Chapter 454 Continuous Breakthrough! Again?!

"So this is that Grand Tutor Dongxuan? Wearing a mask, I can't see his Face."

"He looks so young! That build, he's at most sixteen or seventeen, right? A sixteen or seventeen-year-old Grand Tutor Dongxuan? What kind of joke is this?"

"Look at the beam of light on him! The Dragon Breath is erupting from there! His True Dragon Beast has broken through in his Beast Taming Space! Heavens, I can feel that pressure even through the mystic light mirror. If one were standing in front of him, wouldn't they be forced to their knees immediately?"

"Wait, did you see where he's sitting? That display stand! That's one of the three core display stands on the seventh floor! He's actually challenging for treasures on the seventh floor! That's a challenge spanning an entire major Realm!"

"Treasures on the seventh floor... I remember the Patriarch saying that the seventh floor displays the three most precious treasures of the Liu family from the past few thousand years. Any one of them taken out would cause Sun-Level powerhouses to fight to the death. This Grand Tutor Dongxuan is actually setting his sights on the treasures of the seventh floor. Is he crazy?"

"Crazy? He clearly has the confidence! Didn't you see his True Dragon Beast break through? It's just that I don't know if he will challenge for the seventh-floor treasures after breaking through to Purple Gold Rank."

"That's a gap of ten entire Realm levels! Even if he breaks through to Purple Gold Rank, at most he'll be at Purple Gold Rank One. Facing his opponent, isn't it still a chasm of an entire major Realm? How could it be so easy to cross?"

The crowd chattered, the discussion heated.

In the crowd, several Grand Elders also stood still, watching the scene in the mystic light mirror with different expressions.

Supreme Elder Liu Yunshan, as the head of the Grand Elders supporting the Patriarch's faction, frowned at this moment, his eyes filled with both shock and a faint trace of worry.

Although he did not target Jiang Yun like Liu Lie did, the treasures on the seventh floor were, after all, the foundation of the Liu family. If they were really taken away, he wouldn't feel good either.

And Liu Lie, standing on the other side of the crowd with his arms crossed, had an undisguised sneer on his lips.

"Hmph, running to the seventh floor, he really doesn't know what death is."

Liu Lie's voice was not loud, but just right for the surrounding Elders and Disciples to hear.

"Wanting to challenge for the seventh-floor treasures at Peak Gold Rank 9? That's a gap of ten Realm levels. So what if he let his True Dragon Beast break through? It's still a crushing defeat. If he can take a treasure from the seventh floor, I'll eat this teacup right here on the spot."

As he spoke, he actually took a teacup out of his storage space, weighed it in his hand, and looked at the mystic light mirror with a provocative expression.

The surrounding Elders looked at each other, and no one replied.

After all, the precedent of Liu Lie getting slapped in the Face was still fresh in their minds, and no one wanted to pick a side at this moment.

If he got slapped in the Face again later, it would be awkward.

Just as everyone was discussing, two figures slowly walked out from the main entrance of the treasury.

Liu Qingyun and Elder Liu Lan.

As soon as the Patriarch and the Grand Elder appeared, the originally noisy crowd instantly quieted down.

Whether it was ordinary Disciples or core Elders, whether it was deacons or Grand Elders, everyone turned towards Liu Qingyun and bowed.

"Greetings, Patriarch!"

The voices of thousands of people gathered together.

The momentum was quite grand.

Liu Qingyun waved his hand, signaling everyone to rise.

His expression looked calm, but if one looked closely, they could see the corners of his eyes twitching slightly and the veins on his forehead throbbing faintly.

He turned around, faced the sea of people, took a deep breath, and spoke loudly.

"Fellow clansmen."

His voice, bolstered by spiritual power, clearly spread across the entire square.

"The person inside the Star Pavilion is Grand Tutor Dongxuan, Jiang Yun, who completed the three-vein resonance and repaired the soul crystal for our Liu Family Ancestral Land, saving our Liu family from immeasurable losses."

"Grand Tutor Dongxuan is currently conducting a treasure challenge and True Dragon Beast Breakthrough inside the tower; no one is allowed to enter the treasury to disturb him."

He paused and emphasized his tone.

