Lin Fan naturally learned that Ye Chuan had broken through from the peak of the Golden Immortal realm to the Great Principle realm—
How was that possible?!
How could such a thing happen?!
“Master, is such a rate of breakthrough really possible?”
Emperor Cangxuan did not answer immediately.
Deep within Lin Fan’s sea of consciousness, that remnant soul, which had always seemed calm and composed, wore an expression of unconcealed shock on its illusory face for the first time.
In life, he had been a true Emperor.
He had looked down upon the countless heavens and worlds, and had encountered more peerless prodigies than he could count.
Some were born with supreme Dao physiques. Some entered the Immortal Venerable realm within a thousand years. Others, through some earth-shaking opportunity, were able to bypass tens of thousands of years of arduous cultivation in an instant.
Yet no matter how extraordinary a prodigy was, breaking through still required them to endure the backlash brought about by an increase in cultivation.
Their bodies had to undergo transformation, their souls had to adapt, and their comprehension of the laws of the Great Dao likewise required a long period of accumulation.
Ye Chuan, however, was completely different.
Power equivalent to two entire major realms had poured into his body as he advanced from the peak of the Golden Immortal realm to the peak of the Great Principle Golden Immortal realm, yet his fleshly body had not cracked in the slightest, and his soul remained perfectly stable.
It was as though no matter how much power entered his body, it would be completely refined in an instant by that black-gold chaotic force.
After a long while, Emperor Cangxuan finally said slowly, “This Emperor has never seen anything like it either.”
Lin Fan’s pupils contracted slightly.
Even Master had never seen it?
Emperor Cangxuan was silent for a moment before speaking in an even more solemn tone. “He did not stop because he was unable to reach the Immortal Venerable realm. Yue Qingyi stopped the Taiyin Dao-Union Art in time.”
“If he had continued absorbing energy, Ye Chuan might have stepped directly into the Immortal Venerable realm.”
Lin Fan’s breath caught sharply.
He had originally thought that the peak of the Great Principle Golden Immortal realm was the limit of what this opportunity could provide.
But now it seemed that Ye Chuan had stopped only because continuing the breakthrough would begin to deplete Yue Qingyi’s origin.
In other words, what had prevented Ye Chuan from entering the Immortal Venerable realm was never a bottleneck in cultivation. It was simply that the power the outside world could provide him was no longer sufficient.
Lin Fan asked in a low voice, “What exactly is his body?”
Emperor Cangxuan gazed at Ye Chuan before finally shaking his head.
“I don’t know.”
“It is impossible for such a terrifying refining speed to exist in this world. It is even more impossible for someone to ignore every barrier between two major realms.”
“Whatever exists within Ye Chuan’s body has likely surpassed the system of the Great Dao that this Emperor once came into contact with.”
Upon hearing this, Lin Fan fell completely silent.
He possessed the inheritance of the Azure Lotus Immortal King, and Emperor Cangxuan personally guided him within his sea of consciousness. Given enough time, he might not be unable to reach the same height as Ye Chuan.
But only today did he clearly realize, for the first time, just how great the gap between them truly was.
For him to break through even a minor realm, he had to enter seclusion, prepare pills and immortal stones, and guard against accidents that might occur during the breakthrough.
Ye Chuan, on the other hand, had taken less than the time needed to burn a single incense stick to complete a path that other cultivators might not be able to walk in tens of thousands of years.
Even more terrifyingly, his aura showed no sign of instability after the breakthrough.
The aura of a peak Great Principle Golden Immortal was so solid and terrifying that merely standing there caused the surrounding space to distort in faint layers.
Lin Fan even developed a ridiculous thought.
Although Ye Chuan was only at the peak of the Great Principle Golden Immortal realm, if they truly fought, an ordinary Immortal Venerable might not necessarily be his opponent.
Emperor Cangxuan sensed Lin Fan’s Dao heart wavering, and his voice immediately turned stern.
“Lin Fan, do not let him affect you.”
“There are countless paths to the Great Dao in this world, and everyone walks a different one. No matter how quickly Ye Chuan breaks through, that does not mean you will never be able to catch up to him.”
