Read Novel Full Chapter 2322 - 1630: Surprise
Chapter 2322 - 1630: Surprise
Li Zhirui did not have to wait long. Only a few days later, fluctuations emerged from Li Chenyang’s residence, an aura of authority swept forth, and the cultivation realm followed suit, breaking through.
Rumble—
The Heavenly Dao responded instantly. The sky turned into a tumult of lightning and thunder, tribulation clouds swiftly gathered, forming a heavy layer overhead, giving an impression that everything would be laid waste.
The moment the tribulation clouds appeared, Li Zhirui withdrew his Divine Sense, concealed his figure, and emerged directly at the scene. A rare trace of tension appeared upon his face.
Meanwhile, disciples atop Qingmiao Peak were drawn by this phenomenal event, gathering together in a rush.
"What’s this..."
"Isn’t that Senior Brother Li Chenyang’s residence? I didn’t expect him to be breaking through to the Individual Immortal Realm now." The speaker could not conceal the envy in his tone.
Individual Immortal Realm!
To him, or to most disciples of their generation, it remained a distant aspiration, perhaps one that would elude them their entire lives.
Such disciples—even within the Tongtian Sect—were the majority.
Among elders who entered the Sect generations before them, are there not countless still stuck in the Mortal Realm, unable to break through?
Perhaps they too would meet such an end one day, unable to break through even as their lifespan neared its end.
Yet simultaneously, there were already peers who had broken through, or were about to break through to the Individual Immortal Realm.
"I heard that besides Senior Brother Li Chenyang, several other senior brothers are on the verge of breaking through to Individual Immortal as well. Who knows when we’ll ever reach their realm?" As he spoke, longing appeared upon that disciple’s face.
Let alone other matters, at least there was this opportunity, so that one would not feel too regretful, or too much a failure.
No one was willing to accept mediocrity—especially they, who had once fought their way through thousands of competitors, and joined the mighty Tongtian Sect, had gained so many more opportunities and possibilities.
"The disparity between people truly is like clouds and mud!"
Peers of their generation were already striving for the Individual Immortal Realm, with goals far surpassing theirs; yet for themselves, the mere chance to attempt Individual Immortal was enough to be satisfied.
Suspended in midair, Li Zhirui watched this group of sighing disciples, disappointment flickering across his face. After so many years of teaching, he had produced a group utterly lacking in ambition.
Though with his experience, he couldn’t fully empathize with them; after all, his path of cultivation, while not entirely smooth, had faced no great setbacks.
Most importantly, Li Zhirui had always maintained confidence, never believing himself inferior in any way.
That was how he could rise from a Foundation Establishment Family within a Minor Thousand World to walk the void as a Mystic Immortal Cultivator of the Great Thousand World!
Yet these disciples, just because a peer’s cultivation outstripped them, had lost all heart to pursue; it was truly disappointing.
’Enough. I’ll soon leave the Tao Spirit Realm anyway. Whatever they achieve in the future will depend on their own efforts or fortune.’
Li Zhirui thought, no longer wishing to concern himself with them.
Rumble—
Just then, the tribulation lightning that had brewed for so long tore across the heavens, heading straight for Li Chenyang.
The thunder was ferocious and wild, as if to annihilate the person before it.
But all these years, he had done more than simply cultivate in seclusion—he had tempered and honed his power, never neglecting himself!
Li Chenyang formed a seal with his hands, conjuring a fire lotus of pure purple Spiritual Fire, which blocked the thunderbolt head-on.
Many believed the Red Lotus would explode violently amid the tribulation lightning, but that did not occur. The fire lotus directly devoured the tribulation lightning; nourished by the thunder, the purple Spiritual Fire burned fiercer—more enchanting.
’Is that the Purple Sun Spirit Fire?’
Li Zhirui swiftly recognized the fire’s origin, surprise flashing through his gaze.
What surprised him wasn’t the Spiritual Fire, but the one wielding it!
In his eyes, the Purple Sun Spirit Fire was nothing remarkable—he could refine it at will—but it was at least an Earth Immortal Rank fire.
Yet Li Chenyang, a mere Mortal Realm cultivator, was separated from it by three full major realms—the immense gulf from mortal to immortal—and yet had managed to refine it?!
And as he wielded it, there was a relaxed ease, with no excessive burden placed on himself—clearly not some one-time trump card.
’Is it the legacy of a Golden Immortal’s past life, or something else?’
This thought flickered through Li Zhirui’s mind, but he had no intent to pursue it further.
But upon seeing the Purple Sun Spirit Fire, the slight tension he’d felt melted away.
The reason was simple: the Purple Sun Spirit Fire’s most famous ability was to refine and absorb all things, harnessing their energy for itself.
Of course, it had limitations—for example, the energy could not exceed the upper limit of the Earth Immortal Realm, or it could not be refined.
Yet the thunder tribulation Li Chenyang faced now had power only between the ascension and Individual Immortal, far below the limits of the Purple Sun Spirit Fire.
As expected!
The next few bolts of tribulation thunder grew stronger with each strike, yet none could contend with the fire lotus floating above Li Chenyang’s head.
On the contrary, as the Purple Sun Spirit Fire kept absorbing the thunder’s energy, it grew ever stronger and more radiant—from the size of a millstone, to now five fathoms across!
"Why is the Individual Immortal Realm thunder tribulation so easy?"
A disciple watching in awe stared wide-eyed at the spectacle nearby.
But every cultivator around him wore the same expression—no one could answer his question.