Beginning of Cultivation
Chapter 91: Xia Ni’s Breakthrough

Chapter 91: Xia Ni’s Breakthrough

Jun Wu Xiao, calculating the time, felt that now was the moment Xia Ni should break through. He thought:

"I wonder if breaking through to a new realm could completely restore his body? I need to visit the capital to see for myself. After all, if he can fully recover, then Yue Guang, Dao San Qian, Feng Shuang, and I can also fully recover."

Thinking of this, he had no reason to hesitate any longer and immediately set off straight for the capital.

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A few days earlier in the capital, while Xia Ni was cultivating, he felt that he was about to break through. He thought:

"I hope this will be successful. Otherwise, I really need to find another way to make my eyes usable."

If there was any part of his body that was damaged, it was only his eyes that were truly unusable. As for his skin, it had long since recovered, though it was still quite disfigured, making him even more ugly.

Xia Ni felt his body brimming with strength, as if an invisible force had broken through his current limits, pushing him into a new level.

This moment was extremely brief but left him with a deep impression. After the breakthrough process ended, Xia Ni tried to open his eyes to see.

After nearly eleven years, he finally saw the light. He immediately ran to get a mirror and removed the bandages from his body to observe.

The reason he still wrapped himself in bandages was to avoid scaring others, not because he was injured.

As the bandages were removed, they revealed the handsome face of a middle-aged gentleman. Xia Ni was slightly surprised after seeing his own face:

"This is even better than before. I feel even more handsome than before. Ha ha, this is excellent. My body has fully recovered. Furthermore, my overall strength has tripled. From now on, encountering monsters might not leave me as helpless."

With peak stage body refinement realm strength, facing monsters truly made him feel powerless. If he only faced two or three monsters six meters tall, he could manage to fight them, but killing them was truly difficult without the aid of explosives. If the number was higher, a prolonged battle would mean his death.

"But it feels a little bit strange. It’s been so long since I’ve used my eyes to see, and now that I can, it feels a bit unfamiliar, but it’s more beneficial than harmful." Xia Ni said.

After all, being blind for nearly eleven years, it’s no surprise that suddenly being able to see again would feel strange. But he was still lucky, Yue Guang, and especially Dao San Qian, didn’t know how many years it would take for their eyes to recover.

Xia Ni stepped out of his recovery room, and the guards, seeing the middle-aged gentleman before them, were utterly astonished.

They felt he was both familiar and unfamiliar, but after looking at his attire, they were certain he was the emperor.

The guards quickly knelt and said:

"Greetings, Your Majesty."

Xia Ni nodded and said:

"At ease. Your emperor has fully recovered."

Hearing this, everyone congratulated him:

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, on your full recovery."

Feeling very comfortable after his recovery, Xia Ni said:

"Ha ha ha, now I can return to my normal duties. You have all worked hard guarding this place. The items inside are valuable, but I no longer need them. You can divide them among yourselves. Sell them, keep them as mementos, do whatever you like."

The guards quickly knelt and expressed their gratitude:

"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty."

"Ha ha, I will be on my way. Oh, and from today on, there’s no need to guard this place anymore because I won’t be here." Xia Ni said.

He then went to find where the officials were currently working. It could be called the royal palace, but it was a simplified version, hastily built for temporary use.

It’s not that eleven years wasn’t enough to rebuild the entire palace, but Xia Ni had ordered that this be done only after everything had stabilized, so the palace had yet to be properly reconstructed.

Eleven years might seem long, but rebuilding an entire continent that had been ravaged was truly difficult. The issue wasn’t just constructing infrastructure but also providing employment for the people. Additionally, they had to ensure education and food security to avoid hindering societal development.

At this time, Jun Wu Xiao also arrived at the capital. Having not been here for a long time, he was surprised to see that the capital had gradually regained its former appearance.

Gazing at the entire capital for a moment, Jun Wu Xiao thought:

"Truly incredible. My arm still hasn’t found a way to recover, yet the capital has steadily regained its former glory. Though it’s still lacking a bit, overall it is very stable, no longer in the dire state it was after the battle with the monsters.

Human life is short, but what they can accomplish is substantial. The life of a cultivator is long, yet what can be accomplished is minimal. I’ve been cultivating for over a hundred years, but apart from cultivating, I’ve done very little. Since that time, the time I spent actually enjoying myself is probably only a few weeks. Handling the monster issue took nearly two years, but during that time, I was also cultivating while dealing with it.

If you force a normal person to cultivate, it’s like a never-ending prison sentence, akin to being imprisoned with a sentence that only increases instead of decreases: 10 years, 20 years, 50 years, 100 years, more and more. But for those who actively seek it, it holds many different meanings.

Although my reasons are strange compared to others, most of them seem to shoulder some kind of responsibility when they choose the path of cultivation. However, it is peculiar that their responsibility seems too great. Their current strength is too small compared to that responsibility. But exactly how, I cannot comprehend.

Anyway, every time I think about matters related to them, I feel confused and find it unreasonable. It’s best not to think about it. When the time is right, I will naturally understand everything."

Jun Wu Xiao then went to the place where Xia Ni used to stay. When he arrived, he saw no guards, only a few people cleaning up the area.

"Hmm, he must have broken through and isn’t here anymore." he thought.