Chapter 322: Space Principle: Su Yen broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm
While the Su Ancients were rejoicing at the prospect of having a Saint Realm Expert in their clan. As for Su Wei and his wife, they were also happy since the clan had accepted them, and they could now bring their children from the barren land.
Unbeknownst to them, things were not as they left them.
At the back of the Celestial Heavenly Sect, a young man sat in a lotus position with his eyes closed.
Gathering over his head in the sky was a thick purple cloud with raging thunder.
The aura around Su Yen was getting stronger by the minute, while the surrounding space trembled vehemently as if a space crack was about to appear.
"What realm do you think he's trying to enter?" Su Lan asked with a slight worry on her face.
"I don't know," Elder Jie shook his head. "The sect master's cultivation is something that we cannot predict."
Su Lan nodded. She knew her younger brother was a freak, but she couldn't help but worry about him.
She and Elder Jie had just broken through to the Core Refining realm, and knew how powerful the realm was compared to the Foundation Building realm.
Moreover, the difficulty in breaking through the Core Refining realm was not easy.
Thus, they could imagine the difficulty of entering a higher realm.
Unknown to them, Su Yen could have entered the Nascent Soul realm, but he was trying to comprehend two supreme rules: Chaos and Space.
Since he had cultivated chaotic sword intent, it was easy for him to comprehend the chaos principle, while he had been stuck at the boundary of comprehending the space principle.
He could have cultivated the space principle with the help of the system, but he did not want to rely on the system any longer and wanted to comprehend it the procedural way.
He had been stuck at the entry level for the past week, but today, it seemed he would have a breakthrough.
Suddenly, the space inside the sect began to warp, sending panic throughout the sect.
Su Lan and Su Jie sucked in a cold breath as they were closer to Su Yen than any other person.
Thus, the space crack around them was more terrifying than any other part of the sect.
"Elder Jie, are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Su Lan asked.
"Yes…" His eyes widened in shock.
Without uttering a word, they retreated slowly from their spot.
The thought of disappearing into a space crack sent shivers down their spines.
Su Yen, the cause of everything, was lost in comprehension.
With his eyes closed, he could sense the space around him turning into ripples like water.
When his spiritual sense passed through the ripple, he was confronted with a dark space-like net connecting each other together.
The net spread throughout the dark space, connecting one dot to another.
When he sensed this, he knew what this net-like thing was. They were nodes connecting one space to another.
When a cultivator tore space, that was their entering node and they must know their exiting node if they did not want to get lost in the space crack.
With his comprehension reaching the stage, he felt the space was not as elusive as he previously thought.
He could feel the space around him and sense their behaviors.
'I've comprehended the space principle,' he thought, and a light smile appeared on his lips.
Meanwhile, the purple cloud hanging over his head had thickened and was ready to unleash its fury.
However, Su Yen was not scared of the heavenly tribulation. With a thought, his long crimson sword appeared in his hand and he jumped to the sky.
Feeling Su Yen's pride, the heavenly tribulation roared in fury, shaking the barren land as a whole.
However, the people had already gotten used to the raging fury of the heavenly tribulation.
To them, it gave them pride since they knew who was behind it.
In the sky, three powerful lightning bolts descended as if they wanted to destroy the world, but Su Yen shattered them with a casual wave of his sword.
All the disciples of the Celestial Heavenly Sect came out to watch the heavenly phenomenon.
A man against the heavens.
Even though the lightning tribulation bolts were terrifying, Su Yen's strength was way more terrifying than anything else.
No matter how thick and deadly the bolts were, he shattered them easily.
Finally, the last heavenly tribulation descended, and Su Yen cleaved it into two without breaking a sweat.
What followed was a pure spiritual energy, washing away Su Yen's soul and acceptance from the heavens.
Basking in the heavenly phenomenon, Su Yen watched his mortal body shedding away.
Now, he could exist outside his physical body. All the principles he comprehended were solidified in his soul.
While he was under the baptism of the heavens, his cultivation was skyrocketing at an alarming speed.
Slowly, his cultivation came to a stop at the peak of Early Nascent Soul realm stage 3.
With a little push, he would break through to the intermediate state.
Just as the heaven's baptism was about to end, he noticed something. The path to the next realm seemed to be severed.
The laws about the world seemed to be in chaos and incomplete.
He creased his brow for a moment and smiled. It might be difficult for others, but to him, it was nothing.
Slowly, he descended to the sect ancestral ground and looked at Elder Jie and Su Lan with a light smile.
"Congratulations," they said in unison with a light bow.
"Thank you?" he responded.
Raising her head, Su Lan looked at her brother's face and blushed.
"B-Brother, you look more handsome," she said, averting her gaze.
"Really!" He feigned ignorance. "How handsome?"
"Too handsome," Elder Jie responded, still looking at Su Yen's face. "Sect master, can you tell me what realm you are now?"
"Nascent Soul realm," he replied casually.
Su Lan and Elder Jie froze for a moment, looking at him with wide eyes.
"B-Brother, please tell us your real cultivation," Su Lan asked with a trembling voice.
Su Yen did not bother to explain as he held her hand, created a crack in the space, and entered.
Before Elder Jie could realize what was happening, they had disappeared into the crack and appeared one hundred meters from him.
Thud!
Elder Jie fell on his butt, looking at Su Yen in astonishment.