"Court dismissed."
As the eunuch's shrill cry echoed, the officials knelt to see His Majesty off.
Yun Fei finally breathed a sigh of relief as he walked out of the main hall.
Inside the hall, he had been using his Internal Energy to create special effects for himself; otherwise, how could his robes have fluttered without wind? Two months later.
Yun Fei sensed the surging Internal Energy within him, and with a casual wave, a crack dozens of meters long appeared on the ground.
Although his strength was already formidable, he was still only at the "Half-step Innate" Realm.
It wasn't for any other reason, but because this Secret Manual was simply too difficult.
Two months had passed, and he was still at the getting Started Realm.
During these days, in addition to Vermillion Fruit, he had also consumed many other rare Spirit Medicine.
The benefit was that his Internal Energy was as full as a river, but he was still unable to Breakthrough to the "Innate" Realm, though he was very close.
[Inside the Imperial Study]
Yun Fei swallowed the last thousand-year-old Snow Ginseng, and the immense medicinal power surged wildly through his Meridians.
He suddenly gripped the edge of the desk, and the hard sandalwood table instantly turned to dust.
When the last trace of medicinal power was absorbed and transformed by the Innate Art, he suddenly noticed black viscous liquid seeping from his skin—this was precisely the "Marrow Cleansing and Bone Purification" described in the ancient texts!
[Three Days Later · Martial Arts Training Ground]
Three hundred heavily armored death soldiers formed a military formation, but they were scattered like paper in the face of the Qi blast Yun Fei casually unleashed.
He looked at his jade-like, crystal-clear palm, finally revealing a smile.
At midnight last night, the Bottleneck that had troubled him for so long was finally broken.
Along this path, he had invested a vast amount of resources, and now it was finally paying off.
"Report— "
A messenger stumbled in, running:
"When General One-Arm conquered the capital of the Da Bing Dynasty, he discovered this in the underground palace…"
He then presented a jade box, in which three blood-red, longan-sized fruits pulsed faintly.
Yun Fei felt a slight doubt and gestured for the death soldier to continue his report.
"Your Majesty, this was discovered by General One-Arm. According to the Da Bing Dynasty's records, this item is called 'Blood Bodhi.' Consuming it can greatly enhance one's comprehension of Secret Manual."
Upon hearing this, Yun Fei's eyes immediately lit up.
"Holy crap! There's such a good thing?"
He was currently troubled by his insufficient comprehension of Secret Manual, and he hadn't expected such an item to assist him.
Unfortunately, there were only three. He wondered how much comprehension they could enhance?
He unhesitatingly picked one up and swallowed it.
In an instant, countless texts and various animated figures appeared before his eyes, precisely the Profound Truth of the Innate Art.
Those once obscure and difficult-to-understand sentences now flowed into his heart like a clear spring.
"So that's how it is!"
Yun Fei suddenly opened his eyes, a golden light flashing in his pupils.
He sat cross-legged, his Internal Energy surging like a river around him, condensing into an illusory lotus above his head.
This was the sign of the Major Achievement of the Innate Art.
Three days later.
As the first ray of sunlight shone into the Martial Arts Training Ground, Yun Fei let out a long roar, his voice reverberating for thousands of meters.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, on your Breakthrough to Innate!"
Prime Minister Liu led all the civil and military officials, kneeling across the courtyard.
At this moment, Yun Fei, dressed in white, left ten-centimeter deep lotus imprints on the bluestone slabs with every step.
This was a manifestation of Internal Energy becoming substantial.
Although he had previously achieved a Breakthrough to Innate, it was more largely achieved by external force.
Though he possessed the Innate Realm, he did not truly possess the strength of an Innate.
Now, with the Perfection of the Innate Art, he truly stepped into the Innate Realm.
Moreover, due to the vast resources accumulated previously, his Internal Energy was several times greater than others at the same Innate stage, comparable to a torrent.
He believed that his current self was no longer the weakest among those at the same Innate stage.
Yun Fei glanced at the kneeling civil and military officials, did not linger, and turned to leave.
The reason was simple—every step he took caused the ground to sink ten centimeters, and his Internal Energy continuously formed lotus shapes.
No matter how abundant his Internal Energy was, it couldn't withstand such wanton squandering, could it?
...Another month passed.
Cough, cough!
Yun Fei spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
Of course, this was not due to injury, but because his Qi and blood were overabundant, and he had to expel the excess.
He took a deep breath and tossed the thousand-year-old Blood Ganoderma in front of him aside.
Innate Early Stage!
Yun Fei sensed his Realm and couldn't help but sigh.
He had been relying on resources for a month straight, yet made no progress.
Clearly, he had reached a certain limit and could no longer improve through this method.
But he was not discouraged.
Even so, he was already powerful enough.
The Innate Realm seemed to be the Peak of this world.
During this period, the Dayuan Dynasty, the Da Bing Dynasty, and the Northern Huns were successively annihilated.
The only formidable enemy was an Innate Peak expert who had appeared in the Dayuan Dynasty.
That person, by himself, annihilated fifty thousand death soldiers.
He was indeed formidable, but no matter how formidable, it was useless.
Although the Innate Realm was strong, one could not stay in the sky for too long.
Under the encirclement of two million troops, escape was impossible.
Therefore, that Innate Peak expert eventually died from exhaustion.
It should be noted that in these two months, his number of death soldiers had increased by another 5.18 million.
Now, every general commanded a million death soldiers on campaigns.
The other three Dynasty had not yet been conquered, not because of insufficient strength,
but because most of the time was spent on the journey—those three Dynasty were further away.
However, victory was already near...One month later.
[Imperial Study · Night]
Yun Fei gently flipped through the blood-stained battle report with his fingertips, the candlelight casting flickering shadows on his profile.
The surrender letter from the last city of the Great Wei Dynasty had just arrived, meaning that the territories of the Seven Kingdoms had all been incorporated into the Da Fei Dynasty's domain.
[Ding!]
[System notification: It has been detected that this world can no longer pose a threat to the host. The host can choose to return, or stay in this world for a maximum of three days.]
When Yun Fei heard the System notification in his mind, he understood that the upper limit of this world was indeed the Innate Realm.
There were no experts beyond Innate here.
Otherwise, if there were experts above Innate who fought desperately, they might be able to break into the Imperial Palace and still be able to kill him...In the next three days:
On the first day, Yun Fei categorized all Innate Secret Manual and diligently memorized them.
Although he couldn't understand the content of these Secret Manual, he could still commit them to memory by rote.
He couldn't Cultivate in this world, but perhaps in the next world, or even the real world, he could try practicing them.
On the second day, Yun Fei was still reciting Secret Manual.
On the third day, Yun Fei passed the throne to Liu Ming, and then, amidst the shocked gazes of the crowd, he vanished on the spot.
The civil and military officials were astonished, but only Liu Ming managed to maintain his composure.
From then on, legends about the First Emperor were passed down in the Da Fei Dynasty.