Chapter 420: Chapter 392: This Is Limitless, This Is a Breakthrough

Chen Xu silently walked out of the Thunderclap Sect’s cabin.

He carefully pondered the Netherworld’s Unbreakable Divine Power.

This day, the wall-walking similar to moments ago, he had actually experienced dozens of times already.

Each time he passed through a wall, it brought him a different subtle sensation. He remembered every sensation, often feeling that it was not cultivation, yet better than cultivation.

Especially this time, it triggered his understanding of the Netherworld’s Unbreakable Divine Power. He suddenly realized that the crux of the divine power was not the “Netherworld,” but the “Unbreakable”!

What does “Unbreakable” mean?

From here to there, without obstruction, without gaps, that is “Unbreakable.”

Back in the Great Li Kingdom, Chen Xu used the Netherworld’s Unbreakable Divine Power to traverse between the Netherworld and the Mortal World, achieving a certain level of “Unbreakable” between the two worlds.

But because his mastery of the divine power was not profound enough, the number of such passings was always limited.

Now, even though he had reached the Golden Core Stage, he could only freely traverse the Netherworld and Mortal World around five or six times a day.

Now that he was in the Xuantian Star Realm, which had no Netherworld, Chen Xu could no longer sense the Netherworld with his divine power.

However, the truths of the universe and space seemed to be consistent.

When Chen Xu stepped through a wall, the truly “transparent” part was not the wall, but himself!

It was he himself who was existing on another layer of space, allowing him to walk through walls freely, without obstruction.

So, could he grasp this sensation, so that even after leaving this “semi-illusory” state, he could still perform actions like passing through walls, thereby achieving true “Unbreakable”?

The conclusion is, without the Netherworld’s Unbreakable Divine Power, such a notion from Chen Xu might be purely fanciful.

But possessing the divine power, Chen Xu realized that all of this could be truly achieved!

And this might be the true meaning of the Netherworld’s Unbreakable Divine Power.

Chen Xu even had a notion.

For instance, at this very moment, his cultivation was still shallow, and his divine power not deep, thus he treated “wall-walking” as the first target of the Unbreakable Divine Power.

Yet the essence of this divine power is profoundly mysterious.

After long-term cultivation, perhaps someday he wouldn’t need the Cyan Cloud Lotus Seeds, and just with the Netherworld’s Unbreakable Divine Power, he could traverse freely between the Xuantian Star Realm and the Great Li Kingdom—

This is not impossible, and it will be Chen Xu’s second long-term goal!

Thinking of this, Chen Xu felt a surge of fighting spirit and an urgent desire to cultivate.

He no longer paid attention to the disturbances on the flying boat, and after returning to Ji Yang’s cabin, immediately entered the Fire and Smoke Kitchen to concentrate on cultivation.

In doing so, Chen Xu was not being careless about his actions.

Through this exploration, he had already confirmed that the disturbances on the flying boat would not affect him or Ji Yang.

Even if the source of the disturbance seemed to be related to him, who knew?

Chen Xu had only done a trade.

The human heart is greedy and insatiable, where there’s interest, there will be conflict.

Just as Master Huie Jue said, indeed there was a great thief on the flying boat, but the great thief was not in anyone’s room, but in the human heart.

In the following days, Chen Xu was immersed in cultivation.

Though his cultivation wasn’t advancing by leaps and bounds, it was progressing steadily.

This was thanks to his now abundant Free Attribute Points, and the world’s pressure on him had largely lifted, allowing him to freely absorb the spiritual qi of this realm for cultivation.

The best part was, daily, he had a large number of new attribute points coming in.

Yes, while he wasn’t seen on the flying boat, the legend of the Purple Spirit Pearl continued.

The Feiling Guards spent two days on the flying boat searching for the “great thief,” failing to find them, but they did find a few minor thieves.

Reportedly, several cultivators who refused to be searched clashed with the Feiling Guards and were killed on the spot.

The reason for their execution was not only because they refused the search but also because it was discovered they carried demonic qi and had connections with evil cultivators from the Abyss of Ten Thousand Poisons.

They died instantly, and the few demonic artifacts they carried were destroyed in the presence of many cultivators, right on the deck.

This caused quite an uproar.

While Ji Yang followed Chen Xu’s instructions to stay honestly in the cabin without going out, he also watched the commotion from the window.

Chen Xu did the same.

With excellent hearing, he overheard cultivators in the next cabin whispering, “Brother Xue, do you think those killed were really all evil cultivators?”

Brother Xue sighed and said, “How would I know? Whether they were or not, it was all considered so.”

The speaker was disgruntled, “These… these people act so brazenly on the flying boat, are they truly not afraid that no one will dare to take this Skylark Boat in the future?”

Brother Xue quickly replied, “You mustn’t speak recklessly, the Feiling Guards slaying evil cultivators is to protect us!

It’s the duty of all Cangling Realm cultivators to exterminate demons.

Besides, if you don’t take the Skylark Boat, how do you plan to go to Canglan City?

Walk or fly there yourself?

Heh, not to mention your speed, but with the sky’s gales and the wilderness’s dangers, can you guarantee a safe passage over ten thousand miles?

No, if you were to cross on your own by land, it would be over ten thousand miles indeed.”

