The establishment of the Ancient Sword Alliance had completely stabilized the Ancient Sword Continent.
Seeing that the Ancient Sword Continent was on the right track, Fang Chen was relieved.
After all, the Ancient Sword Continent was his hometown, where his clansmen lived.
Standing on the main peak of the Five Elements Peak, Fang Chen looked down at the vast land and sighed.
Four years ago, he was killed by the Devil Cloud Lian State and entered the Sword Burial State by chance.
Four years later, he returned and not only resolved the Ancient Sword Continent's crisis, but he also killed the Devil Cloud Lian State.
Before leaving the Ancient Sword Continent, Fang Chen had one more thing to do.
That was to refine the Heart of the Realm.
Although his cultivation hadn't reached the Mystic King Realm, he wanted to try refining the Heart of the Realm.
On this day, Fang Chen left the Five Elements Continent and came to the Sky Continent. He flew to the peak where the Devil Cloud Lian State had refined the Heart of the Realm.
"Let's do it here," Fang Chen muttered to himself.
Then, he sat down cross-legged and began refining the Heart of the Realm.
In the Devil Cloud Lian State's interspatial ring, Fang Chen found a way to refine the Heart of the Realm.
The Heart of the Realm was hidden in the sky of the Mortal Continent.
If he wanted to refine it, he had to find it and lure it out.
Sitting down cross-legged, Fang Chen's body surged with dense spirit energy.
Fang Chen's soul ejected and went to the sky, wanting to communicate with the Heart of the Realm.
"The Heart of the Realm."
Fang Chen saw the Heart of the Realm at a glance.
"Recognize me as your master and I can protect the Ancient Sword Continent."
Fang Chen said. He was communicating with the Heart of the Realm.
In the sky, there was a bright light. This was the Heart of the Realm.
Around the Heart of the Realm were complex rules. These were the rules that the Heavenly Dao had given to the Heart of the Realm.
The Ancient Sword Continent could only exist if the Heart of the Realm operated normally.
Fang Chen carefully observed the Heart of the Realm and entered a state of enlightenment.
The Heart of the Realm contained countless different types of energy.
First was the Five Elements Energy.
The formation of a world required the Five Elements Energy as the foundation, and then other types of energy.
"The power of the five elements."
Fang Chen thought to himself.
The five elemental powers were metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. They were the polar opposites of each other.
In the heart of the world, the five types of energy fused together to support the entire world.
"Is this how the laws of the Ancient Sword Continent operate?"
Fang Chen, who was in a state of epiphany, began to comprehend the power of the five elements.
Because he possessed the Five Elements Intent, it was very easy for him to comprehend them.
Suddenly, Fang Chen awoke from his epiphany. The power of the Five Elements surrounded him.
"It really is worthy of being the World Core. Just looking at it can give me such an accomplishment." Fang Chen was shaken.
No wonder that Profound Monarch realm outsider was willing to pay any price to refine the Realm Heart.
After comprehending the power of the Five Elements, Fang Chen continued to comprehend.
He had discovered the power of darkness and the power of light.
"Darkness and light."
These two opposing forces were not too difficult for Fang Chen.
That was because he possessed the true meaning of darkness. The Three Revolution Radiance Sword Art contained the aura of light.
However, his comprehension speed had greatly decreased.
It took him a full three days to comprehend it.
At this time, Fang Chen sensed that the Realm Heart's repulsive force had weakened a bit.
"It really is useful."
If he tried to forcibly refine the Realm Heart, the repulsive force would be extremely strong.
This was Fang Chen's method of progressing step by step.
"Let's continue."
Fang Chen's face was filled with smiles as he continued to comprehend.
After three months, the Realm Heart's repulsive force towards Fang Chen had weakened by more than half.
At this time, Fang Chen sensed that he was about to step into the Profound King realm.
As long as he found the right opportunity, he would be able to step into the legendary realm.
He continued to comprehend.
Fang Chen closed his eyes. The power of space and time appeared in his mind.
These two types of energy were the two most important types of energy used to construct a world. They were also the most difficult to comprehend.
Fortunately, Fang Chen possessed the True Meaning of Space and Time. This was good news.
Within the dome of the sky, the Realm Heart surged with the power of space and time.