"You may only watch from the outside; do not approach, and do not interfere. Violators will be dealt with according to clan rules. Do you all understand?"

"Yes! We will follow the Patriarch's orders!"

Thousands of Liu family descendants responded in unison, their voices shaking the clouds.

After responding, many young Disciples couldn't help but whisper to each other again.

"The Patriarch personally came out to maintain order; this Grand Tutor Dongxuan has too much Face, right?"

"Nonsense, he helped the Liu family save the loss of the Nether Phoenix soul crystal. If the Patriarch doesn't protect him, who would he protect?"

"And listen to the Patriarch's title just now, Grand Tutor Dongxuan, Grand Tutor Level! A sixteen or seventeen-year-old Grand Tutor Level, is there a second one in the entire provincial city? If the Liu family doesn't treat such a person with respect, are they going to push him away?"

"That's true... But I still think the seventh-floor challenge is too risky. A gap of ten minor Realms cannot be filled just by Bloodline."

Liu Qingyun ignored the whispers behind him; his gaze was locked on the white figure sitting cross-legged in the mystic light mirror, his heart surging with complex emotions that were hard to describe.

He had seen with his own eyes inside the treasury how terrifying the phantom of the Azure Ancient Dragon on the seventh floor was; just one breath of Azure Dragon Breath had almost renovated the terrain of the entire challenge space.

And now, the golden beam of light on Jiang Yun was still continuing, and his aura was still climbing, which meant that the True Dragon Beast in his Beast Taming Space was indeed breaking through.

After breaking through to Purple Gold Rank, would he really have the confidence to defeat that Azure Ancient Dragon?

Liu Qingyun had no bottom in his heart, but at the same time, he had a faint premonition telling him: Don't bet, absolutely don't bet; this kid is too strange.

Just as he was deep in thought, the golden beam of light on Jiang Yun suddenly trembled.

Immediately after, the brightness of the light beam suddenly increased by a level.

The already dazzling golden-blue light became like a sun falling to the ground in this instant, illuminating the entire seventh-floor hall so that no details could be seen.

At the same time, the Dragon Breath erupting from the light beam also suddenly increased by an order of magnitude.

If the previous Dragon Breath was at a level that made people feel palpitations, then the current Dragon Breath was an instinctive fear that made people want to crawl on the ground from the depths of their Soul.

Even through the mystic light mirror, the Liu family Disciples with lower cultivation in the square felt their chests tighten, and their breathing became rapid involuntarily.

"He broke through!!!"

Someone in the crowd shouted first.

Immediately after, exclamations swept through the entire square like a tide.

"Amethyst Rank! This is the Dragon Breath of Amethyst Rank! Grand Tutor Dongxuan's True Dragon Beast has broken through to Amethyst Rank!"

"Heavens, just this aura leaking from the mystic light mirror makes my legs go soft. If I were standing in front of him, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to stand! Is this really the pressure that an Amethyst Rank True Dragon Beast can have? I've seen the Grand Elder's Amethyst Eighth Tier True Dragon Beast before, and compared to this, it's not even worth mentioning!"

"This is no ordinary Amethyst Rank! This is an Amethyst Rank with True Dragon Bloodline! Can the Amethyst Rank of a True Dragon be the same as an ordinary True Dragon Beast? Just that Bloodline suppression is enough to halve the combat power of the same rank!"

"It's a pity I can't see the situation in his Beast Taming Space; I really want to see what the True Dragon looks like after the Breakthrough..."

"Keep dreaming, only the Beast Tamer can look inside the Beast Taming Space; outsiders can't see it at all."

The Liu family Elders and deacons also exchanged excited glances.

A deacon Elder at the Peak of Amethyst Rank stroked his beard and marveled.

"I've lived for most of my life, and this is the first time I've seen a True Dragon Bloodline break through to Amethyst Rank with my own eyes. The condensation of this aura doesn't look like a True Dragon Beast that has just broken through to Amethyst Rank at all, but rather like an old-school Amethyst Rank powerhouse who has been immersed in Amethyst Rank for several years. The True Dragon Bloodline really lives up to its reputation."

Another deacon next to him nodded repeatedly.

