108: Chapter 108 Xue Muhan's Breakthrough, Huge Gains.

Everyone turned their heads in shock, looking toward the direction where the Aura originated.

An intensely icy Aura shot up into the sky, and the temperature for dozens of miles around plummeted.

The moisture in the air condensed into ice crystals, shimmering with seven-colored light under the illumination of the sun.

"This is... the Aura of a Martial Venerable!" A Peak Martial Emperor instructor stood up abruptly, eyes wide with disbelief. "Someone has broken through to Martial Venerable!"

"That direction... it's Teacher Xue Muhan's villa!"

"What? Teacher Xue has broken through to Martial Venerable? She's only in her thirties!"

"A Martial Venerable in her thirties... there haven't been many like that in the history of the Great Xia Alliance!"

Instructors who had been stuck at the Peak Martial Emperor Realm for many years looked at each other, their eyes filled with shock and envy.

They had cultivated bitterly for decades, unable to even touch the threshold of a Martial Venerable. Teacher Xue Muhan had broken through in her early thirties; comparing people only leads to frustration.

The students in the viewing stands were in an uproar.

"Teacher Xue has broken through to Martial Venerable? Doesn't that mean our school has another Martial Venerable-level instructor?"

"I heard Teacher Xue only broke through to Peak Martial Emperor a little over a year ago. How did she break through so suddenly and quickly?"

"Yeah, Teacher Xue is only in her thirties, right! She's already broken through to Martial Venerable?"

"The world of a Genius is something we don't understand."

Han Ming stood on the arena, watching the ice-blue pillar of light rising from the instructor villa area, his lips curling slightly upward.

Teacher Xue Muhan had broken through; he just had to wait to take off!

The Ten Thousand Dao Scripture was truly Heaven-Defying.

The barrier from Peak Martial Emperor to Martial Venerable, which had trapped countless Geniuses for a lifetime, had taken her less than a month.

"I'm going back to Cultivate. Contact me if you need anything."

Han Ming didn't dare stay there any longer. The feedback from Teacher Xue Muhan could arrive at any moment, so he quickly said this to Li Xuewei and the others and hurried toward his villa.

"This guy is truly hardworking. We need to step it up as well."

Lin Fan looked at Han Ming's retreating back and shook his head with a sigh.

Li Xuewei and Gong Shuting nodded in deep agreement.

They all thought Han Ming was rushing back to Cultivate. If someone as talented and powerful as Han Ming was still working so hard, why shouldn't they?

The group exchanged glances, seeing the determination in each other's eyes. Without delay, they all returned to Cultivate.

In the instructor villa area, Teacher Xue Muhan sat cross-legged in the cultivation room, surrounded by cold mist.

Ice-blue radiance emanated from her body, shrouding the entire villa in biting cold.

Countless tiny ice crystals in the air condensed on their own, slowly rotating around her like a miniature ice storm.

In her Sea of Consciousness, her Level Ten Ice True Intent was undergoing a qualitative transformation.

Ice was not just low temperature; it was a Law where all things stagnate and freeze. Moving from True Intent to Profound Truth was a leap from "borrowing" the power of heaven and earth to "controlling" the rules of heaven and earth.

Dual Profound Truths. Ice Essence, Mysteries of Water, the two complemented each other.

Ice is the extreme of water; water is the source of ice.

The light of the two Profound Truths intertwined and rotated in her Dantian, tempering her True Qi completely.

Her Aura at this moment was more than ten times stronger than before the Breakthrough.

Teacher Xue Muhan slowly opened her eyes, the ice-blue light in them flashing and then fading.

"Entering the Martial Venerable Realm with Dual Profound Truths, my strength shouldn't be much weaker than a Three-Star Martial Venerable with a single Profound Truth!"

She felt the surging power within her, a faint smile appearing at the corners of her lips.

The Ten Thousand Dao Scripture was truly terrifying. She had only studied it for a month before breaking through to the Martial Venerable Realm, and she had even grasped both Ice and Water Profound Truths, giving her strength comparable to a Three-Star Martial Venerable with a single Profound Truth.

She could be considered a powerhouse even in Magic City.

Moreover, even her Sword Intent had reached the Level Ten Perfection, and she was only one opportunity away from grasping the Sword Profound Truth. Once she possessed three major Profound Truths, she would have the confidence to fight even a Five-Star Martial Venerable.

At this moment, just after returning to his villa's cultivation room, Han Ming heard the System's notification sound in his mind.

"[Ding! Detected that host's disciple Teacher Xue Muhan has broken through to One-Star Martial Venerable. Qi and Blood points +10 billion. Synchronous feedback to host: Qi and Blood points +10 billion.]"

"Boom!"

As the System notification finished, a massive roar erupted within Han Ming's body, and an unprecedented torrent of Qi and blood exploded deep within him.

"Pfft..."

The impact made Han Ming cough up a mouthful of blood, and the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture operated frantically within him.

