Looking around the snow-white scenery that burned with black and purple fire in places, Kai saw something hovering above the waters of the lake, but he couldn't clearly discern what it was.
This lake was a projection of his spiritual sea. The more powerful a master would become, the more his soul would evolve, increasing the size of the waters. For masters of an incredible level, it really does look like a sea, hence the name Spiritual Sea.
Cai was able to open his sea at a high level Cultivator. This was simply amazing! Normally, masters could achieve this, at higher stages of cultivation, when their soul became much stronger and they would live for quite some time.
Looking at the lake, Kai thought:
"When I reach the Border Beast City safely, I will definitely need to learn more about the Spiritual Seas. So far, all I've noticed is that my senses have sharpened and my energy control has increased by several orders of magnitude. It's really amazing, but I don't think that's its main advantage..."
- Hmm, Master Mo should have one too. But apart from him, I don't think I've met anyone else. I wonder if General Lukius has it? - Kai speculated to himself. Everything he was seeing was new to him.
Kai had already been in a world different from the real one, namely Asura's Hell. Therefore, he wasn't too confused by what he was seeing now. Even though it was new to him. Asura's Hell was under the complete subjugation of the Invisible Torture Kings, but his Spiritual Sea was literally a part of himself. Because, it was a world in which he could control everything with just the power of thought!
- What if... - Quickly thinking about something, Kai sat down in the lotus pose.
But after sitting like that for a few minutes, he smiled and stood up.
- Hehehe, that would be too much. - Kai laughed and started walking towards the lake.
Just now, Kai had decided to try cultivating in his Spirit Sea. If it was possible, he would be able to surreptitiously practice the Invisible King Torture Technique anywhere.
But alas, this only turned out to be Kai's unrealistic fantasies. In the Spiritual Sea, there was only his spiritual projection, but not his true body in any way. How could one cultivate one's own flesh and energy, without one's own body? Kai had assumed this, right from the start, but he decided to try anyway. After all, he was in no hurry to go anywhere right now.
Slowly walking towards the lake and looking around, Kai began to better distinguish what was floating above the waters of the lake.
As soon as he reached the shore, he could see that in the middle of the lake a golden rune was hovering in the air, slightly shrouded in black and purple flames.
- Hmm, I think I know what it is... But how do I get to it? - Standing on the shore, he thought about how to get to the rune.
- How about swimming? - Kai thought about it and started to wade into the waters.
But as soon as he took a step, he realised that he was not falling under the surface of the water. He could walk calmly through it, creating only slightly visible rings of ripples on the surface.
He walked carefree to the middle of the lake. This was his Spiritual Sea, in this case, he had nothing to fear.
As he approached the golden rune, Kai wanted to examine it a bit.
It was very beautiful and extravagant. It constantly seemed to have energy and light shimmering across it, creating a beautiful glow. And all the corners of the rune were very sharp and angular. It gave off a feeling of some kind of noble danger.
After looking at it for a while, Kai said:
- Okay, come to me. - Kai nonchalantly pulled his hand towards her.
As soon as his hand embraced the rune, it quickly dissolved and began to be absorbed into his spiritual body. He saw what looked like golden light spreading through his arm veins, moving leisurely towards his head.
Kai had absolutely no resistance or worry. He was even smiling in anticipation!
The moment the light entered his brain, he felt an incredible amount of information begin to appear in his thoughts.
The lake in his Spiritual Sea also began to glow slightly with golden light in different places. It seemed to be a projection of his knowledge, thoughts, and consciousness. Right now, it was absorbing information that was new to him.
- Hehehehehe. Unbelievable! - Laughing to himself Kai laughed as he received more and more information.
He wasn't worried about the golden rune, since the Astral Alchemy Emperor had said that he had left his legacy in the Heavenly Fire. If there was a person who could absorb it, he would receive his Alchemy Technique.
Kai stood there with a thoughtful look, and realised everything he had just learned. When all the information finished being transmitted into Kai's Spiritual Sea, the Abstract Alchemy Emperor's final words rang out.
"I will be incredibly happy if you have obtained my technique. I will only give you two instructions.
One, don't dishonour my Alchemy Technique!
Second, as my successor, it is your duty to surpass me and raise it to a higher level!
Good luck, my successor!"
As these words sounded, Kai thought deeply and bowed to the void.
- Thank you!!! Although I already have a Master, I don't have an Alchemy Master. An apprentice will definitely fulfil your instructions... Rest in peace! - Said Kai respectfully.
Although he realised that the Astral Alchemy Emperor had been dead for tens of thousands of years, martial artists had their own traditions. Kai respected strong and honourable people, and after receiving the Emperor's legacy, he paid his respects to him one last time.
After looking at the surroundings around him for a bit, Kai finally came out of his Spiritual Sea, returning to reality. His eyes were now shining with happiness.
"Eyes of Essence-" Thinking, he activated his vision.
Looking around the floor of the cave, he noticed that the array had changed slightly, there was now a glowing circle on the ground where the Astral Sacrifice Fire had previously floated.
"It's definitely a transference array! I can finally get out of here!" - Kai thought.
- But it'll have to wait a bit! Hehe. - Saying that, he ran somewhere with a smile.
Right now, Kai was running back towards the garden. At this speed, he would arrive there quickly. The anticipation of something was now playing in his eyes.
"Otherworldly Furnace Technique means..." - Reasoned Kai in his head.
When he absorbed the information about the legacy, he got all the information about the Alchemy Technique. It was called the Otherworldly Furnace Technique.
Usually, Alchemists would use a furnace where the ingredients would be processed. And a lot depended on the quality of the furnace.
The uniqueness of the Astral Emperor Alchemy technique was that it created a furnace out of fire! And the better the fire, the better the technique worked.
"That's why the emperor's room only had space for the furnace, but not the furnace itself. He was just creating it from his fire!" - Now some points were falling into place.