Martial Peak

The battlefield was dangerous, and even the best of plans could never keep up with ever-changing circumstances. Feng Ying arrived just in time to find Yang Kai, and with her watching over him, he had been safe.

Yang Kai himself understood this too, so when he met Feng Ying, he abandoned his initial plan and joined forces with her to defeat as many enemies as possible.

However, the Royal Lord’s location was unintentionally exposed by Yang Kai, disrupting the former’s recovery. As a result, the Royal Lord became annoyed and attacked the two of them.

It was a casual blow for the Royal Lord, but to Yang Kai and Feng Ying, it was a death sentence.

Facing certain death, Yang Kai had no time to think and could only go all out. It was only with the Sun and Moon Divine Wheel and Feng Ying’s Myriad Swords Dragon that the pair managed to barely survive and hold out until Zhong Liang arrived.

At the moment of critical danger, it was when under overwhelming pressure that something seemed to have shattered inside Yang Kai.

He didn’t notice it at that time, but when Yang Kai was back in Blue Sky Pass, safe from the ongoing war, he realised that the shackles that he had been trying to break through during his previous retreat snapped under the immense pressure.

It truly was a great fortune that was stumbled upon by accident.

Yang Kai would naturally not let go of this fantastic opportunity now that he had grasped it. When the battle was over, he returned with Feng Ying, informed her about his situation, and then entered retreat to break through.

Naturally, when Zhong Liang and others came to look for him, he was not available.

However, the four Army Commanders were overjoyed when they heard that Yang Kai was advancing to the Seventh-Order Open Heaven Realm. Yang Kai’s existence was too important to the Human Race; so obviously, the greater the strength he had, the better. The Black Ink Battlefield had a lot of dangers, so if Yang Kai was stronger, he would have a better ability to protect himself. The fifth order was too low and the Sixth Order was the bare minimum. If Yang Kai advanced to the Seventh Order though, he could play a much larger role.

“Very good! If this little brat can break through, it will be good for all of us,” Zhong Liang nodded repeatedly.

Ding Yao and the others agreed.

But breaking through to the Seventh Order from the Sixth Order was a long and arduous task. The Proprietress took over 100 years in retreat in order to break through this same barrier.

Zhong Liang and others had also gone through this experience, so they were very clear about the process.

The four of them set aside their desires to win over Yang Kai after knowing that they could not see him for the time being. Then, Zhong Liang instructed, “You stay here to look after him. Notify me as soon as possible once he’s done.”

Feng Ying nodded.

“Let’s go,” Zhong Liang said. There were still a lot of post-battle tasks to attend to and each of them had their own responsibilities, so it was impossible to keep waiting here.

However, just as the four of them were preparing to leave, they heard a faint creaking sound.

Zhong Liang followed the sound and turned his head to look, “What’s that?”

chamber opened…” Feng Ying

and the others were startled at first, but that was soon followed by a change

was a place for cultivators to enter retreat and it wouldn’t be easily opened once sealed. If Yang Kai chose to enter retreat

could only be done through force, and obviously that was not the case

seclusion

a few days ago, so could he

the others were no longer able to remain calm. They all strode over to the seclusion chamber in

emerged from the chamber, still topless, with many of his wounds from the previous battle not even healed yet. Of

retreat; otherwise, why would he come out on his own? But, when they laid eyes on him, there didn’t seem

something odd about his aura too. It was not a Sixth-Order

Kai seemed to be somewhat unfamiliar with the power of Seventh-Order Open Heaven Realm, and could

widened their eyes in surprise as they stared at him in

as well and pondered why these four were here. Still, he quickly composed

four pairs of

something odd with their gaze but he could not understand what it was. As such,

deep voice, took a step forward and reached out to Yang Kai’s dantian, touching it with

Yao and the rest stood back and

Zhong Liang

“So?” Ding Yao asked.

the Seventh Order without a doubt!” Zhong Liang shook his head and glanced at

indeed

sure you’re not mistaken?’ Liang

if you don’t believe me. His foundation doesn’t

Tu Mo

even more confused, turning to Zhong Liang and asking, “Senior,

I supposed to ask?” Zhong Liang turned to face him, “How did

moment before replying nonchalantly, “I sensed an opportunity to break through, so I entered retreat

way he spoke about it was like he had been hungry, decided to eat,

herself together and

problem?” Yang Kai frowned. This advancement had gone unexpectedly well, so he didn’t suspect anything was

I sensed the opportunity to break through to the Seventh Order until I finally succeeded. Not only me, but every Seventh-Order Master experiences something similar. It takes a long time to break through because the Seventh Order is a massive

materialized, so you could skip over that step in your breakthrough… Still, it

the Seventh Order. If they had not witnessed it themselves, they

Liang recalled this fact once Feng Ying reminded

Small Universe had already transformed from immaterial to material;

Zhong Liang the most before, was Yang Kai feeling his opportunity for a breakthrough on the battlefield. If he did, he would be forced to break through while in battle, which would sap him of all his strength during the transforming process, which would place him in a precarious