Breakthrough! Breakthrough! (Bonus chapter 2/3 for "Met Star Soul's" 100,000-coin donation)

The shattered Runes lingered in the air, slowly gathering toward the center under the bombardment of Thunder.

When the last rune shattered,

countless rune fragments gathered together.

Finally, they formed a single enormous rune.

Then,

it vanished completely into the void.

By then,

the protective barrier had disappeared.

Thunder continued to fall.

Yet when the Thunder reached twenty zhang above Liangshan City, it seemed to encounter some terrifying attack and vanished without a trace.

Boom! Boom!

More than two hours passed.

No matter how fiercely Thunder struck, Liangshan City remained completely untouched.

When the final bolt of Thunder fell,

the dark clouds in the sky dispersed without a trace.

But—

a terrifying surge of power erupted from Liangshan City.

Qin Shujian rose into the air with a single step.

Four Cosmic Heavenly Locks trembled in the void, their silver chains seemingly burning with terrifying flames.

Within his dantian,

the black web that acted as a shackle had quietly unraveled.

A blazing fire fueled by true essence erupted in an instant.

In that moment,

heaven and earth shook.

Qin Shujian looked at his attributes, then focused his thoughts on his fortune value.

Immediately,

the familiar fusion interface appeared again.

At his mental command,

all seven cultivation arts he practiced were placed into the slots.

Once the arts were placed inside, the slots shimmered with brilliant colors.

At the same time,

system notifications appeared.

Without a second thought, he chose to fuse them.

``` "You have consumed the Origin Canon!"

"You have consumed the blazing flame art!"

"You have consumed the all-encompassing origin-returning art!"

"You have consumed the Great Dream Spirit-Binding Art!"

"You have consumed the Wind and Thunder True Art!"

"You have consumed the Myriad Mysteries Art!"

"You have consumed the Heaven and Earth Limitless Art!"

"You have consumed thirty fortune