Within the dim spatial turbulence.
A massive void warship sped across the void.
On the warship, Chu Luo sat alone at the bow and began cultivating.
He had not slept a wink last night, spending the entire night comprehending the Forbidden Sect's supreme cultivation art.
The Forbidden Primal Chaos Art.
With his comprehension maxed out by the system.
Chu Luo had already comprehended the third level of the Forbidden Primal Chaos Art.
He was about to break through the third level's bottleneck and enter the fourth!
Hum...
Chu Luo focused his mind and held his breath as specks of golden starlight emerged across his body.
A unique Dao resonance spread from him.
At that moment, the disciples aboard the warship were drawn to the sight.
"Senior Brother Chu has actually cultivated our Forbidden Primal Chaos Art to the third level!"
"Amazing!"
"Isn't it just? I've been stuck at the second level for over a decade, and I've only just begun to touch its bottleneck..."
"Huh? Wait, Senior Brother Chu seems to be comprehending the fourth level!"
"That... can't be possible, can it?!"
"I don't think so either... the Forbidden Primal Chaos Art only has ten levels in total. I heard Senior Brother Bai had only reached the third before entering seclusion... Senior Brother Chu must just be cultivating!"
"He must be cultivating, but Senior Brother Chu did successfully master four Forbidden Secret Arts. With his comprehension, reaching the fourth level should only be a matter of time..."
The dozen or so core disciples began discussing it.
Behind those disciples.
Zhao Sheng and Qin Yi had been quietly watching Chu Luo all along.
"To think this brat Chu Luo's comprehension was so high!"
"He's already reached the limit of the third level's bottleneck and begun pushing toward the fourth!"
"With comprehension like that, we really misjudged him before..."
Qin Yi gazed at Chu Luo's back and exclaimed in wonder.
With his cultivation, he could naturally tell that Chu Luo was attempting to advance his cultivation art!
Beside him, Zhao Sheng looked at Chu Luo, his eyes flickering with complicated emotions.
He had also heard about Chu Luo's crushing defeat of Han Wujie yesterday.
He had never imagined that Chu Luo could defeat Han Wujie of the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking despite being at a lower realm.
He had preserved the Forbidden Sect's dignity!
Although Chu Luo had indeed done plenty of rotten things in the past.
Zhao Sheng had to admit.
Chu Luo was now more than qualified to be one of the Forbidden Sect's prodigies!
Boom...
Suddenly, a powerful fluctuation spread from Chu Luo.
Then the golden radiance rising from his body transformed into pulsing golden runes that swirled around him.
As Chu Luo opened his eyes, those pulsing runes formed a golden halo behind him, like the divine halo of a god!
"Break!"
Chu Luo formed hand seals and let out a low cry!
Boom...
The next moment, all dozen or so core disciples present blanched in shock.
They sensed Chu Luo circulating his cultivation art, frantically absorbing the sparse spiritual energy within the turbulent space.
That terrifying suction also made everyone realize.
Chu Luo had reached the fourth level of his cultivation art!
"Gasp... Senior Brother Chu really did reach the fourth level... is he even human...?"
"Good heavens, advancing to the fourth level seems as easy as drinking water for Senior Brother Chu..."
"But hasn't Senior Brother Chu already advanced his cultivation art? What's he doing now?"
The core disciples felt the pulling force released from Chu Luo's body.
They were both shocked and utterly bewildered!
"This brat!"
"He's actually trying to break through to the Divine Soul Realm too!"
"Spiritual energy is scarce in spatial turbulence. This brat is an absolute idiot!"
Zhao Sheng immediately saw through Chu Luo's intentions and cursed inwardly in exasperation.
Zhao Sheng had guessed correctly. Chu Luo was indeed attempting to break through to the Divine Soul Realm.
Chu Luo had already noticed that the spiritual energy in the spatial turbulence was thin and unsuitable for a breakthrough.
But he had reached his cultivation bottleneck too, and he could no longer hold it back!
Chu Luo drove his cultivation art to its limit, frantically scouring the surroundings for every wisp of spiritual energy.
Damn it, I'm screwed!
If this breakthrough fails, I'll have no choice but to use Apprentice-Protection Points!
Chu Luo felt a headache coming on.
He had wanted to save his Apprentice-Protection Points to exchange for a Longevity Body!
