However, Ye Hua, after all, had a wealth of experience in cultivation. He was able to cultivate into an Earth Knight despite his inferior talent, so he had studied various cultivation methods extensively. Therefore, after careful consideration, he told Long Haochen a possibility: the Saint Spiritual Stove was helping him nurture spiritual power, specifically, nurturing liquid internal spiritual power.

Long Haochen’s cultivation level clearly hadn’t reached the fifth rank yet. Under such circumstances, it was impossible for liquid spiritual power to appear. Although that drop of liquid spiritual power appeared very coincidentally, Ye Hua was completely certain that if it were someone else, even if they used the Sacrifice skill, they could never have had such an encounter.

The only explanation was the effect of the Saint Spiritual Stove. The Saint Spiritual Stove internally created a special space, helping Long Haochen to compress his internal spiritual power, thereby forming liquid spiritual power. When Long Haochen used the Sacrifice skill to clash head-on with Yang Wenzhao at that time, he exhausted his own spiritual power and also burned his life force to some extent.

The Spiritual Stove, the most magical thing in the world, inherently had a protective function. It was very likely that the Saint Spiritual Stove preserved the last seed of Long Haochen’s internal spiritual power, and then gradually produced a compression effect within it. Long Haochen himself had already gained some understanding of liquid spiritual power. The biggest characteristic of the fifth-rank threshold was compression, and he had also gradually found a way to compress it through the practice of the Accumulation skill, but he was unable to directly compress it. He was just using the skill to find the feeling.

But now it was different. The existence of the Saint Spiritual Stove directly solved the problem of compression for him, nurturing true liquid spiritual power. As long as he could find a way to take this liquid spiritual power out of the Saint Spiritual Stove and cultivate his internal spiritual power to over two thousand, then the huge bottleneck of the fifth rank wouldn’t be a problem for him.

With such a judgment, Ye Hua was naturally overjoyed. He told Long Haochen to cultivate steadily in his room, even if it meant delaying the finals of this Demon Hunt Selection Tournament. He was still very young and would have plenty of opportunities to participate in the competition in the future. In comparison, being able to take this opportunity to break through to become an Earth Knight was clearly more important.

The Saint Spiritual Stove wasn’t large. Its overall volume was only about the size of a small shot glass. It was conceivable how much liquid internal spiritual power such a small Spiritual Stove could hold.

After three days of hard cultivation, Long Haochen exhausted the remaining Spirit Gathering Pills, but the Saint Spiritual Stove was now almost overflowing, filled with rich liquid spiritual power.

These three days of cultivation were actually very painful, because without the existence of internal spiritual power in his body, Long Haochen’s speed of absorbing external light elements remained in a very slow state. If it weren’t for the assistance of the Spirit Gathering Pills, he would probably have spent ten days or half a month and still wouldn’t have been able to fill the Saint Spiritual Stove. If that were the case, he probably wouldn’t have been able to participate in the finals.

What Long Haochen didn’t know was that when Long Xingyu gave him the Saint Spiritual Stove, he already knew that the Saint Spiritual Stove had other uses besides its auxiliary role in combat, but he didn’t directly tell his son.

Long Xingyu was a Divine Seal Knight, and had experienced the entire cultivation process from the first rank to the ninth rank. Therefore, he understood even more how important his own understanding was in the cultivation process. With his cultivation level, he could even help Long Haochen break through to the fifth rank earlier and become a fairly good powerhouse effortlessly. However, if he really did that, even if Long Haochen was the Child of Light physique, he probably wouldn’t be able to touch the threshold of the ninth rank in his entire life. Therefore, he chose to let Long Haochen explore on his own, constantly strengthening himself in the process of exploration, and independently comprehending the various problems in the cultivation process.

Long Xingyu had absolute confidence in Long Haochen. If the possessor of the Child of Light physique didn’t have enough comprehension, then who would?

The special ability contained within the Saint Spiritual Stove was called Nurturing. Therefore, it wasn’t just a Spiritual Stove that assisted in combat, but also a Spiritual Stove that assisted in cultivation. This secret was classified as top secret within the Knight Temple.

Because the Saint Spiritual Stove’s auxiliary combat effect was only more useful to Knights and Warriors, other professions naturally didn’t care much about this Spiritual Stove. And the Warrior’s self-recovery ability was far inferior to that of a Guardian Knight. Later, this Saint Spiritual Stove became an exclusive Spiritual Stove for the Knight Temple.

The Saint Spiritual Stove was very rare. When the other major Temples discovered new Saint Spiritual Stoves, they would choose to exchange them with the Knight Temple.

Only within the Knight Temple, after countless attempts, did they come to a conclusion. That was, as long as the first Spiritual Stove that a human possessed was the Saint Spiritual Stove, and at the same time, their cultivation level didn’t exceed the fourth rank when they possessed it, then the Saint Spiritual Stove’s nurturing effect would be activated.

This nurturing effect needed to be discovered by the person who possessed the Saint Spiritual Stove themselves, because its performance was usually extremely inconspicuous, and it only had a very weak auxiliary effect on the cultivation of internal spiritual power.

