Breakthrough to the Heaven Fusion Realm, an Useless Husband!

A trace of stubbornness welled up in Luo Li's eyes.

Especially when

Qing Luo mentioned the Luo Shen Realm, her body trembled slightly.

If she had not known that she had never seen him in the Luo Shen Realm,

she would have suspected that this young man had been sent by her grandfather specifically to intercept her and make her return to the clan to cultivate.

If only...

I could break the seal on the Luo Shen Sword, I definitely wouldn't be weaker than anyone.

Luo Li was filled with anger,

but she could not leave Northern Cang Academy yet.

The reason she had come to Northern Cang Academy was to find the youth who had given her hope on the Spirit Road.

She had only just received news of Mu Chen. If she left now...

she would regret it!

"I'll give it to you!"

After weighing the consequences,

Luo Li did not hesitate in the slightest as she extracted the Grade Eight Spiritual Energy from her Spirit Seal.

In an instant,

surging Spiritual Energy formed a rainbow bridge between them, as an endless stream of Spiritual Energy flowed toward Qing Luo's brow.

It was several times richer than Yan Xiao's Spiritual Energy from before...

The transfer of Spiritual Energy from the Spirit Seal was complete.

The Grade Eight Spirit Seal on Luo Li's brow, once deep and glowing with purple light,

was now dull and lifeless, with only a single "One" remaining.

"If you knew it would come to this, why did you do it in the first place?"

Qing Luo said with a faint smile.

At his words,

Luo Li halted abruptly as she was leaving. She turned to Qing Luo and said, "This isn't over. I'll come settle the score with you!"

"I'll be waiting!"

Qing Luo waved with a beaming smile. "Take care. I won't see you out."

As Luo Li left,

Qing Luo noticed the Yan Gang members watching nearby.

"She can leave. I never said you could."

Gulp—

At those words,

every Yan Gang member preparing to leave swallowed hard.

They stood frozen in place, trembling.

"There are so many of us. I refuse to believe he can stop us all by himself..."

Boom—

Just as someone in the crowd spoke,

Qing Luo pressed down with his hand. A massive, unfathomable finger tore through the sky, instantly shattering that student's Spirit Seal and engulfing his body within it.

"Run..."

"He's a god of slaughter!"

"He's a demon!"

The sight was utterly horrifying. The trembling students

howled one after another

and fled madly in every direction.

"Go!"

Roar—

Qing Luo flicked his wrist, and ripples spread through the surrounding Yin energy.

The Spirit Beast souls standing between heaven and earth let out deep roars one after another,

charging after the fleeing Yan Gang members like a sky-shrouding tide, crashing into them and slaughtering them.

In an instant,

countless streaks of glowing Spiritual Energy streamed toward Qing Luo's brow.

Compared to those glimmers,

the mark on Qing Luo's brow, after absorbing the Spiritual Energy of King Yan Yan Xiao and King Luo Luo Li, was as profound as a black hole.

Merely looking at it was enough to shake one's soul.

As the Spirit Beast souls returned to the Myriad Soul Banner,

not another figure remained within a hundred zhang of the surrounding mountains.

Feeling the incomparably vast and dense Spiritual Energy within the mark on his brow, Qing Luo murmured, "It's time to break through to the Three Heavens Realm!"

Afterward,

Qing Luo directly planted the Myriad Soul Banner into the mountain beneath his feet.

Buzz—

Qing Luo slapped his brow. From the ink-black mark, nearly tangible Spiritual Energy surged forth,

forming a dense mist of Spiritual Energy around him.

Feeling the Spiritual Energy swirling around him, Qing Luo sat cross-legged and circulated the Azure Sky Glazed Art, drawing all that Spiritual Energy into his body.

With Qing Luo's current strength,

unless he encountered core students at the king level of the Spirit Road, plundering ordinary students would not improve him much.

However,

every student at the king level of the Spirit Road was a prized talent of Northern Cang Academy.

They would never allow Qing Luo to casually kill and eliminate them.

When he had fought Yan Xiao earlier, the thunder that had resounded through the sky had been a warning from the Inspector of the Northern Cang Realm.

It was simply that

Qing Luo had acted too decisively, leaving the Inspector no time to stop him.

That was why,

when Qing Luo faced Luo Li and revealed the horde of Spirit Beast souls within the Myriad Soul Banner, powerful spiritual pressure and thunderous explosions erupted from the sky.

It was another warning from the Inspector, who was displeased with Qing Luo's actions.

