Free Web NovelChapter 231: Chapter 157: Protective Sword Seal, Flying Star Achieved
"Completion of the Ninth Layer... Could it be Junior Brother Li Wen breaking through?" the burly disciple suddenly exclaimed.
"It must be," the mature-looking disciple said, nodding as he gazed at the phenomenon in the distance.
"This... this phenomenon is even more vast and terrifying than when he broke through to the Nine Heavens!"
Cries of shock and discussion spread like a tidal wave.
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Xingyan Peak, Stargazing Platform.
Several Marquis Level experts who were observing the celestial phenomena looked up at the same time, their expressions grave.
"The Nine Heavens thunder, a myriad of worldly phenomena... A vision like this is rarely recorded even in ancient texts. Just how profound a foundation has that Li Wen built?"
Someone murmured in a low voice, their tone filled with unconcealable shock.
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Nine Heavens Peak, Martial Arts Field.
Du Yun and Fang Chenghong, who were in the middle of a sparring session, were both startled by the immense pressure. They couldn’t help but stop and look toward the direction where the lightning was gathering.
Chu Feng, Wang Shuo, and the others from Jiangnan gathered together, their faces full of envy and excitement. "Brother Wen is incredible!"
"It really is him!"
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In front of the Thunder Attraction Tower on Nine Heavens Peak.
Sun Rui looked up at the worldly phenomenon, which seemed to be paying homage to Mingde Peak. A fiery battle intent, so intense it was almost tangible, burned in his eyes.
He pressed his lips together tightly. There was no dejection, only a purer, more intense drive to advance.
’Flying Star Level... perfection of the Ninefold Divine Body... Now *that* is the goal I, Sun Rui, should be chasing!’
Zhao Qiming and the others, however, wore expressions of pure reverence, feeling that the gap between them and that individual was as wide as a heavenly chasm.
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Within the main halls of the various Peak Masters.
The Primordial Spirits of the Heaven-Sundering Peak Master, the Xingyan Peak Master, and other King-level experts instantly swept across the void, capturing the flawless, perfect Dao rhyme and vast life force contained within the phenomenon.
Even powerhouses like them felt a profound shock.
"The number nine times nine still leaves a remainder... This child’s foundation is such that even the legends of old were nothing more than this," the Xingyan Peak Master said in a deep voice, with a hint of imperceptible admiration.
"That old coot Fang Qinghan... he really picked up a true dragon this time," the Heaven-Sundering Peak Master sighed.
More Marquis Level experts were inwardly shaken, silently feeling the pressure and hope emanating from the younger generation.
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Enlightenment Peak’s rear mountain, the headmaster’s residence.
The white-haired headmaster stood before a window with his hands behind his back, quietly observing the change in the sky.
The strange fusion of chaotic purple lightning and boundless life force, and the true sense of perfection it contained, finally brought a trace of relief and satisfaction to his perpetually calm eyes.
It was like watching a young seedling, one that held infinite possibilities, undergoing a qualitative transformation in its level of existence.
Behind this satisfaction lay a mountain-heavy sense of responsibility and the will to protect.
His fingertips twitched, as if reconfirming an invisible mark left on the back of the young man’s neck. His whisper scattered in the wind:
"A flame like this... must not be lost... The Flying Star has risen, and with it, greater storms..."
The worldly phenomenon lasted for nearly half an incense stick’s time before the boundless vortex of energy slowly subsided and dissipated.
When the last wisp of purple lightning returned to the void and the last patch of spiritual mist merged back into the world, a brand new, vast, and profound aura, accompanied by a surging life force that made space itself tremble slightly, erupted from the direction of Villa One on Mingde Peak like a newborn sun, clearly and powerfully announcing its arrival—
Flying Star Level! Achieved!
At that moment, everyone at Kindling University, from teachers to students, regardless of their realm, understood.
A true, legendary new star had just broken through the clouds and soared into the sky!
A new era seemed to be quietly dawning.
Inside the quiet room, Li Wen slowly opened his eyes.
Within his deep eyes, the lightning was restrained, as if they contained a profound, starry sky.
He felt the new core deep within his body, slowly rotating like a miniature cosmic vortex, providing him with endless power.
With a mere thought, his body lifted three feet off the ground, hovering in the air.
It wasn’t a jump, nor was he just momentarily airborne. This was true, effortless levitation, controlled by his will!
He looked out the window at the sky, which was gradually returning to normal. He felt no ecstasy, only the calm of a natural culmination and the satisfaction of finally achieving his goal.
A twenty-year-old who had perfected the Ninth Layer and reached the Flying Star Level. This would be another significant entry in the annals of human civilization.
The high sun cast down its scorching rays.
In the open space in front of Villa 1 on Mingde Peak, Li Wen hovered several feet above the ground, the purple lightning coiling around his body yet to completely subside.
The surging sense of power from breaking through to the Flying Star Level rushed through his body. He needed to get a clear grasp of this new ability.
With a mere thought, the lightning around him flashed, letting out a low HUM.
He left only a blurry afterimage in his place, and in the next instant, he had already appeared a hundred meters away.
The air, disturbed by his high-speed trajectory, formed faint shockwaves.
’This speed...’ Li Wen himself couldn’t help but feel a stir in his heart. It far surpassed the speeds recorded in the texts for an ordinary cultivator who had perfected the Ninth Layer and just advanced to the Flying Star Level.
’It’s probably even a notch faster than some gods and demons of the Bright Moon Realm.’
He quickly came to a realization. ’The "Ninth Layer completion" recorded in the books probably refers to a state that stops at 99%. I cultivated that final 1% to true perfection, and the resulting reinforcement of my foundation is especially prominent in the advantage of speed.’
One of the core aspects of the Nine Heavens Divine Body was, after all, lightning-fast speed.
Elated, Li Wen transformed into a bolt of human-shaped lightning, rapidly weaving around the towering Mingde Peak.
The sound of him breaking the sound barrier was continuous, as a streak of purple light crisscrossed between the mountain peaks.
At first, there was still a slight stiffness when he changed direction, but as his minute control over the counterforce from his externalized True Essence and his perception of air resistance became more refined, his flight path grew increasingly smooth and fluid, as effortless as moving his own limbs.
After fully savoring the freedom and exhilaration of flying through the air, Li Wen landed on the ground.
His feet touched solid ground, and in an instant, he pushed off with explosive force!