Once the two types of energy shot out from the Realm Heart, they directly merged with the Ancient Sword Continent.
As time passed, Fang Chen's comprehension of the True Meaning of Space and Time became deeper and deeper.
And he also deeply understood the Ancient Sword Continent's operation.
He sat there for three years.
Fang Chen was like a statue, quietly sitting on a mountain peak, comprehending the power of space and time.
Five Elements Province, Five Elements Peak.
Dean Wuyun and the rest had anxious looks all over their faces.
"Fang Chen disappeared for three years. Where did he go?" asked Elder Han worriedly.
"Dean, is Fang Chen in seclusion at the Five Elements Academy?" asked the Bloody Spear Man.
At the beginning, no one had paid attention to Fang Chen's disappearance.
But now that he had disappeared for three years, they finally realized that something wasn't right.
During these three years, Dean Wuyun had mobilized all the power of the Ancient Sword Alliance to search for Fang Chen.
But alas, they hadn't been able to find any trace of Fang Chen.
Today, the upper echelons of the Five Elements Academy had gathered to discuss how to find Fang Chen.
"With Fang Chen's current strength, he shouldn't be in any danger on the Ancient Sword Continent," said the bone weapon Sagemaster.
"How strange. The Ancient Sword Continent is only so big. Even with all the power of the Ancient Sword Alliance, we still can't find him," said Sagemaster Danqing.
Hearing their words, a strange glint flashed across Dean Wuyun's eyes.
"Do you remember why the Devil Cloud Lian Province came to the Ancient Sword Continent?"
Hearing Dean Wuyun's words, everyone looked at him.
"It seems they want to refine the Ancient Sword Continent," said Elder Han uncertainly.
Dean Wuyun nodded. "In these three years, we've searched all over the Ancient Sword Continent. The only place we didn't go was that mountain peak that pierced the clouds."
"Could it be that Fang Chen also wants to refine the Ancient Sword Continent?" The Bloody Spear Man was flabbergasted.
Just at this moment, everyone's expressions changed.
They sensed that the spiritual qi in the air had suddenly become incomparably sparse.
"What's going on?"
Sagemaster Dan Yun's expression changed.
"The spiritual qi in the air has become incomparably sparse. What's going on?"
They were all True Martial experts. Their spiritual senses were extremely sharp.
The spiritual qi had become sparse. This matter was incomparably serious.
"Let's go take a look."
With Dean Wuyun at the lead, they all rose into the air above the Five Elements Academy.
At this time, their expressions became even more gloomy.
"The spiritual qi in the entire Five Elements Province has become much sparser. What's going on?" asked Elder Han.
On the Mortal Continent, martial artists relied on spiritual qi to survive.
Once the spiritual qi became sparse, martial artists like them wouldn't be able to survive.
This was indeed an extremely serious problem.
"Could it be a crisis that affects the entire Ancient Sword Continent?" asked Sagemaster Dan Qing.
"Let's go to the Tianzhou."
Dean Wuyun's expression was gloomy.
In the next instant, everyone quickly left the Five Elements Province and headed to the Tianzhou.
At the same time, the experts of the Tianzhou and Demon Continents also sensed this change. They were extremely anxious.
Just what had happened? Why had the spiritual qi become so sparse?
When Dean Wuyun and the others arrived in the Tianzhou, the experts of the other two continents also arrived.
The two quasi-kings stared at the mountain peak that pierced the clouds. Their expressions were grave and their eyes were filled with confusion.
"All the spiritual qi in the entire Ancient Sword Continent has gathered on this mountain peak," said the quasi-king of the Tianzhou.
"Just what's going on?" asked the quasi-king of the Demon Continent.
"Let's go up and take a look," said Dean Wuyun.
Everyone nodded and flew up the mountain peak.
However, before they could reach the peak of the mountain, something unbelievable happened.
Rumble …
A deafening sound resounded through the sky.
In the next instant, a boundless aura surged out of the mountain peak and covered the entire Ancient Sword Continent.
"This …"
The Ancient Sword Continent's experts stared at this scene in disbelief.
In the blink of an eye, the spiritual qi in the air had become at least ten times denser than before.
"The spiritual qi is so dense!" cried the three quasi-kings excitedly.