"In this Heavenly Saint Ancient Tomb, all the Great Sects from the Heavenly Wind Kingdom have sent their disciples to enter, and the underlying currents here are turbulent. I am confident in your strength, but you must also be extremely careful!"
The opportunity to enter the Heavenly Saint Ancient Tomb was something Fairy Jia Luo, of course, would not let Jiang Yao miss, and with Jiang Yao's strength, securing a spot in the top ten of the Taixuan Sect's Spirit Ranking was practically guaranteed!
Fairy Jia Luo carefully instructed Jiang Yao, but did not say much to Ye Chen who was next to her.
After all, although Ye Chen's strength was incredibly powerful, his cultivation level was only the eleventh layer of the True Qi Realm, which had not yet stepped into the Spirit Sea Realm, rendering him unqualified to enter the Heavenly Saint Ancient Tomb.
Fairy Jia Luo did not believe that Ye Chen could break through to the Spirit Sea Realm in just one month, and the matter of entering the ancient tomb hadn't crossed her mind regarding Ye Chen at all; this was also why she had only called for Jiang Yao.
Ye Chen, who was standing to the side, suddenly spoke up, "Sect Leader, what exactly is the Half-Step Rotating Pill Realm?"
When Ye Chen had walked with Jiang Yao within the Taixuan Sect, he had seen the Taixuan Sect's Spirit Ranking, where Jin Lieyang, who was at the top of the ranking at the time, had reached the Half-Step Rotating Pill Realm.
Ye Chen had heard of the Spirit Sea Realm and the Rotating Pill Realm but had never heard of Half-Step Rotating Pill, and at that time, he had wondered what the Half-Step Rotating Pill was.
Although it was strange, immersed in his training within sword formations at that time, he had not paid attention to the concept of the Half-Step Rotating Pill.
Now, hearing Fairy Jia Luo mention that even Jiang Yao was no match for those disciples in the Half-Step Rotating Pill Realm and fearing Jiang Yao might enter the Heavenly Saint Ancient Tomb alone, Ye Chen was worried.
This Heavenly Saint Ancient Tomb was different from the Thousand Lotus Cave Abode and the ancestral secret realm he once entered.
Entry into the Thousand Lotus Cave Abode was an opportunity for only a select few who could enter, and even that was after long intervals, whereas the ancestral secret realm was a unique opportunity for the three clans, where discord was naturally not expected among the disciples of the clans who entered.
But the Heavenly Saint Ancient Tomb was different.
This Heavenly Saint Ancient Tomb involved the relics of the Heavenly Saints and the "Law Relics," coveted even by those past the later stages of the Rotating Pill Realm; disciples from five-rank and six-rank Great Sects all entered, and one could imagine how terrifying the strife and slaughter inside must be without thinking!
It was even possible that one could die at the hands of other sects' disciples after obtaining treasures.
Letting Jiang Yao face such danger alone naturally made Ye Chen uneasy, and of course, he wanted to make things clear!
Fairy Jia Luo looked at Ye Chen, smiled, and spoke, "Ye Chen, your strength is also about to touch the Half-Step Rotating Pill level. Let me explain these things to you."
"You already know about the True Qi Realm and the Spirit Sea Realm. The True Qi Realm involves taking in the True Qi of the heavens and earth into the Qi Sea, while the Spirit Sea Realm involves turning the Qi Sea into a Spirit Sea, transforming gaseous True Qi into liquid True Qi—Spiritual Liquid!"
Ye Chen nodded; he, of course, understood all of this now.
Fairy Jia Luo continued, "Upon stepping into the Spirit Sea Realm, there are two expansions of the Spirit Sea. With each expansion, one can advance a sub-stage within the Spirit Sea Realm. The first expansion moves one from the early Spirit Sea stage to the middle Spirit Sea stage, and the second expansion moves one from the middle Spirit Sea stage to the late Spirit Sea stage."
"After stepping into the late Spirit Sea stage and filling the Spirit Sea with Spiritual Liquid, preparations must begin for the assault on the Rotating Pill Realm!"
"To charge into the Rotating Pill Realm from the Spirit Sea Realm, one must meet two conditions.
