The glow surged from Zhang, illuminating the Heavenly Palace Nine Islands, and Junior Master Huang could even hear the exclamations from afar on Paradise Island.

"What happened?"

A voice filled with urgency approached quickly, as Master Pang descended in front of everyone, clearly drawn by the celestial phenomenon.

"Wuyi..." Junior Master Huang gestured for him to lower his voice and whispered, "Wuyi has attained enlightenment."

Master Pang was momentarily stunned, his gaze fixed on Zhang as his fingers trembled slightly, "Enlightenment?"

"Yes, Zheng Fa gave her an array, and she entered a state of enlightenment."

Upon hearing this, a broad smile spread across Master Pang's face, almost bursting into laughter, though he suppressed it, "Good, good!"

Junior Master Huang naturally understood what he was so pleased about.

For a cultivator, attaining enlightenment often represents a tremendous opportunity, leading to significant cultivation progress, even a period of rapid advancement.

Yet such a state is rare and elusive; she had never experienced it herself but had only read about it in some casual notes. In the rumors of the Xuanwei Realm, those who attain enlightenment can at least achieve Divinity Transformation in the future!

Now, Wuyi has attained enlightenment.

This is a tremendous fortune for both Wuyi and the Jiushan Sect!

Thinking this, she glanced at the Jade Tube in Wuyi's hand, paused in silence, and then looked at Zheng Fa, feeling compelled to marvel:

"Zheng Fa's birthday gift turned out to be an opportunity for enlightenment... In the history of the Xuanwei Realm, there might not have been anything more precious..."

Master Pang did not leave, remaining instead with Junior Master Huang and Zheng Fa to protect Zhang.

Zhang sat cross-legged on the imperial couch, her long eyelashes casting shadows on her cheeks, her aura growing colder and calmer by the day. The multicolored glow above her head illuminated her face, making her skin appear increasingly radiant.

Half a month swiftly passed.

Suddenly, Zhang opened her eyes, looked up, and two beams of white light shot from her eyes, piercing the sky.

Immediately, her body transformed into a flawless, pure form of glass, and the Nascent Soul within her Dantian leaped forth from the top of her skull, sitting cross-legged amidst the glow.

The spiritual energy in the sky roiled and surged, and the splendor of the sky rolled back onto Zhang's three-headed-body Nascent Soul, enveloping it like a cocoon of silk.

For a moment, everyone could not see the spectacle within the glow, only a neon sphere in the sky, expanding and contracting as if breathing.

This sphere "breathed" a hundred times before suddenly bursting, its blinding light shooting in all directions.

Even the three Late-stage Nascent Souls, including Junior Master Huang, squinted their eyes. Once they refocused, they saw Zhang's Nascent Soul standing in the air, graceful and elegant, indistinguishable from her real self.

"Late-stage Nascent Soul?"

Junior Master Huang's mouth hung agape in bewilderment, hearing Master Pang's dream-like murmur nearby, his tone one of astonishment and envy, even tinged with self-esteem.

Junior Master Huang silently closed her mouth.

Wuyi's great cultivation progress naturally delighted her.

But for Wuyi's cultivation to surpass her own so swiftly... left her with a complex mix of emotions.

"How long was this?"

Master Pang's murmuring made her calculate in her mind; it had only been five or six years since Wuyi formed her Nascent Soul, and now she had become a great Late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator?

This speed was unprecedented, no less remarkable than Zheng Fa's attainment of Nascent Soul in less than a decade!

To think, she and Master Pang had lingered at the early and middle stages of Nascent Soul for thousands of years...

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but glance at that Jade Tube again, feeling no nostalgia for her deceased lover—who had given her so many birthday gifts, yet never one as profound as one that could let her attain enlightenment.

No desire to reminisce.

Zhang's Nascent Soul stood in the sky, holding the Fei Xian Pen, touched the void before her, and a Rune Array Map emerged at the tip of the pen.

This Array Map seemed to contain billions of runes, chaotic yet vaguely unified, with an interconnecting aura.

"Nine Chapters of Mathematical Array..." Zhang's Nascent Soul uttered a melodious hum like gold and jade, "My path... is complete!"

She looked down at Zheng Fa, her eyes shining, like rippling water, then leaped and returned to her physical body.

Everyone watched as Zhang opened her eyes, signaling the conclusion of her enlightenment, and approached her.

"Senior Sister!"

Yuan was brimming with envy as she approached Zhang, "You're in the Late-stage Nascent Soul now?"

Zhang nodded with a smile, "Yes, Master, I am ready to prepare for Divinity Transformation."

Junior Master Huang's expression grew even more gratified upon hearing this, "Two cycles and you're ready to challenge Divinity Transformation... Who would have thought, I have such an incredible disciple!"

"Isn't it rather that you have such an incredible son-in-law?"

Yuan blinked, retorting somewhat unjustly.

Junior Master Huang glanced at Zheng Fa, unusually jesting, "To have found such a son-in-law, isn't it rather my disciple being exceptional?"

"..."

Yuan appeared perplexed, as if acknowledging the logic, unable to rebut it. Her eyes twinkled, suddenly she looked at Zhang hesitantly and said:

"That Jade Tube..."

"Hmm?"

"Can I have a look?" Yuan was cautious in her expression, swore an oath, "I'll give you all my snacks for the next year!"

Her face twitched with reluctance, clearly unwilling to part with them, but her eyes were filled with longing as they lingered on the Jade Tube.

Zhang looked at Zheng Fa, who nodded back, then asked Yuan, "You want to learn?"

"Yes! I want to attain enlightenment too!"

Zhang handed over the Jade Tube, "No need for the snacks, both Master and you should observe it as well; this array will be of great use in the future."

Yuan's face lit up with joy, and she grabbed the Jade Tube to examine it.

In just two or three breaths, Yuan's grip loosened, and the Jade Tube slipped from her hand.

Junior Master Huang waved a hand, catching the Jade Tube before it hit the ground, a look of fear on her face, "Why did you drop it?"

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