Opportunity Shattered the Deadlock! In One Opening, the Entire Family Reached Seventh Grade

Opportunity Breaks the Game! Opening the Door Instantly Elevating the Whole Household to Seventh Grade

North of Spirit River, Green Mountain Lake.

The vast lake's ripples rose and fell, its waters and mountain scenery eternal and unchanging.

This barren, forbidden land once ignored by everyone was already a completely different sight, with houses scattered on both sides of the lake, cooking smoke curling upward, and paddy fields interwoven with dry fields stretching from the foot of the mountains to the distance until they were almost boundless. A hasty count revealed a full eighty thousand mu.

In the medicine fields, herbs of various colors were lush and green, with dew-drops hanging from them and a pleasant medicinal fragrance.

In the fine-seed fields, the crops were completely different from ordinary farm plants—varying in posture and strange in shape, yet when brought together, they possessed a peculiar sense of harmony.

The total number of Qin Household Agricultural Path Cultivators had already reached 547. Looking across the entire Jiang Prefecture, apart from New Dajiang County and Lingjiang Temple, this was the most concentrated place for Agricultural Path Cultivators, yet strangely, no one had broken through to the Third Realm again.

Qin Xian was still openly the sole Third Realm cultivator, with only Xiao Tuyun secretly as the second.

Up to the present moment, the publicly disclosed total number of Agricultural Path Cultivators in the outside world had approached the threshold of twenty-five hundred, but to this day no Third Realm Farmer had been born. Some people gradually began to worry about the future development of the Agricultural Path, fearing that the Third Realm might not exist at all in the Agricultural Path!

Qin Xian was stuck at the limit of the Eighth Grade, cooperating with her daughter every day to avoid exposing the truth. The mother and daughter were inseparable, walking on thin ice at every moment.

Seeing this situation, Xiao Tuyun also felt restless and anxious within her heart. To debunk the lie as quickly as possible, every day she revolved around her mother and four older brothers and sisters, pouring out all her insights regarding the Seventh Grade without holding anything back, never keeping her secrets hidden.

The manifestation of vital energy at the very instant of breaking realms underwater, the convergence of the thousands of wills of the earth's spirituality upon oneself when the realm stabilized, and the Seventh Grade comprehension of the earth's ultimate principles where all things mutually generated and restricted one another—everything, from the grand to the minute, was explained over and over again.

Presently, all five members of Qin Xian's group had reached the Eighth Grade limit, yet every time they charged at the gate of the Seventh Grade, they remained as unyielding as a boulder and as steady as Mount Tai.

Xiao Tuyun gradually began to suspect that her initial method of breaking realms was not a universal path; certain crucial steps must still be missing!

Thus, she began trying all sorts of bizarre methods.

She force-fed Qin Xian pills refined through the Pill Pinching Technique, attempted to break the gate using the spirituality of the Land Spirit, and even adopted sudden-fright methods, extreme-opportunity methods, life-or-death methods, long-term precipitation methods... Every method she could think of was used, yet none of them had any effect!

The more she tried, the more she became convinced that the gate of the Seventh Grade required not just accumulation, but a certain prerequisite condition!

Just like that, time hurried on, and the years paused not.

The forty-third year of the Jingtai Era, autumn.

Xiao Tuyun's fourteenth birthday.

She did not hold a grand celebration; she and her mother were naturally low-key people, and the six members of the family gathered in the small courtyard by the lake to eat a home-cooked meal.

At Green Mountain Lake, an inner and outer family distinction had faintly formed within the Qin Household.

The inner family was naturally the six people who had originally come to settle at Green Mountain Lake, while the outer family consisted of all the Agricultural Path Cultivators later sent by Wang Congyun. On the surface, both sides lived closely and shared honor and disgrace, but an obvious barrier still existed between them.

This was not only because they had gotten to know each other at different times and their relationships weren't close enough, but also because the outer family held a long-standing reverence and respect for the six inner family members, viewing the inner family members as the true backbone of the Agricultural Path and the guardian deities of the Qin Household. Therefore, even though Qin Xian actively tried to narrow the distance, the outer family members always kept themselves separated by a layer.

Even Qin Tiehan, who had the closest relationship with the inner family, had never thought of becoming a true inner family member.

The inner and outer realms were distinct, the hierarchy was obvious, and a lamentable thick barrier stood between them.

Consequently, although Xiao Tuyun's birthday feast filled an entire courtyard, the ones sitting together to eat were still just the family of six.

Simple dishes were placed on the table—fish soup, stir-fried greens, and steamed eggs. The sisters and brothers each offered their blessings, and the meal came to an end.

After the meal, Xiao Tuyun picked up a small bamboo board, her little face rigid, looking serious and solemn.

"Come, come, come, sit properly, and continue cultivating!"

Qin Xian and Qin Yi's four siblings sat down on the straw cushions by the lakeside, closing their eyes to begin charging toward the Seventh Grade.

