I am an incredibly handsome man, and my fiancée refuses to call off the engagement even at the cost

Huo Yun was dumbfounded by this question. Reach the Spirit Emperor Realm? Of course he wanted to! He only had a little over a hundred years left to live, why was His Majesty asking this?

Without waiting for his reply, Gu Yan waved her hand, and the lid of the alchemy furnace opened. A burst of multicolored light shot out from within, followed by a fragrant medicinal aroma. The instant the furnace opened, the light that erupted caused the guards outside to widen their eyes in astonishment.

What kind of elixir did Your Majesty refine?

The aroma was wonderful; the pure medicinal power stirred the spiritual energy within their bodies. The guards couldn't resist glancing at the alchemy hall, but none dared to probe it with their divine sense. Besides, the alchemy hall was protected by various restrictions, making it not easily accessible through divine sense.

Inside the main hall, after the precious light dimmed slightly, a pill emitting five-colored light flew out. The pill flew towards Gu Yan and hovered in the air two inches above his palm, emitting a star-like five-colored glow, which was very beautiful.

A faint aura surrounded the pill, which was the materialized manifestation of the medicinal power emanating from it.

Huo Yun stared at the pill, his heart pounding, his eyes burning with desire. Although not an expert in alchemy, he had still reached the peak of the late-stage Spirit King realm. This pill—this pill was definitely above grade six. Just smelling its fragrance up close made him feel his bottleneck loosening. If he were to take it…

Huo Yun's heart was churning with turbulent emotions.

"This is the Nourishing Emperor Pill that I refined. If you take it, you will have about a 60% chance of successfully breaking through to the Spirit Emperor Realm. However, if you fail, you will never be able to make any further progress in this life."

Gu Yan's tone was flat. The Yuhuang Pill was based on a fragmented ancient pill formula obtained from Mu Qinghe, and the refining materials were what Yue Kingdom's national treasury already had. Gu Yan hadn't had a chance to make any other adjustments yet, so the side effects were quite significant.

Gu Yan thought the side effects were significant, but Huo Yun thought they were negligible.

With a 60% chance, any Spirit King realm expert would swallow it without hesitation. Even with a 30%, 20%, or even 10% chance, they would still swallow it without hesitation. Because if they didn't use it, they would have no chance at all and could only wait for their lifespan to run out and die.

"His Majesty……"

Huo Yun's voice trembled with excitement.

The pill slowly floated from above Gu Yan's palm to Huo Yun's front.

"Take it!" Gu Yan said calmly.

Huo Yun knelt before Gu Yan and kowtowed heavily: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for bestowing the medicine!" After expressing his gratitude, Huo Yun picked up the pill and took it in front of Gu Yan.

The effects of the Nourishing Emperor Pill were incredibly potent; upon ingesting it, the spiritual energy within Huo Yun's body seemed to boil. Layers of blue light appeared on Huo Yun's body, with arcs of electricity surging across his skin.

Huo Yun mainly cultivates thunder magic. At this moment, his spiritual pressure surged, and spiritual energy frantically washed through his meridians.

With a wave of her hand, Gu Yan created two prayer mats on the ground.

"Sit down, Minister Huo. I will protect you. Concentrate on your efforts to break through to the Spirit Emperor Realm. Don't waste my Nourishing Emperor Pill." Gu Yan sat down on one of the futons.

Huo Yun was deeply moved. At this moment, his spiritual pressure surged uncontrollably. After expressing his gratitude once more, he stopped being coy and sat down on the futon opposite Gu Yan. He immediately focused his mind and devoted himself to breaking through to the Spirit Emperor Realm.

Rumbling--

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a radius of ten thousand miles was instantly and completely stirred up, and all the spiritual power was frantically gathering in one place.

Those inside the palace were the first to notice the strange phenomenon, all turning their gazes toward the Spirit Fire Hall where Gu Yan was refining pills. What... what's going on? The eunuchs, maids, and guards stared in disbelief as a massive, visible vortex of spiritual energy suddenly formed above the Spirit Fire Hall.

Soon the vortex covered an area of ​​dozens of miles, alarming not only the royal palace but the entire capital. The vortex continued to expand, causing mountains to tremble and the earth to hum, as if the earth's veins were being shaken.

One by one, the Spirit King realm experts of Yue Kingdom flew out from their respective residences, cultivation chambers, and other places, gazing in the direction of the royal palace.

Is someone attempting to break through to the Spirit Emperor realm?

who is it?

They quickly guessed who it was. Wasn't there only one person in the palace qualified to challenge the Spirit Emperor realm? It was Commander-in-Chief Huo Yun.

It's Commander Huo attempting to break through to the Spirit Emperor realm!

After everyone guessed this, they became excited.

"Commander Huo, are you also going to take that step?"

Gao Changqing stood under the eaves of the official residence, surrounded by several ministers and vice ministers. Everyone looked at the strange phenomenon overhead, their hearts filled with excitement. If Huo Yun could truly take that step, then the Yue Kingdom would gain another Spirit Emperor realm expert.

With another Spirit Emperor realm expert, the status of the entire Yue Kingdom in the Qi Continent will be greatly enhanced. To put it bluntly, even if His Majesty were to suffer an accident on the Divine Martial Arena, the Yue Kingdom wouldn't necessarily be divided up.

The more they thought about it, the more excited they became. No one was in the mood to do anything else; they all looked up at the sky and waited.

Will it work?

Throughout history, countless powerful figures at the Spirit King realm have spent tens of thousands of years trying to take that step, only to die in regret.

After expanding to two thousand miles, the vast vortex of spiritual energy suddenly compressed rapidly, shrinking to a dozen miles in an instant. It continued to compress until it was almost liquid, which poured into Huo Yun's body, causing a dramatic change in his physique.

No one knew what was happening inside the main hall, but a large crowd had already gathered outside. No one made a sound; everyone waited patiently and anxiously.

After a long wait, a loud roar was finally heard. The roar was like thunder that spread throughout the Yue Kingdom, and an aura of the early stage of the Spirit Emperor Realm burst forth.

A towering Dharma image appeared in the sky, a giant clad in armor. The giant was surrounded by blue lightning, and the entire sky instantly transformed into a lightning field, with lightning flashing and thunder roaring everywhere. The giant stood in the sky like a thunder god, looking down at the earth below.

But the strange phenomenon quickly disappeared, though the crowd erupted in excitement.

"It's a success!"

"It's a success! The President has succeeded!"

"It's a success! The President succeeded! That's wonderful! Absolutely wonderful!"

Everyone was extremely excited. Several eunuchs grabbed the hands of those next to them, and some of Huo Yun's confidants even shed tears.

The Yue Kingdom has gained another expert at the Spirit Emperor Realm.

Very good!

Inside the Spirit Fire Palace, Huo Yun, who had just advanced to the early stage of the Spirit Emperor Realm, knelt on one knee before Gu Yan: "Your Majesty, I thank you for protecting me. Your Majesty's great kindness is deeply appreciated and etched into my heart. This is a life-saving grace, which I will never forget, even if I am reduced to ashes."

"Get up. You are now at the Spirit Emperor Realm, there's no need for such a grand ceremony," Gu Yan said calmly.