However, once it reached several critical junctures, the Saint Spiritual Stove’s nurturing effect would play a huge role. For example, the liquefaction of spiritual power that Long Haochen was facing now, and the spiritual apertures that would need to be condensed later when he became a Radiant Knight. With the help of the Saint Spiritual Stove, it could almost be said that a breakthrough was guaranteed.

Everyone was selfish, and the Temple was no exception. If other Temples discovered that the Saint Spiritual Stove had such an auxiliary cultivation effect, then probably no one would sell it to the Knight Temple anymore. Therefore, this secret had been kept secret, and at least until now, it hadn’t been discovered by other Temples.

Even if Long Haochen didn’t use the Sacrifice skill, he would soon discover the Saint Spiritual Stove’s effect. Because as long as he completed the evolution of the Saint Spiritual Stove, its nurturing effect would directly help him break through to the fifth rank. Previously, Long Haochen thought that breaking through to the fifth rank was the opportunity to evolve the Saint Spiritual Stove, but it should be viewed in reverse.

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Finally filled, huh? Teacher said that when essence is full, it overflows. Since the internal spiritual power is already full, then it should overflow, right?

No matter how calm Long Haochen was usually, how could he not be nervous when facing the possibility of breaking through to the fifth rank?

Cultivation continued, and the liquid spiritual power in the Saint Spiritual Stove became more and more concentrated, rising little by little, and it looked like it was about to overflow.

Finally, the Saint Spiritual Stove could no longer hold more liquid spiritual power. A tiny drop of golden liquid slowly flowed down along the edge of the Saint Spiritual Stove.

Boom—In an instant, Long Haochen felt a violent tremor in his body, and a rich light aura had spread out from his body. A golden halo rose from above his head, vaguely condensing into a cloud of light gold. This was the Spirit Elevation Cloud that represented advancement. The Spirit Elevation Cloud would only appear when breaking through to a higher rank.

The total amount of a drop of liquid spiritual power was very small, but it illuminated the meridians in Long Haochen’s body. Familiar golden light quickly spread in the meridians in his body, soon reaching every corner.

Compared to the previous pale golden internal spiritual power, the color was now obviously a bit darker, approaching the brilliance of bright gold.

Although only a drop of liquid spiritual power flowed into Long Haochen’s body, his speed of absorbing light elements increased dramatically in an instant. His perception of the outside world also suddenly increased. The feeling of strength from the inside out finally appeared again.

At the same time, the Saint Spiritual Stove emitted a myriad of bright rays. It could be clearly seen that a rich white halo lit up on Long Haochen’s chest. The halo spread, enveloping his body. The Saint Spiritual Stove in his chest slowly rotated, and drops of liquid internal spiritual power were flung out from it. The Saint Spiritual Stove, which had originally been dyed golden by these liquid internal spiritual power, returned to its original milky white color, struggling slightly, and strands of strange纹理 began to appear on the surface of the Saint Spiritual Stove. Those were spirals presenting cloud-like patterns. The original milky white color gained a bit more crystal clearness. Its volume didn’t change, but Long Haochen could more clearly feel the kind of universal truth it contained.

It evolved. The Saint Spiritual Stove evolved. Long Haochen immediately realized what had happened. Not only did the Saint Spiritual Stove evolve, but he also clearly saw through introspection that a gentle golden liquid was quietly hovering around the Saint Spiritual Stove. It was actually liquid spiritual power.

Liquid spiritual power had also appeared before when he used Accumulation for cultivation, but at that time, as long as he dissipated Accumulation, the spiritual power would immediately return.

But now it was different. In his body, right around the Saint Spiritual Stove, there truly appeared a stream of liquid spiritual power. Although the total amount of these liquid spiritual power was only equivalent to a hundred points at most, with these one hundred points of liquid spiritual power, how far was he from returning to his peak?

Two thousand. My spiritual power must have exceeded two thousand. Fifth rank. I’m an Earth Knight.

A silly smile appeared on Long Haochen’s face. How could he not be excited? A fifth-rank at the age of fourteen! This was so incredible. What he needed to do now was to recover all his spiritual power. As much as two thousand points of liquid spiritual power would allow him to completely enter another level.

Yang Wenzhao, next time we meet, perhaps I will truly have the strength to challenge you.

In the following days, Long Haochen was completely immersed in cultivation, like a transforming chrysalis, completing a qualitative change in just a few days.

The Alliance Executive Axe.

Like the Holy City, the Alliance Executive Axe was also a hexagonal building. The outer ring was the location of the six major Temples’ respective offices, and the core area was the place where they jointly discussed important matters.

The Demon Hunt Selection Tournament was of paramount importance to the Temple Alliance. The preliminary round had already ended smoothly three days ago. Sixty of the most outstanding young people were selected, which meant that the Temple Alliance would have twelve more Demon Hunt Squads, injecting fresh blood into the large group of Demon Hunt Squads—

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