Breakthrough again

Boom...

In an instant, above the small courtyard, winds surged and clouds gathered.

Dugu Feng’s voice, which had been in the midst of persuasion, immediately died down. He first stood stunned, then his pupils gradually widened. Three seconds later, they were as large as ox eyes, and his heart was churning with endless storms and giant waves.

"Venerable... Venerable Realm!"

He stared intently at Zhong Qing, completely losing all semblance of a master’s demeanor.

All that remained was endless emotion and utter disbelief.

"How could he be a Venerable Realm expert?"

"How could he have entered the Venerable Realm in such a short period of time?"

"This is impossible, and there’s no logical explanation!"

At this moment, he felt as if his long-held worldview was being subjected to an unprecedented impact, shattering into pieces.

In the path of cultivation, who doesn’t cross a perilous bridge over a bottomless chasm? A single misstep means death and soul annihilation.

Yet, Zhong Qing, after only a few days apart, had seen his cultivation rise steadily, not only breaking through several Little Realms but also directly breaking through a major Realm.

If someone had bestowed cultivation through initiation, it wouldn’t be impossible to achieve such an effect.

But he could tell that Zhong Qing’s foundation was incredibly solid, as if he had cultivated it step by step himself.

This was far from the effect that could be achieved by cultivation bestowal or consuming some kind of heavenly material and earthly treasure.

"You, how did you do it?"

At this moment, Dugu Feng’s heart was subjected to an unprecedented shock.

In his life, he had encountered all kinds of storms and seen all kinds of geniuses.

But compared to Zhong Qing at this moment, he realized that those so-called geniuses were utterly worthless.

In front of such a monstrous talent, all geniuses would pale in comparison, and even peerless powerhouses like the ancient Great Emperors would probably be inferior by more than just a little.

If even Dugu Feng was in such a state, Lu Wanli, who was beside him, was even worse.

He was so shocked that his mouth hung open, and his body staggered, almost losing his balance and falling to the ground.

At the same time, he wailed inwardly: "Oh my heavens, what kind of monster is this?!"

Although Lu Wanli was just a servant, he had always been a proud individual.

In the past, there were not many people he admired, only his own master.

His master, who rose from a desolate place like the Chaotic Land, established immense prestige in the Void Domain during a certain era, and finally achieved the status of a Supreme Realm powerhouse, breaking countless ancient and modern records and creating countless legends.

However, at this moment, he couldn’t help but compare his master to Zhong Qing.

And he came to a fact that made him collapse.

That is, the two were completely incomparable.

Zhong Qing’s breakthrough speed was too exaggerated and too terrifying.

Given him time, as long as he didn’t fall midway, surpassing his master was not a problem at all.

In fact, at this moment, a rebellious thought arose in his heart.

That is, his master was not even qualified to be Zhong Qing’s master.

And at this moment, Zhong Qing had no time to pay attention to the shock of the two.

During this period, his more than two million Disciples had continuously returned their cultivation to him.

This had already pushed his cultivation to a critical point.

And at this moment, with the continuous return of cultivation, it was added to his body, allowing him to make further progress.

He was about to break through again.

"Boom..."

With a roar.

Zhong Qing’s cultivation, originally at Venerable Realm First Heaven, surged again, and his aura continuously rose.

Soon, he directly crossed the threshold of First Heaven and ascended directly into the Second Heaven.

However, after entering Venerable Realm Second Heaven, Zhong Qing’s cultivation aura did not stop; it continued to rise.

Previously, he had bestowed Saint-level and Emperor-Level Cultivation Methods, allowing his Disciples to cultivate.

Now, after such a long time, that group of Disciples had finally completely transformed their cultivation methods.

Coupled with the increase in the cultivation of Heavenly Dao Institute Disciples during this period, and even other Disciples, Zhong Qing generously invested resources without hesitation.

Under so many factors, the return of cultivation caused a qualitative change from a quantitative one, allowing him to break through two Little Realms in one leap, reaching Venerable Realm Third Heaven.

This scene made Dugu Feng’s scalp tingle, and he went from dazed to shocked and then back to dazed.

The previous moment, he was still asking how the other party managed to break through from Returning to One Realm to Venerable Realm in just a few days.

The next moment, the person directly broke through two Little Realms in front of him.

This was no longer something that could be described as monstrous.

This was a monster!

A peerless monster of all ages.

At this moment, his mind’s shock had reached its peak.

He even faintly had the thought of how unfair heaven was.

When normal people break through, who doesn’t prepare in a thousand ways and exercise ten thousand cautions?

They make full preparations to break through a realm bottleneck, and even then, they have to worry about the consequences of failure.

But what about Zhong Qing?

The so-called bottleneck, to him, seemed to not exist at all.

While demonstrating his cultivation, he directly crossed two Little Realms in a row.

"Whew!"

After an unknown period, Zhong Qing slowly opened his eyes, feeling slightly excited.

He hadn’t expected this improvement to be so significant.

Venerable Realm Nine Heavens, one realm, one heaven!

At this moment, he felt countless times stronger than when he was at the Venerable Realm First Heaven.

Now he felt that if he faced a Supreme Realm expert, he could tear him apart.

This feeling of power surging countless times was truly wonderful.

However, the subsequent strength increase brought by these two million Disciples probably wouldn’t be so exaggerated and abnormal.

Firstly, his cultivation had greatly increased now, and to improve again, the required cultivation would probably need to increase geometrically.

Secondly, even if he spent massive resources to cultivate this group of Disciples, the improvement of their realms was definitely not an overnight matter for them; even if they were abnormal, it would take at least three to five years, right?

The next time he wanted a significant improvement, he would probably have to rely on the Heavenly Dao Rankings and a few True Disciples.

After all, the cultivation return of True Disciples was one to ten thousand.

And for the Heavenly Dao Rankings, as long as he cultivated one Disciple to be on the list, he would receive a layer of reward.

At that time, his cultivation would not just surge upwards.

He opened his personal attribute panel.

Host: Zhong Qing!

Cultivation: Venerable Realm Third Heaven!

Disciple: Lin Feng, Tianxuan Realm late stage, hundredfold cultivation amplification active, ten thousandfold cultivation return!

Disciple: Su Ye, Tianxuan Realm middle stage, hundredfold cultivation amplification active, ten thousandfold cultivation return to Host!

Disciple: Du Hao, Tianxuan Realm late stage, thousandfold recovery active, ten thousandfold cultivation return to Host!

Disciple: Bai Ling, Three Yang Three Realm, death cultivation * 2 active, ten thousandfold cultivation return to Host!

Disciple: Phoenix Tian, Returning to One Realm First Heaven, medicinal body bond active, ten thousandfold cultivation return to Host!

Activated Bond: Scum Bond 2/2. Normal version!

Activated Bond: Hegemonic Body Bond. Enhanced version!

Activated Bond: Nirvana Bond. Normal version!

Activated Bond: Medicinal Body Bond. Normal version!

More bonds to be developed!

Obtained Constitution: Hegemonic Body, Immortal Body!

Obtained Special Skills: Old Six Halo, Heavenly Eye, Same-Level Crushing, Formation Immunity, Own Small World.

Obtained Special Weapon: Zero Seal!

Obtained Mount: Holy Blood Qilin!

Everything else remained unchanged, but his cultivation was now incomparable.

Overall, the future was promising.

After a moment of churning thoughts, Zhong Qing finally turned his gaze back to Dugu Feng.

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