258: Chapter 251 Breakthrough

In the Forbidden Ground secret chamber behind the Demon Sound Sect.

Chen Ran sat cross-legged on the cold stone bed.

On the floor in front of him, hundreds of jade bottles were densely packed.

These jade bottles were filled with the very best stock from the Demon Sound Sect's treasury.

All kinds of nourishing Medicinal Pills and Qi Gathering pills had been unceremoniously raided by him.

Outside the secret chamber door, Sect Leader Fang Tianxing of the Demon Sound Sect bowed respectfully, not daring to even breathe loudly.

"That is enough. Put the items down and withdraw."

Chen Ran's tone was indifferent, his voice clearly penetrating the heavy stone door.

"Yes, my lord!" Fang Tianxing hurriedly replied.

"Remember, have everyone within a one-mile radius of the back mountain cleared out. Without my order, anyone who dares to approach even half a step will be executed without mercy." Chen Ran added coldly.

"Understood, I will handle it immediately. I will ensure no one disturbs your cultivation, my lord!"

Fang Tianxing wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, backed away for a dozen steps, and only then dared to turn and leave.

As he walked out quickly, he was muttering frantically to himself.

What on earth does this lord want?

He asked for so many top-grade Medicinal Pills that he has almost emptied their Demon Sound Sect's foundation of several decades.

With so much medicine, even if eaten like meals, it could stuff ten cows to death!

Fang Tianxing hurriedly ran to the front mountain, drove away all the Elders and Disciples, and strictly ordered that no one was allowed to approach the back mountain, with violators to be dealt with directly according to sect rules.

Inside the secret chamber.

Chen Ran took a deep breath.

The surroundings became completely quiet; even the sound of the wind could not be heard.

His current state had been adjusted to the Peak; his essence, energy, and spirit had all reached a perfect apex.

"It is time."

Chen Ran's gaze sharpened.

His cultivation had been stuck at the Return to Truth Realm for a long time; counting the time, it had been a good half a year.

A full 350 years of cultivation!

It was only because his Aptitude was ordinary; if he were a Genius Martial Artist, he would have likely already cultivated to the Grandmaster Realm.

But today, he would use this immense, extreme amount of cultivation to break through the threshold of the Innate Realm in one go.

"heavenly book of prison suppression."

Chen Ran whispered to himself, and a panel appeared before his eyes.

[Host: Chen Ran]

[Accumulated Cultivation: 350 years (20 years unclaimed)]

These 20 years of cultivation were the rewards he had accumulated from consistently checking in at the Celestial Prison.

They were intended for today's Breakthrough.

Innate Realm.

This was a huge watershed.

For ordinary Martial Artists, this was simply an insurmountable chasm.

Out of a thousand Martial Artists in the Return to Truth Realm, one might not even produce a single Xiantian.

Countless stunningly talented Geniuses were stuck at this level their entire lives, unable to make even an inch of progress until they died of old age.

Once one stepped into the Innate Realm, it was a true rebirth; their lifespan would greatly increase, their strength would undergo a heaven-shaking transformation, and they would completely transcend the category of ordinary Martial Artists.

[Breakthrough detected, do you wish to claim it now?]

"Yes."

Chen Ran closed his eyes and began to mobilize the cultivation within his body.

Boom!

The True Qi within his body began to circulate frantically, like a rushing river, emitting a deafening roar within his Meridians.

The originally gaseous True Qi began to undergo a qualitative change under the frantic compression of his immense cultivation.

Wisps of liquid True Essence began to struggle to condense deep within his Dantian.

True Qi transforming into True Essence!

This was the first step to breaking through to the Innate Realm.

Chen Ran continued to urge his cultivation, ruthlessly squeezing every wisp of True Qi in his body.

More and more True Qi was compressed into True Essence.

"Next is the most critical step."

Chen Ran's thoughts stirred.

He controlled these newly condensed True Essence, beginning to construct a bridge above his Dantian.

Bridge of Heaven and Earth!

Only by constructing the Bridge of Heaven and Earth, connecting the inside and outside of the human body, could one continuously absorb the Heaven and Earth Essence from the outside world and truly step into the Innate Realm.

The True Essence transformed into blocks of illusory bricks, beginning to slowly pile up in the Void Realm of his Dantian.

However, this speed was too slow.

Chen Ran frowned.

He suddenly realized that the True Essence consumed to construct the Bridge of Heaven and Earth was immense; it was practically a bottomless pit.

Even with 350 years of cultivation as a backup, this construction speed was like a snail crawling.

At this rate, it wouldn't be finished in ten days or half a month.

"Too slow. I don't have that much time to waste here."

Chen Ran suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze landing on those jade bottles on the floor.

He raised his hand, and a suction force erupted from his palm, directly pulling over a jade bottle.

With a flick of his thumb, with a "pop" sound, the bottle stopper flew away.

He poured out a few Medicinal Pills.

Crunch, crunch!

Chen Ran chewed a few times and swallowed them directly.

If Fang Tianxing outside were to see this, he would probably be dumbfounded with fright.

These were Qi Gathering pills!

Ordinary Martial Artists would have to carefully meditate and refine just one pill for several days, fearing the medicinal power would be too strong and damage their Meridians.

Yet he was just eating them like candy.

As soon as the Medicinal Pill entered his stomach, it immediately transformed into a massive and violent medicinal power, exploding in his stomach.

However, this medicinal power quickly gathered into his Dantian, transforming into pure True Essence.

With the addition of this fresh force, the construction speed of the Bridge of Heaven and Earth accelerated instantly.

"It's working!"

Chen Ran's eyes lit up.

He used both hands, attacking from both sides.

One bottle of Medicinal Pills after another was pulled over by him.

In the quiet secret chamber, crisp chewing sounds rang out.

Chen Ran was like a bottomless pit, frantically devouring these priceless Medicinal Pills.

Ten bottles! Twenty bottles! Fifty bottles!

The empty bottles on the floor increased, rolling everywhere.

The True Essence within Chen Ran's body became increasingly violent, almost impossible to suppress.

But the construction speed of the Bridge of Heaven and Earth was like riding a rocket, soaring upwards.

Meanwhile.

Outside the Demon Sound Sect, it had completely exploded into chaos.

The originally clear sky suddenly darkened without warning.

Violent winds raged, sand and stones flew, blowing so hard that people could not open their eyes.

In the sky, a funnel-shaped Qi vortex was even faintly forming.

The center of the vortex was pointing directly at the back mountain.

On the front mountain square of the Demon Sound Sect.

A group of Elders stared blankly at the direction of the back mountain, each with their mouths wide open, their jaws almost hitting the ground.

"Sect... Sect Head, what... what is this situation?" a white-bearded Elder asked, stammering, the cane in his hand shaking.

He had lived for most of his life and had never seen such a terrifying Heaven and Earth anomaly just from cultivation.

Fang Tianxing swallowed his saliva, his voice shaking.

"How would I know!"

"Could it be that the lord is breaking through?" another Elder guessed.

"Nonsense, besides that lord, who else could create such a huge spectacle?" Fang Tianxing scolded irritably.

He felt a lingering fear in his heart.

Fortunately, he had run fast just now and evacuated everyone.

If they had still been left in the back mountain, just this terrifying pressure alone could have crushed those ordinary Disciples to death!

"What kind of Realm is he breaking through to? Xiantian? That's not right, I've seen others break through to the Innate Realm, and the commotion wasn't even one-tenth of this!" the white-bearded Elder said, his face full of shock.

"Could it be... Grandmaster?!"