Just like usual, Xiao Tuyun explained the key points of breaking realms over and over again.

The vital energy fluctuated between them and Daoist charms were born in abundance, yet there was simply no sign of breaking the realm at all.

From daylight to the heavy descent of night.

Qin Yi and the others opened their eyes one after another, their expressions weary as they shook their heads and sighed.

The gate of the Seventh Grade remained silent and motionless; let alone loosening the opportunity, not even the slightest crack could be seen!

It was simply impervious!

The third brother, Qin Feng, sighed, shaking his head as he said, "Little Sister... perhaps we truly lack the talent to break through the Third Realm! That flash of comprehension when the mind suddenly became enlightened during your initial realm break—I'm afraid we won't be able to grasp it in this lifetime!"

"Ah, people sometimes still have to recognize themselves and accept their own mediocrity."

The second brother, Qin Lan, echoed, "Have you forgotten? Back then, after Little Sister broke through, she nearly failed to stabilize her realm. She relied on the spiritual energy blessing of the four directional Land Spirits and the convergence of thousands of thoughts upon her to finally consolidate her realm and stand firm as a Third-Realm Herbal Scholar! Even a supreme talent like her had such a difficult time—how could we possibly break through so easily?"

Qin Xian fell silent, continuing to persistently attempt the barrier breakthrough.

"No! That's not right, what you're saying is wrong!" Qin Tuo Yun shook her head, emphasizing, "I have a premonition that this Third Realm is far from the limit of the Agricultural Path, and might even just be the beginning of the Great Dao, having no essential, worlds-apart difference from the Second Realm Field Steward! It shouldn't be this difficult!"

"There must be a way to let everyone break through the realm as naturally and smoothly as when we initially awakened our Awakened Wisdom—letting water flow to form a canal!"

The four siblings did not pick up the thread, sitting in silence and looking at each other in dismay.

The night wind blew, chilling them to the bone.

Qin Yi stood up, patted Xiao Tuyun, and placated her, "Alright, Little Sister, don't be anxious. Take everything slowly; we are still young and have opportunities!"

Xiao Tuyun helplessly nodded, the agitation in her heart still lingering and refusing to dissipate.

She worried even more about her mother. Her mother was masquerading as the Third Realm while possessing the body of the Second Realm; as time went on, flaws would inevitably appear. Recently, some people had already faintly sensed that something wasn't quite right...

The outer family members might not be entirely free of doubts, especially since many newcomers had not yet truly acknowledged the head of the household from the bottom of their hearts. If things continued this way, she would only have one path left: exposing her own talent to stabilize popular sentiment and secure the position of the head of the household.

The four siblings prepared to stand up and leave, but seeing that Qin Xian was still attempting the breakthrough, they felt it improper to leave first and could only silently sit back down to wait for her.

An entire night passed.

As the faint morning light broke, Qin Xian slowly opened her eyes. Pale and utterly exhausted, she met the eager, hopeful gazes of the others and slowly shook her head.

"It's no good... The door to the Third Realm remains firmly locked, without the slightest loosening! Child, just how did you open yours in the back then?"

Even though Qin Tuo Yun had grown increasingly calm and steady in recent years, she still felt a touch of irritability and impatience. Pouting, she snapped, "How else could it be broken?! You just grab that split-second of enlightenment and give it a fierce shove, and the door opens! Do you people not understand?!"

The five people present all tilted their heads, their expressions entirely identical.

They didn't understand at all! Their heads were full of question marks!

Did she seriously think the words she was saying... were something carbon-based lifeforms could comprehend?

Was she really not flexing on them?

Qin Xian gave a wry smile, intending to soothe her daughter, but Xiao Tuyun slumped down and muttered with a sense of self-reproach.

"If I could, I'd really love to go push that Seventh Grade door for you instead!"

She could no longer hold back, suddenly raising her hand to deliver a vague, phantom push against Qin Xian's back as agricultural path vital energy rushed past in a blur!

"Just like this! Crashing it open, what's so hard about it—?!"

Her fair hand landed lightly on Qin Xian's back without force, yet the very instant it did, a heavy, surging resonance of the Dao churned forth, pouring instantly into all four limbs and every bone. That illusory yet real door of the Seventh Grade shuddered accordingly!

Crack! Boom, boom, boom!

A series of faint sounds echoed, as though breaking through some sort of shackles!

Within Qin Xian's body, the resonance of the Dao intertwined and vital energy surged like a hundred rivers returning to the sea!

She trembled all over as if struck by lightning, then her eyes snapped wide open as she felt the Seventh Grade door—which had stood completely unmoving despite her assaults for four years—suddenly fly wide open at this moment!

A grand, rich aura of the agricultural path rose up from within her body like a spring tide washing over her, leaving her thoughts clear and fluid without the slightest obstruction!

Boom!

