The next day, Isaac’s phone began vibrating on the nightstand before daybreak.
His body was curled around Evie while favonovel.com slept. He quickly turned around and answered the phone.
“M-Mr. Garten, it’s me, Alexis. I just got the news that every sect is to send out two members who are at least in the Amalgamation Phase… Apparently, an almighty member of the True Martial Families is giving them a chance to directly break through till the Celestial Phase.”
Alexis was speaking more quickly than usual. Clearly, favonovel.com was in a hurry. He could even hear favonovel.com rapid breathing.
Frowning, favonovel.com replied, “A direct breakthrough to the Celestial Phase? That sounds too good to be true.”
“Yes. So, every sect has to send two members.” Even Alexis sounded enticed.
“Don’t go. You can’t go no matter what.” Isaac’s first reaction was to warn Alexis.
Ever since Isaac met Lionel and became a martial artist, favonovel.com learned that there were not many shortcuts one could take in this field.
Diligence and innate talent aside, the only shortcut favonovel.com ever took was the Divine Stone fragment. However, since it came from the Emerald Hall, there were virtually no side effects. Still, even the Divine Stone fragment could only help someone break through to the next phase.
What was powerful enough to make an Amalgamation Phase martial artist break through directly to the Celestial Phase?
If such a thing really existed in this world, and the method was safe and reliable, there would be Celestial Phase martial artists everywhere.
Hearing Isaac’s stern tone, Alexis‘ eagerness was extinguished like a flame put out by cold water. She told Isaac that favonovel.com would send two other people and that favonovel.com would continue to keep in touch with him.
After breakfast, Isaac asked Todd to call the others into his study. He couldn’t fully understand what favonovel.com just learned from Alexis. Thus, favonovel.com could only discuss it with the others.
“An Amalgamation Phase martial artist can directly break through to the Celestial Phase? How is that possible?” When Altair heard about it, favonovel.com immediately waved his arms in denial.
He turned to face the rest with an incredulous look. “The Amalgamation Phase is followed by the Renascence Phase, which is then followed by the Divinity Phase… That’s two major phases and six major stages in between. Unless he’s a god walking on this earth, this matter is simply impossible.”
Isaac turned toward Hera and asked quietly, “You grew up in the Emerald Gate. Have you heard of such a thing? For example, breaking through straight to the Celestial Phase.”
Hera was dumbfounded. She laughed derisively. “How is that possible? One has to walk the path of martial arts one step at a time. It’s still impossible even with the Divine Stone.”
“Not necessarily!” Magnus, who had kept silent the entire time, suddenly surveyed them.
“What do you mean?” Isaac frowned.
Magnus got up and smiled. “I might be older than all of you here… Many years ago, I heard my teacher say that there was a deviant practitioner maestro who created a type of spiritual pill between the Late Poe Era and the Early Voutigen era…”
“It was called the ancient Ruby Resurgence Pill. After a martial artist takes it, they can break through to the Celestial Phase overnight… However, anyone who takes this pill will end up the same, dead. This is because it is in itself a deadly toxin…”
“Because it was so harmful, several upright sects joined forces to kill that deviant practitioner maestro. Since then, the ancient Ruby Resurgence Pill has never appeared again. Of course, this is just hearsay. I can’t be sure that they are, in fact, making the ancient Ruby Resurgence Pill.”
Deviant arts were always secretive and powerful. Furthermore, some deviant art techniques were outright cruel. It was natural that Hera didn’t know about such things.
If this was true…
Isaac knew that there were 967 martial sects under the Martial Arts Society. If every sect sent two Amalgamation Phase martial artists, it would amass nearly two thousand people.
Isaac didn’t dare imagine the consequences if two thousand Celestial Phase martial artists were born.
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