Just as Ye Chen was feeling the comfort of the lantern light illuminating his soul, amidst the flickering flames, an unknown perception transmitted into his Divine Sense.
This unknown perception was not someone transmitting a message nor was it someone's recorded words, but rather it felt as if Ye Chen had established a miraculous exchange of Divine Sense with the ancient path lanterns.
Perception through Divine Sense.
After a long while, when Ye Chen looked up again at the ancient path and the lanterns within it, his eyes had become incredibly bright.
Through the mysterious perception generated with these ancient path lanterns, Ye Chen finally understood where he was.
"So it turns out that I have actually come to a hidden prohibition within the Divine Sword—the 'Ancient Path Lantern' prohibition!"
"The 'Ancient Path Lantern', this hidden prohibition, can actually test out my Divine Soul Innate Potential. According to the Divine Sense perception, this hidden prohibition is a strange ability of the Divine Sword's attack. Anyone who enters under the influence of this prohibition can burst forth the number of their Divine Soul Innate Potentials!"
"Divine Soul Innate Potential refers to the strength of the martial artist's soul at birth, which is as important as the potential of the physical body and True Qi. The higher the potential of the Divine Soul, the more likely one is to achieve high accomplishments when cultivating Divine Soul Secret Techniques in the future!"
"With this prohibition, I can take a look and see just how my Divine Soul Innate Potential really is."
"This hidden prohibition doesn't seem to hold any danger. According to the previous mysterious perception with the ancient path, walking in this path will cause the lantern light to shoot into the body, stimulating the light of the Divine Soul Innate Potential.
Once the Divine Soul Innate Potential light has been fully stimulated, I will be repelled by this prohibition and return back to my physical body."
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"Since that's the case, let's take a walk through this ancient path!"
Without finding any other way to return to his physical body, and driven by curiosity towards this hidden prohibition, Ye Chen pondered for a moment before stepping boldly into the ancient path.
Whoosh!
As soon as he had stepped onto the ancient path, the first lantern immediately shot a beam of light into Ye Chen's Divine Soul. The moment this beam of light entered, Ye Chen felt as if a small part of his entire Divine Soul had been lit up.
Ye Chen suddenly realized that this was the feeling of his Divine Soul Innate Potential being stimulated!
This feeling was incredibly wonderful. If Ye Chen's understanding of his own Divine Soul was a blank slate before, now, he felt as if he had gained control over it.
Feeling this marvelous sensation, Ye Chen hesitated no more, striding deeper into the ancient path.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
As Ye Chen moved, the lantern light kept shining without pause. In a brief moment, dozens of lantern lights had been shot into Ye Chen's Divine Soul, and dozens of beams representing his Divine Soul Innate Potential had been stimulated.
At this time, it was also at Ye Chen's physical location that his body emitted dozens of azure lights!
Eighty beams, one hundred beams, one hundred and fifty beams...
As Ye Chen walked deeper into the ancient path, the number of his Divine Soul Innate Potential beams erupted increasingly.
...
Inside the Divine Sword, at the lowest level of the Eighteen Wind Beads Formation, the disciples of the Tai'a Sword Sect observing Ye Chen were stunned as they watched more and more azure lights burst from his body.
They had heard that this kind of azure light eruption lasted from a short period like the burning of an incense stick to one or two hours at most; the longest record, according to the Divine Sword Record of the Tai'a Sword Sect, was achieved by the 'Nine Swords Heavenly Saint' of the sect, who was enveloped in strange light and emitted one thousand two hundred thirty-five azure lights, over the span of two and a half hours!
The disciples of the Tai'a Sword Sect watching Ye Chen had stopped their own cultivation, deeming the wait of no longer than two and a half hours bearable. They wanted to witness with their own eyes how many azure lights this youngster could emit and how long he would be enveloped in the strange light!
"Five hundred and sixty paths!"
