Breaking Through to the Heavenly Realm

【Before A-Dou even did anything as he approached the Haori Ring, it began to tremble slightly, giving off a series of buzzing sounds.】

【The members of the Torch Society watching from the scene immediately realized what was happening. Almost involuntarily, they moved closer, trying to get a better look.】

【When A-Dou grasped the Haori Ring, a pillar of golden light erupted from it and shot into the sky.】

【An indescribable radiance and heat swept outward without end.】

【Fortunately, a barrier formation had already been raised around the venue. Otherwise, that single burst would have caused countless civilian casualties among the onlookers.】

【Seeing this, A-Dou hurriedly circulated his true qi to suppress the Haori Ring.】

【“Calm down!”】

【At his words, the excited Haori Ring slowly settled down, and the might it had released vanished with it.】

【By now, you already knew the result.】

【“It belongs to A-Dou.”】

【This was within your expectations as well.】

【A-Dou had been born on Flameglow Star, and the Haori Ring had also been discovered there. It seemed that this was no coincidence.】

【Afterward, the Haori Ring seemed to officially acknowledge him as its master. In A-Dou’s hand, it flew up and down, circling and spiraling according to his control, growing and shrinking, brightening and dimming.】

【The members of the Torch Society erupted into cheers.】

【“Wonderful! A Destined One together with a Heavenly Emperor Immortal Weapon suited to him—this is something we’ve never witnessed before!”】

【“Once Zhong Yanqing grows up, he’ll be able to challenge the Peace Bureau even if he only reaches the Immortal Lord level!”】

【“You’re thinking too small! We must help him become an Immortal Emperor, then find the complete Haori Heavenly Wheel. When that day comes, it will be the end of the alien races and the dawn of humanity’s revival!”】

【The members of the Torch Society were immersed in their joy, imagining a bright future.】

【The surrounding civilians had no idea what had happened, but seeing how happy the people from the Torch Society were, they cheered along with them.】

【The atmosphere at the scene was extremely lively.】

【Bao Hongyi and Li Wanqing also came over to congratulate A-Dou, and the three of them chatted merrily.】

【After the excitement had died down, He Xiangdong told A-Dou that he would have to remain at the base for some time.】

【They wanted to use methods recorded in certain ancient texts to train A-Dou until he could skillfully wield the Haori Ring.】

【Although this object was not a complete Heavenly Emperor Immortal Weapon, but merely a fragment of the Haori Heavenly Wheel, you had witnessed its power on Flameglow Star.】

【If A-Dou could learn to use it more effectively, his ability to protect himself would undoubtedly grow stronger.】

【A-Dou, however, looked somewhat disappointed.】

【“So that means I can’t go to Lingwei Star with Uncle Chen for the time being.”】

【You smiled and said,】

【“Silly child, your parents are only in their forties. I’ve even granted them noble titles, and they’re living very comfortable lives. Even if you don’t return for another ten or twenty years, they’ll still be hale and hearty.”】

【A-Dou nodded heavily.】

【“All right! Then I’ll learn to use this ring as quickly as possible!”】

【He said it would be quick, but learning took a full five years.】

【Year Eighty, age one hundred and six.】

【Five years later, when A-Dou contacted you through Ji Wuqing, you were in secluded cultivation, attempting to break through to the Heaven-Connecting Realm.】

【This was not the Heaven-Connecting Realm you had been dragged into by the “Half-Emperor of the Ages” from the late Earth-Severing Realm. This was the true Heaven-Connecting Realm!】

【You had not entered seclusion because you had encountered a bottleneck. Rather, your cultivation was already quite close to the peak of the Earth-Severing Realm, and you wanted to break through in one great push.】

【“Wuqing, have Strategist He arrange for some people to take A-Dou to Lingwei Star.”】

【Some time later, Ji Wuqing returned.】

【“Little Brother Zhong said he only wants to go home with you. Since you’re in seclusion, he’s going to cultivate in seclusion for a while too.”】

【“All right. Then I’ll leave seclusion as soon as possible.”】

【You said it would be soon, but another ten years passed.】

【Year Ninety, age one hundred and sixteen.】

【That year, your cultivation finally reached the requirements for breaking through to the Heaven-Connecting Realm.】

【You could only say that you had once again underestimated how difficult cultivation was.】

【Even though you clearly felt that you were very close to reaching the divine power intensity required for the Heaven-Connecting Realm,】

【the result was like trying to reach a mountain only to discover that the journey had exhausted your horse.】

【You always felt that you were almost there, yet you could never quite reach it.】

