Protect Our Chief

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The reason Wang Shouzhe traveled so far to advance was truly out of necessity. Advancing to the Purple Mansion Realm at over 130 years old is quite exceptional.

If he can keep a low profile, he certainly should.

However, if he can’t remain low-key, Wang Shouzhe doesn’t care much. After all, the Wang Family is not what it once was in terms of power, both visible and hidden, to the point where even Wang Shouzhe himself feels amazed.

What’s more, the Wang Family now contributes significantly to the Daqian, has intermarried with the Daqian Imperial Family, and has a deep relationship with Lingyun Sacred Land. The Saintess of the Southern Border Semi-autonomous County is his own sister.

Just within the territory of the Daqian Kingdom, their influence is deeply rooted.

Under normal circumstances, no one with any sense would come to trouble the Wang Family.

At the same time.

Outside the small island, a giant Iron Armor Ship was anchored several hundred miles away. On its hull, the golden insignia representing the Wang Family was gleaming in the sunlight.

At this moment, the deck of the Iron Armor Ship was populated with figures exuding either grandeur or ethereal elegance.

These people were naturally the members of the Wang Family, led by Wang Longyan and Liua Ruolan.

Because the Patriarch’s advancement to the Purple Mansion Realm was a major event, this time, every important member of the Wang Family who could make it came, except for Ancestor Xiaohan who was ordered by Ancestor Longyan to guard the family.

Even Wang Zong’an, who was busy digging a canal, had specially taken time out to travel back thousands of miles.

At this moment, although there were many people standing on the deck, nearly no one spoke, as everyone’s attention was focused on the small island ahead, silently waiting.

Waiting for that moment to arrive.

Who knows how long passed in that wait.

Finally, as Wang Shouzhe, who was carefully honing his Profound Qi and consolidating his foundation, felt his own Profound Qi and Divine Soul reach a state of harmonious integration.

A fraction less would be shallow, a fraction more would be excessive.

He understood the time had come.

Wang Shouzhe decided decisively and began to break through the bottleneck of the Purple Mansion Realm.

Ordinary Celestial Prides need the assistance of elixirs during their advancement to the Purple Mansion Realm, completely due to their insufficient comprehension of the Laws.

As an Unparalleled Celestial Pride Level Celestial Human Realm Peak Cultivator, Wang Shouzhe didn’t need a Spirit Communication Treasure Pill to assist his breakthrough; he merely needed the timing and opportunity, and he could naturally advance.

This was because back in the Celestial Human Realm, he already had a profound understanding of the Heavenly Dao Laws, had not only fully mastered Minor Divine Techniques but also developed multiple ways to employ them, and had even grasped some extension laws beyond Minor Divine Techniques.

If it weren’t that Wang Shouzhe’s bloodline transformation time had been too short, his understanding of Divine Techniques would be even higher, possibly even touching the threshold of true Divine Techniques.

With his comprehension of the Laws far exceeding his own realm, advancing naturally became a matter of course.

It took less than half an hour for Wang Shouzhe to successfully break through the bottleneck and open the Purple Mansion Divine Aperture. The entire process was astonishingly smooth, even to the point of being uneventful.

If those Celestial Prides who struggled tremendously to break through the Purple Mansion Realm and barely escaped death knew about this, they’d likely go insane with envy.

And at the very moment of Wang Shouzhe’s breakthrough.

"Buzz!"

In mysterious ways, the heavens and earth suddenly responded.

In an instant, rays of law descended, cloaking his body. Countless Spiritual Qi madly converged upon him, pouring into his body, refining and transforming it.

Wang Shouzhe felt his physique strengthening at a visibly remarkable speed.

The Profound Qi flowing in his meridians also became increasingly solid and powerful under the tempering of this power, gradually transforming into something even stronger.

His strength was rising at a terrifyingly fast pace.

Meanwhile.

The weather changed dramatically, and dark, rolling clouds began to gather. Before long, they transformed into an immense Celestial Tribulation Cloud.

Moments later, within the tribulation cloud, Thunder Tribulation started brewing.

Purple Mansion Thunder Tribulation!

The breakthrough of a Black Tortoise Cultivator is simplest at the Spirit Platform Realm, with almost no phenomena; only during the breakthrough to the Celestial Human Realm do phenomena appear, with three tribulation thunders, and during the breakthrough to the Purple Mansion Realm, the tribulation thunders increase to six, with exponentially enhanced power.

"Hiss~ Is this the Purple Mansion Realm’s Thunder Tribulation? It’s too powerful!!" On the Iron Armor Ship, Captain Wang Shihao couldn’t help but take a deep breath.

"You might visit home more often and wouldn’t act so surprised, looking like you’ve never seen the world," said Wang Zong’an, casting him a glance with a hint of displeasure.

"Father, I’m also helping open maritime routes for the family?" Wang Shihao shrank his neck, feeling somewhat aggrieved. "The islands between Daqian and Phecda Continent are numerous, with complex ocean currents that are sometimes affected by inexplicable energy tides, making unforeseen situations inevitable. Missing Ancestor Longyan’s and Grandma’s advancement to the Purple Mansion was accidental; it wasn’t intentional."

"Alright~ Quiet down." Wang Zong’an couldn’t be bothered to talk nonsense with him.

He knows what sort of person his second son is, doesn’t he?

This kid was clamoring to go on sea adventures from a young age. If it wasn’t for his father’s restraint, he would have likely left long ago.

Later, after this kid’s son An Rui married and had children, his father relented and allowed him to go to sea, and he eagerly organized a crew to follow Long Wuji out to sea. Since then, he couldn’t be stopped, often not returning home for years. Sometimes, due to bad luck and sudden marine events, there were occasions where he didn’t come home for ten years.