teaching exchange, he didn’t have to do anything on a daily basis.

It was a time of war, so students were often on the battlefield killing enemies, and very few attended classes.

Celestial Brilliance Academy had no time for pleasantries to curry favor with Luo Tian, nor did they dare to provoke him. As long as he didn’t actively cause trouble, they were content.

Naturally, Luo Tian wasn’t one to sit idle.

He had learned a great deal during this time.

Among the Human Race, the Five Ancient Clans, the Ten Great Super Families, the Three Great Saint Institutes, and the Four Great Thief Emperor Gangs were all top-tier, First-class Influences.

There were also quite a few second-tier influences across the many realms of the Human Race.

And below them, there were even more second and third-class influences.

It was worth noting that even the top second-class influences had True Martial Realm experts presiding over them.

The overall strength of the Human Race could be considered extremely formidable.

However, the Human Race had just gone through a world-shaking war and was now internally divided, rife with conflict, and even experiencing civil war.

This disunity meant that many places were still plagued by invasion and the flames of war.

Places like the Water Blue Realm were not uncommon.

As for their enemies, they were a motley crew from all sorts of races, which only underscored the chaos of the Pale Ring.

‘If the Human Emperor were still here, the Human Race definitely wouldn’t be in this state.’

Luo Tian couldn’t help but sigh with emotion.

The legend of the Human Emperor was known to almost everyone in the Pale Ring.

During the Barbaric Era, the Human Race had been incredibly lowly. They were slaves to stronger races and little more than food for Barbaric Beasts.

This lasted until the Human Emperor appeared, leading the Human Race to rise and create unprecedented glory, once becoming a super-powered race in the Cosmos.

Following the Human Emperor’s fall, the Human Race swiftly declined, leading to its current state.

“Master Luo, are you finding your accommodations satisfactory?”

The striking female Mentor from the previous day suddenly called out to him.

“They’re great. I’d like to borrow your academy’s Heaven-Burning Valley to do some Cultivation.”

Luo Tian stated his request.

The Heaven-Burning Valley was the most famous treasured land in Celestial Brilliance Academy.

“Alright, follow me.”

The two soon arrived at a crimson valley. Even from a distance, they could feel waves of scorching heat washing over them.

Inside the valley, flames licked up from the ground, and fire ran rampant in the air.

All around the valley, Cultivation Secret Rooms had been carved out.

“In the Heaven-Burning Valley’s Cultivation Secret Rooms, the higher you go, the weaker the flames…”

The striking female Mentor gave a brief introduction.

Luo Tian stared straight ahead, took a few steps, opened a Cultivation Secret Room, and walked inside.

Seeing Luo Tian walk into the lowest Cultivation Secret Room, the striking female Mentor was not surprised.

‘Aren’t all the Mentors from the Wuji Saint Institute this arrogant?’

“I have other matters to attend to. Master Luo, you can cultivate for as long as you wish.”

The striking female Mentor departed in a hurry.

Just after leaving the Heaven-Burning Valley, she suddenly stopped. ‘Oh, right. I forgot to remind him not to cultivate for too long, or something bad could happen…’

The longer one spent in a Heaven-Burning Valley Cultivation Secret Room, the higher the temperature would get.

The Cultivation Secret Room Luo Tian had chosen had the best and most intense cultivation effects.

A typical cultivator at the Celestial Pool Realm Third Layer could only stay inside for five days at most before being burned to ash.

‘He’s not a fool. He’ll be fine.’

The striking female Mentor hurried away.

Luo Tian entered the Cultivation Secret Room. The moment the door closed, a dense Flame Power surged up from beneath the ground.

The entire room felt like a furnace.

Luo Tian discovered that the Spirit Fire here could not only be used to practice a Fire Element Cultivation Method or achieve a Tempered Physique.

This Spirit Fire was extremely pure. It could also refine his True Essence, purge impurities, and solidify his Cultivation.

No wonder Celestial Brilliance Academy’s Heaven-Burning Valley was so famous. It was said that students rarely got the chance to cultivate here more than a few times a year.

HUM!

