Meanwhile, in the Arctic Ice Fields...
Jiang Fang stepped through the snow in tall, high-heeled boots. Her body was wrapped in a purple fox-fur cloak, which flapped violently in the northern wind.
Even so, the cloak couldn't hide her curvaceous figure, which only added to her mature and captivating charm.
After disembarking from the transport aircraft of the Ultimate Martial Hall, she found a high spot on an iceberg and thrust two curved blades into the ground before sitting cross-legged.
Without hesitation, she drank all six prepared vials of dragon blood.
In this world, breaking through in cultivation meant transforming one's genes and source energy. This wasn't a martial arts fantasy where one might go insane from a failed attempt.
So, she simply found a quiet place to undergo her breakthrough in silence.
Of course, if she had informed the higher-ups at the Martial Hall that she was going into seclusion to break through, they would have immediately reassigned others to her post, no matter how short-staffed they were.
But she didn't think it was necessary.
The more people who paid attention to her breakthrough, the higher the risk of exposing the neutralizing agent formula.
By choosing a quiet place to break through, no one would question how she did it or what method she used.
Once the six vials of dragon blood were down, she immediately activated the cultivation technique gifted to her by Ye Yu.
"Boom!"
Just like Tang Qin, she encountered the same issue — the refining of the dragon blood accelerated drastically.
Countless strands of universal source energy surged toward her like birds returning to their nests, continuously transforming her body.
The way the technique operated left her momentarily stunned.
"So that's it... this little guy actually has designs on his big sister?"
Jiang Fang's originally cool and elegant face softened as if snow had melted.
She smiled, seemingly amused by her thoughts.
She wasn't angry — there was nothing wrong with desire between men and women.
After years of mutual trust and companionship, what began as a sibling-like bond had long since changed.
Remembering how she used to care for him as a child, Jiang Fang's lips curved up gently.
Strangely, an unexplainable sense of anticipation rose in her heart.
More importantly, if this technique truly worked as described, then so what if she dual cultivated with Ye Yu?
She raised him herself — there's no way she would let some outsider take advantage of him.
Pushing away her suggestive thoughts, Jiang Fang focused entirely on circulating the technique.
As it ran through her body, every cell seemed to cheer and leap in joy, continuously transforming.
Streams of warmth spiraled and gathered toward her dantian.
"Boom!"
The massive flow of source energy converged in her dantian and suddenly contracted as if guided by an invisible force.
Eventually, it condensed into a sphere — expanding and contracting repeatedly...
Until finally, it formed a water-blue miniature planet.
This miniature planet had a smooth hexagonal crystal shape, spinning continuously and releasing waves of strange energy.
"After the breakthrough comes genetic reconstruction, bodily transformation, and bloodline enhancement."
With a thought, strands of the water-blue source energy flowed out of her dantian and into her body.
"Crack! Crack! Crack!"
"Snap! Pop! Sizzle!"
In an instant, every part of Jiang Fang's body — her muscles, bones, skin, meridians, internal organs, even her nails and hair — underwent rapid transformation.
The process was overwhelmingly intense!
As more and more of the blue source energy entered her, she could feel herself growing immensely stronger — her genes being optimized from the deepest level.
In numeric terms:
800,000 KG
1,000,000 KG
2,000,000 KG
4,000,000 KG
6,000,000 KG
This overwhelming power felt so exhilarating that even her soul trembled; she almost couldn't control herself.
By the time the transformation finished, Jiang Fang had reached the peak of Planetary Stage Level One.
She was stunned — achieving the peak of level one with just one breakthrough?
Her base strength had reached 3 million kilograms, and her source power matched it — totaling 6 million kilograms.
Normally, the peak of Planetary Stage Level One was only 4 million kg combined at best.
She knew this was common knowledge.
No one on Earth had ever broken this limit — yet she did.
Her current output was equivalent to Planetary Stage Level Two.
Power Levels:
Planetary Level One: 2 million – 4 million kg
Planetary Level Two: 4 million – 8 million kg
Planetary Level Three: 8 million – 16 million kg
... and so on.
She was technically still at Level One, but her strength was already at Level Two.
With her 5.2x power amplification, her total output reached 31.2 million kilograms.
And the surprises didn't stop there.
First: Her physical toughness had fundamentally changed — becoming extremely resilient.
She wasn't sure if others experienced the same after a breakthrough, but her transformation was undeniably real and substantial.
Second: She had awakened spiritual power.
Though not strong (roughly at war general level), it was clear — she now had spiritual abilities.
"So strong!"
"It's insane!"
Jiang Fang couldn't understand what had just happened.
The only possible explanation she could think of was the technique Ye Yu had given her.
With a single thought, the moisture in the air around her began gathering toward her palm.
In just a few breaths, all the water vapor within a kilometer condensed into a basketball-sized water sphere in her hand.
With another thought, the sphere shrank rapidly — compressing to the size of a droplet.
That glowing droplet shimmered with a brilliant water-blue hue, radiating immense energy.
It felt like nuclear fusion — if detonated, it would be cataclysmic.
"Go!"
She acted on instinct.
Flicking her slender finger, and amplifying the motion with spiritual force, she launched the droplet.
In an instant, it shot hundreds of meters away.
"Boom!"
A deafening explosion rang out.
As soon as the droplet hit the ground and left her control, it erupted violently.
A crater several dozen meters wide and nearly ten meters deep opened in the frozen ground.
Shards of ice and rock flew like shrapnel, traveling kilometers before hitting the ground.
Jiang Fang opened her mouth in awe. That destruction — from a single drop of water.
Her ability was water control.
It was common knowledge that while martial artists didn't possess the bizarre, elusive powers of spiritual users, they gained special abilities after reaching Planetary Stage.
These abilities generally fell into eight elemental categories: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Lightning, and Light.
Jiang Fang's was Water Control — a sub-type of the water element.
Just now, she had merely tested it.
By compressing a water sphere into a single drop and launching it, she caused this level of devastation.
If that had struck a person — even a high-level War God wouldn't have survived. They would have been vaporized instantly.