"Yes, for ordinary True Dragon Beasts to break through to Amethyst Rank, it takes several days just to stabilize the Realm. But look at the Dragon Breath in this light beam; there is no disorder at all, but rather it is stabilizing at an extremely fast speed. The foundation of this Grand Tutor Dongxuan is truly unfathomable."

In the area where the Grand Elders were, several white-haired old men also had different expressions.

Supreme Elder Liu Yunshan frowned, scanned his eyes back and forth between the mystic light mirror and the golden beam of light several times, and spoke slowly.

"Although this aura is powerful, it is indeed the appearance of having just broken through to Purple Gold Rank One. With Purple Gold Rank One against Diamond Rank Two, there is still a gap of an entire major Realm. If Grand Tutor Dongxuan wants to challenge the Azure Ancient Dragon phantom on the seventh floor with this, I'm afraid it's still hanging."

Before he finished speaking, Liu Lie chimed in from the side with sarcasm.

"Elder Yunshan is right."

Liu Lie crossed his arms, with a leisurely smile of watching the fun on his Face, and his tone was full of certainty.

"Purple Gold Rank One against Diamond Rank Two, a gap of ten minor Realms, how can this be fought? What's more, the Azure Ancient Dragon phantom itself also has True Dragon Bloodline, so Bloodline suppression is useless against it. This Grand Tutor Dongxuan has some skills, but if he wants to make any waves on the seventh floor, I will say the same thing: impossible. If he can take the treasure from the seventh floor, I will chew this teacup and swallow it in public."

As he said this, he took out the teacup again, turned it twice in his hand, and the smile on his Face looked very annoying.

The few Grand Elders glanced at him, the corners of their mouths twitched slightly, but no one answered.

Liu Lie's mouth had already been slapped once, and now it was starting again.

However, to be honest, they really thought so in their hearts.

Purple Gold Rank One fighting Diamond Rank Two, this gap was too big. Even if that Grand Tutor Dongxuan was a Prodigy, he wouldn't be a Prodigy to this extent, right?

At this moment, Liu Qingyun, who was standing at the forefront of the crowd, said nothing.

His eyes were locked on the figure still sitting cross-legged in the mystic light mirror, and the inexplicable feeling of unease in his heart was becoming stronger and stronger.

He knew better than anyone present that this Grand Tutor Dongxuan never fought an uncertain battle.

Since he chose to let his True Dragon Beast break through in the treasury, it meant he had full confidence in the upcoming challenge.

Purple Gold Rank One is not enough?

How could that kid not have thought of this point?

"Little friend Dong Xuan, are you really going to..."

Liu Qingyun muttered.

He stopped talking halfway through.

However.

Just as Liu Qingyun was in the middle of speaking, before he could even finish his sentence.

The scene within the mystic light mirror underwent another change.

The golden-blue pillar of light enveloping Jiang Yun, which everyone thought had stabilized and was about to slowly dissipate, suddenly began to shake violently.

The aura of the pillar of light not only failed to weaken, but instead began to surge upward at an even more violent speed...

Purple Gold Rank 2!

Purple Gold Rank 3!

Rank 4!

Rank 5!

Rank 6!

In just a few short breaths, that aura had surged from the newly broken through Purple Gold Rank 1 all the way to Purple Gold Rank 6!

The Dragon Breath within the pillar of light surged several times over; the dragon-shaped phantom, woven from golden flames and water vapor, became thicker and more solid, wildly circling and roaring within the pillar, emitting Soul-shaking dragon roars.

The entire surface of the mystic light mirror was shaken violently by this turbulent energy fluctuation; the image trembled, as if it might shatter at any moment.

The square, which had been as noisy as a wet market, fell into a deathly silence at this moment.

Then...

"Holy sh*t!!!!"

Someone, it was unclear who, had used all their strength to unleash a shocking curse.

Immediately after.

The entire square erupted like a lit powder keg.

"Wh-wh-wh-what... what is happening?!"

"Why is this aura still getting stronger?! Didn't it just break through to Purple Gold Rank?! Why is it climbing again?! Purple Gold Rank 2... Rank 3... Rank 5... Rank 6! Amethyst Rank 6! It's reached Amethyst Rank 6!!!"