Luo Tian activated his Celestial Furnace Treasure Body, his entire form radiating a golden glow.

His body took on the appearance of golden jade, exuding an incomparably sharp aura like the gleam of a Supreme Divine Soldier.

He activated the Refining Technique.

Flames burned across Luo Tian’s skin, sputtering with golden-red Starlight.

At the same time, a powerful Wind Sword Intent was also released.

Refining the Celestial Furnace Sword Body wasn’t just about tempering one’s physique like a Divine Soldier or a sharp sword. It also required one to perfectly fuse their Sword Intent with their body to achieve the ultimate Celestial Furnace Sword Body!

In just five days.

Luo Tian smoothly broke through to the Eighth-Layer of the *Celestial Furnace Treasure Body*!

HUM!

Luo Tian activated the Celestial Furnace Sword Body. His body became like a golden sword, and a blinding, piercing golden light illuminated his surroundings.

Myriad Sword Qi!

Countless strands of Golden Sword Qi instantly condensed around Luo Tian, so dense they were impossible to count!

This was a special Secret Skill that could only be used after breaking through to the Eighth-Layer of the *Celestial Furnace Treasure Body*.

Tens of thousands of Sword Qi strands slowly rotated like a golden whirlwind.

With a slight shift of his will…

All the Sword Qi around him shot out like a tempest, instantly leaving countless neat, tiny slash marks on the walls of the secret room.

If this continued, the secret room would be destroyed.

“Retract!”

All the golden light dissipated.

The secret room was still heavily damaged.

Luo Tian walked out, found a different room, and continued his Cultivation.

‘I have nothing else to do anyway. A place this good, I’ll use it for as long as I can.’

While he was previously performing his Body Refinement, Luo Tian had felt his True Essence also being tempered, becoming purer and more condensed.

It was beneficial for both Body Refinement and Cultivation.

「Ten days passed.」

Although he had just broken through in the *Celestial Furnace Treasure Body*, Luo Tian continued to cultivate and was still able to make progress.

Currently, he was only halfway to the tenth layer, which marked the Minor Achievement stage of the *Celestial Furnace Treasure Body*.

At this point, the efficiency of his Body Refinement slowed down.

Luo Tian was also starting to feel a bit hot.

But that was no problem.

Luo Tian took out the Ice Dragon Celestial Cold Stone, and the temperature in the secret room instantly dropped.

He then drew upon the stone’s power to simultaneously conduct a tempering of ice and fire.

This not only relieved the heat, but the ice-and-fire tempering effect was also optimal, raising the efficiency of his Body Refinement once again.

「Half a month passed.」

Luo Tian felt he had reached his limit. Feeling mentally and physically exhausted, he left the Cultivation Secret Room.

By now, he was only a short distance from reaching Minor Achievement within the Eighth-Layer of the *Celestial Furnace Treasure Body*.

He inspected the state of his Celestial Pool and found that he had made significant gains there as well.

“Hm?”

Luo Tian sensed a strange stirring and took out the Sea Blue Holy Pearl from his Crescent Jade Pendant.

HUM!

This Mysterious Blue Treasure Pearl was flashing with light.

Extending his Spiritual Sense into it, Luo Tian received a message: “Master, I am near you.”

It turned out that Luo Tian, by coming here on a teaching exchange, had by a strange coincidence closed the distance with his mermaid servant, Qin Aolan.

‘This one… she’s been out of touch this whole time and now contacts me out of the blue. This can’t be good.’

Luo Tian was a little dissatisfied with the mermaid.

However, he was also curious about her and wanted to see if he could get some benefits from her.

‘I’ve got nothing to do anyway. There’s no harm in meeting her.’

Luo Tian sent a message back: “Give me a specific location. Let’s meet.”

With that, Luo Tian prepared to leave the Heaven-Burning Valley.

From a distance, Luo Tian overheard the Guards outside the Heaven-Burning Valley chatting.

“Why do we need a ton of Academic Credits and have time limits to cultivate in the Heaven-Burning Valley, while he can stay in there for as long as he wants?”

