Chapter 1934 — 1934: Learning Immortal Qi

"I'm trying to learn—complete my Immortal Qi." Yuan showed Yan Hara his incomplete Immortal Qi.

"You can already use Immortal Qi? But you're only at—Divine King?! How did you improve your cultivation so quickly?! You were only around Spirit King a few years ago!"

Yan Hara just noticed his cultivation and was greatly bewildered by his progress. If she knew that he'd gone from Spirit Enlightenment to Divine King in the past month, who knows how she'd react.

As for Sun Ling Cai, her mouth and eyes were wide open. She knew Yuan was only Spirit Enlightenment last month, and she knew he'd triggered a Supreme Heavenly Tribulation to enter the Divine Realm, but she didn't realize he was already Divine King.

'What kind of outrageous cultivation speed is this?!' she cried inwardly.

"Why are you so surprised? Have you forgotten who I am?" Yuan chuckled.

"Anyway, attack me with your Immortal Qi. I'll be fine. I promise."

Despite her hesitation, Yan Hara eventually nodded her head and agreed to train him.

Sun Ling Cai and Xi Meili flew off the island a moment later and distanced themselves from Yuan.

Sometime later, Yan Hara released her Immortal Qi and attacked Yuan with it.

"It's not strong enough! Don't hold back and come at me as if you're trying to kill me!" Yuan shouted after barely feeling it.

Yan Hara gritted her teeth and increased her Immortal Qi output tremendously.

Boom!

Yan Hara's Immortal Qi pressed down on Yuan like a mountain.

Yuan coughed up a mouthful of blood afterward.

"Yuan!" Yan Hara instinctively retracted her Immortal Qi when she saw his blood.

"Don't stop! It's just a little blood!"

"…"

Yan Hara was reluctant to continue, but seeing Yuan's fierce eyes, she gritted her teeth and continued blasting him with Immortal Qi.

Yan Hara was a Golden Immortal—on the verge of becoming a True Immortal—so her Immortal Qi was immensely powerful.

Although Yuan could have trained his Immortal Qi in the Sixth Heaven, the process would've been painfully slow. While Immortal Qi could still be used by Immortals even when their cultivation was suppressed, its power would be significantly weakened.

This is why he waited until he arrived at the Seven Heaven, where Immortals could use their Immortal Qi properly.

Yuan's entire body was screaming in pain from Yan Hara's Immortal Qi, but it wasn't enough to put his life in danger. If anything, his body was getting stronger by the moment due to his physique.

"You can increase the power a little more now," Yuan said to Yan Hara a few days later.

Yan Hara, who'd been using the power of a Bronze Immortal, slowly increased her strength to that of a Silver Immortal.

After two weeks of training, the Immortal Qi that Yuan was exuding was no longer incomplete and resembled that of a true Immortal.

"What do you think?" Yuan asked as he released his Immortal Qi.

Yan Hara swallowed nervously. It wasn't just the fact that Yuan could use Immortal Qi that left her stunned—it was the sheer mastery with which he wielded it. His control, precision, and efficiency surpassed even her own as a Golden Immortal. It was as if he had been using Immortal Qi for far longer than she had, despite only recently learning it.

However, then she remembered that he was the Divine Paragon's reincarnation.

"You're really something, Yuan."

Yuan shook his head and said, "Immortal Qi is just the beginning. Until I can use Celestial Qi, I am still vulnerable."

"Celestial Qi?" Yan Hara echoed, her brows raising. "There have been rare cases of cultivators using Immortal Qi before reaching the Immortal Realm, but there's no precedent—none—of anyone below the God Ascension realm comprehending Celestial Qi."

"No precedent—yet." Yuan smiled, leaving her speechless.

Xi Meili and Sun Ling Cai returned to the island shortly after.

"He actually managed to learn Immortal Qi…" Sun Ling Cai muttered under her breath.

Sometime later, Yuan and the others jumped on Sun Ling Cai's flying treasure and sped away.

After arriving at a city, Yan Hara brought them to a tea house.

"This is Tea Paradise, one of the most famous teahouses in the Nine Heavens."

Once they were seated, Yan Hara said to the server, "Give us your best tea."

"Our best…?" The server raised an eyebrow before asking, "Only those with—"

Before the server could even finish her sentence, Sun Ling Cai retrieved a green medallion and placed it on the table.

"Please wait a moment! I will bring your tea right away!"

The server hurriedly left the room.

"What was that about?" Xi Meili asked.

Yan Hara chuckled and said, "Unless you have a membership, your options in this place are limited. However, even with a membership, you won't be able to experience their best tea without a certain rank. I'm just an ordinary member, but Junior Sister Sun here…"

"I am not a member but an honorable guest. This medallion was given to me by the owner of this teahouse himself," she explained.

"I don't know if you know this, but she's a bigshot in the Nine Heavens. In fact, I am a nobody when compared to her," Yan Hara said with a smile on her face.

"I heard that she's a famous painter," said Yuan.

"Not just any famous painter! She's the most famous!" Yan Hara bragged as if she was talking about herself.

"It's really nothing that amazing…" Sun Ling Cai said, appearing somewhat bashful.

Their tea arrived a few minutes later, and the server explained the tea's background.

"This is the Starry Dream Infused Tea, brewed using million-year-old leaves from a Starry Tree, which can only be found in the Starry Sky, as well as a drop of Celestial Dew."

Once the server left, Xi Meili said, "I know I am supposed to be impressed by the ingredients, but I don't know anything about them…"

Sun Ling Cai then explained, "The Starry Tree is an exotic plant that only grows in the Starry Sky. The Celestial Dew is a precious treasure that can only be found in—"

"Let's just say that the cost of this tea is enough to purchase an Empyrean-grade treasure," Yan Hara interjected.

"The price of an Empyrean-grade treasure?!" Xi Meili exclaimed, not daring to believe her ears. How could a pot of tea be comparable to an Empyrean-grade treasure?