Within the vast demonic energy tornado, countless golden lights shone, illuminating the dim night sky.

After a moment, accompanied by a loud roar, the demonic energy tornado that had been following the heavens and the earth suddenly collapsed, and the demonic energy instantly swept across an area several kilometers wide. However, it dissipated in a very short time, leaving only ruins.

In the air, nearly a hundred Light Clansmen slowly fell, and after each of them released their wings of holy light, they began to heal, rest, and adjust.

The other Guangming Clansmen who had been waiting for a long time gathered one after another. Some helped treat the wounded, while others sought out someone to understand the specific situation within the demonic energy tornado.

Thus, everyone immediately looked at Ji Jiayu with complicated expressions—because of his decisive rescue operation, because of the Holy Light Pearl's attraction to the Black Stone Gate, and because of his appearance within the Demonic Energy Tornado.

"We must immediately inform the other squads so they don't underestimate the enemy and gather more information before they can enter the Demonic Energy Tornado," Ji Jiayu immediately said, seeing everyone's gazes.

Everyone suddenly woke up and scattered in all directions.

Ji Jiayu, despite his age, was still meticulous in his thinking.

Although everyone moved quite quickly, the news that came back one after another still made Ji Jiayu and the others sink. It turned out that not only was the team inside the demonic energy tornado trapped, but several demonic energy tornadoes had also encountered accidents within it.

When facing anyone other than Ji Jiayu, the Black Stone Gate possessed considerable wisdom. They fled when they were strong, and killed when they were weak, causing the squad members of the five major organizations—the Saint Guard, the Hermit, the Holy Court, the Divine Light Guard, and the Fanatic Guard—to suffer varying degrees of casualties.

Upon hearing this news, Ji Jiayu blamed himself. After all, he was the one who informed everyone about the situation inside the demonic energy tornado in the first place. Although he had instructed everyone that the information was relatively simple, not enough for them to enter the Demonic Energy Tornado on a large scale, what happened happened, and there was no excuse.

The Guangming clan members who escaped by chance didn't blame Jiayu. This was their own choice, and they had to bear the consequences. What was the blame for the other races?

The following night, Ji Jiayu, Nie Lanhu, Yang Jiong'er, and the others rushed to rescue the trapped team. Along the way, they also gained more information about the black stone door.

To facilitate recording and dissemination, the Guangming clan named the black stone door the Demon Realm Gate, meaning it could transmit demonic energy from the Demon Realm. The red vertical pupils on the Demon Realm Gate were called Blood Demon Pupils. Blood Demon Pupils were creatures with wisdom, and the Demon Realm Gate was their carrier.

By observing the Demon Realm Gate's varying strengths in the nearly twenty demonic energy tornadoes, Ji Jiayu divided the Demon Realm Gate into three levels: lower, middle, and upper. The weakest was the Lower Demon Realm Gate, requiring five squads to deal with it; the Middle Demon Realm Gate required twelve squads to deal with it; and the prerequisite for the Upper Demon Realm Gate was that twenty squads were sufficient to deal with No. 1. Without him and Nie Lanxun, the difficulty would drop by two or three percent. The Holy Light Ball not only reduced the Blood Demon Disciple's IQ, but also allowed the Light Clan to exert their full strength.

After a long night, Ji Jiayu was nearly exhausted. At dawn, under the persuasion of Yang Jiong'er and the others, he finally stopped and rested.

However, he was still extremely anxious. It was impossible. Except for him, it was difficult for anyone else to destroy the Demon Realm Gate all at once. They would have to set traps and cooperate perfectly with each other to destroy the Demon Realm Gate before escaping, with a success rate of less than 10%.

The Demon Realm Gate didn't know how to escape at all, as the Blood Demon Disciple's IQ was lowered, and the desire for the Sacred Gems had ultimately led to its demise.

But Ji Jiayu himself was completely unable to do so. He claimed to be resting, but in reality, he wasn't truly resting, but cultivating.

After all, for him, as long as he wasn't running around destroying the demonic energy tornado, it was all rest.

He was now eager to break through to the sixth-rank Ming Zun realm. As he saved more and more of the Light Clan, his premonition grew stronger—after being promoted to the sixth rank, his control over the Holy Radiance Orb could rise to an even higher level. He tried, and the light of the Holy Radiance Orb couldn't leave a trace in the Light Clan now, but after he was promoted to the sixth rank, he couldn't say for sure.

According to the Chenghai Sacred Cultivation Method, once a cultivator reaches the fifth level, one of the main difficulties they face is learning to construct Sacred Techniques and depict Sacred Patterns, reveal Sacred Techniques, deconstruct Sacred Techniques, and so on. This stage is the cultivator's spiritual power, and they must possess micro-level spiritual power before they can break through to the sixth-level Ming Zun realm.

In this regard, Ji Jiayu was born to complete "cultivation"—he already possesses sacred-level spiritual power, and low-level sacred techniques are essentially at his fingertips.

Besides sacred arts and spiritual power, the most important thing is the attribute of the divine power. At the early stage of the fifth level, three attributes are required within the divine power, four to six in the middle stage, seven to nine in the later stage, and ten at the peak.

Divine powers with multiple attributes complement sacred arts and sacred patterns. The former can enhance the power of the latter, the latter can help the cultivator comprehend the former. And after cultivating to the peak of the fifth level, the product of the two is the foundation of the sixth level—the cornerstone of the sacred power!

Cultivators' perceptions of divine power attributes, mastery of sacred techniques, sacred patterns, and understanding of specific paths differ, and the quality of the sacred cornerstones they condense varies. At the same time, condensing a sacred cornerstone also paves the way for cultivators to break through from the sixth to the seventh order, and subsequently construct a sacred portal.

Therefore, breaking through from the fifth to the sixth order is a crucial cultivation process in a divine cultivator's life, as it is related to their future cultivation.

Ji Jiayu wanted to break through, but he didn't want to break through so casually. When he was cultivating in the back garden previously, Wang Yinlan had told him about sacred cornerstones.

Sacred cornerstones are divided into four grades: first-grade foundation, second-grade heavenly foundation, third-grade sacred foundation, and fourth-grade divine foundation. The divine power that each grade of sacred cornerstone can accommodate and the enhancement effects on sacred arts and sacred patterns vary greatly. Typically, ordinary cultivators can only condense a foundation; genius-level cultivators can condense a heavenly foundation; and cultivators who can condense a third-grade sacred foundation often have the talent to step into the divine realm. A divine foundation is extremely rare, and Chen Miaoyi, the great prophet of the Clear Sea and the Sword of Judgment, possesses a divine foundation.

Ji Jiayu has already learned the method of condensing a fourth-grade sacred cornerstone. In Wang Yinlan's mind, Ji Jiayu must be aiming for a divine foundation, and she only taught him the methods of condensing a foundation, a heavenly foundation, and a sacred foundation out of consideration for helping him learn.

Ji Jiayu himself was also seeking a divine foundation, so he needed to study more sacred arts and sacred patterns, while also allowing his divine power to possess more attributes.

Honestly, it wasn't difficult for him at all. He had been suppressing himself before, wanting to solidify his foundation even more, but reality told him that he didn't have much time; he had to break through.

In the east, the sun slowly rose, emitting a golden light. Ji Jiayu was bathed in the golden light, releasing spiritual power, causing him to mobilize the divine power around him, constructing one sacred technique after another, and depicting one sacred pattern after another.