"No way, you're actually going to keep breaking through? But…" The Queen was both shocked and delighted, yet also found it hard to believe.
After all, she knew that the world energy within Chu Feng's Dantian had long since accumulated to enough for a breakthrough to rank nine Half Ancestor.
The reason Chu Feng had been unable to break through for so long was that, like all other cultivators, he now faced the many barriers on the path of martial cultivation.
Those barriers were gates that stood in the way. They couldn't be shattered by sheer accumulation of world energy alone — they required a deeper understanding of the martial path, unique insight, and genuine comprehension of cultivation to break through.
Previously, Chu Feng had been able to break through to the Half Ancestor realm quickly because of the root of that Moonlight Spirit Flower.
That root not only contained dense world energy and fierce, violent power, but also held the Martial Dao itself.
So at the time, as long as Chu Feng could refine that Moonlight Spirit Flower's root, that alone was enough for a breakthrough.
As for how Chu Feng had previously broken through to rank six Half Ancestor, in Eggy's view, it was because he had refined the world energy found in this place.
Chu Feng himself had said that this place contained not only dense world energy but also the Martial Dao — a fortune and treasure left behind by the ancestors of the Chu Heavenly Clan, a treasure sufficient to break through in cultivation.
So, in Eggy's estimation, while Chu Feng's earlier breakthrough had a great deal to do with his recent training and comprehension, the key factor was the Martial Dao intertwined with the world energy in this place.
Simply put, for Chu Feng now, whether he could break through in cultivation was no longer a matter of world energy.
The key was his comprehension of the martial path — what was known as the Martial Dao.
But what Eggy couldn't figure out was this: Chu Feng had already used the Martial Dao he'd comprehended here to break through before. How could he possibly break through again now?
Could it be that Chu Feng had gained so much from this place that he'd comprehended something capable of fueling two consecutive breakthroughs?
"Eggy, if I'm not mistaken, you must have assumed that when I broke through before, I was using the Martial Dao I comprehended here, right?"
"Actually, that's not the case. Before I obtained the Martial Dao here, I had already comprehended quite a bit of the martial path on my own."
"I just didn't know whether what I'd comprehended would be enough to help me break through, so I never attempted it."
"But during my earlier breakthrough, I realized… what I'd comprehended on my own was already sufficient." Chu Feng said.
"So you're saying your earlier breakthrough had nothing to do with this place — you achieved it entirely on your own?" The Queen was genuinely astonished.
"Mm." Chu Feng nodded.
"You brat, you just keep getting more and more impressive. You're really doing this Queen proud." The Queen praised him without restraint.
"So, my previous personal cultivation had already given me a new understanding of the martial path. If I add to that the new things I've comprehended here…"
"I think I can try breaking through to rank seven Half Ancestor." Chu Feng said.
"Good, truly good — couldn't be any better! You can actually break through two ranks in a row!"
"This trip was so worth it, absolutely worth it!" The Queen was overjoyed, as if this were her own happy occasion — she was even more excited than Chu Feng.
"It really was worth the trip. Even though I know perfectly well that the ancestor of the Chu Heavenly Clan didn't leave these things behind specifically for me…"
"I'm grateful from the bottom of my heart, because the Martial Dao he left behind is truly profound beyond measure. If I had to comprehend it all on my own, it would probably have taken an incredibly long time." When Chu Feng said these words, his gratitude was absolutely genuine.
Because the Martial Dao contained in this place was different from what he had encountered in the Ancestor's Remains.
The Martial Dao within the Ancestor's Remains took the form of puzzles that only Chu Feng himself could solve.
Only by solving one puzzle could he obtain a bit of Martial Dao, and to comprehend all of the Martial Dao within the Ancestor's Remains, he would have to solve every single puzzle. Those puzzles were far too difficult — Chu Feng had no confidence he could solve them all.
But the Martial Dao in this place was not in the form of riddles. It was simply laid out here, within Chu Feng's reach.
Yet the Martial Dao was the kind of thing that could often be grasped intuitively but never truly put into words. To be able to convert one's own comprehension into a Martial Dao that could be passed on to others — that alone showed how much effort that ancestor had put in.
This painstaking effort had fallen into Chu Feng's hands. How could he not feel grateful?
"All right, enough sentimentality. The pressing matter right now is to seize the clarity in your mind and break through quickly. If you miss this window, breaking through later might become much harder." The Queen's expression suddenly grew serious, and she urged him on.