Chapter 1911: Zhao Ya Breaks Through to Shattered Void

"Keep cultivating, don't stop!"

The Pattern Eye squirmed as Zhang Xuan looked at the girl. Mercury-like spiritual energy flowed within her, refining her true qi, allowing her cultivation to improve at a visible rate. In just a short while, she had made great progress!

In less than ten minutes, it was comparable to a full day of ordinary cultivation, and even surpassed it.

"It's... the altered meridians!"

Zhang Xuan suddenly understood.

Zhao Ya's meridians had once shattered, and he had used the vines of the Hollow Void Gourd to help construct new channels. For ordinary cultivators, mercury-like spiritual energy would cause their meridians to burst directly, but she... didn't have that problem.

The vines, whatever they were, absorbed such heavy spiritual energy with ease, showing no signs of collapse.

Thus, what was destructive to others could rapidly enhance her cultivation, elevating her realm further!

"Teacher, I feel that absorbing like this, I can easily break through to the Shattered Void realm!"

After a while, Zhao Ya stopped, her dark eyes filled with excitement.

Over the past six months, she had cultivated diligently, reaching the peak of Blood Drop Rebirth. However, this realm seemed to be the pinnacle this world could reach; no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't advance further.

Now, absorbing this spiritual energy, she faintly felt on the verge of a breakthrough, which she found hard to believe.

"So that's it..."

Without speaking, Zhang Xuan's mind was as clear as a mirror, fully understanding.

Compared to mercury-like spiritual energy, the spiritual energy of the Master Teacher Continent was far inferior in weight and quality. If the barrier of the Shattered Void realm were likened to a sturdy iron door, ordinary water flow would require the persistence of water dripping through stone to break it, while the latter was like a raging wave, striking with a hammer, naturally making it much easier.

"It seems that to advance further, one must absorb this kind of spiritual energy!" Zhang Xuan nodded to himself.

No wonder the two who had crawled through the rift had both reached the Shattered Void realm; the root lay in this mercury-like true qi!

If cultivators of the Master Teacher Continent could absorb it, they could surely break through the barrier and enter a higher realm.

"Continue absorbing and try to break through to Shattered Void!"

Zhang Xuan instructed.

Nodding, Zhao Ya said nothing more, circulating her power to rapidly devour the mercury-like energy.

The others tried a few more times but found they truly couldn't absorb it like the senior apprentice sister, so they stopped and gathered around, watching with envy.

Knowing that cultivation wasn't something achieved overnight, Zhang Xuan didn't rush her. Instead, he used his Insight Eye combined with the Library to observe constantly, fearing that Zhao Ya might encounter any problems.

However, her foundation was solid, her cultivation earnest, and she didn't seek quick gains. Her cultivation advanced steadily, and in less than half a day, she reached the critical point, the Shattered Void realm trembling, ready to cross over at any moment.

"Open!"

After who knows how long, having accumulated to the peak, the girl raised her brows and let out a crisp shout.

Like a thunderclap, the shackles within her body shattered like a broken mirror, emitting a "crack!" sound. An invincible aura soared upward, rapidly climbing, growing stronger.

More mercury-like spiritual energy surged into her body, refining her flesh and soul, as if her physique were awakening. The already beautiful girl transformed again, becoming even more stunningly beautiful, especially her legs, which seemed blessed by some enchantment, lengthening by five or six centimeters.

Her figure now bore some resemblance to Luo Ruoxin when she wasn't disguised.

As her flesh transformed, her true qi emitted the sound of tidal waves, and her aura grew more powerful, soon giving a sense of "divinity," as if she no longer belonged to this world.

Boom!

The moment her cultivation broke through, countless thunderbolts gathered in the sky, densely surging toward her. The entire world shook violently, as if trying to expel this girl.

Having broken through by absorbing mercury-like spiritual energy, Zhao Ya had transformed from a drop of water into oil, no longer able to merge with the Master Teacher Continent.

"Suppress your cultivation..."

Zhang Xuan quickly instructed.

Zhao Ya knew that if she didn't, she would not only be repelled but also likely besieged by thunderbolts. So she immediately turned her power inward, sealing her newly broken cultivation, making it appear to outsiders as if she had returned to Blood Drop Rebirth.

Whoosh!

Indeed, as her cultivation lowered, the thunderbolts slowly dissipated, and the spatial repulsion vanished.

"It really bullies the weak and fears the strong..."

Shaking his head with a wry smile, Zhang Xuan was helpless.

When a native lifeform breaks through to Shattered Void, this world sends all kinds of thunderbolts and repulsion. But for experts of the same level from the Upper Firmament, there's no resistance, even some fawning... It seems the Heavenly Dao of the Master Teacher Continent is just a double-standard dog that bullies its own and worships the foreign.

"Did you have to do the same back then, suppressing your cultivation to survive on the continent?"

He transmitted his voice to inquire.

The Ruthless One had also reached the Shattered Void realm back then, what he called the Immortal Envoy realm. It was precisely because he was so strong that he could suppress even Teacher Kong, making him狼狈 and nearly fall several times.

"Yes," the Ruthless One nodded. "Absorbing this leaked power can allow one to break through to Shattered Void, but only the initial stage. Further progress is nearly impossible! According to my research back then, one must enter the Upper Firmament and use its world's power to transform one's life essence before advancing again. Otherwise, one can only remain stuck in this realm until death!"

"Can't advance?"

Startled, Zhang Xuan looked at the girl not far away and asked.

Zhao Ya felt for a moment, then shook her head and answered accurately: "Reporting to Teacher, reaching the initial stage of Shattered Void is indeed the limit. If I want to continue cultivating now, besides the repulsion from the Master Teacher Continent, the more important reason is that my body's capacity has reached its limit; I can no longer accommodate more mercury-like spiritual energy!"

It was like a pond—only so big. If more water came, it would simply flow away.

To retain more water, the only way was to dig the pond deeper; the larger the volume, the more water it could hold.

"It seems there is indeed a plane difference..."

Zhang Xuan understood.

He had thought that with mercury-like spiritual energy, he could continuously absorb power and rapidly advance to higher strength. Now it seemed he had been too naive.

If it were that easy, Teacher Kong wouldn't have left this world and entered the Upper Firmament back then.

"Let me try if I can absorb it!"

Learning more about the mercury-like spiritual energy, Zhang Xuan's mind stirred again.

Previously, he couldn't absorb it because he hadn't broken through to Ancient Sage. Now, with his cultivation having made greater progress, his combat power was even stronger than Zhao Ya's after her breakthrough... Could his body now adapt to this power and absorb it smoothly?

After all, his meridians had also been altered, even more reasonably than Zhao Ya's!

Thinking this, without any hesitation, Zhang Xuan closed his eyes and sat down as well.