Chapter 1952 - 1497–1498: Finale! Heavenly Will Cannot Be Defied, Yet Rewards Remain! (Monthly Ticket Requested)_2
"Retreat! Go to the Emperor’s Treasure Vault and break through again!"
A majestic voice suddenly echoed within Jiang Dali’s spirit.
Jiang Dali’s heart was stirred, and his will voluntarily gave up the siege on the Heavenly Will within his body.
A burning pain, permeating his small half body and deep into his spirit, instantly surged.
In numerous places on his body, due to cellular damage, his skin was torn and even his bones were cracked.
"Puh——"
A large plume of blood mist burst out from his body, spreading and diffusing with the seawater.
Jiang Dali let out a muffled groan, his eyes dimmed, his spirit and will were also heavily wounded, his breath immediately languished, and his realm fell back from the Breakthrough Realm to the critical point of Returning to Truth 9 Realm.
He quickly withdrew from the twelvefold state of the Heart Body, and his heavily injured body slowly sank into the seawater.
Across the turbulent seawater, he suddenly sensed a stillness in the outside world, as if all the Qi Mechanisms had turned into a thick porridge due to the clash of two magnificent wills between heaven and earth, becoming utterly chaotic.
A terrifying gaze, spanning spacetime, slowly drifted within the chaotic Qi Mechanism and locked onto Jiang Dali, who was floating in the seawater, filled with coldness, like a warning. Eventually, the oppressive Qi Mechanism, as if the sky was collapsing, slowly withdrew and gradually subsided.
"Failed?"
"The Emperor intervened again... truly favored him..."
"Marquis Wei Wu, indeed worthy of being Marquis Wei Wu, dared to make a breakthrough at this moment, and nearly succeeded, it was already his second attempt, sadly..."
"This Heaven-defying Destiny Chart, since the Emperor, no second person can break through to the Breakthrough Realm... It’s too stimulating to the Heavenly Will, even if a breakthrough is made, one would constantly face the threat of the Heavenly Will..."
"What a terrifying guy! Fortunately, fortunately, he couldn’t break through, otherwise... everything would become meaningless."
In the distance, the Qi Mechanisms of several Returning to Truth 9 Realm experts swiftly dissipated, some feeling regret, some shaken, and others feeling a sense of relief.
...
A moment later.
From the still tumultuous and surging seawater, the silhouette of a man as if a Demon God slowly rose, standing on the vast sea surface shrouded in mist and Extreme Light, his aura unstable.
Long inhalations sounded, like a broken bellows slowly calming down.
"The injury isn’t light, but luckily, it’s just physical injuries, not hard to recover."
Jiang Dali lowered his head, looking at his blood-soaked body as if it had been flayed.
The skin on his left abdomen was gone, the once firm muscles turned to limp mud, flowing with fresh blood.
Weak strands of Heavenly Will raged within the cells of this part of the body, hindered by his will.
Additionally, similar injuries were on his legs and chest.
Particularly in the chest area, the damage even reached his lungs, causing pain akin to a burning fire whenever he breathed.
He tried opening the panel.
Discovered the panel could still display.
His realm still lingered at the critical point of Returning to Truth 9 Realm, though poised to break through to the Breakthrough Realm.
Even though the voluntary injury led to an unstable realm falling back, the injuries weren’t too severe, only at the cost of a breakthrough failure, with the realm falling.
For anyone else, this would be a huge price, possibly preventing any future breakthroughs, leaving a shadow in their heart, and making it difficult to recover the damaged Life Essence.
But for him, breaking through only required accumulating enough Cultivation Points, including the damaged Life Essence, which could be quickly recovered using Cultivation Points, naturally avoiding any psychological shadows.
This second failure, another attempt next time will suffice. Initially, he merely planned to use the Heavenly Will to contend with the Earth Crystal Core, breakthrough wasn’t the main objective.
Yet now, it seems, for him with a Heaven-defying Destiny Chart, breaking through to the Breakthrough Realm is indeed extremely difficult... However, though this Heaven-defying Destiny doesn’t greatly help on many occasions, it is a path he chose, representing a kind of spirit ideal, not something to abandon lightly. Cowardliness in the face of tyranny would shatter one’s spirit and will.
For a strong person, the most important thing is the cultivation of the spirit. If the spirit develops a flaw, it becomes a more severe problem.
"Though the breakthrough was unsuccessful this time, it wasn’t completely unfruitful... What’s more, the Regent King just reminded me, within the Emperor’s Treasure Vault lies my opportunity for a breakthrough, likely needing the protection of the Emperor’s power..."
Jiang Dali looked at the panel, where a considerable amount of Qi-Blood and Essence Qi had grown.
The Qi-Blood limit had risen from nearly four million to 4.41 million, and Inner Strength was up from nearly three million to 3.45 million, both increasing by about 15%.
Although incomparable to the enhancement after a complete breakthrough, the benefits from that instantaneous breakthrough, at least, did not vanish due to the realm falling.
Yet it can be anticipated, the benefits gained from the next breakthrough will correspondingly be lesser.
After all, the benefits emerged by borrowing the sublimation of life’s Essence Qi and spirit are most evident the first time they’re experienced.
Besides, the brief experience at the Breakthrough Realm also deepened his understanding of this realm.
Jiang Dali slowly gathered his Essence Qi and spirit, his aura began to ascend, and a hint of enlightenment gradually emerged in his eyes.
"Now... even if not in the Breakthrough Realm, that feeling of being All-Knowing and All-Powerful is clearly the sense of thorough insight into the world and heaven when in the Near and Far state. With a bit of study, I should be able to cleverly borrow the Breaking Realm Power..."