Just as Chu Luo was agonizing over it and preparing to use his Apprentice-Protection Points to break through.
Zhao Sheng frowned, rose to his feet, and said in a low voice:
"Elder Qin, let's lend this brat a hand!"
Qin Yi froze and gave Zhao Sheng a surprised look before smiling:
"All right!"
Hum...
Zhao Sheng and Qin Yi swept their hands!
Countless spirit stones flew from their storage rings and landed beside Chu Luo.
At the sight of the steadily growing piles of spirit stones.
Chu Luo froze, then turned to see Zhao Sheng and Qin Yi continuously releasing more stones.
He was greatly surprised!
"Brat, what are you standing there gawking for?!"
"Break through!"
Zhao Sheng snapped at him in exasperation.
"Thank you, Elders!"
Warmth flowed through Chu Luo's heart, and he cupped his hands and bowed to them.
Then his gaze sharpened, and he activated his cultivation art!
Hum...
Beneath everyone's horrified gazes.
The spirit stones covering the ground were instantly drained of spiritual energy and crumbled to dust!
"Elders, keep going! It's still not enough!"
Chu Luo frantically refined the spiritual energy as he called out to the two elders.
"This brat actually needs this much spiritual energy to reach the Divine Soul Realm? What a freak!"
Even Zhao Sheng could not help feeling shocked as he looked at the dust covering the ground.
The two of them had already released over a million high-grade spirit stones!
The dozen or so core disciples were already dumbfounded!
Chu Luo had actually absorbed the spiritual energy of a million spirit stones!
Just how deep was his foundation?!
With abundant spiritual energy at last, Chu Luo threw back his head and roared:
"Break!"
Boom...
Divine Soul First Realm!
Divine Soul Second Realm!
Before everyone's eyes, Chu Luo not only broke through his shackles.
He advanced straight to the Divine Soul Second Realm in one go!
The core disciples were utterly numb.
They remembered that Chu Luo had only just advanced through five minor realms yesterday.
Today, he had reached the Divine Soul Realm!
And he had risen two levels in succession!
What a monster!
"Thank you, Second Elder!"
"Thank you, Fourth Elder!"
Chu Luo reined in his aura and bowed respectfully to Zhao Sheng and Qin Yi.
Zhao Sheng curled his lip and said irritably:
"No need to thank me. Just stay out of my Medicine Field from now on!"
"Oh, and remember to pay me back for those spirit stones!"
The corner of Chu Luo's mouth twitched before he grinned and shrugged:
"Sure!"
"Second Elder, you can ask my master for them!"
Zhao Sheng's face darkened, and he turned and entered the cabin.
Watching Zhao Sheng's retreating back, Chu Luo still felt grateful...
"Hahaha..."
"Brat, don't mind him. The Second Elder's mouth says one thing, but his heart says another!"
"As if he'd care about a few spirit stones!"
Qin Yi teased.
Chu Luo nodded, silently committing the kindness the two had shown him today to memory.
Now, Chu Luo suddenly realized that he no longer seemed to dislike Zhao Sheng quite so much...
While the two were talking.
The void warship shuddered and sailed out of the spatial passage.
The moment the warship emerged.
Chu Luo saw a vast, magnificent complex of buildings!
Palaces with red walls and golden roof tiles rose into the clouds, built along the mountainsides.
Figures flew back and forth between the palaces.
Beneath that vast mountain range.
Several stretches of spiritual farmland extending beyond the horizon came into Chu Luo's view.
Within those fields, spiritual herbs of various grades gave off faint glows.
Rich medicinal energy permeated the fields.
This was the Pill Sect, one of the leading powers of the Three Thousand Great Worlds!
The warship descended onto a palace plaza.
At that moment, a group of disciples wearing colorful mystic robes had already been waiting in the plaza for some time...
Chu Luo noticed.
Aside from the familiar Ancient Sage Qingdan.
There was also a white-haired old man he had never seen before...
But what interested Chu Luo even more.
Was the youth standing at the head of those Pill Sect disciples.
The youth seemed to notice Chu Luo's gaze and instantly looked up.
Their gazes met.
Hostility and resentment surfaced on the youth's face.
Chu Luo froze, thinking, Is there something seriously wrong with this guy...?
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