CHAPTER 1076: CHAPTER 27: BREAKTHROUGH, THE FIRE OF VITALITY

Several days later.

At the top of Divine Temple Mountain, red flames swirled around as a strand of fiery phenomenon flew over Black Mountain, with black flowers swirling in all directions.

Gu Shen sat at the peak of Divine Temple Mountain, like an old monk in deep meditation.

Behind him, the garden that had once been full of black flowers was now empty and desolate; all these black flowers had become nourishment for the fiery phenomenon!

Upon returning from the Central Continent and sending his elder sister to Da Du, he returned to Divine Temple Mountain to begin his cultivation practice.

He had been stuck at Deep Sea Seventh Level for too long.

Now, he could finally condense his own "Domain Embryo"!

Gu Shen no longer suppressed the "fire between his brows," in order to condense the Domain Embryo, the fiery phenomenon must be satiated—

He unleashed the fiery phenomenon, commencing a sweep across Divine Temple Mountain!

This small flame began its frenzied devouring amid the clouds and mist of Black Mountain... like a bottomless pit, continuously gnawing away at the black flowers scattered over the mountains.

He never expected that this attempt would bring forth extraordinary phenomena from releasing the "fiery phenomenon"—

Li Qingsui sat at the edge of the cliff on the mountain top, barefoot, swinging her small feet.

The shattering of black flowers was the restoration of order.

Over the past two years, the vitality of Divine Temple Mountain gradually restored, and as Gu Shen cleared the "Order Shattering Flower" at the mountain top, streams emerged, and the waterfall that had been dry for centuries gradually recovered.

At this moment, red clouds scattered across the skytop, presenting an extraordinary and rare magnificent view.

Watching this scene, Li Qingsui couldn’t take her eyes off for a moment.

The little girl murmured in amazement, "What exactly is this Gu practicing, could he be going mad? When Little Xiuzi from the Bai Family attempted their breakthrough, the commotion wasn’t this significant..."

The higher the level of a Transcendent, the greater the "Extraordinary Power" they could summon.

Super strong beings who have broken through to twelve levels can summon vast domains and destroy half a city without much effort.

But currently, Gu Shen should only be at the third tier, right?

The disturbance from this fiery breakthrough is terrifying!

"Qingsui, don’t speak such nonsense."

Standing quietly beside her, Li Qingci immediately rebuked upon hearing this, "Mr. Xiao Gu is a benefactor to Divine Temple Mountain and the Li Family."

"Sister, you know that wasn’t what I meant..."

Li Qingsui apologized, sticking out her tongue, "It’s just this commotion is indeed a bit frightening."

Yes, it is indeed frightening.

Li Qingci gazed at the distant skytop shrouded in red flames.

She asked worriedly, "Lady Divine, is this disturbance alright?"

Such extraordinary phenomena, if not for the fact that Divine Temple Mountain Territory is an enclosed mystical realm shrouded in thick fog, Transcendents outside would surely have sensed it by now!

Li Qingci and Li Qingsui were both touched by this scene, yet atop the mountain, there was one person who remained unmoved.

Chu Ling, dressed in a red and white ceremonial robe, was scooping mountain spring water with a wooden ladle...

She didn’t even lift her eyes to look at the location where Gu Shen was.

With the removal of black flowers, vitality was restored, and this Divine Temple Mountain naturally grew many hopeful little white flowers, while the black flower garden at the top of the mountain was tended by her into a pure white land.

Chu Ling smiled as she watered the new garden, saying, "Rest assured."

She and Gu Shen’s spirits were closely bonded.

Their spirits were nearly linked as a "harmonious body," any slight stir in Gu Shen’s spirit, she could sense immediately... though the extraordinary phenomena now seemed frightening, Gu Shen’s spirit was remarkably stable.

Like a rock!

This state of mind, even if the breakthrough fails in the end, wouldn’t lose control.

If Gu Shen were to take the Federation Security Committee’s mental test right now, his score would probably still be above 95!

That’s why Chu Ling wasn’t worried at all about Gu Shen’s "breakthrough."

As for the so-called extraordinary phenomena.

In the eyes of [Source Code], these phenomena can’t even be called extraordinary!

Gu Shen was chosen by Mr. Turing as the [Key], his fiery phenomenon is a genuine S-level ability, the explosive scene in the Ghost Cage was far more shocking than this picture.

It should be natural for him to devour the black flowers atop the mountain and set the Heavenly Curtain of the shrine ablaze!

In essence, the "Pure Land" that Gu Shen had relied on before was the divine creation gifted by Mr. Gu Changzhi!

Ultimately, it was a supportive measure.

The true "way" belonging to Gu Shen has to be the fiery phenomenon!

The "Pure Land" determines the lower limit of Gu Shen’s strength, while the level of his cultivation of the fiery phenomenon determines his upper limit!

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This extraordinary phenomenon continued for several hours afterward.

Li Qingsui swung her legs until she felt tired; she was, after all, the current head of the Li Family in charge of family responsibilities, able to spare half a day watching the flowers bloom and fall on Divine Temple Mountain was already quite rare.

Uncle Gao ascended to the top of Divine Temple Mountain and witnessing the breakthrough attempt of Gu Shen, he was slightly shaken, but soon regained composure.

He hadn’t come up here for sightseeing.

It was time to leave; he politely invited the future Family Master down the mountain, as time passed quickly inside Divine Temple Mountain, it was now time to descend and handle worldly affairs outside.

The little girl Qing Sui sighed lightly, reluctantly left, looking back every few steps as she went down the mountain...

Unfortunately.

In the end, she didn’t see the true "breakthrough" scene of Gu Shen.

After the little girl left, the mountain became much quieter.

No one kept chattering away with all sorts of questions.

Li Qingci quietly accompanied the Goddess in tending the snow-white flower garden together.