Chapter 68: No longer in the First Sky

Selene had given the maids in her pavilion the day off once again, granting them a little break.

In any case, she could clean up everything she needed to with a single thought. And although the maids were bound by very powerful mental restraints, Selene still didn’t like the idea of them witnessing her intimacy with Kael.

Some things were just for the two of them.

In the kitchen, she was preparing a hearty breakfast for him and Seraphine.

The sleeves of her dress were rolled up to her elbows, and the knife tapped rhythmically against the cutting board as she chopped the last few ingredients.

The scent of fresh herbs mingled with that of seasoned meat, and the morning light streamed in through the window, warming her skin.

Kael had already told her everything that had happened in the secret realm. Well, almost everything.

He had obviously kept a lot to himself, but Selene already knew what really mattered.

Seraphine stood by his side. She had earned his trust—and his love as well.

That was enough to dispel much of the mistrust Selene still harbored toward the girl.

Still, she felt a little frustrated that her tactic to mend her relationship with her stepson had failed.

She let out a small sigh through her nose. There was no point dwelling on it, so she turned her full attention back to breakfast.

The ingredients were already laid out, and she was about to light the stove when, suddenly, she froze.

Her back arched all at once, and the sudden jolt thrust her enormous, heavy breasts upward.

The two mounds parted for a brief moment, hanging in the air, before plummeting back down and colliding with one another with a soft, wet slap.

The impact rippled through the plump flesh, each breast quivering against the other beneath the thin fabric of her dress, the slow tremor taking a few seconds to settle down again.

Her eyes fluttered, widening.

Her delicate hands went straight to her abdomen, pressing the exact spot where her dantian was located.

From there came a pulsing heat, too strong to ignore.

It was happening again!

Her cultivation was exploding.

She nearly fell to her knees as the powerful energy surged through her body, racing hotly through her meridians like a torrent.

Her thick thighs trembled, the soft flesh shivering as they squeezed against one another, and a thin layer of sweat began to bead on the nape of her neck.

With a soft moan escaping her lips, Selene dropped everything and ran. The knife clattered onto the cutting board, but she didn’t even look back.

Her breasts swung heavily with every hurried step, lurching up and dropping back down in a weighty rhythm, while her full hips rolled from side to side beneath the swaying skirt of her dress.

She went straight to her own cultivation room and locked herself in.

She didn’t know what it was, but she couldn’t pass up that chance!

Meanwhile, in his own cultivation room, Kael’s face was frozen in shock.

The air around him still vibrated, thick with Qi, as if the entire room were breathing along with him.

He had absorbed two years’ worth of his father’s cultivation, multiplied by the system into ten years.

At first, he had thought that, at most, his foundation would be elevated to the peak of the Earth level. But that wasn’t what happened.

His foundation exploded with power, breaking through the Earth level and rising straight to the Golden level.

His constitution had also improved considerably, advancing to the Earth level, while his spiritual roots reached the peak of Rank C.

Kael slowly opened and closed his hand, feeling the Qi respond to his slightest thought.

Even so, he had a hard time hiding the surprise written all over his face.

That was powerful. Much more powerful than Luke had ever been in the past.

The fortune Luke had found must have been massive, right?

"System... do you have any idea how powerful that pig is now?" Kael asked.

[Not without being near him. The only thing I can say is that Luke Ashen is no longer in the First Sky.]

Those words only deepened Kael’s shock.

Luke Ashen no longer being in the First Sky could only mean one thing: he had ascended to the Second Sky.

Kael didn’t know much about how the skies above the First Sky worked. That was beyond even the sect’s ancestor.

Still, he knew that even the most powerful cultivators of the First Sky were like flies up there.

He fell silent for a moment, staring at the stone floor in front of him. Then, little by little, he relaxed his shoulders, exhaling slowly.

That was good. The farther away Luke was, the safer it was for Kael to keep stealing from him.

By the time he himself was ready to advance to the Second Sky, he would likely have already drained the entire fortune Luke had obtained.

One corner of his mouth curled at the thought.

With a sigh, Kael stood up, glancing at his status screen.

[Name: Kael Ashen

Age: 20

Cultivation: Ninth Layer of the Qi Foundation Realm (Golden-Level Foundation)

Constitution: Earth Spiritual Constitution (100% Human)

Race: Human

Spiritual Roots: Spear Spiritual Roots (Rank C+)

Talent: Talented

Qi: 10,000/10,000

Strength: 1,703

Agility: 1,800

Intelligence: 1,500

Vitality: 2,150

Martial Potential: 200

Soul Potential: 175]

His attributes had increased by another fifty percent.

Currently, they shouldn’t be much lower than those of an ordinary Golden Core Realm cultivator. And his Qi reserves, which had doubled, were certainly far greater.

Kael honestly wished he had already advanced to the Golden Core Realm.

But if the system would truly take him to the pinnacle, with a Celestial-level foundation, he had nothing to complain about.

Another month, and he would likely be the most powerful Foundation Realm cultivator to ever set foot on that land.

That prospect brought a broad smile to his face.

He sat cross-legged once more, closed his eyes, and resumed his cultivation, the Qi in the room beginning to slowly swirl toward him.

He was eager to go to the Golden Alliance Sect and find his next target.