James lay quietly on a bed in a bungalow somewhere in Sol.Thomas had already sealed his acupoints so he would not wake up unless his acupoints were released once more.Thomas sat by the bed and looked at James, who was sleeping peacefully.He looked at James with a reluctant expression.Since James left the Southern Plains last year and headed to Cansington, he always kept his eye on James. When he could not personally observe him, he had someone else watch over James in his stead.Thus, he knew where James had been throughout the entirety of the past year.This is how he knew that James had been to Polaris Sect.Over the past few decades, Thomas traveled all over the world.As long as the sect had some sort of renown, he had visited almost all of them and secretly learned their signature martial art techniques.Naturally, he had also been to Polaris Sect and learned their signature martial art technique as well.However, this martial art technique was incompatible with Thom

Thomas stood by the bed, looking at James, who had a pained expression.At that moment, his expression became solemn.He kept a close eye on James to immediately pull him out of danger if something were to go wrong.With his proficiency in medical skills, he could still save James if he acted in time.However, this ordeal would leave James a cripple even if Thomas were to rescue him in time.This was not the way James’ destiny was supposed to play out.Thomas fell into silent contemplation.“Oh right, he still needs one more push to help him over the edge.”Thomas suddenly remembered something.The founder of Polaris Sect created the Nine Scriptures of Ordeals out of desperation.In addition to desperation, he had a dream.He wanted to be the world's greatest martial artist. He dreamed of defeating the Prince of Orchid Mountain, who beat him and destroyed his cultivation base.There was another prerequisite to master another person’s martial art and that is to have a simila

James’ energy increased considerably.When True Energy is absorbed away from the body of someone who painstakingly cultivated it from scratch, not all of it would end up being absorbed and some vestiges of it will remain.James’ True Energy was absorbed by Tobias.However, there were still some dregs of True Energy that remained within his flesh and bones.These remaining dregs of True Energy within him were forced out of James' body.The nine waves of True Energies quickly concentrated together and coalesced into an extraordinary force.His energy continued to grow at a staggering pace.“Use yourself as the medium, use the world as your pillar, endurance is the key…”James’ comprehension of the Nine Scriptures of Ordeals grew deeper.At that moment, the pores throughout his whole body were unbound and energy from the heavens and earth flowed into his body through the pores, converting into his own True Energy.The nine True Energies increasingly became stronger and stronger.

Thomas left.James looked absentmindedly in the direction Thomas had left in.It was becoming harder for him to decipher his grandfather's intent.His behavior was incredibly bizarre as of late.“Haah.”After a while, James let out a feeble sigh.He did not have the energy to also deal with matters involving Thomas.There were still many things he needed to cross off his list.His first priority would be to find Thea as soon as possible.Thomas had kidnapped him and left a gory scene behind to force Thea to unleash the power of the Spirit Turtle’s blood in her body.He knew that upon seeing the scene, Thea would be enraged and go berserk.Half a month had already passed, so he was unsure of what had happened to her.He had to find her immediately.“How strong did I get?”James did not leave just yet.For the past half month, he had been constantly practicing the Nine Scriptures of Ordeals’ cultivation method, and right now, he had no idea of the extent of his strength.

One day later…A man slowly walked out of Capital Airport. He was dressed in ordinary and humble clothes, looking no different from a typical farmer.That man’s appearance was completely different from those around him.The man was James.James rushed directly to the Capital after mastering the True Nine Ordeals Energy.Half a month had passed since the battle in Malgudi.Although he met his grandfather, Thomas had never mentioned anything about the aftermath at Malguldi.After he passed out, he had no idea what had taken place there while he was away.He was clueless about the current situation in the Capital.Since he was anxious, he rushed back to the Capital without a minute to spare after recovering his strength.He hailed a taxi outside the airport.“Sun Dragon District, please.”The driver gave James a once over and noticed that his attire did not suggest that he was well off.The Sun Dragon District was full of courtyard houses, and it was populated by the wealthy.