Cheat Cultivator's Ascension - Chapter 488 - 488: Enlightenment Continues
Waiting for the one who is meant to read this information about this new technique, the screens don’t fade into nothing as Su Xiaotian continues with his enlightenment, changes happening as his body starts melding with the air, the grass, and even the ground around him, seemingly becoming one not only with nature, but the world itself.
And almost as if his very body is telling him that its improvements have yet to stop, the process of him seemingly becoming one with the environment around him doesn’t end with his comprehension of the Heavenly Nature Blade, the ambient spirit qi in the surrounding swirling even stronger towards his body, alarming not only himself, but the residents of the island as well.
Spirit qi surges in massive amounts like water converging towards the center of a whirlpool, the air being affected as it dances and swirls, not at random like it usually is, but rather towards the center of it all, maintaining a lotus position and closed eyes as he explores the changes happening within his body.
To the people of the Frontier City who are now one of the natives of the island, one of the original residents of the about to be established, or rather, newly established Roaring Heaven City, people who have yet to discover the sort of absurdity the immortal-like young man cause when he cultivates, the surge of ambient spirit qi away from the World Tree Forest is nothing but a terrifying natural phenomenon that sets them on edge, the less experienced people even attributing it to some sort of calamity about to befall them.
The older, more experienced official of the Frontier City however, those who often fought in the frontlines during their days of defending their old home and thus developed keen sixth sense, thought of something different, at least, not as ominous, yet even despite that, they are still incapable of figuring out what could possibly be the cause of such phenomenon that almost drains even the extremely abundant ambient spirit qi of the World Tree Forest.
Meanwhile, the only people aware of the reason for this ‘sign of calamity’ are currently situated in the greatest, tallest World Tree even among the towering ones within this island, a congregation of multiple World Trees melding into one gigantic form located right in the middle of the island, overseeing its entirety, this massive living structure allowing these select few people, ladies, to gaze near the edge of the island where an immortal-like figure is situated.
“Is he…” looking at the figure in shock, one of these ladies, an empress-like beauty holding a bottle of alcohol in one of her fair hands, asked before she paused in shock, realizing what the person she is looking at right now is attempting to do.
“I guess it only makes sense, even your cousin and their sworn brothers managed to break through during the Dao Enlightenment Competition, what’s stopping him from reaching a higher realm?” another lady answered as she smiled in a demure manner, her maidenly charm improving the appeal of her action all the more.
“But for him to reach that kind of level at that age…” nodding at the words of the maidenly Hong Lian, Zi Yu’er still managed to spout out words of contradiction that even she herself would normally be confused, but given the situation they are observing right now, she hardly has the attention to be confused with her own words as her mind is already being played with whatever it is that the immortal-like figure is doing.
“You’d better get used to this kind of scene from now on, Yu’er, or else it won’t be healthy for your mind~~” a lady older than the three previously talking among themselves added as she smiled at the three before her attention returned to the source of the current commotion that sent the entire former Frontier City into panic.
Looking at the golden pupil of this mature beauty, the empress-like Hua Xian’er couldn’t help but wonder what it is that she is seeing with those eyes of hers, a question she intended to ask but failed to, as the mature lady already gave an answer a moment later.
“Tian, he’s trying to reach the Soul Formation Realm in one fell swoop…” she mutters with an obvious trace of worry in her voice as her gaze trains even harder on the immortal-like figure, her words shocking not only the three younger ones who got here before her but also the other ladies approaching their location as well.
Multitude of worrisome thoughts starts flooding the minds of the girls, for one, the immortal-like young man’s elders, his paternal and maternal grandmother both, couldn’t help but worry about the chances of him lacking in the necessary spirit qi in order to break through not to mention the next realm of cultivation, but even just the next state of his current realm.
Meanwhile, some of the other mature ladies, particularly the crimson-pupiled Li Yan, couldn’t help but bite her lips as she felt like there’s nothing that she can do to help her beloved with what he is about to face, the fact that he intends to break through outside the Infinite Qi Dimension spells one thing that terrorizes nearly all cultivator intending to take a step to the next realm of cultivation.
Tribulations, and a gravely dangerous one at that, something each and every single one of the ladies here is well aware of, given how much they knew of the absurd talent and potential the immortal-like young man possesses, forcing them to hold their breaths as they can just watch Su Xiaotian proceed with whatever it is that he is planning to do.
Out of all these ladies though, the one who should be worrying the most right now, appears to the calmest of them all, the Peerless Heavenly Goddess herself, the immortal-like young man’s mother, Su Meiyao, looks beyond the space between her and her beloved son, her gentle, confident gaze locked on him as not a trace of a worry and fear that should be existing occupies her mind.
‘He won’t try anything he has no confidence in succeeding…’ such thoughts occurs on her mind as she watches her beloved sits calmy as ambient spirit qi gradually floods his surrounding, a faint, proud smile on her devastatingly beautiful face as she watches in anticipation, wondering just what sort of surprise her beloved son will bring her and the ladies around her now, the confidence wavering ever-so-slightly as time passes by and dark, raging tempest of wind and clouds starts brewing themselves above the skies.
Meanwhile, the subject of the ladies’ attention now has his eyes open as well, his head tilted upwards as he stares at the brewing chaos in the skies, the occasional flash of bright, near blinding light making him smile a bit in excitement as he clenches his fist to hold himself back.
“Come on, try striking me then…” almost as if provoking the divine punishment that descends from the heaven, Su Xiaotian spoke in a not-so-silent voice as he stood up from his position, a surging, grand intent exploding from his being and piercing towards the skies, seemingly intent on challenging, or even shattering the source of the tribulation before it even starts.