"Continuous Advance?! Grand Tutor Dongxuan's Beast is undergoing a continuous Advance?! It just broke through to Purple Gold Rank 1, and now it's surged all the way to Purple Gold Rank 6 in one breath?! What the hell is this?!"

"Breaking through a major Realm and then breaking through five minor ranks in a row?! Am I dreaming?! Pinch me quickly... Ah! Ow, ow, ow! It's not a dream! It's real! It's real!!!"

"What on earth did Grand Tutor Dongxuan do to his Beast? Even if it took the most top-tier Spirit Pill, it wouldn't be possible to break through so many ranks in a row! This isn't a Breakthrough, this is cultivation riding a rocket! No, that's not right, even a rocket isn't this fast! This is cultivation teleporting!!"

"Purple Gold Rank 6! His True Dragon Beast is now at Purple Gold Rank 6! Compared to the Peak Gold Rank 9 from just a moment ago, it's like heaven and earth! How long has it been? Three hours? No, it feels like only a short half-hour has passed!"

The ordinary Disciples were flushed with excitement; some clutched their heads and exclaimed, some jumped up on the spot, and some grabbed their companions by the shoulders and shook them vigorously, as if only this could vent the shock in their hearts.

And the expressions of those Elders and deacons were no better than those of the Disciples.

A white-haired deacon Elder widened his eyes so much that the wrinkles on his Face were almost smoothed out. He pointed at the scene in the mystic light mirror, his finger trembling like a leaf in the autumn wind, and his lips quivered for a long time before he managed to squeeze out a complete sentence.

"Breaking through five minor ranks in a row... and doing so immediately after breaking through a major Realm... In all my two hundred plus years of life, I have never even heard of such a thing! Even a Divine Beast Bloodline couldn't achieve this! Just how deep is this Grand Tutor Dongxuan's foundation?"

Beside him.

Another managing Elder chimed in with a Face full of horror.

"Impossible... This is simply irrational... The spiritual power consumed when breaking through a major Realm is already immense. It's good enough if an average Beast can even stand firm after a Breakthrough; how could it possibly have the remaining strength to charge through minor ranks? And five in a row at that! Just how massive must the energy reserve be to sustain that?"

"Unless..."

The previous deacon Elder's voice sank.

"Unless he fed it some Heaven And Earth Treasure with an outrageously high level while the Beast was breaking through. Eclipsing Moon Rank? No, even the Eclipsing Moon Rank might not be able to achieve this effect. Furthermore, if you carefully sense that aura, although it surged to Purple Gold Rank 6 in one breath, the aura doesn't appear the least bit unstable; on the contrary, it is incredibly solid, indicating that this energy used for the Breakthrough was completely absorbed and converted, without any false inflation. This kind of absorption and conversion efficiency is itself Heaven-Defying."

Upon hearing this.

The crowd once again cast their shocked gazes toward the mystic light mirror.

The Grand Elder area was also deathly silent at this moment.

Supreme Elder Liu Yunshan's expression could no longer be described as merely shocked.

It was a complex expression mixed with disbelief, inexplicable horror, and a certain doubt about the world.

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but found his throat too parched to make a sound.

From Purple Gold Rank 1 to Purple Gold Rank 6, breaking through five minor ranks in one go—if this had happened at any other time, he would have scoffed and dismissed it as a joke.

But now, that golden pillar of light piercing the sky was right before his eyes, and that Purple Gold Rank 6 Dragon Breath was raging violently within the mystic light mirror; every detail was telling him that all of this was real.

The teacup in Liu Lie's hand fell to the ground with a clatter, shattering into several pieces.

But he had absolutely no intention of bending down to pick it up.

His eyes were fixed on the mystic light mirror, his mouth slightly agape, and the expression on his Face looked as if he had been slapped hard in the Face.

It wasn't anger, but a dazed bewilderment from being slapped in the Face right on the spot.

Just a moment ago, he was swearing that it was impossible for a Purple Gold Rank 1 to fight a Diamond Rank 2, and even said he would eat his teacup in public. Yet, the moment the words left his mouth, the other party had directly surged to Purple Gold Rank 6.

The speed and force of this Face-slapping were so great that even he hadn't reacted in time.

"Th-this... how is this possible..."

Liu Lie's lips trembled, his voice so low that only he could hear it.