Ten thousand miles is the distance the Skylark Boat covers in the air, but on land, not all roads are straight.

Through countless mountains and perilous terrains, who knows how many tens of thousands of miles you might have to walk.

The two cultivators next door remained silent for a long time.

Finally, unsure of how much time had passed, one of the cultivators sighed:

“As cultivators, we need to cultivate, fight, and venture far afield to find a path.

Thus, out of ten in the Qi Cultivation stage, only one or two can break through to the Foundation Establishment.

If the breakthrough is not achieved, it’s a mere hundred-year lifespan, still laborious and perilous, facing one crisis after another.

It’s as if…not even comparable to a mere hundred years of mortal life.

Although perhaps confined to a city or a town, relying on cultivators. Maybe working as tenant farmers, hired help, or servants.

Yet in most cases, as long as one is diligent, they can find a means of livelihood.

To have a peaceful hundred years, even if impoverished, isn’t that a form of tranquility?”

Saying this, the cultivator seemed to envy the mortal’s peaceful stability.

Then Brother Xue said, “Brother Wang, do you know I was originally born a mortal, and my parents were tenant farmers?”

Brother Wang startled and said, “I did not know.”

Brother Xue said flatly, “Our family had five siblings, and parents hoped one among us would become a cultivator. From a young age, they advised us sternly while laboring on farms.

Facing the yellow earth with the sky on our backs, harvesting spirit fields, yet not a single grain of spirit rice entered our bellies.

If there was a bountiful harvest one season, did you think our days would be better off?

No, when harvests were ample, spirit rice prices dropped, and the few coins in hand might even be worse than in normal years.”

Brother Wang exclaimed, “How can this be? This this this… if so, who would still want to diligently farm?”

Brother Xue laughed, “You wouldn’t farm, yet there’s always someone willing. If you purposely slack off, see who’ll be starving next year?

Brother Wang, after becoming a cultivator, my family all held heads high.

Do you think farming doesn’t involve struggle?

Ha, the blood on fields, you simply can’t see it.”

Finishing, Brother Xue closed his eyes and meditated, saying no more.

This seemingly ordinary conversation contained significant information.

Chen Xu listened, gradually realizing that this world, although seemingly a pure cultivation realm, held no fundamental difference from the mortal-centric Great Li Kingdom.

It occurred to him that the mural-painted world of Great Li by Ancestor Xinghui, though seemingly created out of thin air, had a basis for everything.

The culture of Great Li was also a legacy of this realm.

Indeed, humans naturally struggle to create entirely beyond their perception.

Even if Ancestor Xinghui was of the Tribulation Stage, the crafted world of the Xuantian Star Realm couldn’t fully detach from its blueprint.

However—

But Chen Xu had another question.

That is, the ancient history of the Great Li Kingdom was surprisingly similar to Huaxia on Blue Star where Chen Xu had been in his previous life.

The lineage before Wei Jin was similar, the Four Books and Five Classics, the wisdom of sages—all mirrored identically.

After Wei Jin, although there was no Sui Tang, it transformed into the nation of Great Li, yet mountains and geography remained unchanged.

Though names differed, many geographical features resembled those in Huaxia where Chen Xu previously lived.

This occasionally sparked Chen Xu’s wonder.

Reality or illusion?

If the world of nine continents is the same lineage as the Xuantian Star Realm, then where does the similarly inherited Huaxia world lie?

The vast universe, endlessly expansive.

Does Huaxia world have any links to the Xuantian Star Realm?

Cultivators chase immortality with their flesh, but what truly lies at the end of longevity?

Can one witness the heavens and glimpse world truths?

Such reflections stirred constant waves in Chen Xu’s sea of literature.

His physical form seemed in “void,” while heart soul resided in the Fire and Smoke Kitchen, leveraging its peculiar traits, granting him far more time than others.

His dantian and meridians, the true yuan surged like rivers.

Thus, the boundless Qi followed, unknowingly bringing Chen Xu’s cultivation near the perfection phase of the Golden Core Stage third level.

He faced no hindrance, no pause.

With myriad inspirations rising within, at that moment, his surging true yuan shattered barriers and broke through.

In an instant, breaking through the small realm’s obstacles, advancing from Golden Core third level straight to Golden Core fourth level!

[Cultivation: Golden Core fourth level (2.1%)]

Rustling, true yuan flowed like tidal rivers.

Chen Xu’s dantian invisibly expanded half an inch outward, the volume of true yuan within suddenly increased.

The suspended golden core appeared to have faintly dark golden patterns emerging.

At this moment, Chen Xu felt remarkably peculiar.

He perceived the strengthening of true yuan, while his physical form seemed to undergo subtle changes.

From Golden Core third to fourth level, beyond the doubling of true yuan, his physical body also began transformation.

Yet this transformation is accumulating and seems not yet reaching a true qualitative change.

However, Chen Xu’s heart soul changed again.

[Heart Soul +1]

[Heart Soul: 10]

It was also this moment that the world’s oppression on him seemed completely lifted.

Chen Xu felt his spirit invigorated, shackles gone.

He seemed like a fish returning to rivers, a hidden dragon entering the abyss.

At this very moment, Chen Xu even felt he could single-handedly slay Master Huie Jue!

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