Dissatisfied with Breaking Through One Minor Realm!

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Rumble!

The mechanical notification had barely faded when the depths of Chaos Heaven suddenly stirred. The void itself seemed to tremble as Chaos Heavenly Fire surged across the sky. A closer look revealed that the heavenly fire had not erupted at all; it had been stirred up by the Spiritual Qi all around, making it appear to erupt.

Lin Yunji was like a magnet, drawing the Spiritual Qi from across the sky toward him.

The Spiritual Qi enveloped him completely, forming a huge cocoon of Spiritual Qi light that churned beneath its surface. With him at its center, it became a dense vortex of Spiritual Qi, spinning at tremendous speed.

Innate Spiritual Qi surged toward him in vast quantities, pouring madly into his body.

Forced to endure the almost frenzied tide of Spiritual Qi, Lin Yunji's face tightened for a moment.

His presence rose rapidly, while his emanations quietly gathered.

Caught off guard, the two at the entrance were thrown off balance by the overwhelming surge of Qi and sent tumbling.

Haotian and Yaochi scrambled to their feet in disarray and barely managed to steady themselves. Their faces were filled with shock as they stared at Lin Yunji, who was shrouded in Innate Spiritual Qi.

"Brother Lin, is this... is he breaking through?"

Yaochi's little face flushed red with astonishment as she stared at Lin Yunji with wide eyes.

It was simply unbelievable!

Haotian's mouth also hung open. Utterly stunned, he said, "How is that possible?! Brother Lin was just talking to us, and right after that he started breaking through to another realm! Brother Lin, just what kind of being are you?!"

"He's amazing!"

Yaochi stared at Lin Yunji, her eyes shimmering with starlight. There was envy and hope in them, and perhaps a faint trace of some other feeling quietly taking root. She couldn't help clenching her little fists. "Come on! You can do it!"

Lin Yunji had suddenly appeared before him.

Without the slightest warning!

He was a little mysterious and a little miraculous.

Yaochi couldn't help being drawn to him.

And the name Lin Yunji would eventually take root and sprout in Yaochi's heart, leaving its mark.

Meanwhile, the great commotion Lin Yunji had caused naturally disturbed the Three Pure Ones, who were resting nearby.

They were surprised that Lin Yunji had suddenly reached the threshold and made a breakthrough in his cultivation.

"He's breaking through already? I checked before, and nephew Yunji was still some way from the mid-stage Golden Immortal realm!" Besides his shock, Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi felt some disapproval.

"How strange, how strange!" Laozi stared at the cocoon of light around Lin Yunji, his gaze wavering with suspicion.

Cult Master Tongtian, however, noticed the boy and girl on the stone steps, barely managing to keep their footing as the waves of Qi washed over them.

"Could it have something to do with them?" he muttered.

It was no wonder Cult Master Tongtian would make such a guess.

Unless Lin Yunji had deliberately concealed it before.

But with their abilities, they certainly could not have been mistaken. The three of them had been of one mind, and the realm Lin Yunji had shown was indeed far from the threshold of a breakthrough.

There naturally had to be a cause behind his sudden breakthrough.

It surely could not be unrelated to what was around him.

It was no wonder Cult Master Tongtian suspected Haotian and Yaochi.

At Tongtian's words, Laozi and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi also gave the two children a few more looks, but after examining them several times, they found nothing amiss.

Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi looked away and turned to Lin Yunji. "Whatever the case," he said seriously, "nephew Yunji is at a crucial moment. We ought to keep him safe!"

"Indeed we should!"

Laozi nodded in agreement. "Daoist Hongjun will soon begin his sermon at the altar, and the area in front of the Purple Treasure Firmament Hall is bound to grow livelier. The beings who have come to hear the Dao are a mixture of fish and dragons, so we should be on guard. Let us protect him while he cultivates!"

"I doubt any of them would dare disturb my disciple's breakthrough!" Cult Master Tongtian snorted coldly. With that, he sprang into motion and flew down beside Lin Yunji.

Laozi and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi followed, and the three formed a triangle around Lin Yunji.

Fierce winds swept the white sun along, and the light of day sped westward.

Time flew. Lin Yunji was still breaking through, but many beings had already gathered before the hall.

Those who had arrived one after another behind the Three Pure Ones were all quite capable, and some mighty figures were already standing there.

They took their places before the Purple Treasure Firmament Hall, and when they saw that Lin Yunji was in the midst of a breakthrough, they could not help being greatly shocked.

"Breaking through in front of the Purple Treasure Firmament Hall? Just who is he?"

"He only looks to be in the Golden Immortal realm. I suppose he must be a disciple of those three powerhouses protecting him!"

"Those three are terrifying! I can't see through their cultivation at all!"

