The Soaring Dragon Pearl is a unique treasure from the Dragon Clans of the Four Seas.

Inside the bead is a wondrous space where one can enter to cultivate, and the Soaring Dragon Pearl naturally absorbs the essence of the sun and moon, creating an excellent environment for cultivation.

"Such a great opportunity, I must seize it and definitely cross the threshold of Body Refining Level Four," Luo Lie said, eager to try.

Xue Bingning took out a half-meter-long metal brush and waved it twice in front of Luo Lie. "With me, the Divine Master, if you still can't break through, then there's really no justice in the world."

The Divine Master is a unique profession outside of martial arts on the Yanhuang Continent.

Some also refer to Divine Masters as Spellcasters.

With a brush, they can summon wind and rain, or turn beans into soldiers—that is the power of a Divine Master.

To become a Divine Master, one must have a prerequisite: a mental strength far beyond ordinary people, supplemented by unique spells, and using a unique medium of conduction, which is the Divine Master's Brush, to unleash mysteries.

The prerequisite for a Divine Master ensures that the number of people in this profession is extremely rare.

The power displayed through spells is very mysterious, some of which even martial artists cannot compare to. For example, healing spells, which give Divine Masters a very high status on the Yanhuang Continent.

Among the current Saints of the Yanhuang Continent, only Nuwa became a Saint with the identity of a Divine Master, which is also Xue Bingning's lifelong pursuit.

Luo Lie's mental strength is not outstanding, which destined him to have no connection with becoming a Divine Master. Seeing the means of a Divine Master casting spells for the first time, he was naturally very interested, standing aside, focusing intently.

He watched as Xue Bingning's red lips parted slightly, chanting incantations. Her graceful figure moved like a dancing elf, her jade arms raised lightly, her delicate hands turning, and the Divine Master's Brush in her hand traced arcs in the air containing some kind of profound meaning. Where these arcs appeared, the essence of heaven and earth gathered, forming a strange force that supported the Soaring Dragon Pearl in the void.

The Soaring Dragon Pearl emitted a faint glow, and a dragon's roar seemed to echo faintly.

Xue Bingning flipped her wrist, and the Divine Master's Brush landed on the south side of the Soaring Dragon Pearl, her wrist turning, the brush moving, forming the character "Fire."

As the character "Fire" appeared, endless fire lines from all directions converged, as if all the fire elements within a hundred meters were absorbed, gathering around this character, eventually causing the "Fire" character to ignite.

The Divine Master's Brush turned, landing on the back of the Soaring Dragon Pearl, writing the character "Water," also attracting water elements within a hundred meters, forming a stream, making the "Water" character seem to be condensed from the essence of water.

In this way, she wrote the characters for Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Thunder, and Light in the eight directions around the Soaring Dragon Pearl.

After writing the final character "Light," Xue Bingning exhaled deeply, wiped her forehead, her nostrils flaring slightly, breathing heavily, her fragrant sweat soaking her clothes. Despite her Luminous Realm Divine Master strength, casting the Eightfold Empowerment Spell was quite laborious.

"Finally completed."

Xue Bingning used the tip of the Divine Master's Brush to tap the Soaring Dragon Pearl, and a beam of light resembling a dragon shot out, landing on Luo Lie. "Relax, don't resist, I'll send you in to cultivate."

Luo Lie sat as instructed, not resisting, and soon felt a pulling force. Then he experienced a momentary weightlessness, followed by arriving in a peculiar space.

Here, there were flames, water waves, lightning, and other forces, totaling eight of the purest powers.

The eight pure forces empowered the Soaring Dragon Pearl, forming eight dragons inside. Each dragon continuously absorbed the essence of the external world, making the cultivation environment inside the Soaring Dragon Pearl exceptionally good.

We are "pawread dot com", find us on google.

A figure flickered, and Xue Bingning also appeared inside the Soaring Dragon Pearl.

"What kind of spell is this? Standing here, I feel closer to heaven and earth, and my cultivation speed is many times faster than outside," Luo Lie exclaimed with joy.

"Eightfold Empowerment Spell," Xue Bingning answered truthfully. "This is the strongest auxiliary cultivation spell I have mastered."

Luo Lie clicked his tongue in wonder.

Seeing it on TV, movies, or novels was one thing, but experiencing it in reality was another.

He felt a strong desire to become a Divine Master and cast such spells, but his mental strength was not outstanding, making it impossible for him to become a Divine Master.

He could only focus all his thoughts on martial arts.

Reaching a certain level in martial arts could also change the world, move mountains, and overturn seas.

As a modern person, the yearning for martial prowess was beyond imagination.

Thus, Luo Lie began to cultivate inside the Soaring Dragon Pearl.

With Xue Bingning's close assistance.

Outside, the guard captain Su Qiusheng, although unaware that Luo Lie was practicing the Celestial Dragon-Elephant Scripture, knew that Luo Lie had started martial cultivation and was quite extraordinary in this regard. This rekindled the spirit of someone who had once been somewhat hopeless about the future, naturally putting in a hundredfold effort to do his duties well. He mobilized the entire Southern Li Royal Palace's guards, not allowing anyone to disturb them, not even the head steward who was on equal footing with him in the palace.

***

Time flew by.

Ten days passed in the blink of an eye.

During these ten days, Luo Lie and Xue Bingning were almost inseparable, except for eating, drinking, sleeping, and defecating, they were cultivating inside the Soaring Dragon Pearl.

Don't underestimate Body Refining Level Four as a threshold, especially under the Celestial Dragon-Elephant Scripture, which is more like a mountain blocking the path, even calling it a threshold is an understatement. Yet, Luo Lie spent only ten days to touch the edge of Body Refining Level Four.

The next breakthrough was not far away.

Such speed also made Xue Bingning very excited.

Despite her words, saying that with the Eightfold Empowerment Spell and the Soaring Dragon Pearl's assistance, Luo Lie would definitely break through, she knew better than anyone that the Celestial Dragon-Elephant Scripture was no ordinary thing. Even the most brilliant Jiang Ziya and Wen Zhong in the past thousand years would find it incredible to have such progress in ten days with this support. Their family backgrounds were beyond what the Northern Waters Kingdom could compete with, and the support they received was even more astonishing, which only highlighted Luo Lie's extraordinariness.

***

On the eleventh day, Xue Bingning exerted even more effort in casting spells to assist in cultivation.

Luo Lie was also ready to complete his breakthrough today.

Inside the Soaring Dragon Pearl, the two exchanged glances, the tacit understanding they had formed meant they didn't need to speak. Xue Bingning gently waved the Divine Master's Brush in her hand.

From all directions, wind, fire, thunder, and lightning shot out dragon shadows, which were Wind Dragons, Fire Dragons, Thunder Dragons, and so on.

These dragons, formed from pure essence, all pounced on Luo Lie.

Luo Lie followed the breathing method in the Celestial Dragon-Elephant Scripture, continuously punching.

Each punch was a form of training, and the shattered dragons, transformed into essence, were absorbed and refined with rhythmic breathing.

Continuous striking and breathing steadily strengthened Luo Lie's energy.

When this energy filled his meridians and swelled his dantian, Luo Lie was overjoyed. This was the best time for a breakthrough. Just as he was about to sit down and complete the breakthrough, he suddenly found that all the energy in his body, in a rush, uncontrollably surged towards his left hand.

---

Proofreader & Editor: Peter Pan