Chapter 447 - 403: Jiang Qiu Preaches the Dao, Shangguan Yue Breaks Through Again and Gets Even Younger

After a brief explanation, Jiang Qiu quickly understood. The person before him truly was Instructor Shangguan Yue, only now she had cultivated to the Peak of the Peeping Dao Realm. In other words, her cultivation was ready for a breakthrough to the Dao Entry Realm.

Yes, Instructor Shangguan Yue was indeed about to break through to the Dao Entry Realm. As for how soon, that was still unknown. Perhaps she would break through naturally once she had sufficient resources.

After all, Shangguan Yue’s power within the Peeping Dao Realm was already at its limit. She was just a single, small bottleneck away from the next level and should be able to break through very soon.

Even Jiang Qiu was a little surprised by this breakthrough speed. ’I hadn’t expected so many miraculous Daos to exist in the world—that a single moment of enlightenment could take someone to the Peak of the Peeping Dao Realm.’ He recalled his own past. He hadn’t progressed nearly that quickly. It was only after undergoing the Dragon Body Casting in the Northern Boundary and receiving Luo Beixing’s inheritance during the great battle in Gao Yuan City that he had truly achieved Dao Entry.

’Of course, thinking about it carefully, my own progress was pretty fast too. I went from the Peeping Dao Realm to the Dao Entry Realm in a single day. And the quality was extremely high—not only did I endure the tempering of the Dragon Body Casting, which gave me my current, unparalleled physique, but I also inherited the Chen Dragon’s Yangshui Lingyun Jade Sinews and Grandmaster Luo Beixing’s My Dao.’

’Thinking about it that way, my own progress back then had also been incredibly fast. It’s just that I didn’t take a shortcut like the Path of Returning to Simplicity...’

"Instructor Shangguan, congratulations on comprehending the Path of Returning to Simplicity," Jiang Qiu offered his congratulations before asking, "Do you want to stay here for now, or should I ask Senior Yang Lei to arrange for someone to take you back to Blue Star?"

The journey back to Blue Star was long and consumed a great deal of resources, but it wasn’t a difficult task for Yang Lei. He had even personally promised that it could be done, as long as the need arose.

Jiang Qiu was very grateful for this. If Shangguan Yue was ready to go home, he could immediately arrange for an escort to take her back.

’As for me, it’ll probably be a long time before I can go back. After all, I haven’t even gotten my hands on the schematics for the Eight-direction Reversing Ship, and I don’t even know where Liu Zili is. How could I possibly go home in this situation?’

’Besides, even if I knew where Liu Zili was, defeating Zuo Xuan would be incredibly difficult. Unless some great stroke of fortune helps me break through to the Unity Realm, I’ll have to wait for the Dusk Holy Ruins to open and take my chances there.’

’There are only three months left until the Dusk Holy Ruins open. Waiting until then wouldn’t be too long, I suppose.’

’But the prerequisite for that plan is making sure Zuo Xuan and his Eight-direction Reversing Ship stay in the Thunder Great Realm. They can’t be allowed to leave and enter the sphere of influence of the Nine Venerable Great Realm.’

’Yes, if Zuo Xuan really leaves with his Eight-direction Reversing Ship, things will get very complicated. Never mind how many Space-Time Travel Arrays they have set up that lead directly to the Nine Venerable Great Realm; once he’s there, he’ll be on home turf. They won’t have to worry about energy supplies, and they’ll quickly return to their own world. At that point, I’ll be completely helpless.’

’Right now, I really don’t think I have the power to just charge headfirst into the Nine Venerable Great Realm. That place is one of the top Great Realms in the entire Primordial world cluster, home to peak experts from all over.’

’Once he returns to his home turf, Zuo Xuan will surely grasp the Laws of that world and possess peerless power. Even if I were to break through to the Unity Realm, I still wouldn’t be able to contend with him.’

’Besides, the Emperor Blue Lizard Clan has three Venerables, and Zuo Xuan is only one of them. If I go to the Nine Venerable Great Realm, I’ll be facing all three. I really can’t take that gamble.’

’So, I have to stall them. I have to keep the Eight-direction Reversing Ship here. At the very least, I have to wait until the Dusk Holy Ruins open and I’ve been inside. Only after that can I afford to let up.’

’It’s true that once I enter the Dusk Holy Ruins, I might not be able to compete with those peerless Unity Realm experts, the old masters who have been in seclusion for years, or even the strongest powerhouses of an entire era... but I have to try.’

’I’m at the Half-Step Unity Realm right now, a stage where I must be bold and push forward. There’s nothing to be afraid of.’

It was with these thoughts in mind that Jiang Qiu wanted to ask when Shangguan Yue wanted to go home. Since he wouldn’t be going back for a long time, it would be best to make arrangements for her early if she wanted to leave.

However, Shangguan Yue shook her head, clenching her small fists, her eyes shining brightly. "I don’t want to go back yet. I want to help you rescue Liu Zili and then leave with her. She is my fourth direct disciple. I can’t leave her behind alone!"

In her heart, Liu Zili was her last remaining family. When Zuo Xuan had swept through Blue Star, the rest of her family had been killed. For more than ten years, Liu Zili was the only person on her mind.

’Even though we haven’t seen each other in over ten years,’ she thought, ’as long as Liu Zili is alive, I can’t die before her. I have to have that hope to hold on to.’

It was precisely this hope that allowed her to endure more than ten years of a difficult life, preventing her from falling completely into despair, and it even fueled the possibility of cultivating the Path of Returning to Simplicity.

And it was for this very reason that she hoped to save Liu Zili. Of course, another reason was that she knew the "ticket price" for returning home was too high. It wasn’t right to always have Jiang Qiu helping her, and it made her, the "elder" in this situation, feel a little ashamed.