134: Chapter 134 Dual Cultivation Breaks Through Inner Demons! Yao Xi Steps into the Supreme Realm!

Holy Spring Forbidden Ground.

Lu Chen's Great Emperor Origin power had already completed its ninth cycle within Yao Xi's body.

The speed of the Spiritual Qi circulation within Yao Xi's body suddenly accelerated tenfold; the Spiritual Qi in her Qi Sea began to condense from a liquid state, advancing toward a higher level of qualitative change.

The barrier of the Saint Realm Peak lost its meaning the moment her Heart Demon shattered.

Buzz—

The entire Holy Spring Forbidden Ground began to vibrate.

It wasn't an earthquake; it was the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi resonating.

The life essence condensed over ten thousand years in the grotto transformed into visible milky-white streams of light, frantically surging into Yao Xi's body.

The water level of the Holy Spring was dropping at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It wasn't just the Holy Spring.

Across the entire Yaochi Holy Land, from the foot of the mountain to its Peak, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi in all Spiritual Veins changed direction simultaneously.

Ninety-nine Spiritual Qi waterfalls hanging from the clouds began to flow backward.

The liquefied Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi no longer poured downward but flowed upward, converging into a visible river of Spiritual Qi that pierced through the earth, the rock walls, and the seven layers of emperor grade Formations, pouring straight into the Holy Spring Forbidden Ground.

A massive Spiritual Qi vortex formed with Yao Xi as its center.

The vortex covered the entire Yaochi Immortal Mountain. Spiritual Qi within a thousand-mile radius was sucked dry; birds fell to the ground, Spirit Beasts crouched low, and even the immortal lotuses in the mountains closed their petals.

Inside the grotto.

Yao Xi pressed tightly against Lu Chen, her hands clutching his lapels.

Her body was glowing.

It wasn't the kind of light from leaking Spiritual Qi, but the manifestation of Laws.

Fine Dao patterns emerged from beneath her skin, spreading along the path of her Meridians from her fingertips to her arms, from her collarbone to her back, covering her entire body.

Lu Chen's palm remained pressed against her spine, continuously outputting Origin power to safeguard her Breakthrough.

He felt the dramatic changes occurring within Yao Xi.

Her Qi Sea expanded threefold, her Spiritual Qi condensed from liquid to solid, and new Law patterns appeared one by one on her Dao foundation—this was the hallmark of the Supreme Realm, the starting point of governing the myriad Daos.

Yao Xi's cultivation aura surged violently across a major Realm, crossing directly from the Saint Realm into the Supreme Realm!

At the moment of Breakthrough, excess Spiritual Qi leaked from her body, forming a visible shockwave around the two of them.

The water of the Holy Spring was shaken into a mist, scattering through the air.

Outside the grotto, above the Yaochi Holy Land.

Nine-colored auspicious light suddenly descended from the clear sky.

That light fell from the highest point of the heavens, enveloping the entire immortal mountain.

The Yaochi immortal lotuses bloomed in unison, their previously closed petals stretching out again, emitting a fragrance a hundred times stronger than usual.

Immortal cranes cried out, and spirit deer ran about.

The Laws of Heaven and Earth transformed into visible patterns, circling and intertwining above Yaochi to form a massive Flower of Law.

The phenomenon of a Supreme Breakthrough.

In front of Yuqing Hall in the Yaochi Holy Land.

Hundreds of female Disciples in plain white palace dresses were in the middle of their daily cultivation; the phenomenon of the Spiritual Qi being drained had already left them filled with uncertainty.

When the nine-colored light descended, Wei Lingxue, a Deacon Disciple guarding the outer perimeter of the forbidden ground, was the first to react.

She felt that cultivation aura.

It was the Holy Lord!

“The Holy Lord has broken through!”

Wei Lingxue's voice spread throughout Yuqing Hall as her knees buckled, and she knelt directly on the ground.

The news spread across the entire immortal mountain like a plague.

One, ten, a hundred.

Thousands of Yaochi female Disciples walked out of their halls, looking up at the nine-colored light in the sky, and then knelt one after another.

“Congratulations! The Holy Lord has broken into the Supreme Realm!”

The greatest hidden danger for the Yaochi Holy Land over the past century was that the current Holy Lord, Yao Xi, was plagued by a Heart Demon, causing her cultivation to stagnate.

Should the Holy Lord fall or her Dao foundation be destroyed, the top-tier combat power of this generation of Yaochi would be severed.

Now, the Holy Lord had not only broken her Heart Demon but had also stepped directly into the Supreme Realm.

Yaochi finally had a successor.

Atop the mountain Peak, Han Yunxi sat cross-legged on a green lotus, raising her hand to obscure most of the Breakthrough phenomenon, leaving only the nine-colored light to envelop the main mountain of Yaochi.

Beneath her immortal veil, the curve of her lips was pronounced.

“This speed is three times faster than I anticipated.”

She paused, her fingertip tapping her knee.

“Dual Cultivation with a Great Emperor's Origin... what a waste of such a precious thing, but the effect is indeed good. I wonder if I can borrow this kid to break through as well!”

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Holy Spring Forbidden Ground.

The water mist gradually dispersed.

Only thirty percent of the warm spring water remained, barely reaching the waists of the two people. The glow of the spirit moss inside the grotto returned from pale gold to deep blue, and everything returned to tranquility.

Yao Xi's cultivation aura settled firmly at the Early Stage of the Supreme Realm.

