“Whoosh!”

Ye Xingchen walked out from within the Spacetime Secret Realm, the aura emanating from his body stronger than before.

That’s right.

He had already broken through to Three Revolutions.

It took four months.

From a normal cultivation perspective, not only was this not slow, it was incredibly fast.

However, consuming tens of millions of true stones just to advance one level—this price wasn’t something ordinary martial artists could afford.

If relying on resource piling, there wouldn’t be any problem. After all, Jun Changxiao still had plenty, and giving it all to Ye Xingchen presented no issue whatsoever.

But.

As realm grew higher and higher, one couldn’t just break through by absorbing resources—one also needed to quietly comprehend.

For example, Ye Xingchen had already reached the peak level of the Qi Revolution Stage. One more step forward would be the Spirit Revolution Stage. This stage couldn’t be advanced through resources—it had to rely on one’s own comprehension.

Simply put.

The nine revolutions had three stages where one could use resources to advance, but at each critical point, one could only rely on real ability.

The most typical example was Elder Taixuan.

His realm was the same as Ye Xingchen’s, also at the Three Revolutions level, but advancing to Four Revolutions remained endlessly distant.

Why?

Because this was a hurdle that must be seriously comprehended.

Elder Taixuan’s heart wasn’t in the martial dao—it was entirely in mystical arts and divination. In the past, he could break through to Three Revolutions while researching and cultivating at the same time, but going higher required absolute focus. Breaking through in a muddle-headed way… then just continue biding time.

Three, six, nine.

Core Formation Realm bottlenecks.

Of course, these bottlenecks didn’t apply to Jun Changxiao.

Because he only needed to complete epic missions to smoothly break through to higher levels, without needing to quiet his heart and comprehend at all.

“Hopefully it won’t take too long.”

Ye Xingchen prayed in his heart, but after cultivating for another half month, he collapsed to discover he hadn’t made even the slightest gain.

When there’s a problem, find the Sect Master.

“Uh…” Jun Changxiao scratched his head and said, “Go ask the Black and White Protectors.”

This guy advanced by completing missions and cheating, so he had absolutely no understanding or experience of the cultivation process, unable to impart corresponding martial dao experience.

Ye Xingchen found the Black and White Rakshasa.

“The transition from Qi Revolution Stage to Spirit Revolution Stage aims at glimpsing the profound spirit power hidden within heaven and earth attributes. Only by transforming the energy core within the body can one achieve sublimation.” Black Rakshasa explained to him.

“How long did it take you two?” Ye Xingchen asked.

“Five hundred years.”

“Four hundred plus years.”

“Bullshit!”

White Rakshasa roared, “You were only one year faster than me!”

“Four hundred ninety-nine years is still four hundred plus years. Did I say anything wrong?” Black Rakshasa said calmly.

“…”

The two brothers started arguing again.

Ye Xingchen left with a collapsed expression.

The two Protectors were also considered talented martial artists in the Upper Realm, yet transitioning from Three Revolutions to Four Revolutions took them several hundred years. How could he do it in just six or seven years?

“Aniu.”

Jun Changxiao encouraged him, “As long as your thinking doesn’t slip, solutions are always more plentiful than difficulties.”

Ye Xingchen took a deep breath and said, “Sect Master, whether I can break through quickly depends on you. Hurry up and give me some miraculous elixir!”

“…”

“Don’t rush.”

Jun Changxiao said, “It should come very soon.”

The epic mission four settlement date was only a few days away. He pinned his hopes on the rewards—not extravagantly hoping for a formula that directly broke through to Truth-Seeking Realm, but even a Spirit Revolution Stage formula would work!

“What if it doesn’t give one?” the system said.

Jun Changxiao said, “Then I’ll just have to refresh the shop!”

Over these five months, disciples had continuously completed missions, and the three values had all increased in a balanced way. Quite a bit had accumulated now. If there was really no other way, he’d go crazy with spending—for instance, getting annual VIP membership!

…

A few days later.

“Ding! Epic mission settling.”

“Ding! Congratulations Host for successfully obtaining the large-scale true stone vein that emerged from Jade Cauldron Mountain Range, meeting the defining conditions. Epic mission complete. Completion rate 100%. Host receives 1,000,000 contribution value.”

