8: A profound and subtle breakthrough!

"Profound Insight! Profound Insight! What is Profound Insight?"

The waves in the outside world could not affect Gu Qingchen in the slightest.

In a spiritual lake within the grotto-heaven, the spiritual liquid that was incomparably precious in the outside world was nothing but ordinary water here, and the dense Spiritual Qi rose, forming mist that felt substantial.

Gu Qingchen sat cross-legged on a lotus platform in the center of the spiritual lake, the Spiritual Qi of the entire grotto-heaven expanding and contracting with the operation of his Cultivation Technique.

His foundation was incredibly deep; he had long been ready to reach the Dongxuan Realm.

Coupled with the preaching and creation of Cultivation Techniques from a few days ago, he could advance at any moment.

"So-called Profound Insight is nothing more than perceiving the truth, mastering the profound and subtle, and clarifying Divine Abilities..."

Gu Qingchen remembered his Revered Master saying that the Three Mortal Realms Cultivate Spells, the Three Spirit Realms Cultivate Cultivation Techniques, and upon reaching the Three Profound Realm, one begins to Cultivate Divine Abilities!

The three Realms of Tongxuan, Profound Insight, and Dao Profound are the process of recognizing, learning, researching, controlling, and creating Divine Abilities, until one touches the essence of Divine Abilities—Dao principles!

Then one can step into the Three Dao Realm!

Gu Qingchen's Divine Thought was clear and void.

The Dao marks engraved on the lotus platform transformed into strands of substantial Dao principles, surrounding him completely, as if he were an Immortal God wielding the laws of Heaven!

At this moment, Gu Qingchen entered into the mysterious state of Epiphany once again.

In an instant, strands of golden mana erupted from his body, instantly submerging the entire spiritual lake!

These golden mana strands did not dissipate; instead, they condensed into various divine forms, evolving into all sorts of Divine Abilities!

Clashing weapons and armored horses, primordial beasts, Imperial Dao Dragons...

There were even the sun, moon, and stars, humming and rotating; Immortal Palaces and Heavenly Mansions slowly forming; and five pillars of heaven towering, suppressing the four poles of heaven and earth and the center of the world.

There were also the Dragon and Phoenix bringing auspiciousness, the Divine Elephant suppressing hell, the Golden Peng spreading its wings, the Peacock displaying its tail...

Not only did all the Divine Abilities Gu Qingchen had learned manifest, but even many of the Spells he had previously learned evolved into Divine Abilities on their own!

And as these Divine Abilities evolved on their own, the aura on Gu Qingchen's body instantly broke through a certain Bottleneck.

First Heaven of Profound Insight!

Subsequently, the entire spiritual lake began to steam, and the surging Spiritual Qi turned into a frenzy, rushing towards Gu Qingchen and the Divine Abilities he had evolved.

Endless Spiritual Qi poured down from the sky, surrounded by countless Dao patterns, as if the Immortal Realm had opened, the Heavenly River flowing backward, the aura immensely majestic!

Second Heaven of Profound Insight!

Third Heaven of Profound Insight!

...

Gu Qingchen's foundation was truly too deep; once he started breaking through, he couldn't stop, and the massive disturbance awakened all the cultivators in this grotto-heaven.

Many Elders of the Holy Land opened their eyes one after another, feeling the riot of Spiritual Qi, their hearts filled with doubt and suspicion.

"What is this disturbance?"

"The Spiritual Qi is too active, all rushing towards one place. Could it be that one of the foundation Elders of our Xuantian Holy Land has broken through a major Realm?"

"Hmm? Look up quickly, there are dao rhymes evolving in the sky. Could someone be breaking through to the Dao-Peeking Realm?"

"But the dao rhymes of the entire grotto-heaven world have been drawn out. If someone is breaking through to the Dao-Peeking Realm, then this phenomenon is simply too astonishing!"

"..."

Everyone felt it was unbelievable; this somewhat contradicted the common sense of Cultivation they knew.

