CHAPTER 1732: CHAPTER 1732: UPPER DOMAIN, FIRE WORSHIP SECT!

Just as there is a dividing line between the ’Non-Saint Realm’ and the ’Saint Realm’, there is also a dividing line between the ’Great Saint Realm’ and the ’Human Saint Realm’.

A Human Saint Realm expert, with tremendous power, can even touch upon the ’Divine Ability’.

Divine abilities are different from martial arts, and also different from True Origin condensing weaponry, True Origin condensing beasts, and True Origin condensing domains, as they are completely independent methods.

Typically, the divine abilities that a Human Saint Realm expert can master are basic-level divine abilities.

Just like the Taoist Cultivator in the Human Saint Realm, they can easily master the ’External Incarnation’ divine ability as long as their cultivation is sufficient, because it is a very simple and common divine ability, almost ’as common as dirt’.

As for the Martial Artists in the Human Saint Realm, they also have their own basic-level divine abilities.

Of course, just like the Taoist Cultivator’s External Incarnation divine ability, the divine abilities they master are not sophisticated and are of little use in actual combat.

"How exactly do divine abilities come about?"

Wyatt Barnes was full of doubts about the origins of divine abilities.

In his doubt, he inquired Elder Fire again.

"Divine abilities, separate from the martial arts of your Martial Dao Sacred Land, are also above your martial arts... divine abilities can be mastered in various ways. The most common way is through teaching; secondly, they can be mastered through relics left by predecessors, which is similar to teaching."

"Just like the divine ability ’Golden Crow’s Wings’ I taught you, it was imparted to you in this way."

Elder Fire explained methodically: "Some divine abilities are innate... just like my ’Golden Crow’s Wings’, it is a divine ability I was born with. When my cultivation reached the point where I could use it, it naturally appeared in my mind, similar to ’inherited memory’."

"Of course, some great beings create their own divine abilities, passed down through the ages."

Elder Fire continued.

Wyatt Barnes, upon hearing this, couldn’t help but sigh for a moment.

"Actually, the methods you use to master True Origin condensing beasts, True Origin condensing weaponry, and even True Origin condensing domains are, in strict terms, also considered ’divine abilities’... but, these divine abilities are ordinary small divine abilities. Since they are unremarkable and can be easily mastered once one’s cultivation is sufficient, no one in this world refers to them as ’divine abilities’."

Elder Fire continued.

Wyatt realized, and gained some understanding of the term ’divine ability’.

However, for this reason, he was filled with anticipation for the divine ability ’Golden Crow’s Wings’ that Elder Fire imparted to him, because it was not an ordinary divine ability, but a powerful and practical one.

"But, to use ’Golden Crow’s Wings’, you must wait until you break through to the Great Saint Realm... at my current progress, even with the assistance of the third level of the Jewel Tower, it will probably take at least two years to achieve the breakthrough. After all, I have just recently broken through to the Middle Saint Realm."

Thinking about having just broken through to the ’Middle Saint Realm’, Wyatt Barnes felt as if a bucket of cold water was poured over his head, and his enthusiasm waned significantly.

After refocusing his attention, Wyatt continued to understand the world of Great Saint Realm experts.

The Human Saint Realm is not the end of cultivation. After the Human Saint Realm, there is the Earth Saint Realm and even the Heavenly Saint Realm.

However, according to the records Wyatt Barnes perused, the Lower Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land has no known Heavenly Saint Realm experts on the surface; the strongest are only of the Earth Saint Realm.

And Earth Saint Realm experts generally only exist in quasi-third-rate powers and fourth-rate powers.

Of course, in terms of numbers, the Earth Saint Realm experts within fourth-rate powers cannot compare with those in quasi-third-rate powers at all.

Not only in quantity but also in strength, the former cannot remotely compete with the latter.

"The Human Saint Realm, Earth Saint Realm, Heavenly Saint Realm... the top experts in the Lower Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land are Earth Saint Realm! Compared to the Upper Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land, the Lower Domain feels like a remote backwater... a quasi-third-rate power that dominates the Lower Domain is as inconsequential and unremarkable in the Upper Domain as stray grains of sand."

With this thought, Wyatt Barnes took a deep breath, "In other words, in the Upper Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land, not only are there existences above the Heavenly Saint Realm, even those who exceed this realm may exist... Human Saint Realm experts can touch ’divine abilities’, Earth Saint Realm experts must be stronger! And Heavenly Saint Realm experts, who surpass the Earth Saint Realm, must be even more powerful!"

"Experts beyond the Heavenly Saint Realm..."

