107: Chapter 107 Hope

Feeling the changes within his body,

Mo Shaocong's facial expression could be described as quite spectacular.

One must understand.

He had cultivated desperately for over twenty years.

And yet, he had only reached the Early Stage of the Grandmaster Realm.

But now?

In just a few short breaths, his cultivation had broken through to the Middle Stage of the Grandmaster Realm.

Comparing the two,

What did his twenty-plus years of painstaking effort, never ceasing through heat or cold, amount to?

A joke?

Every bit of cultivation progress he once cherished like a treasure seemed far too cheap in the face of this "Heaven-sent Grace"...

What caused even more of a storm in his heart was...

Everywhere he looked, the entire Guard Battalion Parade Ground seemed to have transformed into a carnival of collective Breakthroughs.

Moreover,

He saw clearly that the golden rain of light falling from the Void Realm seemed to possess a spiritual nature.

The rain falling on each person was different; some received more, some less.

And clearly,

The rain falling on them was the least!

Even so,

It had still allowed him to break through from the Early Stage to the Middle Stage of the Grandmaster Realm.

One could only imagine

Just how great the Breakthroughs of the soldiers around him would be!

Because four worlds had been annexed simultaneously, the Power of Imperial Fortune of the Imperial Dynasty had suddenly increased several times over.

For someone in the Cave Heaven Realm like Wang Chen, this bit of Power of Imperial Fortune might not grant him a massive Breakthrough; breaking through a single minor Realm would already be considered good.

However,

For these soldiers whose strength was not yet very great, the Power of Imperial Fortune bestowed by Wang Chen this time was already quite substantial.

Soldiers who were originally at the Peak of the Innate Realm all broke through to the Grandmaster Realm the moment the Power of Imperial Fortune entered their bodies.

Furthermore,

After breaking through to the Grandmaster Realm, their advancement in cultivation did not stop immediately.

Instead, it only slowly came to a halt after they had reached the Middle Stage of the Grandmaster Realm.

Among those soldiers who were already in the Grandmaster Realm, many directly broke through to the Great Grandmaster Realm this time.

Even the soldiers who hadn't reached the Great Grandmaster Realm had basically all reached the Peak of the Grandmaster Realm.

As for the generals in the Celestial Realm and the Land Immortal Realm, their numbers also increased dramatically; the strength of the entire Guard Battalion multiplied several times over in this single instant.

This army, which had already left Mo Shaocong in awe, had now become even more terrifying!

Since even ordinary soldiers received such great benefits,

It went without saying for their supreme commander, General Chu Batian.

At the entrance of the military tent,

General Chu Batian had been standing with his hands behind his back, quietly experiencing the baptism of Luck.

The aura surrounding him,

At a certain moment,

Suddenly underwent an earth-shattering change!

Nourished by the Power of Imperial Fortune, his aura—originally at the Peak of the Land Deity Realm—began to climb rapidly at a speed that was outrageously steady!

There was no world-shaking energy riot.

Nor was there the Law disorder or Heart Demon intrusion common when breaking through a major Realm.

He wasn't even seen consuming any auxiliary Medicinal Pills or setting up any Spirit-Gathering Formations.

Everything

Was so natural,

So... logical and inevitable.

Like water overflowing when the container is full, or a channel forming when the water arrives.

"Buzz..."

A low and grand Dao sound resonated within General Chu Batian's body.

Behind him,

The Void Realm began to distort slightly, and in the haze, a towering, armored, blurry phantom seemed to flash by!

Though the phantom was blurry, it exuded a supreme Battle Intent and majesty that could sweep through thousands of troops and look down upon the battlefield!

Immediately after,

The aura around him suddenly broke through an invisible limit, and a pressure far more vast than that of the Land Immortal Realm slowly spread out!

Dharma Manifestation Realm!

Moreover, it was the Peak of the Early Stage of the Dharma Manifestation Realm, just one step away from the Middle Stage!

General Chu Batian,

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, had effortlessly completed a leap across major Realms that countless Martial Artists dreamed of!

"This... how is this possible?"