“You may yet possess the aptitude to become an Emperor!”
Lin Fan slowly closed his eyes, forcibly suppressing the emotions surging within him.
Several breaths later, he opened his eyes again.
“I understand.”
“Today, he was the one who obtained the Taiyin Soul Pact of Dao Protection. If this opportunity had gone to me instead, I might not have been unable to achieve the same improvement.”
Hearing this, Emperor Cangxuan did not offer words of encouragement as he usually did.
Because he understood even better than Lin Fan.
Even if the Taiyin Soul Pact of Dao Protection had ultimately chosen Lin Fan, Lin Fan absolutely could not have broken through two major realms in succession.
What was truly terrifying was Ye Chuan himself.
However, Emperor Cangxuan ultimately did not say these words aloud.
The fact that Lin Fan had been able to adjust his state of mind so quickly already placed him above the vast majority of young prodigies.
In any other era, with such talent, temperament, and fortune, he would have been fully qualified to dominate his generation.
Unfortunately, Ye Chuan had appeared in this age.
This man was like a mountain whose summit could not be seen. No matter how desperately Lin Fan climbed, whenever he looked up, he still could not see even Ye Chuan’s back.
Outside the Moon God Hall—
The natural phenomena that had originally dissipated did not immediately subside.
The black-gold chaotic force lingering between heaven and earth continued to spread. Wherever it passed, the laws of the Immortal Dao above the Taiyi Immortal Sect actually retreated to either side of their own accord.
Stimulated by this force, the sect-protecting formation activated itself. Countless formation inscriptions lit up simultaneously!
Brilliant immortal light shot into the sky, illuminating the entire Taiyi Immortal Sect as brightly as day!
Atop the main peak, Lu Taixu looked at the autonomously operating sect-protecting formation, the shock on his face impossible to conceal.
The power radiated by a single Great Principle Golden Immortal had actually caused the sect-protecting formation personally arranged by an Immortal King to react with something akin to awe!
Beside him, the soul of a Supreme Elder trembled as he asked in a low voice, “Sect Master, is Holy Son Ye really only at the peak of the Great Principle Golden Immortal realm?”
Lu Taixu did not answer.
Judging from the aura of his cultivation, Ye Chuan was indeed at the peak of the Great Principle Golden Immortal realm.
But the power contained within his body had already far exceeded the level a Great Principle Golden Immortal should be able to reach.
Lu Taixu even experienced an extremely absurd sensation.
Even if he, an Immortal Venerable, were standing before Ye Chuan at this moment, he might not be able to withstand a full-powered strike from him.
Just as everyone was still in shock, a distant, resonant bell suddenly rang above the Moon God Hall.
Dong—
The bell echoed through the mountains, resounding across the entire Taiyi Immortal Sect!
Countless disciples instinctively looked toward the depths of the sect, shock gradually turning to confusion on their faces.
That was the Taiyi Immortal Sect’s Ancient Bell of Seeking Dao.
This was no Fortune Bell like the one Lin Fan had summoned. Only when the sect produced someone capable of changing its future destiny would the ancient bell be guided by the Great Dao and ring of its own accord.
The last time the Ancient Bell of Seeking Dao had rung was when Yue Qingyi broke through to the Immortal King realm.
But after the first peal faded, a second soon followed.
Then came the third, fourth, and fifth!
The deep tolling of the bell continued to echo, causing the immortal qi throughout the Taiyi Immortal Sect to boil!
Even after the ninth peal faded, the Ancient Bell of Seeking Dao still did not stop!
Lu Taixu suddenly turned around, an expression of disbelief appearing in his eyes for the first time.
According to the ancient records of the Taiyi Immortal Sect, nine peals represented the potential to become an Immortal Emperor.
Back then, when the sect’s ninth-generation founder entered the Immortal King realm at the age of thirty thousand, the Ancient Bell of Seeking Dao had rung only eight times in succession.
Yet today, when Ye Chuan broke through to the Great Principle Golden Immortal realm, the bell had already rung more than nine times!
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