With the Spirit Beast World Dao Fruit added, Yun Jin now possessed Dao Fruits from two small worlds.
This thing…
Yun Jin guessed it wasn't a power any ordinary being from a small world could touch. If she wanted to absorb the Dao Fruit, she'd probably need to reach at least the Tianxian Realm.
According to the system's ranking of small worlds, the Void Mirage World belonged to the second-tier small worlds, and the peak strength of a second-tier small world was the Tianxian Realm.
Once she got to the Void Mirage World, she could start breaking through.
But…
If she broke through and then returned to a third-tier small world, that world wouldn't be able to withstand such power.
So…
Yun Jin still needed to learn from Língzūn how to compress the excess power into energy crystals before she could go back to the Vast Azure World.
Originally, Yun Jin would've needed some time to figure out how to compress energy into crystals.
But…
Before Língzūn fell, he personally ran Yun Jin through the process, so now she'd naturally mastered the technique.
She opened the mission system map. The lock on the Void Mirage World was already unlocked.
She checked the time flow rates between the two worlds.
Time in the Void Mirage World moved at one-third the speed of this small world. In other words, three years would pass in the Void Mirage World while only one year passed here.
She'd spent ten years in the Spirit Beast World, but only a year had passed in the Vast Azure World.
The next Sky City opening was still four years away.
During these four years, she'd also have to make a trip to the Polar Night Demon World. She couldn't afford to linger in the Void Mirage World, she had to move fast and get things done. She couldn't rely on finding another elder like Língzūn there to make things convenient.
In fact…
The most reliable thing in this world was always self-interest.
As long as she tied the interests of the Void Mirage World and the Vast Azure World together, letting the Void Mirage World know that only by joining forces could both worlds prosper, the alliance would be solid.
The tighter the interest binds, the stronger the alliance. On that front, Yun Jin had some confidence.
She glanced at the missions in the Void Mirage World and a smile curved her lips.
This time…
She planned to be a little flashy, give this small world that specialized in applying the Space Law a bit of a wake-up call.
Yun Jin accepted the only SSS-level mission currently available in the Void Mirage World.
[SSS Mission: Find the Research Direction for the Space Law.
Mission Description: Cultivators in the Void Mirage World are fanatically obsessed with the Space Law. They even have specialized institutions for researching it: the Space Society. The Space Society is made up of the strongest experts, who study space day and night and apply their findings to everyday life in the Void Mirage World.
Under the leadership and research of the Space Society, the application of the Space Law has become increasingly deep, and the world thrives.
But in the past three hundred years, the Space Society has failed to make any new breakthroughs. Its cultivators are suffering terribly. Their minds are on the verge of collapse. If they don't find a research direction soon, these scholars will probably go mad.
Mission Objective: Point them in the right research direction.]
Yun Jin clicked her tongue in admiration.
From this mission description, she got a glimpse of the mysterious side of the Void Mirage World.
The latest research by the Space Society…
Cultivators on the brink of collapse…
This organization reminded her of mad scientists. They chased the truth in their hearts, only to realize they'd reached a dead end on this path. For these obsessive researchers, progress in cultivation and growth in power were secondary. The only thing that could drive them insane was the truth they sought.
"Interesting."
Yun Jin chuckled and immediately chose to go to the Void Mirage World. Her mission was tied to the Space Society, so all the map landing points were near their headquarters.
The Space Society's headquarters was a massive tower called the "Tower of Truth."
The members of the Space Society spent day and night inside, delving into the mysteries of space.
Yun Jin scouted the area and chose a hidden spot near the Tower of Truth.
Then, she descended.
The moment she arrived in this world, she felt a rush of relief, as if all the restraints of a small world had vanished. The bottleneck at the peak of the Mahayana Realm shattered almost instantly.
Her cultivation soared straight into the Tianxian Realm!
At her level, if it weren't for the special situation in the Vast Azure World preventing the Ascension Path from opening, she would've already entered the Immortal Realm.
Even though the Ascension Path remained closed, her strength had been subtly growing all along, just suppressed by the rules of heaven and earth. Now, in a higher-tier small world, her suppressed power had been unleashed. Breaking through to the Tianxian Realm was only a matter of course.
When she'd made the pact with Zhu Zhu, Yun Jin had also absorbed the spiritual energy she'd accumulated over the years. It had been slowly dissipating, but never fully spent.
Now in this small world, Yun Jin absorbed it freely, and even after reaching the Tianxian Realm, her power kept rising.
Inside the Tower of Truth, the Space Society's experts looked over and muttered in surprise, noticing a cultivator breaking through nearby on a seemingly ordinary little hill.
This was the Tianxian Realm!
Once someone reached Tianxian, they became one of the top experts of the Void Mirage World. Such a cultivator could ascend to the Immortal Realm at any time.
However…
Those in the know realized that while the Immortal Realm sounded amazing and everyone dreamed of ascending, the reality was harsh.
A peak small-world cultivator who ruled over their world would become a pawn at the mercy of others in the Immortal Realm. If they had any other choice, these top small-world cultivators would stay, push their cultivation to the world's peak, and then ascend. The stronger they were when ascending, the more secure their position in the Immortal Realm.
Like other small worlds, cultivators in the Void Mirage World could choose to ascend after reaching the Mahayana peak. But unless their lifespan was near its end, most would stay in the small world, reach the Tianxian peak, then venture into the Immortal Realm.
The Space Society experts quickly realized this breakthrough. It had to be a peak cultivator choosing to stay in a small world.
At the top of the Space Society tower, five people were deep in thought. Around them, disciples were also pondering intensely.
Yun Jin's breakthrough aura just reached them.
The five immediately opened their eyes.
"Recently, has anyone reached the Mahayana peak?" one asked.
"Shouldn't be someone from the Space Society."
"The light from the Tower of Truth spreads far and wide. If a cultivator this strong appeared nearby, we would've sensed it."
"Could it be someone exceptionally skilled in concealment?"
"Hard to say."
"But now she's breaking into the Tianxian Realm openly. She probably doesn't intend to hide anymore."
"Elder, what should we do about this?"
Four of them looked at the central old woman.
The old woman narrowed her eyes and spoke for the first time.