“Henry Carter, what are you doing?”

The two guards looked in confusion at Henry Carter behind the iron bars, who was calmly eating his porridge with one hand. There was not the slightest trace of dissatisfaction on the young man's face, as if breaking someone else's arm just now was no big deal at all.

“He knows exactly what he did. He exploited loopholes in the family rules. Since the family rules can't discipline him, I'll help the family rules discipline him.” Henry Carter leisurely sipped his porridge. “I broke his arm, so I violated the family rules again, right? Then let's handle it according to the rules. How many more days should I be locked up? Just let me know later.”

The two guards stared at Henry Carter in shock. What... what does this even mean? Loopholes in the family rules? What is that?

“Henry Carter! You broke my arm. I will never forget this grudge!” Supported by the two guards, Robert Carter staggered to his feet, his eyes filled with a mix of pain and fury, glaring fiercely at Henry Carter. “Just you wait! Just you wait! When you get out, I’ll take my revenge personally!”

Henry Carter didn’t even look at Robert Carter as he held his porridge, sitting back down on the kang and continuing to eat. After going out to fetch water yesterday, then spending a night cultivating, his stomach was indeed hungry.

Robert Carter shot Henry Carter a hateful glare. In front of these guards, he had to maintain his righteous image and couldn’t say anything too vicious. Just wait! Henry Carter, just you wait! When you get out, I’ll knock you down, step on your head, and whisper in your ear again that your sister-in-law is going to be pinned to the bed by Brother Victor Carter!

“Oh! By the way, Robert Carter! Next time I see you, if you keep spouting nonsense, I’ll knock out all thirty-two of your teeth.” Henry Carter casually tossed the empty wooden porridge bowl out through the iron bars. “Remember, I always keep my word.”

Robert Carter was still a bit unsteady on his feet. Looking back at the wooden bowl spinning on the corridor floor, he couldn’t help but shout, “Henry Carter! Just you wait! Both of us are about to have our coming-of-age ceremony! By then, I won’t need any excuse to break all your limbs!”

Robert Carter’s angry, unwilling roar echoed through the corridor of the chamber for a long time.

James Carter leaned against the iron bars, looking at Henry Carter. “Brother Li! Amazing! You’ve only been training for a year and you’re already this strong!”

“Heh... it’s nothing special...”

Henry Carter replied indifferently to James Carter, who had followed him around since childhood, then looked down at his still-trembling right hand. It was the first time he’d fought someone, and the intense emotions made his hand tremble uncontrollably.

Big brother was right! After your first fight, whether you win or lose, you actually feel even more excited afterward.

Henry Carter shook his head with a smile. Luckily, he won! When he fought Robert Carter just now, he could feel that Robert Carter’s true energy was almost at the strength of condensing a Qi Spring. By the time I get out, will he have already condensed his Qi Spring? The explosive power of Qi Movement and Qi Spring are two completely different things!

By then, the martial skills unleashed with that explosive power will have a huge advantage in both speed and agility.

Qi Spring? Henry Carter frowned again. This is the consequence of not working hard as a child! The width and strength of my meridians are not as good as Robert Carter’s! Winning just now was entirely due to my understanding of martial techniques.

The Five Realms of Tonghai—each realm is more than twice as difficult as the previous one! To catch up with others, I’ll have to work ten or even twenty times harder! Because my meridians are inferior...

Meridians? Henry Carter stopped looking at his still slightly trembling arm and focused his attention once more on the stone gate above his dantian.

Was it caused by the infusion of true energy earlier?

Henry Carter carefully guided his true energy, letting it slowly approach the stone gate...

Buzz!

The mottled stone gate, upon contact with the true energy, began to tremble!

The ancient stone gate once again started to frantically absorb the gathered true energy. This time, Henry Carter didn’t resist, but carefully kept a small portion of true energy inside to avoid being completely drained and crippled, while closely observing the state of the stone gate for any changes.

The barely visible stone vein at the bottom of the gate began to glow faintly after absorbing the true energy. It seemed that because more true energy was absorbed than last time, the brightness was also much stronger.

Henry Carter was still carefully observing the stone gate when he suddenly felt its powerful suction. Before his body could react, he was once again pulled into the stone gate.

A desolate and boundless sea of ruins and clouds, filled with an indescribable tragic aura, once again appeared before Henry Carter’s eyes.

The sea of clouds—it was still that same sea of clouds!

But the air pressure here...

Henry Carter curled his lips. The gravity here really is much heavier than before! It feels like he’s carrying someone as heavy as himself just to stand here.

The massive alchemy furnace was surrounded by purple mist, and the rolling heat waves not only hadn’t weakened, but seemed to be getting even stronger.

“I’m in! I’m in! I’m back in again!”