Whoosh—
After Chu Feng left, not far from where he had been, a figure suddenly materialized.
This person was none other than that mysterious old monk.
At this moment, the old monk's gaze was fixed on the sky, and within those deep eyes, a look of shock had emerged.
If anyone else looked at the sky right now, they would see nothing unusual. But within the old monk's eyes, he perceived a scene—a scene so astonishing that it could make him gasp in wonder and even shock.
"This appears to be the legendary Divine Punishment descending."
"However, nine-tenths of it still lingers in the heavens. Such terrifying power, yet only one-tenth has descended."
"Is it because only one-tenth of the power was released that the might of the Divine Punishment failed to manifest?"
"How did he manage this? Not only has he cultivated the legendary Divine Punishment Mystic Art, but he has actually managed to weaken the legendary Divine Punishment's own power, using only one-tenth of its might to punish the cultivator?"
The old monk suddenly turned his gaze toward the direction Chu Feng had departed, reluctant to look away for a long while, lost in deep thought.
"What exactly is the background of this boy?"
"Chu Feng—could it be that he is from the Chu Heavenly Clan?" The deeper the old monk pondered, the more complicated his expression became.
If anyone who knew this old monk were to see such a look in his eyes, they would surely find it inconceivable.
Because almost no one could draw such a gaze from him, let alone a young man.
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"Father and Grandfather truly are formidable. If not for the experience they passed down to me, breaking through would have been nearly impossible."
Chu Feng was hidden within the void, flying toward the Tang Family's location. Yet even now, as a Second Rank Half-Ancestor, he was still trembling with lingering fear.
Because this breakthrough had seemed ordinary on the surface, but in reality it was anything but. Chu Feng had not merely broken through the barrier between the First Rank Half-Ancestor and the Second Rank Half-Ancestor. He had also undergone the tempering of the Divine Punishment Mystic Art.
However, this first tempering had not produced the earth-shattering phenomenon described in the legends—it could even be said that it had not caused any disturbance at all.
But even so, it still gave Chu Feng a sensation of having survived a calamity.
The moment he had just broken through that barrier but had not yet stabilized his cultivation, he had felt an incredibly terrifying power manifest in the sky, locking onto him. That was the power of the Divine Punishment.
Chu Feng believed that if the full force of that Divine Punishment had descended, he would most likely have been reduced to ash—there would have been no possibility of survival.
But the power of the Divine Punishment had not descended in full. In the end, only less than one-tenth had fallen.
And the reason for this was thanks to his father, Chu Xuanyuan, and his grandfather, Chu Hanxian.
When his father had passed down the Divine Punishment Mystic Art to Chu Feng, he had also taught him the method for withstanding the Divine Punishment.
After all, the power of the Divine Punishment was capable of destroying heaven and earth, and the higher the realm one broke through to, the more terrifying it became. While immense willpower was required, trying to resist it head-on would be completely futile against such divine might.
Therefore, to withstand the power of the Divine Punishment, one needed a specific method. The simplest approach was to train oneself, gradually adapting to the power of the Divine Punishment by enduring its tempering.
Progressing step by step, this was the only way to withstand stronger Divine Punishment.
But the Divine Punishment was ultimately far too terrifying. If one accepted its full power without any preparation, forget about adapting—one would likely be blasted to death by the force of the Divine Punishment outright.
And this time, it had been Chu Feng's first experience undergoing the tempering of the Divine Punishment. The reason he had only endured one-tenth of the power was precisely because of that hidden barrier.