273: He brought it upon himself

Great Lan Dynasty.

A vast purple Qi between heaven and earth rapidly surged into the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Ultimately, it converged upon the body of the Ye Duling.

The Ye Duling also condensed her own Spiritual Power, circulating her Cultivation Technique, and finally broke through her Bottleneck.

At this moment, the Ye Duling's eyes shone with the light of pleasant surprise.

Originally, the Ye Duling thought that to break through to the Martial King Realm...

...she would need at least another three to five years.

And that was already the fastest possible way.

But she never imagined that while she was at a critical juncture of life and death yesterday, and even suffered heavy injuries...

...after a night of exchange with Jiang Chen...

...she would now achieve an easy Breakthrough.

She had reached the Realm she had dreamed of.

Although the Martial King Realm was only a simple starting point...

...as long as she was within the range of her palace's influence, she could use her Saint Dragon Body to draw upon the Imperial Dynasty's Luck and contend with even stronger opponents.

With her current state of strength, even if she faced Zhao Chongyang and the others from yesterday...

...the Ye Duling was confident she could control the situation.

She might even be able to intimidate them into retreating.

But fortunately, Jiang Chen had acted yesterday.

And now, he had enabled her to break through to the Martial King Realm.

She truly didn't know how to thank Jiang Chen.

Even though the Ye Duling had now broken through to the Martial King Realm, she was very certain that even within the palace with the power of Luck added to her body, she might not necessarily be Jiang Chen's match.

She estimated she wouldn't even be able to withstand a single punch from Jiang Chen.

At this time, Jiang Chen had also finished getting dressed.

He looked over with some bewilderment.

"What's this? Is there such a big commotion when breaking through to Martial King? Why didn't I have one?"

"This is discrimination."

Jiang Chen thought to himself.

He glanced at his status panel.

Jiang Chen's Spiritual Power cultivation had officially reached the first level of the Martial King Realm.

His cultivation points didn't only increase by slaying demons; his usual cultivation practice also increased them.

After obtaining the Ye Duling's Sacred Dragon Origin yesterday...

...Jiang Chen directly gained ten million cultivation points.

He broke through to the Martial King Realm in one go.

In fact, the cultivation level of the Martial King Realm, aside from the Spiritual Power component, was the level of Spiritual Aspect Power.

Jiang Chen's Spiritual Aspect Power had long since reached the level of the Martial King Realm.

The Ye Duling was the same.

However, the Ye Duling's Spiritual Power growth had been far from enough, which was why she hadn't been able to break through.

With Jiang Chen's help, she finally shattered the barrier in one fell swoop.

Jiang Chen himself was somewhat surprised.

However, after his Spiritual Power cultivation broke through to the Martial King Realm...

...the cultivation points required for each level began to reach the tens of millions.

"To break through to the second level of the Martial King Realm, I need to accumulate twenty million cultivation points..."

Jiang Chen felt a bit of a headache; although he had long anticipated this result, he still needed a moment to process it.

Slow and steady.

In any case, raising his Physical Body cultivation...

...would yield the same result.

At this moment, the Ye Duling also came before Jiang Chen.

"You are not allowed to speak of yesterday's events; I still have an entire Dynasty to manage."

"As long as you keep it a secret for me, I'll help you again next time."

The Ye Duling said charmingly.

Just thinking about such a situation occurring made Jiang Chen feel a surge of excitement.

This Ye Duling really knew how to play.

It even gave him a feeling of being able to do whatever he wanted.

However, Jiang Chen liked it.

"It's a deal!"

Jiang Chen nodded and said.

"Heehee, it's a deal."

"Let's go, Commander Li and the others are still outside."

The Ye Duling said.

"You go first, I'll leave from the back to avoid raising suspicion."

Jiang Chen said.

If the two of them appeared together, it would surely lead to endless speculation; since they were keeping it a secret, they naturally had to be more thorough.

"You are quite thoughtful."

After the Ye Duling straightened Jiang Chen's collar, she turned and left.

Soon, everyone gathered in the Imperial Garden for a small meeting.

After all, the commotion of the Ye Duling's Breakthrough hadn't been hidden from the Great Lan Dynasty, so basically everyone in the Royal City knew; therefore, the Ye Duling didn't hide it and simply made a public statement.

It was perfect timing.

Now the Wuzui Sect had been purged, the Fenglan Sword Sect had been settled, and only one Heaven-Grade Demon Cave remained.

This was the moment for the Great Lan Dynasty to show its sword to the world.

The only trouble was the matter of the Zhao Family.

But this matter still depended on the attitude of the Lingcang Domain Lord.

As long as the other party was willing to act, then the Zhao Family would not be a problem.

Furthermore, Jiang Chen was there.

Jiang Chen wandered around for a while before walking into the Imperial Garden and finding a relatively quiet spot to sit down.

At this time, a constant stream of ministers came to offer congratulations, and even some martial arts factions from within the Royal City; although they couldn't enter the palace, they expressed their congratulations through ministers they were normally familiar with.

They had also prepared many top-tier treasures.

Originally, some martial arts factions had their own little schemes, but after seeing Jiang Chen blow apart a group of Zhao Family experts yesterday and the Ye Duling breaking through to the Martial King Realm today...

...all those little schemes were immediately tucked away, and they didn't dare say anything more.

The Ye Duling only dealt with these people for a short while before ordering everyone to withdraw, no longer hosting them.

Li Xiaoqing then led the Vermilion Bird Imperial Guard to clear the area.

Just as the Ye Duling was about to say something...

...suddenly, one of the Ye Duling's transmission Jade Slips rang.

This transmission Jade Slip contained a message sent back by Xue Lianxing, who had gone to the Lingcang Domain Lord's side.

"There's news from Lianxing!"

The Ye Duling's eyes lit up.

Li Xiaoqing also hurriedly leaned in.

Xue Lianxing had specifically gone to the Lingcang Domain; although the palace didn't have a flying Spiritual Artifact as high-grade as Jiang Chen's, they had other flying Magic Treasures, and arriving within a day was already very good.

Domain Lord?

Jiang Chen had previously learned a bit about this.

This so-called Domain Lord...

...was the strongest existence in the entire Lingcang Domain.

Basically, all the rules within the Lingcang Domain depended on this person's whims.

On the surface, he was also a Martial Emperor Realm powerhouse.

Jiang Chen estimated that this so-called Lingcang Domain Lord's strength should not be weak even among those in the Martial Emperor Realm.

However, at the mention of the term 'Domain Lord'...

...Jiang Chen always felt like he had heard it somewhere before.

He subconsciously touched his Soul Devouring Ring.

"Your Majesty, is the Domain Lord willing to intervene?"

Li Xiaoqing asked.

At this time, the Ye Duling released her Divine Soul to read the information within the talisman slip; when she saw the contents, her originally hopeful face instantly became cold and gloomy.

She also involuntarily released a cold Evil Qi!

"Lianxing sent word back saying that the Lingcang Domain Lord only said four words."

Li Xiaoqing and the others already realized that the result might not be good, but they still wanted to know exactly which four words were said.

The Ye Duling stood up at this moment.

She tightly gripped the talisman slip in her hand.

"He said: Reaping what one sows!"