Chapter 1933: Zhao Ya Breaks Through the Shattered Void

"Continue cultivating, don't stop!"

Zhang Xuan looked at the girl, his Eye of Insight shimmering. Quicksilver-like spiritual energy flowed within her, refining her True Qi and visibly boosting her cultivation. In just a short while, she made significant progress!

In less than ten minutes, her progress surpassed that of a typical day's cultivation, and even more.

"It's... the altered meridians!" Zhang Xuan suddenly realized.

Zhao Ya's meridians had once been shattered. He had used the vines from the Void Gourd to help her construct new ones. For ordinary cultivators, quicksilver spiritual energy would be unbearable, causing their meridians to explode. But for her, this wasn't an issue.

The vines, whose true nature was unknown, effortlessly absorbed such dense spiritual energy, showing no signs of collapse.

Thus, what was destructive to others actually allowed her to rapidly increase her cultivation and deepen her realm!

"Teacher, I feel like if I keep absorbing this, I can easily break through to the Void Shattering realm!" After a while, Zhao Ya stopped, her dark eyes filled with excitement.

For the past six months, she had diligently cultivated, reaching the peak of Blood Rebirth. However, this realm seemed to be the highest attainable in this world, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't advance further.

Now, after absorbing this spiritual energy, she had a faint feeling that she could break through at any moment, which she found incredible.

"So that's how it is..." Without speaking, Zhang Xuan's mind became clear as a mirror, and he fully understood.

Compared to the quicksilver-like spiritual energy, the spiritual energy of the Master Teacher Continent was vastly inferior in both weight and quality. If the barrier to the Void Shattering realm was like a sturdy iron gate, ordinary water flow could not break it through unless with persistent erosion, like water wearing away stone. The latter, however, was like a raging torrent, equivalent to striking it with a sledgehammer, naturally making it much simpler.

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

No wonder the two individuals who came through the rift had both reached the Void Shattering realm; the root cause lay in this quicksilver True Qi!

As long as cultivators on the Master Teacher Continent could absorb it, they could completely break through the barrier and enter a higher realm.

"Continue absorbing and try to break through to the Void Shattering realm!" Zhang Xuan instructed.

Nodding, Zhao Ya said no more. She activated her power and rapidly absorbed the quicksilver-like energy.

The others tried a few more times but found they truly couldn't absorb it like their Senior Sister. They stopped, gathering around her with envious expressions.

Knowing that cultivation was not an overnight process, Zhang Xuan didn't rush her. Instead, he continuously observed her using his Eye of Insight combined with the Library of Heaven's Path, fearing any issues might arise for Zhao Ya.

However, her foundation was solid, and she cultivated diligently without rushing for quick gains. Her cultivation advanced steadily, reaching a critical point in less than half a day. The barrier to the Void Shattering realm trembled, seemingly on the verge of breaking at any moment.

"Open!"

After an unknown period, when her accumulated power reached its peak, the girl raised her delicate brows and let out a soft shout.

A muffled thunderclap resounded as if the mirror of her internal shackles had shattered, producing a "crack!" sound. An invincible aura soared skyward, rapidly ascending and growing stronger.

More quicksilver spiritual energy poured into her body, refining her flesh and soul as if her constitution had been unlocked. The already beautiful girl underwent another transformation, becoming even more indescribably stunning. In particular, her legs seemed to be under some magical enchantment, growing an additional five or six centimeters.

Her current physique surprisingly bore some resemblance to Luo Ruoxi when she wasn't disguised.

With her physical transformation, her True Qi surged like tides, and her aura grew immensely powerful, soon giving off a "divine" sensation, as if she no longer belonged to this world.

Boom!

The moment her cultivation broke through, countless bolts of lightning gathered in the sky, surging densely towards them. The entire world trembled incessantly, as if trying to repel the girl before them.

Having broken through by absorbing quicksilver 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, not only would she be rejected, but she would also likely be besieged by lightning. Immediately, she circulated her internal power, sealing her newly broken-through cultivation. To outsiders, she appeared to have reverted to the Blood Rebirth realm.

Indeed, as her cultivation lowered, the lightning slowly dispersed, and the feeling of spatial repulsion vanished.

"It truly bullies the weak and fears the strong..." Zhang Xuan shook his head with a bitter smile, his face full of helplessness.

When a native life form broke through to the Void Shattering realm, this world would unleash all sorts of lightning and repulsion. Yet, for equally powerful experts from the Firmament, there was no resistance, only a hint of fawning... Zhang Xuan hadn't expected the Heavenly Dao of the Master Teacher Continent to be such a double-standard bully, constantly oppressing its own people while fawning over outsiders.

"Was it the same for you back then? Did you have to suppress your cultivation to survive on the continent?" He transmitted his query.

The Ruthless Cultivator had also reached the Void Shattering realm back then, the so-called Immortal Envoy realm expert in his own words. It was precisely because of this strength that he could overwhelm Kong Shi, making him suffer greatly and almost perish several times.

"Yes!" The Ruthless Cultivator nodded and said, "Absorbing this leaked power can allow one's cultivation to break through to the Void Shattering realm, but only to the initial stage. Further progress becomes almost impossible! According to my research back then, one must enter the Firmament and use its natural energy to transform one's life essence to make further advancements. Otherwise, one will remain trapped in this realm until death!"

"Unable to advance further?" Zhang Xuan was startled for a moment, then looked at the girl not far away and asked.

Zhao Ya sensed for a moment, then shook her head, giving a precise answer: "Reporting, Teacher, reaching the initial stage of Void Shattering is indeed the limit. If I want to continue cultivating now, the Master Teacher Continent's repulsion is one reason. More importantly, my body's capacity has reached its limit; it can no longer hold more quicksilver-like spiritual energy!"

It was like a pond of a certain size; any excess water would simply overflow.

To retain more water, the only way was to re-excavate the pond; the larger its volume, the more water it could naturally hold.

"It seems there really is a planar difference..." Zhang Xuan understood.

He had thought that with quicksilver spiritual energy, one could continuously absorb power, rapidly advance, and reach greater strength. Now it seemed he had been far too naive.

If it were truly that easy, Kong Shi wouldn't have had to leave this world and enter the Firmament back then.

"I'll try to see if I can absorb it!" As he learned more about the quicksilver spiritual energy, Zhang Xuan's mind stirred once more.

He couldn't absorb it before because he hadn't broken through to Ancient Sage. Now, his cultivation had progressed significantly, and his combat power was equal to or even stronger than Zhao Ya's after her breakthrough... Perhaps his body could also adapt to this power and absorb it smoothly?

After all, his meridians had also been altered, and in a more refined way than Zhao Ya's!

Thinking this, Zhang Xuan didn't hesitate for a moment. He closed his eyes and sat down as well.