Chapter 984

On the 10th floor of the Breakthrough Tower, amidst a lush forest.

The space rippled, and a tall young man and a slender woman stepped out from the void.

“With space beast bones, we can indeed avoid many troubles.”

Su Qingli stepped onto the ground and exhaled in relief.

Leo is a peak ninth-rank powerhouse; if he catches us, things will become far more troublesome.

“This is all thanks to the Sect of Destiny,” Xu Jingming smiled.

Space-type ferocious beasts are as rare as space-type adepts.

Human adepts find it nearly impossible to kill space-type ferocious beasts, let alone obtain the special body parts where their space energy condenses.

Without the Sect of Destiny, I would have had no way to acquire these two space beast bones.

“Eva, scan the surrounding environment.”

Xu Jingming, having sensed the surroundings with his spiritual force, murmured.

“We’re now on the 10th floor of the Breakthrough Tower. Gravity here is thirty times that of Blue Star. Atmospheric oxygen content...”

Eva swiftly reported, having gathered all the data.

Unlike the 9th floor, the 10th floor has no special elements.

Aside from gravity being thirty times that of Blue Star, the environment is nearly identical to Blue Star’s wilderness zones.

“Judging by the surroundings, this floor likely has ferocious beasts too, but right now, allocating resources is the priority.”

Xu Jingming waved his right hand, releasing Su Tianrui from his space ring.

Crackling—

A massive crimson lightning sphere, two hundred meters in diameter, materialized above them.

The naturally radiating crimson lightning swiftly reduced the surrounding forest to ash.

This was the destructive power of a peak ninth-rank Law Saint—even with damaged spiritual force, it was far beyond what ordinary people could endure.

“Looks like you’ve successfully secured the resources.”

The crimson lightning-formed Su Tianrui smiled.

“We encountered some trouble during the exchange, but it worked out.”

Xu Jingming grinned and pulled out the resources he had just retrieved from his space ring.

Lightning essence, Supreme Divine Blood (Dragon), Saint Origin Pills, Heaven Origin Pills, and Soul Nourishing Pills.

Five items total, with the Lightning Essence and Supreme Divine Blood appearing the most extraordinary.

“Senior Su, these Soul Nourishing Pills are for you. After consuming them, your spiritual force should recover significantly.”

“As for this Lightning Essence—since there’s only one...”

Xu Jingming didn’t finish his sentence.

In his own heart, he wanted to give this Lightning Essence directly to his teacher, Su Qingli.

But those tens of millions of Void Stones had come from Su Tianrui’s hands—he still needed to consult the man’s opinion.

“Xiao Li is my daughter. Give her the Lightning Essence. I only need the Soul Nourishing Pills,” Su Tianrui said without hesitation, smiling.

“Dad, if your ability evolves to SS rank, you might even advance further!” Su Qingli urgently said.

“Advance further?”

Su Tianrui’s eyes blazed with intense light, his tone brimming with absolute confidence:

I’ve already touched the edge of the Supreme Stronger! As long as I fully recover, I won’t even need my ability to evolve—I will break through to Supreme Stronger within two years!

Hearing this, Xu Jingming was secretly stunned.

Supreme Stronger!

The absolute peak of all adepts!

Across all three human civilizations, there had been fewer than thirty Supreme Strongers in total.

Yet now, Su Tianrui had the confidence to break through!

‘No wonder he was the prodigy of his time—after surviving death, he can still advance further,’ Xu Jingming silently praised.

Of course, for him, as long as he had enough ability points, breaking through to Supreme Stronger was merely a matter of adding one point.

“Besides, without Xiao Li coming to find you...”

“I never would’ve escaped the Void Chaos Layer. Even with more Void Stones, they’d be useless.”

“This lightning ability is your destiny.”

Su Tianrui smiled.

“Alright then, I’ll take this Lightning Essence for now. I’ll give it to you once we get the second one.”

Su Qingli knew her father’s nature well and nodded without further hesitation.

“That’s the spirit.”

Su Tianrui laughed heartily, then turned to Xu Jingming:

“Xiao Li fell into a hallucination, then the Void Stones were exposed.

We were pressed for time the whole way—I never got a chance to thank you. Now I finally have the moment.”

“Thank you for your help. Otherwise, I’d still be trapped.”

