"You can't be serious—you're going to keep breaking through? But…" The Queen was both shocked and delighted, and at the same time found it almost unbelievable.
After all, she knew that the world energy within Chu Feng's Dantian had long since accumulated to a level sufficient for breaking through to the ninth rank of Half Ancestor.
The reason Chu Feng had been unable to break through was that he, like every other martial cultivator, now had to face the countless barriers along the path of martial cultivation.
That barrier was a gate standing in one's way. It wasn't something that could be broken through simply by having enough world energy. Instead, one needed to comprehend the path of martial cultivation, to rely on unique wisdom and deep insight into the martial Dao, and only then could it be overcome.
Previously, Chu Feng had been able to break through quickly to the fifth rank of Half Ancestor because of the root of the Moonlight Fairy Flower.
That root not only contained dense world energy and brutal, violent power—it also contained the martial Dao itself.
So at the time, as long as Chu Feng could refine the root of the Moonlight Fairy Flower, that alone was enough to break through.
As for his earlier breakthrough to the sixth rank of Half Ancestor, in Egg-Egg's view, it was because Chu Feng had refined the world energy of this place.
Because Chu Feng himself had said that this place not only contained dense world energy, but also contained the martial Dao. It was likely an opportunity and a treasure left behind by an elder of the Chu Heavenly Clan—a treasure sufficient to advance one's cultivation.
So, in Egg-Egg's view, although Chu Feng's previous breakthrough had a great deal to do with his recent cultivation and comprehension during this period, the key factor was actually the martial Dao that lay intertwined with the world energy of this place.
Simply put, for Chu Feng now, whether or not he could break through no longer depended on world energy.
The key was the martial Dao.
But what Egg-Egg couldn't figure out was that Chu Feng had already used the martial Dao he'd comprehended here to break through before. How could he possibly continue to break through now?
"Egg-Egg, if I'm not mistaken, you must have assumed that when I broke through earlier, I used the martial Dao I comprehended here, right?"
"Actually, that's not the case. Before I obtained the martial Dao of this place, I had already comprehended quite a bit on my own."
"I simply didn't know whether what I'd comprehended would be enough to help me break through, so I never attempted it."
"But when I broke through earlier, I realized… what I'd already comprehended was sufficient," Chu Feng said.
"So you're saying your previous breakthrough had nothing to do with this place, and was purely your own doing?" The Queen was quite surprised.
"Mm." Chu Feng nodded.
"You kid, you're getting more and more impressive," the Queen praised without reservation.
"That's right. My own cultivation already gave me a new understanding of the martial path. So if I add in the new things I've comprehended here…"
"I think I might be able to attempt a breakthrough to the seventh rank of Half Ancestor," Chu Feng said.
"Wonderful, truly wonderful—couldn't be more wonderful! The idea that you can break through two whole ranks in succession… This trip was not in vain, not in vain at all!" The Queen was ecstatic, as if this were her own good news. She was even more excited than Chu Feng.
"It really has been worth the trip. Although I know that the elder of the Chu Heavenly Clan didn't specifically leave all of this for me… I'm still grateful from the bottom of my heart, because the martial Dao he left behind is truly profound. Had I tried to comprehend it on my own, it would have taken an impossibly long time." As Chu Feng spoke these words, his heart was genuinely filled with gratitude.
Because the martial Dao contained in this place was different from what he had encountered in the Mysterious Realm.
The martial Dao in the Mysterious Realm took the form of riddles—puzzles that only Chu Feng could solve himself. He would unlock one and gain a bit of martial Dao, but if he wanted to comprehend all of it, he would have to solve every single puzzle. Those puzzles were far too difficult, and Chu Feng had no confidence he could solve them all.
But the martial Dao here was not in the form of puzzles. It was simply laid out before him, within easy reach.
However, the martial Dao was something that could be grasped through intuition but never truly put into words. The fact that someone could transform their own comprehension into a martial Dao that could be passed down to others showed just how much effort that elder had put in.
Such painstaking effort had fallen into Chu Feng's hands—how could he not feel grateful?
"All right, enough sentimentality," the Queen said, her expression suddenly turning serious. "The priority now is to take advantage of the clarity in your mind and break through as quickly as possible. If you let this window pass, it may become far more difficult to do so again."