However, Chen Guan could not guarantee that it would have any miraculous effect, so he gave Ji Nanhong another choice, which was the Secret God Core.

Ji Nanhong didn't hesitate and directly chose that drop of Chen Guan's blood as a catalyst to operate the Heavenly Heart's Arcane Secret Art for her Second Awakening.

Soon, a wondrous change occurred within Ji Nanhong— that drop of blood flowed along with her energy externally, finally penetrating her forehead, forming a touch of crimson between her brows.

All the primordial energy within her body began to gather toward that point of crimson, strangely, the surrounding Heaven and Earth Elemental Energy also gathered toward it.

The red dot formed by Chen Guan's blood seemed to become a bridge connecting Ji Nanhong's body and the heavens, causing them to merge and transform continuously.

Ji Nanhong didn't know how much time had passed; she only felt a shudder in her body as all her primordial energy vanished without a trace.

A new kind of primordial energy was born from the red dot between her brows, flowing into her limbs and bones.

While her three primordial energy seas were still able to store energy, the true center of primordial energy had shifted to the red dot between her brows.

Whenever Ji Nanhong activated her primordial energy, Heaven and Earth Elemental Energy would continuously pour into the point between her brows; even if she didn't activate her energy, it would keep nourishing it.

Ji Nanhong felt as if she had become like a plant, as long as she stood still and basked in the sun, she could gain energy.

Of course, she didn't need sunlight or necessarily need to stand; no matter where she was, day or night, awake or asleep, energy would continuously circulate through the red dot between her brows, in constant exchange and replenishment.

As long as Heaven and Earth Elemental Energy doesn't deplete, Ji Nanhong's energy will hardly ever run dry.

This ability, however, had a flaw: if Heaven and Earth Elemental Energy were blocked, her ability would become useless.

Ji Nanhong carefully observed her Alien Elemental Energy, named "Heavenly Origin Energy", beyond its ability to communicate with Heaven's spiritual energy, its other powers remained uncertain.

The next step was to quickly level up; Ji Nanhong had to keep pace with Chen Guan's progress. Staying within a Blessed Land no longer held meaning for her.

Raising to Level 30 and Fourth Awakening before entering the Grotto Heaven was just the beginning for her.

Ji Nanhong carried Elixirs on her, but the Heavenly Heart's Arcane Secret Art couldn't upgrade by mere reliance on Elixirs.

She needed to traverse every area of the Secret Realm, exploring new places and insights to elevate her level.

On another note, this Heavenly Heart's Arcane Secret Art could upgrade even without vast resources, showing itself as quite unique.

Ji Nanhong attentively observed the scenery at each site she visited, carefully perceiving the subtle changes in elemental energy across regions, allowing her level to climb steadily.

On a certain day, as Ji Nanhong arrived beside a great river, marveling at its majestic waves, she suddenly heard footsteps behind her.

Turning back to see, several figures slowly surrounded her from all directions.

"Who are you?" Ji Nanhong calmly asked.

"Don't mind who we are. I just need to ask you one thing – are you Ji Nanhong?" Zhao Fangjing, seeing Ji Nanhong encircled at the Yellow Springs River bank, knew she couldn't escape.

"I am," Ji Nanhong replied.

"Good. It's you, then we haven't caught the wrong person. Will you come with us on your own, or shall we take you back ourselves?" Zhao Fangjing said.

The orders from above were death or capture; wherever possible, catch the living, if not, take her life.

"I can come with you, but you should at least tell me who you are and how I have wronged you?" Ji Nanhong knew who sent them but wanted them to say it aloud and give up any hope she had.

"There's no need for you to know so much." Zhao Fangjing didn't want to talk further, to avoid complications; he waved for his subordinates to attack.

Cultivators within a Blessed Land often had low elemental energy; no matter the powerful Secret Skills available, many couldn't use them repeatedly or at all.

Even Secret Skills like flying were out of reach, utterly impossible to use.

Thus, cultivators in a Blessed Land found it hard to fight against many adversaries, especially faced with an army, with hardly any means to save or escape.

Only those owning Lifebound Talents linked to the Otherworld, able to directly use or summon Otherworld entities, could achieve one-against-many feats in the Blessed Land phase.

Yet such Lifebound Talents were rare and tied to the user's level.

A Level 10 cultivator could only summon a Level 10 pet from the Otherworld, and so forth.

Ji Nanhong had just undergone her Second Awakening, unlikely accomplishing a Third Awakening so quickly.

Even if she could summon from the Otherworld, it would only be Second Awakening beasts or items.

The three thousand Third Awakening Cultivators, with over a hundred from the Grotto Heaven, could easily crush Otherworld beings.

The cultivators charged toward Ji Nanhong like wolves, but suddenly, an entirely blood-red sword glowing with sinister light emerged before her.

In a blur, the Blood Sword emitted myriad rays of blood.

In an instant, Zhao Fangjing's pupils shrank to pinpoints as terror widened his eyes to an impossible degree.

All at once, over three thousand Third Awakening Cultivators were pierced by the blood rays, perishing without a single cry.

"How is this possible... Such power within a Blessed Land... Impossible..." Zhao Fangjing stammered in disbelief, his body rigid.

He realized he lived not because the Blood Sword couldn't kill him or luck; it was because Ji Nanhong spared him.

But overwhelming fear still made his body tremble uncontrollably.

"Tell me who sent you to kill me," Ji Nanhong asked Zhao Fangjing.

"Orders from above," Zhao Fangjing replied, voice trembling.

"Which 'above'?" Ji Nanhong asked coldly.

"Ancestral Court..." Zhao Fangjing struggled to say.

With a flash of the sword, Zhao Fangjing's head fell to the ground.

After skimming through Zhao Fangjing and others' Soul Books, Ji Nanhong finally understood the entire affair.

Her face froze over as she thought Chen Guan was over-worried; Ji Beizhu had years of father-daughter bond with her, unlikely to want her dead, or she'd never have left the Red Blood Corps.

Unexpectedly, things had still reached this stage; if not Ji Beizhu, the Chief Judge wouldn't spare her.

"If that's how it is, sever ties completely then." With icy determination, Ji Nanhong resolved that if the Ancestral Court wanted her dead, she would make them pay.

She was set on traversing the world; within every Blessed Land she visited, she would leave no place for the Ancestral Court.

Her focus shifted from the Celestial Court Army, apart from them, the Ancestral Court had many other institutions enough for Ji Nanhong to dismantle.