Breakthrough, Two Choices, Extreme Dao Heavenly Stele

After studying the system a little more, Jun Wangyou closed it. He was about to break through.

The drastic emotional ups and downs just now had already brought him to the brink of a breakthrough.

He swallowed all ten Qi Refining Pills given by the Heartbreaker System in one gulp.

Jun Wangyou began circulating his Grand Cycle once more.

Before long, a series of crackling sounds came from within Jun Wangyou's body.

A great surge of heat burst forth from his countless pores.

There was none of the imagined scene of his body being covered in filthy sludge and reeking to high heaven.

It was as though there had never been any impurities in Jun Wangyou's body to begin with.

"Phew~"

Jun Wangyou slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, and his entire body immediately relaxed.

Being able to break through meant he truly did not lack the aptitude to cultivate immortality.

But...

"Taking a whole month just to break through... isn't that a little too pathetic?"

Jun Wangyou stroked his chin and questioned himself.

"Forget it. Who cares?"

Jun Wangyou shook his head and stopped dwelling on it.

He had only wanted to join the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land and become an ordinary disciple in the first place.

Everything that had happened now felt like a dream to him.

Even if True Man Qingwei really discovered that he was worthless,

at most, the dream would simply shatter.

Jun Wangyou stood up and walked out of the small courtyard.

The surging strength within him made him impatient to let it out.

Before long, he found a large bluestone taller than a person.

"Phew~"

Taking a deep breath, Jun Wangyou stared at the bluestone, clenched his fist, and fixed it with a determined gaze as he prepared to throw a punch!

Can you withstand this punch—one month's worth of effort?

Yet just then, three lines of text appeared before Jun Wangyou.

[You have broken through your realm and officially entered the world of cultivation. You have the following choices.]

[Choice 1: Use your full strength to shatter the bluestone before you. Your terrifying power will be sensed by heaven and earth, and you will break the Eternal Extreme Realm. Your name will be forever engraved upon the Extreme Dao Heavenly Stele and admired by all. You will receive a reward from heaven and earth—choosing this grants 100 top-grade Qi Refining Pills.]

[Choice 2: Do not shatter it. Cultivate discreetly and remain unknown—choosing this grants 1,000 Foundation Establishment Pills.]

So this was what the choices were.

Realization dawned on Jun Wangyou. Two choices, two different outcomes.

Looking at the two choices before him, Jun Wangyou pondered for a while before ultimately choosing the first.

[You have received 100 Qi Refining Pills. They have been stored in the system warehouse.]

Although the second choice offered nine hundred more Foundation Establishment Pills than the first, the first choice came with a reward from heaven and earth.

A name that grandiose was obviously no trivial matter.

Besides, Jun Wangyou was also curious about what the Eternal Extreme Realm and the Extreme Dao Heavenly Stele were.

As for whether people would admire him or not...

He did not care in the slightest.

Mm, not in the slightest.

After making his choice, Jun Wangyou threw a punch.

Boom!

Bang!

The instant the bluestone came into contact with Jun Wangyou's fist, it turned into powder and dust.

It was not over yet. The remaining force of Jun Wangyou's punch did not diminish. Passing through the bluestone, it blasted rings of explosive clouds through the air.

The terrifying gale from his fist tore a long gash through the white clouds filling the sky.

"This..."

Jun Wangyou stared at the scene before him, utterly stunned for a moment.

He abruptly lowered his head to look at his fist, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Did I just get a cheat?

At that moment, the winds and clouds above suddenly changed.

The sea of clouds churned, forming a storm eye spanning a hundred kilometers.

The sky suddenly darkened.

Within the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land, countless disciples looked up at the sky in horror.

They did not know what had happened.

But they soon understood.

In the next instant, from within that incomparably massive storm eye,

a stone stele a thousand zhang tall slowly descended, carrying vast divine might.

This was—

the Extreme Dao Heavenly Stele!

The Extreme Dao Heavenly Stele only descended when someone broke the Eternal Extreme Realm in any one of the nine realms!

The Extreme Dao Heavenly Stele was exceedingly ancient, its entire surface filled with the weathered aura of endless years.

It seemed to be saying, I'm ancient as hell. Anyone who sees me has to call me Grandpa.

