The Corruption Dragon God: Lust System Chapter 644 - If you say one more word about Big Brother Qingy...

Qingyi's hand rose toward the status panel, hesitating mere inches before the breakthrough selection.

Upon first stepping into the Astral Body Realm, a subtle link to the stars had stirred within him. Now, advancing in the Astral Blood Realm, that bond surged with far greater intensity.

Within the Mortal Heaven, every realm prior built toward the Realm of Transcendence. In the Immortal Heaven, they all paved the way for the Astral Body Realm. The Celestial Heaven held to the same truth.

All stages leading up to the Stellar Sovereign counted as lesser realms, simple foundations to climb toward that pinnacle.

This held true even for the Celestial Emperor's Realm, which many viewed as mere groundwork for a higher divine stage.

Ultimately, despite the Celestial Emperor's Realm reigning as the mightiest cultivation level in the Celestial Heaven, the Stellar Sovereign marked the true pivotal leap in any cultivator's path.

Cultivators who claimed a mighty star gained unmatched power. Those stuck with a feeble one often saw their cultivation dreams shatter there.

The Realm of Celestial Ascension carried great weight too, serving as the initial genuine stride toward the Stellar Sovereign—without overhauling one's base—where power would erupt beyond imagination.

Following a brief session of meditation, Qingyi tapped to proceed. [Initiating breakthrough...]

Temperatures around him soared in an instant, straining the cultivation chamber's formations to their limits.

Qingyi gritted his teeth, forcing his Qi to flow steadily amid the burning torment.

The Realm of Celestial Ascension required a total overhaul of the body. A complete rebirth.

A grueling breakthrough for typical cultivators, who lacked the system amplifying each feeling manyfold

over.

Gradually, cracks spiderwebbed across his skin.

Muscles ripped apart strand by strand, the damp rending of flesh muffled under his choked cries, only to rebuild tougher and thicker as each fiber mended before the next tore free.

Bones shattered with harsh cracks, fissures racing through like roots in parched soil, then fusing anew into denser, unbreakable forms.

Thick, foul black ooze poured endlessly from his pores, filling the chamber with the rancid reek of purged impurities.

At last, after an hour of unrelenting agony, Qingyi's eyes flew wide.

Mighty shockwaves burst from him, splintering the stone floor in sharp cracks encircling his form.

He drew in ragged breaths, sweat pouring down his face and pattering from his chin.

His striking purple eyes drifted downward, gazing at his own frame.

Grimy. Coated in dark filth and perspiration.

Yet a smile curved his lips.

[Congratulations, you have broken through in your cultivation! Ninth

stage of the Astral Blood Realm -> first stage of the Celestial Ascension Realm.]

A soft smile lingering, Qingyi resumed his meditation pose, casting a mana spell from Margareth to purify his body and mend his ruined garments.

His strength had surged dramatically. Now, he had to solidify his foundation and adapt to his Qi's nearly doubled potency.

Thus, the days drifted by unhurriedly.

***

Deep in the sect leader's main palace, serious preparations kicked off.

An elite guard force gathered to guard the sect's grandest battleship, charged with safely delivering Rou'er—the leader's cherished daughter and the sect's adored princess—to the Cosmic Void Sect.

Five years prior, the Cosmic Void Sect's leader had come to the Cosmic Dawn Sect's head. There, they learned of Rou'er's dormant bloodline.

It posed no threat yet. But should it stir after she attained lofty cultivation heights, disaster might follow. To counter this, the Cosmic Void Sect's leader extended access to their rare secret realm, which unveiled only every few decades.

Rou'er still faced the disciple selection trials, of course. Yet as no warrior herself, a prodigious youth would stand in her stead.

Tianhao was the original pick for this duty, but due to Rou'er's needs, they selected another: Long Qingyi, a rising star famed for dominating secret realms.

This hinged on him achieving the Celestial Ascension Realm before the deadline.

As the departure day dawned at last, a group assembled in the sect leader's palace courtyard.

Rou'er perched next to her foster father and the elder at the pinnacle of the first step on the Path of Extinction, assigned to shield her.

As an elder of the Celestial War Pavilion, he ranked among the sect's most

formidable fist masters.

"Ugh... why hasn't Big Brother Qingyi shown up yet?" Rou'er

muttered under her breath, her eyes gleaming with worry.

Rou'er had zero interest in heading off with Tianhao. This was especially true given the secret

realm's division into two distinct phases.

The opening phase would kick off immediately upon arrival, selecting entrants for the early stage.

The following phase might stretch from months to years, as the secret realm sealed shut to ready the formations designed to

bolster the cultivators' souls.

Via this mechanism, her bloodline could potentially awaken.

What enraged her above all was the idea that without Qingyi appearing, she'd be forced to suffer through both phases stuck with Tianhao.

Wouldn't that be simply horrific?

While some fretted in unease, others brimmed with delight. Tianhao outshone all in excitement, and Tianfa, his backer who shared no love for Qingyi,

followed closely

behind.

"Young Miss Rou'er! We've waited plenty long enough! Qingyi's a coward, unable to ascend to the Realm of Celestial Ascension, and that's why he fled!" Tianhao strode forward eagerly, his

chest swollen with bravado.

"Let's go, I'll-"

"If you say one more word about Big Brother Qingyi, I'll ask Daddy to

cut off your balls and make you eat them through your bottom mouth." Rou'er snapped him off with a vexed snarl.

Her voice rang so sweetly that even her threats came across as adorable.

Tianhao's mouth snapped shut.

Before he could formulate a comeback, Rou'er caught sight of a silhouette nearing on the horizon, her heterochromatic eyes bursting into light.