"In one breath... five minor ranks... continuous Advance... th-th-this..."

Old Mo and Great Master Master Fu Shan stood at the very front of the crowd; the expressions of the two Grand Tutor Level masters were no different from those of the terrified young Disciples around them.

Old Mo's hand, which had been stroking his beard, froze in mid-air. It took him a long time to recover, and he then let out a bitter laugh mixed with admiration and helplessness.

"A monster. Truly a monster."

Old Mo shook his head repeatedly, his tone full of exclamation, "It would be one thing if his Dao of Runes made me feel inferior, or if his Comprehension Ability in the Dao of Arrays made Old Fu concede defeat, but even raising a Beast and having it break through is like child's play. I have studied the Dao of Beast Taming for most of my life and have seen countless brilliant Geniuses, but this is truly the first time I have seen someone like this young friend Dong Xuan, who can make a Beast break through five minor ranks in one go after a major Realm Breakthrough."

Great Master Master Fu Shan nodded in deep agreement from the side. His aged voice carried a hint of numbness.

"His Beast's Breakthrough is as simple as drinking water for others. This kind of foundation, this kind of method, has completely exceeded the scope of what you and I can understand. I am becoming increasingly convinced that the entity standing behind this young friend Dong Xuan is likely a behemoth that neither you nor I can imagine."

At the very front of everyone, Liu Qingyun stumbled, nearly losing his footing.

His Face turned blacker than the bottom of a pot in an instant.

"Purple Gold Rank 6..."

He muttered this number repeatedly, his voice filled with a bitterness of resignation.

"Purple Gold Rank 6 versus Diamond Rank 7... With the Bloodline and combat power of his True Dragon, such a ten-minor-rank gap might truly be bridgeable."

Elder Liu Lan stood by his side, also with a complex expression. She wanted to comfort the Patriarch, but opened her mouth only to find she didn't know what to say, and ultimately chose silence.

With the facts before them, any comfort seemed pale and powerless.

And just when everyone was still immersed in the shock brought by the Purple Gold Rank 6 and had not yet regained their senses.

That golden-blue pillar of light piercing the sky, after experiencing its most violent eruption, finally began to slowly recede.

The diameter of the pillar of light shrank inch by inch, the golden flames and water vapor surging within the pillar gradually calmed down, and that Dragon Breath which had pressed down on everyone, making it hard to breathe, slowly receded like an ebbing tide.

The halo around Jiang Yun grew fainter and softer, eventually turning into a final trace of pale golden afterglow that circled his body before completely dissipating into the air.

The entire square fell into a brief silence.

"Is... is it over?"

"Has the Breakthrough finished?"

"That pillar of light has disappeared... the Breakthrough to Purple Gold Rank 6 has ended..."

However.

The moment everyone's nerves had just relaxed.

An energy fluctuation that was completely different but equally terrifying, equally massive, and equally capable of making one tremble from the depths of their Soul, suddenly exploded from the top floor of the Star Pavilion.

It was a cyan-purple pillar of light.

Within the pillar of light, wild winds screamed and thunder roared.

Countless purple electric arcs as thick as an arm leaped wildly within the pillar of light; each leap exploded into a circle of visible cyan wind blades. The wind blades and electric arcs intertwined endlessly, forming a destructive wind-thunder storm inside the pillar.

And in the very center of the storm, a huge Divine Roc phantom was slowly spreading its wings that blotted out the sky and sun.

If the previous golden-blue pillar of light was the ultimate embodiment of True Dragon pressure—overbearing, scorching, and looking down upon all living things—then this cyan-purple pillar of light was another kind of completely different, yet equally suffocating, sense of oppression.

Sharp, violent, and tearing the heavens apart.

Although the two pillars of light differed in color, attribute, and aura, they shared one commonality: they both came from the same Beast Tamer's Beast Taming Space.

"Again?! There's more?!"

"What is it this time?! This aura... Wind attribute and Lightning attribute! It's Grand Tutor Dongxuan's other Beast!!"

"That Ancient Divine Roc! It's that Ancient Divine Roc!!!"

"Just how many Beasts does he have breaking through?! The True Dragon finishes breaking through and then the Divine Roc starts?! Is this meant to be Heaven-Defying?!!!"