Jiang Ning could feel the warmth filling every inch of space around him, with no trace of coldness remaining.

Seeing this, his movements became even quicker.

After a moment.

He reached out and grabbed a goose egg-sized piece of tree heart, completely crimson and pure, from within the tree trunk.

Holding the tree heart, he could feel it breathing, its surrounding red light fluctuating in strength and brightness.

"What a miraculous tree heart!" Jiang Ning glanced around, filled with amazement.

The fact that its escaping energy alone could dispel darkness and coldness highlighted the value and rarity of this tree heart.

He stared at the tree heart in his hand, pondering for a long time.

Then he placed it into his mouth, holding it with his tongue and teeth.

In an instant, he felt gentle warmth spreading along the saliva in his mouth.

This energy was extremely gentle, nourishing his entire body.

Like the warm sun in winter, it could dispel bodily cold without any hint of summer's scorching violence.

After quietly sensing it for a while, he confirmed that the contained energy was very mild, and without hesitation, swallowed it in one gulp.

Such an item would not be safe anywhere else; only in his stomach would it be completely secure.

In just one day, he would leave, and outside, the world was filled with the strong, many stronger than him.

Whether it was the high monk from the Golden Ray Monastery following Jin Chan or the old woman from Qingyang Cave Heaven, they all represented a great threat to him.

He knew that just these two Elders alone were beyond what he could handle.

His brief time on the Martial Arts path remained his greatest shortcoming.

Carrying such a treasure outside, he feared he would be targeted, inviting envy and unnecessary calamities.

Interpreting others' actions with malice, in his view, was the way to survive long-term in this world.

Whether in Martial Arts or Immortal Dao, the temptation at this level could lead someone to corruption if they could advance further.

To progress further meant not only an increase in power and status but also an elevation in the level of life and an extension of lifespan.

No one could refuse a longer lifespan.

Just like that Martial Saint who had reigned for over 800 years, living for a full thousand years.

Who could give up such an opportunity if it were possible?

Hence the best solution was to swallow it down into his stomach.

As the tree heart fell into his stomach, it felt as if a great sun rose from within him.

Endless light and heat radiated from his abdomen to his limbs and hundreds of bones, releasing through every pore.

Subsequently.

Fiery red light burst through his pores, and he sat cross-legged on the spot.

The surrounding darkness surged towards him like a tide, only to encounter the fiery red light escaping from his pores and be repelled once more.

[Inner Elixir Cultivation Skill experience +24]

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Time passed.

The fiery red light and darkness continuously clashed.

When the first great sun rose on the eastern horizon, the darkness between heaven and earth suddenly vanished without a trace.

In the mountain forest.

Jiang Ning remained sitting with his eyes closed, his expression neutral.

His pores seemed to spout flames.

After a long time.

When the second great sun rose.

Jiang Ning slowly opened his eyes.

He immediately saw the lush Vast Forest.

"It's daytime!" A strange glint crossed his eyes.

Then his gaze fell on the Azure Dragon Envoy ahead.

With the arrival of daylight, it was clearer than it was that night.

The over two-meter-tall Azure Dragon Envoy stood like a sculpture, but now devoid of life.

Jiang Ning then turned to look at another side and saw the two remaining Spirit Envoys of the Yingtian Alliance also lifeless, evidently their lives taken by the sinister winds of last night.

"The sinister wind at night is truly fearsome!"

A flash of lament crossed his mind.

He was well aware of the approximate strength of the Four Spirit Envoys of the Yingtian Alliance.

The weakest among them possessed near-top-level Grandmaster strength.

The strongest, the Azure Dragon Envoy, had completed six Blood Exchanges, truly possessing top-tier Grandmaster combat power.

Thinking of the Azure Dragon Envoy, a trace of surprise crossed Jiang Ning's eyes.

According to intelligence, the Azure Dragon Envoy was the top among the Four Spirit Envoys.

But there was still a significant gap to reach top-tier Grandmaster.

However, judging by last night's performance, the Azure Dragon Envoy evidently had achieved true top-tier Grandmaster strength.

Had fortune not been against him, encountering the rampaging sinister wind.

Even if he took action himself, apprehending the Azure Dragon Envoy would have taken some effort.

Especially after taking action, it would be easy to mark the Azure Dragon Envoy as failed, causing him to be unable to keep the Azure Dragon Envoy in this Pocket World.

