BXBX NOVEL Chapter 660: 343: Third Level of the Heavenly Human Realm_2
Everyone speculated that Yuan Yao might have come across an opportunity that led to the complete cessation of the extreme cold within Cold Lake.
But since it involved an Official Disciple with a terrifying innate talent, no one dared to probe into its secrets.
In Source Vein Area Nine, Shi Mengbin, Teng Ziqi, and Tong Manqing took turns standing guard, encountering Source Beasts during their shifts. With the concerted efforts of many disciples, the Source Beasts were swiftly dealt with, causing no significant damage.
Furthermore, Yuan Yao and Chang Xiaorui had once visited Lu Yun together, but seeing that he was in seclusion, the two women had no choice but to return.
Lu Yun was aware of these events; even during his seclusion, he always extended a thread of his consciousness to the Great Array, clear about the recent happenings, including the visit from the two women. However, he did not go out to meet them.
Two months later.
“Huff, huff…”
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged wildly within the Array Hall, with source energy rapidly converging towards Nangong Rui, forming a vortex-like energy body around him.
“Is it finally time to begin establishing the Cave Heavens?”
At the core of the Great Array, Lu Yun, who was seated atop a Daoist mass, opened his eyes and his gaze fell on Nangong Rui.
The winds howled fiercely, Nangong Rui’s clothes billowed, and his hair danced wildly. Around him, countless energies moved like swimming dragons towards the center of the vortex.
Lu Yun knew these were the anomalies that accompanied the opening of the Cave Heavens.
Under normal circumstances, such anomalies would persist for three to five days.
But in this Array Hall, where the spiritual energy and source energy were exceedingly dense, the whole process could complete in less than half a day.
“Break!”
Boom!
In an instant, a volcano appeared out of nowhere, then all the spiritual Qi and source energy within the hall turned into an inexplicable itch, rushing into Nangong Rui’s body for a ferocious sweep.
The volcano swiftly expanded, extending in all directions.
Lu Yun was all too familiar with this process.
With the creation of the Cave Heavens, Nangong Rui had advanced to the Heavenly Human Realm.
What came next was to seize the moment and expend all the previous reserves to stretch the Cave Heavens to their limits, to better unlock the potential of the Cave Heaven World in the future.
…
Whoosh!
With a light breath, Nangong Rui opened his eyes, his eyes flashing sharply.
The Heavenly Human Realm, at last attained; he had waited for this moment for five years.
In those five years, he dared not slacken his efforts.
Especially since entering the Black-yellow Great World and becoming a Servant Disciple of Qinghuo Sect, his cultivation had become even more diligent.
Only by doing so could he completely cast off the identity of a Servant Disciple and gain more autonomy.
Though still not the core of Qinghuo Sect, as an Outer Sect Disciple, he could now enjoy more privileges and was free to undertake missions.
Most importantly, he could now cultivate even better Divine Powers and Techniques.
Today, he had finally just managed to break through to the Heavenly Human Realm, achieving the first small goal he had set for himself.
Nangong Rui’s eyes brimmed with excitement; his hands clenched tightly.
His feelings were a mix of high spirits and anticipation.
“Congratulations to Senior Brother Nangong on achieving the Heavenly Human status. From now on, the ocean is wide for the fish to leap, and the sky is high for the birds to fly.”
Lu Yun sincerely felt happy for Nangong Rui’s breakthrough.
The first level of the Heavenly Human Realm was trivial for him, as he could destroy it with a flick of his hand.
But for Nangong Rui, it was of significant meaning.
“I must thank Junior Brother Lu for this. Without your help, my breakthrough would not have been so easy, let alone opening a Cave Heaven World with a radius of ten thousand miles.”
Nangong Rui bowed deeply to Lu Yun. Without Lu Yun allowing him to cultivate here, his Cave Heaven would at most have reached a few thousand miles in radius.
The size of the Cave Heaven World is crucial for one’s future path in the Great Dao.
A Cave Heaven World spanning ten thousand miles allowed him to rank in the middle group among the many Outer Sect Disciples. At the very least, he would be able to cultivate up to the sixth level of the Heavenly Human Realm in the future.
With a bit of luck, the seventh level of the Heavenly Human Realm was not an impossible dream.
As for Lu Yun, whose Cave Heaven World extends a thousand li east to west and eight hundred li north to south, the area is nearly a million li in size and can be said to be a Supreme Foundation.
“Junior Brother Lu, I won’t say thank you again. I’m going to return to the Green Flame Palace to apply for the Outer Sect assessment!”
At this moment, Nangong Rui was eager to return, wishing he could instantly sprout wings and fly back to the Green Flame Palace.
“Go ahead, you may leave. I’ll handle the rest of the paperwork for you, but be careful on the road.” Lu Yun could see Nangong Rui’s mood and didn’t want to stop him. He merely issued a word of caution. Had it not been for the fact that his duty to guard would not end for several more months, he would have insisted on Nangong Rui returning with him.