“And since coming to Celestial Brilliance Academy, he hasn’t done a thing. All he does is enjoy the benefits.”

“Hey, he’s been in there for a month. You don’t think something happened to him, do you?”

“He’s probably in one of the top Cultivation Secret Rooms where the flames are weak. With his Cultivation, he could stay there for two months without a problem.”

Just then, the chatting Guards suddenly saw Luo Tian approaching and immediately stood up straight, their bodies tensing.

Luo Tian didn’t care what the Guards were talking about.

He had heard plenty of such talk recently.

Just as Luo Tian left, the striking female Mentor arrived at the Heaven-Burning Valley and asked, “Has Master Luo from the Saint Institute come out yet?”

“He just came out,” a Guard answered respectfully.

“He just came out?”

The striking female Mentor asked in astonishment.

‘A month?’

‘Luo Tian cultivated in the lowest Cultivation Secret Room for a full month?’

‘How is that possible? Even someone at the Sixth Layer of the Celestial Pool Realm might not be able to do that!’

SWOOSH!

The striking female Mentor hurried off to find Luo Tian, intending to ask him about it.

“You’re just in time. I have some business and need to leave Celestial Brilliance Academy for a while.”

After saying this, Luo Tian departed.

The striking female Mentor was left speechless. He was here for a teaching exchange, after all. Even though he wasn’t required to teach any classes, leaving just like that was against the mission regulations.

…

「Outside the Water Blue Realm.」

Three figures moved with extreme caution.

“Liu Lu, I came all this way just to end up being hunted with you for a month. If this mission fails, you’d better compensate me for my trouble!”

The tall man shouted.

“It won’t fail. Luo Tian has to stay here for at least three months. Even if we don’t succeed in assassinating him now, we can wait until his mission is over and kill him on his way back.”

Liu Lu was full of confidence.

“Hm? That ship looks a lot like Luo Tian’s Void Ship from the intelligence report.”

Steward Tie said suddenly.

In the distant, hazy gray void, a seventy to eighty-meter-long, dark cyan Void Ship quickly vanished from sight.

Visibility in the Outer Void of the Pale Ring was very poor.

Liu Lu and his friend suspected that Steward Tie had seen incorrectly.

But it was better to kill an innocent man than to let their target escape.

“Follow it!”

Liu Lu ordered, and the three of them followed cautiously behind.

Their speed was slightly faster than the Void Ship, and with the unique environment of the Pale Ring, concealment was also easy.

「Five days later.」

Luo Tian’s Void Ship came to a halt. He walked out onto the deck and gazed at his surroundings.

Behind them, within the gray-white currents of the void…

“It really is him!”

A cyan luster flashed in Liu Lu’s eyes, which had a ring of mysterious patterns around the pupils. His gaze pierced through the mist, and he saw a face that made his anger flare!

“Let’s move! Kill him!”

The tall man shouted.

“Wait. Let’s watch first.”

Liu Lu suppressed his anger and said in a low voice.

‘Luo Tian is supposed to be on a teaching mission, but he came all the way out here. He must have some purpose.’

Liu Lu decided to observe for a while longer.

A moment later.

He saw a blue figure suddenly appear on Luo Tian’s ship.

Liu Lu saw a stunningly beautiful face, long blue hair that flowed like waves, a captivating and curvaceous figure, and… a swinging fish tail!

“The Mermaid Race!”

Liu Lu couldn’t help but exclaim.

The Mermaid Race and the Human Race were currently enemies.

Among the enemies fighting the Water Blue Realm, the Ghost Liao Race was the main force, but there were other races involved as well, and the Mermaid Race was one of them.

‘To think that Luo Tian is actually colluding with the Mermaid Race!’

‘If I report this, Luo Tian’s death is certain!’

But just then, Liu Lu sensed the Mermaid Lady’s gaze land on him. She had discovered them!

“Someone is following you!”

The Mermaid Lady, Qin Aolan, said to Luo Tian.

“I led them here on purpose to test your current skills.”

Luo Tian also turned, his gaze precisely locking onto the location of Liu Lu and his two companions.