Breakthrough in the Spiritual Martial Realm!
"Brother Zhang Lingxiao, are you saying that this ordinary wooden plaque allowed Li Zhan to display his Lingwu Realm cultivation inside the Ancient Tomb Space without being killed by the space's suppression rules?"
Zhang Yuyang's eyes lit up with surprise.
If this item truly had such an effect, then wouldn't he be able to recover his First Heaven Lingwu Realm cultivation as well?
Within this Ancient Tomb Space, aside from Zhang Lingxiao—the prodigy capable of killing enemies beyond his realm—who else could possibly be Zhang Yuyang's opponent?
Zhang Lingxiao nodded and handed the wooden plaque to Zhang Yuyang.
Zhang Yuyang thanked him repeatedly before circulating the Spiritual Qi in his body and injecting it into the wooden plaque.
Buzz!
The wooden plaque trembled slightly.
The "Plum" character engraved on its surface emitted a bright glow before slowly transforming into the character "Zhang."
Zhang Lingxiao narrowed his eyes.
It worked.
In the next moment, the aura around Zhang Yuyang surged violently, instantly breaking through the suppression of the Qi Wu Realm and restoring his Lingwu Realm cultivation.
Zhang Li shouted excitedly,
"It worked! Brother Yuyang has returned to the Lingwu Realm! Who else in this Ancient Tomb Space can stand against our Zhang Family now?!"
Zhang Yuyang himself was also filled with pleasant surprise.
Zhang Lingxiao secretly nodded.
He waited for a while, yet the Ancient Tomb Space showed no reaction. No rules descended to eliminate Zhang Yuyang.
It seemed the wooden plaque had indeed neutralized the space's suppression.
Zhang Lingxiao glanced at Li Zhan, whose Blood Qi had not yet been completely devoured, then turned to Zhang Yuyang and the others.
"Brother Yuyang, please act as my protector for a moment," Zhang Lingxiao said. "I feel my cultivation loosening—I'm on the verge of a breakthrough."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yuyang immediately nodded, though another wave of shock rose in his heart.
This Zhang Lingxiao was truly monstrous.
If he remembered correctly, Zhang Lingxiao was currently at Qi Wu Realm Perfection, and he was only eighteen years old.
An eighteen-year-old at Qi Wu Realm Perfection was already considered a genius.
But Zhang Lingxiao could not only defeat opponents stronger than himself—he was now attempting to break through into the Lingwu Realm at eighteen.
This was no longer merely genius.
This was the realm of a true prodigy.
Even the core disciples of the sect back then had rarely achieved such a feat.
Zhang Yuyang quickly organized Zhang Li and the other five to form a protective circle around Zhang Lingxiao.
However, Zhang Lingxiao did not want anyone witnessing his devouring of Blood Qi, so he silently communicated with Gu Yue Ningbing.
Gu Yue Ningbing immediately formed a spell seal.
A screen as black as ink appeared, enveloping Zhang Lingxiao and isolating him from the outside world.
Zhang Yuyang noticed the phenomenon and was secretly astonished, but he did not question it.
Inside the black barrier—
Zhang Lingxiao first took out the wooden plaque he had obtained from Zhang Yuntao and injected a strand of Spiritual Qi into it before preparing to break through.
He began circulating the Devouring Heaven Demon Art, frantically devouring Li Zhan's remaining Blood Qi power.
This time, he did not use the devoured energy to strengthen his physical body.
Instead, he followed the orthodox path—converting the Blood Qi into Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to fuel his breakthrough.
Because he had long since comprehended the liquefaction of Spiritual Qi, the breakthrough proceeded as smoothly as flowing water.
As the cultivation technique circulated, the Blood Qi transformed into pure Spiritual Qi, which then condensed into spiritual liquid within his dantian.
Boom!
A thunderous sound erupted inside Zhang Lingxiao's body.
At that moment—
He broke through.
The Spiritual Qi within his body transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state, successfully evolving into true spiritual power.
"It's done!"
Having successfully stepped into the Lingwu Realm, Zhang Lingxiao clenched his fists in excitement.
In this world, countless martial artists remained trapped in the Qi Wu Realm for their entire lives, unable to achieve the liquefaction of Spiritual Qi.
Yet for him, this seemingly insurmountable step had been effortless.
Was this what it meant to accumulate deeply before erupting in one decisive breakthrough?
With a grin, Zhang Lingxiao stepped out of the black barrier.
The barrier blocked vision both ways—those outside could not see in, and Zhang Lingxiao inside could not see out.
But the moment he emerged, his smile vanished.
Zhang Yuyang and the others were gone.
The surrounding ground was riddled with scars and craters, clear evidence that a fierce battle had just taken place.
"Who was it?" Zhang Lingxiao muttered with a frown.
"Li Zhan of the Li Family has already been killed by me. In this Ancient Tomb Space, the only people capable of threatening Zhang Yuyang are Ma Yinger of the Ma Family… or the martial artists from the City Lord's Mansion."
"The Zhang Family and the Ma Family are on good terms. Moreover, Ma Yinger is my fiancée—it shouldn't be her."
"Then it must be the martial artists of the City Lord's Mansion."
Zhang Lingxiao snorted coldly.
"I haven't even come looking for you yet, and you're already getting impatient."
"Fine. If you don't hand over the Sword Formation Art, then all of you will die."
A cruel smile appeared on his face as he followed the traces left by the battle.
His breakthrough to the Lingwu Realm had not taken long, so Zhang Yuyang and the others could not have gone far.
They had likely moved the battlefield away to draw the enemies away from him.
As expected—
Not long afterward, Zhang Lingxiao—using Phantom Step and moving as fast as lightning—found them.
However, what truly shocked him was this:
The force attacking Zhang Yuyang and the others…
was actually from the Ma Family.
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