“Ding! Sect contribution value: 3,440,000.”

“Ding! Congratulations Host for completing Upper Realm version Epic Mission Four. Received Opening Seal Talisman (Four) ×1, Speak and It Shall Be ×1.”

“That’s it?”

Hearing the rewards, Jun Changxiao’s expression collapsed.

Could it be because the completion rate was only 100% that it only gave one fourth-generation Opening Seal Talisman and…

“Speak and It Shall Be?”

Jun Changxiao said joyfully, “This is good stuff!”

Back when completing missions before, he also received one. Its function was to unconditionally raise someone by one major realm. Now that he’d completed the Upper Realm epic mission and received another, perhaps it could help Ye Xingchen instantly break through to Truth-Seeking Realm!

“Haha!”

Jun Changxiao covered his face and laughed, “This is better than a pill formula!”

With a pill formula, you still needed to find medicinal ingredients. Speak and It Shall Be could be directly used—just take it out, call the name, and advance. It couldn’t be more convenient.

The system was speechless, “Aren’t I supposed to be a jinx?”

It had clearly blessed the host with getting what he wished for, yet the result… he really got what he wished for, even better than imagined!

Sigh!

I’ve got it harder than He Wudi.

“Ding! Host successfully broke through to Seven Revolutions Core Formation Stage!”

“Whoosh, whoosh!”

Just as Jun Changxiao was overjoyed, his entire person suddenly froze like a wooden chicken standing in place, his thoughts and soul seemingly merging into some kind of illusory realm.

Seven Revolutions belonged to the Soul Revolution Stage.

So, having advanced through missions again, he instantly entered a brand new martial dao world, then crazily absorbed the mysteries existing within.

“Buzz!”

A moment later, Jun Changxiao returned to reality, clutching his head in a pained state.

Because he’d cheated his way up without experiencing or comprehending the Soul Revolution Stage process, now suddenly thrust into it, he naturally had to experience the growing pains of the soul aspect.

In short.

Forcibly pouring various knowledge and energy into his sea of consciousness and body.

“Whoosh!”

The painful sensation lasted for half a shichen. When he gradually adapted to the higher realm, Jun Changxiao leaned back in his chair completely exhausted, then collapsed, “Only raised one level!”

“Normal.”

The system said calmly.

If he jumped ranks every time, would the Upper Realm have any path to survival?

…

Epic Mission Four’s completion rate was only 100%, so whether contribution value, rewards, or realm advancement were all very limited, leaving Jun Changxiao very unsatisfied.

“Forget it, forget it.”

“Better let Aniu break through to Truth-Seeking Realm first.”

He hurriedly contacted Ye Xingchen, telling him to come to the great hall quickly.

Speak and It Shall Be was very powerful. Jun Changxiao’s first thought was to have a disciple advance, showing he was a very qualified sect master, one of great selflessness… couldn’t keep up the act anymore. The reason was that the item couldn’t be used on oneself.

“Sect Master.”

Ye Xingchen came to the great hall and said, “What’s the matter?”

Jun Changxiao interlaced his ten fingers and smiled, “If I gave you a choice, what level would you hope to reach?”

“The strongest in the Upper Realm.”

“…”

Jun Changxiao nearly fell off his chair.

This wish was a bit big. With the Speak and It Shall Be mechanism, it definitely couldn’t achieve that.

“Lower it.”

“Peak Truth-Seeking Realm.”

“Lower it more.”

“Then break through Core Formation Realm and step into Truth-Seeking Realm.”

“Snap!”

Jun Changxiao snapped his fingers and said, “As you wish.”

“As I wish?”

Just as Ye Xingchen looked confused, he saw the Sect Master take out a large conch and shout, “Raise Ye Xingchen.”

“Reason.”

“This seat’s disciple.”

“Meets requirements.”

Speak and It Shall Be immediately disintegrated, transforming into powder that stuck to Ye Xingchen’s body, causing his realm to instantly advance. They heard him exclaim in shock, “I broke through to Four Revolutions!”

“Naturally.”

A smile floated across Jun Changxiao’s face.

But the next second his expression froze as he stared wide-eyed, “It’s not Truth-Seeking Realm?”