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 replied as her

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

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

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

just… why would the seclusion

retreat a few days ago, so could he have encountered an

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

wounds from the previous battle not even healed yet. Of course, he seemed to

and the others suspected something went wrong with his retreat; otherwise, why would he come out on his own? But, when they laid eyes on him, there

about his aura too. It was not

just broken through, Yang Kai seemed to be somewhat unfamiliar with the power of Seventh-Order Open Heaven Realm,

others immediately widened their eyes in surprise as they stared

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

Liang and others remained silent, their four pairs of eyes

him in such a manner. It felt like there was something odd with their gaze but he could not understand what it was. As such, he cautiously asked, “Seniors, what brings you here

voice, took a step forward and reached out to Yang Kai’s dantian, touching it with his palm before investigating

rest

moments later, Zhong Liang withdrew his hands; his expression

“So?” Ding Yao asked.

He’s reached the Seventh Order without a doubt!” Zhong Liang shook his head and

Yang Kai had indeed advanced to the Seventh

not mistaken?’ Liang

“You can check for yourself if you don’t believe me. His foundation doesn’t even seem to be

Tu

even more confused, turning to Zhong Liang and

me, who am I supposed to ask?” Zhong Liang turned to face him, “How did you

before replying nonchalantly, “I sensed an opportunity to break through, so I entered retreat for a while and broke

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

Ying finally pulled herself together and

frowned. This advancement had gone

years from the time 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

Feng Ying abruptly came to a realization, “Ah! Your Small Universe had already materialized, so you could skip over that

had only been a few days, yet Yang Kai actually broke through to the Seventh Order. If they had

Liang recalled this fact

already transformed from immaterial to material; therefore, Yang

concerned 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