9 great sects

This cultivation method was unique to the spirit clan and was of the heaven rank meaning that people could reach heaven rank if they were to reach the peak of the cultivation manual. Of course such cases were still very rare since even the phoenix empire didn't have a single heaven rank cultivator!

This heaven flame cultivation manual was of the fire element and created a flame inside the body that could be used as alchemy flame and refinement flame. Thus it was a very valuable manual considering most alchemists and refiners didn't even have an alchemy flame and had to use normal fire. And the biggest reason this manual is the core manual of the spirit race is that the flames could reach up to heaven ranked true flame which is a rare flame in the entire boundless continent.

But the reason the spirit clan was famous as the greatest alchemy and refining talents wasn't because of their flames, it was their insane aptitude for refining that made them monsters in the eyes of most cultivators since refining requires insane intelligence, massive amounts of knowledge and talent.

After reading through the manual Fang Wiu proceeded to follow the cultivation method of the 1st stage human realm. He had to sense spirit qi and guide it into his meridians upon which it would have to be cycled according to the manual creating a flame shape in his body

Sensing spirit qi was something Fang Qiu had never done before so he expected it to be very difficult but it happened surprisingly fast. Fang Qiu figured it was likely because spirit qi was all around in this world that it was easier to sense and earth didn't have any spirit qi so it's normal for him to assume it is very difficult to sense. If he were to compare it he would describe it like how people on earth could feel the wind but if you grew up in a world where wind didn't exist sensing or feeling wind might seem like a very weird notion, but once they moved to earth they might find it very simple to discover what wind is and how to feel and sense it.

After being able to sense the spirit qi in the air Fang Qiu quickly guided it through his meridians described in the manual.

This was more difficult than he imagined it to be because he had to complete a full cycle in its entirety at once or he would have to start over. After a couple hours of trying he was already drenched in sweat but he couldn't give up at this point otherwise what would he do in the future if he had even more difficult barriers to break through if he already gave up at this point.

After trying for the majority of the day he finally succeeded in making the spirit qi making one full cycle through his meridians after which he immediately felt as if his meridians were on fire which signified that he successfully advanced to 1st stage human realm!

Upon finally becoming a cultivator Fang Qiu was ecstatic and quickly cycled his cultivation technique again, upon doing so a small flame emerged in his hand which was a very odd sensation considering that he could touch the flame without burning his hand.

Just when he wanted to investigate his flame and learn more about it he heard footsteps coming from the door.

Right after that he saw a girl around 20 years old walk into his room after which she froze and stared at him in a daze. How would you react when you took care of a person in vegetable state all your life from four years old up till 20 to see him suddenly playing with fireballs one day when you walk in? After a few seconds she suddenly processed what was going on and her eyes went open wide, after all she was raised by the spirit clan so how could she not recognise when someone of the spirit clan uses the divine flame cultivation techique...

After some time and emotional talks as if brother and sister finally met again after many years of being apart, little Rou finally got her emotions under control and started asking the questions she was most curious about, she asked him about his past life and what his world was like since everyone knows soulless people are people from lower planes who made it to the boundless realm. Eventually fang Qiu also managed to ask her some questions his soulless self didn't know since it was less relevant information and since he was a cultivator now he felt like he should ask her about the cultivation sects of the phoenix empire.

The phoenix empire has 9 great sects and thousands of smaller sects, those 9 sects were the myriad sword sect, mystic ice palace, pill cloud pavillion, golden body sect, armament sect, beast sect, sun pavillion, nine dragons sect and ying yang pagoda.

Those 9 sects held recruitment once a year which just so happened to be 3 days from now. For other people at the first stage human realm it might be almost impossible to join one of the 9 great sects but as a person from the spirit race his aptitude for refining should make the pill cloud pavillion and amarment sect accept him no matter what his current cultivation realm was. He decided he definitely had to attend the recruitment in three days.

After waking up the next day Fang Qui soon made his way to a fancy looking pavilion together with Little Rou. They talked about this place yesterday and Fang Qui decided he definitely needed to have a look, this spirit pavillion was the biggest one in the imperial capital and sold all sorts of weapons, tools and other useful things.

Upon making their way inside one of the servants quickly made her way over and upon seeing the glowing mark on Fang Qiu's face her tone became even more respectful. Esteemed young master and mistress please follow me inside. If there is any item to your liking please notify me and I will provide you with an in depth explanation to your satisfaction. Upon looking inside and seeing the glow of thousands of spirit tools Fang Qui was immediately excited, as a person who wants to become a great refiner how could the sight before him not excite him.

He quickly made his way over to the biggest spirit tool in the building, it was a massive hammer made of some sort of blue metal, but how could anyone carry this thing it's over ten meters tall!

Sir this is the blue dragon hammer, it can shrink to the size of a normal hammer whilst keeping its current weight which is 5000 kilograms it can also revert back to its current size at will which can be lethal to unsuspecting enemies.

They looked at many similar impressive spirit tools, one of them even looked just like a beachball but could level an entire mountain when it exploded. Fang Qui was even shameless enough to ask for a demonstration which made the servant girl almost throw up a mouthful of blood. This was a one time use spirit tool and besides did he want to level the entire city how could he ask for a live demonstration? After Fang Qiu had his fun looking around and messing with the servant girl he ended up buying a white jade mask which could block out spirit sense of cultivators trying to see what his face looked like. After all he didnt need everyone to know he was a spirit clan member.

After sightseeing the imperial capital for the remainder of the day and the next day the imperial capital quickly became more and more crowded. Thousands of youths from all over the empire converged in the capital for the nine great sects recruitment that was happening the next day, all the hotels were fully booked and many youths even cultivated throughout the night in the streets of the capital wanting to remain in optimal condition for the recruitment the next day. Some lucky ones even broke through that same night which instantly attracted many jealous faces whenever it happened.

After a good night's sleep fang Qiu made his way outside at dawn together with Little Rou and followed the crowd moving to the imperial plaza where the 9 sects representatives gathered.