Chapter 80: Successive Breakthroughs! Changes in the System Panel!

Chen Xuan felt a headache coming on as he recalled everything that had just happened.

Fortunately, the moment he saw the reliable Su Ying, he could not help but let out a sigh of relief.

As she approached and greeted him, he nodded and offered his congratulations.

"It seems that you’ve already refined the Core Forging Elixir and broken through to the Core Formation realm. Congratulations," he said with a faint smile.

Today was a fruitful day.

Not only had he advanced, but his disciples, and even Su Ying, had also achieved a breakthrough.

In a certain sense, the overall strength of Yin Yang Peak had risen dramatically in the span of a couple of hours.

Still, the moment Chen Xuan recalled the earlier chaos caused by his two disciples, his expression darkened slightly.

Turning toward Su Ying, he spoke seriously.

"I need to enter seclusion for some time. While I’m away, keep an eye on those two girls and make sure they don’t cause any trouble."

Su Ying originally wanted to ask a few questions. However, noticing Chen Xuan’s bad mood and remembering his earlier abrupt departure, she ultimately swallowed her words.

Although she still had many doubts, she understood this was not the right moment to ask.

In the end, she simply nodded obediently.

Seeing this, Chen Xuan felt even more relieved.

As expected, among all the women around him, Su Ying remained the most trustworthy.

Both of his two disciples were troublesome, while people like Tang Yuechen were simply thirsting over his body!

The moment he closed the door behind him and remembered the way Tang Yuechen had insisted on accompanying him earlier, Chen Xuan could not help but curse inwardly.

’Could Honglan’s appearance have been part of Tang Yuechen’s scheme all along? Otherwise, how could have everything been so coincidental?!’

’I spent nearly a century guarding myself against that woman! Yet in just a few hours, all my efforts proved for naught.’

Thinking about how his relationship with Tang Yuechen had already crossed that line and could never turn back, Chen Xuan

had the urge to flee.

Fortunately, he quickly forced himself to calm down.

He chose to focus on the positive side of things instead.

’My dual cultivation session with Tang Yuechen was unexpectedly effective. Although she doesn’t possess a Holy Body like Huo Ling’er, her cultivation is much higher.’

’Her Primordial Yin is as powerful, if not even stronger.’

As that thought crossed his mind, Chen Xuan shifted his attention toward his Dantian.

At the center of the illusory space sat his Nascent Soul.

Following his breakthrough to the Middle Stage, the once tiny figure had grown significantly—both figuratively and not.

It no longer resembled an infant. Instead, it now looked like a younger version of himself, around fifteen or sixteen years old.

Its power had strengthened accordingly.

Compared to when he was only at the Early Stage, his control over the surrounding Spiritual Energy had nearly doubled.

In practice, his combat prowess had grown even stronger.

’I’ll break through to the Late Stage of Nascent Soul once it has grown into an adult.’

’Once the Nascent Soul fully matures into an adult and becomes identical to my true appearance, I’ll have reached the peak of the Nascent Soul realm.’ Chen Xuan deduced based on his memories.

This sounded relatively simple.

Unfortunately, Chen Xuan knew that it was anything but.

Breaking through from the Middle Stage of Nascent Soul to the Late Stage was an enormous threshold.

’Even the strongest Peak Masters are stuck at the Middle Stage. Among them, only Lan Lanyue managed to step into the Late Stage,’ he recalled.

Glancing toward the remaining white energy drifting near the edge of his Dantian—Tang Yuechen’s Primordial Yin—Chen Xuan sighed softly.

More than ninety percent of it had already been consumed during his previous breakthrough.

Moreover, even if all of it had remained intact, it would not be enough to sustain another advancement.

To break through again, he would require at least ten times that amount of energy.

’This is not a bottleneck, but the difference isn’t that big. At this point, I can only hope the System rewards me with another miraculous elixir like the Golden Elixir.’

The Golden Elixir had once allowed him to jump directly from the Middle Stage of Core Formation to the Late Stage, without suffering any side effects.

Now, Chen Xuan could only hope the System possessed something similar for the Nascent Soul realm.

Thinking of the System, Chen Xuan’s worries soon vanished.

He recalled the notifications from earlier.

’Although those two girls are troublesome, at least they know how to work hard for their Master. Taking Chi Yao in as a disciple was definitely the right decision. She must have played a major role in pushing Huo Ling’er to break through so quickly.’

Pressure was truly the best motivation.

For a moment, Chen Xuan felt tempted to recruit several more disciples.

He could already picture dozens of disciples cultivating tirelessly to provide him with System rewards.

Thankfully, he quickly regained his senses.

Shaking his head, he summoned the System Panel.

...

[Name: Chen Xuan]

[Age: 98]

[Physique: Spirit Body (Medium-Grade)]

[Cultivation: Nascent Soul (Middle)]

[Technique: Yin Yang Technique (11th level), Dragon-Phoenix Body (2nd Level), Heaven-Swallowing Scripture (Uninitiated)]

[Disciples: Huo Ling’er, Chi Yao]

[You have two sets of rewards available for collection. Would you like to claim them?]

...

Much had changed since the last time Chen Xuan checked the System Panel.

The more notable change was the addition of two new techniques.

’The Dragon-Phoenix Body already granted me defenses comparable to a Spirit Weapon at the first level.’

’Now that I’ve reached the second level, my physical body should be equivalent to a Medium-Grade Spirit Weapon.’ Chen Xuan judged.

Though the requirements for practicing this technique were quite demanding, Chen Xuan was fortunate.

He had already obtained the Blood Essence of the two mythical creatures.

Coupled with his earlier discovery, that dual cultivation could help him refine the blood quicker, he was bound to make rapid progress in the future.

’Still, there’s no need to absorb all of it immediately. If I use it as fuel for the Heaven-Swallowing Scripture...’

Chen Xuan’s eyes narrowed.

This idea had occurred to him the very moment he obtained the Blood Essence.

Unfortunately, the situation inside the Secret Realm had not allowed him to conduct any experiments. Now that he had returned to safety, he could test his theory.

But before that, there was something else he needed to do.

Glancing at the bottom prompt, which was asking him whether he wished to claim the rewards, Chen Xuan briefly paused.

The next instant, he selected "Yes".