Her Qi Sea was full, her Meridians were clear, and the Law patterns on her Dao foundation were distinct and stable.

The shadow of the Heart Demon had completely vanished, replaced by the resonance with the Laws of Heaven and Earth that only a Supreme Realm Cultivator could perceive.

She had completely changed.

The sickly paleness on her face had faded, her skin regained a healthy luster, tinged with a light pink from the hot spring's steam.

The darkness under her eyes was gone, and her lips became full again. Her long, wet hair was draped over her shoulders, water droplets falling from the tips.

She leaned lazily against Lu Chen's chest, her ear pressed against his heartbeat, while her right index finger unconsciously traced circles on his collarbone.

The sense of fulfillment after the Breakthrough left her entire body as soft as if she had no bones.

“Lu Chen.”

“Hmm.”

Yao Xi raised her hand, her index finger hooking his chin and pulling downward, forcing him to look down at her.

In those eyes like autumn waters, the sickly fragility was gone, replaced by the composure unique to a Supreme Realm Cultivator, as well as a deep, undeniable infatuation.

“Thank you.”

Lu Chen tilted his head slightly, avoiding her fingertip, and gave a bitter laugh.

He reached out and stroked her damp hair, casually wringing out the water.

“You certainly broke through, but my poor lower back has suffered again from breaking my abstinence repeatedly.”

He was telling the truth; using Origin True Fire for Alchemy had consumed seventy percent, and outputting Origin power during Dual Cultivation had consumed another twenty. As a grand Great Emperor Peak, his current Origin reserves were less than ten percent of his usual amount.

Yao Xi burst into laughter.

She propped herself up, her soaked plain white silk garment clinging to her body; from Lu Chen's perspective, the scenery below her collarbone was completely visible.

She didn't hide; she even deliberately puffed out her chest.

“A grand Great Emperor... how can you say you are weak?”

She tilted her head, the corners of her eyes curving upward, her voice so lazy it could practically melt into water.

“At worst, you can stay in Yaochi permanently, and I'll nourish your body every day.”

Lu Chen's eye twitched.

No matter how he heard it, those words sounded wrong.

Just as he was about to retort, the loli voice of the System suddenly exploded in his mind.

[Host, do not continue deep interaction with the Yaochi Holy Lord, Yao Xi!]

[The Host's essence consumption is too great; it is recommended to consume Essence-Replenishing Medicinal Pills as soon as possible, otherwise symptoms such as soreness in the waist and knees, dizziness, and lack of strength may occur.]

[Bonus Comment: The Host really has a body made of iron, but kidneys made of tofu!]

Lu Chen blacklisted the System in his mind.

Just as he was about to stand up from the spring water, Yao Xi suddenly grabbed his wrist.

“Don't be in such a hurry to leave.”

Her tone changed from the previous flirtatiousness to seriousness.

“I still have things I want to say to you.”

Lu Chen turned back to look at her.

Yao Xi's lips moved, her gaze complex; there were too many words stuck in her throat, and she didn't know which one to start with.

However, before she could speak.

Boom.

The grotto vibrated violently.

It wasn't a vibration from inside the Holy Spring Forbidden Ground; it came from outside.

Lu Chen's Divine Sense instantly expanded, piercing through the seven layers of emperor grade Formations and the emperor-pattern Seal added by Han Yunxi, sweeping toward the sky above the Yaochi Holy Land.

The sky had changed.

Above the Yaochi Immortal Mountain, the heavens that were originally shrouded in nine-colored light were swallowed at this moment by a pitch-black dark cloud.

The dark clouds rolled, and thunder was hidden within; every bolt of lightning was as thick as a mountain Peak, silently lurking in the depths of the clouds.

The area of that dark cloud covered the entire Yaochi Immortal Mountain, more than ten times larger than the Pill Lightning Tribulation cloud Lu Chen had shouted away in Holy Pill City.

The Supreme Lightning Tribulation—the heavenly punishment triggered by breaking through to the Supreme Realm!

Moreover, because Yao Xi's Breakthrough was too Heaven-Defying—driven by Dual Cultivation with a Great Emperor's Origin and a surge in cultivation after the Heart Demon shattered.

The scale of this Lightning Tribulation far exceeded a normal Supreme Breakthrough tribulation.

Within the dark clouds, a Law will even colder than the eye of heavenly punishment locked onto Yao Xi.

Yao Xi felt it too.

Her expression changed.

Having just broken through to the Supreme Realm, her cultivation was not yet fully stable, and the Spiritual Qi reserves in her body had recovered to less than forty percent.

In this state, facing the Supreme Lightning Tribulation head-on would mean certain death with only a slim chance of survival.

Lu Chen stood up, the spring water dripping from his Black Robe. He looked up at the pitch-black sky beyond the grotto's ceiling, a trace of faint gravity flashing in his eyes.

His Origin was also at less than ten percent.

A Great Emperor whose Origin was nearly depleted, with a world-destroying Lightning Tribulation capable of obliterating an ordinary Supreme hanging over his head.

Isn't that just a piece of cake! Simple and easy, I'll take it down!

After reaching the Great Emperor Peak, one no longer belongs to the combat power of this world; one has already surpassed this world's Heavenly Dao! Originally, they were all supposed to undergo Ascension!

The Heavenly Dao is formless. Even if one's combat power far exceeds the local Heavenly Dao, it is still inscrutable! One cannot grasp the Heavenly Dao!