World-Subduing—The Strong Are Invincible

"Then what do you think we should do?"

"We must send someone at the Transforming Sea Realm, or even above it. And we cannot send merely one or two; it would be best to send several, to ensure nothing goes wrong.

Otherwise, we might as well not go at all. Going would only alert the enemy."

The Tenth Elder narrowed his eyes slightly.

"You make it sound simple enough. Right now, the Divine Water Sect and our Heavenly Martial Sect are locked in a fierce battle, with both sides evenly matched in strength. Sending experts away from our defenses at will carries enormous risk. If your people take the opportunity to launch a surprise attack, would our Heavenly Martial Sect not suffer grievous losses?"

Li Tianxiang seemed to have anticipated this response long ago and answered directly:

"There is no need to worry. The Divine Water Sect's defenses are not always so strict. In order to ensure the breakthroughs of certain experts, we rotate positions once every half year. During the rotation, personnel at every defensive line will shift. I will promptly pass the intelligence on to you."

"Good! Since that is the case, this old man will personally lead the team when the time comes and help Young Master Li take Lu Wangchuan's head. But when that time comes, Young Master Li must not burn the bridge after crossing it."

"Rest assured. I, Li Tianxiang, always keep my word. When the time comes, I will provide you with an additional piece of intelligence—enough to ensure that your Heavenly Martial Sect makes a handsome profit."

"Young Master Li is forthright. Then it is settled."

"I cannot remain here long. Until we meet again."

After saying this, Li Tianxiang put on his bamboo hat and swiftly vanished into Flying Immortal City.

The Heavenly Martial Sect Peak Lords immediately gathered around and cautiously tried to dissuade him.

"Tenth Elder, could this Li Tianxiang be deceiving us? Could he be deliberately luring us there, drawing the enemy deep in before wiping us out?"

The Tenth Elder stroked his beard and chuckled.

"Do not worry. This old man would not agree to him so easily without sufficient confidence.

"First, his hatred for Lu Wangchuan is known to all. This old man believes in his desire to kill Lu Wangchuan.

"Second, we can also keep something in reserve when the time comes. If the Divine Water Sect truly sets an ambush, they will inevitably commit a large number of experts. Their other battle lines will then be considerably weakened. We can directly send a long-range signal and have the Heavenly Martial Sect attempt an assault from other defensive lines. We will surely profit.

"If everything he says is true, then we will take down Lu Wangchuan and eliminate one of the Divine Water Sect's geniuses.

"No matter what, we will not lose out.

"The final point is also the most important one. If this succeeds, not only will we eliminate Lu Wangchuan, but we will also seize Li Tianxiang by the pigtail. Then, using this matter to threaten him, would he not be at our beck and call?"

"But he is still from the Divine Water Sect. If the Divine Water Sect is destroyed, would he not die along with it?"

At those words, the Tenth Elder laughed so hard he could not close his mouth.

"This old man has considered that as well. Our Heavenly Martial Sect and the Divine Water Sect are six of one and half a dozen of the other, evenly matched. Even if one side gains or loses ground for a time, it would be impossible to destroy the other—at most, they could gain a little advantage. Otherwise, would he not be digging his own grave? So all of this is perfectly reasonable."

Everyone suddenly saw the light. They all raised their thumbs toward the Tenth Elder and showered him with flattery.

"The Tenth Elder is wise."

"As expected of the Tenth Elder."

Time flashed by, and in the blink of an eye, half a year had passed.

That day, Chen Zhou City was shrouded in a thin mist. Yet this mist differed from those of the past; breathing it in made one's body and mind feel refreshed, while the aches and pains accumulated through years of labor seemed to ease.

Some martial artists who had been unable to break through for years even faintly felt signs of an impending breakthrough.

The Chen Family felt it most intensely, where the mist was also thickest.

All of a sudden, Chen Haoming's blood and qi roared within him, and his entire aura underwent a tremendous transformation.

"I broke through to the Dantian Realm?"

Not only that, but when he looked outside, he discovered that several low-cultivation disciples had also improved to varying degrees. Even Xiao Wu had broken through to the Bone Forging Realm!

His heart began pounding wildly.

Naturally, he knew that this was because the concentration of spiritual energy in the air had increased. But ordinary martial artists could not accomplish such a thing. Not even the Condensing Truth Realm experts he had seen in his life could create a scene like this.

Unable to stop himself, he turned his gaze toward the rear courtyard, and a trace of fear appeared in his eyes. The dense mist there had even vaguely formed a vortex, spinning continuously as it absorbed the spiritual energy from the surrounding air.

"Wangchuan, just how strong are you now?"

At that moment, within the secret chamber, Lu Wangchuan's blood and qi roared at high speed. The Azure Emperor Longevity Art circulated through his body faster and faster without end, guiding the spiritual energy within him like monstrous waves in the sea as it crashed against and tempered his body.

Even his exhaled breath had become dense white mist—spiritual energy compressed to the extreme.

Half his body was submerged in "water," but it was not actually water. It was spiritual energy compressed into liquid form. Looking closely, one could see that a faint layer of solid matter had condensed atop the liquid spiritual energy, like a sheet of thin ice!

This was spiritual energy compressed into a solid state! Though the amount looked small, who knew how much spiritual energy in gaseous form it represented?

Finally, when the "thin ice" had condensed to a certain extent, an aura several times more terrifying than before suddenly erupted from within Lu Wangchuan.

Boom—!

With the roar of blood and qi bursting out from his body, Lu Wangchuan abruptly opened his eyes.

At that moment, arcs of blue electricity actually burst across the surface of his body. Because the spiritual energy within him was too powerful, it had created a gap in both quantity and quality from the spiritual energy in the surrounding space, and the friction gave rise to electrical arcs.

"Phew~! After one year and more than seven months, I have finally broken through to the World-Subduing Realm!"

Lu Wangchuan clenched his fists tightly. Feeling the vast spiritual energy within his body, his heart surged with emotion.

Every increase in strength was a transformation of life itself, bringing him even greater confidence!

Now, with his strength alone, he could easily destroy a mountain a thousand meters tall!

He looked inward at his dantian. It was still mostly filled with liquid spiritual energy, but at the very heart of that liquid spiritual energy lay a hard, solid spiritual energy pearl. The power it could unleash was beyond imagination!

Lu Wangchuan opened the Light Screen, and the information displayed on it greatly satisfied him.

Name: Lu Wangchuan.

Cultivation: Suppressing World Realm.

Vitality: 85470.

Without hesitation, he directly allocated all his points to the Prajna Dragon Elephant.

While his strength was not yet top-tier, he would first enhance his power, then his speed. The sixth level of Spirit Void Step was not slow now, and it would not be too late to strengthen it later.

"Light Screen, allocate points."

Lu Wangchuan directly activated the Light Screen and spent vitality to allocate points. The next moment, his vitality began to burn and boil madly. In the past, Lu Wangchuan would have needed at least two hours to allocate enough points for a single level, and he would also have had to endure the agony of his vitality burning.

But now, he was different. He had already become an expert at the Suppressing World level.

At this level, his physical body had undergone further strengthening. Burning ten thousand points of vitality at a time could no longer make him feel anything.

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