Ling Tian entered the Spirit Realm space and began to inspect the changes within after his latest breakthrough.
Almost all the buildings inside had increased in size, and some of their original functions had been enhanced.
Soon, Ling Tian's gaze was drawn to an ancient, multi-story building.
The plaque on this building bore three large characters: Wan Fa Ge.
Ling Tian pushed open the doors of Wan Fa Ge and walked inside, only to find the building densely packed with shelves.
On each shelf sat a wooden box, about the size of a mobile phone's packaging.
In the center of Wan Fa Ge was a massive desk, upon which lay a jade pendant engraved with a formation.
Ling Tian felt something drawing him in. He directly reached out, picked up the jade pendant from the desk, and injected his spiritual power into it.
Instantly, Ling Tian felt a colossal amount of data enter his mind.
Indeed, this jade pendant recorded a great deal of information.
After a while, the data transfer stopped. Ling Tian closed his eyes and began to silently digest the information that had just been transmitted into his mind.
He was astonished by what he discovered; the contents of this building, named Wan Fa Ge, were incredibly precious to Ling Tian.
In essence, Wan Fa Ge was where the ancestors of the Ling family had collected various cultivation techniques and sorceries. Here, there were thousands of cultivation methods, all sorts of sorceries, as well as methods for alchemy and artifact refining.
Of course, like other buildings in the Spirit Realm space, everything here was subject to unlocking only when Ling Tian's strength reached a certain level.
The cultivation methods and spells left behind by Ling Tian's ancestors were incredibly powerful, and correspondingly, the backlash from these potent spells was also severe.
If one's cultivation was insufficient and they forcefully used these sorceries, whether they could unleash their full power was uncertain, but the backlash alone was enough to claim the caster's life.
The information that had just been poured into Ling Tian's mind contained the basic information of the various cultivation methods and sorceries collected in Wan Fa Ge, essentially serving as a catalog.
However, Ling Tian found that within Wan Fa Ge, only two bookshelves were currently unlocked, holding over a dozen wooden boxes. This meant he could only learn a dozen or so sorceries from here.
The remaining bookshelves seemed to be enveloped by an invisible energy. Ling Tian could see them but found himself blocked by a layer of unseen force when he tried to approach.
Ling Tian understood that this was also due to his insufficient strength, preventing him from accessing the sorceries on those shelves. When his own power reached a certain point, the contents of those sorceries would naturally be unlocked.
After digesting this information, Ling Tian walked to the nearest shelf. On its topmost level, he retrieved a wooden box and placed it on the desk.
The wooden box was inscribed with several characters: Chaos Returning Yuan Qi!
This was a very basic cultivation technique, yet it was incredibly formidable.
In ancient Chinese legends, Chaos was considered the origin of this world.
In the beginning, when the world had nothing and was in a state of confusion, that was Chaos.
Later, the light essence rose and the turbid essence descended, forming heaven and earth, and then the world was conceived.
Chaos Returning Yuan Qi, in essence, was about transforming various things into the origin of this world.
By cultivating Chaos Returning Yuan Qi, one could convert spiritual energy from heaven and earth, various foods, medicines, and rare natural treasures into the cultivator's own true essence.
Even more astonishingly, it could neutralize invading internal energy or poisons, reverting them to their most primal form of energy.
Among the legacies Ling Tian obtained from Wan Fa Ge, it was repeatedly emphasized that mastering the heaven-defying technique of Chaos Returning Yuan Qi first, and then learning other various sorceries, would yield twice the results with half the effort.
Opening the wooden box, he injected his spiritual power into the jade pendant once more. Soon, a vast amount of knowledge flooded into Ling Tian's mind, and he fell into deep thought.
After a considerable time, Ling Tian reluctantly left Wan Fa Ge and the Spirit Realm space. He did not want the Chinese delegation to notice his sudden disappearance from the room, as such an event would be difficult to explain.
Ling Tian sat cross-legged on the bed. He sensed that the spiritual energy in the air that morning was exceptionally dense. Following the methods of Chaos Returning Yuan Qi, Ling Tian began to circulate his internal energy.
As Ling Tian's cultivation deepened, the surrounding spiritual energy from heaven and earth began to change.
In Ling Tian's dantian, a vortex seemed to form, greedily devouring the surrounding spiritual energy.
Ling Tian could feel that this method of absorbing spiritual energy from heaven and earth was tens of times more efficient than his previous cultivation methods!
Of course, this also came with an inconvenience: the commotion it caused was too great and easily detectable by those around him.
This was not surprising. If all the surrounding spiritual energy was absorbed by Ling Tian, then others would naturally be unable to absorb it for their own cultivation.
Thus, after more than an hour, Ling Tian stopped, ceasing the circulation of Chaos Returning Yuan Qi.
He examined his body and discovered that the cultivation during that hour seemed to be equivalent to a full day of his previous practice!
The improvement in efficiency was truly astonishing.
However, Ling Tian also noticed a side effect of cultivating this technique: extreme hunger. This was not surprising, as Chaos Returning Yuan Qi had converted all the food in his internal organs into energy, so it was only natural to feel hungry.
Ling Tian directly retrieved food from the Spirit Realm space and began to eat ravenously. However, shortly after consuming the food, it was directly digested by Ling Tian.
He continued to eat until he had consumed enough food for seven or eight strong men before his hunger subsided.
In the evening, Ling Tian greeted Xuanyuan Jie and others and left the villa alone.
Although they had reached an agreement allowing Ling Tian to act independently on the island, he still had to report his departure. This was a matter of basic respect.
As soon as Ling Tian stepped out of the villa's perimeter, he noticed several pairs of eyes fixed upon him.
Some of these gazes came from the security personnel of Paradise Island, while others belonged to teams from other countries.
They had even sent people specifically to monitor the Chinese delegation, ensuring that any of their actions would be discovered immediately!
Ling Tian couldn't help but let out a cold sneer. Such trivial tricks were hardly worth mentioning!