Within the frontline, Citadel Thirteen.
Commander Mao Yue of Dachen arrived imdiately, guarded at the side.
In less than 100 breaths, Vice Marshal Tang Tao, Military Lord of the Golden Elephant Army Lu Zhi, Military Lord of the Red Falcon Army He Hao, Military Lord of the White Tiger Army Yian Tu, Military Lord of the Mystic Tiger Army Chai Ce, and two other eighth-tier officers arrived, guarding all sides of Citadel Thirteen.
At the sa ti, Elder Peng and Xu Jin also ceased their cultivation and went out to guard.
Elder Peng guarded openly.
Xu Jin simply went invisible and slipped into the city, then waited quietly.
Xu Jin actually felt a bit excited, even anticipatory.
If a ninth-tier like Tianyang Star Lord truly ca and desperately tried to stop the State Preceptor from breaking through, with so many eighth-tier, there might be a chance.
Needless to say, Elder Peng and Commander Mao Yue should be able to hold off a ninth-tier for a few dozen breaths without issue.
Especially Elder Peng, who recently cultivated in Xu Jin’s Candou Star Domain and rapidly advanced in Star Patterns.
He had already comprehended nine from the eighth-tier Star Patterns.
A lot of special power had accumulated.
In a critical mont, if it erupted and hit, even Tianyang Star Lord would likely vomit blood and be severely injured.
And as long as Xu Jin coordinated, the chance of hitting was over 80%.
A cunning trick like this truly had the potential to trap the opponent to death!
This trick, Xu Jin had thoroughly mastered on the Eight Desolate Continent.
Moreover, Xu Jin’s cultivation level had significantly improved recently.
Unfortunately, more than an hour passed, and aside from a congratulatory gift sent by Doom-suppressing Star Lord, there was no movent from other parties.
With others guarding, Xu Jin, bored, returned straight to the Star-picking Tower Star Do Secret Realm to continue Condensing Cloud Tower.
Over the past nine days, Xu Jin had condensed ten floors of Cloud Tower in total.
His Cloud Tower had skyrocketed from the previous twenty-seven to thirty-seven floors.
Xu Jin’s cultivation power surged again by thirty to forty percent.
Based on previous calculations when using the Thousand Star Token, theoretically, Xu Jin’s total Star Power was already comparable to that of an early ninth-tier cultivator.
This was one of the benefits of Condensing the Exceeding Cloud Tower.
But what surprised Xu Jin most was not just changes with the Cloud Tower, but also with connections reaching both earth and the heavens within himself.
When Xu Jin successfully condensed the thirty-sixth floor of Cloud Tower, it triggered a mysterious tremor in the Upper Star Palace.
Switching to internal observation, Xu Jin was pleasantly surprised to find.
Reaching both earth and the heavens!
He had already achieved reaching both earth and the heavens.
In internal observation, the highest floor of the Cloud Tower within him had already reached the inside of the Upper Star Palace, connecting to it.
To be precise, it reached beneath the Upper Star Palace, which was why the tremor occurred.
In literal terms, reaching both earth and the heavens had been accomplished.
But for Xu Jin, it didn’t feel like much had changed.
Trying several ways he could think of revealed no benefits or changes from reaching both earth and the heavens.
The State Preceptor was still in the midst of his breakthrough, and Xu Jin didn’t want to disturb him. After his fruitless exploration, he resud cultivating.
Soon, as the thirty-seventh floor of the Nine-cornered Cloud Tower was completed, the tremor in the Upper Star Palace beca more intense.
Yet, the supposed benefits of reaching both earth and the heavens still eluded Xu Jin.
"Could it be that the number of Cloud Tower floors condensed isn’t high enough to truly achieve reaching both earth and the heavens?
Or perhaps this so-called reaching both earth and the heavens requires the Star Tower to genuinely fuse with the Upper Star Palace?"
"Surely, it won’t be piercing his own Upper Star Palace by Condensing the Star Tower?"
"Breaking the Star Palace would ruin the foundation?"
Frowning, Xu Jin once again began Condensing Cloud Tower, while the State Preceptor continued his breakthrough to enhance his cultivation level.
The State Preceptor’s breakthrough, or rather his subsequent enhancent, lasted a full two hours before ending.
Amidst all the eighth-tier individuals, the State Preceptor’s ninth-tier aura appeared particularly powerful.
"Thank you all for your protection!"
The breakthrough completed, National Master Cheng Yuexiao cupped his hands to all sides, "Today’s breakthrough, the duty of protecting from all, I have kept in mind."
Subsequently, a tide of congratulations naturally followed.
Elder Peng had already silently returned to the Star-picking Tower Star Do Secret Realm, entering Xu Jin’s Lamp Domain for enlightennt.
Such an opportunity was so rare.
One day of enlightennt equaled the effect of months of previous enlightennt deductions.
This opportunity was exceedingly rare.
As for the congratulations?
Between him and the State Preceptor, were words necessary?
National Master Cheng Yuexiao had no choice but to proceed with this celebration.
His breakthrough was not just a personal strength breakthrough but signified the overall increase in Dachen’s national power.
This news, when spread, was hugely uplifting for the military and populace morale of Dachen.
Without his specific instructions, due to National Master Cheng Yuexiao’s breakthrough, Commander Mao Yue of Dachen, who had even let his frowning ease slightly, took care of the arrangents.
"To celebrate the State Preceptor’s breakthrough to ninth-tier, tonight, reward the entire army!"
In an instant, the entire Citadel Thirteen erupted in cheer.
Of course, encouraging soldiers to share this good news with their family and friends was also expected.
Afterward, National Master Cheng Yuexiao directly returned to the Star-picking Tower Star Do Secret Realm. Having just broken through, he needed to comprehend and stabilize his enlightennt.
Of course, no one would disturb him.
By himself, Xu Jin continued Condensing Cloud Tower, within the Candou Lamp Domain, with Elder Peng, Ning Yuchan, Dong Zhao, and Kou Jing fully engrossed in enlightennt.
Only comprehending Star Patterns, not enhancing their cultivation level.
Now, each possesses at least six of the eighth-tier Star Pattern foundations.
Each has accumulated at least two types of special power.
If these special powers accumulate enough, say over a hundred strands of Nine Heavens Thunder Rhythm or Earth Core Earth Charm, using them at once could cause significant loss even to a ninth-tier.
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