“Don’t worry, Junior Brother Lu, I understand.” Nangong Rui cracked a smile and quickly took his leave.
Lu Yun nodded with a light chuckle.
Such an impatient man.
However, if he were in the same situation, he would probably feel similar to the other man.
Taking out the Profound Death Silent Tower and setting it to absorb the spiritual energy and elemental force of heaven and earth in the core of the array, Lu Yun left the Array Hall and headed towards Taiyun Courtyard.
Prior to applying for the Outer Sect assessment, a servant disciple like Nangong Rui stationed outside needed to report to the Elder in charge of the area before sending a message to the Green Flame Palace.
If Nangong Rui handled these matters himself, it would take a considerable amount of time. With Lu Yun stepping in, many procedures would be simplified, ensuring that as soon as Nangong Rui returned to the Green Flame Palace, he could immediately proceed with the assessment.
After taking care of Nangong Rui’s affairs, Lu Yun took the opportunity to visit Yuan Yao. It so happened that Chang Xiaorui was also there; the three of them naturally couldn’t resist exchanging knowledge and verifying their insights, deepening their friendship.
Seeing the time was right, Yuan Yao suddenly said, “Junior Brother Lu, Xiaorui and I had visited the Cold Path Manor nearby some days ago and discovered a Bai Lian fruit that will ripen in five days. This is a rare treasure of heaven and earth, and we fear that it might be difficult for the two of us to obtain it. We hope Junior Brother Lu could join us.”
“Tian She fruit?” Lu Yun furrowed his brows slightly upon hearing this.
Yuan Yao asked, “Has Junior Brother heard of this fruit before?”
Lu Yun slowly shook his head, saying, “No, I have not heard of it before. There are countless rare treasures in the world, and I fear I know less than one or two percent of them.”
In his heart, however, he thought, “This Tian She fruit is not within my knowledge, and I’m afraid it must be at least Eighth Grade or higher spiritual fruit.”
After pondering for a moment, he asked, “Does Senior Sister have an image of the Tian She fruit?”
Yuan Yao nodded, “Certainly.”
She tapped with her jade hand, conjuring an illusion of the Tian She fruit along with the tree it grows on, as well as the surrounding environment and a Demon Beast guarding the area, lifelike in every detail.
For her at this stage, this was not difficult.
Lu Yun studied the Tian She fruit tree intently; it bore forty or fifty fruits, each about the size of a fist with a faint serpent pattern on the surface.
Under the Tian She fruit tree, a massive demon serpent lay coiled, exuding a powerful aura, clearly not an entity to provoke lightly.
Gazing at the Tian She fruit for a long while, Lu Yun was quite tempted, but he still sighed, “We are guarding the source vein. If we leave and outsiders take the chance to invade, and if the Sect were to blame us, the loss would outweigh the gain.”
Yuan Yao smiled gracefully, “Junior Brother need not worry. The Cold Path Manor borders the Northern Cold Manor, and the location of the Tian She fruit is closer to here. With our speed, it would only take half a day to go there and back, so it won’t delay important matters.”
“If that’s the case, how can Junior Brother refuse to oblige.”
Immediately, Lu Yun, Yuan Yao, and Chang Xiaorui arranged to go together to the Cold Path Manor in four days’ time to seize the Tian She fruit.
After returning to the Array Hall, Lu Yun opened his panel.
[Name]: Lu Yun
[Affiliation]: Ordinary Disciple of the Tai Yuan lineage of the Green Flame Palace
[Cultivation Technique]: Pure Yang Martial Arts Canon (Celestial Human Chapter, Second level 98%) Demon Slaying God-Killing Saber (Perfection, Eighth Grade Divine Power), Heaven and Earth Draw Saber Slash (Perfection, Ninth Grade Divine Power), Moksha Immeasurable (Perfection, Ninth Grade Divine Power), Instant Horizon (Perfection, Eighth Grade Divine Power), Nine Tribulations Secret (Entry Level, Seventh Grade Divine Power, Incomplete)
[Innate Talent]: King-level Mid-grade
[Realm]: Celestial Human Realm Second level (Seventeen Rules)
[Divine Power Value]: 8 (automatically increases by 0.2 daily)
[Luck Value]: 53,000 (automatically increases by twelve daily, can be used to enhance weapon grade.)
“Upgrade!”
The World Power accumulated within his Cave Heavens had already reached the Third Level of the Celestial Human Realm, so with just the expenditure of two Divine Power Values, the Second level of the Celestial Human Chapter was fully mastered.
“Continue to upgrade.”
[Cultivation Technique]: Pure Yang Martial Arts Canon (Celestial Human Chapter, Third level 2%) etc.
[Realm]: Celestial Human Realm Third level (Nineteen Rules)
[Divine Power Value]: 0 (automatically increases by 0.2 daily)
The Third Level of the Celestial Human Realm achieved!