Another Breakthrough in a Familiar Place!

"How could this happen?!"

"Th-this... this is... young friend Lin Yunji actually broke through again before the lecture on the Great Dao even began?"

"This is unbelievable! How... how did he break through for no apparent reason?"

"In that case, if he keeps breaking through at this rate, won't he soon reach the Daluo Golden Immortal realm? Is he about to reach the same realm as us?"

"To break through to the Daluo Golden Immortal realm, one must comprehend heaven and earth and grasp the Power of Principle. How could that be so easy?"

"..."

Lin Yunji entered a state of breakthrough once again, and before long, he drew the attention of numerous powerful cultivators.

Their gazes turned toward Lin Yunji, and every one of them fell into shock once more.

The Three Pure Ones looked over as well. When they saw that Lin Yunji was in the midst of a breakthrough, they were both surprised and delighted.

"Brother Tongtian, young friend Lin Yunji... has he entered a state of breakthrough again?" Daoist Fuxi asked, so incredulous that he could not help staring with his mouth agape.

"Indeed!" Daoist Tongtian nodded in confirmation, his eyes seemingly glued to Lin Yunji.

Though he said little, the excitement and joy in his eyes were plain to see!

From the look of him, he seemed far more excited than if he were the one breaking through.

It was not just Cult Master Tongtian. Even Laozi and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi exchanged glances, each seeing joy in the other's eyes.

Without a doubt, the Three Pure Ones were entirely sincere toward Lin Yunji. Naturally, they were delighted to see his cultivation soar and his strength increase!

"Rumble!"

At that moment, Innate Spiritual Qi filled the sky, drawn in from afar and sucked straight into the Spiritual Qi vortex before pouring wildly into Lin Yunji's body.

His presence rose at a staggering speed, while an ancient presence like that of a primordial beast grew ever more terrifying, slowly rising and spreading outward.

"Boom!"

An unknown amount of time passed before a muffled boom came from Lin Yunji's body.

His presence seemed to have reached its peak, and his cultivation had risen to the level of a Taiyi Mid-stage Golden Immortal. His Law Power had grown countless times denser and more abundant!

"You, Little Jade Bamboo..."

Seeing Lin Yunji complete his breakthrough, Lady Nüwa could not help covering her little mouth. Only after a long while did she recover her senses. She looked at Lin Yunji, starting to speak but trailing off...

"I broke through again..." Lin Yunji said helplessly, his face falling as he spread his hands at Lady Nüwa.

He was busy cursing the system in his heart.

It was only a single Heavenly Scar Fragment. Did it really have to give him a hundred thousand Cultivation Points all at once?

He had thought he still needed to accumulate a great many Cultivation Points before breaking through to the next realm, so he had not been worried at all. Who could have imagined that the system would give him as many as a hundred thousand at once?

What he did not know was that when Lady Nüwa heard Lin Yunji mention his breakthrough just now, he was utterly nonchalant and showed no sign of happiness. She even detected a hint of helplessness and frustration in his voice.

It was the same last time. Why does he wear that expression every time he breaks through and his cultivation soars?

Lady Nüwa could not understand it, and it made her increasingly curious about Lin Yunji.

After all, for other living beings, breaking through even a minor realm was truly rare. Who would not be excited and delighted? Surely no one else would become frustrated outright like Lin Yunji?

What kind of existence was he, exactly?

At that moment!

The two attendants Haotian and Yaochi, standing by the hall doors not far away, had of course seen Lin Yunji's situation as well.

When they saw that Lin Yunji had entered a state of breakthrough again, their eyes widened, and they were shocked beyond measure!

"Brother Lin Yunji really is interesting! He has only just arrived, and he's already begun another breakthrough!" Yaochi laughed and could not resist teasing him. "It was the same last time. This scene really is familiar!"

"Indeed! Brother Lin truly is remarkable. The moment he arrived, he became the focus of everyone's attention!"

Haotian looked at Lin Yunji and could not help saying, "Look at his bearing. Compared to when we last met him, he seems even more composed. After a breakthrough like that, he can still talk to others so nonchalantly without showing the slightest change in expression. That is truly rare!"

"Hee-hee-hee~" Yaochi covered her red lips and laughed. As she listened to Haotian praise Lin Yunji, it was as though his words had gone straight to her heart.

Hearing Lin Yunji praised made her immensely happy. She was glad he had broken through a minor realm, and delighted as she marveled at how he had once again become the object of everyone's envy.