"This isn't logical. How... how can the Dharma Manifestation Realm be broken through so easily?"

Mo Wentian stared intently at General Chu Batian, his eyes nearly popping out of his head.

His gaunt frame trembled slightly from extreme shock, every wrinkle on his face etched with disbelief.

One must realize,

As a powerhouse in the Cave Heaven Realm, he knew very well what transitioning from a Land Immortal to the Dharma Manifestation Realm truly meant!

This was by no means a simple accumulation of energy!

This was a significant leap in the level of life itself!

It was the first deep integration and manifestation of one's own martial will and the Laws of heaven and earth!

It was the hallmark of truly stepping onto the path of a high-level Cultivator!

Under normal circumstances,

To break through to the Dharma Manifestation Realm, one needed to satisfy extremely harsh conditions.

Besides needing a sufficiently robust accumulation and a deep enough comprehension of the Laws of heaven and earth, one also needed a suitable opportunity.

And... the most important point,

That was the need for a sufficiently powerful and stable world Origin as support!

The Laws and Origins of a Small World were too weak to support the birth of a Dharma Manifestation Realm existence!

This was also why

The strongest individuals in these Small Worlds were often only in the Land Immortal Realm.

Because to break through to the Dharma Manifestation Realm, one had to go to medium or even large worlds with more robust Origins!

Even in the resource-rich great worlds at the center of the Star Domain, the Dharma Manifestation Realm was by no means common!

Any Dharma Manifestation Realm Cultivator

Was a core force that various major powers vied to recruit, capable of overseeing a region or founding a sect!

At the Mo Family's Peak, they only had a few dozen Dharma Manifestation Realm Elders, each of whom was a true pillar of the Family!

But now,

What was he seeing?

Right under his nose, a person in the Land Immortal Realm had broken through to the Dharma Manifestation Realm as easily and naturally as eating or drinking?

And

The Breakthrough process was outrageously smooth!

No Heart Demons causing trouble,

No Law backlash,

Even the violent fluctuations in aura were minimal!

This completely overturned Mo Wentian's understanding of martial cultivation!

Thinking back to the beginning,

When he broke through to the Dharma Manifestation Realm, he spent decades just preparing!

Even then,

He was almost overtaken by Heart Demons and only managed to break through successfully by a stroke of Luck.

Compared to General Chu Batian's Breakthrough, which was like "silent rain nourishing things," he felt his own past experience was simply a joke!

Of course,

Mo Wentian himself was not entirely without gains this time.

Although the Power of Imperial Fortune he received was pitifully small, its essence was extremely high, containing powerful creative vitality.

After those wisps of golden light merged into his body, they acted like an Immortal Pill or miracle medicine, beginning to gently and continuously repair the old internal injuries he had carried for years!

He could clearly feel

Those internal injuries that had plagued him for many years were being healed at a slow but steady pace!

This added another layer of unspeakable complexity to the shock in his heart.

It turned out

In the Tianxuan Dynasty, raising one's cultivation and breaking through Realms could actually be... so "simple"?

As long as one served loyally,

And performed meritorious deeds, they could receive gifts from Your Majesty!

General Chu Batian's Breakthrough and the earth-shaking changes in the entire Guard Battalion were like a heavy hammer smashing into the hearts of Mo Wentian and Mo Shaocong.

They gazed at the Power of Imperial Fortune slowly dissipating in the Void Realm.

They looked at General Chu Batian, whose aura was as deep as an abyss and as vast as the sea.

They looked at the countless soldiers on the Parade Ground, their auras skyrocketing and their morale soaring.

Only one incredibly clear and burning thought remained in their hearts.

The Tianxuan Dynasty... perhaps, it truly was the place they were destined to come to!

Here,

There were the opportunities they dreamed of, and... the hope for revenge!

What they didn't know

Was that the Guard Battalion was merely the tip of the iceberg; just now, the Power of Imperial Fortune had covered the entire Tianxuan Dynasty.

In just this short amount of time,

The strength of the Tianxuan Dynasty was no longer what it used to be...