Chapter 583: Advancing to the Sage Realm (1)

Chapter 583: Advancing to the Sage Realm (1)
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
“The refinement of East Island was completed instantly, and the West Island has also been refined to 90%. There’s only the last 10% of the earth vein left!” Xiang Zizhen took a deep breath. He looked terrified.
After he took the Refined Hand from Xiao Shi, he already knew that it had an extremely domineering and unsolvable refinement. It could forcefully refine a portion of an area. But he did not expect the refinement speed to be so terrifying, and the range of refinement was so wide.
This had completely exceeded his understanding and imagination. An incomparably intense excitement and ecstasy rose in his heart.
As such, even Rong Sufei, who had been conferred the Great Wu Seal, could not compare to him. Next, as long as he refined the last 10% of the earth vein in the Nandou Domain, he would be able to completely control it and advance to the Sage realm.
Xiang Zizhen did not stop at all. He quickly began to refine the remaining 10% of the earth vein on the West Island. The remaining 10% of the earth vein had to be refined by him.
Rong Sufei would definitely report this matter to the Martial Pavilion Master, Cheng Riyou. In order to prevent any accidents from happening, Xiang Zizhen needed to complete the last 10% of the earth vein refinement as soon as possible.
Cheng Riyou, who had already returned to the Imperial City, frowned deeply. Even with his knowledge and horizons, he had never seen such a refinement method. He had never even heard of it. “…From the looks of it, Xiang Zizhen has gained a lot from the demigod land that sealed the Eye of the Emperor Judgment.”
He felt that Xiang Zizhen could use such a strange method was definitely because he had a special opportunity in the demigod land. What really surprised him was not the method Xiang Zizhen used to refine the earth vein this time, but the other party still dared to refine the Nandou Domain despite knowing the prince’s attitude.
Ever since the Martial Emperor died and the Prince took over, no one in the entire Imperial Domain had dared to disobey him. He did not expect this Xiang Zizhen to be so bold.
“…Master, what should we do now?” Rong Sufei’s voice transmission was filled with intense anxiety.
“At this point, there’s no need to continue competing with him.” Cheng Riyou replied with a voice transmission. The meaning was obvious. He was telling Rong Sufei to give up.
Rong Sufei was stunned. He froze like a statue. He did not expect his master to actually ask him to give up. In his opinion, they had the prince behind them. It was impossible for him to lose! There was no reason for him to lose! But now, his master was asking him to give up?
However, Cheng Riyou knew very well. Although the prince had always been on their side, he could only support them secretly. It was impossible for him to publicly support it. Now that even the Great Wu Seal could not compare to Xiang Zizhen’s refinement, there was naturally no need to continue competing with him.
He was definitely going to lose. Although it was a pity that he could not take down Nandou Domain, he knew very well that their martial pavilion did not lose in this competition with the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect. Even if there would be another Sage in the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect, he was a Sage who dared to disobey the prince.
Based on Cheng Riyou’s understanding of the prince, he knew very well that Xiang Zizhen’s actions had already deeply violated the taboo of the prince. In comparison, the competition in the Nandou Domain was no longer a big deal.
Publicly disobeying the Prince was the real deal!
As he continued to refine the West Island, the aura on Xiang Zizhen’s body gradually began to transform. Waves of powerful aura fluctuations. It kept being released from his body. This caused the surrounding void to tremble, revealing vortex-like distortions.
Xiang Zizhen could clearly feel it. He was only one step away from breaking through to the Sage Realm. This made him extremely excited and expectant.
However, what surprised him was that Rong Sufei did not fight with him for the last 10% of the earth vein. He originally thought that after Rong Sufei sensed the situation, he would make an issue of something with the martial pavilion behind him.
As long as they tried their best to fight with him for the last 10% of the earth vein and not let him refine it, then Xiang Zizhen would not be able to completely refine the Nandou Domain and advance to the Sage Realm in a short period of time.
However, he did not expect Rong Sufei to not do anything. He seemed to have given up. This was somewhat beyond Xiang Zizhen’s expectations.
Xiang Zizhen did not think too much about it. He knew that even if Rong Sufei fought with him for the last 10% of the earth vein, this could at most stall for time. He had control over more than 90% of the earth veins in the Nandou Domain now. Even if Rong Sufei refined it at the same time as him, it was impossible for him to be faster than him.
Rong Sufei must also know this. Therefore, he did not do anything unnecessary. He gave up immediately. It could be said that after Xiang Zizhen completed most of the earth vein refinement in the Nandou Domain with the Refined Hand, the outcome was already decided.
“Next is the last step.” Xiang Zizhen took a deep breath. He calmed the excitement in his heart. As the peak of the three intermediate realms of martial arts, this realm was actually the end of most martial artists. It was the ultimate goal they had pursued in their lives.
After all, the upper three realms of martial arts were only legends, especially in the current Tianwu Continent. Existences above the Sage Realm were even
rarer..