The first is for all the liquid Spiritual Liquid within the Spirit Sea to condense into a solid True Qi Rotating Pill, and the second is for this solid Rotating Pill to draw down the 'Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth' Five Heavenly Void Laws, integrating one or several of these Heavenly Void Laws into the Rotating Pill!"
"When the solid-state Rotating Pill is formed and infused with the Heavenly Void Law, it then becomes a true 'Law Rotating Pill,' and you step into the Rotating Pill Realm, becoming a powerful practitioner of the Rotating Pill Realm!"
"'Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth'—the five major Heavenly Void Laws—are connected to all things between heaven and earth, and all things are born from these five major Heavenly Void Laws.
Once you step into the Rotating Pill Realm and use the Heavenly Void Laws integrated into your Rotating Pill, you can easily sense the subtleties of the Five Elements between heaven and earth and unleash unbelievable Great Divine Powers!"
"When I first entered the Rotating Pill Realm, I merged the 'Metal, Fire, Water' three types of Heavenly Void Laws. These three Laws allowed me to easily sense the mysteries of Metal, Fire, Water True Qi in the void, to perform Void Shuttles, and to comprehend the Laws!"
As Fairy Jia Luo spoke, a strange Spiritual Pattern flashed between her eyebrows.
This Spiritual Pattern was a Law Spirit Pattern, an outward manifestation of the Law Rotating Pill within her body!
"I merged three types of Laws. Some have merged two or even just one, and there are those who have merged four or even five Laws. However, no matter how many Laws are merged, one must cultivate one of the five major Heavenly Void Laws to Great Perfection in order to step into the Heavenly Saint Realm!"
"Currently, out of the 'Metal, Fire, Water' three great Laws, only the Metal Law has reached the third level, while the other two are still at the second level, so there is still a long way to go before reaching the Heavenly Saint Realm."
Fairy Jia Luo's words helped Ye Chen understand what the Rotating Pill Realm and the Heavenly Saint Realm were.
It turns out that to reach the Rotating Pill Realm it's not only necessary to transform the liquid state True Qi Spiritual Liquid into a solid state True Qi Rotating Pill, but also to summon the descent of the Five Major Heavenly Void Laws!
Ye Chen had heard that Laws are a force stronger than insights.
He was still at the stage of comprehending insights, so understanding the Laws was still very far away from him.
No wonder it's said that the masters of the Rotating Pill Realm are incomparably powerful—it's because they are associated with the descended Heavenly Laws!
And the Heavenly Saint Realm is even more terrifying, not only possessing descending Heavenly Laws but also cultivating the Laws to Great Perfection! Such individuals can truly be called the supreme powerhouses of the Heavenly Saint Realm!
As Ye Chen pondered, Fairy Jia Luo added, "You just asked, what is a Half-Step Rotating Pill."
"A Half-Step Rotating Pill is when a practitioner in the later stages of the Spirit Sea Realm fails to break through to the Rotating Pill Realm, completing only one of the two critical steps.
That is, they have already turned all the Spiritual Liquid in their body into a solid Rotating Pill, but did not successfully summon the Heavenly Void Law, so the Rotating Pill did not integrate with any of the five major Heavenly Void Laws."
"Such cultivators are referred to as Half-Step Rotating Pill practitioners!"
"Everyone has only one chance to summon the descent of the Five Major Heavenly Void Laws. Those who fail in their assault on the Rotating Pill Realm as Half-Step Rotating Pill practitioners will no longer have the possibility of entering the Rotating Pill Realm."
"However, their strength is not to be underestimated. When they turn all the liquid state Spiritual Liquid into a solid Rotating Pill, the myriad True Qi of heaven and earth will merge into the Rotating Pill at the same time, and their True Qi content will surge to unbelievable levels, definitely far surpassing that of a Spirit Sea late-stage cultivator."
"Moreover, having no chance to step into the Rotating Pill Realm, they devote all their efforts to the practice of Martial Skills. Any person at Half-Step Rotating Pill stage has mastered incredibly powerful Martial Skills, and may even cultivate top-grade earth-level Martial Skills equivalent to the Power of Laws!"
"So, Ye Chen, Yao'er, even though the two of you are very powerful and can suppress even late-stage Spirit Sea Realm practitioners, do not lightly provoke someone at the Half-Step Rotating Pill stage!"
Fairy Jia Luo looked at Ye Chen and Jiang Yao, speaking earnestly.