Chapter 54: Breaking Through

That night, the Nirvana Flame Tempering Bath appeared in Lin Qian’s room again. This time, the colour was a much richer crimson red than in the past.

The medicinal potency of this Nirvana Flame Tempering Bath was leaps and bounds ahead of the past few. Correspondingly, the pain Lin Qian had to endure was also several times worse.

Taking off his clothes, Lin Qian took a long look at the dark red solution. With a deep breath, he stepped into a wooden barrel and sat in it. Within instants, he felt a dull red flush potion over his head.

The instant his leg stepped into the barrel, Lin Qian gasped. A piercing pain shot through his nerves. A fierce blazing sensation burnt through his whole body without delay.

As he sat submerged in the wooden pail, Lin Qian bit his teeth together tightly, resisting the excruciating pain that surged through his body in wave after wave.

Fortunately, Lin Qian had an iron-tough physique due to his 12 Round Nirvana training. Otherwise, there was no way his body can withstand this torturous pain from the colossal amount of medication injected like needles into the body.

Even if the sturdiest body from the Inner Sect, Liu Ming, were to be in Lin Qian position, his body would immediately erupt into pieces from the cascading medication.

Shutting his eyes, Lin Qian regulated his breathing gradually as he got used to the unceasing pain.

If he couldn’t even withstand the trial of this little pain, how was he going to force his way through and save his parents?

Bit by bit, his mind settled and calmed down under the pain. Soon, he circulated his Soul Energy following the Regal Emperor Mantra designed by the Tiangong Ministry.

The aura pulsating from Lin Qian intensified with each breath he took. As his Soul Energy circulated per the Mantra, his Soul Energy stacked and snowballed rapidly.

Outside the mansion, Wei Wushuang stood and stared silently at the room Lin Qian was in. As he stared wistfully, his fingers fidgeted behind his back.

On Prison Island, the toxins had burst forth at full force, robbing him of his strength. At his weakest state, he met the terrified and panic-stricken Lin Qian.

At that fateful place, under the dog eats dog circumstances, the teacher and disciple shared an unbreakable bond.

They could be said to build this bond in a life and death situation.

Moreover, when Wei Wushuang was at the brink of death, Lin Qian pulled him out of the grips of the angel of death.

“Breaking into the Nirvana Stage is risky business. Should your attention lapse, accidents could happen very easily. Qian’er, you gotta be careful!” As Wei Wushuang paced the courtyard, his eyes fixated onto the mansion, muttering as he worried for his only disciple, “Show Teacher, what miracle a 12 Round Nirvana, Nirvana Stage Practitioner can bring!”

In the middle of the night, Lin Qian, who was sitting quietly in the wooden barrel, had once again returned to the ninth level of Materialised Vitality Stage.

Unlike other soul Practitioners, when Lin Qian ignited his Martial Soul, it did not dissipate wastefully. Instead, each drop of his Soul Energy was fully utilised.

As such, after Lin Qian practised his 12 Rounds Nirvana, his foundation was refined and became extraordinarily strong, making it easy to restore his cultivation.

What’s more, with the help of such gigantic amounts of specially tailored medicine, it was impossible to restore his cultivation speedily.

9th Tier Materialised Vitality Stage sounded the start to his breakthrough into Nirvana Stage!

A deep rumble reverberated within Lin Qian’s body. His bright Soul Energy nebula erupted into a blazing inferno.

At that instant, his Dantian instantaneously morphed into a humongous sea of flames.

“Nirvana Flame Rebirth!”

Despite the hectic situation within his Dantian, Lin Qian’s mind remained at the state of tranquillity. Instead, he focused on leading the blazing Soul Energy, circulating through his body.

Like a burning snake, the Soul Energy slathered through even meridian, baking his body from within.

At the same time, the burning Soul Energy dissipated like miniature sparks, permeating Lin Qian bones and flesh.

As his Soul Energy combusted, the Nirvana Flame Tempering Bath also roared like a wildfire, engulfing Lin Qian’s body within it.

Every single hair on Lin Qian’s body was mercilessly charred to nothingness.

As the fire raged on, the potion within the pail bubbled vigorously. With every moment, the suffocatingly dense crimson mist only got thicker within the room.

Within the Dantian, Lin Qian Soul Energy filled the fiendish inferno, mercilessly scorching the two Martial Souls within. The cinders of the Soul Energy flame entered the white and black Martial Soul continuously.

Then, a mysterious and unexplainable change began to occur within the two Martial Souls.

