Chapter 499: 498, Group of Grand Monks Breakthrough_1
 

The Spiritual Spring Eye of Yunlu Mountain is the only large-scale Spiritual Spring Eye under human control, with a throughput of spiritual energy several thousand times that of a small-scale Spring Eye.

Obviously, the unified government places great emphasis on this Spring Eye.

Within the span of 4 months, the Blue Star base at the summit of Yunlu Mountain underwent earth-shattering changes every single day.

By now, a spiritual energy collection factory had been set up in the center of the spring. It stood 98 meters high and covered tens of thousands of square meters— even taller and larger than many collection factories at Giant Skru Bases!

However, due to the rush construction of the main structure of the factory— from design to construction to delivery, it only took a month— a large number of fixed Magic Formations had to be drawn by the great practitioners on the walls of the factory to ensure that the massive structure would not collapse

To the east of the collection factory was a “Psychic Energy Storage Station”.

Within the storage station, rows of silver-white, four to five-meter-thick Psychic Energy Cans were placed to store the spiritual energy gathered from the collection factory.

Due to the importance of the storage station, multiple layers of security checks and identity verifications are required to enter.

With the special pass issued by Chairman Hu Jing, Emperor Taizong led the great practitioners through layers of checks and eventually arrived at the largest Energy Can, also known as “001”, around the west side of the storage station.

This Energy Can had been named “001”.

To the west of “001” was an open space of several hundred square meters, which they believed to be the ideal location for their realm breakthrough.

“Alright, everyone start setting up the formation!” Once they arrived at the vacant lot, Emperor Taizong turned and respectfully spoke to the great practitioners in attendance.

“Understood!” The great practitioners responded in unison.

In addition to the 21 about to undergo realm breakthrough, the other 117 fifth-order great practitioners had also come.

They began cooperating on the site to set up the “Spirit Energy Transmission Array” in preparation for the forthcoming realm breakthrough.

At the same time, they also deployed several defensive formations to prevent the potential repercussions from fluctuations in spiritual energy during the realm breakthrough from damaging the nearby Energy Can.

…

The practitioners were efficient. It took only 15 minutes to successfully set up the “Spirit Energy Transmission Array”.

If you looked down from the sky, you could see a lifelike black mystery bird drawn on the ground.

The mystery bird seemed to be chirping with a raised neck, so vivid that it activated all the spiritual energy in the surrounding space.

Emperor Taizong nodded in satisfaction.

He turned towards an elder in the crowd, wearing a black robe with a black mystery bird print, and respectfully asked, “Elder Yang, shall we start now?”

All the great practitioners’ gazes were focused on Elder Yang, their eyes beaming with respect.

Among all the great practitioners, Elder Yang had been around the longest and was the only remnant from the Confer Gods Period at the end of the Shang dynasty.

The Confer Gods Period had been more than 3000 years ago.

Elder Yang’s memory was fading, he only remembered helping Emperor Ji Fa overthrow King Zhou in the Shang dynasty. He had forgotten most everything else.

However, Elder Yang was far from ordinary; during his peak days, he was a definitive Mahayana (eighth-stage) practitioner!

Moreover, he wasn’t just any Mahayana. He was a top-tier Mahayana on par with Pu Langte of the Raging Sun Empire, and he was guaranteed a spot in the top three in the history of China!

Therefore, the other great practitioners respected him greatly. They always asked for his approval before embarking on any venture while he was present.

Elder Yang didn’t speak modern Chinese. He slowly responded in a dialect of ancient Chinese that was difficult to understand, “Okay, let’s start.”

The great practitioners sprang into action, activating the formation.

….

Oomph~

In a deep buzzing sound, the formation was activated and released a blur of black light.

Elder Yang sat at the very center of the formation. Dark light circulated around him, leaking an aura from a remote era.

Emperor Taizong and 19 other great practitioners about to undergo a realm breakthrough surrounded Elder Yang. Upon activating their own methods, they began to resonate with the formation.

The other fifth-stage practitioners sat in the outermost surroundings, forming a circle as they entered a state of cultivation.

As each practitioner cultivated different methods, vibrant lights flashed across the barren land, making a beautiful spectacle.

Elder Yang cultivated an ancient method known as the “Eight-Nine Mysterious Art” that, when practiced to the extreme, would grow a third eye— a vertical pupil—above the forehead.

After the formation had been catalyzed to its utmost, Elder Yang’s vertical eye opened. The black rays it emitted, sharp as a laser, cut a large round hole in Energy Can “001” in front of him, as easily as cutting tofu.

The high-pressure spiritual energy stored in the can gushed out, getting entrapped by the black light and being drawn into the “Spirit Energy Transmission Array”.

The surged of spiritual energy entered the formation and hit every great practitioner’s body, wrapping each of them with a half-transparent “spiritual energy coat”.

“It’s time.” Elder Yang said softly, becoming the first to release the long-suppressed mysterious art technique.

Crack~

In a subtle explosive sound, Elder Yang successfully recovered to the Divided God Realm!

Emperor Taizong and the other 19 great practitioners also released their inner restraints one by one, undergoing realm breakthroughs.

The tremendous surge of spiritual energy erupted from their bodies. The concentration of spiritual energy at the scene skyrocketed, reaching a terrifying level!

This spiritual energy was intermingled with the practitioners’ insights towards cultivation, immediately creating a massive “resonance effect”.

Under the operation of the “Spirit Energy Transmission Array”, this “resonance” was even distributed to every practitioner in attendance.

They each absorbed the spiritual energy and insight voraciously, allowing their power to grow by leaps and bounds!

All this “resonance” and spiritual energy were confined within this area by the formation, preventing any leakage. This ensured thorough absorption by everyone and protected normal people in the nearby base from being affected.

…

The entire realm breakthrough process lasted for a full two hours.

During these two hours, every great practitioner made astonishing advancements.

Among the 117 practitioners sitting on the periphery, 24 had already recovered to the Nascent Soul Peak. After some stabilization, they could cross into the Divided God Realm;

Those 21 practitioners, whose power was already at the Nascent Soul Peak, had all recovered to the Divided God Realm. Of which Emperor Taizong, Hanwu Emperor, and Elder Zuo all transcended the early stage of Divided Spirit and entered the intermediate stage of Divided Spirit!

Elder Yang was even more impressive.

As the person in charge of the formation, he was the biggest beneficiary. Coupled with his status as the most powerful practitioner present, he transcended the early, intermediate, and late stages of the Divided Spirit Realm and reached the peak of Divided Spirit!

He was just a step away from transcending the Divided Spirit and entering the seventh stage— the Great Vehicle period!

Feeling the improvement they had made in their bodies, each practitioner couldn’t resist the joy in their hearts and they all laughed in unison.

“Haha, Elder Yang, congratulations on reaching the peak of Divided Spirit!”

“Congratulations, you all did amazingly well, too.”

“The resonance was beyond our expectations!”

“Though, we shouldn’t get too smug. We still need to push forward!”

“Well said.”

Just as the great practitioners were sharing the joy, a middle-aged man’s voice sounded from outside the formation, “Elders, it’s time to depart. The frontline awaits you!”