"Although it's hard to believe, it seems that Fire Lake Ghost really did save us," Chu Youyuan said.
At that, Chu Feng felt a surge of gratitude. The situation ahead wasn't exactly optimistic either, but at least they had dodged a deadly blow.
And that Fire Lake Ghost — he may have looked like a clueless brat, but he was far from simple. At the very least, he had sensed that Chu Feng was in danger. At the very least, he had reached out and torn open a spatial rift, allowing Chu Feng and Chu Youyuan to escape the Nine Moon Divine Domain before danger descended upon it.
"Chu Feng, heaven never seals off all paths. And you are someone blessed with extraordinary fortune. I'm sure you'll come across another spatial rift — and once you do, all we have to do is seize the opportunity."
"As for the spatial rifts, leave that to me. As for you — don't waste your time. Even here, you can break through your cultivation," Chu Youyuan said.
"Break through here? Is that possible? Can Divine Tribulation get through?" Chu Feng looked up at the vast expanse of space, his eyes lighting up with anticipation.
After cultivating for so long, he had never once broken through while suspended in the heavens. In truth, he had always wanted to experience what that felt like.
"They say it should be possible. And you were interrupted by that formation the Fire Lake Ghost used earlier — you probably haven't reached the upper limit of your current breakthrough yet, have you?" Chu Youyuan asked.
"No, I haven't," Chu Feng confirmed.
"Then what are you waiting for?" Chu Youyuan said with a smile.
"Alright. This junior will continue then." Chu Feng smiled faintly and began his breakthrough.
Not long after Chu Feng started attempting his breakthrough, divine thunder filled the sky above his head.
Perhaps it was because he was amid the vast expanse of the stars, but the divine thunder felt incredibly close — closer than he had ever seen it before. This was the first time Chu Feng had witnessed Divine Thunder at such close range.
More importantly, even though Chu Feng was hurtling forward at tremendous speed along the power of the spatial tunnel, the divine thunder remained directly above him, moving along with him as if tracking his every step.
Boom—!
In the blink of an eye, the Divine Thunder descended. Because of its proximity, it reached Chu Feng almost instantaneously.
It had actually entered the spatial tunnel and began launching wave after wave of attacks against him.
This round of Divine Thunder was exceptionally powerful — because this was no longer a simple breakthrough into the True Immortal realm.
If this attempt succeeded, Chu Feng's cultivation would step into the Heavenly Immortal realm. That would be an entirely new level of power, one that True Immortal realm experts could never hope to obtain.
So even though the Divine Thunder inflicted excruciating pain on Chu Feng — so much that he was gritting his teeth and his entire face twisted in agony — his heart was bursting with elation.
Finally, the lightning dissipated. Chu Feng had endured the punishment of the Divine Thunder, and his aura successfully transformed from True Immortal to Heavenly Immortal.
Although the gap between a peak ninth-grade True Immortal and a first-grade Heavenly Immortal was only a thin line, Chu Feng could feel that his power now was truly beyond anything a True Immortal expert could match.
Even with Egg's heaven-defying combat strength — nearly unmatched within the True Immortal realm — if Chu Feng were to fight Egg right now, he was absolutely confident he could win.
This was not blind confidence. It was the certainty that the power of the Heavenly Immortal realm gave him.
But even after stepping into the Heavenly Immortal realm, Chu Feng did not stop cultivating. He closed his eyes and once again attempted to break through further.
And before long, he summoned the divine thunder once more.
Seeing this, Chu Youyuan's face lit up with joy. He had long known that with Chu Feng's level of comprehension, the Fire Lake Fountain would bring him tremendous gains — otherwise, it would never have triggered such a phenomenon.
There was no way Chu Feng's cultivation would stop at the peak of the True Immortal realm.
And the first grade of the Heavenly Immortal realm was certainly not where Chu Feng's journey would end.
Now, Chu Youyuan was burning with curiosity — just how far would Chu Feng's cultivation reach?
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