Self-Contained

In the luxurious streets of Sacred Emperor City, where countless bustling cultivators were mingling about, one presence went largely unnoticed by many.

Whether it was peak Profound realm, early layer, middle layer, or even late layer Heavenly Origin experts, no one could notice this lone cultivator. Only a very select few absolute peak Heavenly Origin experts felt a weird prickling in their Spiritual Sea.

Such an expert who could walk without detection was Lin Xiang. His footsteps were methodically slow as he causally gazed around Sacred Emperor City.

Now, without a pressing mission to attend to, he could simply drink the sight of a lower realm city.

This had its own special feel. While not as overtly grand or suppressive as the higher Sacred World, it still radiated a unique, imposing presence.

Even middle layer Heavenly Origin experts would feel overwhelmed walking through the city. The buildings pierced into the skies, several floating islands dazzled in the clouds, and the level of cultivators here was far supreme to all other weaker provinces and cities.

Lin Xiang relaxed his mind while taking slow yet mysterious steps. Minutes later, he soon felt a mental pulse and a familiar voice.

'Ah! Over here!'

Stopping, Lin Xiang turned to his right. A peculiar sight was presented to him.

The cultivators walking around couldn't notice this one beautiful woman in the crowd. Every step of her was filled with profound mysteries that can escape their eyes.

Only other peak Heavenly Origin took a glance at this woman.

Of course, this was Xie Ya. After receiving Lin Xiang's ping minutes before, she promptly rushed over to meet him.

As she walked close to him, a smile that can dim the sun graced her gorgeous face. She continued to say, 'Say, you took care of things pretty fast? Had any past debts to settle or gaining some old items?'

'A little bit of both actually. While collecting some arts, I also lend a hand to that family. I will most likely be visiting them again. Though, that'll be for the far future.' Lin Xiang casually spoke, as if wasn't a huge deal at all.

Unaware of what Lin Xiang actually did as 'lending a hand,' Xie Ya readily nodded. She already neared Lin Xiang at this point.

Briefly sweeping her gaze around the city, she shrugged and spoke with a slight tone of curiosity. 'By the way, I've done a little digging around and this city truly doesn't seem special. This place only had a couple of Divine ancestors in its entire history. And one came from the Golden Dragon Palace and the other is the Sacred Emperor Mansion. I doubt that those Divine ancestors are still alive by this time. In terms of 2nd-rate cities, this city would basically be at the front runners, at the very least.'

Lin Xiang lightly smiled. 'Mn. There really isn't anything special hidden deep within the city. I haven't really implied any of the sorts. But still, any potential place in the universe is an opportunity. Come, let's make one more visit while we're here.'

As he spoke, Lin Xiang began to causally walk on a specific path. Following right alongside him, Xie Ya suddenly asked, 'As we walk, I don't want to come off as annoying brother Lin, but do you have any specific guidance for me? I just can't get that sensation when we flew together out of mind.'

Lin Xiang didn't pause, but his eyes flashed in brief thought. His Aura Mask Art and his understanding of Heavenly energy practically gave him immunity from even middle layer Heavenly Rulers.

As of now, the strongest cultivators roaming the streets were only a very select few. These cultivators exuded a presence massively superior to not just Heavenly Origin experts, but also the half-step Heavenly Ruler beasts Lin Xiang had previously fought!

These cultivators would simply be invisible to others. They existed in another dimension of power. Highly powerful cultivators like them could only be actively detected by cultivators in the same realm as them.

The Heavenly Ruler realm.

Only a select few early layer Heavenly Ruler cultivators were roaming the city streets.

For what reason why Lin Xiang wasn't all that interested. He only wanted to make sure there weren't any Heavenly Kings out. Only those experts would be able to detect his next moves.

Once Lin Xiang made sure the coast was clear, he slowly opened his palm.

He transmitted to Xie Ya, 'Any cultivation art in the world has things we can learn from. It's about applying our understanding of Profound Laws to what is already written down. Once then, could you mutate the art, evolving it into your own path. Obverse carefully.'

Without any word, Xie Ya completely focused, honing her Divine Sense only on Lin Xiang's palm.

Faint streaks of fire radiance glistened above Lin Xiang's palm. Every spark sizzled the immediate air around the palm. Burning heat, a force that if completely burst out, would incinerate numerous buildings and cultivators to utter ashes!

This was a contained concept of fire radiance. A different branch of the destructive force of fire. Though not as wild and destructive when Lin Xiang fully released his powers, there was a certain sense of pressure radiating from the contained concept.

Xie Ya could already feel the power and heat just from the faint fire radiances. She nearly felt as if Lin Xiang was constructing hell on his palm.

But, the strangest thing she notice was the fact that the power of the fire radiance was perfectly self-contained!

Not even when a person passed close to Lin Xiang did they react to the city destroying fire radiance gathering within his palm.

Could this even simply be called precise energy control? Xie Ya wasn't sure at all. This was control extending beyond perfect control. She knows for sure that not even her mighty ancestors can self-contain the power of their Law radiances.

In just seconds, the faint fire radiances manifested into a physical form. Its shape transition into a gorgeous fire-radiance snake, a creature with nigh-perfect concealment abilities.

Even just the tiniest of sparks from the fire's radiance exuded profoundly mysterious particles. If released to the outside world, thousands of cultivators would've already collapsed to their knees in a desperate attempt to study the fire radiance snake.

Xie Ya was certainly in a trance. She didn't have any attainments with Fire Laws, but she could just faintly understand the general source of its Profound Laws.

As if she was peering into the foundation of Fire Laws. The same foundation where numerous other Profound Laws co-exist at the same time!

Lin Xiang slowly spoke in a transmission. 'Do you see this? It's already different from me just waving out fire from yesterday, right? This is the beauty of Profound Laws. Just with one cultivation art can I mold my Fire Laws into forms that'll lull your soul. Focus deeply on the arrangement of the particles within my essence.'

'Mn...' Xie Ya slowly nodded, moving her head like a mechanical puppet.

It was indeed as Lin Xiang said. Just this fire radiance snake alone was dozens of times superior to any attacks Lin Xiang performed yesterday.

The fire radiance snake exuded a certain style, an untouchable grace that condensed his already Extreme Fire Laws to another stage absolute extreme!

Extreme above extreme sounded a bit fantastical to even Xie Ya. But she didn't have any other way to describe this mystical sensation permeating her Spiritual Sea.

Mere seconds went by and Xie Ya already felt the borders of her Spiritual Sea gradually broaden. Her understanding of the world's source energy and the source of Profound Laws deepens at an exceedingly high rate.

The road to the Heavenly Ruler realm, which had always been covered in a shrouded fog filled with endless mysteries, began to slowly reveal itself.

She was making more steady progress than what she had experienced in several months!

For Lin Xiang, he was, of course, relying on his Dao Heart essence to guide Xie Ya. It felt a bit taxing, but Lin Xiang could already detect that Xie Ya was improving at rates greater than anyone in the Lin Family.

Their impromptu cultivation session went completely unnoticed. Even the select few Heavenly Rulers paid zero attention to the duo.

Minutes into their walk, Lin Xiang decided to put an end to it. He recalled his fire radiance snake and flicked a light smile to Xie Ya.

'Well? How do you feel about this brief guidance?'

'Amazing!' Xie Ya's reply was prompt, her shining with endless light. 'You know, this isn't an exaggeration at all. The real old folks back at my sect could learn about a thousands of things from you. Seriously, they, and really, all the other old folks are in a cultivation drought.'

For a moment, Xie Ya's face flashed a complicated expression. 'Especially, one certain ancestor of ours...'