When the Heavenly Dao broke through to the Divine Realm, everyone throughout the Human Realm felt their hearts lighten, as though some shackle had been broken.
In that instant, martial practitioners everywhere in the Human Realm began breaking through, one after another.
Even ordinary people seemed to sense an affinity with vital energy and felt the urge to begin cultivating.
This was an increase in their aptitude for cultivation.
Previously, they would never even have dared dream of such a thing, but now it was possible.
Amid this wave of breakthroughs, the most spectacular belonged to Jiang Liu, who hovered above the imperial palace.
Vast streams of vital energy poured into his body of their own accord, mingled with wisps of colorless, transparent mental power.
After several months of accelerated cultivation, his experience bar for the Third-Order Saint Realm had been nearly half full. Now, it suddenly filled all the way.
Moreover, the vital energy and mental power flooding his body soon exceeded his control, forcing him to prepare for a breakthrough immediately.
Startled, he hastily flew away from the imperial palace and headed into a distant mountain range to break through at once.
He knew this was the Heavenly Dao giving back to the entire Human Realm after breaking through to the Divine Realm.
Although the Heavenly Dao had always suppressed the Human Realm, this replenishment was not something it could control. It was part of the rules governing the Human Realm.
The Heavenly Dao knew that Jiang Liu always intended to use the lightning baptism to temper himself.
Yet it no longer wanted to provide Jiang Liu with a lightning baptism to forge his Saint Body.
Even so, whenever Jiang Liu advanced, it still had no choice but to carry out the lightning baptism. The same principle applied