Come On, Son! You Got to Breakthrough Now!

Chapter 396: Chapter 277: Suppression by the Heavens and Earth

When Gu Qingfeng made his breakthrough into the Saint Realm, somewhere within the Nine States, Gu Yang felt a vague premonition. He saw the Qi Fortune of the Divine Martial Dynasty surging, and their third-grade Green Lotus became even more solidified.

Seeing this,

Gu Yang’s expression shifted subtly.

“The sudden increase in the dynasty’s Qi Fortune, could it be that another cultivator has made a breakthrough to a higher level?”

The Qi Fortune of a dynasty is often related to its territory and people.

Whenever a cultivator under the rule of a dynasty makes a breakthrough, it can elevate the Qi Fortune of the dynasty to a certain extent.

Of course,

the scale of this improvement isn’t that significant.

Even if a powerhouse ascends from the Divine Transformation Realm to the Daoist Palace Realm, the level of improvement might not be as beneficial as if a prefecture of citizens were enjoying peace and good harvests.

After all,

a dynasty isn’t ruled by one person alone.

The martial power of a single individual is of little consequence; only when the subjects of a nation improve as a whole can the dynasty’s Qi Fortune truly ascend.

However—

Gu Yang, looking at the now surging Qi Fortune of the dynasty, understood that an ordinary cultivator’s breakthrough could never bring about such a significant impact.

Throughout the entire Divine Martial Dynasty, there was only one person who could possibly trigger such a change.

“It seems Father has made another breakthrough!”

Gu Yang thought to himself.

Only a breakthrough from Gu Qingfeng could bring about such a significant change.

Truth be told, Gu Yang was not entirely clear about the extent of his father’s Cultivation Realm.

But no matter what,

the transformation of the dynasty’s Qi Fortune at this moment meant they were one step closer to ascending to the imperial rank.

Afterward,

Gu Yang refocused his attention on the documents on his desk, his brow furrowing at times and at other times, a faint smile appearing on his face.

A long while passed.

Gu Yang finished reviewing all the documents, casually tossing them aside.

“The Evil Spirit still causes trouble, but thankfully, it hasn’t led to any major chaos. If something like the incident in Shenhe County were to happen a few more times, that would truly be troublesome!”

Among these documents, there were quite a few about the disturbances caused by the Evil Spirit, seemingly the same Evil Spirit that had disappeared after the founding of the country but was now gradually reviving.

But Gu Yang understood that the Evil Spirit had never truly vanished; it had simply been lurking in certain places.

After the natural disaster in Shenhe County, Gu Yang had ordered a thorough investigation across the Nine States to excavate all the Evil Spirits.

Thus,

over the years, the sightings of Evil Spirits had increased.

Fortunately,

most of these newly emerged Evil Spirits were not strong, and only a few were troublesome to deal with. However, even those could easily be suppressed by the power of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

With a large number of Evil Spirits eliminated, the citizens of the Nine States grew more loyal to the court.

By doing so,

the dynasty’s Qi Fortune naturally rose slowly.

And with the rise of the dynasty’s Qi Fortune, Gu Yang felt as if his Cultivation was restlessly eager to break through, as if the limit of the Divine Transformation Realm Fifth Layer could be shattered at any moment, allowing him to step into the Sixth Level of the Divine Transformation Realm.

Regarding this sensation, Gu Yang knew it was an illusion.

After all, he had only recently made the breakthrough to the Divine Transformation Realm Fifth Layer not long ago, and he had just begun to stabilize in that realm. To speak of advancing to the Sixth Level of the God Transformation Realm was to say the least, quite a stretch.

On the other side,

Gu Qingfeng returned to the Gu Family Manor without alarming anyone.

He took a trip to the Demon Realm, then went to the Taixu Sacred Land, delivering Phoenix Essence Blood to Gu Xuan, followed by heading to the Chaos Void where he transcended a wave of Saintly Heavenly Tribulations.

These tasks may have seemed numerous, but overall, Gu Qingfeng did not take much time.

However,

compared to when he left the Gu Family Manor, Gu Qingfeng had now returned a completely changed person.

If before he still retained some edginess, the current Gu Qingfeng truly reached a state of returning to the original purity, as if he were perfectly integrated with the heavens and the earth, without revealing the slightest hint of his aura.

More importantly,

Gu Qingfeng seemed to have entered the legendary state of Unity of Heaven and Man, where, should he wish it, he could mobilize the power of heaven and earth for his own use.

“No wonder it’s said that all beneath the Saints are as ants; cultivators at this level indeed can’t be matched by mere Semi-Saints!”

After his breakthrough to the Saint Realm, Gu Qingfeng gained a more intuitive understanding of the power of this realm.

The strength of the Saint Realm lies in its ability to wield the power of heaven and earth.

No matter how powerful an individual is, to truly contend with the power of heaven and earth is nothing short of wishful thinking.

Only a very few, destined to be rare, strong beings could truly achieve this step.

Though the strong beings of the Saint Realm could only manipulate a portion of the power of heaven and earth, it was still derived from the forces of nature, naturally incomparable to those below the Saint Realm.

Now,

with his own ascension into the Saint Realm, Gu Qingfeng was also unsure of how far his strength had truly advanced.

But one thing was certain,

Gu Qingfeng could affirm,

that his current strength still fell short of that Emperor Corpse in the life-forbidden zone of the Demon Realm, and comparably, there was also a considerable gap with that so-called Nine Heavens Buddha.

Nevertheless,

Gu Qingfeng was not in a hurry.

Given enough time, he was confident that all these differences could eventually be eliminated.

“With more than a thousand years till the era of great strife, if nothing unexpected happens, the situation should be very stable for the next thousand years or so.

Next, it’s time to see how far I can go within these thousand years!”

Gu Qingfeng thought thus and did not continue to seclude himself for cultivation but instead started guiding the cultivation of others within the Gu Family Manor.

During this time,

he spent a warm moment with Xu Yulan and took the opportunity to guide her cultivation as well.