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Lu Chen's wives and concubines anxiously waited at the entrance of the academy, all fearing that something had happened to Lu Chen in the study, as they, too, were witnessing such an extraordinary phenomenon for the first time.

As the women were on tenterhooks, the door to the study opened, and Zhuge Zhongguang and Lu Chen emerged one after the other.

At that moment, Mu Zixuan quickly approached and asked with concern, "Prince, are you all right?"

Seeing so many people standing outside the study, Lu Chen said with a smile, "I'm sorry, the Great Scholar had an epiphany and broke through just now. The commotion was a bit loud, and it worried you all." novel-hosted-NovelFire

Lu Chen merely stated that there had been a breakthrough, without revealing to which Realm Zhuge Zhongguang had ascended. His words could not be considered a lie, for indeed Zhuge Zhongguang had advanced from the Grandmaster to the Zenith of the Grandmaster Realm—it was a breakthrough nonetheless.

Upon hearing Lu Chen's words, however, the crowd gathered at the door of the study was instantly dumbstruck.

A breakthrough?

Zhuge Zhongguang had a breakthrough?

Wasn't Zhuge Zhongguang already a Grandmaster? If he were to break through again, wouldn't that mean...?

Heaven... the Heavenly Human Realm???

The very thought left everyone speechless.

A strong person from the North Country had reached the Heavenly Human Realm?

Didn't that mean that no one would dare to provoke the North Country anymore?

Seeing everyone at the door stunned, Lu Chen and Zhuge Zhongguang exchanged smiles. Zhuge Zhongguang hurriedly said, "Prince, I have political affairs to attend to, so I must leave now."

Lu Chen replied with a smile, "Alright, take care."

After Zhuge Zhongguang left, the women finally came to their senses. Mu Zixuan then asked disbelievingly, "P... Prince, did the Great Scholar really br... break through?"

Although Mu Zixuan was still a commoner, she was well aware of what it meant for the North Country to have someone in the Heavenly Human Realm. The news was truly shocking.

Lu Chen said, "Didn't you see the pillar of light that shot up to the sky just now? With such a great event, how can you still not believe he has broken through?"

"Do you think an ordinary Grandmaster could cause such a commotion?"

Upon hearing this from Lu Chen, the women felt it made sense. A Grandmaster couldn't possibly create such a disturbance; the sky had been covered with dark clouds, as if it were about to collapse.

Only the Heavenly Human Realm, which people referred to as the realm of pseudo-Immortals, could cause such changes in celestial phenomena.

Seeing the excitement of his wives and concubines, Lu Chen helplessly revealed a smile. If only Zhuge Zhongguang had truly ascended to the Heavenly Human Realm.

...

By the afternoon, news of Zhuge Zhongguang's breakthrough had spread throughout Yan County, instantly stirring the civilians, and leaving the spies of Yan County taken aback.

Even the most ordinary civilians knew what the Heavenly Human Realm signified. The Heavenly Human Realm was also known as that of pseudo-Immortals. Before having witnessed real Immortals, those who possessed the strength of the Heavenly Human Realm were regarded as Immortals.

Now, the common folk were all abuzz with tales of Zhuge Zhongguang becoming an Immortal, asserting that the pillar of light they had seen at noon marked the moment Zhuge Zhongguang ascended during his tribulation.

Spies from various countries were stunned by this news, and they dispatched their agents to gather information to verify its authenticity.

Following the investigations by spies from different countries, the official reports of the North Country did not mention Zhuge Zhongguang's breakthrough. The official reports merely discussed the advancement of universal education, while the Eastern Newspaper Agency's reports did carry news of Zhuge Zhongguang's breakthrough.

However, the reports from the Eastern Newspaper Agency did not specify his ascension to the Heavenly Human Realm.

But since Zhuge Zhongguang was already at the Grandmaster Realm, according to people's understanding, the only realm above a Grandmaster is the Heavenly Human Realm; there are no other realms between Grandmaster and Heavenly Human.

Since the Eastern Newspaper Agency reported on Zhuge Zhongguang's breakthrough, didn't that imply that Zhuge Zhongguang had indeed become a strong person of the Heavenly Human Realm?

A feudal state in the North Country had given rise to a Celestial!!!

Spies and merchant caravans from various countries sensed that the world was on the verge of monumental changes.

Under the Heavenly Human Realm, all are mortals; a single individual of the Heavenly Human Realm could easily annihilate hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Now that the North Country had a Celestial, would they remain content being a mere feudal state?

One stone stirred up a thousand ripples.

In less than a week, the news of Zhuge Zhongguang's ascension to the Heavenly Human Realm had spread across all the major dynasties, and each dynasty was shaken by the news.

The Heavenly Human Realm! To date, no dynasty had overtly seen a strong person of the Heavenly Human Realm. The strongest known were merely Grandmasters, and as for the rumored Celestial of the Great Xia Dynasty, that individual was from the Mysterious Moon Palace, a Sect not considered part of the mortal world's strength and thus not counted as a Celestial of the Great Xia Dynasty.

Soon enough, several dynasties began to consider how to interact with the North Country. Of course, they had to verify the truthfulness of Zhuge Zhongguang's supposed breakthrough to the Heavenly Human Realm. But until then, it did not hinder them from seeking good relations with the North Country.

Spies from various countries had witnessed the changes in celestial patterns in Yan County, so to most people, the news of Zhuge Zhongguang's breakthrough to the Heavenly Human Realm seemed very likely to be true.

As the news spread across all the major dynasties, it quickly reached the ears of the Sum Emperor.

In the Great Xia Dynasty, within the Imperial Palace.

In the Royal Garden.

The Sum Emperor, having just read the war dispatch delivered by the Red Ribbon Messenger from the South, couldn't help but feel a surge of relief. The heavy burden of the Aristocratic Families in the South, which had been weighing on his mind, seemed finally about to be shattered by him.