Chapter 276: Breaking the Wall

Below the great hall.

On the long bench.

Jiang Jian opened his eyes, slightly adjusted his Qi, and ceased cultivation.

Chang’an Shangjun had gone to Yuxing Palace to serve as one of its palace masters and was currently not on the surface.

The current Tianjing central authority.

Even down to Chang’an Prefecture, Earth’s surface.

Yujing Shangjun were the primary responsible parties.

Although normally, affairs across the seventy prefectures of the surface were handled by the vast Tianjing bureaucratic apparatus.

But now, during wartime.

Yujing Shangjun personally oversaw matters, temporarily setting aside cultivation, and nearly all important affairs received their direct attention.

“By order of the Tianjing Central Authority.”

Lu Qingqing ascended the steps, gazed up at the towering palace gates, and raised her wrist, “Jiangjian of Linjiang Prefecture, here to pay homage to the True Lord.”

She activated her identity device and made a light slash before her.

Boom!

The heavy gates of Shouxin Palace slowly opened!

Lu Qingqing turned her head: “Jiang Jian, it’s time to enter.”

Jiang Jian snapped out of his thoughts and climbed the palace steps.

He tidied his white snow-colored robe and walked toward Shouxin Palace.

“He has always cultivated deep within the Sea of Suffering.”

“Over these years, he has never emerged from seclusion.”

Beside him, the girl spoke softly, “Whether handling affairs or receiving beings, it is all a spiritual essence avatar empowered by his will.”

Jiang Jian halted his step, glancing at Lu Qingqing.

According to her words.

Yujing Shangjun had never stepped out at all.

The True Lord who governed Tianjing Central Authority was merely his spiritual essence avatar!

As he pondered.

Jiang Jian entered Shouxin Palace, as if passing through a curtain of water.

The scene before his eyes shifted violently!

A few seconds later.

Jiang Jian opened his eyes and looked around—he seemed to have arrived in another world.

He stood in a quiet mountain ravine.

Birds sang, flowers bloomed, and a stream murmured gently.

Not far ahead lay a mountain path, hidden among trees, leading deep into the ravine.

Jiang Jian stood still, observing for a moment.

A short while later.

He lifted his foot and walked forward along the mountain trail.

Not long after.

He walked dozens of meters, passing through the waterfall and rocky streambed.

The view suddenly opened up!

At the end of the ravine lay a clear, still lake.

The water was mirror-blue, reflecting the blue sky—exquisitely beautiful.

Occasionally,

A few egrets chased each other, flapping their wings as they flew across.

Ripples spread across the emerald waters.

Jiang Jian followed the mountain path and stopped at the lakeside, raising his gaze—his eyes narrowed slightly.

Dozens of meters away,

At the edge of the pavilion by the water,

A young man in black robes sat with a fishing rod, leaning back on a reclining chair, fishing alone.

Seeing this man,

Jiang Jian’s alertness surged to its peak!

The man in black robes sat there, as if fused with the surrounding environment, emitting not a single trace of aura.

Had he not been visible to the naked eye,

Jiang Jian, relying solely on Qi perception, would have sensed nothing of his presence!

His identity was already obvious.

He was none other than Yujing Shangjun’s spiritual essence avatar, empowered by will.

“Jiang Jian of Linjiang Prefecture, pays homage to Shangjun.”

Jiang Jian stepped forward, his expression solemn, and bowed to the man in black robes.

The Spirit Platform realm signifies a fundamental elevation in the life’s tier.

As long as he exists, he nourishes the planetary ring.

For any living being on the same planet,

Every Spirit Platform True Lord deserves reverence.

“Seventh-tier talent: Karma Fire.”

The man in black robes turned his head, fishing rod in hand, watching Jiang Jian with interest, “No wonder you’re so arrogant, trying to seize Yinshan with just Spring Flow cultivation.”

Hearing this,

Jiang Jian was startled.

Karma Fire was his outward talent,

But its true rank was deeply hidden, nearly impossible for others to detect.

Yet Yujing Shangjun’s spiritual essence avatar not only named it outright, but showed no concern at all.

“Don’t be surprised. The knowledge you learned from textbooks is far too limited.”

The man in black robes stood up, flicking his finger lightly, “Seventh-tier talents are rare, but across the Earth-Moon Four Realms, there are still a few.”

As he spoke, the wooden box in Jiang Jian’s sleeve appeared in his hand.

Taking the box,

He looked relaxed, opened it casually, hung the World Origin on the hook, and cast it straight into the water!

Seeing this,

Jiang Jian’s pupils contracted, a flicker of surprise in his heart.

Yet he remained silent, saying nothing, merely standing aside and watching quietly.

The moment the fishing line touched the water, violent tremors erupted!

The previously calm lake surface rippled, bubbles gurgling up in clusters.

Splash!

A strangely shaped little whale, its form shifting between solid and ethereal, leapt from the water, its mouth clutching the World Origin!

“Go.”

The man in black robes waved his hand.

The little whale thrashed wildly, gradually turning transparent, until its body vanished entirely—leaving only the empty hook.

At the same time,

In the second-layer realm of Chang’an Prefecture, the World Gate.

Crack!

A tear in the void suddenly appeared before the massive gate!

The tear stretched a kilometer high, ripping open the sky, spewing out freezing, icy air!

Countless beings around, hearing the commotion, turned in shock and stared toward this spot!

The next second,

A colossal whale as vast as a mountain, radiating boundless energy, shot out of the rift and hurtled straight toward the massive gate!

Its size was so immense, its shadow blotted out the heavens.

Looking up, even the sky darkened—daylight turned instantly into night!

Boom!!!

A deafening roar shook the earth and sky!

The whale, guided by the World Origin, pinpointed the spatial coordinates of the second-layer realm and smashed the Academy World Gate into countless fragments!

The terrifying shockwave twisted into rippling waves,

One after another, sweeping outward in all directions!

The entire Chang’an Prefecture, even neighboring prefectures, heard the thunderous roar!

After the massive gate exploded.

Brilliant white light erupted, illuminating the heavens.

After a long while.

The white light finally dissipated.

Countless eyes turned toward the giant gate behind it!

A hundred-zhang-wide curtain of light appeared clearly.

It was the World Gate of the Second Realm, passable at will!

“It succeeded!”

A Tianjing official came to his senses, staring fixedly at the gate, face alight with ecstatic joy!

More people noticed the World Gate had opened, all filled with excitement, activating their identity devices to record.

The news that all Nine Realms would soon be fully unsealed.

Within an extremely short time, it spread across the Surface Realm at an terrifying speed!

The giant gate of the Second Realm was essentially similar to a spatial teleportation array.

After the World Gate had been compressed and forcibly closed.

If one lacked a spatial coordinate and tried to smash it from outside, one would not enter the Academy World, but instead fall into the extraterrestrial void!

Only by holding the precise spatial coordinate, locating its corresponding position, and then shattering the giant gate could one pass through the light gate and reach the true Second Realm!

(End of Chapter)