Chapter 10: Dumbfounded

Madam Su: "……"

Feeling the aura fluctuations on Su Chen's body, she became so excited that tears streamed down.

Second sister Su Lingxue's beautiful eyes faintly veiled with a mist of tears.

"Chen'er, you must not disappoint Mother; even if we cannot raise our cultivation in a short time, we must absolutely avoid taking forbidden medicines that drain our potential!"

"Brother, we won't do such forcing growth; come quickly, Second Sister will help you draw out the medicinal power within your body."

Su Chen knew his family would surely not believe he could break through to the Martial Venerable Realm, after all he had wasted three years without saying, and his previous incarnation's talent was merely average; his prior cultivation was all built up by piling resources and medicinal pills.

"Hahaha, you don't believe me? Fine! Watch closely!"

"Click!"

"Screech—"

The originally cloudless sky for thousands of miles instantly filled with rolling tribulation clouds.

From all directions, countless heavenly and earthly spiritual energy surged toward Su Chen, forming a massive vortex.

The next second, tribulation lightning descended.

Su Chen bathed in the lightning light, as if some kind of shackle inside his body had been opened.

Then continued.

Another bolt of tribulation lightning carrying a destructive aura.

With a raise of his hand, Su Chen tore open space.

A faint glow like armor adhered to his body surface.

Boom!

After the nine tribulation lightning bolts passed, the tribulation clouds above the sky began to disperse.

The upper half of Su Chen's body, blasted apart, revealed his well-built muscles and perfect lines.

Not far away, Su Lingxue, already frightened pale by the tribulation lightning, sat slumped on the ground, her expression dazed and bewildered, her eyes fixed tightly on the aura fluctuations on Su Chen's body.

A Martial Venerable Realm expert!

Right before her eyes!

Before the eyes of Madam Su and the Su Sect Master!

At this moment, Su Chen could tear space with a raise of his hand and roam freely; the surrounding islands, affected by the tribulation lightning, were almost **.

Flowers, grass, trees, and wood were all destroyed by the tribulation lightning, leaving only a scene of devastation; even the air retained a faint trace of lightning aura.

"Thump-thump-thump—"

Madam Su's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, her red lips trembling uncontrollably; she glanced at the surrounding torn space and the islands leveled to flat ground, then at her spirited son.

Her eye sockets reddened, her red lips moved, and for a moment she didn't know where to begin: "Chen'er…… this, this, this!!!"

"Mother, am I dreaming!!"

"You broke through… to the Martial Venerable Realm, survived the ninety-nine tribulation lightning, and can tear space with a single hand—doesn't that mean you've mastered spatial power? Does our Heavenly Profound Dao Sect have a Martial Venerable Realm expert holding the fort?"

Suddenly, Madam Su recalled Su Chen's words, "I'll solve these few problems."

Believe in the son!

Trust!

She believed!

"Mother, do you see? My son is now also a Martial Venerable Realm expert; the Flaming Yang Sect, Cold Moon Sect, and the Central State powers are nothing to fear! Moreover, I can set up formations; even if a Martial Saint or Martial Emperor came, they wouldn't dare set foot half a step into my Heavenly Profound Dao Sect!" Su Chen stood aloft in the air; before him was the space rift he had just torn open with a casual raise of his hand; behind him were the three members of the Su family.

This sight made the three's blood boil!

The Su Sect Master felt both gratified and shaken, his emotions hard to calm.

Second sister Su Lingxue, suddenly enlightened, gazed excitedly at Su Chen; at this moment she finally believed her younger brother had become sensible!

Madam Su's rosy eye sockets nodded somewhat moved: "Good."

"If we could set up a formation that even a Martial Saint or Martial Emperor could not break, we would be safe; but there is still a thorny problem: our Heavenly Profound Dao Sect's alchemists and spiritual stone resources are somewhat insufficient..."

Su Chen still said the same thing: "Mother, as long as you trust me, I'll handle these problems; forget medicinal pills and spiritual stones, even holy weapons and imperial weapons—I can produce them given enough time!"

"And now is the time to set up the formation!"

Having said that.

Su Chen, having fully comprehended the Coiled Dragon Ascending Heaven Formation exchanged from the Myriad Realms Market, also brought out hundreds of thousands of spiritual stones from the treasury of the Heavenly Profound Dao Sect.

Under the focused gaze of the three pairs of eyes, he began to set up the formation in an orderly manner.

Possessing Martial Venerable Realm cultivation, he also grasped the essence of a heavenly-level formation, thus his formation setup speed was extremely fast.

After a while.

The Heavenly Profound Dao Sect's sect-protecting grand formation was renewed.

Invisibly, there was a Daoist rhythm that made one become intoxicated.

Next, Su Chen personally took action, driving his holy blood to the extreme, condensing innate true essence into substance, and struck down with a blade.

