How Could I Accept This?

It seemed that brief weakness had been nothing but an illusion. Lin Jun had returned to his peak, stronger than ever before.

"You... broke through again?"

Yan Hua pointed at Lin Jun, at a loss for how to describe his feelings.

He had known that Lin Jun had broken through once in the Inner Abode. Barely a month had passed, and he had broken through again. Since when had the breakthroughs martial artists yearned for become as easy as eating and drinking for him?

"Almost. Something's still missing, but I'm nearly there."

Lin Jun's current strength lay between Martial Venerable and Martial Saint. The experience from those four Demon Venerables and the Demon-Slaying Sword's assistance had carried him halfway up the step called Martial Venerable.

But for now, he was at most a Pseudo-Venerable. He still lacked something before he could truly enter that realm.

"It must be Authority—the laws of heaven and earth. As long as you aren't deceived by heaven and earth and seize those laws for yourself, you'll become a true Martial Venerable."

Although Yuan Yu was astonished, all of this somehow seemed reasonable when it came to Lin Jun.

Without realizing it, Lin Jun had twisted his entire worldview. He actually thought it was perfectly normal for Lin Jun to break through as easily as eating and drinking.

Ever since Lin Jun had slaughtered Feng Jue, Yuan Yu had stopped viewing him as a Martial Saint. He had always treated him as an equal.

"We can discuss that later. Once I return, I'll seek your guidance on seizing the opportunity of heaven and earth, seniors. First, I'm going after Long Song."

Lin Jun lightly shook the Demon-Slaying Sword, flicking off the blood that even the sword refused to absorb, then headed straight in the direction Long