Chapter 7: Dispersal

Outside Wenxuan Peak, a few scattered disciples still lingered, unwilling to leave just yet.

They were—

Zhang Guang, direct disciple of the Profound Light Peak’s Peak Master, late Spirit Movement Realm.

Sui Dalong, true disciple of the Array Pavilion’s Pavilion Master, mid Spirit Movement Realm.

Bai Guanyang, eldest disciple of the Dan Peak Elder, Great Completion of Foundation Establishment.

Chief Disciple Yu Qiangwei, late Golden Core Stage…

None of them were anything less than core disciples of the Great Void Sect, the future pillars of the sect.

They weren’t afraid of trouble; instead, they stayed on to watch the spectacle unfold.

Under the gaze of these disciples,

A dazzling Spirit Light descended from the sky, resolutely pouring into Lin Ci’s body.

In an instant, an incomparably profound aura spread out from Lin Ci, casting a radiant spiritual glow over everything around him.

The disciples present were also enveloped in this light, instantly feeling their thoughts clear and their Dao Hearts steady like never before.

“This is… Sudden Enlightenment?!”

“Chief Lin, he actually Sudden Enlightened?”

“Just like that?”

“Heavens… is he even human?!”

Sudden Enlightenment.

A rare and coveted opportunity.

At shortest, it lasts several hours.

At longest, only a few days.

During this period, the cultivator gains exponentially increased cultivation efficiency.

At this moment, no one dared believe their eyes. Lin Ci, who was just provoked by Li Xingyao moments ago, had unintentionally Sudden Enlightened right before them?

Li Xingyao thought to herself, Hey, can we make a deal? You insult me a bit, alright?

Not that she meant anything by it, she just found being insulted strangely satisfying…

Of course, jokes aside,

They were all core disciples and understood this clearly: Lin Ci’s Sudden Enlightenment was the fruit of his gradual and persistent Dao Heart cultivation, having nothing to do with Li Xingyao.

Still, to Sudden Enlighten so quietly and unceremoniously like this was indeed shocking…

“Hurry, start cultivating!”

Someone reacted first, and the disciples outside the core circle all sat down on the ground one after another, quickly running their Heart Law to cultivate!

When someone Sudden Enlightens, a lingering aura of Spirit Light forms around them.

Within this area, other cultivators can also experience a taste of the Sudden Enlightenment and enjoy a speed boost in their cultivation.

Though nowhere near the main cultivator’s level, it was enough to benefit them greatly.

As cultivators, they could not waste such a rare chance!

Among those who hadn’t started cultivating were only Lin Ci and Li Xingyao at the center.

Li Xingyao was completely stunned.

What’s going on!?

I just called him a coward and a turtle for ducking, and instead of retorting, he Sudden Enlightened right in front of me?

That’s ruthless.

So utterly disdainful…

What should I do now?

Meditating would let me catch some of the leftover aura from his Enlightenment, but that would be so humiliating, no way I’m doing something so embarrassing!

No way…

I can’t do that…

Li Xingyao’s legs bent slightly, caught between cultivating or saving face.

As for Lin Ci, he simply felt a pure light descend onto him, filling his body with a warm sensation.

His internal spiritual power activated intensely, and his mind became clearer than ever before—like waking naturally after a good sleep.

Only one thing annoyed him.

Whatever you are, don’t just enter other people’s bodies at will!

Lin Ci coolly gathered his spiritual power at his fingertips, waved his hand casually, and dispersed the Spirit Light inside him.

The Sudden Enlightenment’s radiance soon vanished without a trace.

The disciples present: “……”

Bro?!

Are you joking?!

Sudden Enlightenment is such a monumental opportunity, and you just refuse it?

Yes, yes, we know you’re a natural genius who doesn’t even care about Sudden Enlightenment.

But even if you don’t want it, at least let us bask in the glow a little…

“Looks like there’s nothing else.”

Lin Ci folded his hands behind his back and said expressionlessly, then strode away casually.

The entrance fell silent.

Li Xingyao stood there, mouth agape, only to find she had nothing left to say and could only watch him leave.

Lost…

Lost utterly and completely…

He clearly didn’t take her seriously, the Sect Leader’s daughter.

Biting her lip in shame, she turned around, only to see the surrounding disciples all staring at her with the same look.

That look—she knew it well.

Cold indifference…

“What are you all looking at!”

She shouted fiercely at them, then fled like a scared rabbit, immediately flying away on her sword.

The disciples nearby shrugged to one another, then gradually left the area.

But not long from now, this Chief Disciple would gain a new legend—

He heard the Dao, Sudden Enlightened fiercely, disdained to use it, and so drove it away.

On the other side of Wenxuan Peak, Lin Ci walked home, puzzled.

Why were so many fellow disciples congratulating him today?

Why had a mysterious Spirit Light suddenly descended upon him?

And why had some even come looking for a sparring match…?

Sigh, this couldn’t continue.

And the excuse of seclusion wouldn’t work for a while either.

He had to find a way to strengthen himself first.

Only by matching his current cultivation with actual power would he have the confidence to plan further.

The reason Lin Ci still stayed in the Great Void Sect was because of his huge reputation. In such a vast sect, it was impossible not to have Demon Cultivator spies.

Before, when other Chief Disciples traveled outside, they were often pursued and assassinated by Demon Cultivators.

If Lin Ci dared to leave the mountain, those Demon Cultivators trying to ambush him would only increase in number!

So even though there were many eyes and risks of exposure inside the sect, it was still safer than outside among those Demon Cultivators.

Lin Ci returned to his quarters, shook his head, found a spot, and began meditating, circulating his self-created Heart Law to cultivate…

Elsewhere at Wenxuan Peak,

Xia Xiaochan, also cultivating and bathed in Spirit Light, was circulating her Heart Law at a speed over a thousand times faster than Lin Ci had demonstrated.

“Senior Brother really is amazing…”

Xia Xiaochan thought silently, “For me to reach this speed through this extraordinary opportunity is incredible, but for Senior Brother this is just daily routine.”

Yet her Heart Law gradually slowed, because she felt a bottleneck had appeared in her Qi Sea.

It was there, but fragile.

With the blessing of the Sudden Enlightenment Spirit Light, Xia Xiaochan was unstoppable.

She gathered her Qi Sea spiritual power into the shape of a hand and lightly poked the bottleneck.

“Pop!”

The bottleneck shattered into powder.

From then on, her spiritual power circulated without hindrance, like a mighty river flowing endlessly!

Great Completion of Spirit Movement Realm!

In less than five days, she had cultivated straight from entry level to Great Completion of Spirit Movement Realm—a feat that would baffle any cultivator and shake the world.

But Xia Xiaochan had done it.

Not only that, the moment she broke through, she also suddenly comprehended a Magical Art from within her Heart Law.

Of course, Xia Xiaochan didn’t feel proud, for she believed this was something her Senior Brother had hidden inside the Heart Law, intending to teach her.

The Magical Art was called—Palmfire.