“Insufficient Soul Energy?” Suddenly, the roaring fire in Lin Qian’s body gradually weakened, setting Lin Qian’s heart into rapid stammering.

The breakthrough of the Nirvana Stage was the Practitioners rebirth from fire. After the soul energy was incinerated, the body of the practitioner undergoes a transformation from the inside out.

It could be said that after the breakthrough from Materialised Vitality Stage to Nirvana stage, the Soul Practitioner becomes a whole new being.

This was why Lin Qian’s ability to meet a Nirvana Practitioner despite him being in Materialised Vitality Stage was flabbergasting. The inconceivable truth would only make others think it was a cooked-up lie or inflated facts.

Nirvana Flame Rebirth. As the name suggests, to reach Nirvana Stage, there was a need for more flames. Moreover, this flame had to be burning on Soul Energy from the Practitioner’s Dantian.

Now, Lin Qian could clearly feel that he was not going to break through soon and that he was miles away from that point.

PENG!

The wood pail burst into pieces from the force radiating from Lin Qian’s body. The potion within it had already vanished without a trace. Now, the only thing that remained was the wooden board which he sat on. The Nirvana Flames that occurred during the breakthrough into Nirvana Stage were peculiar. Its heat only affected the person forcing his advance and the medicines that support his intent. Things that had no relation to the breakthrough, like the container for the potion, were left unburnt. As such, the wooden panel that Lin Qian sat on was left unfazed.

Tightening his focus, a menu screen which only he could see appeared in mid-air. On the screen, a figure appeared. He was Zhuge Ming. Now, he stood in front of a Battle Mirror within the Huaxia Empire.

To support their Emperor, countless of Huaxia’s most exceptional scholars had gathered within the Tiangong Ministry.

On the front, various sizes of Battle Mirrors hung in sequence. On each mirror, tables, charts and numbers were densely packed. All of the scholars unceasingly pumped in their own energy to transmit and display their research findings.

Zhuge Ming stood on the highest platform within the hall. From there, he observed all of the data on the eight most enormous Battle Mirrors present.

On the Battle Mirror, seven showed the most detailed information on Lin Qian’s condition, and on the last, the state of the Huaxia Empire supply of Heaven and Earth’s Energy for Lin Qian through Heaven’s Slit.

On the Battle Mirror in front of Zhuge Ming, he could see Lin Qian’s face.

“Your Majesty!” Zhuge Ming quickly raised his hand in salute when he saw Lin Qian.

“Breakthrough of the Twelve Rounds Nirvana demands Soul Energy that is far beyond our calculation. Now, I need you to increase the output of Heaven’s Slit to my Soul Energy.” After meeting Zhuge Ming’s salute, Lin Qian directly instructed.

That request was beyond appalling for Zhuge Ming. Immediately, he persuaded Lin Qian against it, “If we increase the output of Heaven’s Slit, the pain that Your Majesty would go through would be inconceivably huge. Your Majesty, that amount of pain would be excruciating beyond your imagination. It isn’t something that you might be able to withstand!”

“Increase the Soul Energy output. I will be able to withstand the, I have to. I cannot afford to fail this breakthrough.” Then, he paused and looked Zhuge Ming in his eye. “And, I have faith in you and the Tiangong Ministry.”

As those words repeatedly echoed in Zhuge Ming’s heart, his jaws dropped. He shut his eyes, smiled and bowed, “Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty. We understand your request.”

The next moment, the image of Lin Qian disappeared from the Battle Mirror, reverting back the data and statistics once more.

“I’m sure everyone heard it.” Sweeping across the scholars gathered beneath him, Zhuge Ming saw the various emotional faces.

“Yes!” The army of scholars roared and clenched their fist.

“Then, let us bring out the best we have. All for His Majesty!” Conviction glowed within Zhuge Ming eyes as he glanced at the Battle Mirrors, “Increase the output!”

Inside the mansion on Mt Maoqing, Lin Qian’s eyes suddenly widened. His face flushed red in agony as he clenched onto his almost cracking teeth. Under the excruciating pain, drops of blood had trickled down his gums, staining his entire mouth red.

Boom!

The horrific Soul Energy fire surged out of Lin Qian’s body like a geyser. Instantly, the raging inferno overflowed, bursting out of the house, wrapping Lin Qian’s bedroom in it.

Wei Wushuang, who stood in the courtyard, stared blankly at the towering Soul Energy flames.

As the blazing red tower wrapped the whole house inside, his jaws dropped, “This boy …”

He was dumbstruck.