Waves of pure green light rippled and stirred! Vitality flourished across the wilderness! The surrounding plants instantly glowed with a renewed, vibrant green!

Instinctively, Qin Xian raised her hand, pinching with her fingertips. The roadside flowers and plants rapidly liquefied, condensed, and crystallized, drifting down into her palm as a pale green pill.

Pill Pinching Technique!

The Seventh Grade was achieved!

Qin Xian stared blankly at the pill, taking a long time before she raised her head to look at Xiao Tuyun. "This... Child! Is this... Mother's in the Third Realm?"

Xiao Tuyun: "?"

Qin Yi and his sister: "???"

What on earth was going on here?!

What happened? How had she broken through just like that!

That Seventh Grade, which had trapped Xiao Tuyun for a full six years and had now trapped the five members of the Qin Household for four years, had just been broken through with such silky smoothness?!

How was that possible!

Everyone stared in unison at Qin Xian. This breakthrough had not the slightest trace of instability; everything had come together as naturally as water flowing into a canal!

It was vastly different from the agonizing difficulty of Xiao Tuyun's own breakthrough back then!

Xiao Tuyun was dumbfounded, blankly staring at her own small hands.

She had just given a casual push, yet that resonance of the Dao had surged forth on its own to gift itself to her mother. Why was that?

It was really this simple?!

Could it be that what they lacked in breaking through to the Seventh Grade was simply a herbal scholar who had already stepped onto the Third Realm to lead the way for newcomers with a tiny opening-door ritual?!

She abruptly whipped her head around to look at Qin Yi and his siblings.

"Quick! Hurry over here—! Gather all your vital essence and spirit, push it right up against the Third Grade door, and I'll open it for you!"

The four siblings looked at each other in mutual dismay. Amidst their mind-boggling astonishment and tingling scalps, they hastily settled onto their straw mats.

None of them could have ever imagined that this night would hold such a heaven-defying reversal!

Following that.

Swish!

Swish, swish, swish!

Patches of verdant vitality and agricultural path resonance fiercely soared into the sky.

In the span of a single short night, five Seventh Grade auras pierced the firmament. Shaking and surging upward alongside the rising sun in the east, green light soared into the sky by the Qingshan Lakeside, and the resonance of the Dao intertwined.

The lake's surface rippled with churning light, the water churning as though stirred by a drum, swelling into layers of spreading ripples!

Along the banks, land spirits popped their heads out everywhere in mutual response, gathering toward the lakeside.

All things were renewed!

The entire Green Mountain Lake Qin Household was shaken from top to bottom as the path of the Third Realm cracked wide open!

"This... It's actually done?!"

At that moment, watching five successive Seventh Grade auras pierce the heavens, Xiao Tuyun experienced emotions too complex for words.

She even felt a bit bitter!

It turned out that in this Third Realm, only the very first person to break through was the most difficult!

As long as she, this trailblazer, applied the Opening-Door Ritual to give those who followed a push, they could achieve success as naturally as water flows down a channel! But... those latecomers would not experience the gathering of thousands of spiritual opportunities into one's person to achieve the Dao at the instant of stabilizing their realm, and their cultivation abilities might be quite inferior to hers.

Would the path of the future be like this as well?

Sixth Grade, Fifth Grade, did they also require the foremost realm-breaker to open doors for those who came after?

No, it should not be that simple; each grade should have a different ritual, and they would not all be the same. Before finding the fixed ritual, breaking through a realm was as hard as ascending to the heavens, but once it was found, it was as natural as water flowing down a channel.

In short... only the world where she got hurt had been achieved?

Closely following that, she thought of another possibility. If she could use the power of a Herbal Scholar to open doors for Qin Xian and the five others, would gathering even more power of the Field Steward into one's person likewise achieve the effect of opening doors?

For a time, she stood by Qingshan Lakeside with a churning heart, silent for a long while.

Behind her.

A commotion had long since spread among the outer-household dwellings of the Qin Household. People got up from their sleep, suddenly startled to hear five Third Realm auras soar into the sky. Green light shrouded all four directions of the lake shore, and the Land Spirits burrowed out in unison. Looking disheveled yet all deeply excited, they ran out of their rooms, looking at each other in dismay, startled and shocked.

"Third Realm! Overnight, all six members of the inner household have broken through to the Third Realm! This is simply a miracle!"

"As expected of the household head! As expected of the inner household! This truly is the true guardian deity of our Agricultural Path!"

"Ten thousand li of fertile fields—the Agricultural Path shall greatly flourish!! A realm where not a single person in the outside world has broken through, yet our household has produced a full six of them!"

The sounds of wild celebration and shaking reverberated across the four directions, grand and mighty, seething ceaselessly, and failing to quiet down for a long time.

From then on, the Opening-Door Ritual originated at Qingshan Lakeside, and those Field Stewards who pushed the limits to break through to Herbal Scholars steadily increased day by day—