"Indeed, indeed. Every one of them is actually above my realm!"

"To have reached the Purple Treasure Firmament Hall ahead of time, they must naturally be extraordinary..."

"That young friend is truly lucky to have become their disciple!"

"Not so, not so. He must have something extraordinary about him to have caught their eyes..."

The doors of the Purple Treasure Firmament Hall remained tightly shut, with no sign that they were about to open.

Mighty beings gathered there, and those who rarely saw one another could not help striking up conversations as they waited in boredom. Lin Yunji naturally became the focus of their discussion.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, two dazzling streaks of light swept in from the depths of the chaos.

The newcomers were a man and a woman, both with formidable cultivation and immense Law Power. They had actually reached the mid-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

Even compared with the Three Pure Ones, the two powerhouses were only slightly inferior.

These two exalted figures were none other than Daoist Fuxi and Lady Nüwa!

Daoist Fuxi had brows of eight colors, eyes like bright stars, and a fair face. His presence was powerful but not fierce, and his pride came naturally, without the slightest hint of aggression.

Nüwa stood gracefully beside him, radiant and beautiful indeed. Her clean, oval face bore no powder or rouge, yet her cheeks were like fresh lychees and her nose smooth as goose fat. Her snow-white robes set her off like a lotus rising from clear water, natural and pure. She was also like a goddess of the ninth heaven, someone who could only be admired from afar and never treated with familiarity.

Her beauty truly eclipsed the past and present, her radiance unrivaled across the land!

Fuxi looked toward Lin Yunji and could not help being surprised. "Look, that young friend is actually breaking through?"

Nüwa followed his gaze, a smile in her beautiful eyes. Curious, she said, "Sensing this young friend's breakthrough, his majestic presence, the churning Spiritual Qi, and that vast force, one might think him one of us. Yet on closer inspection, he is only in the Golden Immortal realm. How interesting!"

Fuxi could not help nodding when he heard this. "Indeed. Look, his Law Power is also far stronger than that of someone in the early-stage Golden Immortal realm. Judging by this might, he is probably even a little stronger than an ordinary late Golden Immortal. That is truly rare."

"No wonder three supreme powerhouses are willing to stand guard and protect him through his breakthrough. There is indeed something extraordinary about him."

Rumble!

The Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth suddenly began surging much faster.

Lin Yunji's breakthrough had reached its final stage.

His presence climbed to its threshold, and as Innate Spiritual Qi poured rapidly into him, he gathered strength, ready to unleash it.

Then, with a sudden leap, it seemed as though the chaos had been swept aside in an instant.

Everyone's vision blurred. The chaos was still there, and its momentary parting seemed to have been nothing but an illusion.

Boom!

Mid-stage Golden Immortal!

Lin Yunji slowly descended from the void back to the ground. He could feel that the boundless Law Power within him was several times stronger than before.

He couldn't help feeling rather depressed.

I've really been screwed over! If I'd known this would happen, couldn't I have just thrown those fruits away? Why did I give them to anyone?!

Lin Yunji was furious, with nowhere to vent.

And it was some hidden, random mission, too!

It was plainly just an excuse to give him a reason to break through.

Lin Yunji felt that the system was finding all sorts of ways to give him cultivation. For all he knew, even if he had thrown the fruits away, he would have triggered some mission or other and received a huge boost to his cultivation.

I've lost out big time!

What Lin Yunji did not know was that all the powerful beings around him had seen his expression. For a moment, they were puzzled and somewhat shocked.

This man actually thought it was nothing special!

It was only a moment before the commotion Lin Yunji had caused subsided. They then looked away and returned to their own affairs, and the conversation quietly shifted elsewhere.

After all, no matter how unusual Lin Yunji was, he was only a mere mid-stage Golden Immortal. Compared with Daluo Golden Immortals like them, who had long since gathered the three flowers atop their heads, comprehended Principles, and possessed Law Power reaching from heaven to earth, he was far from enough to be worth noticing.

Yet among the crowd, one powerhouse was still watching him in secret.

It was Lady Nüwa, who had taken quite an interest in him earlier.

He really is very interesting. He clearly just broke through to the mid-stage Golden Immortal realm, yet he hasn't shown the slightest trace of happiness...

Could it be that he isn't satisfied?

Is a single minor realm beneath his notice?

If Lin Yunji had learned what Nüwa was thinking, he would certainly have cried out that he had been wronged.

He really was more wronged than Dou E, all right!

What did she mean, he wasn't satisfied?!

Actually, that was right!

He really wasn't satisfied!

He wasn't satisfied that the system had made him break through one minor realm!!

He was even less satisfied that, in just a few short decades, he had gone from the early-stage Golden Immortal realm to his current mid-stage Golden Immortal realm!!!