However, the sheer strength of this suddenly appearing Qi and blood energy far exceeded his imagination. Han Ming's body turned bright red, and like a balloon being inflated, he began to swell continuously.

If not for the System's suppression, such a massive influx of Qi and blood energy would have caused even a Martial King powerhouse to explode and die.

"Refine it for me!"

Han Ming endured the pain in his body, running the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture wildly. Those Qi and blood energies were quickly refined, turning into streams of True Qi that gathered in his Dantian.

His Aura began to climb wildly.

"Boom—"

In less than a breath, the Bottleneck of the Peak Nine-Star Martial General shattered, and he instantly broke through to One-Star Martial Marquis.

But that wasn't the end. The feedback from Teacher Xue Muhan this time was simply too massive. Breaking through from Peak Martial Emperor to Martial Venerable provided a feedback of ten billion Qi and blood energy.

Boom, boom...

With a few more muffled sounds, his Realm was breaking through rapidly.

Two-Star Martial Marquis... Five-Star Martial Marquis... Nine-Star Martial Marquis!

"Boom—"

The Bottleneck of the Peak Nine-Star Martial Marquis shattered, and a powerful Aura erupted from Han Ming's body, instantly breaking through to the Martial King Realm.

Ice True Intent, Water True Intent, and four other True Intents swirled endlessly around him, blooming with various colors of light.

His improvement still hadn't stopped.

One-Star Martial King... Five-Star Martial King... Eight-Star Martial King, until he broke through to Peak Nine-Star Martial King, his momentum of Breakthrough slowly stopped.

However, the System's feedback had not yet stopped.

"[Ding! Detected that host's disciple Teacher Xue Muhan has grasped Level One Ice Essence and Level One Mysteries of Water. Synchronous feedback to host: Level One Ice Essence and Level One Mysteries of Water!]"

"[Ding! Detected that host's disciple Teacher Xue Muhan's Ethereal Sword Intent has reached Perfection. Synchronous feedback to host: Ethereal Sword Intent Perfection!]"

"Boom!"

A roar echoed in Han Ming's mind. The Ice and Water True Intents, which had already reached Level Ten Perfection, underwent rapid transformation and sublimation.

Soon, they formed unique Profound Truths, and his understanding of Ice and Water reached a brand-new Realm.

It was also at this moment that all the True Intents within Han Ming, with him as the center, instantly spread out, forming a unique Domain in the surroundings.

The Martial Emperor Realm was achieved.

If not for the Formation of the villa blocking it, his Domain might have covered the entire freshman villa area.

"Hoo..."

Ten minutes later, Han Ming withdrew his Domain and slowly opened his eyes.

Feeling the powerful strength within his body, his body couldn't help but tremble.

It was too strong. He hadn't expected that a single Breakthrough from Teacher Xue Muhan would bring him such a huge improvement, pushing him to the Martial Emperor Realm in one go.

"System, open the panel."

After a good while, he calmed his excited mood and opened the System panel.

[Host: Han Ming]

[Age: 19]

[Qi and Blood Points: 10.1 billion]

[Realm: One-Star Martial Emperor]

[Talent: Hunyuan Divine Body]

[True Intent: Ice Essence (Level 1), Mysteries of Water (Level 1), Wind and Thunder True Intent (Level 4), Fire True Intent (Level 3), Ethereal Sword Intent (Level 10)]

[Cultivation Technique: Ten Thousand Dao Scripture (Immortal Rank)]

[Martial Skill: Wind and Thunder Heaven-Suppressing Fist (Perfection), Fire Dragon Burning Heaven (Perfection), Star-Stepping Moon-Chasing Step (Major Achievement), Cloud Treading Step (Major Achievement), Ice Sealing World (Perfection), Ice Escape (Perfection), Ethereal Sword Technique (Perfection)...]

[Current Disciple Slots: 6/9 (One disciple slot awarded for every major Realm Breakthrough)]

[Bound Disciples: Lin Fan (Three-Star Martial Ancestor), Li Xuewei (Seven-Star Great Martial Master), Gong Shuting (Three-Star Great Martial Master), Ye Yunfeng (Five-star Martial Ancestor), Nangong Li (Six-star Martial Ancestor), Teacher Xue Muhan (One-Star Martial Venerable)]

"It's practically a step into the sky. Binding Teacher Xue Muhan was such a right move."

Han Ming felt a surge of excitement looking at his panel.

As a One-Star Martial Emperor, he already possessed two Profound Truths. The Bottleneck from Martial Emperor to Martial Venerable no longer existed for him; all that was lacking was the accumulation of Qi and blood energy and True Qi.

Although he was only a One-Star Martial Emperor, even those Peak Martial Emperors who had grasped three Perfected True Intents might not necessarily be his match.

Not only did he have three Perfected True Intents, but his Ice and Water had also transformed into Profound Truths, the power of which was ten times stronger than True Intent.