Chapter 15: Fu Qitian Breaks Through to the Saint Emperor Realm

As the seasons passed, two years slipped by in the blink of an eye.

Within Myriad Dao Academy.

Lu Xunxian sat cross-legged, comprehending the power of heaven and earth.

A year earlier, after much deliberation, Lu Xunxian had ultimately decided to complete his own Spiritual Root.

After all, if anything were ever to happen to Feng Qingyu, he would still have to rely on himself to cultivate.

At that moment, Lu Xiaoyao and Lu Qingyun, dressed in the student uniforms of Myriad Dao Academy, walked up to Lu Xunxian.

After two years, the siblings had grown quite a bit.

As for their cultivation, they had both broken through in succession to the early Earth Realm.

Lu Xunxian had never lacked cultivation resources to begin with, and over the years Feng Qingyu had also obtained quite a few resources, which only caused Lu Xunxian’s own stockpile to grow larger and larger.

Moreover, the siblings’ talents had never been weak to begin with, so breaking through to the early Earth Realm was only natural.

“Father, we are going to school. Will you take us there?”

Perhaps because their mother was not by their side, the two of them were far more mature than other children their age, despite being only four years old.

“You may go. You have already explored all of Myriad Dao Academy over these past years. Just mind your safety.”

Although that was what Lu Xunxian said, he had actually long since left protective restrictions on both children.

Even if a peak Saint Emperor took action, they still would not be able to harm them in the slightest.

Watching the two children leave, Lu Xunxian ultimately could not set his mind at ease and secretly followed after them.

Within Myriad Dao Academy, all of the teachers had already been informed by Xu Ruoshan and knew that those two little fiends were the ones enrolling today.

So after seeing Lu Xiaoyao and Lu Qingyun, everyone went on high alert, terrified that something might happen to the two little fiends.

If anything happened to the two little fiends, then Myriad Dao Academy itself would be in trouble.

Fortunately, everything went extremely smoothly, and the two little ones successfully completed their enrollment.

At that moment, a powerful aura came from the back mountain.

Lu Xunxian frowned slightly. With a single step, he arrived at the place where the aura had originated.

“Has Uncle Fu completed his breakthrough?”

Lu Xunxian murmured inwardly.

And judging from the aura, Uncle Fu had apparently not only recovered to the peak of the Saint Monarch Realm, but had even broken through to the Saint Emperor Realm along the way.

The instant Uncle Fu broke through to the Saint Emperor Realm, a terrifying aura spread across the six hundred Dao Provinces of the Central Region.

Countless great experts abruptly opened their eyes and looked toward the direction from which the aura had come.

“What a terrifying aura. Has someone broken through to the Saint Emperor Realm?”

“And from the look of it, this does not seem to be an ordinary Saint Emperor either. Hurry and investigate exactly who has broken through to the Saint Emperor Realm. We must befriend them at all costs.”

“That direction? It seems to be Myriad Dao Academy?”

“Quickly send people to Myriad Dao Academy to gather information!”

For a time, hidden currents began to stir throughout the entire Central Region because of the breakthrough of a Saint Emperor.

After all, the last time someone had broken through to the Saint Emperor Realm was three thousand years ago.

Within Myriad Dao Academy.

Before long, Xu Ruoshan, the Headmaster, arrived at Lu Xunxian’s side and looked solemnly at the Cave Dwelling before them.

“Senior, congratulations on your subordinate breaking through to the Saint Emperor Realm.”

If even Lin Changkong knew of Fu Qitian, then Xu Ruoshan certainly knew as well.

So he naturally knew that Fu Qitian had entered the Cave Dwelling to cultivate in Seclusion.

Upon seeing Lu Xunxian and the Cave Dwelling before him, it was not hard to guess that the one who had broken through to the Saint Emperor Realm was Fu Qitian.

Lu Xunxian, however, did not answer him. He merely watched the commotion coming from the Cave Dwelling with a calm expression.

Because of the system he possessed, Lu Xunxian had not caused a similar disturbance when he broke through to the Saint Emperor Realm.

By contrast, Uncle Fu’s breakthrough before him made heaven and earth change color, while the dark, rolling tribulation clouds above had already spread across ninety thousand li.

“Senior, let us leave first. If we remain here, I am afraid we will be caught within the reach of the tribulation clouds.”

Seeing that the tribulation clouds were about to fully take shape, Xu Ruoshan became somewhat anxious.

Even a peak Saint Emperor would not dare act recklessly before a lightning tribulation of this level.

