Heaven and Earth Upheaval, Breakthrough in Cultivation

"I wasn't discussing what I just said with you. I was informing you. Understand?"

Amid the dead silence, Jiang Xuan swept his gaze over everyone expressionlessly and spoke calmly, his tone radiating an icy killing intent.

Gulp...

At that moment, every prodigy present felt a chill spread through their entire bodies. They could not help but shiver, and quite a few secretly swallowed hard.

The pressure Jiang Xuan exerted on them was simply too overwhelming!

What exactly did Brother Xuan Jiang experience in this life? He has become so ruthless, so decisive in slaughter... He's practically just like me.

Leng Lingshuang's red dress fluttered in the wind. A fierce light burst from her beautiful eyes as she thought to herself:

But I like it so much...

"Fellow Daoist Jiang Xuan saved my life earlier. I am willing to offer my treasure to Fellow Daoist Jiang Xuan!"

At that moment, someone among the dozens of prodigies spoke up.

He stepped forward, took a longsword engraved with mystical runes from his spatial ring, and handed it to Jiang Xuan without hesitation.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang Xuan, this is a sacred sword forged from meteorite iron from beyond the heavens. It is indestructible, capable of splitting mountains, severing seas, destroying cities, and cleaving open the heavens..."

"Not bad. I quite appreciate you."

Jiang Xuan smiled faintly at him. Under everyone's watchful eyes, he accepted the sacred sword without the slightest politeness, while thinking to himself:

These people truly are the top prodigies of major powers. They have so many treasures on them. Unlike the Profound Heaven Sect, where I spent eighteen years—just one Profound Heaven Sacred Sword was enough to serve as the sect's treasure...

"I am willing to offer a treasure to Fellow Daoist Jiang Xuan!"

Another prodigy stepped out and presented three sacred herbs to Jiang Xuan.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang Xuan, this is merely a small token of my regard. I hope you will not disdain it."

"Rest assured. I have always valued righteousness over profit. I won't disdain you."

Jiang Xuan nodded with a smile and said so.

Then, Jiang Xuan collected the three sacred herbs, utterly calm and composed.

"I am willing to offer a treasure to Fellow Daoist Jiang Xuan!"

"I am willing to offer a treasure to Fellow Daoist Jiang Xuan!"

Seeing this, the other prodigies also stepped forward one after another, offering treasures to Jiang Xuan. Most were sacred weapons, sacred herbs, and the like.

Most of the prodigies were not resistant to this.

First, Jiang Xuan truly had saved their lives just now.

Second, treasures of this level were within what they could accept.

Finally, if a single treasure could earn Jiang Xuan's goodwill, it was truly not a loss.

After all, they had all witnessed Jiang Xuan's strength. He stood far above everyone else.

If they could cling to Jiang Xuan's thigh, then even if they could not obtain any great opportunity on this trip to Everlasting Heaven, at the very least, their chances of returning safely would be much greater.

However, among the prodigies, there were also seven or eight cultivators who were deeply dissatisfied.

For example, Wang Teng and Long Aotian were both the foremost prodigies of their respective factions, geniuses praised as having the hope of becoming Emperors. Naturally, they were unwilling to submit to another prodigy of their own generation.

Thus, although the two handed over treasures like the other prodigies, their expressions were incomparably grim. They felt utterly miserable inside and secretly plotted how to strangle Jiang Xuan within the Everlasting Heaven Secret Realm.

Naturally, Jiang Xuan could see through this.

However, he said nothing. His face remained expressionless, while his heart was incomparably calm.

In his eyes, Wang Teng and Long Aotian were no more than two ants. If they behaved themselves, all would be well. If they did not...

Heh. Jiang Xuan would not mind sending them on their way.

Rumble—!!

Just then, the entirety of Everlasting Heaven suddenly shook. Vast Dao resonance spread through the air, and the divine glow above the heavens became even more resplendent.

The entire space seemed to be shrouded in an incomparably profound power of laws.

That power of laws was incredibly mystical. It gave everyone the feeling that their bodies and minds had become transparent and unclouded, as though their comprehension and talent had risen to a higher level.

"Is this the opportunity bestowed upon us by the Everlasting Heaven Venerable? I feel like I'm about to break through!"

A prodigy said excitedly, his eyes burning.

Boom!

The instant that prodigy spoke, someone within the crowd actually broke through!

That person was Jiang Xuan!

Jiang Xuan had already closed his eyes and sat cross-legged. Dao resonance swirled around him as chaotic energy intertwined with primordial energy, making him appear incomparably mystical, like a child of the Great Dao.

"What terrifying talent! Jiang Xuan truly is a freak!"

Everyone was shocked. Even Wang Teng and Long Aotian stared at Jiang Xuan in utter astonishment, their faces filled with disbelief.

He broke through just like that?

Wasn't the Dragon Transformation Realm said to have a chasm between every minor realm, each layer like a different heaven?

How had it become so easy for Jiang Xuan?

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"No, Jiang Xuan's state... He is experiencing an epiphany?!"

After observing Jiang Xuan for several seconds, Long Aotian could not help but exclaim in shock.

"What? An epiphany? Isn't that a state every cultivator dreams of entering? Jiang Xuan entered it just like that?"

The prodigies were shocked once more.

At that moment, they even began to doubt whether they were truly as naturally gifted as the elders of their factions had claimed.

Boom!

At that moment, someone else broke through in cultivation.

Everyone turned to look at that person and could not help but be startled again.

Because that person was Leng Lingshuang, who stood beside Jiang Xuan.

"What the hell? What kind of monsters are these two?"

Everyone began to question their lives.

"No, I have to break through too!"

After witnessing Jiang Xuan and Leng Lingshuang break through before their very eyes, some prodigies were fired up with fighting spirit. They sat down cross-legged and began cultivating.

"I'll give it a try too!"

Seeing this, everyone began sitting cross-legged to cultivate, hoping to raise their cultivation a little more before entering the Everlasting Heaven Secret Realm.

Yet amid this atmosphere, several people fixed their eyes on Jiang Xuan, cold glints flickering in their gazes.

They were all cultivators who had been dissatisfied with Jiang Xuan from the beginning. They wanted to take advantage of Jiang Xuan's immersion in epiphany to eliminate him!

The few exchanged glances, then attacked simultaneously in the next instant.

Boom!

In an instant, thunderous roars exploded between heaven and earth. Several brilliant rays of light blossomed as multiple divine abilities were unleashed at once, hurtling toward Jiang Xuan.

Everyone was caught off guard by this sudden change and opened their eyes one after another.

When they saw the scene before them clearly, they were initially shocked, but then their hearts began to stir.

If Jiang Xuan were truly eliminated now, then their chances of obtaining opportunities on this journey to Everlasting Heaven would increase tremendously!

But just as those attacks were about to strike Jiang Xuan...

A dark-red power suddenly spread between heaven and earth.

It instantly annihilated all of those attacks!