On the thousand-zhang-tall Extreme Dao Heavenly Stele,

the ten great realms were inscribed from top to bottom.

Beside each realm stood the strongest person in that realm from ancient times until now.

They were:

Ascension Realm—Qi Cangtian.

Tribulation Crossing Realm—Qi Cangtian.

Integration Realm—Dao Xie.

Spirit Severing Realm—Qin Tian.

Nascent Soul Realm—Baili Zhantian.

Golden Core Realm—Wang Fo.

Core Formation Realm—Hong Tai.

Foundation Establishment Realm—Zhangsun Ru.

Qi Refining Realm—Qi Cangtian.

These nine people were the strongest in their respective realms acknowledged by heaven and earth since ancient times.

Just then,

the name Qi Cangtian, the strongest cultivator in history beside the Qi Refining Realm, slowly faded away.

In its place appeared a brand-new name.

Qi Refining Realm—Jun Wangyou!

Across the vast lands of the Eastern Continent, countless people raised their heads and stared at the heavens in shock.

"Jun Wangyou? Who is this person? Why have I never heard of him?"

"Amazing! There's actually someone in this world who can break the record left behind by Heavenly Emperor Qi!"

Before the Sacred Land Main Hall of the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land,

many elders stood gathered at the entrance, all staring at the sky in astonishment.

True Man Qingwei stood at the very front of them all.

As he looked at the Extreme Dao Heavenly Stele in the heavens,

the grin on True Man Qingwei's face nearly reached his ears.

"Ha ha ha!"

"This is my disciple! This is my disciple! Did you all see that?!"

True Man Qingwei turned around and bragged like a madman.

He looked as though he wished the entire world knew Jun Wangyou was his disciple.

"Congratulations, Sect Master! What a blessing for our Heavenly Dao Sacred Land, cultivated over countless ages, to have such a disciple."

"Who would have thought Sect Master Qingwei would truly take in such a monstrous disciple? We are truly envious."

After standing stunned for a moment, the many elders came to their senses and offered True Man Qingwei their congratulations.

"Ha ha ha, see? I wasn't bragging! Anyone who wants to be my disciple must be the number one monstrous genius of all eternity!"

True Man Qingwei was so proud he was practically floating.

It was as if he, not Jun Wangyou, had broken the Eternal Extreme Realm.

"Let's see which little bastard still dares laugh at what I said before! I didn't bother with you in the past, but if anyone dares spout another word now, I'll slap you all to death!"

True Man Qingwei infused those words with his Ascension Realm cultivation.

In an instant, they spread throughout the entire Eastern Continent.

Countless people who heard them were utterly dumbfounded.

"So this person is actually True Man Qingwei's disciple?"

"I take back what I said. True Man Qingwei really wasn't bragging!"

"True Man Qingwei is fucking awesome~!"

"With this child, how could the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land fail to prosper? Before long, it may become the foremost of the Six Great Sacred Lands."

Countless people were astonished.

At that moment, some rejoiced while others worried.

Those rejoicing were naturally all the disciples of the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land.

They shared both honor and disgrace. With such a disciple in their sacred land, they could hold their heads high wherever they went.

Those filled with sorrow were naturally the many factions hostile to the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land.

The pressure brought by a peerless genius who had broken the Eternal Extreme Realm was even greater to them than that of an immortal.

Because every person who had broken the Eternal Extreme Realm had become an immortal.

And even among immortals, they were absolute powerhouses.

The matter of the Extreme Dao Heavenly Stele was not yet over.

After the name was changed, it was time for heaven and earth to bestow blessings and reward a treasure.

This was also one of the reasons the Extreme Dao Heavenly Stele was held in such high regard.

Before long, beneath the gazes of the world,

an immortal light descended from the Extreme Dao Heavenly Stele.

This immortal light enveloped Jun Wangyou.

Somewhere in the unseen, Jun Wangyou, standing within it, felt as though one of his attributes had improved.

The blessings of heaven and earth were very complicated.

But simply put, heaven and earth had given Jun Wangyou a permanent luck buff and a permanent purification buff.

As long as he did not leave this world, these buffs would remain effective forever.