“If you ever need anything from me, just say the word—I won’t refuse.”

As he spoke, Su Tianrui’s expression carried an unprecedented seriousness—even reverence.

In truth, it was justified.

Without Xu Jingming, he would have perished in the Void Chaos Layer.

A life-saving debt doesn’t care about rank or generational hierarchy.

Xu Jingming was slightly startled by Su Tianrui’s sincerity and quickly replied:

“Senior Su, you’re too kind. This was merely my duty.”

“With the danger of the Void Chaos Layer, this isn’t just a matter of ‘duty’,” Su Tianrui shook his head, smiling. “If you don’t mind, let’s address each other as brothers. Call me Big Brother from now on.”

Su Tianrui shook his head and smiled, “If you don’t mind, Xu Brother, we can address each other as brothers—you can call me Big Brother from now on.”

Holy crap!

This guy was trying to turn his father-in-law into a brother!

Su Qingli was stunned too, her cheeks flushing slightly as she hurriedly said:

“Dad! Jingming is my student.

I’m your disciple, so by generational order, he’s your grand-disciple. How can we become sworn brothers?”

If this became true, the entire generational structure would collapse!

“No, no, Senior Su, let’s just interact normally,” Xu Jingming quickly urged.

He had figured it out.

Senior Su Tianrui was a bold, unconventional man.

Then again, if he weren’t, Hu Jinyu would never have been able to sideline him and seize control of Thunder Martial Hall.

“That does make sense,” Su Tianrui said, seemingly unaffected, laughing. “Then, Jingming, if you ever need anything, just give the order. I’ll test the effect of this Soul Nourishing Pill first!”

Su Tianrui tossed the Soul Nourishing Pill straight into his mouth.

Su Tianrui seemed completely unaffected; he laughed heartily and immediately swallowed the Yangshen Pill.

Crimson lightning surged, vaporizing the porcelain bottle holding the pill.

The pill dissolved within, its essence soaking into the crimson lightning.

The pill inside also melted, soaking into this crimson thunder.

Su Tianrui’s previously depleted spiritual force surged visibly upward!

Su Tianrui’s previously depleted spiritual force rose at a visibly rapid pace!

Su Tianrui’s eyes lit up. “I’m falling into a deep sleep—quickly put me back in your space ring!”

“Congratulations, Senior Su. May you awaken once more at your peak.”

Xu Jingming wasn’t surprised—he immediately sealed Su Tianrui’s massive lightning form back into his space ring.

Healing spiritual force injuries was extremely difficult, especially for a peak ninth-rank Law Saint like Su Tianrui, whose spiritual force was already formidable.

Even with an SSR-grade pill like the Soul Nourishing Pill, full recovery would likely take one to two months.

“Teacher Su, it’s just you and me now. Who goes first?”

Xu Jingming smiled at Su Qingli.

“You go first. I’ll guard for you,” Su Qingli softly said, brushing a strand of hair behind her ear.

“You go first—I’ll guard you,” Su Qingli said softly, gently tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.

Xu Jingming nodded, lifting the glass vial containing the Supreme Divine Blood before his eyes.

The blood inside was less than thirty milliliters.

Yet he felt an astonishing pull emanating from it!

This pull was far stronger than the one he had felt when absorbing Dragon Divine Blood before!

“Eva, has anyone in your database ever gained two abilities?”

Xu Jingming stared at the vial, his eyes gleaming faintly.

“No, never,” replied the holographic little girl Eva, shaking her head. “But for high-rank adepts, the distinctions between ability types have already become blurred.”

"That's not the case."

The holographic projection of the little girl Eva shook her head, then explained: "But for high-tier psychics, the distinctions between psychic types have become unclear."

The Saint of Law’s spiritual force is so powerful that he can essentially be regarded as an adept with a corresponding spiritual ability.

Take you, an S-rank, for example—your physical body is already no weaker than that of a typical enhancement-type S-rank adept.

There are also cases like Catherine’s SS-rank ability, “Holy Angel.”

Even though it is one ability, it simultaneously possesses both enhancement and elemental traits.”

“Alright, let’s see what changes occur after I absorb this divine blood—will I gain a second ability?”

Pulling out the cork, Xu Jingming drank the divine blood in one gulp!