Liu Yunqing stared blankly at the red sun.

As she stood there, Liu Yunqing felt that the red sun looked a little different from what she had seen before.

Seeing Liu Yunqing's exaggerated reaction, Little Gold flew onto her shoulder, flapping its wings and saying:

"Master, are you crazy? Because there's magical energy inside, things will change!"

Liu Yunqing certainly knew that there was immortal energy in the red sun, but when she refined the wandering souls and resentful spirits of the Soul-Residing Stream, wasn't most of it used to forge her immortal bones?

"I remember there was only a little left. I was planning to study it again after I finished fusing the power to see if I could get a little more."

Celestial energy, celestial energy, is something that cannot exist in the lower realm. Obviously, it cannot be generated on its own. Things that cannot be generated on their own can only rely on luck and opportunity.

With only that little bit of celestial energy left, Liu Yunqing didn't think it could cause any visible changes to the red sun.

Xiao Jin didn't say much, but pointed at the red sun and said to Liu Yunqing:

"Whether it's more or less, the master will know for himself if he goes to see for himself."

Liu Yunqing immediately tapped her toes and floated lightly to the front of the red sun, extending a palm to gently touch the surface of the sun.

After a period of intense heat, the inner workings of the red sun appeared before Liu Yunqing's eyes.

Upon seeing this, Liu Yunqing immediately understood why the red sun seemed different: it had become layered internally.

Previously, the sun was a single red energy ball, both inside and out, but now it is divided into an inner layer and an outer layer.

The outer layer's power is fire elemental power, while the inner layer is power continuously transformed from the outer layer. This should be the immortal energy that Xiao Jin mentioned.

But Liu Yunqing immediately realized that this could not be considered pure immortal energy, but rather immortal energy that had been fused with the power of heavenly fire—more powerful than either the power of heavenly fire alone or immortal energy alone.

This is a good thing.

The only downside is that Liu Yunqing can't control this layer of power.

As the master of the Golden Crow Space, everything in the space can be unconditionally accepted by Liu Yunqing with just a thought.

Then the power remained still, refusing to obey Liu Yunqing's commands.

No wonder Liu Yunqing hadn't noticed before, no wonder Xiao Jin didn't say anything and told her to come and see for herself.

The only respect this power level showed Liu Yunqing was that while it wouldn't obey her commands, it wouldn't harm her either—she could manipulate it at will, like making clay figures, but it simply wouldn't obey her orders.

Liu Yunqing had a premonition that if she used this power to fuse with the power of faith, it would definitely work.

Then they were defeated because they couldn't mobilize their power.

Liu Yunqing's stubbornness kicked in.

You're not going to move, are you?

If the mountain won't come to me, then I'll go to the mountain.

Thinking this, Liu Yunqing decided not to return to the bamboo house. Instead, he sat cross-legged on the top of the volcano and guided his mind to draw upon the white power of faith, which circled around the red sun.

Until the power of faith completely enveloped the red sun, Liu Yunqing broke through the outer layer of the red sun, guiding that power of faith into the inner layer of the red sun, and rapidly circling around the unmoved inner power.

Although it was just a ball of power, and it contained his own spiritual energy, Liu Yunqing could feel that the ball of power avoided the power of faith.

"Hmph, you think you can hide!"

That power cannot escape the red sun; no matter how fast it tries to dodge, it cannot outpace the speed of Liu Yunqing's thoughts.

Despite their reluctance, under Liu Yunqing's command, the power of faith advanced left and right, eventually completely surrounding the inner layer of the red sun.

The first step takes some effort, but success is not difficult; the real challenge lies in the subsequent integration.

Liu Yunqing disregarded his celestial appearance and any pretentious rituals. The moment the power of faith enveloped the inner layer of the red sun, he sat down in mid-air and began to breathe.

No change for one day, no change for two days, no change for three days... no change for half a month... no change for a month.

Three months have passed, and the two forces remain deadlocked.

If it were simply a matter of fire elemental power and faith power failing to fuse, as before, Liu Yunqing would probably have already given up. She knew that some condition must have been met for them to be unable to fuse.

Now that things are as they are, Liu Yunqing is convinced that she can merge with it, but the dead power doesn't listen to her as its master, so her stubbornness is getting stronger and stronger.

She wanted to see who could outlast whom on her own turf!

If that power ball were to gain intelligence and know that Liu Yunqing was going to participate in the cultivation competition, it would only be able to hold out against it for a year or two at most, and it would probably just stubbornly stick with Liu Yunqing.

Unfortunately, it's just a ball of energy; how could it possibly develop intelligence?

So naturally, he couldn't argue with Liu Yunqing either.

Under Liu Yunqing's strong stubbornness, one day six months later, a very faint sound, like a needle puncturing a leather raft, suddenly came from Liu Yunqing's almost muddled mind.

The sound was extremely faint; it would be completely inaudible unless the room was extremely quiet. However, to Liu Yunqing, it was like a thunderclap in a clear sky. His confused mind instantly became clear, and he accurately located the leaky hole in the sand.

"Go, newbies!"

Liu Yunqing swiftly mobilized his faith power, giving the energy cluster no chance to rest or mend itself, and smashed open the fine sand hole, swaggering into it.

The energy cluster, having struggled in vain, shook for a moment, then, as if resigned to its fate, reluctantly opened its arms to welcome the oncoming power of faith.

Just as Liu Yunqing had predicted, the two forces merged perfectly as soon as they met, as if they had been born together.

"I told you, this is my territory, you think I can't handle you?"

Looking at the two forces that had already begun to move in opposite directions without him having to direct them, Liu Yunqing let out a long sigh of relief and relaxed.

However, in the instant she relaxed, Liu Yunqing felt a sudden tightness in her chest, as she felt the power within her body begin to surge like boiling water.

Liu Yunqing felt a sudden panic. What the hell was this noise?

She hasn't even participated in the cultivation competition or entered the ancient secret realm yet. Could she be advancing like this already?

At this moment, Liu Yunqing regretted that he should have waited until the ancient secret realm ended before fusing the two powers. But who knew that just doing some research in the space would allow him to advance in his cultivation level?

Just as Liu Yunqing was praying in her heart that she wouldn't advance to the next level, she felt something was wrong again.

Liu Yunqing was no stranger to the feeling of advancing to the next level. His spiritual energy surged and became restless, and his body could no longer absorb any more spiritual energy.

The brief commotion just now resembled a progressing event, but it stopped shortly afterward.

Before I could even finish a cup of tea, my body started to stir again.

After the initial panic of doubting his advancement subsided, Liu Yunqing calmly realized that it wasn't just a feeling of his spiritual energy boiling; it was that his spiritual energy was truly boiling!

Boiling like water!

The last brief period of intense activity seemed to be testing Liu Yunqing's body to see how much heat it could withstand; this time, the intense activity was more formal.

Before long, gas began to dissipate from Liu Yunqing's body, and the spiritual power within her body gradually decreased.

"Are they going to dry-steam me?"