If anyone interfered with it, they would likely be struck by the tribulation lightning until they died and their Dao vanished.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Xunxian casually tossed an Immortal Artifact into the Cave Dwelling and transmitted his voice to Fu Qitian.

“Take this Immortal Artifact and use it to undergo the tribulation. From now on, it is yours.”

Fu Qitian had followed Lu Xunxian for many years, and Lu Xunxian had seen his devotion and diligence with his own eyes.

So at this moment, he was not stingy and rewarded him with an Immortal Artifact.

To the current Lu Xunxian, an Immortal Artifact was no longer all that precious.

That sight left Xu Ruoshan utterly dumbfounded.

He had not seen wrongly, had he? That had been an Immortal Artifact just now?

This Senior had casually bestowed an Immortal Artifact upon his subordinate?

But before he could even open his mouth to ask, Lu Xunxian had already turned and left.

Seeing that, Xu Ruoshan could only follow after him.

At that moment, there was not a single person left within a radius of ten thousand li. Even the students of Myriad Dao Academy had been urgently evacuated.

Outside Myriad Dao Academy, countless cultivators were looking up at this scene with incomparably envious hearts.

That was a Saint Emperor, a terrifying existence they might never break through even if they exhausted their entire lives.

In addition, countless Saint Kings and Saint Monarchs who had sensed the disturbance came rushing over.

Simply observing the lightning tribulation of a peak Saint Monarch breaking through to the Saint Emperor Realm would benefit them immensely.

By the time Lu Xunxian and Xu Ruoshan arrived in an area beyond the tribulation’s reach, they saw hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Saint King and Saint Monarch experts observing Fu Qitian’s lightning tribulation.

Inside the Cave Dwelling, Fu Qitian looked at the immortal blade before him and reached out to seize it.

In the next moment, Fu Qitian shot up into the sky from the Cave Dwelling and stood in the air, holding the blade in one hand as he gazed fearlessly at the roiling lightning tribulation above.

Once one had cultivated to the Heaven Realm, every breakthrough to a major realm thereafter required one to endure the trial of the heavenly lightning tribulation.

Only by successfully passing through the tribulation could one truly break through.

If one failed, one would die and one’s Dao would vanish, while one’s spiritual energy would return to nourish heaven and earth.

The breakthrough from the Saint Monarch Realm to the Saint Emperor Realm was even more terrifying. It involved not only the heavenly lightning tribulation, but also the Heart Demon Tribulation and the Five Decays of Heaven and Man, making three great calamities in total.

The heavenly lightning tribulation consisted of eighty-one bolts in total. Each bolt was stronger than the last, and by the end, they rivaled even a true Saint Emperor’s blow.

As for the Heart Demon Tribulation, it would drag the one undergoing the tribulation into an illusion.

Within that illusion, the one undergoing the tribulation would be affected by an illusory world so realistic that it could blur truth and falsehood. If they could not distinguish the real from the false and keep their Dao Heart firm, then they would be trapped forever within the Heart Demon Tribulation.

As for the Five Decays of Heaven and Man, they were the Decay of Spirit, Decay of Soul, Decay of Body, Decay of Fortune, and Decay of Years.

The so-called Decay of Spirit meant that one’s Spiritual Energy could no longer be used, leaving one able to rely only on the physical body.

The Decay of Soul meant that one’s soul would weaken, making one vulnerable to soul-targeting Spirit Treasures and spirit weapons, and easily wiped out.

The Decay of Body meant that the body itself would weaken and be unable to wield overly powerful Spiritual Energy. Otherwise, the flesh would fail to bear it and collapse.

The Decay of Fortune, on the other hand, was relatively mild. It simply meant one’s luck declined, though how severe it was depended on the individual.

If the Decay of Fortune was severe, one might one day happen to pass by a great expert in a foul mood and be casually killed. If it was not severe, then at most one might simply trip while walking.

As for the final Decay of Years, it meant that one’s lifespan would be reduced to a certain point. If one endured through the Decay of Years, then one’s lifespan would return to what it had been before. If not, one could only die and one’s Dao vanish.

Once one completed the breakthrough within the Heart Demon Realm, it already counted as breaking through into the Saint Emperor Realm.

The Five Decays of Heaven and Man that followed all took place within the Saint Emperor Realm itself.

Hence, when ordinary Saint Monarchs attempted to break through to the Saint Emperor Realm, they would always make extensive preparations, terrified that an enemy might discover them and seize the chance to kill them.

But Fu Qitian was not afraid. He was now Lu Xunxian’s subordinate. Could there really be anyone so blind as to make an enemy of Lu Xunxian?