In that moment, many thoughts flashed through Jiang Ning's mind.

A long time passed.

He sighed softly, then stood up and walked towards the Vermilion Bird Envoy.

Arriving beside the Vermilion Bird Envoy, he gathered his thoughts but failed to find any spirit plants or rare treasures on the Vermilion Bird Envoy.

This situation was identical to that of the Azure Dragon Envoy.

"Could they have all been refined?" A trace of contemplation flashed in his eyes, then he moved to the corpse of the White Tiger Envoy.

After another thorough search, he still found nothing.

"Forget it!" He shook his head and looked at his own panel.

Preparing to see how yesterday's harvest fared.

In the next moment, a flash of bright color appeared in his eyes.

[Source Energy]: 61374

"Over sixty thousand points!!"

Upon seeing the number of Source Energy Points, he was surprised.

He knew his own situation well.

Although he foraged for spiritual plants and rare treasures everywhere yesterday, to increase the Source Energy Points by this much should be unlikely.

"Then there can only be one possibility!" He murmured in his heart and closed his eyes slightly.

Again he performed an inner vision on himself.

He saw the slightly shrunken crimson tree heart in his abdomen.

After half a day of refinement, the crimson tree heart had also shrunk by a circle.

The accompanying effect was that his organs were tempered by the Great Sun Essence Qi, far more than any previous cultivation ever did.

He opened his eyes again, and glanced at the skill section.

[Skill]: Inner Elixir Cultivation Skill+ (Second Limit Breaking 30000/30000) (Trait: Longevity Species (Shallow Purple) Pure Yang Body (Deep Purple))

"It's actually full?" Seeing this, he was momentarily stunned.

Originally, he thought that even in the Shangyang Cave Heaven world, with the help of spirit plants and rare treasures, it would still take some time to complete this progress.

But surprisingly, even today, he had already completed the progress accumulation.

Moreover, it clearly had surplus progress.

Thoughts flashed in his mind, and he took a deep breath quietly.

Having come this far, he had no reason to hesitate.

Immediately.

With a sudden shift of his mind.

Source Energy Points suddenly decreased like a waterfall.

[Source Energy]: 13774 (61374→13774)

At this moment, he felt a shocking change occurring in his Dantian.

So he immediately closed his eyes and did an inner vision on himself.

In his Dantian, that inner core glowing with bright golden light was spinning rapidly, vibrating.

Invisible forces spread from his Dantian, causing turbulent waves within his body.

All his Qi-Blood became boiling, and Qi Blood Power suddenly surged.

He quickly calmed his mind and controlled the changes within his body.

This breakthrough's changes were clearly different from the previous one.

Thoughts flashed in his mind, but he did not relax his control over himself, fully stabilizing the body's changes.

As time passed.

He felt the intensity of the inner core's spinning and vibrating continuously rising, and the changes within his body becoming more apparent, causing his body to tremble gently.

It seemed difficult to control his body.

Yet, facing his strong physique, the disturbance caused by the breakthrough seemed to halt and was completely within the control of his body.

Suddenly.

The inner core inside him suddenly radiated brilliance.

Countless golden beams burst forth, piercing through his flesh like sharp swords, sprouting from his pores all over.

Several breaths later.

When the brilliance contracted, he suddenly saw a shallow golden pattern appear on the inner core.

The inner core also returned to normal from its previous violent state, with the Fortune feeling becoming gentle.

No way!!

His inner core suddenly condensed.

Threads of Qi Blood Power fused into the Dantian, merging into the inner core.

This was essence, and he immediately realized.

Then threads of cool energy fell from the top of his head, similarly merging into the Dantian.

This was spirit, and again he comprehended.

After a breath, a strand of golden energy was spit out from the inner core and lingered in the Dantian.

Then, another strand of golden energy was spit out again.

This golden energy in the Dantian rapidly became two strands.

After a long time.

When the Dantian was filled with more than a dozen strands of golden energy, Jiang Ning slowly opened his eyes.

"Alien energy, I wonder what effect it has?" Thoughts flashed in his mind.

As he raised his hand, a strand of golden glow condensed at his fingertip.

This was the alien energy he drew out from the Dantian, which had devoured his Qi Blood Power and Spiritual Power, and fused the Gang Power nurtured in the inner core.

Gang Power transformed from Inner Breath.

Essence, Qi, and Spirit united.

Looking at the golden glow condensed at his fingertip, he immediately realized!

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