【You were a stubborn person. You refused to let your momentum fade, so you cultivated nonstop for ten years.】

【Now, the intensity of your divine power was indeed sufficient, but breaking through a major realm was by no means easy.】

【Just think about how you had broken through each major realm before.】

【You had improved your cultivation speed through various channels, but fundamentally, you had not improved your immortal root or innate aptitude. Therefore, breaking through a major realm remained a difficult trial for you.】

【Unfortunately, you now possessed “Jiahao Behavior.” A difficult trial? It didn’t exist!】

【“Jiahao Behavior” effect one: When your realm encounters a bottleneck, break through directly. Current realm: late Earth-Severing Realm. Break through to the early Heaven-Connecting Realm. Cost: 200,000 Jiahao Points.】

【Redeem?】

【This was the prompt that appeared before your eyes.】

【You looked at your balance.】

【“Two hundred thousand? Fortunately, I have two hundred and ten thousand. That’s enough.”】

【After all, Jiahao was everywhere.】

【At first, you would deliberately seek out people who seemed particularly Jiahao-like.】

【Later, you simply left it to chance.】

【There were always Jiahao people around you.】

【Even though you had spent most of these ten years on Ancient Firmament Mountain, among the Ji Clan cultivators there were still plenty of people whose boldness soared into the heavens.】

【Seventy years had passed since you obtained this entry. During that time, you had only used it once, spending 3,500 points to lower Dalabeng’s realm.】

【You had saved all the remaining points for this very day!】

【“Break through, my realm!”】

【Congratulations! Your realm has broken through to the early Heaven-Connecting Realm!】

【Equippable entries +3!】

【The probability of drawing high-quality entries has increased!】

【After breaking through, the changes you could feel were not particularly obvious.】

【That was because the last truly noticeable change had occurred when you advanced from the middle to the late Earth-Severing Realm. For you, that breakthrough had been equivalent to advancing from the late Earth-Severing Realm to the early Heaven-Connecting Realm.】

【This time, you had merely advanced from the early to the middle Heaven-Connecting Realm.】

【“I’ve officially entered the Heaven-Connecting Realm. Let’s see how much the entry probabilities have changed.”】

【With a thought, the panel appeared.】

【Name: Chen Yi】

【Lifespan: 136/3,000】（The extra twenty years were consumed because I used Guangzhi to save myself.）

【True Realm: Early Heaven-Connecting Realm】（The panel now only displays your true realm. The effects of entries can vary—for example, if “Live Uprightly” takes effect, your realm would be the late Heaven-Connecting Realm; if it does not, it would be the middle Heaven-Connecting Realm. The protagonist sometimes uses disguise-type entries and sometimes does not, while “Calamity of Ten Thousand Races” also affects whether “Live Uprightly” takes effect, so the displayed realm keeps changing. Things will be different once you reach the Immortal Lord Realm. In short, just focus on your true realm.）

【Cultivation Methods: Omitted】

【Divine Abilities: Mountain-Bearing, Divine Movement, Wind Control, Pot-in-Heaven, Premonition, Severance, Fasting, Rain Prayer;】

【Divine Arts: Lightspeed Fist, Quantum Ghoststep, Traffic Signal, Membrane-Separating Palm, Sun Essence and Moonlight Scripture, Myriad-Mile Windwalk, Wind and Rain Like a Dragon…】

【Equipped Entries (37/40):

Rainbow—Proficiency, Simulator, Enhancement!, Calamity of Ten Thousand Races, Simulated Clone, Eavesdropping on Thoughts, Jiahao Behavior】

[Gold—The Harshest Father of the Alien Races, Trait Slingshot, Materialist Warrior, Half-Emperor for the Ages, Heartsteel, Super Saiyan, Wolverine, What Are Divine Runes?, Bane of Dragons, Get Stronger Just by Breathing!, Beggar Among Beggars, Who Am I?, AOE, Grant Me Power!, Advanced Innate Constitution, Guangzhi, Save Me!, Chinese Succubus, Zilong! Zilong!, Ominous Later Years, Live with Honor, Leader’s Aura

Purple—Irritable Constitution, Horn-Breaking Fiend, Qilin Arm, Photographic Memory, My Knowledge Is All Over the Place, Reverse Engineering, Aura of the Myriad Races;

Green—Serious Punch, Human Body Detector]

[Traits Acquired: Omitted.]

[Current Trait Extraction Probabilities by Quality:]

[Common White: 10%, Rare Green: 35%, Epic Purple: 42%, Legendary Gold: 12%, Mythic Prismatic: 1%]