Breakthrough (Brothers, please keep reading)

"Lei Zhan, we won!"

Immortal Juhua turned to look at the Yellow-Haired Great Bear with an incredibly relaxed expression, feeling a sudden sense of triumph.

"We did win," the Yellow-Haired Great Bear nodded. "But if you are feeling smug toward me, it is a bit too early."

"This disciple of yours... if he cannot obtain the divine ability left behind by my master within the Divine Ability Hall, he still has no chance of becoming the true master of this immortal mansion."

One must know that only a cultivator who has mastered the divine ability Star-Plucking Hand and safely crossed the Heavenly Tribulation to become a Heavenly God can be considered a personal disciple of his master, Daoist Sanshou!

"Hmph," Immortal Juhua retorted. "My disciple is such a monster of talent; he will naturally be able to obtain the strongest divine ability within that Divine Ability Hall!"

As Juhua spoke, the image of that handsome young man was reflected in his eyes.

"Senior," Lei Zhan smiled slightly. "You have lost!"

Following the continuous grinding and crushing of the Water-Fire Grinding Disc, along with another one hundred and twenty-eight Rahula Divine Needles and his own frenzied close-quarters combat, the bald old man's entire body began to tremble violently after struggling to resist, turning illusory in an instant.

"This Water-Fire Grinding Disc of yours..." The bald old man seemed to have a smile on his face, not caring in the slightest about the minor outcome of the battle before him.

"This time, you have won." As he spoke, the bald old man's body beneath the Water-Fire Grinding Disc instantly disintegrated, then faded into nothingness.

"Whew." Lei Zhan felt a weight lift from his heart.

If not for that sudden epiphany just now, which allowed me to comprehend a secret technique like the Water-Fire Grinding Disc, I don't know how much mental energy I would have had to expend to completely grind away the divine power of that God and Devil of the Void-Return stage.

But even so, I have consumed more than half of my Crimson Bright Divine Power. Lei Zhan sensed the divine power circulating within his body and mused, This time, I owe it all to the help of this black bead.

However, this enlightenment is slightly different from the one five years ago. Lei Zhan pondered, his divine sense moving to "look" at his Purple Mansion dantian.

He saw that within the void of his Purple Mansion dantian, a black bead was suspended in the center. The specks of starlight inside seemed to have vanished without a trace, and the entire bead had become visibly dim.

This time, it should be considered a true enlightenment, Lei Zhan understood.

He had once relied on his own perception of the heavens and earth to accidentally enter a state of epiphany, so he was naturally no stranger to it.

The epiphany five years ago when he practiced Three Heads and Six Arms was merely similar.

Although it was something every cultivator dreamed of, compared to a true enlightenment, it was ultimately lacking.

Five years... is five years a cycle?

Five years ago, I first used the help of that bead to gain enlightenment in the Star Hall, far exceeding the effect of one plus one being greater than two. Immediately after, I fell into a state similar to an epiphany, which allowed me to master Three Heads and Six Arms in a very short time.

Now, I have directly experienced an enlightenment. The only difference is that the starlight the bead accumulated over five years has been used up all at once...

Thoughts flashed through Lei Zhan's mind, and he gradually began to form some ideas.

Next time, I will try a different way of using it. Lei Zhan thought, shaking his head with a chuckle.

If he wanted to verify this, he would have to wait for the black bead to recover on its own, which meant waiting another five years.

Lei Zhan stopped thinking about it. With a thought, he retracted his Three Heads and Six Arms and the Law of Heaven and Earth, along with the three Cold Shadow Divine Spears in his hands.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, Lei Zhan vanished into thin air from this space.

The space shifted.

When Lei Zhan opened his eyes again, he found that he had arrived in the main hall of the Water Mansion.

"Lei Zhan, that grinding disc secret technique of yours is quite good. Excellent! Excellent!" Immortal Juhua looked at Lei Zhan, repeating the word "excellent" twice, his face full of smiles.

"Master. Senior Great Bear," Lei Zhan smiled slightly. "I just happened to have an epiphany. If not for that, I don't know how much longer it would have taken me to comprehend this secret technique."

"Hahaha!" Immortal Juhua laughed heartily and asked curiously, "Your Qi Refinement path is already at the bottleneck of the Xiantian perfection stage, yet you have been slow to break through. Is it because you lack enough elemental liquid?"

Although this was his first time taking on a disciple, Immortal Juhua had only prepared to bestow some techniques and the necessary elemental liquid for cultivation.

He would wait until the disciple finished his apprenticeship to bestow a few life-saving treasures.

The main point was to let the disciple understand that if he wanted elemental liquid, magic treasures, and other valuables, he had to strive for them himself.