"I feel that as more of my Divine Soul Innate Potential is stimulated, my entire being craves to cultivate the Divine Soul Secret Techniques!"
Ye Chen walked along the ancient path, sensing this feeling as his Divine Soul Innate Potential was being activated.
"The Divine Soul, marvelously extraordinary. I too have experienced several unusual movements in my Divine Soul before."
"Entering the Starlight Tower, my Divine Soul touched the 'Primordial Star Scripture'..."
"Cultivating the Primordial Star Scripture's 'Gang Yuan Chapter' and 'Primordial Chapter,' my Divine Soul grew stronger..."
"There was also the time Heavenly Saint Moya attempted Body Snatching— I obliterated a wisp of his Divine Spirit, assimilating his memories, which expanded my own Divine Spirit..."
"Furthermore, when I was brought by the Starlight Tower from Earth to this Barbaric Wilderness Continent, it resulted in the fusion of my Divine Soul with its predecessor!"
"I myself don't even know how much Innate Potential my Divine Soul has!"
Ye Chen was very curious about the amount of his Divine Soul Innate Potential.
"It is said a powerful Divine Soul is not only greatly useful for cultivating Divine Soul Secret Techniques but also for Comprehending Sword Intent, after all, Sword Intent is also comprehended by the Divine Soul."
"Moreover, the three major life forces—Essence, Qi, and Spirit—influence each other. A strong Divine Soul can help with the cultivation of the Physical Body and True Qi."
"I hope that my Divine Soul Innate Potential is strong enough. If it's not, even through acquired cultivation, I will strengthen the power of my Divine Soul!"
Ye Chen did not know of that elderly voice's expectations for him, nor was he aware that others were paying attention to the amount of his Divine Soul Innate Potential. He was just walking along the ancient path, stimulating his innate potential, while thinking about his future cultivation.
Inadvertently, the number of Ye Chen's activated Divine Soul Innate Potential had surged to as many as six hundred and thirty paths!
Six hundred and thirty paths, this number had already surpassed what the genius Spirit Sea Realm Sword Cultivator "Xiao Feng" of the Tai'a Sword Sect had achieved during the recent appearance of a mysterious light beam in the Divine Sword!
Ye Chen didn't know about this situation, but within the Eighteen Wind Beads Formation around the Divine Sword, many onlookers were completely astonished.
"Six hundred and thirty paths of blue light!"
"My heavens, this young man's potential is even higher than Elder Brother Xiao Feng's!"
"Four years ago, Elder Brother Xiao Feng only unleashed 'six hundred and twenty-five' paths of blue light! Even so, Elder Brother Xiao Feng was the strongest among us Spirit Sea Realm disciples in the Tai'a Sword Sect!"
"Could it be that this young man has even more talent and potential than Elder Brother Xiao Feng?!"
The Tai'a Sword Sect disciples within the Eighteen Wind Beads Formation were utterly shocked.
Outside the Divine Sword, in the void, when they saw that the blue lines on the Divine Sword Blade exceeded six hundred and twenty-five, many of the Spirit Sea Realm disciples were startled.
"He has surpassed the record set by Elder Brother Xiao Feng four years ago!"
"Heavens, who is cultivating within the Divine Sword?"
"Hurry, go notify Elder Brother Xiao Feng to come here and see this!"
As these Spirit Sea Realm disciples talked, quite a few of them flew towards the mountain gate and the training peaks of the Tai'a Sword Sect to inform those who were cultivating and had not noticed the anomaly happening here with the Divine Sword.
Even more went directly to inform the currently strongest Spirit Sea Realm disciple in the Tai'a Sword Sect, the "Elder Brother Xiao Feng."
And as many people rushed towards the Divine Sword upon hearing the news, even as "Elder Brother Xiao Feng" himself flew over, Ye Chen had already ignited the staggering amount of over nine hundred paths of Divine Soul Innate Potential, boldly marching toward a thousand paths!