That power, capable of almost instantly annihilating a city, possessed an indescribable penetrating force.

Yet when it landed upon the heavenly-level formation, the Coiled Dragon Ascending Heaven Formation, it was like a mud ox entering the sea—causing no damage at all.

"Hiss—"

"Hiss—"

The Su Sect Master and the second sister sucked in a breath of cold air.

"Good! Good! Good!" Madam Su looked at the formation with not the slightest damage, her eyes red, and said "good" three times in succession.

Although she did not know what kind of grand formation this astonishing defensive formation was, nor why her son had become a formation master, what did it matter? Madam Su held an almost blind trust and indulgence toward her son.

The three of them had already prepared last night for a fight to the death with the Ye family and many other powers.

They had prepared to face the powerful enemies of the Central State, with the outcome of bodily death and Dao extinction!

I never would have imagined!

At the critical moment, the most unreliable Su Chen, who usually only knew how to curry favor with Lin Jianran, suddenly broke through—no, he became the first Martial Sovereign realm expert of the Eastern Wasteland Region, and he achieved this at the tender age of weak crown.

Furthermore, he became a grand master of formations; the formations he casually laid down could withstand a full-force strike from a Martial Sovereign realm expert.

"Madam."

Sect Master Su no longer knew what words to use to describe his feelings; a surge of post-disaster joy welled up in his heart: "This time going to the Ye family for negotiations, let's delay a bit, striving to give Chen'er more time!"

"With Chen'er, this Martial Sovereign realm expert, holding down the Profound Heaven Dao Sect, what do the several major sects of the Eastern Wasteland Region have to fear!"

Madam Su also nodded, moved, but she quickly regained her composure, and then a hint of worry appeared on her face.

"Mother." Seeing his mother's worried expression, Su Chen knew what she was thinking: "Mother, we lack numbers; I'll handle it myself, and besides, we don't necessarily need people! Next, let's first have you, Father, and Second Sister break through!"

After saying that, Su Chen entered the Myriad Worlds Mall within his Sea of Consciousness.

Click to enter the Medicinal Pill Mall.

Select Seventh-grade Breaking Realm Pill.

The next second, Su Chen immediately locked onto his target.

【Seventh-grade Breaking Realm Pill: 1000 points per pill, refined by a Ninth-grade Alchemy Master, the medicinal potency is pure, almost no pill toxicity, and no side effects; for cultivators below Martial Sovereign realm, consumption guarantees a breakthrough of one major realm.】

This Breaking Realm Pill can help cultivators break through realms; of course, the higher the grade of the Breaking Realm Pill, the greater the chance for a cultivator to break through, but according to Su Chen's knowledge of the Northern Dark Continent, it seems there is no pill that guarantees a breakthrough.

1000 points!

What concept!

Su Chen currently has points; if he exchanged all of them for Breaking Realm Pills, he could get 100 pills, meaning the Profound Heaven Dao Sect could have a hundred cultivators break through.

"Exchange ten."

【Ding!】

【Exchange successful, points deducted, remaining points.】

While the three members of the Su family waited, not daring to speak or disturb, Su Chen exited the Sea of Consciousness and looked at his mother, who doted on him to the point of sacrificing her life.

He thought,

The family had reserved their sole chance of escape for him; facing his parents' and relatives' selfless indulgence, in this life-or-death moment, and given that the cause of this matter lay with himself, he had to step up and do something.

"Mother, extend your hand; I'll conjure something for you."

Madam Su didn't even ask, immediately spreading her palm.

In an instant.

Three round, plump pills, exuding a refreshing medicinal fragrance, landed in Madam Su's palm; in her excitement, she almost dropped them to the ground.

This shocking scene froze the air; all three being cultivators naturally understood clearly: Sect Master Su's pupils contracted sharply, Su Lingxue covered her mouth in horror, and even the crow's-feet on Madam Su's face vanished from fright.

Not giving the three time to ask further, Su Chen spoke carefully: "Father, Mother, Second Sister, I once told you that I had a reason for pursuing Lin Jianran, but you didn't believe me."

"Now you've seen it; this is the reason!"

"Three years ago, I momentarily lost my senses and made a three-year agreement with the Ye family's eldest son, Ye Xuan; I had intended to go out to visit a renowned master, but instead I stumbled into a secret realm's cave dwelling. After searching for three full months, I finally found the way out of the secret realm, never expecting that it was actually the cave dwelling left behind by an existence surpassing a Martial Emperor who had entered meditation."

"That senior told me that if I wanted to become his heir, I had to undergo his trial."

"As long as I wholeheartedly devote myself to Lin Jianran for three years, he will let me inherit his legacy, become his disciple, and grant me a heritage capable of reversing fate."

"This Alchemy Dao inheritance is one of them—the Breaking Realm Pill! It is his gift to me!"