"With the thousand catties of elemental liquid bestowed by Master, and my own cultivation of the Qi Refinement technique, I have already accumulated enough heaven and earth energy to break through to the Purple Mansion level over these past five years. What I lack is merely a top-tier Xiantian magic treasure," Lei Zhan said respectfully.

"Since the Hall of Treasures contains numerous magic treasures, all of which are of the highest quality, I intend to exchange for a magic treasure there so that I can break through to the Purple Mansion stage."

After five years of cultivation, his God and Devil Body Refining had progressed from the early Purple Mansion stage to the late Purple Mansion stage; Lei Zhan's Qi Refinement cultivation had not stood still either.

The Water Mansion was a Xiantian Spirit Treasure, possessing a grand formation that swallowed vast amounts of heaven and earth spiritual energy, making the spiritual energy within every hall of the Water Mansion far superior to the outside world.

Over these years, not only had he accumulated a great deal of heaven and earth energy by practicing the Nine Directions Fragment, but he had also refined a large amount of elemental liquid; Lei Zhan's own accumulation was already sufficient.

All he was waiting for was a top-tier Xiantian magic treasure.

I have the memories of my past life, and with such pearls of wisdom before me, I can practice the most supreme techniques and lay the most supreme foundation. Naturally, I must achieve the most perfect result! Lei Zhan thought to himself.

He had ambition, and the seed of this ambition, planted five years ago, had long since taken root and sprouted.

The reason he had not exchanged for a magic treasure in the Hall of Treasures earlier was that Lei Zhan was waiting.

Lei Zhan knew the rules of the Hall of Treasures. The magic treasures the Yellow-Haired Great Bear brought out the first time were merely an insignificant fraction of the countless Xiantian treasures in the Hall of Treasures.

But if he waited until he passed the first floor of the War God Hall, or even the second, the value of the magic treasures and items the Yellow-Haired Great Bear would bring out would become increasingly precious.

The Qi-refining technique, Nine Directions Fragment, had long recorded that the more top-tier the magic treasure fused during the breakthrough, the deeper the foundation laid.

Most intuitively, breaking through by fusing a top-grade magic treasure of the same rank resulted in Yuan power at least twenty percent more refined than fusing a superior-grade magic treasure! The better the magic treasure, the better the effect.

Therefore, the choice of magic treasure was of vital importance to Lei Zhan.

However, he already had a plan in mind regarding which magic treasure to exchange for in the Hall of Treasures to forge his Purple Mansion.

"Hmm. Using a magic treasure from the Hall of Treasures to break through?" Immortal Juhua was somewhat surprised; the Nine Directions Fragment that Lei Zhan practiced was bestowed by him.

Immortal Juhua naturally knew this technique like the back of his hand.

It seems this disciple of mine... is quite opinionated.

"Yes." Lei Zhan nodded, turning his head to look at the Yellow-Haired Great Bear standing side-by-side with Immortal Juhua.

"Senior Great Bear, please take me to the Hall of Treasures to exchange for the treasure."

"Mm." The Yellow-Haired Great Bear responded indifferently.

In the quiet room, Lei Zhan sat cross-legged with his palms facing upward, holding a palm-sized flying sword.

This Nirvana Demon-Slaughtering Sword... is truly powerful. Lei Zhan looked down at the flying sword in his hand, a hint of awe in his eyes.

The flying sword magic treasure in his hand was the treasure he had exchanged for in the Hall of Treasures after clearing the second level of the War God Hall.

It was a flying sword about the size of a palm, faintly translucent, with a subtle bloodstain on its black, translucent blade.

If not for the backing of the Water Mansion, I would have had to expend a great deal of energy and treasure to seek out such top-grade magic treasures myself. Lei Zhan toyed with the flying sword in his hand, his heart full of anticipation for his imminent breakthrough into a Purple Mansion cultivator.

Magic treasures were easy to obtain, but top-grade magic treasures were extremely rare.

And this magic treasure, the Nirvana Demon-Slaughtering Sword, was a standout among top-grade Human-rank magic treasures.

This magic treasure, the Nirvana Demon-Slaughtering Sword, was originally an Earth-rank superior-grade magic treasure. It only dropped to the top-grade Human-rank level after suffering heavy damage. In the future, after enough slaughter, it can gradually raise its own level and return to the Earth-rank superior-grade level.

Lei Zhan recalled the records in the Treasure Catalog and nodded gently. There are not many magic treasures in the Hall of Treasures that can compare to this flying sword... and this one is the most suitable for me.

Exchanging for this magic treasure was something Lei Zhan had decided upon when his Qi-refining reached the Xiantian perfection stage.

The Nirvana Demon-Slaughtering Sword had the foundation of an Earth-rank superior-grade magic treasure, and now that it was only a Human-rank magic treasure, it was perfectly within the range for fusion.

As such, was it not the most top-tier Human-rank magic treasure?