2020 Battle Strength Breakthrough, Peak Creation Stage

In this year, Chu Yunfan did not seem to have cultivated much. Instead, he was painstakingly managing his territory. Many people who knew the news secretly laughed at Chu Yunfan for being short-sighted. In today's world, strength reigned supreme. So what if Chu Yunfan managed the city well? If Chu Yunfan's strength could not keep up, Zhenyuan would be plundered by others in minutes.

In fact, You Chuyun had stabilized his cultivation base in the past year and started to break through to the second level of the Cosmos Stage. Chu Hongcai had also stabilized his Abstract Interpretation Stage cultivation base and was trying to break through to a higher stage. In contrast, Chu Yunfan did not seem to have cultivated much in the past six months, which made many people puzzled.

Chu Yunfan knew that everyone thought that Tang Siyu, who was now at the seventh level of the Creation Stage, was already the number one expert among the younger generation. However, only Chu Yunfan himself knew that his combat strength was still above Tang Siyu's, although his current stage was still not comparable to Tang Siyu's.

A year ago, Chu Yunfan was already at the third level of the Creation Stage. At that time, he was already above ordinary seventh-level Creators. In the past year, it seemed that Chu Yunfan did not cultivate much, but in fact, he was constantly refining the Wood Spirit Essence in his body. You Chuyun and Chu Hongcai, who had only obtained a little bit of the Wood Spirit Essence, had made great progress in their cultivation, let alone Chu Yunfan.

Under the activation of the Wood Spirit Essence, Chu Yunfan's cultivation reached the peak third Creation Stage half a year ago. In the past six months, he had been suppressing his cultivation. While everyone was crazily improving their cultivation, only Chu Yunfan was suppressing his cultivation!

At this moment, Chu Yunfan was like an unopened sword, constantly sharpening his blade. He repeatedly comprehended the Great Dao of the Creation Stage and constantly tempered his strength. Every time there were signs of a breakthrough, he would suppress it and continue to suppress it. He repeatedly hammered and continuously suppressed it.

One could imagine how difficult it was. It was like a volcano that was about to erupt, but it was suppressed. Moreover, it was suppressed countless times. It was not just once or twice, but many times. Every time he suppressed it, he could feel that his combat strength increased by a little. Under the circumstances, the quality of each tempering increased by a little. Everything Chu Yunfan had done in the past six months was for this moment.

Boom!

Something inside Chu Yunfan seemed to have broken apart. His divine power completely surged, and in an instant, he broke through. Chu Yunfan's expression remained unchanged. Even You Chuyun, who was beside him, did not notice that Chu Yunfan's body was undergoing an earth-shattering transformation. This was because all of this was logical. He pushed the boat with the current and completed it.

Chu Yunfan had been tempering his mana repeatedly in the past six months. Now, it was finally time for him to reap the rewards. Chu Yunfan's cultivation did not break through. He relaxed a little. However, his combat strength had undergone an earth-shattering change. He had originally been at the peak of the seventh level of the Creation Stage, but he had rushed to the peak of the Creation Stage.

Outsiders thought that Tang Siyu's strength was above Chu Yunfan's, but only Chu Yunfan himself knew that he was the real number one in the world. However, with their relationship, they naturally would not fight for the title. No matter how big the argument outside was, the two of them would not move.

If Chu Yunfan wanted to break through to the fourth level of the Creation Stage, he would have been able to do so half a year ago. However, he had not made a breakthrough because even though his combat strength would advance further after breaking through, and even ordinary peak Creators would not be his match, no matter how he broke through, his combat strength would still be in the Creation Stage and could not advance further.

However, it was different now. His preparations had been completed. He had tempered himself for half a year. Now, it was time to break through. After he broke through this time, his battle prowess would completely surpass the Creation Stage and reach another stage—the Arcana Stage!

This was the stage above the Creation Stage. When one cultivated to this stage, they had already surpassed the vast majority of experts in the world today. They would be on equal footing with those old monsters.

It was a brand new stage. Chu Yunfan had never been confident of breaking through. Unlike others, Chu Yunfan, who had the memories of the Alchemy Emperor, had a deep understanding of the Arcana Stage, even surpassing those old monsters. It was precisely because of this that he spent half a year tempering himself and was not in a hurry to break through.

Before reaching the Arcana Stage, one had to go against heaven and earth and seize fortune. Every step was against the heavens. However, it was different when one reached the Arcana Stage. One's body formed its own world, and one was the heaven and the will of the world.

This was what the Arcana Stage, being an Arcane, meant.

The strength of an Arcane was not something that Creators could compare to. Defying heaven and earth and seizing fortune was ultimately going against the heavens and acting within heaven's rule system.

However, the Arcana Stage was different. One would jump out of this system and start to build their own rules. Although it was still very simple and incomplete at the beginning, it could be compared with the real world. However, in essence, it could be compared with the world.

It was like the boss of a small company. Perhaps the company was not strong enough and was very simple. The boss might be the only employee, but the boss was the boss. Compared to the employees working in the top 500 companies, it was completely different.

The difference in combat strength one would have in the Arcana Stage compared to the Creation Stage was more than just heaven-defying. If Chu Yunfan's idea was spread, he would be denounced as a lunatic by countless people.

However, Chu Yunfan relied on this heaven-defying idea to cultivate step by step until today. Every step he took was ten times more difficult than ordinary people, and at the same time, it was a hundred times more solid.

Ordinary people would still worry about their cultivation level dropping after being severely injured, but for Chu Yunfan, that was simply non-existent. Once he reached a new stage, he would be rooted in the new stage, and there was no possibility of dropping.

"You can leave now. I'll be in seclusion for the next few days. If there's nothing urgent, don't disturb me," Chu Yunfan instructed.

You Chuyun was shocked, but then he was overjoyed. The marquis was finally going to start cultivating again. Chu Yunfan was neither in a hurry nor slow. He had long been anxious, but he did not dare to disturb him. Now, Chu Yunfan was finally starting to cultivate again. Only then did You Chuyun feel at ease.

"Yes, My Lord."