For a moment, her lovely eyes curved into a pair of crescent moons, making her pretty porcelain-doll face look even more adorable and charming.

"Whoosh!"

Just then, the Three Pure Ones and Daoist Fuxi landed beside Lin Yunji.

"Congratulations, young friend Lin Yunji, on your soaring cultivation and higher realm! At this rate, it won't be long before you catch up with us!" Daoist Fuxi said with a smile, cupping his hands in congratulations.

"I wouldn't dare claim that. I'm feeling quite dismayed!" Lin Yunji returned the salute, a succession of wry smiles crossing his face.

"Look how pleased you are with yourself, brat! Can't you even speak properly? What's all this nonsense you're giving me? You think you can really catch up with us soon, cultivating the way you do? Let me make this clear as your master! You're still a long way off!"

Cult Master Tongtian had originally wanted to praise him, but when he heard Lin Yunji's words, his voice rose an octave. After scolding him, he softened his tone. "Still, if you're willing to work a little harder, it's not impossible for you to catch up with us and surpass us..."

A slap followed by a sweet date-Cult Master Tongtian really knew how to teach a disciple.

An ordinary disciple would surely have thanked his master at this point, and might even have asked further about the direction and methods for diligent cultivation.

But what Cult Master Tongtian did not know was that Lin Yunji truly was deeply dismayed.

He was no cultivation prodigy with terrifying talent. He had simply relied on pure luck to find a Heavenly Scar Fragment, which was quite difficult to find, and had then been rewarded with a hundred thousand Cultivation Points.

The system had directly upgraded him to the Taiyi Mid-stage Golden Immortal realm.

Put that way, it had given him no chance at all to choose or react!

Honestly, before successfully collecting forty-nine Heavenly Scar Fragments, he really, truly did not want to advance through realms too quickly!

"Hm?"

As they were talking, Lin Yunji's mind seemed to receive some kind of guidance.

His thoughts stirred, and he could not help looking to one side. When he looked toward the area beside the Purple Treasure Firmament Hall, he cried out in surprise and confusion, and his expression grew excited as well!

Following his gaze, one could see a great formation from High Antiquity standing beside the Purple Treasure Firmament Hall. Its layout was intricate, its formation patterns interwoven. After only a few glances, one's head would begin to spin. Even a cultivator in the Daluo Golden Immortal realm likely could not see through this great formation!

It was not that the formation was inconspicuous. When Dao Ancestor Hongjun first held a lecture, countless cultivators had seen it and taken a keen interest, but who dared truly investigate it and risk offending a Sage?

Strictly speaking, that was a forbidden area of the Purple Treasure Firmament Hall!

At that moment, in Lin Yunji's eyes, a diamond-shaped crystal was sparkling within that immensely complex formation from High Antiquity, giving off a familiar Dao charm.

It's another Heavenly Scar Fragment?!

Lin Yunji was overjoyed, his excitement beyond measure.

If it had not been inside the ancient formation, he would surely have rushed in and pocketed the Heavenly Scar Fragment right then!

Even so, finding a third Heavenly Scar Fragment was enough to sweep away Lin Yunji's gloom and make him happy instead.

Time slipped quietly by.

Inside the Purple Treasure Firmament Hall, Dao Ancestor Hongjun's second lecture was about to begin!

The doors of the Purple Treasure Firmament Hall opened once more.

Lin Yunji followed close behind the Three Pure Ones, flying toward the hall doors with the assembled powerful cultivators. They took their seats in order, as they had last time.

"Buzz!"

Dao Ancestor Hongjun appeared on the Dao platform at the very front.

Compared to three thousand years ago, his presence had grown even more akin to heaven and earth, and his eyes of chaos had become deeper and more boundless.

Clearly, Dao Ancestor Hongjun's cultivation had also advanced considerably, bringing him closer to the elusive Heavenly Dao.

"The Great Dao is formless, giving birth to heaven and earth; the Great Dao is impartial, setting the sun and moon in motion; the Great Dao is nameless, nurturing all things. I do not know its name, so I call it the Dao..."

As soon as Dao Ancestor Hongjun appeared, he said little to those gathered and began speaking directly of the Great Dao. From his very first words, this lecture was more profound and mysterious than the last!

When a Sage spoke of heaven and discussed the Dao, the results were naturally extraordinary.

In mere moments, heavenly flowers once again rained down inside the hall, brilliant colors spilled forth, and auspicious signs appeared one after another!