After all,

Luo Li had performed well enough on the Spirit Road.

With the Luo Shen Sword in hand, Northern Cang Academy's higher-ups had most likely known Luo Li's origins long ago.

With an Upper Earthly Sovereign like Luo Tianshen backing her,

Northern Cang Academy certainly would not allow Luo Li to be eliminated in the Northern Cang Realm.

Otherwise, Northern Cang Academy would lose an outstanding student, and Luo Tianshen would lose face as well.

Qing Luo had known all of this long ago.

Even if the Inspector had not warned him, Qing Luo would not have sent Luo Li away.

If Luo Li left Northern Cang Academy,

what would be the point of staying here?

How else could he crush Mu Chen's confidence?!

Not attacking those at the king level

was the exchange for Qing Luo obtaining a map of Spirit Beast distributions in the Northern Cang Realm, as well as having the Inspector intervene with his Spirit Seal and keep it fixed at Grade Eight.

After all,

at the rate he was slaughtering Spirit Beasts, the Northern Cang Trial would not even last a day

before he reached a Grade Nine Spirit Seal.

He would summon the Northern Cang Hall and bring this carefully prepared trial of Northern Cang Academy to an early end.

That did not align with Northern Cang Academy's purpose for the trial. With the Myriad Soul Banner and the Spirit Beast distribution map, Qing Luo's strength had already surpassed the level of the trial.

Only under such circumstances had the Inspector of the Northern Cang Realm been forced to appear and intervene before things spiraled out of control.

"Break through!"

Feeling the barrier at the Spirit Soul Peak Realm stir,

Qing Luo murmured.

Brilliant Immortal Light blossomed around him, almost plundering the surrounding Spiritual Energy as it poured into his body.

Somewhere in the Northern Cang Realm,

at Ye Gang's camp,

Mu Chen looked at the figure he had longed for day and night, his eyes filled with tenderness and heartache.

Especially...

when he saw the Grade One Spirit Seal on Luo Li's brow, the suppressed fury in Mu Chen's heart could no longer be contained.

"Who did this?"

Mu Chen asked.

"Don't you have anything else you want to say to me?"

Luo Li looked at Mu Chen with clear, sincere eyes full of joy.

"Luo Li..."

"I have so much I want to tell you. Ever since I left the Spirit Road, I've thought about you every day..."

"But right now, I want to know who did this!"

Mu Chen clenched his fists.

An inexplicable pain gripped his heart as he looked at Luo Li with reddened eyes.

"This... I gave it to someone myself."

Luo Li puffed out her cheeks.

"If you're angry because of my Spirit Seal's grade, you don't need to be. You know that with my strength, raising its grade is very easy."

Luo Li explained with a smile.

"You know me. Tell me who did it. I said I would protect you."

Mu Chen took Luo Li's hand, his gaze earnest.

Luo Li instinctively avoided Mu Chen's eyes,

withdrawing her hand from his palm as she whispered, "You don't need to worry about it. I'll settle the score with him myself..."

At those words,

Mu Chen froze in place. He wanted to tell the girl, just as he had on the Spirit Road, that if she refused to tell him, he would spank her...

But in his current situation,

Mu Chen could not bring himself to say those words.

For some reason,

seeing Luo Li being bullied while being unable to help her

made him feel like a useless husband...

Mu Chen understood Luo Li's temperament. Precisely because he understood her, he did not press further.

He stroked her forehead and whispered, "I'm sorry. I came too late. This journey must have been hard on you."

"It wasn't hard. But you... the Heaven's Pride of the Spirit Road was suddenly expelled. You must have endured a lot of pressure too, right?"

Luo Li looked at Mu Chen and asked.

For some reason,

seeing Mu Chen again did not make her as happy and joyful as she had imagined.

"As long as I think of you, it feels as though I have endless strength."

"I've already broken through to the Spirit Soul Realm. Luo Li, no matter who it is, I will never let you suffer even the slightest grievance again. I will fulfill my promise. I will always stand before you."

The Spirit Soul Realm...

Hearing Mu Chen's words, Luo Li was slightly stunned.

She was already in the Heaven Fusion Realm, yet even she was no match for that person...

How could Mu Chen, who was only in the Spirit Soul Realm, possibly defeat him?!

"I'm a little tired,"

Luo Li whispered.

The setback in the Northern Cang Trial and the crisis facing the dynasty behind her left her somewhat uncertain.

Had leaving the Luoshen Clan to come to Northern Cang Academy

really been worth it...?