Wyatt Barnes felt reluctant to think further, and indeed, even if he tried, he did not know how potent such experts truly were.

Though unaware of the exact strength of such experts, Wyatt Barnes knew their power surely exceeded his wildest imaginations.

"The Fire Worship Sect was once one of the three colossal powers in the Upper Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land, later the entire sect moved to the Upper Domain... Keer’s twin sister, with her formidable strength, is at least on the ’Human Saint Realm’ level! She, a young disciple of the Fire Worship Sect, can break through to the ’Human Saint Realm’ at such a young age; undoubtedly, the high-level experts of the Fire Worship Sect must have those who surpass the Heavenly Saint Realm!"

This last point, Wyatt Barnes could assert confidently.

It was this certainty that left a heavy feeling in his heart.

"Regardless of how difficult the path ahead is, no matter how terrifying the experts of the Fire Worship Sect are... I, Wyatt Barnes, will surely rescue Keer and our child!"

The might of the Fire Worship Sect, far from crushing Wyatt Barnes’s will and resolve, only served to make his will and resolve all the more robust.

Throughout his journey, Wyatt Barnes always thrived on challenges, his will and faith unyielding and indestructible.

This time would be no different.

...

The Upper Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land, a place shrouded in mystery. More precisely, it is an ancient and mysterious desert region.

This desert region has mountains and waters, yet not even a hint of green.

In this desert region, apart from the mountains and waters, what one sees the most are patches of red, like countless red ’flowers’ from afar.

However, they are not real flowers.

To humans, they represent something highly significant; without it, survival itself would be a problem.

Fire!

The red ’flowers’ that fill the entire ancient and mysterious desert region are precisely the fire upon which humans depend for survival.

Especially within this desert, fire takes on a mysterious and supreme veil.

Scattered throughout this desert region are wide ’altars.’

At the center of these altars, there are large fire basins supported by frames, with dazzling flames rising from them, and the scorching heat emanates from within, transforming into heatwaves that strike the bodies of the surrounding people, causing sweat to appear on many foreheads.

Yet, these people do not feel discomfort and resentment; instead, they prostrate themselves on the ground, bowing to the fire basins.

More accurately, they are bowing to the flames rising within the fire basins.

Upon closer inspection, one can see that their gazes towards the fire are filled with devotion, as if each of them were a devout follower of the fire, and the fire, their faith.

And indeed, such is the truth.

In this land completely governed by the Fire Worship Sect, one of the three supreme authorities of the Martial Dao Sacred Land’s Upper Domain, all people have faith in the fire; they are the most devout followers of fire.

In their eyes, fire is everything, and with fire, the world exists.

In this ancient and mysterious desert region, fully dominated by the Fire Worship Sect, the southern area is a series of continuous active volcanoes.

The peaks of these volcanoes continually spew blazing flames, and each emission turns the sky crimson, making the surrounding environment exceptionally bright.

In this place, there has never been ’night’; perhaps, only when these active volcanoes cease to erupt will night truly descend here.

A multitude of active volcanoes surrounds a colossal volcano like stars circling the moon. This colossal volcano is also an active volcano, but its eruption frequency is not high, spewing once a month.

Yet, each eruption causes the surrounding active volcanoes to tremble, shaking the earth and the mountains.

In the air above this colossal volcano, stand one floating island after another, dispersed with sparse building complexes on them.

A group of floating islands encloses a massive central floating island.

Of course, the location of this massive floating island is notably higher compared to the other floating islands, evidently making it the ’main island’.

Here and there, people can occasionally be seen flying across the sky above these floating islands.

Most of these people are clad in white hooded robes, with a flaming red fire embroidered on the chest area, seemingly a ’symbol.’

The hoods of their robes are worn over their heads, revealing only their faces.

If someone knowledgeable saw the distinct attire they wore, they would instantly recognize these people as members of the ’Fire Worship Sect’!

On one of the inconspicuous floating islands, within an expansive mansion, all is incredibly quiet.

In the spacious backyard, a woman with captivating beauty sits quietly in the pavilion, her brush flying over paper, sketching portraits that are almost identical...

A closer look reveals that the portraits all depict the same young man, only with different expressions.

"Young Master... Keer misses you so much..."

The woman murmurs, her eyes full of nostalgia and concern.

"Mom! Mom!"

Until a childish voice breaks through, snapping the woman back to reality, she looks towards the source of the voice.

"Mom! Look, does the picture of Daddy I drew look like him?"

A rosy-cheeked little girl, holding a painting higher than herself, skips cheerfully to the woman, speaking in her sweet, childish voice.

Her large, bright eyes sparkle with innocence.