What kind of peerless Prodigy could cause such a huge disturbance when breaking through to the Dao-Peeking Realm?

"Stay calm!"

At this moment, a peaceful Dao sound resonated in everyone's ears, instantly calming everyone's emotions, and even the rioting Spiritual Qi tides eased significantly.

This was the power of a Saint.

Speaking with the authority of Heaven, every word and action could influence the entire world and affect the emotions of all living beings.

"Hmm? Even Elder Lin has been awakened?"

"How many years has Elder Lin been sleeping? I didn't expect him to wake up because of this disturbance. I wonder which Prodigy is breaking through. If one could gain Elder Lin's approval, even just receiving some casual benefits, the path of Cultivation in the future would be smooth sailing and infinitely beneficial."

"Haha, what kind of existence is Elder Lin? As the guardian Elder of this grotto-heaven world, he has seen too many Prodigies in his tens of thousands of years of life. It is truly too difficult to gain the favor of such an Elder."

"Who says it isn't? Looking back ten thousand years, in this long period, only that little girl Luo Jinghong has received guidance from Elder Lin."

"..."

Everyone shook their heads and then returned to closed-door Cultivation.

For them, the Opportunity to enter this grotto-heaven world to Cultivate was not easy to come by; it not only required consuming a large amount of contribution points but also required a certain amount of merit points, so naturally, they could not waste this hard-won Cultivation time.

However, they did not know that the Elder Lin they spoke of, who had seen countless Prodigies, was also marveling repeatedly at this moment.

"This kid is only breaking through to the Profound Insight Realm; why can he trigger so many dao rhymes?"

Elder Lin raised his huge head, which resembled a dragon, and took a distant look, seemingly having seen something.

"So he is constantly in a state of Epiphany?"

"Such Heaven-Defying Comprehension Ability is enviable. The Human Race is truly a race favored by Heaven. If I were... forget it, forget it, my Kirin Clan is still better."

After casually making a sour remark, Elder Lin turned over and continued to sleep.

As for guidance?

Guidance was absolutely impossible; he had always been rather repulsed by guys with such Heaven-Defying Comprehension Ability who could enter an Epiphany every now and then.

After all, this would make him think of a certain person, and then the majestic and sharp horns on his head would start to ache faintly.

...

Gu Qingchen, who was in the middle of breaking through, was naturally unaware of these interludes.

A full day and night later, until he felt that the insights from this time had been digested, did everything finally subside.

"Fifth Heaven of Profound Insight? Not bad."

Gu Qingchen chuckled and immediately left this grotto-heaven world and returned to his floating island.

"Congratulations to Young Master for finishing seclusion, your divine skills have greatly advanced!"

As soon as he returned to the floating island, Zhao Linger smiled and stepped forward to congratulate him, blinking her eyes at the same time, her beautiful eyes filled with a gentle, teasing smile.

"You little girl, you actually dare to tease your Young Master."

Gu Qingchen patted her head and then asked casually: "What has happened during the days I was in seclusion? Also, I asked you to send people to keep an eye on Jiang Yourong; were there any specific findings?"

"Speaking of Jiang Yourong, she is really not simple..."

Seeing that the Young Master mentioned Jiang Yourong, Zhao Linger also exclaimed and reported the investigation of these days in detail.

After listening to the little maid's report, Gu Qingchen frowned slightly: "Constant Opportunities? Is she a Destined Female Protagonist of the Heaven-Defying Luck type, or a Destined Female Protagonist who views scripts and intercepts Opportunities? Or some other type of female protagonist? Is she originally a person of this world, or a Transmigration type protagonist?"

Based on the current information, Gu Qingchen had some guesses about Jiang Yourong's identity, but he was still not very certain.

"It seems I have to personally make contact and probe..."

"By the way."

Just as Gu Qingchen was thinking about how to probe and check Jiang Yourong's specific identity, Zhao Linger seemed to recall something and suddenly added: "A day and a half ago, Elder Luo Jinghong also came to look for Young Master."