"No, no, no, that's not it!"

Yun Tao waved his hand again and then smiled bitterly, saying, "Alright, I'll try, it's just that other forces have elevated the status of the 'Son of Heavenly Dao' too high, making me..."

"Senior brother, cultivators cultivate both Dao and heart. What's wrong with being the 'Son of Heavenly Dao'? Do you really think you cannot compare to the 'Son of Heavenly Dao'? If you think that way yourself, you won't be able to defeat a 'Son of Heavenly Dao' of the same realm, because you've already admitted defeat without a fight!"

Jiang Chen spoke solemnly, "This way, your heart as a strong cultivator will waver. As cultivators, we dare to challenge the heavens, we dare to cultivate against the natural order, why fear the mere title of 'Son of Heavenly Dao'?"

Wine-crazed's eyes lit up, nodding in agreement.

"Defeated without a fight?"

Yun Tao muttered softly, suddenly feeling as if an invisible shackle inside him had vanished, his eyes lit up, and his aura erupted.

Swish!

Wine-crazed's figure flickered, grabbing Jiang Chen and leaping aside.

Buzz buzz buzz!

A thick and simple Great Dao Aura erupted from Yun Tao, a stern Sword Intent shot skyward, and his aura grew increasingly intense!

Hoo!

Wine-crazed let out a long breath, feeling relieved, "Jiang Chen, I'm indebted to you for helping Yun Tao resolve his inner conflict."

"Inner conflict?"

Jiang Chen turned to Wine-crazed, a hint of confusion in his eyes.

"Six years ago, a young man came to Changlin Academy, sought out Yun Tao, and with the strength of a Semi Divine Infant Realm, defeated Yun Tao, who was already at the Divine Infant Realm Early Stage at the time, in one move. It was his most humiliating defeat since he started cultivating."

Wine-crazed looked at Yun Tao, speaking gravely, "And that person was a 'Son of Heavenly Dao.' Since then, his Dao Heart became unstable. Though it didn't affect the advancement of his cultivation realm, it posed a hidden danger, one that would explode during his breakthrough from the Void Refinement Realm while undergoing Heavenly Tribulation. It's fortunate you've awakened him now, otherwise, he would be at risk during tribulation."

As Wine-crazed spoke, a trace of relief appeared in his eyes.

"Why did that 'Son of Heavenly Dao' seek out senior brother?"

Jiang Chen asked in confusion.

"Because of me!"

Wine-crazed's eyes showed a hint of regret as he looked at Yun Tao.

"Ah?"

Jiang Chen was slightly taken aback, looking at Wine-crazed in surprise.

"It's an old story, let's not dwell on it!"

Wine-crazed gently waved his hand.

Seeing that Wine-crazed didn't want to talk about it, Jiang Chen didn't press further.

Buzz!

Suddenly, Yun Tao's aura leaped over an extreme limit.

"Senior brother broke through?"

A look of joy appeared in Jiang Chen's eyes.

"With a stable heart and natural cultivation breakthrough, his Divine Infant's injury should also heal during the breakthrough."

Wine-crazed chuckled, nodding.

"Thank you, junior brother!"

Yun Tao opened his eyes, looking at Jiang Chen gratefully.

"Senior brother, hearing you call me junior brother feels much more comfortable now!"

Jiang Chen smiled slightly, the former subtle feeling of estrangement in Yun Tao's greeting had vanished.

"Heh, what's wrong with being a 'Son of Heavenly Dao'? Still, he's my junior brother!"

Yun Tao raised his eyebrows and grinned.

Jiang Chen returned the smile, seeing he could now joke about the 'Son of Heavenly Dao', it looked like he truly let go of the past.

"Master, my Divine Infant's injury has healed with the cultivation breakthrough, please take this God Concealing Spirit Herb!"

Yun Tao handed the long box he still held in his hand to Wine-crazed.

"Alright!"

Wine-crazed did not refuse, took the long box, and placed it in the Space Ring: "If my Primordial Spirit's damage heals, there's a good chance I'll breakthrough too, I'll wait until we return to the academy to consume it!"

Jiang Chen and Yun Tao were both stunned, showing a hint of joy while also a bit of concern in their eyes.

The Unity Realm Stage breakthroughs are different from previous realm breakthroughs. At this stage, every small breakthrough causes as much commotion as the breakthrough between great realms of other stages.

Moreover, every small breakthrough in the Unity Realm Stage comes with Heavenly Tribulation. Wine-crazed indeed needs to be a bit cautious.

"Don't worry about me. I've stayed at the mid-section of the Unity Realm Stage for a hundred years, the foundation is more than enough, there's no problem passing the Heavenly Tribulation."

Wine-crazed smiled lightly and said.

If other Integration Path experts heard this, they'd surely point at him and curse.

Cultivators live long; Integration Path cultivators have even longer lifespans. Each small realm they stay in lasts long to accumulate enough foundation for preparing to break through the tribulation, and a thousand years is not considered long.

Wine-crazed's tone that considered a hundred years as too much, truly was envy-inducing!

The three exchanged smiles and sat down cross-legged.

"By the way, junior brother, in the tomb, when the killing array in the first stone chamber erupted, was it really caused by Zheng Ping?"

Yun Tao asked Jiang Chen with a deep look.

Jiang Chen nodded lightly, "The killing array was indeed caused by him, but the method of triggering the killing array in that stone room was originally not like that. I did a bit of manipulation."

"Oh?"

Wine-crazed looked at Jiang Chen in surprise, "You can manipulate formations in the tomb?"

"I... received the Shadowless Sword Emperor's legacy!"

Jiang Chen smiled lightly and said.

"What?!"

"You..."

Wine-crazed and Yun Tao's faces changed drastically, exclaiming in shock, their eyes wide with disbelief at Jiang Chen.

"It was within that massive Dark Mist Tornado at the beginning."

Jiang Chen added.

"This... No wonder! No wonder you could agitate the dark mist in the formation, so that's why!"

Wine-crazed murmured lightly, a look of ecstatic joy in his eyes, "Good! No matter how much the Wu Family schemes, in the end, it benefited my disciple, ha! Ha-ha!"

Yun Tao calmed himself, feeling warm inside.

The fact Jiang Chen told them this directly proved Jiang Chen's trust in them, after all, they too were sword cultivators, the Wuying Sword Path's legacy was fatally tempting for them.

"Wait, what's this got to do with formations?"

Yun Tao asked, puzzled.

"All the large formations in the tomb were arranged with Phantom Sword Intent. Though I haven't comprehended the Wuying Sword Path, I can barely simulate the aura of the Wuying Sword Path. With that aura, I can slightly manipulate the sword intent within the tomb to change according to my will."

Jiang Chen explained patiently.

"Oh, I see."

Yun Tao nodded lightly.

"No way! You, you are adept in the Formation Path?"

Wine-crazed suddenly realized, looking at Jiang Chen in astonishment.

Yun Tao also suddenly jerked slightly, staring directly at Jiang Chen.

"Yes, I've studied formations quite a bit!"

Jiang Chen nodded lightly, smiling slightly, "Actually, the formations in the tomb are not complicated. You can tell that the Shadowless Sword Emperor wasn't a master in this field, those formations are somewhat crude. Anyone slightly proficient in formations should be able to notice."

"The formations there indeed can't be called brilliant, but they're not crude either. It seems Jiang Chen, your expertise in formations is quite profound!"

Wine-crazed looked at Jiang Chen meaningfully.

Jiang Chen blinked, smiling lightly.

That was considered an acknowledgment.

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